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Membership Campaign of ACADEMIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (ALA)
by Dr. A.T. Francis 07 Jun '14

07 Jun '14

Dear LIS Professionals, This is an appeal to all LIS Professionals in India to enroll in the ACADEMIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (ALA). Though it was started functioning during 1996, it has been registered as Scientific Society recently with No. TSR/TC/267/2014, Thrissur, Kerala-680651 Library professionals with minimum BLISc can enroll as Life Members of ALA. DLISc/CLISc holders and LIS students can also enroll as Associate Members. The membership fee is Rs. 100/- for both. Assoc. Membership will be automatically converted to Life Membership on acquiring BLISc or higher, without any additional fee. This year’s major focus of ALA is School Libraries without its development no academic, special or public library will survive. The use of all libraries and dignity of all librarians are closely associated with how school libraries are maintained. Unfortunately, most of the school libraries (other than international / central/ Navodhaya / CBSE / ICSE / Similar schools) in Kerala and India in general are totally neglected. This situation adversely affects the reading and learning skills of the people. Research findings revealed that people without reading habit are more attuned to anti-social activities like, drinking, drugs, ragging, riots etc. Hence, it is the duty of the LIS Professionals to do all sorts of effort to revamp our School Library System with enough facilities and qualified Library Education Teachers. Unity is the strength in any democratic society. Members’ enrolment in associations, collaboration of associations and effective and targeted functioning of them are the need of the day. That is why we keep the membership fee to the minimum. So, this is a humble request to all LIS Professionals in India to enroll in ALA. As a most easy way, you can remit the fee by Electronic Transfer/DD in favour of “Academic Library Association”, SBT, Ollukkara Branch, (Branch Code: 70210)Mannuthy, Thrissur, A/c. No. 67277881745; IFS Code: SBTR0000210and send your application/details by e-mail or sms. Remittance of fee as group is also possible. Kindly pass this message to your professional friends to encourage this campaign. Mr. P.A. Pradeep (KeralaVeterinaryUniversity, Papradeep08(a)Gmail.com, Phone: 9995087645) is the General Secretary and myself is the President of ALA. With regards, Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY College of Horticulture Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: [kaaranam-ketkadey] KLN Award and Gooogle: A BIG THANK YOU to ALL my Friends
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Blogger <no-reply(a)blogger.com> Date: Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 8:56 PM Subject: [kaaranam-ketkadey] KLN Award and Gooogle: A BIG THANK YOU to ALL my Friends To: vyasamoorthy(a)gmail.com *KLN Award and Google: A BIG THANK YOU to ALL my Friends* Upon receipt of information about my getting the KLN Award for the services to the elderly, I got drenched fully in a rain of congratulatory messages from various quarters – sss-global, ex-idl, Bhavana-lucknow, aisccon, ISU3A, Lis-Forum and other groups; from my friends in FaceBook, Twitter, GPlus, LinkedIn etc. A very large number of my friends have been very generous in inflating my Ego. Frankly, much against my nature, I was in Cloud Nine, hesitating to climb down! As it is difficult, if not impossible, for me to individually acknowledge each well wisher, I am choosing to send a million thanks via this missive. I have made a table of all those to whom thanks are due. If I have missed some, it is just a slip, pardon me. Sri Kanuri Manohar Sri G Srinivasan CBE Sri SV Chalapathy Sri RV Rao IOCL Sri Subramananian Srinivasan Prof V Ramamurti Sri Kalluri Subba Rao Sri M Puparelia Sr gyanendra Khare Sri Y Markandeyulu Sri DN Chapke Sri P Ramachandran Sri M Hanumantha Rao Sri Raghavan Poova Sri Govinfdarajan Smt Gowri Jayaram Sri Prabhakar Chhatre Sri VRV Rao Sri A Suryanarayana Sri Khanapur Krishna Rao Justice TNC Rangarajan Sri Venkatramani Ramana Sri T Koteswar Rao Sri KV Shastry Sri Vijaya Anand Sri IM Bhalla Smt Parveen Ansar Smt Susheela Sri RN Mital Sri M Ruparelia Sri Nityanandam Sri VK Shukla Sri Sailesh Mishra Smt Jayanti Sri Pattabhraman Dr T Thomas Sri Lohitakshan Sri Vitthal Rao Lakaraju Sri R Bashyam Sri Annavajla Sarma Sri Ramesh Bukkapatnam Sri Mumtaz Khan Sri NV Murthy Sri Mandagiri Rangaswamy Sri V Sriram Sri RK Chitrapu Sri Raman Bharadwaj Wing Cmdr Bharat Bhushan Sri AP Singh Sri J Nandakumar Sri C Madhusudhana Rao Dr Balambal Sri K Paarthasarathy Sri Jagannath Madhavan Sri Dinesh Babel Sri KA Raju Sri IM Desai Sri Mohan Surya Sri AK Malhotra Sri K Rajasekaran Sri Vellimedu Sashadri Smt Tandra Mukerji Sri IVLN Chary Sri Gurusamy Balasubramanian Sri P Chhatre Smt Shyamala Sri Badrinarayana Miriyala Sri RV Rao Dr A Lakshmana Moorthy Sri Haneefa Rawuther Sri Chandwaskar Sri Mudigonda Lingaamurthy Smt Anureeta Saigal Smt Sobha Smt Kamakshi Hatti Sri Harikishan Sri Vasudevamurthy Sri NV Satyanarayana Sri Daljit Singh Grewal IndLibs Group Sri Narasimha Rao (IDL) Dr Sugan Bhatia Sri Bhagwanulu Prof Varalakshmi I have put Sri K Manohar as the first person to thank, not just for the award itself; but also because of his innovative Twittering techniques, I have seen hundreds of tweets bout this ward. Many friends have been asking for details about KLN Award. Complete details are given in http://kanuri.org/ The KLN Award seeks to recognize individuals, social catalysts, who have advanced our understanding and awareness of issues and challenges affecting elders, thereby enhancing the dignity, care, and well-being of elders in a changing society. The KLN Award will be given up to four times a year. The awardee receives a certificate and a cheque for Rs. 200,000. The name of the first awardee (Dr Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy) was announced on June 5th 2014. It will be given on June 15, the United Nations’ World Elder Abuse Awareness day. The website answers all doubts through an FAQ. This award is not based on any application from individuals and subsequent selection. You cannot send nominations or recommendations. The KLN Trust which has instituted the award searches, sifts, selecta and reaches out to the suitable candidate concerned on its own. All along I have taken pride in searching Google for answering my own and others queries and consider myself as a semi-expert. Deccan Chronicle called me The Internet Hunter sometime ago. For a change, KLN Trust Googled and reached me as a suitable person for the award!. Sri Manohar Kanuri of the trust met me personally some months ago and thereafter we exchanged many email messages and telephone calls. Therefore I am happy about the role played by Google and the Internet in general – I am pleased that I have left enough footprints to trace me down. -- Posted By Blogger to kaaranam-ketkadey <http://vyasa-kaaranam-ketkadey.blogspot.com/2014/06/kln-award-and-gooogle-b…> at 6/06/2014 08:56:00 PM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SEMINAR INVITATION FROM UNIVERSITY OF DELHI SOUTH CAMPUS
by Gulshan Kumar 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Dear Library Professionals, We are celebrating *ProQuest E-books day* on *Monday,* *9th of June *and it is our pleasure to extend to you this warm invitation to be a part of the same as a distinguished guest. The event is designed to offer case studies/white papers, custom presentations and panel discussions with active participation from the audience. The participants include University Librarians, Library Directors, Academia and other experts. The speakers and delegates are recognised authorities with vast experience. *As one of the prominent figures in the LIS community, we would be honoured by your attendance.* *Salient features of this event* Ø It is a full day event*. Registration is free and seats available on first come first serve basis.* Ø We will bring you up to date with the information about ProQuest E-books and our related offerings. Ø Networking with the knowledge personnel of the esteemed institutions Ø *Sessions with our Senior Management*. Our guests for the day include *Mr. Stephen Parnell*: Deputy Director, Information Infrastructure, University of South Australia *Mr. Brad Rosairo*: Executive Director, West Asia Pacific Sales, ProQuest *Mr. Vinesh Vicna: *Regional Sales Manager - Asia Pacific, ProQuest Ebooks *9th June 2014* *9.00 a.m to 4.00 p.m* * S. P. Jain Auditorium, * * University of Delhi South Campus, * * Benito Juarez Marg, Moti Bagh* * New Delhi, 110021* An opportunity will be provided for discussions between participants so that knowledge and experience is shared. *We look forward to learning and benefitting from your presence and experience in our shared quest for excellence*. Therefore, we are delighted to personally invite you to join this event to shape and drive our futures. Request you to *please confirm your attendance latest by 3rd June *by an email to vinod.shihani(a)proquest.com or tariq22(a)gmail.com For any queries / further information about the workshop, please feel free to contact us at the below mentioned details. *Looking forward to your presence!!!* Warm Regards *Vinod Shihani* Area Manager , North India Region ProQuest Mobile +91 9953412465 *Dr. Tariq Ashraf* Workshop Director University of Delhi South Campus Mobile +91 9868335593 With warm regards, Dr.Tariq Ashraf *Librarian / **University of Delhi South Campus/ Benito Juarez Road **New Delhi ** 110021 * *Ph: 011-24110221 <011-24110221>/011-24157320 <011-24157320> / Fax: 011-**24110221 / * *Mobile:* *9868335593 <9868335593> / @tariqdu * *Email: tariq22(a)gmail.com <tariq22(a)gmail.com> / tariq(a)south.du.ac.in <tariq(a)south.du.ac.in> / **http://www.south du.ac.in <http://www.du.ac.in/>* -- *.....Thanks & RegardsGulshan Kr. Sachdeva* *M.No.- +91-9911496696* http://gkslibrary.blogspot.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Three days training programme on Bibliometrics and Research Output Analysis during 30th July-1st August 2014
by kruti trivedi 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Respected Members, INFLIBNET is organizing three days training programme on Bibliometrics and Research Output Analysis during 30th July to 1st August 2014. The programme will give the participants sound overview of bibliometric methods, performance indicators and tools & techniques related to bibliometric analysis and mapping. It will provide awareness about the most commonly used data base, how to build -up relevant indicators and how to interpret the data. Special emphasis will be given to indicators used in research evaluation. Resource Persons The lecturers are prominent researchers, scientists/professors in the field of bibliometrics. They also have an extensive experience with the application of bibliometric analysis in a research evaluation. Venue The Training programme will be conducted at Information and Library Network Centre, An IUC of University Grants Commission, Infocity, Gandhinagar-382007, Gujarat, India Fee The registration fee is Rs. 3000.00 (Rupees three thousand five hundred only) per person without accommodation and Rs. 5,000.00 with accommodation (four days three nights). Please visit following link for more information: Brochure: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/forthcoming/aboutWorkshoBibliometricsfinal.pdf Registration form: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/forthcoming/Bibliometric_Reg-form.pdf For participation and more information please do contact kruti(a)inflibnet.ac.in -- With Regards, Kruti J Trivedi Scientist B (LS) INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Infocity, Gandhinagar - 382007 Email: kruti(a)inflibnet.ac.in Phone: 079-23268241 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] [NMLIS] Fwd: Fwd: Invitation to felicitation function for Mr.Madhan Muthu on 9 June 2014 at 11am
by Siva Shankar Kimidi 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Dear Sir: Congratulations. thank you for your great leadership in mentoring me and other colleagues in Library profession. We pray to God to give you more strength to be more actively take the Open Access advocacy movement all over India. thank you once again to Team IITM I feel bad, that I couldn't be present in this program. Regards Siva Library Officer ICRISAT On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 6:45 PM, naglaxman naglaxman(a)gmail.com [NMLIS] < NMLIS(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Subbiah Arunachalam" <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> > Date: Jun 5, 2014 6:25 PM > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Fwd: Invitation to felicitation function for > Mr.Madhan Muthu on 9 June 2014 at 11am > To: "LIS-Forum" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, "oadl" < > oadl(a)yahoogroups.com> > > Friends: > > A function felicitating *Mr.Madhan Muthu,* Manager, Library and > Information Services, at ICRISAT will be held in IIT Madras on* June 9 > 2014* > at *11am in the Conference room on the 4th floor of the central > library. *Prof. > Pennathur Gautam will give away the *EPT Award* for excellence in promoting > open access in the developing world to Madhan. > > > This is the third year of the award and Madhan shares this year's award > with Ms Rosemary Otando of Kenya. In the inaugural year, the award was > given to another Indian, Dr Francis Jayakanth. > > > Mr.Madhan Muthu has been championing open access of research publications > for many years. He is also helping the open access programme in IIT Madras > through formal interactions with Dean, Academic Research, and Dean, > Academic Courses, who is the also the Dean in charge of the central > library. > > > Therefore it is my pleasure to invite you to join in the felicitation of > Mr.Madhan Muthu and we hope that he would continue to offer his services to > IIT Madras for completing the open access programme that has been initiated > last year. > > > *Programme schedule:* > > Date: 9 June 2014, Monday > > Time: 11am -11.45am > > Venue: Conference hall, 4th floor, IITM Central library > > > Please join us for tea at 10.45am. > > > Warm Regards > > Mangala Sunder > > > Dr. Mangala Sunder Krishnan > Professor > Department of Chemistry > Indian Institute of Technology Madras > Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600036 India > > > E-mails: mangala_sunderk(a)yahoo.com > mangal(a)iitm.ac.in > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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Library trainees required at Christ University Library.
by Sree Kumar Nair 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Christ University Library is looking for some trainees for its library at main campus. Interested BLIS/MLIS students may walk-in for an interview on June 5 - June 10, between 9.00 am - 4.00 pm. A stipend of Rs. 9000/- will be paid per month to trainees. Thank you, Sree Kumar Knowledge Centre, Christ University, Hosur Road, Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Felicitation function for Mr.Madhan Muthu
by Kshirod 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Dear All, Congratulations Mr. Madhan ! Its a very special moment for us that 2nd time an indian is selected to get the EPT award for promoting open access in India. I am feeling proud that I was working for more then 3 years with such a talented, energetic and a champion person in open access of research publications. Thanks and Regards, -- Kshirod Das National Institute of Technology Rourkela-769 008, Orissa kdas(a)nitrkl.ac.in daskshirod(a)gmail.com Personal Webpage: http://kshiroddas.weebly.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Mendeley Workshop at JNU on June 20th 2014 (Friday) at 2.30 pm
by Dr Ramesh C Gaur, University Librarian, JNU 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Central Library, JNU in collaboration with Elsevier is organizing Mendeley Workshop at Lecture Hall-1, Convention Centre, JNU Campus, New Delhi-110067 on 20th June, 2014 (Friday) from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm. About the Workshop Use of reference manager can be a powerful addition to your research activities. Mendeley is a free Reference Manager and Academic Social Network that can assist you in managing references, research papers (PDFs), annotating your PDFs, taking searchable notes, citing while you are writing, automatically creating bibliographies, syncing your account between multiple computers, collaborating, and discovering new research in fields of interest. Come to learn how you can use Mendeley in your research workflow. Workshop Objectives The objectives of this workshop are to make you learn: 1. How to get Mendeley working on your computer? 2. How to add and manage research papers in your Mendeley Library? 3. How to import references and add associated paper to your library? 4. How to highlight and take notes? How to use searchable notes? 5. How to cite and create bibliographies while you write? 6. How to collaborate with other researchers and how to discover new research? Target Participants Librarians and Researchers in any field may attend he workshop. Agenda 1.30 to 2.30 pm Registration verification Time Topic Presenter 2.30-2.35 pm Welcome Address Mr. Manik Sethi Marketing Manager- South Asia Elsevier Research Solutions 2.35-2.45 pm Opening Address Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur University Librarian Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi-110067 2.45-3.30pm Introduction to Mendeley Dr. Pranita Gopal Assistant Professor Army Institute of Education New Delhi 3.30-4.15 pm Live Demonstration of Mendeley Dr. Kuldeep Singh Assistant Professor Department of Biotechnology And Bioinformatics Jaypee University of Information Technology, Himachal Pradesh 4.15-4.30 Question and Answers to Mendeley Advisors 4.30 Onwards Closing Remarks followed by refreshments Registration is mandatory. Only 120 participants on first-cum-first served basis will be registered. Please use the below link for registration: http://quizforscience.com/MendeleyWorkshop/ For more information please contact Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur University Librarian, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi – 110067. Tele 011+26742605, 26704551 Fax 011+26741603 Email – rcgaur(a)mail.jnu.ac.in & rcgaur66(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Invitation to felicitation function for Mr.Madhan Muthu on 9 June 2014 at 11am
by Subbiah Arunachalam 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Friends: A function felicitating *Mr.Madhan Muthu,* Manager, Library and Information Services, at ICRISAT will be held in IIT Madras on* June 9 2014* at *11am in the Conference room on the 4th floor of the central library. *Prof. Pennathur Gautam will give away the *EPT Award* for excellence in promoting open access in the developing world to Madhan. This is the third year of the award and Madhan shares this year's award with Ms Rosemary Otando of Kenya. In the inaugural year, the award was given to another Indian, Dr Francis Jayakanth. Mr.Madhan Muthu has been championing open access of research publications for many years. He is also helping the open access programme in IIT Madras through formal interactions with Dean, Academic Research, and Dean, Academic Courses, who is the also the Dean in charge of the central library. Therefore it is my pleasure to invite you to join in the felicitation of Mr.Madhan Muthu and we hope that he would continue to offer his services to IIT Madras for completing the open access programme that has been initiated last year. *Programme schedule:* Date: 9 June 2014, Monday Time: 11am -11.45am Venue: Conference hall, 4th floor, IITM Central library Please join us for tea at 10.45am. Warm Regards Mangala Sunder Dr. Mangala Sunder Krishnan Professor Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600036 India E-mails: mangala_sunderk(a)yahoo.com mangal(a)iitm.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: FW: A Global View of Open Access - Part 6: A perspective on Open Access in India
by Sridhar Gutam 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

*Subject:* A Global View of Open Access - Part 6: A perspective on Open Access in India A Global View of Open Access - Part 6: A perspective on Open Access in India *Tony Hey - Vice President, Microsoft Research* I am very pleased to introduce the sixth and last article in this series of snapshots of the progress towards open access around the globe. Muthu Madhan, manager of Library and Information Services at the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Patancheru, Hyderabad (www.icrisat.org) has kindly updated his 2011 status report on: "Open Access to Scholarly Literature in India -- A Status Report <http://cis-india.org/openness/publications/open-access-scholarly-literature…>". In this blog entry he reports on the recent developments on OA in India as well as summarizes its origins. Open Access discussions began surprisingly early in India, dating back to a talk given by Stevan Harnad in September 2000. The first institutional repository was set up next year at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. Unfortunately, although the report details many expressions of support for open access, there have been very few institutional or funder mandates that have been implemented to encourage the deposit of the full text of research articles. ICRISAT is one of the few institutions that has set up a repository and introduced a mandate. The situation seems a missed opportunity for Indian researchers but open access in India is complicated by the emergence of 100s of new 'predatory journals' claiming to offer open access for a fee. There is clearly much work to be done to realize true open access in India and it is to be hoped that OA initiatives <http://www.globalresearchcouncil.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/grc_action_pl…> such as that championed by the Global Research can help make a real difference. http://tonyhey.net/2014/06/03/a-global-view-of-open-access-part-6/ Sridhar Gutam, PhD, ARS Senior Scientist (Plant Physiology) ICAR Research Centre for Eastern Region <http://icarrcer.in/> Regional Centre, Tata Road, Rajaulatu Post Plandu, Ranchi 834010, Jharkhand Phone: +91-651-2260141; Fax: +91-651-2260101 Mobile:+91-9005760036/8005346136 Publications: http://works.bepress.com/sridhar_gutam/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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