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April issue of J-Gate Newsletter
by ratnakar＠informindia.co.in 03 Apr '12

03 Apr '12

Dear Professionals and Publishers: Just released April issue of J-Gate Newsletter carries (i) An article on science/ research communication, (ii) A case study on searching J-Gate (new feature/ column), (iii) Online quiz with attractive gift for 3 winners, Winners of March 2012 J-Gate Quiz: 1. RUDRESH B J rudreshbj(a)gmail.com 2. SOUMYA soumyabhol01(a)gmail.com 3. RAHUL VYLEN rahulvylen(a)gmail.com Congratulations! (iv) Editorial on federated search engine entitled ‘federate to aggregate or meta search to segregate?’, (v) An animated search tips for finding journals and browsing TOC, (vi) ‘Confounding relations in experimental research’ in Researchers’ Corner, (vii) Changes to e-journals, (viii) Forthcoming events/conferences and (ix) Latest news on developments in the areas of journals, technology, etc. Winners of March 2012 J-Gate Quiz: 1. RUDRESH B J rudreshbj(a)gmail.com 2. SOUMYA soumyabhol01(a)gmail.com 3. RAHUL VYLEN rahulvylen(a)gmail.com Congratulations to the winners. Please click the link below to access http://informindia.co.in/iil_newsletter.asp Ratnakar New Delhi 9891390300 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application are invited for Librarian and Documentation Officer in Makhanlal Chaturvedi Rashtriya Patrakarita Evam Sanchar Vishwavidyalaya
by Subhodip Bid 03 Apr '12

03 Apr '12

*Dear Professional * * * Application are invited for Librarian and Documentation Officer in *Makhanlal Chaturvedi Rashtriya Patrakarita Evam Sanchar Vishwavidyalaya* LIBRARIAN : 01(UR) Scale- (15600-39100 Grade Pay 7600) I. A Master’s Degree in Library Science/Information Science/documentation with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade of B in the UGC seven points scale and consistently good academic record set out in these Regulations. II. At least thirteen years experience as a Deputy Librarian in a university library or eighteen years experience as a College Librarian. III. Evidence of innovative library service and organization of published work. IV. Desirable: M.Phil./Ph.D. Degree in library science/ information science/documentation/archives and manuscript-keeping. Age- (As on 30-04-2012)- Maximum 50 years. DOCUMENTATION OFFICER : 01(UR) Scale- (9300-34800 Grade Pay 4200) I. Post Graduate Degree in Library Science or Mass Communication with minimum 55% marks or equivalent grade. II. Minimum three years experience of Documentation work in any University/Research or reputed Educational Institution. or III. Minimum three years experience in the reference library or archival department of any reputed media organization. Age- (As on 30-04-2012)- Maximum 40 years. *How to Apply* : Application in the prescribed format should be send on or before *30/04/2012*. Please visit http://www.mcu.ac.in/Appointments.aspx for details and application format. -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Information Professional National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MR. DEEPAK SHARMA AS ASSOCIATE EDITOR WITH IJODLS
by arjun k 02 Apr '12

02 Apr '12

I am delighted to inform you that Mr. Deepak Sharma, Assistant Librarian ITM University, Sector 23 A, Gurgaon,has been appointed as the " Associate Editor " of International Journal of Digital Library Services. www.ijodls.in -- -- With regards Arjun Associate Editor International Journal of Librarianship and Administration & International Journal of Library Science -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Heartiest Congratulations to Dr. Nanaji Shewale SIR !!!
by sandeep bhavsar 02 Apr '12

02 Apr '12

Respected All, I am delighted to inform you that Dr. Nanaji Shewale, Librarian of Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune has been appointed as the " Editor " of International Journal of Library Science ISSN 0975 - 7546. SIR Heartiest congratulations and wish you all the best in all your future endeavors. Thanks and Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr. V N Bedekar Institute of Management Studies, Thane(W) Mumbai, India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Request for your contribution to Dr. A.L. Moorthy Feschrift Volume
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 01 Apr '12

01 Apr '12

From: Dr. Chennupati K. Ramaiah <chennupati_kramaiah(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Request for your contribution to Dr. A.L. Moorthy Feschrift Volume Date: Sunday, 1 April, 2012, 19:49 Dr. A.L. Moorthy Feschrift Committee Department of Library and Information Science, Pondicherry University, R.V. Nagar, Kalapet, PUDUCHERRY – 605 014. INDIA. E-mail: ckramaiah(a)gmail.com; Mobile: 09487605773 Date: 01.04.2012 Dear Sir/Madam, Dr. AL Moorhty is the best information scientist in the country who had 30+ years research, administration, editing, and vast library professional experience. His contributions to LIS profession particularly to S&T Information centres are tremendous. He worked for several S&T organizations including the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Srihari Kota, ISRO, Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL), Hyderabad and presently working as Director, DESIDOC, Delhi (DRDO). At DESIDOC, he introduced many new services and innovative techniques for optimal utilization of information resources. He established a digital library and enhanced digital content. He has created web-based and project oriented information services to all R&D scientists of DRDO through its intranet. He has guided the development of Library Automation Software, Database of Library Holdings and Union Catalogue of Periodical Holdings. He improved the quality, coverage, content and timely publication of periodicals both as Editor for a decade and currently as Editor-in-Chief. He was instrumental in starting new publications like Technology Focus, DRDO Monographs & Special Publications. He has initiated and realized DRDO Consortium for providing online access of over 450 R&D Journals to all DRDO Labs. He is now spearheading the establishment of Knowledge Repository of DRDO Technical Reports and Institutional Repository. Dr Moorthy is a Life Member of several national professional associations and also member of many international associations. He has published about 45 papers and edited over 30 Books/Conference Proceedings. He was Guest Editor of ILA Newsletter and AGLIS Journal for a few years. He is on the Editorial Board of many professional journals. He has received DRDO’s Best Popular Science Communication Award -2010, SR Ranganathan-Kaula Award-2009, SIS Fellowship-2009, ILA-Kaula Best Librarian Award-2008, and ILA-CD Sharma Best Paper Award 2008. He is examiner of PhD theses of many universities and also member of Board of Studies in the LIS of couple of Universities. As mark of honour, some of his friends and well wishers have suggested to bringing out of festschrift volume. In this regard, we have planed to bring out a festschrift volume in his honour on “Electronic Resources Management”. Therefore you are requested to contribute an article on any one of the areas / topics listed in the enclosed letter. Kindly inform your title of paper on or before 15th April 2012 so that we can eliminate any duplication while selecting the topic level itself. The following are the important dates for the festschrift volume: Last date for title of the paper - 15 April 2012 Title confirmation to the contributor - 20 April 2012 Last date for Full paper submission - 15 May 2012 Communicating the paper acceptance - 20 May 2012 Revised Full paper submission - 30 May 2012 So, you are therefore earnestly requested to contribute a paper (either research or review) to this volume. We look forward for your positive response in this regard. With best regards, Yours sincerely, (Prof. C.K. RAMAIAH) Electronic Resources Management Topics & Sub-topics Challenges to Electronic Resources Impact of e-resources on education and research, life cycle of an E-resource, Analysis of the characteristics digital documents; Problems in applying rules, etc. Technological issues in E-Publishing New initiatives in e-publications development, multimedia use in e-publications, File formats, trends in e-books & e-journals publishing, etc. Standards for Electronic Resources and Interoperability Various types of standards in e-resources; Proprietary standards vs. open standards; Evolution of standards and descriptive rules E-Resources Managing Systems (ERMS) Managing E-resources, Design & development of ERMS, assessing users’ needs, Return on Investment (ROI) to funding bodies & users, Preservation & archiving issues; etc. Electronic Resources for Education Schools, colleges, universities, R&D Organisations; Science, Technology & Engineering institutions; Agricultural & Medical Sciences institutions; Social Sciences & Humanities institutions; Use of E-Resources for teaching and learning, Distance education, E-learning, Enterprise applications etc. Users and Usage of Electronic Resources Users – perceptions, inhibitions, attitude, expectations, problems; Use and usability issues; Accessibility issues; Problems related to E-resources, etc. Electronic Resources in Libraries Collection development issues; Lending issues (user authentication, data encryption, etc); Cataloging of e-resources; Obsolescence issues; etc. Digital Rights Management Rights Transfer; Copyright issues; Plagiarism and piracy issues; Digital Content Rights management, etc. Economics of Electronic Resources Business models for E-Resources; E-books & e-journals publishers and distributors; Pricing models in E-Resources; Marketing trends/opportunities in E-Resources; licensing issues; issues related to publishers, aggregators and booksellers, etc. ************************************************************Dr. Chennupati K. RamaiahMSc (Meerut), MLISc (Delhi), PhD (Loughborough), MACM, MASIST, MCLIPProfessor & Head, Dept. of Library and Information Science,Pondicherry University, R.V. Nagar, Kalapet,PUDUCHERRY – 605 014. INDIA. Mobile: 9487605773.Email: ckramaiah.lis(a)pondiuni.edu.in ;ckramaiah(a)gmail.com Tel & Fax: 0413-2656757,2656766; Website:http://www.pondiuni.edu.in/************************************************************ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NAAC Publications - Best Practices of Library and Information Services
by sandeep bhavsar 01 Apr '12

01 Apr '12

Respected All Kindly requesting you to go through NAAC Publications - Best Practices of Library and Information Services at http://tinyurl.com/c2zr465 Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr. V N Bedekar Institute of Management Studies, Thane(W) Mumbai, India 9987049099 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Online Questionnaire: Use of RSS among the Library professionals in India.
by RESHMA S R 31 Mar '12

31 Mar '12

Dear all, I am a Student of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Calicut. As a part of my MLISc course I am conducting a study entitled “Use of RSS among the Library professionals in India.” The universe of this study is the subscribers of the LIS forum mailing list. Please take a couple of minutes to participate in the survey. Your specific answers will be completely anonymous, but your views, in combination with those of others, are extremely important. Please click the following link to view the questionnaire. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dExERVYxdEVubUlkYmdMMG… Reshma. S.R. MLISc Student University of Calicut -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Regarding Refresher Course
by Shams Raza 31 Mar '12

31 Mar '12

Dear all, Greetings!! Kindly let me know the schedule of refresher / short term courses on any emerging thrust areas (to be held in May/June 2012) in India. Thanks & regards, -- *Shams Raza Librarian Sainik School Nalanda* *(Ministry Of Defence Govt. of India) P.O. Rajgir,Distt.Nalanda (BIHAR)* *https://sainikschoolnalanda.bih.nic.in Google Talk: shamsraza(a)gmail.com* *Yahoo Talk : shams_hs19(a)yahoo.co.in Rediff Boll : shams97(a)rediffmail.com Mobile Talk : +91 9430247793* *Basic (Home)-06112255178** * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Acquisition of Theses- ICSSR-NASSDOC
by S N Chari 31 Mar '12

31 Mar '12

It is my pleasure to announce that, ICSSR-NASSDOC has revised the amount for acquisition of theses to Rs. 3000/- for both hard copy with soft version and Rs. 2000/- for hard copy only. National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC), ICSSR has a library for the social science community. Ph.D. Theses in social sciences (approved by the Indian universities) form a part of its core collection. Research scholars from different region visit NASSDOC to consult this collection. As a national institution, NASSDOC aims to build a truly representative collection of Ph.D. theses in each of the areas that make up the social sciences. Ph.D. dissertations on India by Indian / foreign students approved by the foreign universities are also acquired. Procedure for Acquisition NASSDOC closely scrutinises the announcements made by the universities regarding award of Ph.D. degree. The periodical 'University News' is also scanned regularly for this purpose. Thereafter, a letter is sent to the scholars requesting them to send the details of his research work, i.e. synopsis containing scope, methodology , objectives and major findings. The details are examined by a screening committee. Final decision on acquisition of these is taken on the basis of the recommendations of this committee. Terms and Conditions Scholars are required to fill in a proforma. This is sent along with the synopsis. (Click on the following link to download the form) http://www.icssr.org/doc_acq%20_thesis_annexure1.htm A formal order for purchase of a copy of thesis is sent to the scholar after receiving the recommendation of the screening committee. An amount of Rs.1500/- is paid to a scholar for the thesis sent to NASSDOC. It is necessary to send the text of the thesis in electronic form alongwith a hard copy (Print) version of the work. A scholar who submits only the print version of the thesis is paid Rs. 750/- only. The scholars who have received publication grant from ICSSR are required to submit a complimentary copy of their Ph.D. theses. As on today NASSDOC has collection of 5650 Ph.D. these in the field of social science. Blog : http://icssr-nassdoc.blogspot.in/ Webopac : http://202.71.128.164:9080/icssr/html/SearchForm FB : http://www.facebook.com/icssrnassdoc S N Chari Documentation Officer ICSSR-NASSDOC 35, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi - 110001. http://icssr-nassdoc.blogspot.com/ http://libercafe.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/rajasnchari/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: [libtech] Is a Master’s Degree in Library Science a Poor Investment? A Counter Perspective
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 31 Mar '12

31 Mar '12

From: Moderator <libtechmoderator(a)yahoo.in> Subject: [libtech] Is a Master’s Degree in Library Science a Poor Investment? A Counter Perspective To: libtech(a)yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, 28 March, 2012, 18:04 Is a Master's Degree in Library Science a Poor Investment? A Counter Perspective to Forbes Magazine by DoroteaSzkolarIn the June 2011 Forbes online edition, Jacquelyn Smith ranked a Master's degree in Library Sciences as the one of worst Masters Degrees a student could invest in. She based the rankings on employment projection data and average mid-career pay compared to other people in similar jobs. I can understand Smith's conclusions: based solely on statistical data, librarianship on average does make less than engineering, mathematicians and physicists. My issue with her analysis is that statistical data alone does not provide a complete picture of the opportunities presented by obtaining a degree in librarianship. I disagree with the assertion that a degree in information sciences in an information age is a poor investment. So, let me provide a counter perspective to supplement the statistical analysis and create a more complete picture of the benefits for those considering the degree. Career Opportunities Outside the Library Smith wrongly assumes in her analysis that graduates can only work in a library. The truth is, a Master's degree in library and information sciences provides a set of skills which does not limit graduates to just libraries. The ability to navigate and manage information is not a useless skill and there are many non-librarian jobs the degree qualifies graduates for, including: information resources specialist, researcher, meta-data analyst, documentation specialist and creative project manager. In fact, fellow contributing blogger Mia Brietkopf wrote an excellent article on 61 non-traditional jobs for LIS grads. LIS degree holders have utilized their skills to establish successful businesses. For example, Professor of Practice Jill Hurst-Wahl of the Information School at Syracuse University runs a consulting firm for digitization initiatives. From a personal example, I am currently working on a non-traditional librarian project; I am writing a project planning, marketing and assessment plan for Polaris Software Company's new community cataloging software for libraries. The above jobs do not take place in a library and are not part of the traditional librarian career path. Therefore, such jobs are not accounted for in the above statistical data. As with any degree, if you limit yourself to just the traditional career options, of course your job options will be limited. Librarian Revolution = More Opportunities The statistical data also does not account for the current revolution and innovation librarianship is undergoing, and the resulting opportunities. The stereotype of a mean old lady with her hair tied tightly back and lost in the stacks of an austere library is being replaced with a welcoming digitally advanced and community involved organization. To remain relevant in today's information and digital world, librarians continue to undertake innovative projects and services needed by communities. A key action area of the American Library Association is to "transformation of libraries and library services in a dynamic and increasingly global digital information environment". This revolution is providing a host of exciting projects for LIS graduates. To give an example, the Fayetteville Free library recently installed a new service, the Fab lab, making expensive commercial machines and software for creating, developing and testing innovative ideas available to the community, including a 3D model printer. Career Advancement Finally, the statistical data fails to mention that the Master's degree is a necessary investment for advancing one's career in librarianship. An MLIS is often required when applying for professional librarian jobs, especially in regards to the more advanced positions such as director or manager. This is why I am pursuing my Master's degree: In looking at job postings and talking with people in the field, I quickly discovered that a lack of educational credentials would quickly eliminate me for consideration for the director or manager positions I was seeking. An MLIS is necessary to become a certified public librarian and school of media librarian in New York State. Furthermore, a Master's degree program exposes aspiring librarians to a multitude of ideas, lectures, seminars and the opportunities to professionally network with leaders in the field, which might otherwise be inaccessible. Yes, a master's degree in librarianship is an investment, and like many investments, you are not guaranteed a certain salary or position upon graduation. This degree usually does not make its recipients millionaires. However, a Master's degree in Library and Information Sciences provides a set of skills in information literacy, and great opportunities for graduates who work hard and are willing to be nontraditional and innovative. There are opportunities and benefits to a Master's in Library and Informational Sciences degree which the statistics do not accurately reflect. SOURCE: here __._,_.___ To visit your group on the web,go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libtech/ ************************************************************ Dear Professionals; Your contributions in this forum will indeed generate a valuable source of information that can contribute to the generation of new ideas and the collection of concrete experiences on how to face professional challenges. 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