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Title for PhD
by Shivashankarappa G.E 21 Oct '10

21 Oct '10

Dear Sir/Madam Please publish my request to share with all Library professionals to collect the ideas to confirm my title for PhD- "Information seeking behaviour of Faculty members of Degree colleges in Karnataka State:with special reference to Bangalore Division". If any body say something please feel free to send feedback. Thanks & Regards Shivashankarappa G.E Nagarjuna shivashankarappa(a)gmail.com 09036443363 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need articles....................
by mohan 21 Oct '10

21 Oct '10

Dear professionals, I need following articles. Kindly forward me if anybody is having. 1) Rowley J.E., Selection and Evaluation of Software.Aslib Prccedings;Vol.45 ;No.3 march 1993. 2) Rowley J.E., Guidelines on evaluation ans Selection Library Software Packeges .Aslib Prccedings;Vol.42 ;No.9 September 1990. 3) Patel & Bhargava, Comparative Study of software available Indian Market for Automation; Desidoc Bulletin Vol 15;No.3; 1995. Katkar M.R. Teacher fellow, S.R.T.M.U. Nanded -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Barcode printing
by Mailing List Admin 21 Oct '10

21 Oct '10

Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:28:12 -0700 From: Vikas Kumar <vikas.kumar(a)libsoul.com> Hi Sangeetha, Yes, you can print barcode label without barcode printer. Go through this "link http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-2-manual/?ch=x4463". It can help you print label. *Regards, Vikas Kumar Business Development Libsoul Technologies www.libsoul.com Tele: +91 7940075118 Mob: +91 9724325478*

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Impact Factor
by Shivraj Thorat 21 Oct '10

21 Oct '10

Sir i need information about various sources which can provide journal impact factor. -- Regards Mr. Shivraj Thorat Librarian BVDU, Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship Development Paud Rd, Kothrud, Pune-38 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FW: National Workshop on Building PhD Theses Digital Libraries Using Nitya D’Arch - November 6-8, 2010
by Manjunath K 21 Oct '10

21 Oct '10

Dear colleagues, URL http://www.mgutheses.org On clicking the above link, the MGU page opened and I gave the kW library for searching. I got 26 hits. The title are focussing on library related issues. But the subject area is displaying as education, biotechnology... etc. NO DLIS dept is displayed. Pl let me know if my search is wrong... Manjunatha ------------------------ Dr. Manjunatha K, Chief Librarian, T.A. PAI Management Institute, P.B. No. 9, Manipal - 576 104. Udupi Dist., Karnataka, India +91 0820-2701105 (off) / 2575161(Res) manjunath(a)tapmi.edu.in; manjunathak(a)gmail.com http://www.tapmi.edu.in -------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Vimal Kumar Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 3:01 PM To: LISforum; mlosc(a)googlegroups.com Subject: [LIS-Forum] National Workshop on Building PhD Theses Digital Libraries Using Nitya D’Arch - November 6-8, 2010 Open Access Online PhD Theses is highly connected to the purpose of universities and the value of scholarship. It advances the university's interest and fulfills its mission to share the knowledge it produces. In India the first university to take initiative in this regard is mahatma Gandhi University. The launching of the Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU) Open Access Digital Archive of PhD Theses (www.mgutheses.org) in 2008 by Former President of India H E Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam the live presence of the archive in the web for the last two years is a success story among Indian universities. It is accessible from anywhere at any time through the URL http://www.mgutheses.org since its launching in 2008. With all the encouragement and instruments provided by UGC during the the last decadeIt MGU Archive is still the only successful full text Open Access archives of dissertations hosted in the web by any Indian University. The archive has been selected as one of the Very Best Web Resources for Education and Research by INTUTE, the European Consortium of universities funded by Government of UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). MGU has also become the first signatory among Indian universities to adopt UGC’s Regulation on E-Theses and contribute data to the UGC’s national archive of theses at INFLIBNET. The present Workshop is intended to encourage other universities and research institutes to bring results of academic research to public domain and also familiarize Nitya D Arch and the multilingual technologies for full text archiving used in developing the MGU Digital Archives of PhD theses that can be easily adopted by any university or research institute for any Indian language. Nitya D’ Arch facilitates multilingual data input and query building, advanced Boolean query building for accurate and relevant search, and deep indexing which facilitates retrieval of specific pages/sections. The programme will discuss various problems hidden in the process of digitization and introduce tetsed techniques and solutions. It will be an opportunity for implementers and developers from all Indian universities to gain both technical and theoretical insight in Theses Digitaization and providing Open Acces to results of public funded research. No registration fee will be charged for the participants who are selected to undergo the programme in the first batch. But selection will be based on merit of the participants this capability building at the sponsoring institute. Cost of boarding, lodging, travel and other expenses are to be born by the sponsoring institution. For Registration, Contact: Dr. R. Raman Nair, Mahatma Gandhi University Library Priyadarsini Hills, Kottayam- 686560. Telephone: 0481 273080, 273018, 9387826738 For related programs and announcements, please visit the blog: http://mgutheses.wordpress.org and also the news section of the MGU theses Archive at mgutheses.org from where you can download the Workshop brochure and Registration Form -- Vimal Kumar V. Library Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.co.nr Blog: http://vimalkumar.oksociety.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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National Workshop on Building PhD Theses Digital Libraries Using Nitya D’Arch - November 6-8, 2010
by Vimal Kumar 21 Oct '10

21 Oct '10

Open Access Online PhD Theses is highly connected to the purpose of universities and the value of scholarship. It advances the university's interest and fulfills its mission to share the knowledge it produces. In India the first university to take initiative in this regard is mahatma Gandhi University. The launching of the Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU) Open Access Digital Archive of PhD Theses (www.mgutheses.org) in 2008 by Former President of India H E Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam the live presence of the archive in the web for the last two years is a success story among Indian universities. It is accessible from anywhere at any time through the URL http://www.mgutheses.org since its launching in 2008. With all the encouragement and instruments provided by UGC during the the last decadeIt MGU Archive is still the only successful full text Open Access archives of dissertations hosted in the web by any Indian University. The archive has been selected as one of the Very Best Web Resources for Education and Research by INTUTE, the European Consortium of universities funded by Government of UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). MGU has also become the first signatory among Indian universities to adopt UGC’s Regulation on E-Theses and contribute data to the UGC’s national archive of theses at INFLIBNET. The present Workshop is intended to encourage other universities and research institutes to bring results of academic research to public domain and also familiarize Nitya D Arch and the multilingual technologies for full text archiving used in developing the MGU Digital Archives of PhD theses that can be easily adopted by any university or research institute for any Indian language. Nitya D’ Arch facilitates multilingual data input and query building, advanced Boolean query building for accurate and relevant search, and deep indexing which facilitates retrieval of specific pages/sections. The programme will discuss various problems hidden in the process of digitization and introduce tetsed techniques and solutions. It will be an opportunity for implementers and developers from all Indian universities to gain both technical and theoretical insight in Theses Digitaization and providing Open Acces to results of public funded research. No registration fee will be charged for the participants who are selected to undergo the programme in the first batch. But selection will be based on merit of the participants this capability building at the sponsoring institute. Cost of boarding, lodging, travel and other expenses are to be born by the sponsoring institution. For Registration, Contact: Dr. R. Raman Nair, Mahatma Gandhi University Library Priyadarsini Hills, Kottayam- 686560. Telephone: 0481 273080, 273018, 9387826738 For related programs and announcements, please visit the blog: http://mgutheses.wordpress.org and also the news section of the MGU theses Archive at mgutheses.org from where you can download the Workshop brochure and Registration Form -- Vimal Kumar V. Library Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.co.nr Blog: http://vimalkumar.oksociety.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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Reminder: Workshop on Library Automation Package and Discovery Tool
by Anuradha.K.T. 20 Oct '10

20 Oct '10

*** Apologies for cross posting *** A workshop of one week duration on Library Automation Package (LAP) and it's Integration with Discovery Tool is organized at National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore from November 29th to December 3rd, 2010. For more details click on: http://dharmaganja.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshops/ Last date for registration: The registration fee has to reach us before 15th November, 2010. For online registration click on: http://dharmaganja.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshops/register.html or send a mail to workshop(a)dharmaganja.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Practical implementation can be viewed at: http://vidya-mapak.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/vufind Best Regards, Dr.Anuradha.K.T. National Centre for Science Information Indian Institute of Science Karnataka, Bangalore 560 012 URL: http://vidya-mapak.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://dharmaganja.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in FAX:(+91-80) 23601426/23600683 Tel:(+91-80) 23600271/22932511

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Printing Barcode
by Sangeetha Govindasami 20 Oct '10

20 Oct '10

Dear Sir/Madam, Can we print barcode labels without a barcode printer. If so how to print the barcode. waiting for Your reply with regards sangeetha G.Sangeetha -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Software
by Shams Raza 20 Oct '10

20 Oct '10

What is the easiest free library software to use for making entries of books? in school library about 15 thousands collection of books, periodicals and audiovisual materials. Thanks -- *Shams Raza Librarian Sainik School Nalanda* *(Ministry Of Defence Govt. of India) P.O. Rajgir,Distt.Nalanda (BIHAR) Yahoo Talk : shams_hs19(a)yahoo.co.in Google Talk: shamsraza(a)gmail.com Rediff Boll : shams97(a)rediffmail.com Mobile Talk : +91 9430247793* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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How to integrate Google Transliteration API in Koha OPAC
by Vimal Kumar 19 Oct '10

19 Oct '10

Google Transliteration (http://www.google.com/transliterate/) is a useful online tool for cross walk between international and regional languages in India. You can type in your own language and convert the same in to any India language without any hassle. The same service can easily integrate in Koha OPAC to enable search in Indian languages. Type keywords in Google Transliteration input in English and put a space, it will convert your English language keyword in your desired regional language. Copy paste the converted text to Koha search box and press search button. It will give retrieve records in regional language stored in Koha. How to do it 1. Go to Google transliteration API page, http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlanguage/documentation/#Transliteration 2. Find the section “Transliteration control with multiple languages” 3. Copy the code and paste in Koha > System Preferences > OPAC > Main User Block 4. If necessary, you can change the values in Default language, Source language and destination language 5. Save the content in “OpacMainUserBlock”. Transliteration box will appear in Koha OPAC page. You can also find the API for single language transliteration. This service provide lot of space for customisation. -- Vimal Kumar V. Library Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.co.nr Blog: http://vimalkumar.oksociety.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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