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Sad Demice of Mr. Ramchandra Potdar
by Ajay Kamble 02 Dec '13

02 Dec '13

Ramchandra Potdar : Multifaceted Librarian. (1928 – 2013) Rambhau (eldest son of Dr. P.B. Potdar) was born on 28th Jan 1928 and brought up and educated at Akola (Vidharbha). He started his career as librarian of Shree Sanatan dharma Sabha library, Akola in 1949. It is worth mentioning that all his 4 brothers and sister also worked there as his successor in the same library and from the last 64 years the Potdar family devoted themselves for the development of this library and brought this public library to repute. This may be the record of the public librarian's profession in the history of the public libraries in Maharashtra. Rambhau was the student of the first batch of dept. of library and information science, Nagpur university in 1957. He got inspiration from late Mr. P.S. Phadake university librarian, late Mr. K.M. Ujalambakar, late K.D. Puranik then assistant director and director of libraries of Maharashtra state respectively and joined Vidharbh public library movement and taken active parts for the development of the public libraries of this region. After his L.I.S. education, he joined Khairagad Sangeet university as Asstt. Librarian and then joined C.P.& Berar college Nagpur. In the year 1964, he joined Nagpur university library and retired in year 1986. During this service he also worked as librarian of l.R.T. Commerce College, Akola on lin and rejoined the university library. After his retirement from the university library on request from the management of the colleges he joined as librarian of H.V.P.M Degree College of Physical Education Amravati, college of engineering Pusad, college of engineering Shegaon to develop their libraries. Rambhau had another facet i.e. journalism. Prior to join library profession, he worked in the different capacities in the editorials sections of Nagpur Samachar, Dainik Matrubhoomi Akola and Nav Hind Times Goa. He did his bachelor of journalism from the Nagpur University. Further, he has delivered radio talks and written articles on different aspects of librarianship journals like Granthpal, Sahitya Sahakar, Granth Parivar etc.... He has written books "Shighra Kase Vachave", Granthalain Grantha Bandhani, Shaleya Granthay, Vidyathyanchi Vachanabhiruchi also edited books like Maharashtra Book World, Vidharbhatil Niwadak Granthachi Granth Suchi, Granthanche Pustak and Abhanga Ramayan (written by his late father Dr. P.B. Potdar). He published these entire books himself thru his Rambandhu Prakashan. During his service as librarian he established Mitra Sahakar Mandal a Registered organization which was established to collect personal valuable books and donated more than 40000 books to public libraries. For this work he was awarded Sant Dyaneshwar Bhushan, Rajya Stariya Gaurav Puraskar in 2012. He was the eldest son in the family with 4 brothers & 1 sister. From his inspiration most of the family members joined library profession. Jayram Potdar hold the post of librarian at Regional languages Library, New Delhi and Shriram Potdar retired as university librarian from Amravati university and Sharau Joshi as the librarian of Govt. Polytechnic Pune. It is worth mentioning that 7 other members of the family have worked in library profession. >From his father, he continued his legacy as musician and used to play organ for Natya Sangeet. He was having 100 yrs. old Organ. He passed away on 28th Nov 2013 at his residence, Jayashree colony, Savedi, Ahmadnagar at the age of 86 and left his wife and 2 daughters and entire Potdar family. We all library Professionals pay homage on his sad demise. -- -- Thanks and Regards, Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Early Bird Registration till 31st Dec 2013 - APA/C-DAC International Conference on Digital Preservation and Development of Trusted Digital Repositories, 5-6 February 2014
by Dinesh Katre 02 Dec '13

02 Dec '13

Dear Archivists, Librarians and Record Keepers, We are pleased to announce that Centre of Excellence for Digital Preservation, C-DAC, India and Alliance for Permanent Access (APA) are organizing the International Conference on Digital Preservation and Development of Trusted Digital Repositories at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India during 5-6 February 2014. Important links for this conference are given below - The conference programme on 5-6 February 2014, Silver Oaks Hall, Habitat Centre, New Delhi http://www.ndpp.in/APA-DPDTR-2014/ Pre-conference workshops on 4th February 2014 at Deck Suite, 5th floor, Habitat Centre, New Delhi http://www.ndpp.in/APA-DPDTR-2014/pre-conference-workshops Registration for this conference is now open. The early bird discount can be availed if registered before 31st December 2013. http://www.ndpp.in/APA-DPDTR-2014/registration The conference will have keynote addresses by international experts, various case study presentations of digital preservation from different domains, panel discussions and workshops. We look forward to your active participation in this event. With best regards, General Conference Chairs Dr Dinesh Katre Dr David Giaretta, MBE Associate Director & HOD Director C-DAC, Pune, India Alliance for Permanent Access, EU -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Article Request
by Harish Y S 02 Dec '13

02 Dec '13

Dear All Professionals, Our Research scholar need below articles, If anybody have access please send me the same. Fire test of concrete slab reinforced with epoxy-coated bars Author(s): T. D. Lin, R. I. Zwiers, S. T. Shirley, and R. G. Burg Journal : Structural Journal Volume: 86 Issue: 2 Pages: 156-162 http://www.concrete.org/PUBS/JOURNALS/OLJDetails.asp?Home=SJ&ID=2652 -- Regards Harish Y S Librarian National Institute of Engineering, Manandavadi Road, Mysore-8, Mob - +919886384826 -- Regards Harish Y S Librarian National Institute of Engineering, Manandavadi Road, Mysore-8, Mob - +919886384826 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MyLISA OPENS: A Success Story
by Vasanth 01 Dec '13

01 Dec '13

Dear Sir/Madam, Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists (MyLISA) is the voice of the librarians and information professionals from the city of Mysore. It is the forum which is furthering the knowledge and skills among information professionals. MyLISA started a new initiative called ‘Orientation Program for Enthusiasts of NET/SLET’ (OPENS). It was training cum orientation program for those who have taken the NET/SLET examinations. The following is the brief report of OPENS. We learned that there are little more than 300 students from Mysore region who have taken SLET examination this time. We could attract 1/5th of them here. There were 59 participants; 28 of them were females and 31 were male. A few participants fly every week from Bangalore for this purpose alone shows the interest of participants in MyLISA OPENS. 31 participants were from MyLISA fraternity and 28 non-MyLISA members also participated in the training. The classes were very regularly held on afternoons of Saturdays and mornings of Sundays. In all 37 sessions of two hours each were conducted which amounts to 74 hours of teaching and interaction. What is very satisfying for the organisers is that they could give more than what they promised at the beginning of the program. In fact, they envisaged just 60 hours of training; but finally ended up with 14 hours extra classes. MyLISA is happy that it could do it. The classes were started on September 29, 2013 and ended on December 1, 2013; in all there were 12 week end sessions along with classes on 4 public holidays. There were 66 hours of subject oriented classes and also 8 hours of paper1. Even here MyLISA had promised only subject oriented classes. However, as the days proceeded there was an increasing pressure from the participant to have some classes for Paper 1 also. The resource persons for Paper 1 were Sri Nischit and Sri Y. Narasimhan who despite being young were found to be on par in their teaching with most experienced resource persons. They covered 5 units of paper 1 and provided tips for other remaining units. MyLISA could attract a galaxy of excellent resource persons for teaching subject papers 2 and 3. It was able to get the esteemed services of 11 resource persons for subject oriented teaching among them 4 were from outside Mysore. Resource persons were Prof. Mallinath Kumbar, Prof. M. Chandrashekara, Prof. P.G. Tadasad, Dr. C.P. Ramasesh, Dr. K. Prakash, Dr. Ramesha, Dr. N.S. Harinarayana, Dr. Dharanikumar, Dr. Adithya Kumari H., Sri Nagaraja S. Dr. Sunil M.V., and Dr. Vasantha Raju N. All of them are experts in their own field. All the ten units were covered and on an average each unit got more than 6 hours for teaching and interaction. All the resource persons introduced the basic concepts involved in the subjects that they taught highlighting the modern developments/trend. All of them used well prepared PPTs for their presentation. Each of the resource persons gave their own tips for solving the objective type questions. Previous years question papers were solved. In a way all the objective papers that are available for the past ten years have been solved. This is a great benefit for the participants. Thus the participants have had a number of tips from different resource persons. It is hoped that they find them useful in the ensuing examination. Reading resources were distributed in the form of PPTs, Weblinks, Printed Notes, etc., depending upon the convenience of the resource persons. Interactive sessions had many questions from the participants. This shows the quality of training programme as a whole. One special lecture was organized during the period. It was delivered by eighty-year old scholar librarian Sri L.J. Haravu. The topic was “Open Access: The Philosophy and Trends”. The lecture was in commensurate with the open access week celebrated all over the world. MyLISA participated in its own small way in this world event. This lecture was attended by professionals from Bangalore and Mysore. An email alert about the significance of the week was sent to all the MyLISA members. The valediction program of MyLISA OPENS was held on December 1, 2013. Prof. Mallinath Kumbar of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore was the guest of honour and Sri E.C. Ningaraju, Academic Council Member of University of Mysore and also the Librarian, Administrative Training Institute, Mysore was the Guest of Honour. The President of Mahajana Educational Institute Sri R. Vasudeva Murthy presided over the function. Dr. N.S. Harinarayana, Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, and also Secretary, MyLISA, Mysore spoke at length about the program. Sri S. Nagaraja, Librarian, Regional Institute of Education and also the President, MyLISA was present. Smt. M. Veena, Librarian, SBRR Mahajana’s First Grade College Mysore welcomed the gathering. Report By: Dr. N.S. Harinarayana Secretary MyLISA, Mysore ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N. PRO MyLISA, Mysore -- 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 Ravi Hullur 29 Nov '13

29 Nov '13

Dear Professionals, If any library holds below mentioned article. Please send me. Experimental Initial Partial Polymerization Method for Fuji II Placement Evaluated for Microleakage With/Without Fuji Coat JW Chen, B Fletcher and CL Roggenkamp Operative Dentistry Volume 38, Issue 5 (September/October 2013) -- ** *** Regards Mr.Ravi Hullur Asst.Librarian (Incharge to Digital Library) KLE University, Belgaum Blog:http://ravihullurs.blogspot.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article request
by Satish S 29 Nov '13

29 Nov '13

One of our research scholar is in urgent need of the following article, anybody who have subscribed this please send the same. Title-Evaluation of Properties of Aged and Recycled Mixture without Extraction and Recovery. Author-Wang, Z., Liu, H., and Huang, X. (2012) Sustainable Construction Materials 2012: pp. 289-304. doi: 10.1061/9780784412671.0025 url-http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784412671.0025 With regards.... -- SATISH.S MLISc., M.Phil RVCE, http://www.rvce.edu.in/ BENGALORU -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Vitrual Library plan gets Union Cabinet nod
by Bhupendra Bansod 29 Nov '13

29 Nov '13

National Vitrual Library plan gets Union Cabinet nod An ambitious scheme aimed at creating a National Virtual Library, which is to be a comprehensive database of digital resources in the country, today received the government's nod. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave its approval to the Ministry of Culture proposal to upgrade public libraries as part of theNational Mission on Libraries<http://www.business-standard.com/search?type=news&q=National+Mission+On+Lib…> (NML). The scheme, which would benefit researchers, scientists, artists, students, children, differently-abled persons, the general public and neo and non-literates, would entail an expenditure of Rs 400 crore during the 12th Plan period. The plan envisages creation of a National Virtual Library database on digital information about India<http://www.business-standard.com/search?type=news&q=India> and on information generated in India. This would be facilitated in an open- access environment, a statement said. The scheme would develop six libraries under the Ministry of Culture, 35 state central libraries and 35 district libraries as model libraries, with particular emphasis on economically-backward districts. In addition, 629 district libraries to would be set up as part of the network. The scheme intends to prepare baseline data of libraries in India through a quantitative and qualitative survey of 5,000 libraries. It also proposes to enhance the professional competence of library personnel. For setting up of the model libraries, existing libraries would be identified in consultation with state governments with a view to improving their infrastructure and upgrading the technology used by them. Ref. http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/national-vitrual-libra… -- Bhupendra Bansod, Librarian, PVDT College of Education, SNDT Women's University, Churchgate, Mumbai - 20 Mo. +91 9029092218 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for an article - Please help
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 29 Nov '13

29 Nov '13

FriendsAnybody having access to the below mentioned article (in print or online) is requested to provide me a copy of it. Molecular structure and spectroscopic properties of L-Histidinium dihydrogen monophosphate monohydrate: FT-Raman, FT-IR ,SERS and DFT computationsV. Bena Jothy, M. Amalanathan, V.K. Rastogi and I. Hubert Joe Asian journal of spectroscopy (2012) 207-224. 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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Dr A. Vijayakumar appointed as Dy Librarian at Sree Sankara Sanskrit University in Kerala
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 29 Nov '13

29 Nov '13

Dear friendsI am very happy to inform you all that my friend and a true professional Dr A. Viajayakumar has taken charge of the post of Dy Librarian ans Sree Sankara Sanskrit University, Kalady in Kerala. He will be in charge of the University Library. We can expect many good professional activities from him. Wishes him ll the best in his career. 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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EPT award nominations welcome
by Mailing List Admin 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 22:37:00 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> Dear Friends: I am happy to inform you that the Electronic Publishing Trust for Development is celebrating Open Access Week with the 3rd annual award to* individuals in developing and transition countries* that have made a significant contribution to the advance of Open Access to research publications. Please see http://epublishingtrust.net/ept-award-2013/ for further information and for the application forms.ept, I anticipate that members of the Bytesforall and LIS-Forum lists will know of such individuals who are making a major contribution to enabling free access to essential information, and we look forward to receiving their applications.. Arun

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