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MILAN meet on 27th July Sunday, 2014 - small correction
by Meera B. M. 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

Dear Alumni: Apologies for the error in the text of our previous email with respect to date of the event. Please read 26th as 27th July. we reconfirm that the event is on 27th July 2014, Sunday at BMS Engineering College at 3 PM See you all soon. Meera & Chowdappa -- Dr B M Meera Librarian Raman Research Institute C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar P O Bangalore 560 080 Ph: 09480836045 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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help me to get the article
by SRINIVAS VEMULA 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

Dear Professional collegues, Please any one help me to get the following article, as one of my faculty member required. Agents or Actors?: Assessing the Autonomy of Economic Technocrats in Colombia and Peru Author: Dargent, Eduardo Source: Comparative Politics, Volume 43, Number 3, April 2011, pp. 313-332(20) Regards, Srinivas Vemula TISS Campus, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad - 500 030 email: libraryth(a)tiss.edu http://www.campus.tiss.edu/ Ph: 040-2401 7701/02/03 Extn. 225 (off) Mobile: 09885016274 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MILAN Meeting on Sunday ( July 27th) in Bangalore -please join
by Meera B. M. 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

Hello Dear Mysore LIS Alumni: Here is our personal invitation to the MILAN Meet and Greet Program of July 26th, 2014 You have heard of MILAN ---right? MILAN ( Mysore University Information and Library Science Alumni Network ) was formed during the inaugural of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Department of Library and Information Science of the University of Mysore. The primary objective of MILAN is to foster professional and social interaction and networking amongst the alumni and between the Alumni and the Department of Library and Information Science of the University of Mysore (MyDLIS) We would like to greet and meet all our Alumni on July 26th at BMS College of Engineering at 3 PM. Please join us on this Sunday afternoon for fun and camaraderie. This would also help us build our Alumni Network, which is not only mutually beneficial but also work towards a larger purpose. This is our bit to our alma mater— which has given us our career and life. Please spare some time for your alma mater and help build this network. DO call us/drop a line to confirm your participation Spread the good word. Bring your friends along. We are just a phone call away. Pleasedo not hesitate to call either of us (Chowdappa /Meera) for more details on the event. Come on over, let us meet and have some fun! See you on Sunday. Event Coordinators: Dr. N. Chowdappa, Chief Librarian, BMS College of Engineering, Bull Temple Road, Bangalore 560019, Phone: 9980063838 Landline: 26615657, Email: ncbmsce(a)yahoo.co.in And Dr B M Meera, Librarian, Raman Research Institute, C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar P O, angalore 560 080, Ph: +919844519180/09480836045 Email : meera(a)rri.res.in -- Dr B M Meera Librarian Raman Research Institute C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar P O Bangalore 560 080 Ph: 09480836045 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Mike Taylor on OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

Friends: Why OA is important and why should we embrace wholeheartedly in India? Pleae listen to what Mike Taylor says. 1. First his talk at ESOF 2014 a few days ago. < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdxOMIA1B3Q&google_comment_id=z12myjlbzvarf… > 2. "TheWellcome Trust says <http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/About-us/Policy/Spotlight-issues/Open-access/Poli…> “it is the intrinsic merit of the work, and not the title of the journal in which an author’s work is published, that should be considered in making funding decisions.” We need more funding and hiring bodies to make such declarations. Only then will researchers will be free of the need (real or apparent) to prop up parasitic publishers by sending their best work to big-name, barrier-based journals." -- Mike Taylor, Bristol University, UK, in *Discover*. < http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2012/02/21/its-not-academic-how-publ… > 3. "Happily, we now live in a world that has much better tools for research. It’s a truism that the internet has changed everything, but the scale and pervasiveness of that change is not always recognised. It isn’t just that papers can be sent instantaneously anywhere in the world, cutting out the need for publishers’ distribution networks. It isn’t just that entirely new groups now have access to research: patient groups <http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/supporters/patient-groups/index.shtml>, unaffiliated scholars working into their retirement <http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=41…> , small businesses <http://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2011/10/06/the-scholarly-poor-industry/>, GPs and dentists <http://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2011/10/05/the-scholarly-poor-dentists/>, enterprising schoolchildren <http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/7/2/168>, thinktanks <http://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2011/10/07/the-scholarly-poor-the-climate-cod…>. It isn’t even just that access to research is literally a life-and-death matter for developing-world scientists. It’s more than this. When the barriers to access dissolve, mystique evaporates with them. Read an interesting newspaper article about a scientific discovery? Click the link, see the paper. Researching the evolution of dinosaurs and find yourself wondering about recent changes in how evolution is taught? Go look at some papers. Don’t even stop to think about it: they’re at your fingertips. Most importantly, as Cameron Neylon has outlined <http://cameronneylon.net/blog/15264/>, modern science is increasingly about networks rather than individuals. Much important new research is based on synthesis and large-scale analysis – text-mining, induction across a huge corpus of data, and so on. This is the kind of work that computers can do with astonishing efficiency when they have free access to information. At the moment, we don’t know what kinds of discoveries await this analysis. History teaches us that discovery is often serendipitous. In a world full of computers analysing massive data sets for patterns no-one has yet seen, the chances are very good we’ll see breakthroughs. At web scale you can manufacture serendipity." -- Mike Taylor, University of Bristol, UK, in *The Independent.* *<**http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/02/09/the-future-of-academic-publishing/ <http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/02/09/the-future-of-academic-publishing/>* 4. And finally, the Open and Shut interview Mike gave Richard Poynder. *<http://poynder.blogspot.in/2013/07/open-access-where-are-we-what-still.html <http://poynder.blogspot.in/2013/07/open-access-where-are-we-what-still.html>>* *Arun* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarians Day 2014 -- IASLIC Zone 6
by Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

Librarians’ Day 2014 Organized by Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) Bengal Library Association (BLA) West Bengal Public Libraries Employees Association (WBPLEA) In collaboration with Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF) Visva Bharati, Santiniketan On 17th August, 2014 (Sunday) at 9 am Venue Natya Griha, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan Theme of Discussion গ্রন্থাগারওগ্রন্থাগারিকেরমুখ্যকর্তব্য (The Primary Role of Library and Librarians) Speakers Prof Debabrata Dasgupta, Prof Amitrasudan Bhattacharya, Prof Tapati Mukhopadhaya, Dr Subodh Gopal Nandi Registration Fees 200 (Rupees two hundred only) We invite you and your colleagues to register either with IASLIC, BLA, or WBPLEA positivelyby August 09, 2014for this professional event befittingly to pay homage and tribute to our illustrious Guru Dr S R Ranganathan. We also request you kindly to promote the event among your professional circle in the areas of LIS. We look forward to meeting you on Librarians’ Day 2014 at the Visva Bharati Santiniketan. General Secretaries IASLIC, BLA and WBPLEA N B : There is no scope of Spot Registration ========================================================================================================== পীযূষকান্তি পাণিগ্রাহী Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Professor , Dept of Lib and Inf Science, 3rd Floor Asutosh Building, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, panigrahipk11(a)gmail.com, (M) : +91 94342 43522. General Secretary,Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC), P-291, CIT Scheme No 6M , Kankurgachi, Kolkata – 700 054, India; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin ; Member, Library Committee,The Asiatic Society, Kolkata. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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European commissioner favours openness
by Subbiah Arunachalam 20 Jul '14

20 Jul '14

From IP Watch EU Commissioner Hails Open Knowledge, Urges Copyright ReformPublished on 17 July 2014 @ 7:27 pm [image: Print This Post] <http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/07/17/eu-commissioner-hails-open-knowledge-urg…> Print This Post <http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/07/17/eu-commissioner-hails-open-knowledge-urg…> By William New <http://www.ip-watch.org/author/william/>, Intellectual Property Watch Neelie Kroes, vice-president of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, today hailed open knowledge in government, science, the internet, and education, and called again for “urgent reform” of copyright. In a speech <http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-556_en.htm> to the Open Knowledge Foundation in Berlin, Kroes said openness and sharing of ideas is essential to the economy and innovation. Kroes is in office until 31 October, as the European Commission is undergoing its five-year transition. In particular, Kroes suggested that copyright needs to be reformed to ensure it does not interfere with access to knowledge in education. On the surface, this might appear inconsistent with views taken by the EU in negotiations at the World Intellectual Property Organization, where it has shown steadfast resistance to strengthening limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives (*IPW*, WIPO, 5 May 2014 <http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/05/05/hopes-dampened-for-copyright-exceptions-…>). But in the WIPO committee, discussions on exceptions for education are separate. “It’s a crime when teachers are prevented from freely sharing open educational resources,” Kroes said in prepared remark. “There’s so much we can achieve by making every classroom digital. Education that is not off the peg: but made to measure, for every child. That is what we want to achieve through open education.” “That shows how copyright rules need to change: but it’s just one example,” she said. “Those rules were designed for a different age, more about limitation and control than creativity and freedom. Holding back ideas from open education to data mining: copyright needs urgent reform.” She also insisted that public information from any EU government must be publicly available to citizens “without complex licensing restrictions” or high costs. EU member states have one more year to pass laws on the right to reuse public information, she said. On open science, Kroes said the Horizon 2020 research and development campaign “will offer 80 billion euros for research and innovation. Our biggest ever investment. And every resulting publication will be openly and freely available.” But she noted that national level research is up to national governments’ discretion. She encouraged participation in an EU consultation called ‘Science in Transition <http://tinyurl.com/opendigitalscience>‘, which is open until the end of September. On open internet, she said the Commission has proposed new rules protecting net neutrality, which she said she hopes national governments will make a priority. And she gave encouragement to open source, noting that her own website runs on it. Related Articles: - European Commission VP Kroes Urges Open Internet, Prods Copyright Owners <http://www.ip-watch.org/2013/03/21/european-commission-vp-kroes-urges-open-…> - European Commissioner Kroes Hints At Actions To Preserve Open Internet <http://www.ip-watch.org/2013/06/04/european-commissioner-kroes-hints-at-act…> - EU’s Kroes Calls For New Thinking On Copyright System <http://www.ip-watch.org/2011/11/21/eus-kroes-calls-for-new-thinking-on-copy…> *William New may be reached at wnew(a)ip-watch.ch <wnew(a)ip-watch.ch>.* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Presentation on "Introduction to Software Defined Networking" on Monday, 28th Jul 2014.
by Mohan Hr 19 Jul '14

19 Jul '14

Dear all, Pl. find an invite for a presentation on "Introduction to Software Defined Networking" on Monday, 28th Jul 2014. The pdf invite is available at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2014/mm-140728.pdf The invite in word doc format is available at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2014/mm-140728.doc To facilitate high tea and other logistics, pl. pre-register at http://goo.gl/a3mSl2 PLEASE CONSIDER REGISTERING FOR THE PROGRAMS ONLY IF YOU ARE SURE OF ATTENDING. PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE TO OTHER FELLOW MEMBERS AND PROFESSIONALS. By any chance, after registering, if you are not likely to attend, pl. inform us at least ONE day in advance by email to csiprograms(a)csi-india.org so that we will extend the invite to those in the wait list and also plan the high tea arrangements accordingly. With reagrds HR Mohan INVITE ========================================== Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter Cordially invite you to a presentation On "Introduction to Software Defined Networking" Meeting the requirements for Next generation Data center networks by Mr. Shivakumar Sundaram Engineering Technologist, Dell Networking On Monday, 28th July 2014 at 17:30 hrs at CSI Education Directorate, Taramani, Chennai - 600113 (Situated in the opposite lane to Indira Nagar MRTS Railway Station. About 100 meters away from the Dharmambal Women's Polytechnic & Opposite to the Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Institute of Hotel Management) Programme ========= 5.30 p.m. : Tea & Fellowship 6.00 p.m. : Presentation 7.30 p.m. : Dinner ( Fruit & Bread) About the presentation ================ Network switches have traditionally followed a business model that ties together a proprietary software stack on proprietary hardware both from the same vendor. While this model has served well in the past ,recent trends in data center networks have placed new demands on the network that require it to be more agile, programmable , support orchestration of workloads and scale multi dimensionally for multiple tenants. These demands on the networks have given rise to new ways of architecting the data center networks, viz., Software defined networking (SDN) & Network disaggregation. With SDN gaining more popularity, there is a shift towards centralization of control plane wherein the core forwarding intelligence which includes the awareness of topology and policy infrastructure is moved away from each of the independent network switches to a centralized controller. This shift towards centralization of control plane intelligence along with many open source initiatives like Open Stack, Open Network install environment, Open Daylight and Open compute projects puts the network switch industry at an inflexion point that could change the data center network industry. While there are obvious advantages to embracing such an open networking model, it is also important to look at key problems in networking that could benefit through centralization of resources. In this discussion we will focus on how SDN architecture enables the network to be agile & programmable and discuss how SDN paradigm help tackle key challenges in data center networking such as network monitoring, elephant flow handling, traffic engineering and centralized policy management About the speaker ============= Shivakumar Sundaram is an Engineering Technologist with Dell Networking. He has over 20 years of product architecture and development experience in the networking industry. In his current role as a Technologist in the office of the CTO, Shivakumar has been focusing on defining the technology strategy for Dell Networking products. Prior to joining Dell, Shivakumar held various positions in Engineering and Technology group at Force10 Networks which was subsequently acquired by Dell and became part of Dell Networking. Prior to Dell & Force10, Shivakumar spent over 10 years with HCL Technologies and held many positions as part of HCL-Cisco offshore development center. He has one granted US patent and over 15 pending patent applications in US patent office. Shivakumar holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics & Communication from Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai and also holds a Post graduate diploma in Software Enterprise Management from IIM, Bangalore. Registration ========= To facilitate dinner and other logistics, pl. pre-register at http://goo.gl/a3mSl2 PLEASE CONSIDER REGISTERING FOR THE PROGRAMS ONLY IF YOU ARE SURE OF ATTENDING. PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE TO OTHER FELLOW MEMBERS AND PROFESSIONALS. By any chance, after registering, if you are not likely to attend, pl.inform us at least ONE day in advance by email to csiprograms(a)csi-india.org so that we will extend the invite to those in the wait list and also plan the dinner arrangements accordingly. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IRs can give reports on use to individual authors
by Subbiah Arunachalam 18 Jul '14

18 Jul '14

"The variety of users, and the sheer volume of downloads from DASH, often take Harvard faculty by surprise. (They get monthly updates on the fate — and popularity — of their work once it goes into the repository.) “When they see the downloads they get per month, and when they see how many countries are downloading their work,” said Suber, “they’re astonished.” " - Harvard Gazette Indian repositories may also do this. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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public participation in digitization projects
by Subbiah Arunachalam 18 Jul '14

18 Jul '14

Friends: Here is a fine example of citizen participation in an openness project. It happened in Kerala. How wonderful would it be if it is replicated by other language groups all over India! http://spicyip.com/2014/07/open-access-students-help-revive-and-digitize-ra… Open Access: Students help revive and digitize rare books for Malayalam Wiki Library by Swaraj Paul Barooah <http://spicyip.com/author/swaraj-paul-barooah> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: A reader's letter in Praja Vani on open access to knowledge
by Subbiah Arunachalam 18 Jul '14

18 Jul '14

Friends: I am forwarding a mail I received and a letter (on open books) that appeared in a Kannada newspaper. The writer pleads for making all books published by public institutions open access. Arun ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <prakash(a)ias.ernet.in> Date: Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 5:00 PM Subject: A reader's letter in Praja Vani on open access to knowledge To: r.ramaswamy(a)gmail.com, iaschandra(a)gmail.com, subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com Cc: padmaja(a)ias.ernet.in, ranjeeta(a)ias.ernet.in, sdhar(a)ias.ernet.in Thought you might find this interesting. Below is my translation of a letter from a reader published in the Kannada newspaper Praja Vani yesterday, 17 July. Arunachalam will know that Mysore University is working with Centre for Internet and Society (CIS, Bangalore) to publish the Kannada Encyclopaedia under a Creative Commons licence on the Internet. There are news reports dated 12 July 15 July in The Hindu about this (seen in the Web edition). Prakash --------------------------------------------------------------- Let books come under open licence The volumes of Kannada Encyclopaedia published by Mysore University have been made available to everyone on the Internet under the Creative Commons Licence (open licence). This is a commendable initiative. There is now a need for all organizations of government and for academies, councils, all universities and other institutions that receive funds from government to make available books, periodicals and all kinds of publications in art and literature to be published henceforth simultaneously under an open licence on the Internet. This, along with optimizing current procedures of making published books available to the public by printing only as many copies as are required, will not only help avoid unnecessary expenditure but also honour the right of all to obtain knowledge. In response to the question whether the Internet is accessible to people in villages and to others, we may say this is easier than getting access to a bookshop that can provide the books we need. I have been seeing the struggles of one of our universities to sell the textbooks it has published. It is more important to make books available to those in need of them than for the economics of selling to limit the spread of knowledge. Government should give effect to an appropriate order in this regard. -- S. Nataraja Boodaalu, Tumkur Readers' Voice, Praja Vani, 17 July 2014. --------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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