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INDIA TO HAVE 243 MILLION INTERNET USERS BY JUNE 2014: REPORT
by Ragaavendra R 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

Dear Moderator pls circulate. INDIA TO HAVE 243 MILLION INTERNET USERS BY JUNE 2014: REPORT With more and more people accessing the Web through mobile phones, the Internet user base in the country is projected to touch 243 million by June 2014, a year-on-year growth of 28 per cent. According to the Internet And Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), the Internet user base in the country stood at 190 million at the end of June, 2013. For the whole year 2013, the Internet user base grew 42 per cent to 213 million, from 150 million in 2012. FOR FULL TEXT AND REFERENCE LINK: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/india-to-have-243-million-internet-users-by-june… Best Regards, Raghvendra R The information contained in this electronic message and in any attachments to this message is confidential, legally privileged and intended only for use by the person or entity to which this electronic message is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify the sender and system manager by return email and delete the message and its attachments and also you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this electronic transmission or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not represent those of the Company or bind the Company. Any commitments made over e-mail are not financially binding on the company unless accompanied or followed by a valid purchase order. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail Scanner, and is believed to be clean. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.jubl.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: UGC Infonet Digital Library Consortium discontinued...!
by T. Shahab . 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

Sir, The official response from INFLIBNET concerning Mr. Velayudhanpillai posting is hereby forwarded for the information of all concerned. In face of increasing budgetary constraints, many libraries will find themselves in great difficulty in case the UGC-INFONET Consortium service is shut down. Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ashok Kumar Rai <ashok(a)inflibnet.ac.in> Date: Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] UGC Infonet Digital Library Consortium discontinued...! To: tshahab(a)jamiahamdard.ac.in Cc: Jagdish Arora <jarora42(a)gmail.com> Dear Dr T Shahab, Thanks for your email. The UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium, launched in 2004, continued to > serve the academic community through X and XI Plan Period with cooperation > of UGC, publishers and universities. However, the Scheme has been > dis-continued in XII Plan Period because of paucity of funds. The INFLIBNET > Centre as well as UGC are making all efforts to revive the Scheme which > would require allocation of funds from the MHRD to UGC. > > Regular efforts are being made in this direction, we are hopeful that the > efforts being made by the INFLIBNET Centre, UGC and other stakeholders > would bring the desired results. The INFLIBNET Centre is in regular touch > with the UGC. We will keep the universities updated in this regard. > Thanks and regards Ashok > > *From: *"T. Shahab ." <tshahab(a)jamiahamdard.ac.in> > *Subject: **Fwd: [LIS-Forum] UGC Infonet Digital Library Consortium > discontinued...!* > *Date: *30 January 2014 9:46:06 am IST > *To: *director(a)inflibnet.ac.in > > Sir > Would you please take trouble to give your official response to this mail. > Regards > Dr. T. Shahab > HMS Central Librart > Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai <gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com> > Date: Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 3:52 PM > Subject: [LIS-Forum] UGC Infonet Digital Library Consortium > discontinued...! > To: "lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > > > UGC Infonet Digital Library Consortium discontinued...There is a message > running over the header image of UGC Infonet Project website stating that > the Project is closed from 31st of March 2012. Yesterday universities > received e-mails from INFLIBNET authorities that the UGC Infonet Digital > Library Consortium has been discontinued in 12th plan due to paucity of > funds.Not able to understand what is happening...!If the universities are > trying to subscribe to these journals we will not be able to get even one > by tenth of the facilities we get through infonet. This leads to a scary > situation. In the 70s and 80s people had to run to big institutions like > IISc and IITs to get access to such academic literature. After INFLIBNET > came into existence the huge divide existed for access to academic > literature was to an extent avoided. Now those days are here again. > Authorities at the UGC should take up this issue very seriously and > continue with the digital library consortium. Hope the co! > nfusion will be over in no days. > Dr GOPAKUMAR V. > > University Librarian,Goa University > > Taleigao Plateau, Goa. PIN 403 206 > > Personal webpage > > http://www.vgkumar.weebly.com/ > > > > gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com > > Office Phone: 08326519012 > > Mobile No: 09447056713 > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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Librarians are excluded from the FDP for the XII plan
by Mailing List Admin 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:10:51 +0530 From: Biju Varghese <bijuvvlis(a)gmail.com> Hi Professionals, UGC has published the FDP guidelines for the XII plan period (2012-2017). Librarians are excluded from the FDP programme, please check the section 3.1.8 Please check this.....please think what we can do against this injustice???? Why UGC committee members are always standing against librarians???? Please check the link and attached document. http://www.ugc.ac.in/page/XII-Plan-Guidelines.aspx Biju V V Librarian Sacred Heart College Thevara, Cochin 13 Ph: +919446143971

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INDIA RANKED AT THE BOTTOM OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INDEX
by Ragaavendra R 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

Dear Moderator pls circulate. INDIA RANKED AT THE BOTTOM OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INDEX For the second consecutive year, India has been ranked at the bottom of 25 countries in terms of protection and enforcement of intellectual property practices, a US Chamber of Commerce report said today. India has been a low seven point out of a maximum 30, with the United States topping the Intellectual Property (IP) index with 28.5 per cent. A report by the Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) of the US Chamber of Commerce maps the IP environment of 25 countries from around the world utilising 30 factors, which are indicative of an IP environments that fosters growth and development. "India, which again finished last in the second edition of the Index, continues to allow for the deterioration in its IP climate," the report said adding that India continued to score lowest, most notably in categories relating to patents, copyrights, and international treaties. China shows improvements in certain aspects of its patent regime, however, its overall IP environment continued to see challenges, particularly in regard to trade secret protection and enforcement. The United States received the highest overall score, but came in third after the United Kingdom and France in the enforcement category. Canada's treatment of pharmaceutical patents, copyright laws, and unwillingness to ratify international IP treaties resulted in significantly lower scores than other upper-income economies, the report said. India continues to have the weakest IP environment of all countries included in the Index, the report said. "Despite the 2010 declaration by the then-President of India that the next 10 years will be India's 'Decade of Innovation', the continued use of compulsory licenses, patent revocations, and weak legislative and enforcement mechanisms raise serious concerns about India's commitment to promote innovation and protect creators," it said. According to the report, in the bio pharmaceutical space, Indian policy continued to breach international standards of the protection of innovation and patent rights, revoking patents generally accepted around the world and announcing that other patented medicines are being considered for compulsory licenses. Most notable was the April decision by the Supreme Court of India on the patentability of the anti-cancer drug Glivec, the court held that the drug did not meet patentability standards as imposed by the Indian Patent Act's Section 3(d) regarding "incremental innovation" and limiting patent protection to what is specifically disclosed, again in contradiction to global norms, it said. "This is despite Glivec being recognised as a breakthrough drug and given protection in 40 jurisdictions around the world. "Given the prominence and size of India's generic pharmaceutical industry, other countries have taken notice and begun to introduce similar provisions into their own laws and regulations," said David Hirschmann, President and CEO of the GIPC. "A robust IP system provides the critical foundation needed for nations wishing to advance their economic and social progress, and provide assurances to consumers that the products they use are authentic, safe, and effective," said Hirschmann. "By highlighting countries that are leading or lagging in fostering a strong IP framework, the GIPC Index provides a clear and objective tool for policy makers to strengthen innovative potential and for business leaders to assess risk and investment," he added. According to Hirschmann, the United States may lead the overall ranking, but has fallen behind in its enforcement efforts. "Therefore, we urge the Obama administration and Congress to expand on current enforcement programs and allocate dedicated resources throughout the government to effectively enforce IP rights and protect consumers," he said. SOURCE LINK: http://www.financialexpress.com/news/india-ranked-at-the-bottom-of-intellec… Best Regards, Raghvendra R The information contained in this electronic message and in any attachments to this message is confidential, legally privileged and intended only for use by the person or entity to which this electronic message is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify the sender and system manager by return email and delete the message and its attachments and also you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this electronic transmission or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not represent those of the Company or bind the Company. Any commitments made over e-mail are not financially binding on the company unless accompanied or followed by a valid purchase order. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail Scanner, and is believed to be clean. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.jubl.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Discussion on RDA
by T. Shahab . 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

Dear Moderator Very lively discussions are going on the OCLC forum regarding the problems associated with the implementation of the RDA (Resource Description & Access) which is the new system of cataloging rules that is replacing the traditional AACR-2 convention. I hope the professional librarians and academicians should take-up the thread of discussion to educate about the changes in cataloging practices in the Indian context. Regards Dr. T. Shahab HMS Central library Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi -- 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] An exploratory study on LIS-forum
by franc＠library.iisc.ernet.in 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

On Wed, 29 Jan 2014, Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy <vyasamoorthy(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for an interesting link to LIS-FORUM study / results. > I am happy to see that even after 'retiring' from active librarianship in > 2000 my name is found among top nine contributors! > If some data about total number of subscribers to LIS-Forum (how it has > increased from inception is given that will be useful.I vaguely remember > that the number of subscribers was around 800 at one point of time. As on date, the total number of subscribers to the LIS-Forum is, 8041. This number may actually not reveal the unique subscribers, for there are number of members who have multiple subscriptions. I take this opportunity to impress upon the members to delete their unused / multiple subscriptions and retain just one subscription. This will reduce the network traffic considerably. Theoretically, each approved message has to be delivered to all the subscribers. On a given day, if 10 messages are approved, then more than 80,000 mails are to be sent / day. This can really choke the network bandwidth and questions could be raised about such high volume of network traffic from the LIS-Forum service. Let each of us make an earnest attempt to reduce the network traffic to whatever extent that we can. For the smooth functioning of the LIS-forum service, pl ensure the following netiquette are strictly adhered to every time either a posting is made or there is a reply to a posting. 1. Messages are to be sent in plain text format only. Majority of the mails are received in rich text format (RTF) despite the fact that I have communicated about this requirement several times in the past. The RTF/HTML will unnecessarily inflate the size of the posting and also there is probability of such messages not being delivered to all the subscribers especially those who receive lis-forum messages in the non-digest mode. 2. While responding / replying to a posting, use the top-posting style. The top-posting style is the method that I have used to reply to Dr. Vyasamoorthy's reply. Just retain the relevant portion of the mail to which a reply is being sent to and discard the rest of the mail. This will ensure that the readers are put in the right context and avoid unwanted details. 3. Point no. 2 is all the more applicable to members who receive messages in the digest form. While replying to a specific msg from a digest, one should definitely use the top-post style and discard the rest. Just using the 'reply' button will include in the reply all the messages in a digest. Such replies will be discarded. 4. While posting announcements about conferences/seminars/workshops etc just provide the most essential details and for more details, refer to the web site. Unfortunately, NONE of the members follow the above netiquette despite the fact that the event that is being announced has a web site with details. This will ensure that only those who are interested in the event will follow the link. Also, avoid repeating an announcement (about an event etc) more than twice. The second announcement should go as a reminder. 5. While seeking reprint request, DO ENSURE that the requester provides complete affiliation details. Requests without the affiliation details will be discarded. Members from commercial organizations should refrain from asking for reprint requests and NO MEMBER should ask for a copy of complete e-book. I would appreciate if all the members make a constant effort to adhere to the above guidelines so that the LIS-Forum messages / discussions are informative and meaningful. With warm regards, - Francis Moderator, LIS-Forum JRD Library, IISc Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on Explorations in Knowledge Analytics
by Mailing List Admin 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 09:38:20 +0000 From: Ravichandra <ikrrao(a)hotmail.com> KAnOE: Centre for Knowledge Analytics and Ontological Engineering, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore Workshop on Explorations in Knowledge Analytics -- One-Day Workshop (TEQIP-II/COE Sponsored) Fri, 07 February 2014 You may register for a KAnOE Workshop, at http://kanoe.org/workshopregistration.html Venue: Tech Park Seminar Hall, PES Institute of Technology A workshop on Explorations in Knowledge Analytics is being organized (sponsored under TEQIP-II) by the COE in Knowledge Analytics and Ontological Engineering (KAnOE). Resource Persons are Dr. Sujit Bhattacharya, Professor, Academy of Scientific Research and Innovation, New Delhi Dr. Aparna Basu, Emeritus Scientist, National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi and Dr. Prabir G Dastidar, Scientist/Director, Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi. Who can attend? Computer science faculty and students, knowledge management professionals, library & Information professionals and students of LIS, Information Architects, Web Designers; Faculty and students of PESIT or other engineering colleges (from any department) as well as professionals from the industry. Registration is free of cost, but all participants must register well before the event. AGENDA: Friday, 07 February 2014 9:30 - 10:00 Registration. 10:00 - 10:15 Opening remarks. 10:15 - 11:30 Lecture 1: Big Data and Scientometrics: From Dr Google Search Engine to Competitive Intelligence by Sujit Bhattacharya, NISTADs, New Delhi. 11:30 - 11:45 Coffee Break. 11:45 - 13:00 Lecture 2: Role of Network Structures in Defining Intellectual Space of Subject Specialties by Dr Prabir G Dastidar, Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi. 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break. 14:00 - 15:15 Lecture 3: Knowledge Analytics - Applications to Terrorism and Concept of 'Undiscovered Science' by Dr Aparna Basu, NISTADS, New Delhi. 3:15 - 3:30 Discussion and Conclusion. 3:30 Tea. For any queries, please write to ontology(a)pes.edu

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Training programmme on Bio-medical Information Resources on 19th Feb 14
by Sukhdev Singh 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

NIC's Bibliographic Informatics Division is conducting a Training - cum - User Awareness programmme on 19th February 2014 for Doctors, Medical Researchers and Medical Librarians. This One Day programme at NIC HQs, New Delhi would cover following topics: 1. Internet Biomedical Information Resources. 2. Trends in Biomedical Communication including ethical issues in publication practices, copyright issues, Impact factor.etc 3. IndMED, MedIND and PubMed 4. Journals' Full Text Resources. You are welcome to attend this programme. There is no registration fee for the programme. However it may be noted that all expenses like TD/DA and reaching the Venue would have to be borne by the participants. Nominations may be sent to email id g.rekha(a)nic.in latest by 10th February 2014. The confirmations would be sent over email. Regards Sukhdev Singh, Technical Director, Bibliographic Informatics Division National Informatics Centre CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy of Librarian at Anand Niketan School, Maninagar, Ahmedabad
by Christian Geeta 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

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Workshop on Koha, Joomla and Data Migration Tips and tricks
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

Dear All, Biju Patnaik Central Library of NIT Rourkela is proud to announce first National Workshop on "Library Automation (Koha), Content Management System (Joomla) & Data Migration: Challenges and Prospects" from 02-05 May, 2014 under the Series "Empowering Library Professionals to Empower Society (ELPES)-I" . The most peculiarity of this workshop is to provide training to the participants in such a way that they can Implement the same in real environment and the experts from NIT Rourkela library will provide them online/telephonic support up to at least Six month from the date of Workshop. However, professionals are always welcome if they want any support from us. The Details of the Workshop can be found at our Workshop Page at: http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/images/bpcl/workshop/ http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/bpcl/workshop/brochure.pdf http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/bpcl/workshop/form.pdf V.K. Mishra I/C Library & Workshop Convener With regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, (Library In-Charge) Biju Patnaik Central Library, NIT Rourkela, Mob:91+9439420860 91+6612462103 (O) email: vinod_librarian(a)rediffmail.com : mishravk79(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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