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Open Access Law Passed in Argentina!
by N.S. Harinarayana 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

Dear Friends, The following is sent for your kind information. Sorry for cross posting. According to one of the mails received by me, a new open access/repository law passed in Argentina. The law requires that the country's Scientific institutions make their research output openly accessible. This is the second open access law passed in South America this year, along with a law that was passed earlier in Peru. It is fantastic news all around and reflects of the growing worldwide momentum for open access, which is especially strong right now in Latin America! A full news story can be found here (in Spanish): http://www.mincyt.gob.ar/noticias/es-ley-el-acceso-libre-a-la-informacion-c… -- N.S. Harinarayana Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Conference Report | Strengthening Open Access in India
by Mr. Santosh C. Hulagabali 13 Nov '13

13 Nov '13

Dear all, I am happy to share herewith the Conference Report of the successful National Conference, on the theme *Strengthening Open Access in India *(SOAI), held at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi on 21st October, 2013. The event was organsied by UNESCO, JNU and CEMCA. We welcome your valuable suggestions/comments related to the issues stated in the Report. Best regards, Santosh C. Hulagabali Co-Rapporteur, SOAI -- *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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IDLI@ICADL 2013, Bangalore - showcase your DL and win prizes! - Last date for submission has been extended till 15 Nov 2013 - Final Reminder
by Francis Jayakanth 13 Nov '13

13 Nov '13

Dear Members, Thank you for sending your proposals for the Indian Digital Library Initiatives (IDLI) to be show-cased during ICADL 2013. On popular demand, the last date to submit the proposals to show-case the digital library initiative of your organization has been extended till 15 Nov 2013. Up to 10 selected proposals will get a free registration for the ICADL 2013 conference. This apart, the top two DL initiative will win attractive prizes and the best initiative may get financial support to attend the next ICADL! So, if you haven't sent your proposal as yet, you may do so at your earliest convenience, but not later than 15 Nov 2013. The 15th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2013) is brought to you by the International School of Information Management and University of Mysore. It will be held in Bangalore, India, during December 9-11, 2013. The venue is Hotel Le Meridien, Bangalore. The theme of the conference is ³Social Media and Community Networks² Would you like to showcase your DL, attend the conference, and win some exciting prizes too--without paying the registration fee? ICADL 2013 will not be just another run-of-the-mill DL conference! Apart from plenary talks and presentations of accepted papers, several special events are lined up during the conference. Once such event is showcasing of Indian Digital Library Initiatives (IDLI). We invite short (2 page) proposals from those of you who have implemented digital libraries in your own organizations for IDLI. We will select up to 10 proposals for showcasing them at the ICADL 2013. The criteria for selection would include (but not limited to): 1. Innovation and Novelty - There should be some aspect of novelty in the initiative. For example novelty could be customization of DL software to meet local needs or to implement a feature that is not supported by the software. The customization could be at the source code and/or configuration levels. Novelty could also be in terms of how social media is used to engage the users 2. Currency - The Initiatives should be current with respect to content and DL software and features being used 3. Impact - What has been the impact of your DL? How and how many users have you reached? How are you engaging your end user? What does the usage statistics reveal? Do you feel that the DL initiative that you are part of qualifies for the above and more? Then, here is your chance to attend the ICADL 2013 for free. You could also get financial support to attend the next ICADL. The write up should not be more than 2 pages and it should cover: - Name of the DL initiative - Year of establishment - Software being used - Current version of the software and the version being used - Innovation / Novelty in the initiative. Please briefly describe the innovation introduced by you - Impact of the initiative with reference user to its reach and usage - Email id of the administrator Up to 10 selected proposals will get a free registration for the ICADL 2013 conference. This apart, the top two DL initiative will win attractive prizes and the best initiative may get financial support to attend the next ICADL! All the selected proposals can showcase their DLs through posters and live demonstrations. The showcasing will take place in the exhibition hall of the conference venue, so there is no time constraint to showcase your DL initiatives. Send your proposals to franc(a)library.iisc.ernet.in A 3-member team comprising of experts in the DL field will adjudge proposals, and the winners will be selected. ICADL 2013 says, " There is something like a free lunch after all" Dr. Francis Jayakanth IDLI@ICADL 2013 Coordinator Member, ICADL 2013 Organizing Committee & JRD Tata Memorial Library Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560012, India franc(a)library.iisc.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Inauguration of Book exhibition
by Mailing List Admin 13 Nov '13

13 Nov '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 10:54:18 +0530 From: vijaya Nag <vijayanag25(a)gmail.com> Invitation for the inauguration of "Book exhibition " as a part of *National library week-2013* Organized by *City central library of Mysore: J.P.Nagar Branch,Mysore* On behalf of City central library of Mysore: J.P.Nagar Branch,Mysore, we cordially invite you to participate in the function. Details about the program : Event: * Inauguration of "Book exhibition "* Day: Friday Date & Time: 15th November 2013 at 5-00 pm Venue: City Central Library, J.P.Nagara Branch,Mysore(Puttaraja Gawai stadium) Chief Guests: Sri. Hirimarali Dharmaraju, Poet & principal:Hardwicke pu college,Mysore Sri.Besur Mohan Palegar , Poet and a leading *expert*on *folklore* Sri.B.L.Bhairappa corporator, MCC Would preside over the function. *You are all cordially invited....* *Vijaya Nag G* City centarl library of mysore J.P.Nagar Branch Mysore Vijaya Nag G* Library Assistant, City Central Library, Sayyaji Rao Road, Mysore 570001. http://independent.academia.edu/vijayanagG

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Repost : Library Executive Vacant @ Hippocampus, Chennai (Change in Phone no.)
by Usha Ramu 13 Nov '13

13 Nov '13

Hippocampus Children's Experience Centre (Kids Commercial Library) Job Position : Library Executive Nature of the job : Handling llibrary routines, management and administration Salary : Negotiable Female Candidates Preferable Hippocampus Children's Experience Centre is a commercial kids library located in Indra Nagar, Adyar. It is functioning in tie up with German Consulate in its operations. Conducts workshops and summer camps as part of their services to kids. To know more about Hippocampus please click the link : http://hippocampus.in/html/about_us.html Interested can mail their resumes to chandni(a)hippocampus.in Contact Person Mrs. Chandni Khanna Managing Director Cell : 9444049175 chandni(a)hippocampus.in *Thanks & Regards* *Usha Ramu | Librarian | Archaeological Survey of India| Chennai Circle, Fort St. George|Chennai - 600 009| Phone : 044-25670397 - Ext. 27| Mob: 9445728686 | E-Mail : usha.ramur(a)gmail.com <usha.ramur(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 Ravi Hullur 13 Nov '13

13 Nov '13

Dear Professionals, If any library holds below mentioned article. Please send me. *Y sign: Clinical Indicator to Stop Trenching and Start Cracking *Mathew Kurian Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery Volume 39, Issue 4, April 2013, Pages 493–496 -- ** *** Regards Mr.Ravi Hullur Asst.Librarian KLE University, Belgaum Mob.No.9740638831 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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Opening for Project Assistant at NIFT Hyderabad
by anand bandi 13 Nov '13

13 Nov '13

Dear moderator, Kindly post the following write up on your Forum for the benefit of LIS Professionals. "The National Institute of Fashion Technology, ( Govt.of India), Hyderabad Campus require MLISc Candidates for the position of project co-ordination to accomplish total integrated Resource Center development. The incumbent should have sound knowledge of computer operation (keying the data) along with strong knowledge of LIS software modules like cataloguing, serials control etc. Those candidates who are interested to apply, should be fluent in spoken and written English, may send their complete CV on the below mentioned address via e-mail latest by 25th November 2013. The candidates selected will be paid a stipend of Rs 10000=00 per month for a fixed period of 4 months. On successful completion of the project, the Candidates will be awarded with NIFT Certificate. Dr.A.N.Bandi, Head, Resource Center, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Madhapur Hyderabad-500081 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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"BioRxiv": biologists' version of arXiv
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 13 Nov '13

13 Nov '13

From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <aokerson(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 16:20:15 -0500 With thanks to Gary Price: **** From: Gary Price <gprice(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 2:19 PM "BioRxiv, launched yesterday by the nonprofit Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), aims to be biologists' version of arXiv, the popular preprint server where physicists have shared their draft manuscripts for more than 20 years. The goal is to speed the dissemination of research and give scientists a way to get feedback on their papers before they are formally peer-reviewed, says John Inglis, CSHL Press executive director. "There is a growing desire in the community for this kind of service,” Inglis says. It will be free to submit a paper or to read it in bioRxiv, Inglis says. CSHL is paying the costs of the service (he declines to specify them) but hopes that, like arXiv, it will ultimately attract contributions. Although anybody can submit a paper, not everything will be posted: A group of more than 40 "affiliate" scientists have agreed to screen submissions to "assure us that this is real science," Inglis says. "We certainly don't want the enterprise to be sunk by publishing a load of crap." Another limitation is that bioRxiv is for life sciences, not medicine, so it will not publish clinical trials or other research that is "medically relevant," Inglis says. Human genetic data could be posted, however." Full Text Article via Science http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2013/11/new-preprint-server-aims-be-biol… __gary Gary D. Price, MLIS Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal's INFOdocket.com Co-Founder and Editor, FullTextReports.com Information Industry Analyst Librarian http://INFOdocket.com http://FullTextReports.com Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Executive Vacant @ Hippocampus, Chennai
by Usha Ramu 12 Nov '13

12 Nov '13

Hippocampus Children's Experience Centre (Kids Commercial Library) Job Position : Library Executive Nature of the job : Handling llibrary routines, management and administration Salary : Negotiable Female Candidates Preferable Hippocampus Children's Experience Centre is a commercial kids library located in Indra Nagar, Adyar. It is functioning in tie up with German Consulate in its operations. Conducts workshops and summer camps as part of their services to kids. To know more about Hippocampus please click the link : http://hippocampus.in/html/about_us.html Interested can mail their resumes to chandni(a)hippocampus.in Contact Person Mrs. Chandni Khanna Managing Director Cell : 9444039175 chandni(a)hippocampus.in *Thanks & Regards* *Usha Ramu | Librarian | Archaeological Survey of India| Chennai Circle, Fort St. George|Chennai - 600 009* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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9th Dr. TB Rajashekar Memorial Seminar (2013): Digital Information Services in Academic and R&D Information Centers
by Madhuresh Singhal 12 Nov '13

12 Nov '13

Dear Members, NCSI-Net, an informal association comprising of erstwhile NCSI staff and its trainees, was established in 2000. During its 13 years of existence, the association has been constantly engaged in organizing various professional activities like monthly lectures, invited talks, seminars, conferences, and workshops. It has also been collaborating with other professional associations in organizing and conducting various professional activities. Being an informal association, it had its own advantages and to some extent, some constraints, too. Also, many of NCSIians have been expressing their intent, for a long time now, that it should become a registered body so that it can engage itself in lot more diversified activities. Several of senior NCSI-Net members have been mulling about the idea of NCSI-Net being a registered body for a long time. Around March 2013, it was decided that NCSI-Net would be registered as a charitable trust. The process for registration was started thereafter and after few initial hurdles, we finally managed to get it registered. We are very happy to convey that our plan came into fruition on Friday, 14 June 2013. So, NCSI-Net is now NCSI-Net Foundation, a registered charitable trust. The foundation, for the present, will continue with the existing activities including the annual lecture and seminar series in honor and memory of late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar. In fact, the TBR Memorial lecture, 2013, on "Knowledge Diversity in Media Content Analysis - An Analytico-synthetic Approach" delivered by Dr. Devika P. Madalli of DRTC, on Friday 21 June 2013, was the inaugural event of the foundation. The foundation already has a web presence with a very rudimentary web site, accessible at http://www.ncsinet.org/. It will be improved up on in due course of time. We are now gearing up for the second event by the foundation – Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Seminar. The announcement about the seminar follows: NCSI-Net Foundation cordially invites you to the 9th Dr. TBR Memorial Seminar (2013). This year's topic will be "Digital Information Services in Academic and R&D Information Centers". It’s a one-day seminar targeted for the benefit of students of Library and Information Science and budding LIS professionals. The details of the seminar are given below. Brochure is available at Foundation website. Title: Dr. TBR Memorial Seminar (2013): Digital Information Services in Academic and R&D Information Centers Date: November 23, 2013 (Saturday); 08:45 AM - 04:30 PM Venue: APC (erstwhile NCSI) Seminar Hall, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore - 560012 Registration fee: Rs. 250/- for Students and Rs. 500/- for budding professionals (includes working Lunch). Target audience: Students of Library & Information Science courses & budding information professionals. Seminar coverage: The Seminar is being conducted with an intention to create awareness amongst the students and budding information professionals about the latest developments in the field of Information and Communication technologies applicable to LIS profession. This year's Seminar will give an overview on the various Digital Information Services provided by the Library & Information Centers in R&D and Academic Institutions. There will also be a session dealing with soft skills/communication skills and career building strategies for LIS professionals. Please do note that no arrangements for accommodation are being made for outstation participants. Number of participants restricted to 40 (due to Space constraint), it will be on first come first serve basis. Kindly bring this to the attention of the budding professionals and encourage them to attend the seminar. Participants will get an opportunity to interact with fellow professionals working in the industry and academia. For further information and Seminar Brochure, please visit the Seminar website at: http://www.ncsinet.org/ Regards Madhuresh Singhal On behalf of NCSI-Net Foundation -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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