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Ph.D Viva Voce Communication
by Dr. M Tamizhchelvan 28 Aug '15

28 Aug '15

*Dear Sir * *Greetings* ***With your good wishes one of my candidate taking up the **Viva**-**Voce** examination.*** * I am very happy to invite you for the Ph.D Public **Viva** -**Voce** Examination* *Name of the Candidate : Mr. Bathri Narayanan, A L* *Date : **4th September 2015 at 11.30 * * a.m. * *Venue : Anna University, Regional Office Coimbatore, Maruthamalai, Coimbatore.-641 047 I solicit your presence and participation. I herewith attach the Ph.D **Viva** - **Voce** Examination Invitation.* ***Thanking you*** ** *Yours * *M. Tamizhchelvan* *Deputy Librarian* *Gandhigram Rural Institute - Deemed University* *Gandhigram - 624 302* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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PAPERS WITH SHORTER TITLES GET MORE CITATIONS
by Ragaavendra R 28 Aug '15

28 Aug '15

PAPERS WITH SHORTER TITLES GET MORE CITATIONS To William Shakespeare, brevity was the soul of wit. For scientists, it may be even more valuable, as conciseness seems to correlate with how frequently a research paper is cited. Adrian Letchford and his colleagues at the University of Warwick in Coventry, UK, analysed the titles of 140,000 of the most highly cited peer-reviewed papers published between 2007 and 2013 as listed on Scopus, a research-paper database. They compared the lengths of the papers' titles with the number of times each paper was cited by other peer-reviewed papers- a statistic sometimes used as a crude measure of importance. As they report in Royal Society Open Science1, "journals which publish papers with shorter titles receive more citations per paper". FOR COMPLETE READ AND REFLINK:http://www.nature.com/news/papers-with-shorter-titles-get-more-cita… Best Regards, Raghvendra R The information contained in this electronic message and in any attachments to this message is confidential, legally privileged and intended only for use by the person or entity to which this electronic message is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify the sender and system manager by return email and delete the message and its attachments and also you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this electronic transmission or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not represent those of the Company or bind the Company. Any commitments made over e-mail are not financially binding on the company unless accompanied or followed by a valid purchase order. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail Scanner, and is believed to be clean. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.jubl.com -- 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
by Chandrakumar, V. 27 Aug '15

27 Aug '15

The Department of Library & Information Science, University of Madras under the UGC- HRDC (formerly Academic Staff College), University of Madras is coordinating a Special Refresher Course - ‘Special Winter School on Library & Information Sciences’ from 12.11.2015 to 02.12.2015. Eligible and Interested Candidates are requested to apply. Applications for the Special Refresher Course can be obtained from the under mentioned website. http://www.unom.ac.in/asc/ *Department of Library & Information Science* *University of Madras* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation to ILA National Seminar on 30th August 2015
by Dr. Rajesh Bhardwaj 27 Aug '15

27 Aug '15

Dear Friends We are pleased to inform you that Indian Library Association is organizing a one day National Seminar and Dr. S R Ranganathan Memorial Lecture on Sunday, August 30, 2015 on the occasion of 21st Delhi Book Fair at *Pragati Auditorium*, Administrative Block, *Pragati Maidan*, New Delhi on a very important theme “*Inculcating Reading Habits in Digital Era: A Challenge to Libraries*.*”* In the digital age, there are many challenges before libraries including Inculcating Reading Habits among its users. Whether, it is a school, collage or public or any other library, it is fact that the culture of reading books has been deteriorating drastically. The objective of this seminar is to remember our beloved Father of Library & Information Science Dr. S R Ranganathan in the light of the theme of this seminar. There are many questions seeking answers such as, shall we accept to shift paradigm of digital reading or remain focus on physical books reading in changing ICT environment or what measures to be taken to enhance the reading interest among library users? The seminar is expected to be attended by more than hundred top class Corporate, Business, Management & Academic institutions library professionals and faculty members. You may like to visit association website at: https://ilaindia.wordpress.com/events/one-day-seminar/ for ONLINE Registration/further details or www.ilaindia.net Thanks and Regards *General Secretary* *Dr. Pardeep Rai * Ph: 9899359373 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Data sharing and ethics in public health and medical research
by Subbiah Arunachalam 27 Aug '15

27 Aug '15

Friends: SAGE has been kind enough to make virtually a whole issue of *Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics* (July 2015). There is whole section on Ethics and Best Practices in Data Sharing in Low and Middle Income Settings. The papers in this section are especially relevant to India where many labs are doing contract research for overseas pharma firms on drug testing. Those of you who are working in medical colleges, medical and public health research centres, etc. will find this section relevant to users of your library. The link is <*http://jre.sagepub.com/content/10/3.toc <http://jre.sagepub.com/content/10/3.toc>*> Best wishes. 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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Call for Chapters
by Dr.S.Dhanavandan 27 Aug '15

27 Aug '15

Dear Distinguished Professors/ LIS Professionals/ Researchers, Greetings!!! With due respect, we feel immense pleasure to inform you that we are going to publish an Edited Book with the reputed publisher (New Delhi) with ISBN. We cordially invite you to contribute your valuable input on any one of the themes and sub themes through original research papers/case studies/articles covering issues, practices, techniques and strategies in various aspects. It includes both fundamental and advanced research oriented ideas with an expectation that all those who wish to contribute diverse papers. The book will include invited papers of eminent Academician's / Library Professionals and Scholars in the field. As a token of appreciation and honor a copy of the book will be provided to each contributor (First Author). *Themes and Subthemes of Paper* Open Access Policies and Issues on Open Access Open Access Products and Services Managing Open Access and E-Resources Open Educational Resources Open Access Resources; Open data, Open Source Software Innovation and Open Access Publishing Institutional Repository Digital Repository Open Learning Technologies E-Learning using Open Access *Instructions for Authors* Papers should not be exceeding 15 pages of A4 size with 1.5 lines spacing in Times New Roman 12 font size. A soft copy of the paper shall be sent before 30 September 2015 by email: *editorbook1(a)gmail.com <editorbook1(a)gmail.com>* Authors will be acknowledged immediately and the acceptance of the contribution will be notified till 10th October 2015. Authors may be required to help, if need be, in terms of proof, clarifications, etc. Manuscripts are accepted for consideration with the understanding that they are original and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere. with regards Dr. S. Dhanavandan Dr. M. Tamizhchelvan by Dr. S. Dhanavandan *Assistant Librarian* Gandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed University Gandhigram -624 302. Dindigul Dt, Tamil Nadu, Mobile:094428 67275, dhanavandan(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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Registration closed for Koha workshop planned at NCL, Pune during 2nd-4th Sept 2015
by Sunita Barve 27 Aug '15

27 Aug '15

Dear all Thank you very much for your response on Koha workshop scheduled at NCL, Pune during 2nd-4th September 2015. We are closing the registration now. Thank you very much for your response. with reg, Senior Technical Officer National Chemical Laboratory Dr, Homi Bhaba Road Pune 411008, INDIA Email :sunitabarve@gmail.com http://sunitabarve.googlepages.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seventh International Workshop in Big Data Benchmarking (WBDB 2015), New Delhi, December 14-15, 2015.
by Mohan Hr 26 Aug '15

26 Aug '15

Dear all, Pl. see the announcement reg the call for papers & registration for the seventh international Workshop in Big Data Benchmarking (WBDB 2015) at New Delhi during 14-15, Dec 2015 Pl. note that the members of CSI & IEEE are eligible for concessional registration. With regards HR Mohan Chair - IEEE CS & IPP - CSI ================================================. Dear Colleague, We are pleased to inform you about the 7th International Workshop in Big Data Benchmarking (WBDB 2015), which will be held in India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on December 14-15, 2015. WBDB 2015 will be organized in collaboration with the Center for Large-Scale Data Systems, San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, USA, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Centre, and Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH), Hyderabad. Formed in 2012, WBDB has become a leading international forum for discussing and disseminating the latest trends, challenges, and ideas around big data benchmarking and related applications in industry and research. As part of this international workshop series, WBDB 2015 in New Delhi welcomes participation from students, research scholars, faculty members and professionals from the industry, academia and the government administration. The keynote speakers will be Prof. Michael J. Franklin, Thomas M. Siebel Professor and Chair of Computer Science Division in University of California Berkeley, USA, and Director of Algorithms, Machines, and People Laboratory ("AMPLab"); and Dr. Mukund Desphande, Head of Analytics, Persistent Systems, Pune, India. The Organizers invite submission of high-quality, original abstracts to the WBDB 2015 main workshop and the co-located mini-workshop sessions on the following topics: Benchmarks for Big Data Integration Scenarios; Big Data Analytics for Health Systems; Big Data Analytics in Air Quality Management in Smart Cities; Big Data Analytics in Agriculture. For the Calls for Papers and further details, visit the workshop website - http://clds.sdsc.edu/wbdb2015.in Paper Submission Deadline: September 28, 2015. Acceptance Notification: October 30, 2015. Early Registration Deadline: September 30, 2015. (Seating is limited.) WBDB 2015 will also feature the '1st. Big Data Benchmarking Challenge' to promote the development of big data benchmarks (for further details, visit website). Also, you may please share this mail with your colleagues and students who might be interested. Best wishes, and look forward to seeing you at the Workshop. Prof. S. Pyne, IIPH Hyderabad. Program Committee Chair, WBDB 2015. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request your PhD data for updating LIS research In India from 2013 to 2015.
by Manjunath K 26 Aug '15

26 Aug '15

Dear LIS Professionals, If your PhD in LIS is awarded in 2013, 2014 or 2015, please help me to update the LIS Research in India data sheet with your data. It takes just 2 minutes for you to fill the data. Please open the below link and provide the information. If the link is not working, copy the link and paste it in your browser, http://goo.gl/forms/0FRJJ48woc >From University News and other sources I got 30 LIS PhD data in 2013 and another 30 in 2014. 20 records have been traced in 2015 till July. I am sure the number is not matching the real PhD awards in our LIS field as many universities may not give information to AIU/ INFLIBNET. Please help me to update the record. Your response will definitely help our professionals who are is in their beginning or progress stages of research. I have already sent compiled data to LIS departments for their verification and updatating at their end. Many have informed the missing data, which I have entered in datasheet. Please cooperate to help our research fellows. Please respond if your PhD is already awarded. Else, kindly wait till it is awarded. Also enter year of award (not the year of submission) Manjunath -------------- Dr. Manjunatha K |Chief Librarian| T.A. Pai Management; Institute| Manipal - 576104| Udupi Dist.| Karnataka| India| |Ph: 0820-2701105(Off), 2575161 (Res) | e- manjunath(a)tapmi.edu.in<mailto:manjunath@tapmi.edu.in> ; manjunathak(a)gmail.com<mailto:manjunathak@gmail.com> | http://www.manjunathakeralapura.weebly.com<http://www.manjunathakeralapura.weebly.com/> ------------ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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My experience at JILA conference Ranchi as invited speaker
by vinod mishra 26 Aug '15

26 Aug '15

Dear All, It was nice experience to share my thoughts at JILA conference, Ranchi. The topic was “Re-engineering Public Library and Academic Library Systems in India” many papers were presented with suggestions and how to improve the existing systems. Many issues were raised to Re-engineering the existing libraries like finance, laws etc. My view and some solutions was to adopt the open source/free solutions like Koha, DSpace, eprint, joomla, zotero, etc. as well as open access resources like open access journals/books etc. to overcome some of the problems without investing much amount on that, but i felt that awareness and training on the above cost effective /free solutions is major challenge. So the LIS departments must train the students about these resources during their course of study and assign some small projects on these free solutions. The good libraries and library professionals must share their expertise among the nearby libraries and provide a platform to educate the others for successful implementations of these technologies. http://mishravk.com/2015/08/jila-conference/ Thanking You. -- *With Regards,Vinod Kumar Mishra,Assistant Librarian,Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL),* *NIT Rourkela,* *Sundergadh-769008,* *Odisha,* *India.* *Mob:91+9439420860* *Website: http://mishravk.com/ <http://mishravk.com/>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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