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An Insightful Article: "Public Library Revitalization in India: Hopes, Challenges, and New Visions"
by Puna Das 09 Jul '09

09 Jul '09

"Public Library Revitalization in India: Hopes, Challenges, and New Visions" by Ajit K. Pyati. First Monday, Volume 14, Number 7 - 6 July 2009 http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArtic… Abstract: With India's growing economy and status as an emerging world power, a new consciousness is developing in the country about the need to reinvest in public services. The National Knowledge Commission (NKC) is an advisory body constituted by the Prime Minister to provide recommendations for improving India's knowledge infrastructure. As part of this Commission, a set of recommendations has been developed to improve India's long neglected library system. This article explores the implications of these recommendations, with a specific focus on India's public library system and the social development gains that are often associated with public libraries. The potential of India's public libraries to serve as community information centres (CICs) is highlighted, as well as the challenges that lie ahead in implementing a new vision for public library revitalization. The article serves as an invitation for concerted action, reflection, and dialogue with regard to this important and pressing issue. http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArtic… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! Buzz. http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Clarification regarding the leave rules of librarians in the academic libraries
by yashas bv 09 Jul '09

09 Jul '09

Respected all, I have a clarification regarding the post of libraries in academic libraries. As for as my knowledge goes now the post of librarian is considered equavalent to the post of lecturers and the same scale is given for the librarian also acccording to the UGC norms, please let me know if i m wrong. Though the librarians are treated as teaching staff we come under non vacation staff as we do not take any mid term or other vacations. Thus, what are the leave rules applicable to the librarians? Do we have to work as non vacation staff and our leave is considerd on par with vacation staff. (leave here i mean is CL, EL etc.,). or the leave rules are considered according to the nonvacation staff? Is there any document in this regard please let me know. Regards Yashaswini Librarian Amrita School of Education Mysore Phone No. 9945502514 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Library in all metros
by Puna Das 09 Jul '09

09 Jul '09

National Library in all metros Abhijit Dasgupta, July 2, 2009 India Today Group The Visva-Bharati University and the National Library are set for a complete overhaul with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh doling out Rs 100 crore and Rs 20 crore, respectively, to these two institutions which have been in dire straits because of apathy, negligence and wastage of funds over the years. While the stress in Visva-Bharati will be more on restoration of art works and preserving Tagore’s traditions, the National Library will be fully computerized and its 25-lakh treasure trove of books, documents and newspapers brought under the click of a mouse. This is the first time that such a huge step is being taken at the Union government level, driven by Union culture secretary Jahar Sarkar, to save these two institutions from negligence. Sarkar has already held meetings with the Visva-Bharati and National Library authorities and money is being released in parts. Visva-Bharati sources, however, said that the money may not be released to the university directly and that the government would carry out the work through its agencies. “This is good and we welcome it because Visva-Bharati does not have the expertise to launch and carry out such delicate restoration work. Work on Udayan, where Tagore lived, has already begun and the restoration work on paintings and frescos by masters like Nandalal Bose and Ramkinkar Beij will start soon,” they said. They also said that some buildings and works of art were “beyond restoration” and a “loss to the nation.” The sources made it clear that former administrations of the university had dragged their feet on these sort of initiatives and had Sarkar not stepped in at the right time, matters would have gone out of hand. Sculptures by legends like Ramkinkar were kept out in the open without any protection and over the years, some had been ruined beyond recognition. The vice-chancellor, Dr Rajat Kanta Roy, said that philology had always been Visva-Bharati’s strong point but it was sad that foreigners had ceased to come as students to learn languages over the years as they used to earlier. “We are creating a special cell where the comparative languages will be taught in a big way. Uniting languages is the basic aim of philology. Once the other works like restoration and preservations take off and Visva-Bharati is set to return to its old glory, then our philology section shall be the pride of the nation,” he said. Dr K.K. Banerjee, director of the National Library, once the residence of the English Lieutenant Governor after the capital shifted to Delhi, said that the amount released by the Centre and Sarkar’s initiative would go a long way to help overcome the various crises that book-lovers were facing. “We intend to bring our collection of 25 lakh books under a computer click. Once that happens, it will revolutionise the world of knowledge in the country,” he said. Dr Banerjee said that around three lakh books were simply “lying around” with no cataloguing having been done. “We have books and documents, not to forget newspapers, dating back to 250 years and more. Godowns were stacked with books with readers having no access to them and termites eating into them. “Öur first priority is cataloguing. An inventory is a must,”the director added. Dr Banerjee said that he had plans to take the National Library to other metros of the country through city hubs, the first of which had been set up in Kolkata but is languishing. “Once computers take over, this should not be difficult and somebody sitting in Delhi can visit our hubs and access books from there, if not from home directly. Obviously, there will be a membership fee but given the treasure that we have, that is a pittance,” he said. In another two years, the National Library project would go online. URL for this article : http://indiatoday.intoday.in/content_mail.php?option=com_content&name=print… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Looking for local information? Find it on Yahoo! Local http://in.local.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Orientation and Refresher Courses 2009-2010 Schedule
by Ajay Kamble 09 Jul '09

09 Jul '09

Dear all, The Schedule of UGC Supported Orientation Programmes and Refresher Courses for Teachers to be Conducted By UGC-Academic Staff Colleges (UGC-ASCs) & UGC-Refresher Course Centres (UGC-RCCs) During 2009-2010 is available at http://www.ugc.ac.in A direct link to Schedule in pdf format is available at www.mlsc.co.nr -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MLOSC is available on google search
by Ajay Kamble 09 Jul '09

09 Jul '09

Dear all, Maharashtra Librarians Online Study Circle website is now available at google search... Just type keywords like Maharashtra librarians and you will get the web address of our site... Thanks to all active participant members of MLOSC... We appreciate their participation in the topics discussed on every subject in LIS field... Keep your support in future too... We would like to extend our thanks to LISFORUM, NMLIS, LISLINKS, IATLIS and other forums to help us in reaching the library professionals all over... We welcome your suggestion to improve the website as well as google group... -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[ELF (E-Group for Engineering Librarians)] First step towards world-class var...
by K.R.Mulla, LIS Professional from India, working as Librarian 09 Jul '09

09 Jul '09

[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mysore/First-step-towards-world-class-va…] MYSORE: To study the feasibility of upgrading the University of Mysore into a world-class centre for higher education, members of an expert committee constituted by Karnataka Knowledge Commission (KKC) visited the varsity on Wednesday. Members P Rama Rao, Goverdhan Mehta and N R Madhava Menon along with KKC member-secretary M K Sridhar held meetings with vice-chancellor V G Talawar. They also discussed with syndicate members and academic council members and interacted with students. The committee aims to improve teaching quality, research programmes and infrastructure. Curriculum management, admission and recruitment and funding are also included. At an interaction, Menon advocated the need for a separate Act to govern the two universities-- UoM and Karnatak University-- which have been selected by the state government as centres of excellence and to make them trend setters. He also endorsed that teaching faculty must be strengthened and should be in total command to be a world class varsity. The members also pointed out that rather than banking on advantages, the university must take cognizance of weak points and try to address the issues. Earlier, the V-C explained to the members the proposed action plans of the varsity about using the government's Rs 100-crore grants. The team will submit its report to the government by July 15 after considering the recommendations of the National Knowledge Commission. Source -- Posted By K.R.Mulla, LIS Professional from India, working as Librarian to ELF (E-Group for Engineering Librarians) at 7/08/2009 10:12:00 PM -- 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 Librarian ITBHU 09 Jul '09

09 Jul '09

Dear sir, kindly publish a urgent request. We need it for our faculty member. Requested document: Porter, L j , Klimchuck, J A and Sturrock, P A: The astrophysical Journal, Vol. 435 , page 482 -- Thanks and Regards! Navin Upadhyay Librarian Main Library, IT BHU, Varanasi, UP (India) Tel: 0542-2307006 09794662333 (M) Mail ID: librarian(a)itbhu.ac.in nubhuit(a)rediffmail.com Institute Website : www.itbhu.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DuckDuckGo: A New Search Engine
by ramesh chander 09 Jul '09

09 Jul '09

Dear Members, *Duck Duck Go* <http://duckduckgo.com/> is a new search engine with less garbage and better results. With less clicking forward and back between results, it is for anyone who wants to get information faster. DuckDuckGo.com is a search engine that prides itself on providing zero-click information, organized category pages, ambiguous keyword detection and less spam than other search engines. DuckDuckGo is headquartered out of Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. We do a lot of things differently. - Zero-click Info boxes on top, e.g. Rushmore film<http://duckduckgo.com/Rushmore_%28film%29>. - Which meaning? pages, e.g. apple <http://duckduckgo.com/d/apple>. - Official sites labeled, e.g. Demetri Martin<http://duckduckgo.com/Demetri_Martin>. - Simpler, less-cluttered links, e.g. Techcrunch<http://duckduckgo.com/Techcrunch>. - Get mostly info <http://duckduckgo.com/?v=r> or shopping<http://duckduckgo.com/?v=s>results if desired. For more information, use following link:- http://duckduckgo.com/ For a review of this search engine, please visit: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/duck_duck_go_silly_name_interesting_se… ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With Best Regards, Romesh Chander National Center for Science Information(NCSI), Indian Institue of Science, Bangalore-560012. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy of Library Assistant at Tolani Maritime Institute, Talegaon, Pune- One post
by Praveen Vaidya 08 Jul '09

08 Jul '09

Dear All, Tolani Maritime Institute (TMI) is one of the leading Marine Engineering Institute in India, which conducts four year full time residential BS (Marine Engg.) and BS (Nautical Science) programmes at sprawling 110 acres campus in Talegaon near Pune with student strength 1500. The institute is Off Campus and affiliated to Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani. TMI Learning Resource Centre (LRC) is modern built for the support of the courses conducted at campus. We are looking for ONE bright, dynamic candidate for the post of Library Assistant who is ready to work in shifts on rotational basis at LRC. Presently LRC is kept open up to 2130 hrs. The selected candidate has a chance to work in fully automated environment. The accommodation may be provided at later stage. Qualification required: Fresh MLISc with 55% or BLISc with TWO years experience. Annual Package: Cost to company (CTC):around Rs.96000/- Essential qualities: Fluency in English communication, Knowledge of computer, Knowledge about open source software would be helpful. Interested candidates can apply only through email with their CV attached at praveenvaidya(a)yahoo.com Last date to apply: 20.07.2009 Selection is through entrance exam and interview. The date will be announced later. Visit www.tolani.edu for more details. Thanks, Praveen Vaidya Librarian, Tolani Maritime Institute, (Off campus of BITS, Pilani) Induri, Talegon Dabhade, Pune-410 507 Tel: 02114-242081/242082 (off) 02114-242354(Res) www.tolani.edu Visit My Blog: http://praveenvaidya.wordpress.com/ Love Cricket? Check out live scores, photos, video highlights and more. Click here http://cricket.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SMS service of MLOSC
by Ajay Kamble 08 Jul '09

08 Jul '09

Dear all, The link for mlosc sms channel service is http://labs.google.co.in/smschannels/subscribe/mloscgroup please go through and join the group to receive sms through the group... -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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