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Distinguished Lecture on “Technologies for catapulting Tamil to the digital forefront” on Tuesday, 7th Jan 2014 at 5.30 p.m.
by Mohan Hr 03 Jan '14

03 Jan '14

Dear all, Pl. find an invite for a Distinguished Lecture on “Technologies for catapulting Tamil to the digital forefront” on Tuesday, 7th Jan 2014 at 5.30 p.m. The pdf invite is available at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2014/mm-140107.pdf With reagrds HR Mohan Chairman, IEEE CS & VP, CSI INVITE ========================================== International Forum for Information Technology in Tamil, India Chapter Tamil Virtual Academy Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter Cordially invite you for a Distinguished Lecture on “Technologies for catapulting Tamil to the digital forefront” By Dr. A. G. Ramakrishnan Professor of Electrical Engineering Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore On Tuesday, 7th Jan 2014 at 5.30 p.m. at Tamil Virtual Academy Government Data Centre Complex Near Anna Centenary Library Gandhi Mandapam Road, Kottur, Chennai 600025 Phone: 044-2220 1012 Programme: ======== 5.30: Tea & Fellowship 6.00: Presentation About the Speaker: ============== Dr. A. G. Ramakrishnan is a professor of Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1989 in Biomedical Engineering from I.I.T Madras. He was selected as a Young Scientist in 1994. Dr. Ramakrishnan received Sir Andrew Watt Kay Young Researcher's Award in 1992 from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow for outstanding work in the field of medical and biomedical sciences. He was the President of Biomedical Engineering Society of India from 2002 to 2008. He has publications in four different IEEE Transactions: Biomed. Eng.; Info. Technology in Biomedicine; Medical Imaging; and Audio, Speech, and Language Processing. His research areas include Neuro inspired Pattern Recognition, Machine Listening, Human Computer Interface Technologies, Medical and Document Image Processing, Online Handwriting Recognition, Indian Language Technology Solutions, Natural Language Processing. He has guided 25 research scholars so far. He is leading a national research consortium on “Recognition of online handwriting in Indian languages”. OCRs developed by him for Tamil, Kannada and Telugu have been used to convert more than 180 books to Braille books. The text to speech synthesis system developed by him for Tamil and Kannada is available as a web demo on his lab website. Indic Keyboard, an open source IME for most Indian languages, is available on http://code.google.com/ for both Windows and Linux. -- 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] Reaction to the Posting of Mr. Bhakthavathsala H M....from. Dr Manjunatha
by Manjunath K 03 Jan '14

03 Jan '14

1. I too agree with views expressed by Dr. Koteswara Rao & Dr. Guruprasad about the indecent remarks made by our professional colleague. If his concerns are about number of PhDs at a time from the same dept..., it is common and acceptable for universities to have collective Vivas.. it serves two purpose.. on one hand it is economy to university and on the other it assures more participation from audience. Presenting doctoral findings and defending in front of larger audience is definitely a welcoming trend. This is more encouraging for research scholars to see more people rather than negligible number as audience. 2. If Mr. Bhaktavatsala's anger is about number of candidates from same guide... there is every possibility that the thesis might have been submitted at different point of time and viva might have been scheduled together for convenience. It may also happen that all the candidates might have registered at the same time and naturally the submission might have happened simultaneously. With University's time schedule for doctoral work, most of them might stick to complete the research within the given time. If registration happens at time, submissions also may happen at the same time. 3. If his concern is about how one can guide all candidates together, research work is based on work progress by individual researchers. If candidates do their homework properly, definitely a guide can supervise many together. 4. if his concerns are due to personal grievances against individual researcher our guide... professionals should not use public platform to express their anger or throw mud on other. The blames reflect the mindset of a complaining person against an individual or department. 5. along with others I too request all our esteemed LIS professionals that " let us exhibit our behavior more professionally and uphold the value of our profession" our criticisms on own profession pulls us down and we become laughing issue for others. I feel, collective presentations will benefit researchers, audience as well as University. Knowingly or unknowingly, Mr. Bhaktavatsala made members to read mails and express their feelings. Manjunath -------------- Dr. Manjunatha K Chief Librarian T.A. Pai Management Institute| PB.No.9 Manipal - 576104, Udupi Dist., Karnataka, India Ph: 0820-2701105(Off), 2575161 (Res) e- manjunath(a)tapmi.edu.in ; manjunathak(a)gmail.com http://www.manjunathakeralapura.weebly.com ------------ -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Mailing List Admin Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 6:03 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Reaction to the Posting of Mr. Bhakthavathsala H M.....LIS-FORUM.....Dr Guruprasad ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 14:25:57 +0530 From: Koteswara Rao Mamidi <mk-rao(a)hotmail.com> Dear all, Yes, the posting certainly raises eyebrows among LIS fraternity while reading the dirty tailpiece. Is it required in the first place? There is nothing new of LIS departments awarding PhDs and we all know the quality and standard of today's PhDs. Perhaps the user is trying to reaffirm the earlier studies showing that the state of Karnataka leads in LIS PhDs?. A recent posting about a seminar by KALA "Save Libraries and Save Librarianship" has also evoked mixed response from users which makes us to think "what is happening to our LIS profession"? Dr. M. Koteswara Rao > Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 21:09:49 +0530 > From: gprasad61(a)gmail.com > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Reaction to the Posting of Mr. Bhakthavathsala H > M.....LIS-FORUM.....Dr Guruprasad > > On the one hand it definitely it is a matter that DLIS, University of > Mysore witnessed an intellectual event of such magnitude of five > research scholars being awarded the Ph.D. degrees. > > As a former research scholar it is indeed a matter of great pride > seeing the scholarly achievements of DLIS, University of Mysore. > > On the other hand, it saddens me a lot to read the "Tailpiece" of the > message which is written in absolute bad taste. It appears to an > outsider like one pitching against the other in order to derive some > sadistic pleasure. > > Such "Tailpiece" statements can jeopardize the reputation of DLIS. > > The views expressed by the sender of this message are purely his > personal >> observation and need not be taken as general. > > > >> Dr Guruprasad >> > Bangalore > > ================= > > > > >> From: "bhakthavathsala H M" <bhakthamalangi.hm(a)gmail.com> >> > Date: Tue, December 24, 2013 4:17 pm > > Congratulations to the Five Some MyDLIS PhD scholars! > > It was celebrations time at the Department of Library and Information > Science (MyDLIS), University of Mysore, Mysore, when four PhD scholars > appeared for the defense of their theses one after the other on a > same day > ie: 26 Nov'2013 and another one on 23rd of December 2013. > Totally five PhD are awarded in a span of almost a month (from > 26/11/13 to 23/12/2013) which is unusual at MyDLIS. > The 2013 year end, lucky five are: 1. Dr.Devendra (Guide: Prof. > Khaiser Nikam) 2. Dr.Jaykumara (Guide: Prof. Khaiser Nikam) 3. Dr. > Vinod Kumar B L (Guide: Prof. Khaiser Nikam) 4. Smt Shanaz Kademzadeh (Guide: > Prof. Khaiser Nikam) > & 5. Dr. Bhojaraju Gunjal > (Guide: Prof. Shalini R Urs): > > Dr. Devendra worked on " Attitudes of Law Library Users towards the > use of OPAC and Web OPAC in South India: A Study" > Dr. Jaykumara worked on " Attitudes of Young Adults towards Public > Library Services in Karnataka: A Study" > Dr.Vinod Kumar B L worked on "Design and Development of Information > Support System for Yogic Sciences with emphasis on Knowledge Organization" > Dr. Bhojaraju Gunjal worked on "Knowledge Organization Systems In > Digital > Libraries: A Case of ETDs " > Smt. Shanaz Kademzadeh worked on " Collection Development in > Scientific and Research Institute Libraries in Iran: A Study" > > The presentations were scholarly and the new MLISc seminar hall > was full with all the Faculty Members, Students, Research Scholars and > invitees. Nearly 100 people attended the Internal Open Viva Voce. In > general there was good interaction. The candidates answered questions > satisfactorily. The issues raised in the course of interaction will go > a long way in further improving the existing work of the scholars and > act as tips to those who are going to complete their PhD work shortly. > The external examiners were Prof. B S Maheshwarappa; Prof.B D > Kumbar; Prof.NeelaDeshpande; Prof. Md. Shafi, Prof. D K Gupta. Prof. > D Chandran and Prof.V T Kamble. All of them did a splendid job by > critically evaluating the work and appreciating the strengths of the theses. > > Tailpiece !! > > For the healthy competitors it was an inspiring moment and for the > envious it was the story of "Grapes are Sour" and for the Cynic it was time to" > grouse and grumble" > > The Report is approved by the Board of Studies Chairman (Prof. Khaiser > Nikam) and is prepared purely for academic purpose. > > Prof. Nikam may be contacted on : khaiser.nikam6(a)gmail.com & > 9845328672 > > -- > > Regards, > > Bhakthavathsala H. M. > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Article: Excellence by Nonsense: The Competition for Publications in Modern Science
by Shamprasad Pujar 03 Jan '14

03 Jan '14

Dear All, This could be of interest to some of you. Excellence by Nonsense: The Competition for Publications in Modern Science Abstract: In this chapter, Binswanger (a critic of the current scientific process) explains how artificially staged competitions affect science and how they result in nonsense. An economist himself, Binswanger provides examples from his field and shows how impact factors and publication pressure reduce the quality of scientific publications. Some might know his work and arguments from his book ‘Sinnlose Wettbewerbe’. Full text available at: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-00026-8_3/fulltext.html Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: ++91-22-2841 6547 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Seminar at Karnataka State Womens University Bijapur 6-7 March 2014
by Prahalad G Tadasad 03 Jan '14

03 Jan '14

Dear Professional Colleagues Wishing all of you a happy and prosperous new year It is being planned to organize a two days national seminar on *“The Digital shift: Making libraries relevant for education and research” on 6-7 March 2014 *in the Department of Library and Information Science, Karnataka State Women’s University, Bijapur in joint collaboration with Karnataka State Council for Higher Education. The seminar will provide an opportunity to LIS professionals to explore the ways and means to manage the libraries in making them relevant for education and research where electronic resources are playing a pivotal role in meeting the information needs of the users· The themes and sub-themes of the seminar are : *MAIN THEME:* “The Digital shift: Making libraries relevant for education and research” *SUB THEMES* Sub-themes includes but not limited to the following: Ø Breaking barriers to literacy Ø Empowering the researchers Ø Promoting the Scholarly communication Ø Copyright update Ø Collection development strategies Ø Re-inventing the library housekeeping activities and services Ø Management of e-resources Ø Developing DL’s, IR’s and CMS’s Ø Library space, finance and human resource management Ø Redefining the management of library and information centers Ø Redefining the ICT applications for libraries Ø Redefining LIS education Ø Best practices in libraries and new initiatives *REGISTRATION FEE* Individual: Rs. 1000.00 Research Scholars and Retired Professionals: Rs. 750 Students: Rs. 300.00 (Kit without conference proceedings) Accompanying family member: Rs. 500.00 (Kit without conference proceedings) *IMPORTANT DATES *Last date for submission of full papers with registration fee: 15.2.2014 Acceptance of full paper for presentation: 20.2.2014 Last date for Registration: 27.2.2014 Spot Registration: Available on prior intimation *VENUE: *Dr B R Ambedkar Study Centre Auditorium, Jnanashakti campus, Torvi, Bijapur *SEMINAR DATES:* 6-7 March 2014 I request all the professional colleagues to participate and present papers in the seminar and extend cooperation in the organization of the seminar. You can find more information on the website: www.kswu.ac.in *Prof P G Tadasad*, Organizing Secretary, National Seminar on “The Digital shift: Making libraries relevant for education and research” Department of Library and Information Science Karnataka State Women’s University, Jnanashakti campus, Torvi Bijapur 586108, Karnataka, India Tel: 08352 – 229012 (O); 08352 – 272436 (R) Mob. 09448180973 You can also mail to: e-mail: pgtadasad(a)gmail.com; digitalshift2014(a)gmail.com -- Dr P G Tadasad Professor and Chairman Department of Library and Information Science University Librarian (I/C) Special Officer Development Cell Karnataka State Women's University, Jnanashakti, Torvi Bijapur 586108 Tel: 08352 229012 (O); 08352 240021 (O); 08352 272 436 (R); Mobile: 09448180973 (M) E-mil: pgtadasad(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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Reaction to the Posting of Mr. Bhakthavathsala H M/Dr Guruprasad/Dr. M. Koteswara Rao----By Karunakar.N
by Karunakar N 02 Jan '14

02 Jan '14

1)while reading the dirty tailpiece (it's a Fact) and Every PhD Aspirant is facing this in all over India(Result can be conculded only when we conduct Survey on this). 2)Is it required in the first place? (First/Last: Just Information is shared in Forum's will not spoil the reputation's of the Forum what i HOpe). 3)we all know the quality and standard of today's PhDs?(We Should not Question on this, Which will Come to Their Roots.Because we all are following this LifeCycle). 4)DLIS, Mysore witnessed an intellectual event of such magnitude of five research scholars being awarded the Ph.D. degrees.(It Remembers me As Deepika Padukone, Cine Actress give four Hit Movies continuously in 2013 makes Hot News in the headlines). Finally views expressed are purely personal & observation and need not be taken as general. Wishing a Happy New Year. -- * Thanks & Regards,*** *Karunakar.N** B.Sc., MLISc., M.Phil., MBA. Librarian, GWC, Hunsur(T), Mysore(D). -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CII Reports released during 2013
by Aman Jha 02 Jan '14

02 Jan '14

Dear All Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), India's premier business association would like to wish you a joyous and prosperous new year 2014. At this occasion, we would like to share with you and your users, a select list of 58 CII reports released during 2013 on Indian Industry which are available on our website http://www.cii.in/publications.aspx for free download. This list may be very useful for your research community. We shall be grateful to you for further dissemination of this list among your library users. Please find below the subject-wise list below: AGRICULTURE 1----------Indian Biotech Agriculture Industry: Vision 2025 BANKING, FINANCE, INSURANCE, CAPITAL MARKET 2----------CII Survey on Health of Indian Banking Sector in Current Regulatory Environment 3----------Indian Banking - Maneuvering through Turbulence: Emerging Strategies 4----------New Directions, New Hopes: 16th CII Insurance Summit 2013 5----------Evolving Global Tax Policy Trends: Outlook for India 6----------Pensions Business in India 7----------Indian Mutual Fund Industry: Unearthing the Growth Potential in Untapped Markets 8----------Financial Inclusion for Reviving Growth: Success Stories, Challenges & the Road Ahead 9----------CII Industry Stakeholders Expectation Survey: Reforming Corporate Bond Market in India 10---------Exploring new horizons: Financial percolation to the 'rurban' CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 11---------Global Trends in Corporate Governance - since the financial crisis CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY(CSR) 12---------CSR in Practice: 2013 Edition 13---------Handbook on Corporate Social Responsibility in India 14---------NGO Project Compendium: CSR-CSO Bridge - Forging Partnerships in the North East 15---------Catalogue of Development Projects by Grassroots NGOs 16---------Corporate Sector Involvement in Sanitation DRUGS, PHARMA & CHEMICALS 17---------India Pharma Inc. : Changing landscape of the Indian pharma industry 18---------CII Report on Key Feedstock for Speciality Chemicals Energy ECONOMY 19---------Public Procurement and Transformative Solutions 20---------CII ASCON Survey, February 2013 21---------2nd CII Invest North Report: Northern India - Poised for a Quantum Leap 22---------83rd Business Outlook Survey 2013 23---------Industrial Development in Vidarbha: A Status Report EDUCATION 24---------Status of Higher Education in Southern Region 2013 25---------AICTE-CII Survey of Industry-Linked Technical Institutes 2013 26---------Second Interim Report : CII & Titan Project on Career and Educational Counselling to students from the deprived sector 27---------Towards Professional Preparation of the Teacher Educators ENERGY 28---------Looking Ahead: Securing Energy Through Clean Technologies 29---------Repowering India's Electricity Sector ENVIRONMENT 30---------10 Point Agenda for Improving the Investment Climate for Manufacturing in Karnataka FMCG 31---------Winning With Uncertainty GOVERNANCE 32---------Compendium of Good Governance: Exploring Innovative Approaches (Recent Best Practices in Gujarat) HEALTHCARE 33---------Progressive Change: Impetus to Medical Technology through Innovation, Incentivisation and Regulation 34---------Moving Towards Universal Health Coverage in India: Report by CII Working Groups on Health Insurance 35---------Affordable and accessible healthcare: The east India Journey INTERNATIONAL 36---------India-Africa: South-South Trade and Investment for Development INNOVATION 37---------How India Innovates: The promise of sustainable and inclusive innovation INFRASTRUCTURE 38---------CII - Accenture Paper on Urban Mass Transportation in India 39---------Emerging Investment Hotspots: Mining Opportunities from the Complex Real Estate Terrain of India 40---------Smart City in Indian Context IR & HR 41---------Sustaining Economic Growth & Development - Creating an Equitable & Strife Free Workplace IT & TELECOM 42---------CII-BCG Report on IT Enablement of Indian Business: IT for India - New Horizons, New Opportunities 43---------Running IT as a Business: Breaking boundaries with emerging technologies 44---------Rewriting India's Shared Services Playbook LOGISTICS 45---------Reverse Logistics 46---------Building World-Class Automotive Supply Chains in India MANUFACTURING 47---------Manufacturing Excellence Conclave 2013: Theme Paper 48---------CII-BCG Manufacturing Leadership Survey 2013 49---------Powering Past Headwinds: Indian Manufacturing - Winning in an Era of Shocks, Swings and Shortages MSME 50---------Adoption of Cloud among MSMEs 51---------Handbook for MSME Entrepreneur 52---------Technology and Supply Chain Development for MSMEs PUBLIC SECTOR ENTERPRISE 53---------Public Sectors Enterprises in India: Transformation, Empowerment, and Sustainability SKILLS 54---------The India Skills Report 2014 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 55---------Business Responsibility India Survey 2013 WATER 56---------PPCP Guidebook on Water 57---------Water Manual 58---------Water Use Efficiency in Urban India: A CII-USAID India Handbook Our state-of-the-art Knowledge Resource Portal 'myCII' offers you more than 400 reports for free download. 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Launch of Indian Conference-Abstracting Database (ICon-AD) [beta]
by Mr. Santosh C. Hulagabali 02 Jan '14

02 Jan '14

Dear all, Wishing you all a Happy New Year. We deem it our privilege to launch ICon-AD (Indian Conference-Abstracting Database-Beta Version), one of the non-profit national projects of our Library and Information Centre. The ICon-AD archives abstracts (of the papers) submitted to various Indian conferences. Indeed, we got an overwhelming response to our project even before the launch of the same!!. Seventeen colleges/universities have already shared their conference abstracts with ICon-AD. The list of Participating Institutes comprises the institutes like TISS, University of Mumbai, Tripura University, National Law University, MET, etc. The database is built on DSpace with the ICon-AD's official website. So far, we have archived 615 abstracts (of 17 Indian conferences) penned by 872 authors. More than 30 Project-Volunteers have directly and indirectly helped us in archiving the abstracts. Any academic/non-academic institute can participate in this project by sharing the abstracts received at the time of organising the conference/s. So join us as Participating Institute or Project Volunteer. For more details, please visit www.iconad.in and to access the database directly click on 'Access ICon-AD' (http://176.31.141.23:8081/jspui/) You may please share your constructive feedback and help us make ICon-AD as single portal for conference abstracts. Best regards, Santosh C. Hulagabali Project Head, ICon-AD -- *Librarian *| *Library & Information Centre* Nagindas Khandwala College* | Malad (W) | Mumbai-64 | India Tel: 022-2808 5424 | Extn.No.222/223 | Fax: 022-2865 0461 Library Blog <http://nkclibrary.blogspot.com/> | College Website<http://www.nkc.ac.in/> | Certificate Course <http://www.coist.weebly.com> | Conference Website<https://sites.google.com/site/oamii2012conference/> **Affiliated to University of Mumbai | **Reaccredited 'A' Grade by NAAC | Best College Award (UoM) | ISO 9001:2008 * .................................................................................................................................... DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) & may contain confidential & privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail & descard all copies of the original message. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: JLIS subscription
by Shankar Dhande 02 Jan '14

02 Jan '14

Journal of Library and Information Services ISSN 2347-8993 published its Jan-march 2014 Issue. Invite to subscribe for Libraries This is Quarterly Journal for Library and Information Science Discipline. Journal publication is committed to scholarly, empirical and theoretical research based article. All Institutions 1200 one year : two year 2200 Individuals 1000: one year Two Year 1900 Students/ Scholars : 900 one year Life members: 10000/- for 15 (Fifteen) year. DD/ Cheque send to subscribe the journal in favor of Editor, Shankar Ashok Dhande or for online transfer SBI Ac 318194663 IFSC Code SBIN0003406 Branch Code 3406 on Address: Prof. S.A. Dhande Librarian, Vaidyanath College, Ambejogai Road, Parli Vaijanath Dist Beed. (M. S.) India. 431515 Email: shankardhande07(a)gmail.com, vaidyanathlibrary(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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IASLIC Petition to the Hon'ble Prime Minister of INdia
by IASLIC Kolkata 02 Jan '14

02 Jan '14

<http://www.change.org/petitions/hon-ble-minister-of-culture-goi-secretary-m…> Petitioning Hon'ble Minister of Culture, GOI, Secretary Ministry of Culture, GOI, Jt Secretary Ministry of CUlture, GOI, Sam Pitroda, Hon'ble PM, Hon'ble Minister of State, Hon'ble Minister Dr.Tharoor <http://www.change.org/petitions/hon-ble-minister-of-culture-goi-secretary-m…> *IASLIC demands setting up Indian Institute of Library and Informaion Science* 1. Petition by Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC)<http://www.change.org/organizations/indian_association_of_special_libraries…> ------------------------------ Dear Sir We all are aware that the Working Group on Libraries under National Knowledge Commission (NKC) in its Report to the Nation (2006-2009) entitled “Libraries: Gateway to Knowledge – A Roadmap for Revitalization” recommended the formation of Indian Institute of Library and Information Science (IILIS) of national importance along with other nine major recommendations on libraries. In pursuance of this, a High Level Committee National Mission on Libraries (NML) had been set up by the Government of India. It was extremely heartening to us (IASLIC) with the hope that this NML would give due importance in implementing all ten major recommendations including setting up the Indian Institute of Library and Information Science (IILIS) of national importance which, as a nodal body, would give a vital direction to LIS education, research and practice for both high speed generation and use of knowledge needed for brining a structural change in Indian economy. IASLIC demands that the IILIS is absolutely the need of the hour for the LIS profession of Library and Information Science to fulfill its role as a corner stone of the knowledge society. I am sure; all of our fellow professionals bear the same feelings in their heart. But unfortunately NML has not taken yet any positive step to this effect. At least we could not find any such prominent effort on the part of NML. Thus we, on behalf of IASLIC, wrote to the Hon’ble Prime Minister expressing our grievance in this regard and also approached to Dr Barun Mukherjee, Hon’ble MP (Rajya Shabha) to help Library Professionals of India. IASLIC is ever grateful to Dr Mukherjee for taking up this matter and also for putting forward a demand in the Parliament on August 14, 2013. *“Dr Barun Mukherjee (West Bengal) : Sir, I would urge upon the Minister of Culture to set up a National Institute of Library and Information Science as is being demanded by thousands of library professionals and has been recommended by the National Knowledge Commission (NKC) constituted in 2005 initiated by the Prime Minister and headed by Mr Sam Pitroda. The Working Group of Libraries under NKC in its Report entitled “Libraries: Gateway to Knowledge – A Roadmap for revitalization” recommended in 2006 the formation of Indian Institute of Library and Information Science of national importance.* *With the growing technological development and advancement in research and studies, library and information science have assumed added importance. To feed the need of expertise for the purpose, a national institute for studies, research and training is essential, which we are lacking till now, particularly in the field of public library. Although LIS courses up to Post Graduate and Ph D levels are offered in many of the universities, overall guiding model at the national level is yet to be developed. NKC has, therefore, recommended NILIS as a nodal body. But this is yet to be implemented by the Government. Even it is not known whether the recommendation has been rejected, and, if so, why? LIS is now a full grown professional subject, having its exclusive Encyclopedia in the International Market. When other professional subjects are having apex academic bodies, why not the LIS?* *I, therefore, request the Ministry of Culture to take necessary steps to set up the NILIS at an early date.”* I, on behalf of IASLIC, request all of our fellow professionals and professional associations to join hands to strengthen this movement. With warm regards Prof. Pijushkanti Panigrahi General Secretary IASLIC It's important. Will you sign it too? Here's the link: http://www.change.org/petitions/hon-ble-minister-of-culture-goi-secretary-m… Thanks! -- *Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi*, Hony General Secretary, IASLIC, P-291, CIT Scheme No. 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata - 700054 iaslic(a)vsnl.net or iaslic.india(a)gmail.com www.iaslic1955.org.in *Join IASLIC, Contribute to IASLIC, Strengthen IASLIC* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IASLIC 2014
by Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi 02 Jan '14

02 Jan '14

Dear Professional Colleagues IASLIC wishes you, your family and friends a happy and prosperous new year 2014. We also proudly declare IASLIC 2014. IASLC 2014 IASLIC 26th National Seminar 2014 Theme Roadmap to usher in Knowledge Society Special Interest Group Discussion SIG01 : Social Sciences Information Libraries and Societal Development with special reference to North East India SIG02 : Computer Application in LIS Cloud Computing Applications in LIS Venue Department of Library and Information Science, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India Organising Secretary Prof N Lahkar, Professor & Head, Department of Library and Information Science, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India Date (Tentatively) November 25-28, 2014 ========================================================================================================== 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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