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Contribute your chapter to the new book
by nasirt . 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

Dear professional colleagues, Here is a golden chance to contribute chapters for the proposed book with ISBN NO. entitled " library movement and developement of Indian states". There will be separate chapters for each state. Already we have got script from some states. So script from the following states are requested. 1. Arunachal pradesh. 2. Bihar 3.Hariyana 4.Himachal pradesh 5.Jharkhand 6. Karnataka 7.Madhyapradesh 8.Maharastra 9. Manipur 10.Meghalay 11.Mizoram 12.Orissa 13.Sikkim The script should include • History of library movement of your state • The library legislation of your state, if not yet passed, any aborted attempt regarding legislation. • The status of public libraries in the state and description of major public libraries. • The major special libraries in the state. • The major academic libraries in the state • Any other government initiatives regarding libraries in the state. • LIS education in the state. • Library organisations and associations in the state For more details Please contact Nasirudheen.T Chief editor of the book University of Calicut,Kerala 09895287042 nasrut(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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User Awareness program on Shodhganga at Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi
by T. Shahab . 07 Dec '13

07 Dec '13

Dear all One day '*User Awareness Programme on Shodhganga; repository of Indian theses & dissertations*' was organized on 5th December 2013 at the Conference Hall of the *Hamdard* Archive & Research Center, New Delhi. The program was initiated with a soulful recitation from the Holy *Qur’an* by the library staff pursuing knowledge. It was attended by Ph.D. research scholars from various University departments. *Mr. Manoj Kumar K*, senior scientist from INFLIBNET, Gandhinagar was the resource person. He made power point presentation which elucidated in detail the many advantages that institutions of higher education will gain by joining Shodhganga ETD repository. Highlighting by examples from several doctoral theses already uploaded by *Jamia Hamdard *University, he showed that these have been already receiving hundreds of hits across the globe from developed country like China to USA. He called upon the Ph.D. scholars to upload their synopses in the *Shodhgangotri* repository which will enable others to understand the current research trend in biological sciences. He dispelled the fear of the students regarding data theft and said that the *Shodhganga*authority has provision of putting embargo on certain portion of research work if the University Authority so desires. He also cited cases where *Shodhganga *authority has written to the Vice-Chancellors regarding plagiarism indulged in by some unscrupulous researchers. He suggested that research students may also directly upload theses if some Universities are not sincere in this regard. He informed that *Shodhganga* would shortly provide log-in and password to *Jamia Hamdard* to its anti-plagiarism software so as to check the cases of plagiarism, if any. Mr. M. Shoaib, the University Librarian, *Jamia Hamdard *underscored the need for resource sharing and told about the fundamental transformation that the library profession is experiencing on account of the advent of ICT. Dr. Gayas Makhdumi, University Librarian *Jamia Millia Islamia* opined that as all public funded research has to be made available in public domain, there is no better way than to host the research outputs of our academic institutions on the web for all interested to see and benefit. He also informed the gathering about his experience regarding another portal *Vidyanidhi*. Dr. S. Raisuddin, Director Research spoke about the need to observe ethics in research and publications. He averred that research students should not tailor-made their experiments to prove a chosen hypothesis and instead they shouldn't shy away with negative findings which belie their hypothesis. Dr. G. Qazi, the Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Hamdard in his Presidential address exhorted the students to take up newer and challenging research subjects so that they can have their mark of distinction among their peer. He lamented the practice in some institutions to produced doctoral theses with only incremental facts & figures. The highly successful session came to an end with a vote of thanks proposed by Dr. Firdous A. Wani, Registrar, *Jamia Hamdard*. The User Awareness Program was perfectly conducted by Dr. T. Shahab. 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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UGC Sponsored National Seminar at Vidyasagar University, Midnapore
by Nivedita Bhattacharyya 06 Dec '13

06 Dec '13

Dear Moderator, Kindly post the following matter in LIS forum group e-mail list. A UGC Sponsored Two Day National Seminar on LIS Education: Structure, Infrastructure and Superstructureduring February 20- 21, 2014 is organised by Department of Library and Information Science, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore – 721 102 West Bengal Call for Papers We invite articles on the mentioned sub-themes. Full paper in CD or by e-mail and a hard copy of the same must reach us on or before Friday, January 31, 2014. Paper specifications are:- MS-Word 2007 format and also a pdf file of the same, Font Face:- Times New Roman, Font Size:- 14 (For headings, addresses, affiliations) and 12 (For abstract and text) Indentation:- Justified, Line spacing:- 1, Margin:- 1 inch on all sides and of maximum 3000 words using APA Style of citation. Authors of accepted papers will be communicated through e-mail. The full paper should be sent to both the following addresses: vuseminar14(a)gmail.com and vuseminar14(a)yahoo.com Venue B. C. Mukherjee Hall Vidyasagar University Midnapore Accommodation Accommodation may be arranged for the outstation participants if request is sent at least seven days before the Seminar and in that case participants will have to bear the charges. Registration Fees Students (V. U.) Rs. 300.00 Others Rs. 500.00 Payment should be made by Cash/DD. Payment through demand draft can be made by an account payee demand draft in favour of “LIS Seminar” payable at Midnapore, West Bengal, India. Filled in Registration Form and Fees must reach on or before February 10, 2014. However, registration will also be made on spot. All Communications should be addressed to: Jt. Convenor(s) Nivedita Bhattacharyya Sahu Assistant Professor Dept. of Library and Info. Sc. Vidyasagar University Midnapore - 721 102 West Bengal, India Mob. 9051837676 e-mail: nives.b22(a)gmail.com Or Snigdha Naskar Assistant Professor Dept. of Library and Info. Science Vidyasagar University Midnapore - 721 102 West Bengal, India Mob. 8900449442 e-mail: sn2086(a)gmail.com Sub Themes *Structure* i) LIS Curriculum: Contents, Duration, CBSS, UGC- CDC Report etc. ii) LIS Schools: Standards and accreditation iii) LIS education: Intake capacity and standard of students iv) LIS education and lifelong learning v) Distance learning and LIS education *Infrastructure* i) Physical infrastructure ii) Social infrastructure iii) Human resource iv) Internship facilities v) In-service training *Superstructure* i) Demand and supply of LIS professionals ii) Emerging trend in the job market iii) Knowledge acquisition habits of the society iv) National Knowledge Commission and national strategies towards a knowledge based society v) Sociometric study of LIS professionals vi) Community information and role of libraries *Important* I) All manuscripts should be unpublished original work. II) An author can contribute more than one paper. However, an author will present only once throughout the seminar and for any one of his/her contributed articles. III) The author/authors should provide their name/names, address of the institution along with telephone no., fax no. and e-mail ID. *Important dates* Registration opens December 2, 2013 Full paper along with abstract submission opens December 2, 2013 Full paper along with abstract submission closes January 31, 2014 Registration closes February 10, 2014 Regards, Nivedita Bhattacharyya Sahu Asst. Professor, DLIS, VU. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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59th International Conference of Indian Library Association
by Dr. Rajesh Bhardwaj 06 Dec '13

06 Dec '13

*Dear Professional Friends* *ILA Announces : 59th International Conference on "Managing Libraries in the Changing Information World: From Surviving to Thriving".- at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee from 21 to 23 Feb., 2014.” **Read more details ...* <http://ilaindia.net/59th_ILA_Conf_Brochure.pdf> With great pleasure ILA ould like to inform you that Indian Library Association in association with the The Mahatma Gandhi Central Library IIT Roorkee is organizing *Objective of the Conference:*The primary objective of this conference is to spread awareness about the management of libraries in the changed information scenario. * Submission of Paper to Conference:*"Authors interested in contributing their papers for 59th International conference of ILA which will be held at Mahatma Gandhi Central Library, IIT Roorkee (21-23 February, 2014), should send their papers SOFT COPY ONLY along with Demand Draft for Rs 800/- per paper, drawn in favour of Indian Library Association, payable at New Delhi at the following address : The General Secretary, Indian Library Association, Flat No 201, A-40/41, Ansal Building, Dr Mukherjee Magar, DELHI – 110009 Phone: 011-27651743" email - 59.ila.conf(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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Request for Full text article
by Mahesh Moolya 06 Dec '13

06 Dec '13

Dear Professionals, If any library holds below mentioned article. Please send me. Postgrad Med. 2013 Jul;125(4):103-14. doi: 10.3810/pgm.2013.07.2683. Novel oral anticoagulants: a review of new agents. Wanat MA. Source Thank you, with regards -- Mahesh Moolya Jr. Librarian K S Hegde Medical Academy Dearalakatte Mangalore 575 018 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Professional Asst Vacancy at DA-IICT Gandhinagar Gujarat
by SatishDeshpande 06 Dec '13

06 Dec '13

Dear LIS-Forum Moderator You are requested to post following message on LIS-Forum : DA-IICT Gandhinagar invites applications for the post of* Professional Assistant *at its Resource Centre *Professional Assistant *: Should possess a first-class Masters Degree in LIS from a recognised university with three to four years post qualification experience in a reputed academic library - well-versed with automated/digital LIS environment and hands-on experience in providing LIS services using modern technological tools. English Language proficiency and innovative track record are additional essentials. Should be ready to work in shift-duties/rotating weekly-off. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. For more details on job profile, educational qualifications, other requirements, downloading application etc visit http://resourcecentre.daiict.ac.in/ Application must be made in the prescribed format and PreTest Answers should be sent along. *Last Date to apply Online : 15 December 2013* Thank you Satish Deshpande Head, Resource Centre DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Homege to the Scholar Saint Who Made Unique Contrbution to Knowledge Management in Indian Languages
by Academic Librarians' Association India 05 Dec '13

05 Dec '13

Sri. K. M. Govi the Scholar Saint who made unique contribution to Knowledge Management in Indian languages passed away in December 3, 2013. Let us pay our homage to the great soul. K M Govi was born in 1930 at Tellycherry, Kannur District of Kerala. He was educated at BEMP High School, and Brennen College, Tellycherry and after his studies joined administrative service at Madras Government Secretariat. He was a regular visitor of Madras University Library during his service there, which influenced him to leave his job for taking up librarianship as his profession. Within a year he joined Madras University for its post Graduate Diploma in Library Science one of the earliest professional course on the subject initiated by Dr. S. R. Ranganathan in India. He successfully completed the Course in 1952. He joined Malabar Library authority in the same year. Under his initiative the Malabar Library Network was implemented and he managed its affairs up to 1956. Later he joined National Library Calcutta from where he retired in 1987. During his service there he complied and edited the volumes of Indian National Bibliography (Malayalam). He spent his later years at Korapram House in Chettamkunnu, a suburban village of Tellycherry; leading a saintly life devoted to updating Malayala Granthasooji, guiding the development of Malayala Granthavivaram and inspiring professionals who understood him and sought advice. During his last days he was highly worried about the degradation of quality and sincerity in the profession; and politics especially in Kerala and avoided participating in the professional and public functions which dealt things superfluously on things. He lived according to his words and was bold enough to say what he felt about things. His views expressed in the lead article published in Mathrubhumi <http://www.mathrubhumi.com/story.php?id=411478>can serve as the most important guide for the academic administrators and government in developing higher education and research systems for regional studies. But could mold some of the best professionals from Kerala like Dr. R. Raman Nair, K. H. Hussain etc who considered him as a model and contributed immensely to the development of the knowledge management scenario in the country. Dr. Nair introducing one of Sri. Govi’s books has stated that his decision to select Library and Information Service profession was influenced by Govi’s book ‘Library Science’ he read during his college days, which was the first scientific treatise in Malayalam on the subject. The books by K M Govi include Library Science, Catalogue Nirmanam, Nammude Reference Sahithyam, Nirupana Sooji, Pusthakavum Vayanayum, Public Library, Adhi Mudranam Bharathathilum Malaylathilum, Malayala Granthasooji, Indian Literature in English: A Bibliography, Library and Information Science. He has complied the National Bibliography of Indian Literature (1954-2000) for Sahithya Akademi, New Delhi He has also written two biographical works on Mutthu Swami Deekshithar and Syama Shasthri. He has written numerous articles in English and Malayalam in newspapers, popular journals and magazines and his memories and comments on the great men he met at Calcutta serialized recently in a popular magazine. The contributions of Sri. K.M Govi for documenting our literary heritage has no parallel in any Indian language. His ‘Malayala Granthasoochi’ published by Sahithya Akademi in print, which runs into more than ten volumes, and 10000 pages is a monumental documentation of the books published in Malayalam up to 2000. It is the result of his devotion and untiring effort through almost forty years. In no other Indian language such an initiative has been ever undertaken or completed. Even institutions spending crores of rupees with assistance from many experts spanning over decades could never successfully accomplish such a work in India. This great man in his saintly secluded life devoted days and nights for watching new Malayalam publications and documenting them. The profession has never given him the deserving recognition for his work. Malayala Grantha Vivaram <http://www.malayalagrandham.com/> a project intended to make available through web reliable bibliographic information on all Malayalam books published in Kerala and elsewhere has its inspiration from the Malayalam Granthasooji in print envisaged and implemented by K M Govi. Later K M Govi agreed to guide the project also. Inspired by Malayalam Granthasooji and Granthavivaram, members of the Swathanthra Malayalam Computing <http://wiki.smc.org.in/>have taken up a project to establish an online Open Access Index named Malayala Grandham with support from Google. Govi met he life companion Mrs Pushpaveni at the National Library. She retired as Chief Information Officer. She was a post graduate in Tamil and has translated Vaikkam Muhammed Bhashir’s novel ‘Balyakalasaki’ into Tamil. They have two children Sri. Goutham working in Delhi and Smt Amritha working in London. Considering his contributions for bibliographic control which is crucial for research in history, culture, language and literature of South India Centre for South Indian Studies presented him with the South Indian Studies Award 2010. Kerala Sahithya Akademi honored him with the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013. Sri. Govi' demise is a great loss to the profession and we request our professionals to take him as a model sustain their moral and motivation. Sivankutty for KLA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Refresher Course in LIS @ Calicut University
by Dr. K M Haneefa 05 Dec '13

05 Dec '13

Dear All, The UGC-Academic Staff College, University of Calicut is conducting a three week Refresher Course in Library and Information Science from 2nd to 22nd January 2014. Applications, duly approved by the Principal/Head of the College/Department concerned, are invited on the prescribed form from eligible and interested candidates. TA and DA will be given to the participants as per UGC rules. For more details and application form, visit Calicut University website at <http://www.universityofcalicut.info/>. Phone No. 0494-2407351 (ASC Office), 526066166 (ASC Guest House) Dr. Mohamed Haneefa K. Assistant Professor (Course Coordinator) Dept. of Library & Information Science University of Calicut, Kerala, India Phone (Office) :+91-494-2407286 Mobile No. 09895622811 E-mail ID: dr.haneefa(a)gmail.com Dept. Blog:http://cudlisc.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian, Kurukshetra University
by Pardeep Rai 05 Dec '13

05 Dec '13

Dr. Dharamveer Singh (Popularly known as D V Singh) Joined as Librarian ,Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana-Pin - 136119. His latest contact no. is 09467667677. many many congratulations to Dr. DV Singh. -- - *Thanks & Regards* *Dr.Pardeep Rai I Librarian, Maitreyi College( University of Delhi ) I ChanakyaPuri New Delhi (India )110021 *I *Email: **raipardeep(a)gmail.com <raipardeep(a)gmail.com>* * I M:9899359373 I * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Trainee | Walk-in-Interview | 14 Dec 2013
by Avinash D. Chinchure 05 Dec '13

05 Dec '13

Dear Moderator, Please make an announcement of this on forum. Thanks and regards, -Avinash ----------------------------------------------------------- WALK-IN-INTERVIEW FOR LIBRARY TRAINEES ON SATURDAY, 14TH DECEMBER 2013 @ 9.30 AM National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), a premier research Centre is looking for fresh post-graduates in Library & Information Science for appointment as Library Trainees on contract. The selected candidates shall be offered consolidated salary and the contract will be initially for a period of One (1) year which can be extended upto maximum of Three (3) years based on the performance. Library Trainees: Qualification: Masters Degree in Library & Information Science from a recognized University/Institute with minimum of 50% of marks in aggregate. Age: Below 25 years. Consolidated Salary: Rs. 16000/- to Rs.18000/- per month. The selected candidates will be required to join immediately. The candidate should be willing to work in shifts. Interested candidates may attend a Walk-in-Interview at National Centre for Biological Sciences-TIFR, GKVK, Bellary Road, Bangalore-560065 at 9.30 am on Saturday, 14th December, 2013 along with CV and with true copies of relevant certificates/testimonials in support of their qualifications. -------------------------------------------------------------- Avinash D. Chinchure National Centre for Biological Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research GKVK Campus, Bellary Road Bangalore - 560 065 Ph: 080-23666025 / 67176025 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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