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Congratulating Prof. Amudhavalli, University of Madras on her Retirement
by mgsree 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

Dear Colleagues: Please join me in congratulating Prof. Amudhavalli, Professor and Head, Department of Library & Information Science, University of Madras who is retiring from service on the 31st January 2017. “HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT MADAM!” During her almost four decades of eventful and productive professional service to Library & Information Science, the longest inning was with the University of Madras, which has the rare distinction and identity in our profession owing to its founder Dr. SRR and its accomplished successors. Prof. Amudhavalli has held many key positions in the Department of Library & Information Science, and in the University of Madras and at MALA (Madras Library Association). She has given her might and contributed relentlessly in enhancing as well as keeping the highest standards and traditions of the Department, which has earned substantial respect during the years. Truly a star professor and a multifaceted Guru, that transcend the LIS Profession, she has selflessly and boundlessly enabled and empowered many universities/institutions/professional associations in the country and abroad, in many capacities. She has also intelligently taught and meticulously coached thousands of students and also produced many M.Phils and Ph.Ds. Madam, we will indeed miss you in the Department but your words of wisdom, the timeless knowledge that you have imparted and the ever green principles you held in high esteem, will never be forgotten by your colleagues and students. WISHING YOU THE BEST OF LUCK, A VERY HAPPY, PEACEFUL AND HEALTHY LIFE AHEAD! M.G. Sreekumar Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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33rd Annual Convention of SIS & Conference on "Open Access: The Road to Freedom"
by narayan ghosh 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

33rd Annual Convention of the SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE (SIS) & Conference on Open Access: The Road to Freedom 7 & 8th April 2017 Organized by: Knowledge Resource Centre (Library) CSIR - Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata Sub-themes: Open Access and Scholarly Communication Open Access Infrastructure Open Data Initiatives Open Learning Initiatives Open Access Metrics Open Access Discovery Large-scale OA Management Open Innovation Papers are invited on concepts, working models and case studies in the above-mentioned areas. Selected papers will be published in the post-conference volume with ISBN. Important Dates: Abstract Submission………28th February, 2017 Acceptance intimation……. 15th March, 2017 Fullpaper submission….… 31st March, 2017 For further details please Contact: Dr Narayan Chandra Ghosh, Organizing Secretary, CSIR- IICB, 4 Raja S C Mullick Road, Kolkata – 700032, E-mail: sis2017(a)iicb.res.in, Ph: 033-24995713, M: 9432248877

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2nd National Koha Conclave
by Soji Mathew 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

Dear Friends, The countdown has begun for the 2nd National Koha Conclave scheduled on February 21 and 22, 2017 at Pune. The program schedule has been finalized and one of the star attraction of the event is Best Koha Implementation Award. Any library who has implemented Koha can apply for this award by filling the form available on the conclave website. The award includes a Trophy and certificate and will judged by a 4 member Jury and one of the Jury member is none other than Chris Cormack. The other start attraction of the conclave is a Panel Debate on the topic “Evolving Library Services Platform - Integrating ILS, E-Resource Management, Discovery and Ancillary Services”. The panellists and the chairman of the panel are working hard to present you an interesting and knowledge filled discussions. Don’t miss the event this year to witness the award and the debate. Please rush to register yourselves as there are limited seats left. Register yourself at https://goo.gl/BW0Rn7 and block your seats. Best regards, Sanjay Grover CEO Informatics Publishing Limited, Bangalore +91-9845516020 -- *Confidentiality Notice: *T*his electronic message transmission, including any attachment(s), may contain confidential, proprietary, or privileged information from Informatics Publishing Limited. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that any dissemination, copying, distribution, printing or use of the contents of the information contained in this electronic message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic message by error, please destroy all copies of the message and contact the sender immediately by either replying to this message or calling 91-80-40387777.* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Flame University Pune organizing National Level Workshop on “Library Best Practices” on 3rd February 2017.
by Kishore Ingale 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

Dear All, Greetings from the FLAME University Library! FLAME University Library Pune is organizing a National Level Workshop on “Library Best Practices” on 3rd February 2017. Details of the workshop and the registration form is attached herewith. Please note that the number of registrations is restricted to 50 participants only and the last date for registration is 30th January 2017. For any clarifications please write to library(a)flame.edu.in Registration Details : Last date of registration: 30th January, 2017 No. of Participants: 50 only Fees : Registration Fee is Rs. 500/- Brochure and more information about program is available at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfW48w-q9ewXoCQLPe4kQlqhF45-tDUzEC… Duly filled registration form along with cheque/DD should be sent to FLAME University, 401, Phoenix Complex, Bund Garden Road, Opp. Residency Club, Pune - 411001, Maharashtra, India. In case you want to transfer the registration fees electronically, the relevant account details are as under:- Name of the Bank : Bank of India, Branch : Lavale, Pune Name of the Account : FLAME UNIVERSITY PUNE Current A/c No : 062020110000581 Swift Code : BKIDINBBPMB RTGS / IFSC Code : BKID0000620 Note: If you do electronic/NEFT transfer of funds, please email payment details to library(a)flame.edu.in to verify whether funds have been received at our end or not. Contact for Registration Aditi Chinchanikar : +91-9765734354 Seema Dagade : +91-8888716816 Prakash Rathod : +91-9975872920 Tel : +91-20-67906144 Email: library(a)flame.edu.in Thanks & Regards, Dnyaneshwar Jadhav Head Librarian FLAME University Lavale Pune-412115 (India) Tel: +91-20-67906130 www.flame.edu.in =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The UGC’s Colonial Hangover
by Vasanth 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

Dear Sir/madam, The UGC’s approved list of journals for the CareerAdvancement Scheme (CAS) and Direct Recruitment of Teachers and other academicstaff is at receiving end. How a prime body in higher education can come up with alist of journals for the Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) and Direct Recruitmentof Teachers without much discussion with its stakeholders. According to Reuters India speaksmore than 780 languages, with such a vast diversity of languages, how come UGC neglectthe journals published in vernaculars and compile the list. Though English isthe binder, still we have vast number of people using vernaculars forcommunications (writings/Speaking) and many learned societies also have theirown publications in local languages. In Kannada itself there are very goodperiodicals which carries the research publications mainly in social sciences. Beforepublishing the list UGC should have at least included some of the good journalspublished across India mainly in vernacular languages. Compilation of list of journalspublished in local languages is not at all difficult in today’s world or elsethey should have seek the opinion of academics and other stakeholders involvedin research and publishing activities. The list is completely western and biased.It has only included journals published by the major publishing houses, forinstance Elsevier. The list is also clueless about what was the basis forselecting these journals. Is it theimpact factor of the journal? Is it because of the journal is indexed in Web ofScience (WoS) or Scopus? Is it theeditorial board of the journal? Is it many of the Indian authors have publishedpapers in these journals? This is not clear at all. At least UGC should havebeen open on this aspect. The current government atcentre is promoting Hindu everywhere, under its own nose UGC is promoting acolonial language. Though English hasbecome lingua franca for global communication UGC should promote and encourage itsacademicians to write and publish in their own vernaculars to respect thediversity of India at least in social sciences. Views are Personal------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N.GFGC-Periyapatna

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International Conference - DLIS - Bharathidasan University - Reg
by Dr. R. Balasubramani 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

Dear Professionals, Greetings from Department of Library and Information science, Bharathidasan University We the faculty members, Research Scholars, Students and alumni of Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathidasan University happily announce on International Conference on "Knowledge Resources and Library Technologies" February 24-25, 2017 Objective: To bring together LIS professionals, Teaching fraternity, Scientists, knowledge workers in corporate and information industries, the students and research scholars of LIS, Education, Computer Science, Information Technology and other relevant disciplines to deliberate on the prevailing trends, the future technologies towards identification, organization, dissemination and conception and generation of information and knowledge data sets. Call for Papers Original papers as the outcome of research, Case Studies, Surveys, Projects, Best Practices, Innovative information services, Conceptual Papers from LIS Professionals, Faulty Members, Students and Industries are welcome. Themes To meet the objective of the progamme, papers/research articles can be contributed in the following related themes · Knowledge Society and Economy · Knowledge resource building by different types of libraries. · Knowledge Management and the Libraries · Facilitating access to different types of knowledge resources · Knowledge Organization and Knowledge Organization Systems · Tools and Components of Knowledge Organization · Classification, Cataloguing, Indexing, Subject Heading Lists, Thesaurus · Taxonomies, Authority Lists, Metadata, Ontology, Semantic Web · Library Automation, Resource Sharing and Networking · KOS in digital environment · Digital Rights Management (DRM) · Public Library Systems and Services · Scholarly Communication and Publication · Digital Library System · Open Course Ware and Scholarly Open Access · LMS, CMS, E-learning software etc. · Open Source Software · Social Networking Tools and Techniques · User Studies and Information Seeking Behaviour · Library Tourism · Cultural and Heritage Documentation and Archives · Information and Knowledge Ethics · Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, Webometrics, Altmetrics · Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Libraries *Guidelines for Submission of Papers* Authors are requested to submit the soft copy of full paper (with abstract not exceeding 200 words and at least three keywords) on e-mail attachment to the organizing secretary. The paper should not exceed 6 pages of A4 size with double line spacing and font size 12 in Times New Roman. Charts, graphs, photographs, if any, should be inserted in appropriate places of the article. References should be given as per the APA Style manual. Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings with ISBN. A few of the selected and extended papers will be published in peer-reviewed/ referred and Indexed Journals. Papers can be e-mail to Organizing Secretary at ickrelt2017(a)gmail.com For details please visit the conference website: https://ickrelt2017conference.wordpress.com/ *Important Dates* Conference Dates 24-25, February 2017 Last Date of Submission Full Paper 15, February 2017 *Registration * *Registration Type* *LIS Professionals - India Rs. 1500/-* *SAARC Participants $75* *Overseas participants $100* *Students Rs. 750/-* *(only MLIS, M.Phil., Ph.D Regular Scholar)* *Last Date for Registration* The last date for registration is 20th February 2017 Papers will be published Conference Proceeding with ISBN Number only after the receipt of Registration Fee (Registration is mandatory for at least one of the author) The Registration fee includes Conference kit, working lunch, refreshments. The demand draft may be drawn in favour of “Bharathidasan University, Trichy -24”. An author can contribute a maximum of two papers (either first or co-author). The paper will be included in the conference volume only after receiving the registration fee along with filled in Registration Form. The soft copy should be mailed to ickrelt2017(a)gmail.com. *Accommodation * Accommodation for outstation participants will be arranged at the University Guest House and neighboring facilities on request. The Guest House has Rs. 500 per day on twin sharing basis. The payment for the guest house accommodation should be made on the spot by cash. The participants are requested to confirm the arrival and departure timing over phone/e-mail. Plenty of Hotels/Lodges are also available with nominal cost. Please visit our conference site for more information. with kind regards *Organizing Secretaries* *Dr. S. Srinivasa Ragavan* Professor and Head Department of Library and Information Science Bharathidasan University Trichy – 24 Cell: 9486916358 & *Dr. R. Balasubramani * Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science Bharathidasan University Trichy – 24 Cell: 9994889426 https://ickrelt2017conference.wordpress.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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I Request the Article for our Students-reg
by planisamy ilangumaran kumar 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

Good Morning, I am need of the following articles (pdf's) on urgent basis, can some body share them   Non contact measurement of body temperature for the identification of thermoregulation abilities in preterm patients, Ilaria Ercoli The influence factor analysis for preterm neonates via grey entropy, Mei-Li You Determination of temperature in neonates based in a face IR thermography image segmentation algorithm, Lucia B. Chávez Rivera Facial Expression Recognition of Pain in Neonates, Guanming Lu Low-cost fluorescence-based temperature sensing system for neonatal care Kirit Chatterjee, Hung Lam   Your kind early reply would be appreciated.   P.ILANGUMARAN Senior Librarian Sethu Institute of Technology Kariapatti-626 115 Virudhunagar Dist Tamil Nadu,India mobile:9789527616 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DRTC Colloquium 1(2017) on "Modern Publishing Models and the Libraries"
by Biswanath Dutta 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

To The LIS-FORUM Moderator Dear Sir, Reuqest you to kindly arrange to publish the following DRTC Colloqiuim announcement to the LIS-FORUM. Thanking you, With regards, Biswanath *INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE* *Documentation Research & Training Centre (DRTC)* 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE Post Bangalore, 560 059 *COLLOQUIUM-1* *(2016-2018)* *Modern Publishing Models and the Libraries* *Abstract* Since ancient times human beings has been communicating to express their ideas through various medium, be it for personal or public expression.One of the most dominant and currently relevant media is publishing.Publishing is the act of communicating a message to the public through a medium.Publications links authors and their creation with readers. With evolution in technology, there has been a shift from the publisher-centric model to the author-friendly model of publishing.Many platforms assist the authors and the users in getting access to quality material for an affordable price.In this era, it thus becomes necessary to have an overview of the new publishing models.A critical analysis is conducted for each model starting from post Gutenberg to open access publications.The impact it has on libraries is also studied and how a library can play a crucial role in this new publishing scenario.This colloquium will discuss how various publishing model works and how authors, users, and librarians are benefiting from them. The colloquium is organised into sub-topics and corresponding speakers as follows: *Speaker * *Topic* Udaya Varadarajan Introduction Susheel Chourasiya Ancient publishing Supriya Bag Emergence of modern publishing and publishing process Dipanjan Munshi Evaluation of modern publishing models Amrish Dubey Open access publishing Amit Tiwari Self publishing and Indie publishing Harsha Rathi Hybrid publishing Gautam Mondal Social media publishing Harish Kumar Impact on libraries Naveen Patil Conclusion *Date**: 25-01-2017* *Time**: 2 p.m.* *Venue: *DRTC Class Room(G-16), ISI Bangalore. *All are cordially invited.* *Coordinator* *Dr. Biswanath Dutta * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulating Prof. Amudhavalli, University of Madras on her Retirement
by Narenthiran R 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

Dear Friends, I would like to join to congratulate Prof. A. Amudhavalli, called Mam A.A. ‘My Hearty Congratulations’ to our respected and beloved Prof. A. A on the occasion of her happy retirement after a memorable and golden teaching service imparted to many students. I was her student in DLIS, University of Madras, in the period of 1988-1990. During my studentship I have never missed Prof. A.A Mam’s lectures. Her lectures used to be very informative and resourceful. Dear teacher…your teachings and services to LIS profession will forever be treasured, can never be measured. I thank God for having blessed me to learn from such an awesome teacher in my life. I pray to Almighty to bestow His blessings on her for a happy and healthy retired life. Best wishes, With regards, R. Narenthiran French Institute of Pondicherry Message: 2 Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 14:02:22 +0530 From: mgsree <mgsree(a)iimk.ac.in> To: Lis forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Congratulating Prof. Amudhavalli, University of Madras on her Retirement Message-ID: <162563767da5772cf1080c792c0a6931(a)iimk.ac.in> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear Colleagues: Please join me in congratulating Prof. Amudhavalli, Professor and Head, Department of Library & Information Science, University of Madras who is retiring from service on the 31st January 2017. ?HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT MADAM!? During her almost four decades of eventful and productive professional service to Library & Information Science, the longest inning was with the University of Madras, which has the rare distinction and identity in our profession owing to its founder Dr. SRR and its accomplished successors. Prof. Amudhavalli has held many key positions in the Department of Library & Information Science, and in the University of Madras and at MALA (Madras Library Association). She has given her might and contributed relentlessly in enhancing as well as keeping the highest standards and traditions of the Department, which has earned substantial respect during the years. Truly a star professor and a multifaceted Guru, that transcend the LIS Profession, she has selflessly and boundlessly enabled and empowered many universities/institutions/professional associations in the country and abroad, in many capacities. She has also intelligently taught and meticulously coached thousands of students and also produced many M.Phils and Ph.Ds. Madam, we will indeed miss you in the Department but your words of wisdom, the timeless knowledge that you have imparted and the ever green principles you held in high esteem, will never be forgotten by your colleagues and students. WISHING YOU THE BEST OF LUCK, A VERY HAPPY, PEACEFUL AND HEALTHY LIFE AHEAD! M.G. Sreekumar Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode -- 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] NIT Needs more Genius Professionals than IIT ?
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: mouni(a)nitt.edu Date: Mon, January 23, 2017 11:11 am To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is true that no uniform policy is being followed as regards to library personnel recruitment in our country. The Librarians in the IITs and NITs have lost the academic status. I don't know how many of you are aware of this. The IITs and NITs are the premier higher technical educational institutions under MHRD, Government of India. These institutions do not follow UGC/AICTE rules but respective council rules(RRs) communicated by MHRD is followed. The library personnel (Librarian, Dy. Librarian and Assistant Librarian) in these institutions are declared as NON-TEACHING by respective ACT and Recruitment Rules. Recruitment Rules (RRs), approved by the Council, communicated by the MHRD is adopted in the BOG and implemented. As per the RRs the Librarian, Dy. Librarian and Asst. Librarian are non-teaching and given lower Grade pay and no increment for acquiring PhD, no CAS promotion and no PDA. The scale of pay for the Post of the Assistant Librarian is PB3 GP Rs.5400 instead of AGP of Rs.6000 and for Dy. Librarian PB3 with GP Rs.7600 instead of AGP Rs.8000. Assistant Librarian has to wait for 10 years to be an eligible candidate for DL. These institutions have started appointing the librarian staff as per the RRs and other guides. I request that the Library Associations must take up the issues and come forward to represent to the MHRD for considering the Library personnel of NITs and IITs at par with UGC norms. All are requested to join hands to this issues and support our professional friends. With regards, P. Mounissamy Assistant Librarian NIT, Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu

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