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Open Source Software For Libraries
by Vimal Kumar 01 Sep '08

01 Sep '08

Dear Friends, The May/June 2007 issue of ALA TechSource's Library Technology Reports focused on free and open source software. In "Open-Source Software for Libraries," authors engagingly narrates the history of open source, explains how the OSS "movement" came about, details key players in OSS development, and discusses why and how open source can work for libraries. http://maisonbisson.com/oss4lib/ -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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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MMTV requires Asst. Librarian
by Vimal Kumar 30 Aug '08

30 Aug '08

MMTV requires Asst. Librarian Qualification: BLISc+2 yrs experience in a media library. This advertisement appeared in Manorama Daily on August 27. And resume must be reach within 7 days to Senior General Manager, Human Resources MM TV Manorama Building KK Road Kottayam 686001 Email: jobs(a)mmtv.in Superscribe the envelope with "Asst. Librarian. -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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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Leadership Institute for Acedemic Librarians(LIAL) August 3-8, 2008
by Charu Mathur 30 Aug '08

30 Aug '08

Respected Friends, I am feeling very proud to share this information among all prestigious LIS groups. I request to my worthy friends to have a look on following information and don't lose the opportunity to congratulate Dr. Shankar Singh for his remarkable achievement. Regards, Miss Charu Mathur. "Dear Charu, I congratulate you for your quick updated mail and useful information for the groups.I would like to share one important event here. Dr SHANKAR SINGH,Sr Manager,Library & Information services,Power Finance Corporation Ltd,New Delhi has recently attended one of the prestigious programme on The Leadership Institute for Acedemic Librarians(LIAL) August 3-8,2008 organised by the harvard Institutes for Higher Education,Cambridge ,Massachusetts, USA. He became the first Indian, selected for this course to attend this programme by virtue of his qualification, experience and knowlwdge. Congratulations to Dr Shankar Singh(Sr Library Professional and a Sr Library Teacher) . Please disseminate this news on the groups. Thanks, with regards, sarita" -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Disclib Query
by parinitas＠hexaware.com 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Dear All, I am using Disclib to list the contents of various CDs available with the library. Eventually this will be added to the catalogue of contents. However the data is huge with too may file extensions from .0 to .xmo and .zip Could anyone help me out with this? Which are the files I need to keep which show the contents details? I have already tried using fileextension.Org, but the files in the CDs are too many and too varied, and it would take eons to do this work manually - find out what the file extension means and then decide whether to keep it in the list or not!! Has anyone worked with Disclib? Could you tell me how this problem was sorted? Has anyone faced a similar situation? How did you resolve it? Please do let me know.... Regards, Parinita Call us at: 6791 9595 Ext. 9707 *************************************************************************************************************************** This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same alongwith all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com . *************************************************************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Knowledge Society opened the "Membership" for Public
by Thomas Abraham 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Dear Friends, It's happy to inform that Open Knowledge Society have opened the "Membership Drive" to the public irrespective of the stream and profession. The individual membership is of two types. i. Annual Membership ii. Lifetime Membership. For more details http://www.oksociety.in Thanks in advance With regards Thomas Abraham -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Delicious Library 2.0
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Dear Friends, Catalogue your books, music, movies, software, toys, tools, electronics etc., using Delicious Monster Library 2.0. Some of the Applications are, 1. Web Publishing 2. Large Libraries 3. iphone export 4. Bibliography 5. Apple Script 6. Voice Search 7. ipod sync 8. Smart Shelves and many more Just Down load Delicious Library 2.0 and use it. ( http://www.delicious-monster.com) Thanking You, Dinesh K. S. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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OCLC worldcat copyright registry
by jasim s 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Want to know more on copyright status of documents?.OCLC worldcat copyright registry will help you well enough.read more at http://www.librarytechnology.org/diglib-fulldisplay.pl?SID=2008082815826416… jasimudeen.s thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IFLA Voucher Scheme
by Charu Mathur 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Respected Friends, IFLA has introduced a Voucher scheme of international payment scheme for International Library request. These vouchers are available in two values, i.e. EUR 4, and EUR 8 and can be used to make the payment, instead of cash. As per IFLA officials, this scheme is based on re-useable plastic vouchers, which represents a standard payment for one transaction. This scheme will helpful to eliminating in all financial hurdles encountering in International borrowing and document supply. Following links may be helpful in getting the further detail – http://www.ifla.org.sg/VI/2/p1/voucher-scheme.htm#Barcodes http://www.ifla.org.sg/VI/2/p1/vouchers.htm#How Regards. Miss Charu Mathur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Refresher Course in LIS concluded at UGC-ASC, JMI, New Delhi
by T. Shahab 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

This is to inform all that the 2nd 3-Week Refresher Course in Library & Information Sciences organized by the UGC-Academic Staff College of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-25 from 06/8/2008 to 27/8/2008 has successfully concluded yesterday. The valedictory function was graced by Prof Krishna Kumar, the retd. Prof. & HOD, DLIS, University of Delhi and an author of many good books on almost all aspects of LIS, in the capacity of chief guest. He distributed the certificates to the participants and congratulated them for successfully fulfilling all requirements of this rigorous course which shall surely add to their understanding about the current developments in the field of LIS and also increase their levels of competency and commitment to the profession. He made an impassioned appeal to the professionals to make their presence felt in the organization wherever they are working by performing the best service possible with the given resources. He shared the working experience of his time with the participants and remarked about the good fortune of the present generation of librarians for having access to very enabling facilities of ICT. Prof. Zahid Khan of the Dept. of Physic and the Director CIT, JMI who presided the function, informed the gathering about the network topography of Jamia Millia Islamia. He told of his feeling that going through the content of the lectures delivered during the Refresher Course, he feels that it would have also been very beneficial for him. Dr. Ghayas Makhdumi, the ever ebullient coordinator and University Librarian of JMI in his brief address read out the subject-matter covered during the course and remarked that the overwhelming response of the library professionals is not only indicative of the fact that they are ever open and eager to absorb the latest development in LIS but also that the profession of library and information services has bright future in the country. The programme was made lively by soulful rendering of ghazals by Mr M.A. Khan of Tonk (Rajastahan), a poem (geet) by Dr. Srivastava of IIT-Delhi and a joke concerning librarians by Mrs Guliya of Haryana. The participants felt privileged to honour the eminent persons on the dais by presenting bouquets and some gifts as token of their gratitude. However, after attending this Refresher Course, I want to share some of my personal opinion with the library professionals through the gateway of lis-forum: i) the library professional on the verge of retirement may be screened out; ii) while screening the applications for selection, the status of computerization in the participant's organization may be taken as a criteria; iii) the working knowledge of English may be made a compulsory criteria; iv) the resource persons may be requested to make the lecture session a very interactive one having a look out for those participants who appear to be less understanding. Regards TANWIR -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Amazon Acquires Shelfari
by Sanjeev Sunny 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Online bookseller Amazon.com has acquired Shelfari, an online site combining books and social networking owned by Seattle start-up Tastemakers. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Shelfari, in which Amazon invested $1m in when it was founded in October 2006, allows users to create virtual bookshelves of favorite titles and share them with friends. It also allows readers to post reviews and ratings of books. Josh Hug, co-founder of Shelfari, said: "We look forward to working with Amazon to continue with our mission of building great communities that celebrate books." Earlier this month, Amazon acquired AbeBooks.com, an online retailer of rare and out-of-print book titles. It also bought a 40% stake in Shelfari rival LibraryThing. Regards Sanjeev K Sunny -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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