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IEEE CS, PCS & Madras Section -- ICT Quiz Finals -- on 26th Nov 2016 at 10.00 a.m.
by Mohan Hr 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Dear all, Pl. find the invite for the IEEE CS, PCS & Madras Section "ICT Quiz Finals" being held on 26th Nov 2016 at 10.00 a.m. at Anna University. The pdf invite is at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2016/ictquiz/mm-161126-ict-quiz-fi… To facilitate logistics, please pre-register at https://goo.gl/YkCjSy With regards Dr P. Sakthivel, Chair, IEEE CS Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chair, IEEE PCS ================ INVITE ================ IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Professional Communication Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Madras Section Cordially invite you for the ICT Quiz Finals at Alumni Center, Anna University, Chennai on 26th November 2016 at 10.00 a.m. The teams from the following institutions will participate Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram Panimalar Institute of Technology, Chennai Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1, Trichy Velammal College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai Cash Prizes to Audience when they answer questions Quiz Master Mr. H.R. Mohan Former Associate Vice President (Systems), The Hindu, Chennai. Chair, IEEE PCS Chief Editor, IEEE MAS LINK Imm. Past Chair & Chair - Special Events, IEEE CS Vice Chair, IEEE Madras Chair, Student Activities Committee Past President, Computer Society of India Dr. M.A. Atmanand Chairman, IEEE Madras Section will distribute the prizes This ICT Quiz is supported by Infocareer, Anjanasoft, Orbit Innovations Kalpathi Investments & Pearson Lunch will follow at the end of the Quiz To facilitate logistics, please pre-register at https://goo.gl/YkCjSy -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad demise of Dr R.M. Vatnal
by G.K.MANJUNATH 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

dear All, I was shocked to hear the sad news of sudden demise of Dr.Vatnal, a very good friend of mine. He was a very silent worker and a committed professional. He was always very helpful to one and all. He gave me all the support to me while doing my phd at KUD. My heartfelt condolences to all the members of his family and pray the almighty to give strength to the family to bear this great loss. May God rest his soul in peace. thanks, G.K.Manjunath Chief Librarian IGIDR, Mumbai ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2016 14:15:05 +0530 From: Aragonda L Moorthy <almoorthy52(a)gmail.com> To: Francis Jayakanth <franc(a)library.iisc.ernet.in>, Prahalad G Tadasad <pgtadasad(a)gmail.com>, pujar(a)igidr.ac.in Cc: LIS forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Sad demise of Dr R.M. Vatnal Dear Professionals, I am indeed very crestfallen and sad to hear the demise of Dr RM Vatnal.I have interacted with him many times during my doctoral degree pursuit at Dharwad. He was a helpful and smiling personality that it is difficult to forget his ever smiling face. He has been doing well in his profession. He was less talkative and more hard working natureed professional.While sharing the grief of the bereaved family, I pray almighty God to provide strength to his family to bear the loss and bless his soul to rest in peace. May his soul rest in peace. Dr AL Moorthy, KL University Central Library, Green Fields, Vaddeswaram, Guntur, AP, Pin 522502; Ph: 0863-2399999 (Extn 1218); Mob: 09951212000 Former Director-DESIDOC, Delhi and former Chief Consultant (Inf Sci), BrahMos Aerospace, Delhi. On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Francis Jayakanth < franc(a)library.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > I'm deeply saddened by the shocking news of demise of Dr. Vatnal. On > behalf of the NCSI Net community, and my personal self, heartfelt > condolences to the bereaved family. > > May Dr. Vatnal's soul rest in peace. > > Francis > > JRD Library, IISc > >> Dear All, >> >> It is very sad to inform you all the sad demise of Dr. R.M. Vatnal, >> Deputy Librarian, Karnataka University, Dharwad on 19 Nov 2016 after a >> brief illness. He was around 47 years. He completed his BLISc, MLISc, >> and Ph.D. from Karnataka University, Dharwad. He was also an alumnus >> of NCSI, Bangalore. He immensely contributed towards the development >> of university library. >> >> I join in conveying our heartfelt condolences to all the members of >> his family and pray God to give them strength to bear the loss. May >> God rest his soul in peace. >> >> Regards, >> >> S M Pujar >> Deputy Librarian >> IGIDR, Mumbai >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LIS-Forum mailing list >> LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >> http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >> > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >

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Invitation - Current Trends in Digital Library and Discovering e-Journals through J-Gate at PICT, Pune on 30 NOV'16
by Vivek Ghosh 21 Nov '16

21 Nov '16

Dear Sir/Madam, Greetings from Informatics! Informatics needs no introduction to the world of knowledge managers and information seekers. Our product J-Gate has been the choice of gateway for journal discovery, among many institutes and universities in India. In association with Pune Institute of Computer Technology, we are conducting a one day program on "Current Trends in Digital Library and Discovering e-Journals through J-Gate" at PICT Campus, Pune on 30 November'16 from 9.00 AM to 5.45 PM, including lunch. We would like to invite you for attending this program for gaining insight on the current trends in digital library, benefits of J-Gate in discovering journal literature and how it is helpful to researchers, faculties and the institute library. We keenly await your confirmation via registration, to attend this program. You could also invite two of your colleagues & users to register along with you to make the most out of this learning program. Registration Link: http://bit.ly/jgate-pict Date: November 30, 2016 Time: 9.30 AM to 5.45 PM Location: PICT Campus, Dhankawadi, Pune Contact Points: Informatics: Mr. Vivek Ghosh | M: +91 99720 17067 | Email: pmjgate(a)informaticsglobal.com <mailto:pmjgate@informaticsglobal.com> Mr. Somshekhar VT | M: +91 86001 05949 | Email: rmwest(a)informaticsglobal.com <mailto:rmwest@informaticsglobal.com> P I C T: Mrs. Jyotsna Beke | M: +91 98223 99059 | Email: library(a)pict.edu <mailto:library@pict.edu> Mr. Kiran Kale | M: +91 99229 04123 | Email: library(a)pict.edu <mailto:library@pict.edu> Please feel free to connect with us in case of any queries. Regards, Vivek Ghosh | Product Marketing Manager | J-Gate | M: +91 99 7201 7067 | LL: 080-4038-7777 (515 / 1016) |E: <mailto:pmjgate@informaticsglobal.com> pmjgate(a)informaticsglobal.com Informatics Publishing Limited | No. 194, R V Road, Basavanagudi | Bangalore - 560004 | India -- *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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Three Days Advanced Training Program on Shodhganga" on 14-16 December, 2016 at INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar
by Roma 21 Nov '16

21 Nov '16

Dear All, INFLIBNET Centre is going to organise "Three Days Advanced Training Program on Shodhganga" from *14-16 December, 2016 *at INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar. The main objective of this Workshop is to enable the participants to impart knowledge on creating and managing the Institutional repositories. The Workshop includes lectures as well as extensive “hands-on” training, so as to provide both theoretical base and practical skills to the participants. The Workshop will present comprehensive overview of Shodhganga to provide opportunity to the participants to exchange ideas and enrich their respective programmes on digital repositories and to formulate policies based on the input and discussions of experts for deterring plagiarism in academic sector. *Main Objectives are:* - Theses Submission in Shodhganga and Hands on; - Browse, Search and Download: Use and Usage; - Back up/Archive/Restoring of IR and to Incorporate Altmetrics in the ETD; - Anti-Plagiarism: Policy and Products and Hands on for using Anti Plagiarism Software. etc. - Creation and maintenance of institutional repositories and ETDs - Technical Issues related to ETD Implementation, Digitisation and Access Management; - Introduction to DSpace and Building IR; *Important Notes:* *Workshop date: 14-16 December, 2016* *Last date for applying: 10 December, 2016* *Fee : 3450/- and 5750/- (with accommodation)* *Venue: INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat* Please visit for more details: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/forthcoming/Brochure_Advanced%20T raining%20Prog_Shodhganga_dec.pdf <http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/forthcoming/Brochure_Advanced%20Training%20Prog_…> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad demise of Dr Vatnal
by Satish Munnolli 21 Nov '16

21 Nov '16

Friends, Sad demise of Dr R M Vatnal is untimely and unfortunate. He was instrumental in enhancing and establishing the IT infrastructure at Karnatak University Library, Dharwad. He played a major role in enhancing the IT infrastructure at KUD campus and first to introduce assistive technologies for differently abled. He was simple, always helpful and down to earth personality. I join others in condoling his family on the sad demise of Dr Vatnal. May his family get every strength to come out of this difficult situation. May his soul rest in peace. Satish Munnolli ACTREC -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Presentation on “Attracting Investments for Tech Innovations -- Case Study on Technology Solutions for Teaching” on 28th Nov 2016 at 6.00 p.m.
by Mohan Hr 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Dear all, Pl. find an invite for a presentation on “Attracting Investments for Tech Innovations -- Case Study on Technology Solutions for Teaching” on 28th Nov 2016 at 6.00 p.m. The pdf invite is available at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2016/mm-161128-tech-investments.pdf To facilitate logistics, please pre-register at https://goo.gl/o87xc1 With regards HR Mohan INVITATION ===================================================== Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Professional Communication Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society, Madras Chapter Cordially invite you for a presentation on “Attracting Investments for Tech Innovations -- Case Study on Technology Solutions for Teaching” by Mr. M. Srinivasan Managing Director, Kengs India Pvt Ltd, Chennai on Monday, 28th Nov 2016 at 6.00 p.m. at Seminar Hall, CSI Education Directorate, Taramani, Chennai – 600113 (Situated in the opposite lane to Indira Nagar MRTS Railway Station. About 100 meters away from the Dharmambal Women’s Polytechnic & Opposite to the Inst. of Mathematical Sciences and Inst. of Hotel Management) Dr. B. Srinivasan, Chairman, CSI Chennai Chapter Dr. P. Sakthivel, Chairman, IEEE CS Madras Chapter Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, IEEE PCS Madras Chapter Mr. S. Sundaresh, Chairman, IEEE TEMS Madras Chapter Programme ========= 6.00 p.m. : Tea & Fellowship 6.30 p.m. : Presentation cum demo 7.45 p.m. : Dinner About the Presentation ================== Even though the PC and its variations are there for more than three decades, the school classrooms are yet to see technology being used by teachers. The so-called Smart-Class and Smart-Board gadgets have not provided solutions to teachers, because of the complexity of devices, cost, skills required, security, operational issues, power problems, content issues etc., to name a few. First a software approach that is teacher-friendly has to be designed for teachers to create their own content and then a system for teachers to exchange/sell their content is needed. This was done with the funding from Govt of India as an innovator thru VIT Incubation Centre. Then a device at an affordable cost has to be designed and made available to present these contents in a classroom. The above two are combined into an intuitive teaching solution that can operate on a battery, with teachers using a remote to go through the teacher guide or book to teach in a classroom without any need to write/draw many times across classes over a period. The speaker, in the presentation, will share his experience in conceptualizing and executing this project and getting investors to fund. About the Speaker =============== Mr. Srinivasan is an alumnus of College of Engineering, Guindy (BE, ECE) and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (ME). After his stint in IT industry working with leading organizations such as TCS, TBL, IDM and CMC for over a decade, in 1986, he started and runs successfully till date, his own business -- Kengs India Pvt Ltd – a global leader in software engineering for education, services and outsourcing solutions. He had worked for few years in US Coast Guard, and on projects in UAE, Yemen, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan. And had visited countries such as Mexico, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Korea, Taiwan on assignments and business. In his career and business, Mr. Srinivasan has worked from unit recorder -- IBM 1620 to latest Android applications. Mr. Srinivasan is a Senior Member of CSI and an Institutional Member of CII To facilitate logistics, please pre-register at https://goo.gl/o87xc1 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Registration Date Extended for ETBL'16
by Veeramani R 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

*2nd Global Conference on Emerging Trends in Business Librarianship * Indian School of Business & IIM Ahmedabad jointly organizes a 4 day 2nd Global Conference on Emerging Trends in Business Librarianship (ETBL-2016)* to be held at Mohali Campus during December 04 - 07, 2016. *IMPORTANT DATES* *Last Date for Registration November 25, 2016* Submission for Outline of the Slides for Presentation November 05, 2016 Intimation for Acceptance for Slides for Presentation November 10, 2016 Submission of the Slides for Final Presentation November 25, 2016 *Note: Presentation must be in MS-PPT or PDF format ONLY* For paper submission guidelines, please refer the our brochure. http://www.iima.ac.in/library/etbl2016/public/brochure_2016.pdf The complete paper should be sent electronically to conferencesecretariat(a)iima.ac.in ** Please check our conference website: http://www.iima.ac.in/library/etbl2016/ <http://www.iima.ac.in/library/etbl2016/> for more details.* -- With Warm Regards, Veeramani.R, M.A, MLISc, DCA... Associate, Learning Resource Centre, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad-500032 M: +91 9789689204 & +91 9989409945 e-Mail-veeramanir89(a)gmail.com Linkedin Profile <http://lnkd.in/aFSRYb> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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62 ILA Conference - 2017 - Call for papers Second announcement
by Prahalad G Tadasad 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Dear Professionals *62 ILA Conference - 2017 - Call for papers Second announcement* The Department of Library and Information Science, Karnataka State Women's University, Vijayapura (Formerly Bijapur) will be hosting the 62nd Indian Library Association Conference 2017,from 9th to 11th February 2017. On behalf of the host university and as organizing secretary of the conference I invite all the professionals to actively participate in the conference and submit papers on the theme "*Gearing up for the future: Library initiatives for digital India".* *For further information see the link below* http://www.ilaindia.net/images/pdf/aanouncement-conf.2017.pdf For any queries you can contact: Prof P G Tadasad Organizing secretary Mobile: 09448180973 -- Prof. P. G. Tadasad Professor and Chairman Department of Library and Information Science, Special Officer to Vice Chancellor and Director Gandhi Studies Center Karnataka State Women's University, Jnanashakti, Torvi Vijayapura 586108 Tel: 08352 229012 (O); 08352 240021 (O); 08352 272 436 (R); Mobile: 09448180973 (M) E-mil: pgtadasad(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Conference on “Emerging Trends in Library and Information Science (ETLIS2017)
by hariharan_ah＠yahoo.com 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Dear Sir / Madam, Greetings from VHNSN College(Autonomous) and SALIS. One day National Conference on “Emerging Trends in Library and Information Science (ETLIS2017)” organized by V.H.N.Senthikumara Nadar College(Autonomous), Virudhuagarjointly with Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) Date: 27.01.2017 Venue: V.H.N.Senthikumara Nadar College(Autonomous), Virudhuagar Sub-themes Emerging Trends in Library and Information Science - new research areas – subjects • Technology Innovation, initiatives and implementation in Libraries HW / SW / tools / design / building architecture / green initiative • Collection Building and open Access resources • Case studies in implementation of Open source Library Software and Digital Library software in Libraries • Technology Enabled Library Services Submission of Papers Original and unpublished papers on the conference themes are invited for presentation at the conference. The full paper in word file should be sent to the e-mail attachment to etlisconference2017(a)gmail.com. Papers will be accepted only after strict review by editorial committee. The Editorial Board reserves the right of addition, deletion, alteration and rejection of the articles without any prior intimation to the author(s). A declaration by the author(s) should be given separately stating that the paper has not been presented / published elsewhere. Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings with ISBN. Selected papers may be published in the SALIS journals. Author Guidelines Research paper should not exceed 6 pages with an abstract not exceeding 200 words and at least 3 keywords (line space: 1.5, font size: 12, font: Times New Roman, reference: APA). Papers will not be accepted without registration fee. Papers accepted for presentation will be intimated to the first author by e-mail. Co-authors need to pay the registration fee separately. Last date for submission of paper: 31.12.2016 Last Date for Registration : 25.01.2017 Registration Fee: Rs.300/- For Students and full time Research Scholars: Rs.200/- Conference Proceedings: Rs.200/-(In addition to the registration fee) DD should be drawn in the name of 'The Principal, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar' and to be send to the undersigned Dr.G.Amudha Librarian & Organizing Secretary V.H.N.Senthikumara Nadar College (An Autonomous Institution Affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University) Virudhunagar - 626 001 Tamil Nadu, India www.vhnsnc.edu.in Mobile: +91 99651 38149 Email: etlisconference2017(a)gmail.com

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Tax Obligations of Libraries on the Subscriptions/Purchase of e-Journals & e-Books
by Sathyanarayana NV 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

E-Content (e-books & e-Journals) delivered online by Indian companies and received online by Indian libraries has been under the levy of service tax for several years now. This service is covered under the nomenclature “Online Information and Database Access or Retrieval (OIDAR)”. However, the OIDAR service provided by foreign companies was kept outside the levy of service tax until now. Organizations administered by Government, Local Authority, or Government Authority and individuals were exempted from service tax on import of any services including OIDAR from foreign entities. This exemption is removed now. Amendments issued recently by the Service Tax Department through a set of four notifications 46/2016-ST, 47/2016-ST, 48/2016-ST and 49/2016-ST dated 9th November 2016 has resulted in the withdrawal of exemption. Effective 1st December 2016 all purchases/subscriptions for e-books/e-journals/databases by persons and organizations in India, whether offered by an Indian entity or a foreign entity, and irrespective of the place it is offered from, will attract service tax at the current rate of 15%. This will no-doubt increase the burden of already strained budget of our libraries. But, it will bring the OIDAR services offered by Indian companies and foreign companies on parity for taxation. Purely from the Government’s taxation benefit perspective, foreign companies too will have to pay tax to Indian Government when they do business with Indian organizations. Content and language of the amendments issued through a set of notifications mentioned above and other related amendments to various provisions of Service tax rules are quite complex for non-tax professionals like us to understand and interpret easily. For this reason, we have requested our tax consultants to prepare a note on these amendments in a simple language which will be posted on our Company website soon. The e-content purchase by libraries whether from local providers/vendors or foreign providers/vendors will now attract two types of taxes: 1. Service tax at 15% 2. TDS at 10% (The library is expected to deduct this amount and pay the income tax authorities which can be re-claimed by the suppliers of e-books/e-journals from their respective Governments while filing tax returns. We at Informatics have been quite vocal about the need for strict compliance of the laws of the land by both suppliers and receivers of the goods & services as applicable from time to time. We will be happy to assist libraries in the process of understanding the procedural requirements involved with the compliance of tax laws as applicable to e-content purchased by libraries. *|*N. V. Sathyanarayana*|*Informatics India Ltd.*|*Bangalore 560004*|*INDIA *|* *|**www.informaticsglobal.com <http://www.informaticsglobal.com/>**|* -- *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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