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Registrations Open: International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL) 2013
by ICDL TERI 14 Oct '13

14 Oct '13

TERI is organizing ICDL 2013 (International Conference on Digital Libraries) during 27–29 November 2013 at India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. The conference would be inaugurated by Hon'ble VICE PRESIDENT OF INDIA. The major objectives of this mega event are: • To bridge the digital divide between developed and developing countries • To create a platform through capacity building on Digital Library, Knowledge Management and applications of Social Media ICDL 2013 is also expecting an august gathering of over 500 participants drawn from cross-disciplinary areas etc. We have received confirmations from several renowned international experts for participating in the deliberations. Some of the highlights of the conference would be: ü Thematic Workshop addressing on contemporary issues to a focused group of clientele ü Tutorials by leading DL experts of the World ü Conference deliberation by the luminaries of Digital Library ü Exposition by National and International Publishers, Knowledge Vendors Tutorials@ ICDL 2013 1) Introduction to data mining with Weka by Ian H Witten Professor, University of Waikato New Zealand 2.Imagine! Information retrieval from the WWW by images by Paul Nieuwenhuysen Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussels 3) Content-based Image Retrieval: Concepts, Challenges, and Research Opportunities by Ricardo da Silva Torres Associate professor Institute of Computing (IC) University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Brazil 4) Ontological Engineering by Kavi Mahesh Professor, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore, and Principal Consultant, Knowledge Management Group, Infosys Technologies Ltd. Bangalore, India 5)Using XML and TEI to produce digital books for digital libraries by Alejandro Bia CIO - DEMI Área de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos Spain 6) Open Data Repositories & Linked Data by ARD Prasad, Professor & Head, DRTC, ISI, India Workshops cum panel discussion@ICDL 2013 1) Standardization and Interoperability in the context of Digital Libraries by UNESCO 2) National Mission Libraries (Activities) and National Virtual Library Initiative (NVLI) by Ministry of Culture 3) Open Access by Nature Publishing Group 4) New Trend in e-Publishing: Unlocking More Value for the Researcher byElsevier 5) Workflow based Platform for Digital Archiving by Trinaina Informatics Limited 6) Revolutionizing the Publishing Model by JoVE 7) Audio-visual Archives: Focus and Challenges by Prasar Bharati For registration kindly visit our website: http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/register.php Mailing Address: ICDL 2013 Secretariat The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) India Habitat Centre Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003, India Tel: +91 11 24682100 or 41504900 Fax: 24682144 Email: ICDL2013(a)teri.res.in Website: www.teriin.org/events/icdl -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Short Term Course on ABCD
by G Mahesh 13 Oct '13

13 Oct '13

CSIR-NISCAIR is conducting a five days course on the Library Automation Software ABCD. Following are the details: Course title: ABCD-A complete automation package Date: November 4 to November 8, 2013 Course fee: Rs. 4000/- (without accommodation), Rs. 5,200/- (with accommodation) For further details, contact: training(a)niscair.res.in G. Mahesh CSIR-NISCAIR -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Announcing the 3rd Annual EPT Award for individuals
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 12 Oct '13

12 Oct '13

From: "Subbiah Arunachalam" <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, October 12, 2013 12:26 am Friends: It is time to send nominations for this year's EPT award for individuals working for the advancement of OA in developing and transition countries. I am attaching the announcement. Please ensure wide publicity. Thanks and best wishes. Arun Below is the press release announcing the 3rd Annual Award for individuals in the developing world who have made a significant contribution to Open Access. The application form for nominations follows the announcement. The EPT hopes to receive a similarly large number of representations as were received for the award in its first two years. THE 2013 EPT AWARD FOR INDIVIDUALS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WORKING FOR OA Open Access Week arrives again this October, and is a time to celebrate all that has been achieved in the previous twelve months. The Electronic Publishing Trust is a long standing advocate of OA and the difference it can make. As our contribution to this years OA Week, we are offering our third annual international award to recognise the impact that individuals can make. The huge interest in and success of the first two awards makes it clear that such international recognition acknowledges the very real efforts being made by many individuals throughout the world, and accelerates the development of models for achieving the open and free transfer of essential information for the progress of research. ANNOUNCEMENT : The Electronic Publishing Trust* is pleased to announce that it is offering its third annual award for individuals in developing and transition countries** who have made significant advances to the cause of open access and the free exchange of research findings. Information on previous winners can be found on our website at http://epublishingtrust.net/ Nominations are sought for the award. Individuals may be nominated by themselves or others or by organisations, sending a statement using the attached form to the chair of the EPT Board, (d.law(a)strath.ac.uk) outlining the achievements of the individual. Please find the nominations form below. Nominations should be received by 30th November 2013. Selection of a winner will be made by a panel of EPT Board Members which will be chaired by Dr Patrick Corran, and will include Leslie Chan, Subbiah Arunachalam, Barbara Kirsop, co-founder of the charity, and Judy Ugonna. The result will be announced in January 2014 and it is intended that a presentation will be made at a location convenient to the winner. The award recipient will be publicly recognised through the presentation of a certificate and an engraved award. It is also hoped to have a side event at future OA meetings to celebrate the work of the winner. EPT Award submission form for nominations 1. The EPT Award is for individuals who have made an impact on the progress of open access to research findings. 2. Nominations may be made by individuals or organisations. 3. Please supply the following information: Name of nominee: Affiliation of nominee: Position or role of nominee: Contact address and email of nominee: Contact address and email of proposer: Please provide a brief statement to describe the ACTIVITIES of the nominee in support of Open Access (no more than 250 words): Please describe the RESULTS AND SIGNIFICANCE of these activities (no more than 500 words): Please send your proposal by 30/11/2013 to: EPT Chair, Derek Law, at d.law(a)strath.ac.uk

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Open Source ILS: An information portal for librarians
by Shamprasad Pujar 12 Oct '13

12 Oct '13

Dear Members, Evergreen, Koha and Open Source Integrated Library Systems (OSS ILS) are the subject of much interest among librarians, system administrators, and library administrators. Open source ILS provides a single portal for information about these technologies and how they can work in any library setting including academic, public, school and special libraries. The site will allow you to: 1. Find out what OSS ILS has to offer to different types of libraries 2. Evaluate OSS ILS to see if it can work for your library 3. Learn about the steps involved in migrating to OSS ILS 4. Locate technical assistance in the open source community as well as from support vendor More info can be found at: http://www.opensourceils.com It is an good effort from researchers/developers to provide all the information at one place. 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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InfoQuiz @ICADL2013: Early Registration Winners
by franc＠library.iisc.ernet.in 11 Oct '13

11 Oct '13

Winning in InfoQuiz2013 starts with registration. Every 50th registration would receive a small cash prize of Rs.1000 as lucky winners. Here are first four lucky winners to receive this cash prize. 1. Mr. Sukhwinder Randhawa, CRRID, Chandigarh, India (50th registration) 2. Ms. Anitha P G, Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Technopark, Trivandrum (100th registration) 3. Dr. Amita Pradhan, Chief Librarian, Sinhgad Institutes, Pune (150th registration) 4. Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Sinha, DELNET, New Delhi (200th registration) InfoQuiz online round will go live soon. Keeping in view the Dasara Festive season, the Online Quiz date is moved to 28th October. Before taking the live InfoQuiz, the registered participants will have an opportunity for a trial round on 24th October 2013. Top-six winners of the online round on 28th will qualify for stage quiz at the ICADL2013 in Bangalore on 10th December. Winners of the Online Quiz are the privileged guests of ICADL with free registration for the conference and travel and hospitality paid by Informatics India Ltd., the organizers of InforQuiz2013. InfoQuiz is a technical Quiz for all Library & Information Professionals world over. Do not miss this brainteaser opportunity. Register today, if you havent yet. Take the trial quiz on 24th October, and get ready for the real one on 28th October. We will be announcing the duel time for Asia-Pacific and rest-of-the-world. Watch the ICADL2013 website -- http://www.icadl2013.org.in/ -- for the announcement of these schedules. Enter InfoQuiz 2013 and aspire to get global recognition as Star Winners at ICADL 2013--the 15th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, being organized for the second time in India. N. V. Sathyanarayana Informatics India Ld Bangalore 560003 www.informaticsglobal.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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15th ICADL 2013- Inaugural Keynote by Dr. Rakesh Agrawal-very well known Data Mining Expert and Microsoft Technical Fellow at the MSR Search Labs, USA
by Shalini Urs 11 Oct '13

11 Oct '13

Dear LIS Professionals, One more reason to be part of the premier Digital Library Conference and retool and reposition! ICADL 2013 is happy to announce its Inaugural Keynote speaker! The Inaugural keynote at the ICADL 2013 on December 9, 2013 will be given by Dr. Rakesh Agrawal�Microsoft Technical Fellow at the MSR Search Labs, who is well known for developing fundamental data mining concepts and technologies and pioneering key concepts in data privacy, including Hippocratic Database, Sovereign Information Sharing, and Privacy-Preserving Data Mining. Rakesh's new quest is to use Internet to bring the benefits of computing to the underserved. To know more about the speaker http://rakesh.agrawal-family.com He is the recipient of the ACM-SIGKDD First Innovation Award, ACM-SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award, ACM-SIGMOD Test of Time Award, VLDB 10-Yr Most Influential Paper Award, and the Computerworld First Horizon Award. He is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of ACM, and a Fellow of IEEE. Scientific American named him to the list of 50 top scientists and technologists in 2003. Prior to joining Microsoft in March 2006, Rakesh was an IBM Fellow and led the Quest group at the IBM Almaden Research Center. Earlier, he was with the Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill from 1983 to 1989. He also worked for 3 years at India's premier company, the Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. He received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1983. He also holds a B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from IIT-Roorkee, and atwo-year Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering from the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Bombay. IBM's commercial data mining product, Intelligent Miner, grew out of Dr. Agrawal��s work. His research has been incorporated into other IBM products, including DB2 Mining Extender, DB2 OLAP Server and WebSphere Commerce Server, and has influenced several othercommercial and academic products, prototypes and applications. His other technical contributions include Polyglot object-oriented type system, Alertactive database system, Ode (Object database and environment), Alpha (extension of relational databases with generalized transitive closure), Nest distributed system, transaction management, and database machines. Rakesh has been granted more than 60 patents. He has published more than 150 research papers, many of them considered seminal. He has written the 1st as well as 2nd highest cited of all papers in the fields of databases and data mining (13th and 15th most citedacross all computer science as of Februray 2007 in CiteSeer). Wikipedia lists one of his papers as one of the most influential database papers. His papers have been cited more than 6500 times, with more than 15 of them receiving more than 100 citations each. He is the most cited author in the field of database systems. His work has been featured in New York Times Year in Review, New York Times Science section, and several other publications. For updates and more details : http://www.icadl2013.org.in <http://www.icadl2013.org.in/> See you at ICADL 2013! Shalini -- Dr. Shalini R.Urs Chair, ICADL 2013 & Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Social Media and its Use Among LIS Professionals in India: A Survey
by Mailing List Admin 11 Oct '13

11 Oct '13

Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 15:10:14 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 22:10:27 +0800 (SGT) From: Shihab Illias <librarianmace(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Sir/Madam Please find enclosed link of a online questionnaire which is related to Study on�Social Media and its Use Among LIS Professionals in India: A Survey.�Kindly co-operate with me by filling the questionnaire. The information provided will be kept confidential and will be used only for data analysis. Your identity will not be revealed to anybody. Your co-operation is solicited. To fill it out, please visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1MoLbCzgOoQHg9UQbbqCh1C7sJh5V3bJHALP_ALicec… Shihab.I, Library Professional, University of Kerala

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project trainee for JRD Tata Memorial Library
by ksc＠library.iisc.ernet.in 11 Oct '13

11 Oct '13

Applications are invited for project trainee for a temporary period of 6 months( which is likely to be extended further) at JRD Tata Memorial Library Qualification: MLISc Ist class from a recognised university; Relaxation for sc/st students: pass class Emoluments: Rs. 7500 ( likely to be enhanced) Last date: 18 oct 2013 walk in interview: date will be notified through lis-forum The applicants need to produce originals for verification at the time of interview and be ready to join within a week from the date of selection Chudamani -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancies at DELNET for the posts of Software Development Associates
by Dr Sangeeta Kaul 10 Oct '13

10 Oct '13

DELNET Applications are invited for the posts of Software Development Associates. Candidates having technical expertise in DSpace/Koha software with good know-how of Linux, Perl, MySql, Java and PostgreSQL with atleast two years working experience in Koha/DSpace may apply. Salary as per qualifications and experience. Apply within ten days to The Director, DELNET, JNU Campus, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070. Email: hkkaul(a)gmail.com ****************************** =========== NACLIN 2013 will be held in collaboration with MNIT Jaipur at Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur from December 10-12, 2013. Please visit www.naclin.org for details or write to us to receive a formal invitation letter and hard copy of the brochure. We would appreciate your kind participation. ============= _______________________________________________________________________________ Dr Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 Tel: 91-11-26742222, 26741266, 9810329992 (M) Fax: 91-11-26741122 Email: sangs(a)delnet.ren.nic.in, sangskaul2003(a)yahoo.co.in Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for soft copy of an article
by ddp 10 Oct '13

10 Oct '13

Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to publish my request for soft copy of an article on LIS forum. Thanks. Dear Professionals and friends, one of our research student needs following article for his research purpose. If any one of you have access to it, kindly arrange to send the soft copy. Zimler, J. & Keenan J. M. (1983). Imagery in the congenitally blind: How visual are visual images? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, Vol 9(2), pp.269-282. Regards. D. D. Prdnekar Homi Bhabha Centre For Science Education Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research V. N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd Mumbai 400 088. Te.No. : 022-25072337 / 25072303 E-Mail : library(a)hbcse.tifr.res.in / ddp(a)hbcse.tifr.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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