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"Informatics Innovation Award in LIS" - Last date to submit nominations extended for a week - till 22nd Jan, 2021
by Dr Anand Byrappa 15 Jan '21

15 Jan '21

Dear All, Here is an opportunity to showcase your innovation and win an Innovation award at LTC 2021. Innovation is the backbone of growth and change. It is the change-driver for a better future. The future of library is constantly challenged by fast-changing media and technologies. To encourage innovative practices and to promote innovative culture in libraries, Informatics, as part of its annual Library Technology Conclave (LTC2020), has instituted the Informatics Innovation Award, beginning LTC2021. Many of you would have done something INNOVATIVE in your library in the recent past - it could be a new/improved process, a service or a product...if yes, why don’t you submit it for “Informatics Innovation Award in LIS” and win an Award? You may like to see some examples Innovation listed on the LTC website. There will be two awards, one each for the following two categories of libraries: Category-1: Universities/Educational Institutions offering Ph.D. & post-Doctoral programs; Research Institutes. Category-2: Schools, PU, Diploma, UG & PG Colleges and Public Libraries – (Includes Medical, Engineering & Management etc. and Science, Commerce, Arts and Humanities). This award shall be announced on 30th January 2021, the last day of the conclave, following a Case Study Session on "Innovation in Libraries" to be presented by Nominees short-listed by the Committee of Juries for this award. Nomination is open on the LTC2021 website https://LTC2021.org <https://ltc2021.org/> Libraries are invited to submit their nominations online. January 22, 2021 is the last date for filing the nomination online. The Conclave, which had many pre-conclave webinars since November, is scheduled for 27-30 January 2021 in a webinar model. N. V. Sathyanarayana |* Chairman & Managing Director | Informatics India Ltd. | Bangalore 560004* |*INDIA |* |* www.informaticsglobal.com <http://www.informaticsglobal.com><http://www.informaticsglobal.com <http://www.informaticsglobal.com/>>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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eScience and Digital Libraries - LTC2021. 27-30 January 2021
by Sathyanarayana NV 14 Jan '21

14 Jan '21

Dear Members of the LIS Forum After a series of pre-conclave webinars and workshops in the last two months, the 5th Library Technology Conclave (LTC2021) is all set for its final conclave program scheduled for January 27-30, 2021. The theme of the Conclave, as most of you already know, is – eScience and Digital Libraries. This four-days conclave is designed as free webinar series with only two sessions each day, one in the morning and one in the late afternoon, with six thematic sessions. Each thematic session has a keynoter speaker with three panellists anchored by a moderator. INAUGURAL FUNCTION: 27th January, 3 – 5.30 PM - Prof. K. Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India will inaugurate the conclave. - Prof. Tony Hey, Chief Data Scientist, Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK Research and Innovation, London, will deliver the conclave keynote on eScience and the Digital Libraries. TECHNICAL SESSIONS: 28-30 January, 2021 28 JAN. 10.30 AM – 1 PM. Session 1 – eScience and the Fourth Paradigm in Research 3 PM – 5.30 PM. Session 2 – Open Science and Open Access 29 JAN. 10.30 AM – 1 PM. Session 3 – Cyber Infrastructure 3 PM – 5.30 PM. Session 4 – Research Data Management 30 JAN. 10.30 AM – 1 PM. Session 5 – Social Media Research 3 PM – 5.30 PM. Session 6 – Health Informatics 5.30 PM – 7 PM. Case studies in Innovation SPEAKERS: 24 invited speakers, which includes 10 international speakers will be sharing their knowledge through LTC2021. Please visit the conclave website – www.LTC2021.org<http://www.LTC2021.org> to register and to know more about the conclave speakers and sessions. LTC2021 is jointly organised by four organisations, led by Informatics. These organisations include: (1) National Institute for Advanced Studies, Bangalore; (2) Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore and (3) CSIR – Fourth Paradigm Institute., Bangalore. On behalf of all these four organisations, I cordially invite you to LTC2021. N. V. Sathyanarayana | Chairman & Managing Director | Informatics India Ltd. | Bangalore 560004 |INDIA | | www.informaticsglobal.com<http://www.informaticsglobal.com> | -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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webinar on Plagiarism
by Koteswara Rao Mamidi 13 Jan '21

13 Jan '21

Kerala Library Professionals Organization (KELPRO) Webinar on "Plagiarism: An academic dishonesty" Speaker: Dr. V Uma, Former Deputy Librarian, Univ. of Hyderabad. Date & Time: 26 January 2021, Time: 11am - 12 noon IST Please Join with the Google meet link : https://meet.google.com/hde-fkho-bsv<https://meet.google.com/hde-fkho-bsv?fbclid=IwAR2xaLIkgcpodAGwP5FrEDjW9ebAC…> *Live streaming on YouTube* https://www.youtube.com/.../UCu3f26pXKkjN3-m8T9.../featured<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu3f26pXKkjN3-m8T9-cvAQ/featured?fbclid=Iw…> https://cutt.ly/kelproapp<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcutt.ly%2Fkelproapp%3Ffbclid%3…> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article request
by Pranit Landge 13 Jan '21

13 Jan '21

Hello, Below mentioned article is required for the reference purpose of the faculty. Request you to kindly help me in getting full text of the same. Title: Nature’s Marvels – Discovery of Three New Species and a Subspecies of Tiger Moth Authors: Kalawate, Aparna Sureshchandra Dinesh, K.P. and Shabnam, A. Issue Date: Jan-2021 Publisher: NISCAIR-CSIR, India Page(s): 54-55 URI: http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/55900 ISSN: 2582-6492 (Online); 0036-8512 (Print) Appears in Collections: SR Vol.58(01) [January 2021] Thanks & Regards, Pranit Pralhad Landge Library and Information Assistant Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Center, Pune -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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just 2 Days left to submit your nomination for "Informatics Innovation Award 2021"
by Dr Anand Byrappa 13 Jan '21

13 Jan '21

Dear All, Here is an opportunity to showcase your innovation and win an Innovation award at LTC 2021. Innovation is the backbone of growth and change. It is the change-driver for a better future. The future of library is constantly challenged by fast-changing media and technologies. To encourage innovative practices and to promote innovative culture in libraries, Informatics, as part of its annual Library Technology Conclave (LTC2020), has instituted the Informatics Innovation Award, beginning LTC2021. Many of you would have done something INNOVATIVE in your library in the recent past - it could be a new/improved process, a service or a product...if yes, why don’t you submit it for “Informatics Innovation Award in LIS” and win an Award? You may like to see some examples Innovation listed on the LTC website. There will be two awards, one each for the following two categories of libraries: Category-1: Universities/Educational Institutions offering Ph.D. & post-Doctoral programs; Research Institutes. Category-2: Schools, PU, Diploma, UG & PG Colleges and Public Libraries – (Includes Medical, Engineering & Management etc. and Science, Commerce, Arts and Humanities). This award shall be announced on 30th January 2021, the last day of the conclave, following a Case Study Session on "Innovation in Libraries" to be presented by Nominees short-listed by the Committee of Juries for this award. Nomination is open on the LTC2021 website https://LTC2021.org <https://ltc2021.org/> Libraries are invited to submit their nominations online. January 15, 2021 is the last date for filing the nomination online. The Conclave, which had many pre-conclave webinars since November, is scheduled for 27-30 January 2021 in a webinar model. N. V. Sathyanarayana |* Chairman & Managing Director | Informatics India Ltd. | Bangalore 560004* |*INDIA |* |* www.informaticsglobal.com <http://www.informaticsglobal.com><http://www.informaticsglobal.com <http://www.informaticsglobal.com/>>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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HCC, ACM, IEEE CS & CSI Webinar on "Role of Digitalisation in Indian Economic Revival" on 21st Jan 2021 & Forthcoming Events
by Mohan Hr 12 Jan '21

12 Jan '21

Webinar on "Role of Digitalisation in Indian Economic Revival" ================================================== HCC, ACM Chennai, IEEE CS Madras & CSI Chennai cordially invite you to the webinar Topic: Role of Digitalisation in Indian Economic Revival Speaker: Dr Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan, Director, Infinite Sum Modelling LLC, Seattle & Senior Economist and Affiliate Faculty Member, Univ. of Washington Seattle, USA Date: Thursday, 21st Jan 2021 Time: 11 am to 12 pm pm IST For presentation details & speaker profile, pl see the PDF invite at http://bit.ly/3hPq1PX Register at http://bit.ly/3pYJvo7 Forthcoming Events ================= 23rd Jan -- Open Data for Sustainable Community. https://bit.ly/39M6Nc8 30th Jan -- Experimental AI for Social Good. https://bit.ly/36U5rKF Pl refer for pdf invite, presentation & speaker details of events in Jan 2021 at: https://bit.ly/3h3MJnq For additional events in Jan 2021 scheduled and hosted by organisations including CSI, ACM & IEEE CS, please visit https://bit.ly/3p7GS2Z Interesting Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 210111: pl see the post at https://bit.ly/2LkgZif

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Open Access to Humanities and Social Sciences information
by madhan muthu 12 Jan '21

12 Jan '21

Dear All: Greetings. Azim Premji University is organizing a symposium series on Open Access to Humanities and Social Sciences information. The first symposium will focus on “*Research and Evaluation in Humanities and Social Sciences*”. Speakers: *Prof. Harini Nagendra * Director, Research Centre, Professor of Sustainability at Azim Premji University. Google Scholar: https://bit.ly/35ppyz1 *Prof. Gopal Guru * Editor, Economic and Political Weekly Professor at the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Google Scholar: https://bit.ly/3s4VKS6 The speakers of the symposium will discuss how humanities and social sciences research is done and evaluated in India, how scholars in this field communicate their findings with others, and the internal social norms that influence scholarly communication in HSS. *Date:* 20 January 2021;*Time:* 2.30 pm – 4.00 pm Host: Muthu Madhan, Librarian, Azim Premji University We request your kind participation. *Kindly register:* https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ikkUsZJwSAeBY8jHJDzezA *Open Access to Humanities and Social Sciences Research Information: Symposium series * Access to multidisciplinary information is key to research in Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), and “there is growing recognition that the capacity to conduct research and to share the resulting knowledge is fundamental to all aspects of human development, from improving health care delivery to increasing food security, and from enhancing education to stronger evidence-based policymaking.” It is important that councils and agencies in India that fund HSS research, and the institutions that support HSS researchers be considerate not only of the structural constraints of SSH knowledge production in India but also be cognizant of the opportunities provided by developments in open access movement in India and across the world in augmenting other efforts in enhancing HSS research. The goal of the Symposium series is to identify issues in open access to humanities and social sciences research information in the Indian context. We are looking forward to meeting you on Zoom. Also, *we request you to forward this mail to your colleagues you think would be of interest.* -- Madhan, M -- 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 -- 210111
by Mohan Hr 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

*Interesting Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 210111* Current Post: https://bit.ly/2LkgZif Archives: https://lnkd.in/ewR3UdD *Articles* Data Privacy & Social Media WhatsApp’s Privacy Policy Explained: Why Messaging App’s Users Are Porting To Signal, Telegram WhatsApp needs to change its Jurisdiction clause in the Terms or else, exit from India. Skills & Skill Development Making Sense of Skills: A UK skills taxonomy The Secret to Quickly Learning New Skills, According to Science Single Most Important Skill of The 21st-Century That Will Take Your Career to The Next Level Why Every Developer Should Know a Bit of Technical Writing 3D Printing 11 Examples of What 3D Printing Can Do For You Artificial intelligence What is Conversational AI? Get Started with Fundamentals Conversational AI: Top 20 Trends for 2020 10 examples of AI in manufacturing to inspire your smart factory Quantum Computing What Is Quantum Computing? What on Earth Is Quantum Chess? Robotics Dancing Boston Dynamics Robots Show Off Their Sweet Moves Data Science 8 top data science applications and use cases for businesses Data Security Data sanitization techniques: Standards, practices, legislationCybersecurity in a digital era Blockchain How governments can harness the potential of blockchain Cryptocurency Why is Bitcoin’s price at an all-time high? And how is its value determined? Videos to Watch How to navigate questionable information Talks that'll inspire you to unplug Tough talks that will open your eyes Websites to visit Open Access Directory Education & Learning openPHI MOOCs 11+ Best Science Websites for Interactive Learning Educ-AI-tion rebooted? Exploring the future of artificial intelligence in schools and colleges Innovation and Sustainability 21 Sustainability Innovations That Might Just Change the World Books & Periodicals Cybersecurity eBook: The Beginner's Guide ($23.99 Value) FREE for a Limited Time upto 19th Jan 2021. Socially conscious book buying alternatives to Amazon Reports on Machine Learning Book: Cloud Computing Internet & Governance The Global Cost of Internet Shutdowns in 2020 Personalities Why Silicon Valley billionaire Sridhar Vembu returned to rural India How Did Tim Berners-Lee Change the World With the World Wide Web? Health & Wellness The 7 types of rest that every person needs The fascinating story of placebos – and why doctors should use them more often Six evidenced-based ways to look after your mental health during another lockdown Exhausted by 2020? Here are 5 ways to recover and feel more rested throughout 2021 The Impact Of Zoom Fatigue & Digital Eye Strain Webinar videos & presentations CSI, ACM & IEEE CS Chennai chapters jointly had organised the following nine webinars in Dec 2020. *IRAI Quiz -- 210111 * https://lnkd.in/gfXKbRg *Forthcoming Events* CSI, ACM & IEEE CS Events 21st Jan -- Role of Digitalisation in Indian Economic Revival. http://bit.ly/3pYJvo7 23rd Jan -- Open Data for Sustainable Community. https://bit.ly/39M6Nc8 30th Jan -- Experimental AI for Social Good. https://bit.ly/36U5rKF For pdf invite, presentation & speaker details of events in Jan 2021 at: https://bit.ly/3h3MJnq For additional events in Jan 2021 https://bit.ly/3p7GS2Z Archives : https://lnkd.in/ewR3UdD *Answers to IRAI Quiz -- 210111* Current Post: https://bit.ly/2LkgZif

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Five-day International Workshop on “Semantic Techniques and Technologies for Data and Knowledge Representation"
by Udaya Varadarajan 09 Jan '21

09 Jan '21

*Five-day International Workshop on “Semantic Techniques and Technologies for Data and Knowledge Representation”* *February 22 – 26, 2021* *Documentation Research and Training Centre* *Indian Statistical Institute* *Bangalore, India* Workshop website: https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/semtech *Important Dates:* - *Registration opening date: 14th December 2020* * - Registration closing date: 10th January 2021* * - Date of workshop: 22 - 26 February 2021* **Deadline for registration tomorrow** *About the workshop:* Data is the basic unit of every information communication and dissemination activity. It is the single most important input for every informed decision and policymaking (societal, scholastic, political, economic, etc.). However, the huge amount of available data including experimental data, sample data, survey data, library data, census data, etc., are not being used to their fullest potential as much of the data being saved and accessed via computers is primarily designed for human use and consumption and is not really amenable for machine processing. The need is to transform the data into a machine-processable format so that it becomes amenable to software interpretation, reasoning, inferencing, doing analytics, and question answering (e.g., *find me all those works of Rabindranath Tagore that have been translated into other languages*.). The techniques and technologies developed within the Semantic Web (SW) and Linked Data (LD) the research community will enable us to achieve this. *Who Should Attend and Why? * The SemTech2020 is designed for researchers, practitioners, and professionals dealing with data and information cutting across domains and disciplines from both academia and industry. The following are some of the skills that the attendees would acquire on completion of the Workshop. The workshop will enable the participants in learning the procedure of: - producing knowledge artifacts (ontology); - producing data in multi-machine-readable formats with minimal effort; - mixing data collected from various sources in different formats; - integrating the data with the knowledge artifacts giving meaning to data; - producing data in machine-processable formats that can be used by AI (Artificial Intelligence) systems for doing smart jobs (e.g., reasoning, decision making); - LD creation and publication on the Web; - data sharing and communication with the scientific community. *For details please visit the workshop website ► https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/semtech/ Thanking you, Sincerely, Team SemTech2020 On Sat, 9 Jan 2021 at 09:25, Udaya Varadarajan <udayav(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in> wrote: > *Five-day International Workshop on “Semantic Techniques and Technologies > for Data and Knowledge Representation”* > > > > *February 22 – 26, 2021* > > > > *Documentation Research and Training Centre* > > > > *Indian Statistical Institute* > > > > *Bangalore, India* > > > > Workshop website: https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/semtech > > > > *Important Dates:* > > > > > > - *Registration opening date: 14th December 2020* > > * - Registration closing date: 10th January 2021* > > * - Date of workshop: 22 - 26 February 2021* > > > *About the workshop:* > > > > > > Data is the basic unit of every information communication and dissemination > > activity. It is the single most important input for every informed decision > > and policymaking (societal, scholastic, political, economic, etc.). > > However, the huge amount of available data including experimental data, > > sample data, survey data, library data, census data, etc., are not being > > used to their fullest potential as much of the data being saved and > > accessed via computers is primarily designed for human use and consumption > > and is not really amenable for machine processing. The need is to transform > > the data into a machine-processable format so that it becomes amenable to > > software interpretation, reasoning, inferencing, doing analytics, > > and question answering (e.g., *find me all those works of Rabindranath > > Tagore that have been translated into other languages*.). The techniques > > and technologies developed within the Semantic Web (SW) and Linked Data > > (LD) the research community will enable us to achieve this. > > > > *Who Should Attend and Why? * > > > > The SemTech2020 is designed for researchers, practitioners, and > > professionals dealing with data and information cutting across domains and > > disciplines from both academia and industry. The following are some of > > the skills that the attendees would acquire on completion of the Workshop. > > The workshop will enable the participants in learning the procedure of: > > > > - producing knowledge artifacts (ontology); > > - producing data in multi-machine-readable formats with minimal effort; > > - mixing data collected from various sources in different formats; > > - integrating the data with the knowledge artifacts giving meaning to > > data; > > - producing data in machine-processable formats that can be used by AI > > (Artificial Intelligence) systems for doing smart jobs (e.g., reasoning, > > decision making); > > - LD creation and publication on the Web; > > - data sharing and communication with the scientific community. > > > > > > > > > > *For details please visit the workshop website ► > > https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/semtech/ > > > > > Thanking you, > > > > Sincerely, > > Team SemTech2020 > > On Sun, 20 Dec 2020 at 12:57, Udaya Varadarajan <udayav(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in> > wrote: > >> *Five-day International Workshop on “Semantic Techniques and Technologies >> for Data and Knowledge Representation”* >> >> >> >> *February 22 – 26, 2021* >> >> >> >> *Documentation Research and Training Centre* >> >> >> >> *Indian Statistical Institute* >> >> >> >> *Bangalore, India* >> >> >> >> Workshop website: https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/semtech >> >> >> >> *About the workshop:* >> >> >> >> >> >> Data is the basic unit of every information communication and >> dissemination >> >> activity. It is the single most important input for every informed >> decision >> >> and policymaking (societal, scholastic, political, economic, etc.). >> >> However, the huge amount of available data including experimental data, >> >> sample data, survey data, library data, census data, etc., are not being >> >> used to their fullest potential as much of the data being saved and >> >> accessed via computers is primarily designed for human use and consumption >> >> and is not really amenable for machine processing. The need is to >> transform >> >> the data into a machine-processable format so that it becomes amenable to >> >> software interpretation, reasoning, inferencing, doing analytics, >> >> and question answering (e.g., *find me all those works of Rabindranath >> >> Tagore that have been translated into other languages*.). The techniques >> >> and technologies developed within the Semantic Web (SW) and Linked Data >> >> (LD) the research community will enable us to achieve this. >> >> >> >> *Who Should Attend and Why? * >> >> >> >> The SemTech2020 is designed for researchers, practitioners, and >> >> professionals dealing with data and information cutting across domains and >> >> disciplines from both academia and industry. The following are some of >> >> the skills that the attendees would acquire on completion of the Workshop. >> >> The workshop will enable the participants in learning the procedure of: >> >> >> >> - producing knowledge artifacts (ontology); >> >> - producing data in multi-machine-readable formats with minimal effort; >> >> - mixing data collected from various sources in different formats; >> >> - integrating the data with the knowledge artifacts giving meaning to >> >> data; >> >> - producing data in machine-processable formats that can be used by AI >> >> (Artificial Intelligence) systems for doing smart jobs (e.g., >> reasoning, >> >> decision making); >> >> - LD creation and publication on the Web; >> >> - data sharing and communication with the scientific community. >> >> >> >> *Topics:* >> >> >> >> - Knowledge Graph >> >> - Data modelling, Ontology design >> >> - SW Tools and Technologies (e.g., RDF, RDFS, OWL, SPARQL) >> >> - *F*indable, *A*ccessible,* I*nteroperable and* R*eusable (FAIR) >> >> - Knowledge Graph Application >> >> - Ontology-based repositories, services >> >> - Data Integration >> >> - Linked Data >> >> - LD Publication and Access >> >> - Data Visualization >> >> >> >> *Important Dates:* >> >> >> >> >> >> - Registration opening date: 14th December 2020 >> >> - Registration closing date: 10th January 2021 >> >> - Date of workshop: 22 - 26 February 2021 >> >> >> >> >> >> *For details please visit the workshop website ► >> >> https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/semtech/ >> >> >> >> >> Thanking you, >> >> >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Team SemTech2020 >> > > > -- > Udaya Varadarajan > Documentation Research and Training Centre, > Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre > Bangalore - 560059 > -- Udaya Varadarajan Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre Bangalore - 560059

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One nation one subscription is a threat to country's institutional diversity
by Vasanth 08 Jan '21

08 Jan '21

Dear sir/madam, The Draft 5th National Science, Technology & innovation policy is pitching for "one nation one subscription". There are many dissenting voice against this. It is rightly so, but while rejecting the 'one nation one subscription' model we should not see this in an isolation or in silos. This is the larger framework or the agenda of current dispensation at the centre to impose false nationalism.Along with one nation one subscription we must also reject* one nation one tax* one nation one election* one nation one ration card* one nation one market* one nation one mobility card* one nation one test.The one nation theory itself is antithetical to India's rich diversity in terms of its language, its culture everything. Our country is known for unity in diversity and we must stand for this. One nation model or agenda is an assulat on Indian federal system. Views are personal ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N.LibrarianMysore

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