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JNU - World Bank Workshop on Open Data Development and Transparency Initiatives May 9, 2013
by Dr. Ramesh C Gaur 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

JNU - World Bank Workshop on Open Data Development and Transparency Initiatives (May 9, 2013) Dear Friends, The World Bank, New Delhi in partnership with Central Library, Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) is organizing one day workshop on `Open Data – Open Development’ on May 9, 2013 from 10:00 -16:00 in Lecture Hall-I, JNU Convention Centre. Prologue Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the World Bank is organizing one day workshop on `Open Data Development Initiatives’ of the World Bank on May 9, 2013. Transparency, accountability and citizen participation are all at the forefront of the World Bank’s citizen-centered development approach called Open Development. The primary principle of the Open Development initiative is Open Data and Knowledge, Open Operations and Tools and open solutions. The Bank facilitates all interested parties with accessible, easy-to-use data, and with unprecedented access to other information and documents. Broad access to these data allows citizens, CSOs, policy makers, advocacy groups and other stakeholders to make better-informed decisions and to measure improvements more accurately. The World Bank’s Access to Information (AI) Policy represents a fundamental shift in the Bank’s approach to making information publicly available. It recognizes the centrality of transparency and accountability to the development process and includes principled commitments to strengthen public ownership and oversight of Bank-financed operations. The Bank’s Open Data, Open Finances, Geomapping, Open Knowledge Repository (OKR) and other platforms and open tools, Mobile apps represent its efforts to foster transparency and openness. This workshop has thus been planned to raise awareness and ensure that average citizens and beneficiary communities learn to use the policy and open tools to access timely and relevant information and data on Bank-financed projects and make the Open Agenda to be better known among academics, researchers, CSOs, and policymakers in country. Broad Learning Objectives: · Gain appreciation of the Open Development agenda and linkages between various initiatives. · Increase awareness on Access to Information (AI), Open Data, Mapping, and other Open Data tools. · Be able to use Open Data tools to validate information: compare data across countries or settings · Know where to go for help and further support Workshop Schedule Venue – Convention Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Date – May 9, 2013 Time – 10.00 – 16.00 p.m. Tentative Programme Schedule Audiences: Researchers, faculty, NGOs, students in relevant academic tracks, Facilities specifications: 90-100 audiences. Need computers + wireless internet connection. Participants can bring their own computers as well. Computers need to have Google Chrome installed. Time Sessions 10:00-10:10 05 min Welcome & Objective of partnership Dr. Ramesh Gaur, University Librarian, JNU 10:10-10:20 ……JNU 10:20 – 10:45 Inauguration Michael Haney, Operations Advisor, The World Bank 10:45-11:30 Open Data Initiatives by GOI Neeta Verma, Data Centre and Web Services, NIC 11:30-12:00 Tea Break 12:00-12:20 20min Session Overview and Objectives. Introduction to Open Development and Transparency Initiatives. Overview of the Bank’s Modernization Agenda and relevance of Open Development (OD) and Open Data tools and the foundational role of the Access to Information Policy. Sunita Malhotra, EXT Communications 12:20-13:00 40 min Open Data on Development What is Open Data? Participants will get an overview of open data at the World Bank. The presenter will then demonstrate the World Bank’s Open Data Portal, explain how to use a range of statistics and indicators s.a WDI, GDF and convert them into maps, charts and other formats and share current good practices for using content in operations. Timothy Grant Herzog , DECDG 13:00- 13:40 30 min Mapping for Results and Citizen Engagement and Open Data Tools & Resources Participants will learn about the Mapping for Results platform and Open Geographic Data as well as country specific cases on how this data is linked to Bank operations. The presentation will also include methods for the use of open data and showcase data collection, processing, interpretation and visualization techniques from variety of openly available and free platforms, taking advantage of some of the unique functionalities of each platform. Various tools available on WB website for researchers. Kaushal OR Sunita 13:30 – 14:30 Lunch Break 14:30-15:20 50 min Open Data on Finances Participants will learn about the Open Financial Data website and country specific cases on how the OF data is linked to Bank operations. The presentation will also include tips and tricks on messaging and how this data can be tracked by various stakeholders at the country level as well as used in conjunction with the new Bank projects & operations portal. Mobile apps. Shalmraj Ramraj, CTR 15:20-15:50 30 min Review of Projects, Operations Website, and Other Useful Websites Participants will learn how to navigate the revamped Projects and Operations website including the new Country websites and Documents and Reports database, the Open Knowledge Repository, and the Project Cycle, and will become familiar on how to request information under the Access to Information Policy. Sunita Malhotra, SAREX 15:50-16:00 10 min Wrap Up, Q&A, Feedback, Evaluation and Closing Dr. Ramesh Gaur, University Librarian, JNU 16:00-16:20 Tea In order to allow us to make appropriate logistic arrangements, please confirm the participation to sawasthi(a)mail.jnu.ac.in and copy to rcgaur66(a)gmail.com, Participation is only by confirmation. Best Regards, Ramesh ************************************** Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) University Librarian Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) New Meharuli Road, New Delhi - 110067 Tele +91-11-26742605, 26704551 Fax : +91-11-26741603 Email: rcgaur(a)mail.jnu.ac.in ;rcgaur66(a)gmail.com URL: www.jnu.ac.in Brief Profile: http://www.jnu.ac.in/Library/RameshCGaur.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lessons from Koha in open source project ownership
by Vimal Kumar V. 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Dear Friends, This article provides valuable lessons for open source project ownership, including branding, trademarks, and conflict resolution. http://opensource.com/education/13/4/open-source-project-lessons-koha Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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REQUEST
by Harish Y S 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Dear All Professionals, Our Research scholar need following ASCE Standard, If anybody have access please send me the same. *ASCE 10-97 Design of Latticed Steel Transmission Structures* -- Regards Harish Y S Librarian National Institute of Engineering, Manandavadi Road, Mysore-8, Mob - +919886384826lis- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian, Deputy Librarian and Assistant Librarians at IIT Delhi
by Dr.Nabi Hasan 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Dear All, The IIT Delhi has advertised the regular positions ofLibrarian, Deputy Librarian and Assistant Librarians . The last date is June 4, 2013. The Details will be available from the Link at: http://www.iitd.ac.in/content/faculty-positions Thanks and regards, Hasan -- Nabi Hasan, Ph.D. Borlaug Fellow (Cornell University, USA) Deputy Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016, India Phone - +91-11-2659-1452 (Work) E-mail: nabihasan(a)gmail.com ; hasan(a)library.iitd.ac.in Web: http://library.iitd.ac.in/about/hasan.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National workshop on Koha at Ernakulam, Kerala
by Vimal Kumar V. 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Dear Friends, A National workshop on Koha Open Source Library Management system is in planning stage. The venue will be at Ernakulam, Kerala State. The duration of the workshop is 3 days. The workshop on May last week or June First week. Working professionals and students can attend the workshop. We would like to collect responses from those who like to attend the workshop. Please fill the following form, https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18wQySOGVQUql6L66fIUGh57WNNzh7Ydak4vl12hzyJ… Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Applications are Invited for the Post of Director General, National LIbrary
by Academic Librarians' Association India 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Ministry of Culture invites applications for filling up the post of Director, National Library, Kolkotta, in PB- HAG Rs. 67000-79000 on deputation basis/contract basis. Last date for receipt of application sis 4 weeks from the date of publication of the advertisement. For details see the advertisement in Employment News dated 27.04.2013. Please Refer the Notification for the post at: http://www.davp.nic.in/WriteReadData/ADS/eng_09101_3_1314b.pdf Please download Application from: http://www.davp.nic.in/WriteReadData/ADS/eng_09101_2_1314b.pdf Details and Application forms are also linked by ALA at its site: https://sites.google.com/site/academiclib/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need an article
by Mamtha's Gmail 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Dear professional friends, One of our faculty needs the following article for her research. Since we do not have this in our subscribed databases, kindly provide fulltext if available in your library. Methods Mol Biology. 2012;864:341-66. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-624-1_13. Extraction of plant secondary metabolites. Jones WP<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Jones%20WP%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true…>, Kinghorn AD<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Kinghorn%20AD%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=t…>. -- *Thank you & Regards * *Mrs Mamatha P. Kumar* *Chief Librarian* *Central Library* *Yenepoya University* *Yenepoya University **|** University Road, Deralakatte **|** Mangalore 575018 **|** Karnataka **|** India *T: +91 824 22046668/69/70 *|* Extn 310 *|*F: +91 824 2204667 *|* www.yenepoya.edu.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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International Journal of Information Research (ISSN 2249-8273)’ has been released its Vol. 02, Issue 02 of March, 2013
by Shriram Pandey 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Dear LIS Professionals, Greetings! I am very pleased to inform all of you that with the help of our esteemed editorial board members and reviewer committee, ‘International Journal of Information Research (ISSN 2249-8273)’ has been released its Vol. 02, Issue 02 of March, 2013. I am glad to invite you to submit your article for the Vol 2, Issue No 3 (June, 2013) of ‘International Journal of Information Research (ISSN: 2249-8273)’. The International Journal of Information Research is a fully peer-reviewed print as well as online open access scholarly journal that is being published quarterly by the ‘Society for Scholarly Publishing and Open Access Resources (SPOARS)’. This is a print as well as an online open access journal for library, information and management (LIM) professionals. In this journal articles, reviews, proceeding papers, and news items, etc are published. SUBMISSION GUIDELINE Authors are requested to submit their manuscripts in .doc or .rtff format by email attachment to editorijir(a)gmail.com. Submissions should not be longer than 7,000 words including abstract, figures, tables, references and appendices. All manuscripts submitted to the journal will be double-blind refereed by expert and members of the editorial board. The journal’s committee will remove personal details for the purpose of blind review process. With regard, Prof. H. N. Prasad, Editor-in-Chief Department of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U. P.) PIN -221 005 (India) Contact No. *+91- 9415336709* <%2B91-%209415336709> (Mob.) Email ID: editorijir(a)gmail.com -- ================================================= *Shriram Pandey* Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science Mohan Lal Sukhadia University Udaipur-313001, Rajasthan, India Phone No.: +91-9636383110 Website:http://www.linkedin.com/pub/shriram-pandey/6/844/224 ================================================= By not printing this email you've helped save paper, ink, and millions of trees. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Call for Papers for International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL 2013) to be held during 27-29 November 2013, New Delhi
by Shantanu Ganguly 28 Apr '13

28 Apr '13

Dear Digital Library Professionals The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) is organizing *International Conference on Digital libraries (ICDL 2013)* during *27-29 November 2013 at New Delhi. *The conference will also aim at further strengthen the academic collaboration and strategic alliance in development of DL in the world. Theme of the conference is* Vision 2020: Looking back 10 years and forging new frontiers.* Please visit us at www.teriin.org/events/icdl to know more about us in the past. More than 45 top DL speakers of the world will come together to brainstorm on contemporary issues of Digital Library, Social Computing and Knowledge Management. I am sure you will take back lot of intellectual inputs if you join hands in this mega event by sharing your expertise through review papers, research paper, and case studies. *Call for Paper* * * *Important dates* Submission of full papers 20 July 2013 *Notification of acceptance of paper with comments 15September 2013* *Submission of the final paper after incorporating comments 10 October 2013* * * * * ICDL 2013 invites original submissions focusing on the theme of the conference—*Vision 2020: Looking back 10 years and forging new frontiers*. Contributions are invited for conference sessions and tutorials. Topics for contributions (but are not limited to) include the following. · DL development, architecture, and management · Information storage and retrieval · Multi-linguality and interoperability issues · Digital rights management · Digital preservation and access management · DL best practices · E-learning and e-publishing · DL standards and policy · Open archives initiatives · ODOL (Open, distance, and online learning) · Multimedia content · Sustainable DL model · DL service marketing · Digital research libraries · Social media and network analysis · Collaborative knowledge creation · Information quality management · Enterprise 2.0 and collaborative model · Knowledge management business models · Convergence of knowledge management and learning system · Mobile technology and service-oriented architecture · Information and communication model · Knowledge management best practices * * * * With best regards *Shantanu* ==================================== *Shantanu Ganguly, PhD* Fellow, Librarian and Area Convenor Library and Information Centre Knowledge Management Division TERI India Habitat Center Complex Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110003 Tel: 011-24682100 (Extn 2762) Email: shantanu.ganguly(a)teri.res.in ----------------------------------------------------------------- A-67, Chittaranjan Park, First Floor New Delhi-110019 Tel (R): 011-26272596 (M): 9811330235 Email: sganguly67(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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JNU Summer Course on “English for Academic Writing: From Synopsis to Thesis Writing”
by Dr. Ramesh C Gaur 27 Apr '13

27 Apr '13

The Linguistic Empowerment Cell announces A Special Intensive Course “English for Academic Writing: From Synopsis to Thesis Writing”. >From May 27th to June 14th 2013. The following areas will be covered: Choosing a topic Synopsis writing – the essentials Theme building Mind Map for writing a composition Mind Map for synopsis writing Statement of hypothesis Structure of a thesis Format for a thesis Spelling and Grammar Notation and Style Referencing and Citation Course duration: 90 hours (three weeks - full time) May 27th to June 14th, 10:00 am to 05:30 pm Classes will be held at the Old Language Lab Complex, Room nos. 002 and 109 Those who are interested in joining may register latest by 2nd May, by email to <linguistic.e.c.(a)gmail.com>; <surenderkumar_072(a)yahoo.com> Vaishna Narang Chief Coordinator Linguistic Empowerment Cell, JNU vaishna_narang(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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