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IATLIS General Body Meeting on 27 December 2012 at DRTC, Bangalore
by Mailing List Admin 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

HPS Kalra hpskalra(a)gmail.com Thu Dec 6 15:02:18 IST 2012 Dear life member of IATLIS, The Annual general meeting of the Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) will be held on 27 December 2012 at DRTC, Bangalore. Details are given in the enclosed notice. HPS Kalra General Secretary, IATLIS. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science C/o Department of Library and Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala No: IATLIS/GBM/2012 Date: 28-11-2012. The 2012 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Association will be held on Thursday, 27 December 2012 at 4.00 p.m. at the venue of the XXIX National Conference of the Association, Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore to transact the following agenda: Agenda 1. To confirm the minutes of the last Annual General Meeting held on 27 November 2011 at Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. 2. To adopt Annual Report for the period December 2011 November 2012 3. To adopt Audited Statement of Accounts for the period 1 April 2011 31 March 2012. 4. To discuss any other matter with the permission of the Chair. Presence of the members is earnestly solicited. General Secretary ------------------------------------------------------

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Invitation for DELNET-Daisy Forum Programme at IIC Annexe on December 15, 2012
by Mailing List Admin 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

Dr Sangeeta Kaul sangs(a)delnet.ren.nic.in Fri Dec 7 20:09:13 IST 2012 Dear Professional Colleagues We would appreciate if you may kindly send us the confirmation to attend the programme at the earliest possible. ========================================================================== DELNET-Developing Library Network & DAISY Forum of India cordially invite you and your colleagues to a panel discussion on Transcending the Boundaries of Vision : Managing Digital Content in the Mainstream Libraries for the Print Disabled Panelists Mr Dipendra Manocha, President, Daisy Forum of India Mr Ashim Bhattacharya, National Library, Kolkata Dr H K Kaul, Director, DELNET Mr Hiroshi Kawamura, Vice-President, Assistive Technology Development Organisation (Japan) and immediate Past President, Daisy Consortium on Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. at Lecture Room I (Ground Floor) India International Centre Annexe (Next to World Bank) Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 Tea: 6:00 p.m. Tea : 6:00 RSVP : 26742222 ========================================================================== Dr Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 INDIA Tel: 91-11-26742222, 26741266, 9810329992 (M) Fax: 91-11-26741122 Email: sangs at delnet.ren.nic.in, sangskaul2003 at yahoo.co.in ==========================================================

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Beall~Rs List of Predatory Publishers 2013
by Mailing List Admin 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 21:51:01 -0800 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> Bealls List of Predatory Publishers 2013 By Jeffrey Beall Released December 4, 2012 The gold open-access model has given rise to a great many new online publishers. Many of these publishers are corrupt and exist only to make money off the author processing charges that are billed to authors upon acceptance of their scientific manuscripts. There are two lists below. The first includes questionable, scholarly open-access publishers. Each of these publishers has a portfolio that ranges from just a few to hundreds of individual journal titles. The second list includes individual journals that do not publish under the platform of any publisher they are essentially independent, questionable journals. In both cases, we recommend that researchers, scientists, and academics avoid doing business with these publishers and journals. Scholars should avoid sending article submissions to them, serving on their editorial boards or reviewing papers for them, or advertising in them. Also, tenure and promotion committees should give extra scrutiny to articles published in these journals, for many of them include instances of author misconduct. There are still many high-quality journals available for scholars to publish in, including many that do not charge author processing fees. An additional option is author self-archiving of articles in discipline-specific and institutional repositories. The author is grateful to the many colleagues who have shared information about potential predatory publishers. Last years list included 23 publishers, and this years has over 225, evidence of the rapid growth in the number of predatory journals and publishers. This list will be updated throughout the year at the blog *Scholarly Open Access*, http://scholarlyoa.com. The criteria for inclusion in the lists can be found here<http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/11/30/criteria-for-determining-predatory-open-a…>. The authors email address is: jeffrey.beall(a)ucdenver.edu. A PDF version of this document is available here<http://scholarlyoa.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/2013-lists1.pdf> . http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/12/06/bealls-list-of-predatory-publishers-2013/

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A good academic discussion on Koha and NewGenLib
by Rabishankar Giri 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

Dear Sir, I have recently sent my observations on the article mentioned below to the editor of Electronic Library. Subsequently, the author has sent the reply to the Editor which was forwarded to me by the editor. I hope that the discussion will enlighten us about the two OSS. The copy of the discussion has been pasted without any modifications. Regards, RS Giri Open Source Integrated Library Management Systems: Comparative Analysis of Koha and NewGenLib/ Manisha Singh and Gareema Sanaman, A comment Rabishankar Giri * * Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, GGS Indraprastha University, Kashmere Gate, Delhi -110006, India. E-mail: rsgiri11(a)gmail.com Singh and Sanaman’s recent article (2012) on the comparative evaluation of two Open Source ILMS viz. Koha and NewGenLib makes space for debate. Response: There is no need for debate as the article was written in 2010 and was accepted in 2011. Mr. Giri has published his latest studies in the time period of 2011-2012. So as the technology changes every day, new improvised versions of software are developed and implemented. There may be slight difference in updated and lower versions. The two open source software have been compared previously. A white paper by Haravu (2009) compares both these software, but have been missed by the authors. In addition to this prominent work, there are a number of many other papers on NewGenLib which also if reviewed would have given a different perspective. Response: our article on comparative evaluation of two Open Source ILMS viz. Koha and NewGenLib includes more additional features, characteristics and provides specific information about both the software. And it is not possible to review entire literature and include in the paper while writing the study. Major important documents and relevant articles were reviewed by both the authors before writing review of literature and preparation of checklist. Some errors, perhaps due to oversight, that have crept in need to be corrected. On page. 813, the author has mentioned that NewGenLib was developed in 2007, but the fact is that NewGenLib version 1 is released in 2005 and on Jan. 9, 2008, it was declared as OSS under GNU GPL 3 (Wikepedia). Response: I would like to mention that Wikipedia is not an authentic source of information. NewGenlib is the product of a 4-year collaboration between the Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management (KIIKM) and Verus Solutions Pvt. Limited (VSPL), both based in Hyderabad, India. Toward the end of 2007 a business decision was taken to release NewGenLib under the GNU General Public License (GPL). “NewGenLib was developed in 2007” mentioned in the article is used to inform about its development as open source software for the first time. So, if needed the information about the release of first version of software (2008) can be added for clarifying the doubts. In the methodology (Sec. 5, pg. 814) , views/ opinions of professionals of two libraries viz. Delhi Public Library (DPL) using Koha, and Central Library, University of Delhi (CLUD) using NewGenLib have been taken into account. As per our best of knowledge, Central Library, University of Delhi is using Troodon, a proprietary software for Library Management, for more than one year (http://dulsopac.du.ac.in/) and DPL is using KOHA for more than three years. It may be that CLUD did some experiment with NewGenLib for sometime but recent interaction with the professionals from DU Library reveals that they did not experiment with NewGenLib in recent times. Even if we assume that Central Library, University of Delhi done a pilot study on NewGenLib, scaling opinion in Likert’s system will differ substantially because DPL is using the system for at least three years and its professionals got habituated with the process and naturally everything in their software seems to be easierwhereas professionals attached with initial pilot phase of experimentation of NewGenLib in CLUD will feel less habituated. Thus, it attracts a debate in the use of five point scaling system while giving weightage to the opinions where two systems are not at par. It is also to be noted that even DPL is not using all modules of Koha regularly, except acquisition, cataloguing, Circulation, Administration. Thus, the evaluation process based on the two sites, i.e., the Delhi Public Library that has not explored all features and modules of Koha and Delhi University Library that used NewGenLib for testing purpose only. Response: I want to inform the person that article is not only written on the basis of professional personal views and opinions. Article has been written after the thorough study of the software through important sources such as software manuals, relevant articles and software websites. I would also like to add to the knowledge that while I was conducting my study I have personally visited Central Library, DU where the work over library data was under progress using NewGenLib. Later if it has been discontinued, that’s not my responsibility to give reason behind the personal issues of the library. And again I would like to add more for DPL using Koha as I already had mentioned that not only one specific source has been used for writing the article. Visiting DPL and also CRL was the part of the study for gathering more and more information about the study. I have not used rating scale to compare the libraries using the software. It is used as an evaluation tool for the individual software at its own basis irrespective of the libraries. In the software evaluation section (Sec. 4, pg. 814), the authors say, “reference tools which compare the software features and functionality as a whole; reference statistical data available; verification through checklists which is a comprehensive list of questions or list of items to be noted, checked, or remembered and enables to clarify and standardize the evaluation and comparison process and directs the evaluator to the right things.” And “The software packages were evaluated and compared using the checklist which was prepared after thorough study and review of related literature, software reference tools and reference statistical data available” The author has neither referred to the standard reference tools, reference statistical data and checklists available nor provided comprehensive list of questionnaires. Response: I have not used the word Questionnaire anywhere in my study. And Checklist has been prepared personally by the efforts of both the authors after work hand and studies from the software manuals, documentation available, consulting sources and software websites. Checklist has not been copied from anywhere and it is presented in the form of the tables given in our article. And the entire points used in the checklist can be cross-checked while visiting to websites of the software used and their documentation and also by reading the articles used in the review. Again on same page the authors said, “On the basis of qualitative and quantitative results obtained from various sources and their satisfaction in meeting the requirements through the software, all the selected major and minor components or elements were rated for the comparison and various items were signed for their availability (√) and non-availability (×) in the software.” But authors did not mentioned the various sources from where they have derived the quantitative and qualitative results. If, it is from CUDL and DPL, CUDL is not using NewGenLib regularly, so there is hardly any question of satisfaction level of professionals at different levels of implementation and the other one DPL has partially exploited the Koha. Response: I have already mentioned in above responses related to various sources and have clearly written that data from Central Library, Delhi University and DPL, was only one of the source to know more about the software. On page 815, the authors mentioned “Further Koha is more compatible with international metadata and interoperability standards in comparison to NewGenLib which supports very few of them which are later discussed in the paper under formats and standards implementation.” Although the author’s mention that standards implementation are later discussed in the paper, it is found that they make general statements, e.g., in Table 1, under interoperability they give a score of 4 and 3 to Koha and Newgenlib respectively without justifying and/or specifying what interoperability standards are being supported or not supported. But, it is found that NewGenLib supports major international standards for better interoperability (Giri, 2012, 2011) and also compliant to Zotero which has been overlooked by the authors. Response: Kindly Read the article carefully, as the Table VI clearly explains the standards supported by the software. “Koha is more user friendly in terms of installation whereas NewGenLib.” This finding is in stark contrast with the findings reported by Giri from different workshop/training participants (Giri, 2012). It is to be noted that most Koha experts advises its installation on linux platform which is comparatively difficult than Windows platform. Whereas, most of NewgenLib installation is on Windows platform as found from the NewGenLib forum discussion. Response: Findings may vary from personal experience and individual point of view. Similarly, under Granularity, they provide scores to the two software without spelling out what they mean by granularity. In the absence of specific criteria on which the scores for granularity are based, score card is not convincing. If granularity means breaking main module into different smaller parts/submodules for user convenience, our three years experience of using NewGenLib tells that it takes into account very minute details as that of Koha. In several areas, like Budget Management, NewGenLib stands ahead of Koha as it has a well defined budget management system including carry forwarding unspent budget of previous financial year or in patron management, upgrading patron from one course to another by forcing change in patron id. If granularity means as author mentioned “Koha has granularity which describes various types of access permissions given to selected people who use the site and help an administrator to maintain control over who is allowed to edit and/or publish on a site whereas it is missing in NewGenLib software”, then the author has put less attention in NewGenLib and the statement is grossly inaccurate. NewGenLib has different level of permission in very minute level, who can use any module or sub module/specific function in module through Patron category's privileged matrices. Response: I have thoroughly studied the concept and have mentioned specifically about granularity. There is possibility of difference in opinion because of work hand over different versions. Since the article was written in 2010 and with sources available at that time. On page 815, the authors have stated that ”Koha is highly flexible as consultations and library can be used at terminals without any hard disk or specialized hardware which is not possible in NewGenLib.” This statement is inaccurate as NewGenLib can also be used with dumb terminals like Koha. In Page no. 816/817, under the Table II, the authors have pointed out that Koha is using Zebra search engine and mentioned no search engine for NewGenLib. Also it has been mentioned in 6.4 database features “NewGenLib database is searchable through CQL using bath and Dublin core profiles where in Koha has sophisticated zebra search engine”. The authors has provided very much inaccurate information and it is to be noted that NewGenLib is using Lucene / Solr for indexing/searching (Giri, 2011, 2012). Zebra is open source Index data software which has hardly any community around it whereas Lucene Solr is most active open source indexing software project from Apache. Many other successful open source projects like Vufind is using Lucene Solr project. Koha community is also shifting to Lucene/Solr (http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Switch_to_Solr_RFC, http://lists.katipo.co.nz/pipermail/koha/2010-November/026306.html) Biblibre(one of Koha Vendor) has argued for using Lucene/Solr for Koha. (http://drupal.biblibre.com/en/blog/entry/solr-developments-for-koha) Response: I agree with the person with statement made above about the search engine. But I would like to clear that I have taken Zebra Search Engine as a feature of ILMS. It can be edited and corrected by stating Search Engine as a general feature in Table II and than giving the name of both search engines used independently through explanation. S.No. General Feature Koha NewGenLib 10 Search Engine ✔ ✔ Total Features 23 27 Explanation: There are various features common in both Koha and NewGenLib…………………………….Whereas in NewGenLib there is non-availability of Z39.50 client and server for data interchange; Z39.50 Copy Cataloguing, Engine, RSS feed for new acquisition/ search updates, LDAP Authentication and vice-versa are in Koha. Search Engine used in both software are different as Koha uses Zebra as search engine whereas NewGenlib uses Lucene and Solr (NewGenLib 2012 c) soon Koha will also have Solr (ACKU 2012). Reference can be added in online version as: ACKU, Koha online catalogue, ACKU, viewed 1 December 2012, <http://178.79.186.94/>. NewGenLib 2012c, Technology used, NewGenlib, viewed 1 December 2012, < http://www.slideshare.net/newgenlib/newgenlib-30-presentation>. Similarly, in the same table, under database backup, Koha is marked as ‘Easy’ and NewGenLib as ‘More easy’. Such general statements without substantiation gives biased views. Response: Explanation is clearly given below the table. Statement to be edited for database searchable feature: NewGenLib database is searchable through CQL using bath and Dublin core profiles and with Lucene and Solr (NewGenLib 2012 c) whereas Koha has sophisticated zebra search engine. Similarly, the author has mentioned there is no provision for binding management in Koha which is very much incorrect. Response: This is part of Circulation module. Please kindly read more about it as Information given about binding management is correct. Haravu, L J. (2009), “Comparison of two open source integrated Library Systems (ILS):Koha (version. 3.0) and NewGenLib (version. 2.2 beta)” , Available at www.verussolutions.biz/files/Whitepaper2.doc (accessed 20 August 2012) Under Toolkit, against NewGenLib there is J2SDK. This is not a toolkit but an application development environment. Version 3.0.4 of NewGenLib uses a few open source kits like JMARC, Jasper (for report generation). Response: Article was written over Version 3.0 in 2010 and toolkit here refers to the environment to run the program, which is correctly mentioned and is of true knowledge. In the active developments status, the author has given Koha score 5 for newgenlib 1 , but in General features of ILMS author pointed “Koha is also less frequently upgraded and is lacking in modifying, improving and enhancing its features quality from technology view point”. The statements and points given are contradictory and it is to be noted that new features of Koha is released every six months and every month they release bugfix also (Koha Wiki). In case of NewGenlib they release major updates with bugfixes in every three months (Giri, 2012). So, the score card is confusing. However, it is convincing that Koha has wider user as well as developer base across the globe and thus reporting bugs as well as bugfixes are expected to be quick in comparison to NewGenlib where Verus Solution is the sole developer. Response: There is difference in the Characteristics and General features of both software. The person has misunderstood. In Table I Koha have active development status with frequent upgrades which means that Koha is developing its features and characteristics within its old technology and Table II it is defined in term of latest technology development. On page 818 of the paper, the author’s write, “NewGenLib user interface supports few international and local Indian languages.” . But, it has also mentioned that Koha (40 languages) have multilingual support through I18N/L10N whereas NewGenLib (51 languages) through only I18N - Look and feel standard. A correct statement would be that NewGenLib supports all Unicode 4.0 complaint languages. NewGenLib also allows the use of Google transliterate functionality to enable data entry in any Unicode language in Roman script. Corrections can then be made to the entered transliterated text. Response: As NewGenLib is developed in India, so it supports few Indian Languages. And the article is written with objectivity. And Statement made “Koha (40 languages) have multilingual support through I18N/L10N whereas NewGenLib (51 languages) through only I18N - Look and feel standard” is in its correct form. On page 819 of the paper, the authors stated that “Koha, data backup created cannot be used platform independently i.e. backup taken on windows cannot be used or run on Linux and vice versa”. This is an incorrect statement because if backup is taken as .sql file how it will depend on operating system. Response: The information provided in the Article under Table IV for data backup is correct. There are three main components of Koha that must be considered when backing up and restoring: the database, the Koha file system, and the operating system customizations for the system. Refer: http://www.kohadocs.org/Backups and Restoring.html On page 820, under Acquisition Modules function, the sub-functions including background functions (e.g., Acquisitions administration) are given scores without defining what the parameter means. Similarly, on page 821, Table 6, the article uses scores for functions without defining these sufficiently clearly. The author has also mentoned that in Koha “Printing of Catalogue module in AACR2 format is not possible”. This statement is also not the correct one . Response: It is very clear from the explanation given below Table V for Acquisition. And the analysis was done thoroughly on the basis of functionality of software before giving them scores. In Koha “Printing of Catalogue module in AACR2 format is not possible is correct. Kindly read Manual of Koha for more clarification. On page 822, under Circulation functions, the authors depart from the method used to evaluate the two software for Acquistions function, which was to assign a score of 1 to 5 for each sub-function. In evaluating the Circulation function, the authors, use just Yes or No marks. They revert back to the rating of sub-functions in the Serial module (Table 8). Once again the author’s assign scores (1 to 5) for the OPAC/WebOPAC functionality (Table 9, page 824). In other words, the paper has not been consistent in evaluating the functional modules. Response: It is already mentioned that various methods have been used to evaluate the different functionalities as per the availability of Data. Conclusion The paper would have been useful if it had compared the view/opinions of professionals of libraries using most of the functionalities of the two open ILMS for at least a while. Reference Giri, Rabishankar and Sengar, DS. (2011), “Use of open source software in the learning resource centre of Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology: a case study”, Annals of Library and Information Studies, Vol. 58 No.1, pp. 41-48., available at: http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/11555 (accessed 28 November 2011). Haravu, L J. (2009), “Comparison of two open source integrated Library Systems (ILS):Koha (version. 3.0) and NewGenLib (version. 2.2 beta)” , Available at www.verussolutions.biz/files/Whitepaper2.doc (accessed 20 August 2012) Giri,Rabishankar(2012),"NewGenLib 3: An Integrated Open Source Library Management System that Makes your Library Visible in Web", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 29 Iss: 10 (Date online 15/10/2012) Downloaded on: 16-11-2012 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SIS Fellowship Conferred on Prof C.K.Ramaiah
by Uma Gudivada 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

Prof C.K.Ramaiah, Head, Dept of Lib Inf Sci, Pondicherry Central University has been conferred the SIS Fellowship at the recent SIS Conference held at NIT Silchar on 26 Nov 2012, as per a press release from the university. http://www.pondiuni.edu.in/sites/default/files/director30112012.pdf Congratulations ! G.Uma Devi Hyderabad -- 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
by ddp 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to publish my request for an article on LIS forum. Thanks. Dear Professionals, one of our faculty member needs following article for reference. Newcombe, Nora S. & Frick Andrea (2010). Early Education for Spatial Intelligence : Why, What and How. "Mind, Brain and Education", Volume 4, Issue 3, pages 102-111, September 2010. (Blackwell Publishing) If it is accessible to any of you, kindly send me the soft copy. 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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Beall~Rs List of Predatory Publishers 2013 (fwd)
by Mailing List Admin 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 21:51:01 -0800 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> Bealls List of Predatory Publishers 2013 By Jeffrey Beall Released December 4, 2012 The gold open-access model has given rise to a great many new online publishers. Many of these publishers are corrupt and exist only to make money off the author processing charges that are billed to authors upon acceptance of their scientific manuscripts. There are two lists below. The first includes questionable, scholarly open-access publishers. Each of these publishers has a portfolio that ranges from just a few to hundreds of individual journal titles. The second list includes individual journals that do not publish under the platform of any publisher they are essentially independent, questionable journals. In both cases, we recommend that researchers, scientists, and academics avoid doing business with these publishers and journals. Scholars should avoid sending article submissions to them, serving on their editorial boards or reviewing papers for them, or advertising in them. Also, tenure and promotion committees should give extra scrutiny to articles published in these journals, for many of them include instances of author misconduct. There are still many high-quality journals available for scholars to publish in, including many that do not charge author processing fees. An additional option is author self-archiving of articles in discipline-specific and institutional repositories. The author is grateful to the many colleagues who have shared information about potential predatory publishers. Last years list included 23 publishers, and this years has over 225, evidence of the rapid growth in the number of predatory journals and publishers. This list will be updated throughout the year at the blog *Scholarly Open Access*, http://scholarlyoa.com. The criteria for inclusion in the lists can be found here<http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/11/30/criteria-for-determining-predatory-open-a…>. The authors email address is: jeffrey.beall(a)ucdenver.edu. A PDF version of this document is available here<http://scholarlyoa.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/2013-lists1.pdf> . http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/12/06/bealls-list-of-predatory-publishers-2013/

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Vacancy for Contractural Job In HP
by Mailing List Admin 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 06:29:18 -0800 From: archana gupta <archanagupta76(a)gmail.com> Job Description for Information Analyst for HPs PPS R& D Hub India It is *Contractual Job only...* HP's PPS R&D Hub is a key R&D center of HP in Bangalore that is focused on product development for various business units of HPs Imaging and Printing Group. The hub is embarking on a major initiative to transform itself into a world class R&D center, and to this goal is looking for an information analyst to for the following information handling activities. 1. To provide information search support to staff members of the lab 2. To manage the hubs library 3. To create newsletters of items relevant to the activities of the lab and about the activities of the lab 4. To coordinate the creation of research & competitive development updates on different technology areas of interest to PPS R&D hub 5. To prepare news items and copy edit articles 6. Supporting R&D engineers in searching for the prior art (in context of their R&D work or patent disclosures). 7. Manage technical publications process. For details you can contact me.. Archanagupta76(a)gmail.com Regards Archana

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Request for a paper
by Mailing List Admin 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 21:17:39 +0530 From: Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy <vyasamoorthy(a)gmail.com> Dear mr Arup Here is the article you wanted. I want to know why you can not get it yourself? Why are you posing the request in LIS-Forum? If the paper in question is difficult to get, after exhausting your resources and all efforts, as a last resort if you ask LIS_FORUM members, then it is fine. Despite the article is shown as available for a fee from Wiley journal site, I can locate a free pdf download in five seconds. WHY CAN'T YOU DO it? This is my question. You are a librarian, after all. And your post itself is very matter of fact and I consider it as impolite. Other members of the Forum are welcome to comment on librarians taking the easy / lazy path of just leaving an article request in Lis-forum without exerting any other effort on their part. Vyasamoorthy Dr P Vyasamoorthy, 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony Secunderabad 500015 Ph 040-27846631 / 9490804278. Hong Kong Weather Dept cares for seniors: see http://elderly.weather.gov.hk/socare.htm On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Arup Raychaudhury < arup.raychaudhury(a)gmail.com> wrote: > We need the following paper: > author = Cord, A. and Bach, F. and Jeulin, D. > year = 2010, > title = Texture classification by statistical learning from > morphological image processing: Application to metallic > surfaces, > journal = Journal of microscopy, > volume = 239, > number = 2, > pages = {159-166}, > doi = { > http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.2010.03365.x > > > -- > Arup Raychaudhury > ------------------------------------------------- > Indian Statistical Institute > 203 BT Road > Kolkata 700108 > > Phone:0-33-2575-2106 > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Wanted: intellectual leaders, not CEOs
by Vasanth 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

Dear Sir/Madam, There is an interesting editorial entitled "Wanted: intellectual leaders, not CEOs" in The Hindu on 1 December 2012 on Indian higher education and universities. The editorial discusses the need of having Vice Chancellor with strong intellectual vigor not CEOs for marketing education in universities. Excerpt of the article: As the dictionaries tell us, and as every educated person knows, ‘education’ involves something more than mere knowledge, training, or skill. The ‘something more’ is hard to describe and harder still to evaluate. This is particularly true in our hyper-technological age, when there is nothing ‘mere’ about invaluable assets like knowledge, training or skill, together summarised as competence. That is why there is great ambivalence today about whether universities and colleges should impart anything more or other than competence. Most higher educational institutions either do not feel they need to, or are actually unable to do so. However, even elite public universities — institutions best placed to pursue the traditional ideals of education — are floundering. Most worrisome is the fact that the logic of their institutional position seems to make Vice Chancellors and other institutional heads part of the problem rather than the solution..... You can access the full text of the article on the following link: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/wanted-intellectual-leaders-not-ceos/a… ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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