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My kind of heaven
by madhan muthu 25 Dec '21

25 Dec '21

My kind of heaven Teacher Plus - Special issue on libraries: https://www.teacherplus.org/my-kind-of-heaven/ I risk repeating just about everything you are about to read in this issue when I say that if there is a space where one can not only be oneself but find the self that one would like to become, it is inside a book. Correct that: there’s one other place/space – and that is the library, in the company of those who love and know books. For those of us fortunate enough to have grown up with access to such spaces, there are many fond memories we carry, of many formative moments and interactions, both with books and the people who have made that access possible. It becomes, then, for many, a restless passion that drives them to (for want of a better word) evangelize, to introduce others to the pleasures of reading, and also to the joys of building communities of readers. As Sujata Noronha, our guest editor for this issue of *Teacher Plus* puts it, “Library as both a concept and construct is so full of possibilities,” possibilities that go much beyond a collection of books or a place of knowledge curation and reference. Building a library and sustaining it requires not only an expansive imagination, but using it productively (and that can be a troublesome word) also needs us to go much beyond the instrumental framing that limits the popular understanding of such a place. The ongoing section in *Teacher Plus, Off the Library Shelves,* has attempted to offer a continuing exploration of what a library is and what it can be, drawing from varied experiences and contexts. This issue is a natural extension of this journey, bringing together in a very concentrated package some of the rich experiences of librarians, library enthusiasts, book lovers and educators. It takes us into a little bit of history, and gives us plenty of hope for what learning and the pleasure of knowledge seeking and even escape, can look like when books and other resources are organized into what becomes a library by many names. We discovered very quickly that so much can – and needed to – be said about libraries, and the slim space of a magazine doesn’t quite do it all justice. But think of this as a beginning (or maybe a middle) of a conversation that doesn’t really have to end when you turn the last page. That’s what happens with a good book, isn’t it? *Guest Editorial* Welcome to the Library *Sujata Noronha* Imagine you are in a quiz on great Indian thinkers and you find a question being asked about the Father of Library Science in India. If you do not know this answer, rest back, there will be a librarian in the audience – if not on a team – who will quickly call out Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan or S.R. Ranganathan as he is more commonly referred to. Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan (1892-1972) was a mathematician, a university teacher who lived in south India and was known for his ‘active’ teaching methods. He was beloved in the classroom and dynamic in the ways in which he brought his students to ideas and topics. He was selected to become the librarian at Madras University in 1924. But having no experience and training in librarianship and dreading the lonely life of the librarian, S. R. Ranganathan (S.R.R) asked for a reprieve. He was invited to study librarianship in a University/Public Library in the United Kingdom and to decide thereafter if he wanted to continue as a librarian or not. The nine-month observation study appeared to have transformed S.R. Ranganathan’s mind towards this field of library study and practice, and thereafter changed his ideas about the science of library. In India and many other countries, library science gets its philosophical foundation and social recognition from the immense contributions of S.R. Ranganathan. He is widely known for the Five Laws of Library Science and for his classification and indexing theory. However, for those of us who work with young people, S.R. Ranganathan’s contribution to the imagination and nature of school libraries is a treatise that can inform best practices in the simplest of ways. He was a strong advocate of the public library movement and enabling book access to all. In an essay written in 1941, based on a speech commemorating the silver jubilee of the installation of the Public Library in Bangalore, 80 years ago, S.R. Ranganathan made an argument for public enthusiasm to form a library movement within the public library stream. He felt very strongly that this movement would impact government policy and funding, professionalism for the field of library science, practice of librarianship and dissemination and access to libraries in the country. Eighty years have passed and in early 2021, when the editors of *Teacher Plus* decided to devote a special issue to the library, it felt like the winds of that very enthusiasm beginning to stir again. But this time for library work with children and young people. When I first accepted this wondrous opportunity, all I could think about was that this is a chance to document more deeply and share more widely the range of library practices that make up our world in India in 2021. As I began to think of how to include and structure the issue, I realized that the breadth and width of library work is fuelled by so many micro and macro aspects that it is foolhardy to think of it from the point of view of practice or existence of library spaces alone. Library both as a construct and a concept is so full of possibilities that it was suddenly within my scope to imagine a more expanded issue because of the work that has gone before and the people who have enabled the domain to form. Without imagination, a market, a professional community, policy, school systems, the curiosity and open mindedness of children, the human pursuit for learning and pleasure, our compelling need for social justice, library work would be hollow. This formed the basis of imagining this issue. It is with immense pleasure that I present to you a collection of essays that cover the gamut of library work from points of view that intersect with the library and are of the library as well. I trust, based on my learning of bringing this issue together that you will find fresh insights and learning and that ideas of practice and possibilities will open up for us as librarians and teachers. I have had the honour of partnering with many colleagues who devoted themselves to writing out essays or editing essays that make the picture whole. I am indebted to each and every one of them and hope that this special issue marks the continuation of the library movement envisaged by S.R. Ranganathan for our future – through our children. The issue is divided into three sections that open up life lines into the library. From the physical library as place to the cerebral library in our imagination and thinking, matters of collection, inclusion, literacy, technology, policy, school and community find place and purpose in this issue. Each section is highlighted with art work to set the tone of the section and provoke us to imagine further and interact with the ideas that we present. Welcome to the library! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Learn How to Export UGC-Care List Group -II Journals into MS-Excel
by Manjunatha S 23 Dec '21

23 Dec '21

Dear Professional Friends, I have made a video on "How to Export UGC-Care List Group -II Journals into MS-Excel". I thought of sharing my knowledge here with LIS Professionals. Pls, do watch the video if you are interested - https://youtu.be/jqWg1gKb7I0 Thanks & regards, Manjunatha.S Librarian | JNC -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Clarification on Quoted work %
by Raghavendra pawar 23 Dec '21

23 Dec '21

Respected Professionals, Is there any % limitation for Quoted ("") work in thesis / Dissertation / research paper or similar kind of work. If anybody comeacorss or has any guidlines or standards pls share. Thank you, Raghavendra R raghupawar(a)gmail.com +91 9448204498 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Share of OA articles in OASPA journals keeps increasing
by Subbiah Arunachalam 23 Dec '21

23 Dec '21

Friends: Surveys by Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) show that the share of OA articles is increasing steadily. The CC BY license dominates, now accounting for over 89% of articles in fully OA journals, and around 63% of those in hybrid journals. Please see: https://oaspa.org/analysis-shows-further-growth-in-oaspa-member-journals-ou… Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SearchRxiv
by Subbiah Arunachalam 23 Dec '21

23 Dec '21

Friends: If you have not seen this before, please visit https://blog.cabi.org/2021/12/17/newly-launched-searchrxiv-builds-search-co… Newly launched searchRxiv builds search community to foster easier, quicker research Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulations to Dr. Gopakumar. V, the new University Librarian of the Digital University of Kerala
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 23 Dec '21

23 Dec '21

I congratulate Dr. Gopakumar. V and wish all success to him, who started a new mission as the University Librarian of the Digital University of Kerala and as the Head of DUK Knowledge Center. In the new role, he will lead the setting up of a new generation library and services for a brand new State-owned research university. Dr. Gopakumar does not need an introduction to the Indian library forums. His commendable services and leadership experiences as an academic librarian, professor, trainer, mentor, and researcher span over 37 years of long and active involvement in academia. He was the University Librarian and Head of the DLISc at Goa University for more than 10 years. Dr. Gopakumar was instrumental in uplifting the library with the new library management system, repository services, and also in establishing the DLISc at Goa University. He also worked as a librarian in many colleges in Kerala. He has published several research articles in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, made numerous conference presentations and workshops, edited and translated professional and literary works, successfully organized high-quality international conferences, and also took part in several national expert committees. [More about Dr. Gopakaumar https://www.gopan.info/] Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation, and Technology, formerly IIITM-K (Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management-Kerala) is formed by the Government of Kerala to drive the digital transformation and thrive to improve the education and research that corresponds to the needs of the social and technological changes. “Digital University of Kerala aspires to be the prime mover of knowledge revolution in the country by focusing on research and education in science, technology, and humanities relevant to the digital world” [from the message of Prof. Saji Gopinath, DUK Vice Chancellor]. [More about DUK https://duk.ac.in/] ---------- Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar

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URGENT
by monisha mishra 22 Dec '21

22 Dec '21

Dear Professionals, Greetings. Does anyone have access to the full text of the following article? If yes, kindly share as it is urgently required for one of the research scholars. The journal details are as follows: Current status and unique attributes of Indian Chilika buffalo for adaptation to brackish water ecology - Ravinder Singh <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11250-021-02973-z#auth-Ravinde…> , - Shailendra Kumar Mishra <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11250-021-02973-z#auth-Shailen…> , - Ankita Gurao <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11250-021-02973-z#auth-Ankita-…> , - Saket Kumar Niranjan <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11250-021-02973-z#auth-Saket_K…> , - Vikas Vohra <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11250-021-02973-z#auth-Vikas-V…> , - S. K. Dash <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11250-021-02973-z#auth-S__K_-D…> , - Manishi Mukesh <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11250-021-02973-z#auth-Manishi…> , - C. Rajesh <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11250-021-02973-z#auth-C_-Raje…> & - Ranjit Singh Kataria <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11250-021-02973-z#auth-Ranjit_…> *Tropical Animal Health and Production* <https://link.springer.com/journal/11250> volume 53, Article number: 544 ( 2021) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-021-02973-z Thanks & Regards *Monisha Mishra* *LibrarianOrissa University of Agriculture & Technology,Bhubaneswar-751003Orissa* -- 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 Nidhi Kumari 22 Dec '21

22 Dec '21

Dear Sir/Madam, Greetings! Please provide me with the following article if you have access to the article. One of our Faculty wants this article for her teaching purpose. Transgender Shifts: Notes on Resignification of Gender and Sexualities in India (by Shraddha Chatterjee) https://read.dukeupress.edu/tsq/article-abstract/5/3/311/135246/Transgender… Thank you in anticipation. With Regards, Ms Nidhi Kumari DMI- Library Contact: 07091496213 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interesting Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 211221 & CSI, ACM & IEEE CS Events in Dec 2021
by Mohan Hr 22 Dec '21

22 Dec '21

Interesting Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 211221 Current Post: IRAI -- 211221: https://bit.ly/33PR7Up IRAI Archives: https://lnkd.in/ewR3UdD Forthcoming Events 28th Dec 2021 at 6 pm IST. Webinar on "Best Practices in Talent Acquisition" by Mr. Raghunath Ramaswamy, Founder and CEO, Spectrum Consulting & Author of the book "FAIL - SAFE HIRING: Assuring Talent Acquisition. Register at https://bit.ly/3CMrBLn Other events in Dec 2021: https://bit.ly/3kChR0h Articles in the current post 5 Highest paying jobs for tech freshers in 2022; here's how to grab them The 100+ Best Job Sites for Every Type of Job 13 Tips to Help You Ace Your Zoom Interview 21 Sneaky Phone Interview Tips to Get You to the Next Round 18 Trends That Will Shape Our Careers in 2022 20 Ways to Advance Your Professional Development The Ultimate Deliberate Practice Guide: How to Be the Best Research Questions: Types and Examples 40+ Google Search Hacks, Tricks & Tips for 2021 [Infographic] The Principles of Sustainable Software Engineering 7 Tips for Staying Safe on Social Media 25 Industries & Tech Shaping The Post-Covid World 10 tech predictions for 2022 Industrial Outlook. Special Coverage on Electric Vehicles Digging Deeper: Assessing Big Tech’s Capture of the Internet’s Infrastructure Leveraging IoT to Create a Sustainable Environment Can We Prevent a Technological Arms Race in University Student Cheating? RBI Booklet on Modus Operandi of Financial Fraudsters 116 Principles for Business, Life, and Learning 100 Ways to Live to 100: A Definitive Guide to Longevity Fitness eBook: Knowledge Graphs Data in Context for Responsive Businesses (By O'Reilly) E-BOOK: Multicloud Portability for Dummies 9 must-read books to make you a stronger communicator 9 Perspective-Shifting TED Talks on Confidence Explained: What is changing at the ancient Kashi Vishwanath temple complex? IRAI Quiz -- 211221: https://bit.ly/3smOGTv Current Post: IRAI -- 211221: https://bit.ly/33PR7Up IRAI Archives: https://lnkd.in/ewR3UdD Feedback: Pl. send to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com

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Request for supplement
by Dr Debraj Meher 22 Dec '21

22 Dec '21

Dear all, Does anybody have the *supplement* of the following article badly needed by one of our researchers. Please send it. Chankaew, S., Somta, P., Sorajjapinun, W., & Srinives, P. (2011). Quantitative trait loci mapping of Cercospora leaf spot resistance in mungbean, Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek. *Molecular Breeding*, *28*(2), 255–264. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-010-9478-1 regards, -- Dr D R Meher Librarian Central Library Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology (OUAT) Bhubaneswar-751 003, Odisha 91 94374 16417 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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