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Workshop on Creative Librarian 2.0: Connect, Collaborate and Share Knowledge using Social Media Platform 06-07th August 2015| Venue: TERI, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
by Nihal Alam 02 Jun '15

02 Jun '15

TERI in collaboration with Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) as knowledge partner is organizing a workshop on "Creative Librarian 2.0: Connect, Collaborate and Share Knowledge using Social Media Platform" from 06-07 August 2015 at TERI, India Habitat Center, New Delhi aimed at equipping the LIS (library and information science) professionals with state-of-the art skills and knowledge to meet current and recent challenges in this dynamic knowledge society. The workshop programme has been developed in guidance with eminent subject experts to promote continuous improvement of core competency skills of the participants. The pedagogy of this workshop will include tutorial-type presentations, demonstrations, hands-on sessions with Case studies/best practices, and will cover following topics: Role of Creative librarians in digital era Social media tools for library marketing and user services Library strategies for Social media: Planning and risk management Creating library presence on internet Hands- on training & troubleshooting Resource Persons: Resource persons will be drawn from leading practitioners and academicians who have successfully implemented or executed Social Media Platforms to enrich the researchers and end-users. Participants: The workshop is intended for library and information professionals, knowledge managers, information entrepreneurs, and e-content developers with some experience of social media in the workplace; beginners can also be benefitted with this. In order to provide individual attention and training facilities, the workshop shall be confined to limited number of participants not exceeding 30 (Thirty). Registration details: The registration fee is 3000INR, which includes workshop kit (reading material on CD-ROM) and working lunch/tea. Confirmation of registration is possible only if the registration form is received with the registration fee. The transportation and lodging cost will be borne by the participants. Please download the Registration Form and Tentative agenda from Workshop Website. Last date for registration: 31 July 2015 You are requested to kindly attend or nominate one candidate from your esteemed organization for the same before 31 July 2015 . With Warm Regards Reeta Sharma Information Analyst Workshop Coordinator Library and Information Centre TERI, Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi –110003 Tel: 91-11-2468 2100, 2111 or 41504900 , Mob: 9899878682 Email: reetas(a)teri.res.in Website: http://goo.gl/aBd0JR -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Advance Training Programme on Bibliometrics and Research Output Analysis during 15th June – 20th June 2015
by Roma 02 Jun '15

02 Jun '15

Respected Members, After successfully completed two training programme, INFLIBNET is organizing advanced level training programme on *Bibliometrics and Research Output Analysis* during 15th June to 20th June 2015. The programme will give the participants sound overview of bibliometric methods, data sources, data processing, performance indicators and tools & techniques related to bibliometric analysis and mapping. It will provide awareness about the most commonly used data base, how to build -up relevant indicators and how to interpret the data. Special emphasis will be given to indicators used in research evaluation. *Resource Persons* The lecturers are prominent researchers, scientists/professors in the field of bibliometrics. They also have an extensive experience with the application of bibliometric analysis in a research evaluation. *Venue * The Training programme will be conducted at Information and Library Network Centre, An IUC of University Grants Commission, Infocity, Gandhinagar-382007, Gujarat, India *Fee* The registration fee is Rs. 5000.00 (Rupees five thousand only) per person without accommodation and Rs. 7,000.00 with accommodation. Please visit following link for more information: Brochure: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/forthcoming/bibli_bro.pdf Registration form: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/forthcoming/reg_form_bibli.pdf For participation and more information please do contact kruti(a)inflibnet.ac.in Thanks & Regards, Roma STA(LS) INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IASLIC Newsletter June 2015
by IASLIC Kolkata 02 Jun '15

02 Jun '15

Honourable Members IASLIC Newsletter June 2015 is uploaded available at http://www.iaslic1955.org.in/fckeditor/userfiles/file/Iaslic%20Newsletter%2… The honourable members of IASLIC may please note that, as repeatedly notified earlier, the print version of the newsletter will be sent only to those who have informed IASLIC office in writing about their preference to receive that version from next month (July 2015) onwards. Other members may access and download the electronic version, which is uploaded on the IASLIC website www.iaslic1955.org.in) in the first week of every month. Any member who still desires to receive print version may inform IASLIC office in writing before June 30, 2015 positively. General Secretary IASLIC -- *Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi*, Hony General Secretary, IASLIC, P-291, CIT Scheme No. 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata - 700054 iaslic(a)vsnl.net or iaslic.india(a)gmail.com www.iaslic1955.org.in *Join IASLIC, Contribute to IASLIC, Strengthen IASLIC* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Profession Heading Towards Parasitic Status? A Rejoinder
by Vasanth 01 Jun '15

01 Jun '15

Dear Sir/madam, This write up is in response to Prof. I.R.N. Gouder’s posting entitled “LIS Profession heading towards parasitic status? Published in LIS forum on 31th May 2015. Before making a rejoinder for this posting, let me make a disclaimer that, I have making this comment on my personal behalf. The parity with regards to salary of LIS profession and teaching fraternity is always a continuous issue and has been in discussion for quite some time, so as the appointments of librarians in universities and other highly reputed institutions. Anil Singh of NCERT has recently written a small piece in Current Science about how libraries and librarians have been neglected in academic and scientific organizations in India (See http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/108/09/1578.pdf) Library professionals have to do something to address this issue seriously. Professional associations have a bigger role in addressing this issue. Let us come to the core issue of Prof. I.R.N. Gouder postings that LIS schools across the globe have been closing or converting themselves as Information Schools or I-Schools. Today LIS courses are more and more have becoming multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary in nature. In a country like India where the gap of information rich and information poor is still exists, it is libraries which are truly democratic can fill this gap, so that the library profession has to thrive with all hurdles. However, we should not blind for the happenings across the world with regard to LIS profession. Even the prestigious LIS Schools such as Indiana University’s School of Library and Information Science (SLIS), Royal School of Library and Information Science (RSLIS) and many other LIS schools in the recent past have joined the iSchool Caucus or renamed themselves as Information Schools (iSchools) (See http://www.ischools.org) If we skim through the domain of faculty of this I-Schools one may wonder that why computational linguists or people having interest in culture of information, history and data mining and semantic web and what not associated with I-Schools. This multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary nature that is driving the cutting edge research in content industry today. In this context it is very much inevitable for LIS professionals to understand the changing nature of content industry (as we all know library profession is very much part of it). MyDLIS (Mysore University Department of Library and Information Science) for many years has been at the helm in changing or modifying its curriculum to fit to the changing needs of the information industry time to time. In fact syllabus on computer technologies was brought into the MyDLIS curriculum way back in 1976 itself. Digital libraries, MARC, Dublin Core, Open Access initiatives, Unicode all these concepts were taught at the MyDLIS in 2002 itself. Dublic Core, DL, OAI and Unicode all these concepts were very much new to LIS domain at that time (at least in India). The Golden Jubilee Summit on “Information Unbounded: The Past, Present and the Future of Information Science” is very much needed for Indian LIS community that too for students and research scholars to understand where LIS profession is heading. The title itself is futuristic. Many of the speakers invited for the MyDLIS Golden Jubilee Summit are very much part of library and information profession. For example: Prof. Gio Wiederhold is involving in semantic web, Dr. Oard’s research interest is in the area of information access and retrieval, Prof. Mike Shepherd and Dr. Carolyn Watters interest in Web Indexing. It is a rare opportunity to hear the great stalwarts of information/content industry. MyDLIS for many years has invited speakers from different domain who have been involving in research on information organization, access and retrieval to address students and faculty (for example informatics Endowment Lecture series). MyDLIS is always at the forefront in understanding and addressing the issue of changing nature of LIS education. This has made MyDLIS always special for me. Why speakers from LIS fraternity from India are not invited for the Summit? There is sufficient answer in this posting, if we need further evidence today people who are talking of LIS profession is not only from LIS domain but from other domain as well. Prof. Ram Ramaswamy, former VC of University of Hyderabad (https://hcurocks.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/s-r-ranganathan/) is one such example. Subbaiah Arunachalam is also a very notable example. It is good for the LIS profession to hear from other domain experts about libraries (information/content) to chart its future course (in India). ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N. GFGC-Periyapatna Mysuru -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulations to Mr. Satya Ranjan Dey , CSIR-NAL, Bangalore
by shivaram gowda 01 Jun '15

01 Jun '15

Dear Members It gives me great pleasure to extend my warmest congratulations to Mr. Satya Ranjan Dey , who has appointed recently as an Head, Information Centre for Aerospace Science and Technology (ICAST), CSIR-NAL, Bangalore-560017. Mr. Satya Ranjan Dey can be contacted with following address Mr. Satya Ranjan Dey Division Head, Information Centre for Aerospace Science and Technology (ICAST), National Aerospace Laboratories, PB 1779, Bangalore 560 017, India. Tel: 91-80-25086080,25086083 Fax: 91-80-25268072 Email:srdey@nal.res.in with warm regards Shivaram BS ICAST, CSIR-NAL Kodihalli Bangaluru-560017 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Ms Shantashree Sengupta Awarded Ph D Degree
by Gipe Pune 01 Jun '15

01 Jun '15

Dear All Greetings from the GIPE Library! Please join me to congratulate Ms Shantashree Sengupta, Librarian and Head, Dept of Library and Information Science, C T Bora College, Shirur, Dist - Pune who has been awarded with Ph. D. Degree in Library and Information Science by Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune on 28 May 2015. She has completed her research work under the guidance of Dr. S. K. Patil. Her topic of Research was "E-Thesis Repositories in the World: A critical analysis". Thanks and Regards Nanaji Shewale (Ph D) Librarian and Administrator - DSpace@GIPE Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics B M C C Road, Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411004 (India) T: 91 20 25679940 (Direct) T: 91 20 25654288, 25650287 Ext 401 http://www.gipe.ac.in http://dspace.gipe.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article request (Ajeesh)
by Ajeesh .M S 01 Jun '15

01 Jun '15

Dear Professional One of our faculty member require an article from ScienceDirect if you have access to the following article please send itto my mail 1. 50 years of Computational Wind Engineering: Past, present and future ☆ Bert Blockena, b, (link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016761051400052X ) <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016761051400052X> Librarian UKF College of Engineering & Technology Parippally,Kollam- Kerala Mobile :+9199468 59641 -- 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 Mamtha's Gmail 01 Jun '15

01 Jun '15

Dear Friends, If you have access to the following article please send soft copy to me. Mutat Res. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23792212#> 2013 Aug 30;756(1-2):37-45. doi: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2013.06.007. Epub 2013 Jun 20. Mouse embryonic stem cells irradiated with γ-rays differentiate into cardiomyocytes but with altered contractile properties. Rebuzzini P <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Rebuzzini%20P%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=…> 1, Fassina L <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Fassina%20L%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tr…> , Mulas F <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Mulas%20F%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true…> , Bellazzi R <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Bellazzi%20R%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=t…> , Redi CA <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Redi%20CA%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true…> , Di Liberto R <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Di%20Liberto%20R%5BAuthor%5D&cauth…> , Magenes G <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Magenes%20G%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tr…> , Adjaye J <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Adjaye%20J%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tru…> , Zuccotti M <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Zuccotti%20M%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=t…> , Garagna S <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Garagna%20S%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tr…> . -- -- *Thank you & Regards* *Mrs Mamatha P. Kumar* *Chief Librarian* *Central Library* *Yenepoya University* *Yenepoya University **|** University Road, Deralakatte **|** Mangalore 575018 **|** Karnataka **|* * India*T: +91 824 22046668/69/70 *|* Extn 310 *|*F: +91 824 2204667 *|* www.yenepoya.edu.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Title in More Than One Language or Script in RDA Cataloging
by Salman Haider 31 May '15

31 May '15

Title in More Than One Language or Script in RDA <http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/2015/05/title-in-more-than…> Resource Description & Access (RDA) <http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/> Blog post answering a question asked on the Google+ Community RDA Cataloging <https://plus.google.com/communities/114381713914946747854>, a companion Google+ Community for RDA Blog <http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/>: *Which title to choose as the Title Proper if the title statement of a polyglot monograph appears in multiple languages, according to Resource Description & Access (RDA) Cataloging Rules? <http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/2015/05/title-in-more-than…>* Salman Haider www.google.com/+SalmanHaider -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Profession heading towards parasitic status?
by Ishwar Goudar 31 May '15

31 May '15

Dear Professionals, This question in the subject of this posting is haunting me for quite some time. If we see the realities and status of LIS professionals, especially in our country I feel like endorsing this statement, although it hearts me a lot. Like our LIS, even the Space Science is interdisciplinary in nature and borrows principles and practices from other disciplines like Physics, Mechanical/Electronic/Computer Science…Engineering, Chemistry, Materials, Astronomy, etc. But see the status enjoyed by Space Scientists. We say that Library itself is like a University, a knowledge hub and so on. But many academic and research administrators undermine the relevancy of Library especially in the context of digital environment. Many University Librarian posts are vacant for decades in our country. In spite of having masters degree with NET/SLET library professionals are being paid a meager amount of 10 -20 K for temporary Project Assistants/Assistant Librarians as against >32 K for Guest Lecturers at universities. Many special libraries from national institutes like CSIR have Scientists-in-charge. While there is no dearth of jobs for LIS Professionals, good number of engineering colleges still pay only 8-10 K for a fresher and at the most 15 K for professionals with 3-5 years experience and most of them are not given any scale prescribed, many a times even to the Librarian. Few degree colleges treat Librarians as clerks. More than >50% PU Colleges have not appointed librarians and there is no surprise if we don’t find a library, except 1-2 cupboards of books in some colleges. While I don’t generalize the statement, I feel that to some extent we too are responsible for this situation. Many of us not only fail to equip ourselves with the required skill set to serve better in e-Resources era, but we don’t take the traditional service seriously and maintain library properly. Same is the case with many LIS teachers too. Inevitably we, the teachers and practicing librarians need to compliment each other’s activities like in Medical profession. I don’t understand why librarians should not lead major/minor projects awarded by UGC? It would be nice if the project team consists of both teachers and librarians, enabling the outcome or the product for implementation for bettering the services. Why not 62 years for superannuation of qualified university/college library staff? A good number of Departments of LIS in few countries have been either closed or converted as Schools of Information, etc. If we consider the recent announcement of an important event by an LIS Department towards commemoration of its Golden Jubilee as a clue, I think we in India also have started our journey in this direction. We invite speakers for thisthree day event only from disciplines like Management, Computer Science and Law with very less or no representation of LIS Professionals, giving a feeling that the host department too could not produce even one teacher or practicing librarian during its existence for 50 years, fit to be invited as speaker for this event. Yes, while I accept that we need to learn a lot from experts from other disciplines, let us not undermine our LIS profession. Unlike many other countries, DL initiatives especially at Institutional level in India are lead by LIS Professionals. Probably better understanding among LIS teachers and practiceners with consorted effort can bring laurels to our profession and negating the heading of this Lis-forum posting. Regards, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Adjunct Professor, Mangalore University - Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser, Bangalore University - Ex. Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser, UoM, Mysore - Ex. Scientist 'G' and Head, ICAST, NAL, Bangalore - Ex. Dy Librarian, IITM, Chennai - Ex. Scientist (Information), IICT, Hyderabad - Fulbright Scholar, Univ. of Michigan and Columbia Univ, USA (1995-96) - British Council Scholar (1982-83) E-mail: goudarishwar(a)gmail.com Tel: 080-23215510 Mob: 91+9611165781 (If not reachable pl try land line) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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