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Informatics and IIT Bhubaneswar celebrate Librarian's Day through a One day seminar on Digital Library and Journal Discovery
by Soji Mathew 04 Aug '14

04 Aug '14

Dear All, Informatics Publishing Limited, in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, is pleased to announce a Seminar on Digital Library and Journal Discovery on the occasion of Librarian's Day (12th August 2014). The event will also witness the launch of the Digital Archives (1964-2011) of the SRELS - Journal of Information Management on this occasion of the birth anniversary of Dr. S R Ranganathan - the Father of Library Science. The one day seminar at IIT Bhubaneswar will focus on Digital Library and Journal Discovery and will achieve the following objectives: 1) Adopting new digital solutions/software in modern libraries. 2) Enhancing the learning/surfing experiences of users/researchers. 3) Selecting new innovative and modern services/tools. This one day workshop will provide online training on the various journal discovery solutions available or to be made available to academic and research institutions in Orissa. Participants will be provided attendance certificate for attending the workshop. Venue Details: Auditorium Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar Samantapuri (Rearside of Hotel Swosti Plaza) Bhubaneswar-751 013 Registration Details: Registration for the event is free and mandatory. Kindly register using the following link: www.informindia.co.in/iitbseminar The workshop will be beneficial for Librarians and faculty members from academic and research institutions. Kindly feel free to contact the undersigned for any further queries. Regards, Swapnil Srivastava Product Marketing Manager +91 99720 17067 swapnil.s(a)informaticsglobal.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Project Trainee at the JRD Tata Memorial Library
by bas＠library.iisc.ernet.in 04 Aug '14

04 Aug '14

Dear All, One of our Project trainee has inadvertently announced the online application link regarding Project trainee advertisement without authority. While the approval and public announcement through News Papers is still under process the web link to online registration which was created for the purpose testing was shared by the trainee through LIS-Forum / mail. It may be noted that no announcement was made in the Library's Main Page or in the News Papers regarding Project Trainee requirement. Those who have applied using the test-link may please note that on approval by our authorities and public announcement through News Papers, authorized link to online registration will be made available on our Library page. You may need to apply afresh. Inconvenience caused is regretted. With Regards, Puttabasavaiah. -- ########################################## Puttabasavaiah Deputy Librarian JRD Tata Memorial Library Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560012 India. E-mail: bas(a)library.iisc.ernet.in Phone: 91-80-22932610 Mobile: 09448744814 ############################################ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IIT-Kharagpur working on national digital library - News
by Dinesh Siddaiah 04 Aug '14

04 Aug '14

Dear All, FYI IIT-Kharagpur working on national digital library Seeking to create a national online educational asset for students interested in research and innovation, the IIT Kharagpur, recently put forth a proposal to form a NDL to the Ministry of Human Resource Development. Seeking to create a national online educational asset for students interested in research and innovation, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, recently put forth a proposal to form a National Digital Library (NDL) to the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The MHRD not only approved of the project, but also granted Rs. 100 crore for the project to be kick-started by the IIT Kharagpur, one of the premier tech institutes in the country. This was announced by institute's director Partha Pratim Chakrabari at the 60th convocation ceremony in July-end. Talking to *The Hindu *over phone, one of the core team members who ideated the NDL Partha Pratim Das said the project's main aim was to create a knowledge base for students of all ages, especially for those interested in research. "Every university has its own digital archive of its intellectual output and syllabus, known as the Institutional Digital Repository (IDR), whose access is limited to the university's own staff and students. The NDL is modelled on the IDR, but will consist of IDRs of several universities and any student will be free to access it. For instance, a student of IIT Madras will be able to access study material of a specialisation taught exclusively at IIT Kharagpur. The NDL aims to streamline IDRs and other study material into one common online," Prof. Das, also a professor of the computer and engineering department, said. Except for copyrighted content, the data will mostly be available for free. While the NDL is a relatively new concept in India, it has already made its appearance in most universities in the west. The content for the NDL will be derived from institutes of all types of specialisations and will include school-level study material as well. The multi-faceted project would start by incorporating digital content of about 50 institutions at the primary level, keeping the next target at about 100 institutions. Another focus of the project is to create e-content, comprising video lectures, interactive questions and answers and books, in multiple languages. Stating that 'a lot of activity is planned in vernaculars', Prof. Das said: "Initially, the knowledge base will be created in English. We will gradually include vernaculars and create a multi-lingual interface so that students from across India can freely access it without facing a language barrier," Prof. Das said. The brainchild of a four-member team will be launched in 18-21 months and a prototype will soon be launched to test the project's feasibility. About 100 courses will be launched at a preliminary level. Headed by Prof. Chakrabarti, the proposal was worked on by professor in charge of the institute's central library Subrata Chattopadhyay, professor of the computer and engineering department Sudeshna Sarkar and librarian of the central library B. Sutradhar along with Prof. Das. Keeping in mind the evolving technology, plans are on to make the interface available across all platforms -- cell phones, tablets and laptops. Content will also be developed keeping in mind the needs of differently-abled students. Direct Link: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/iitkharagpur-working-on-nationa… Best Regards, Dinesh -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. Deputy Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Nangal Road, Rupnagar, Punjab - 140 001. Phone: 01881 - 242134 (O) 9779747902 (M) -- 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 Prof Neelameghan
by Koteswara Rao Mamidi 04 Aug '14

04 Aug '14

Dear colleagues, It is sad to hear that Prof. Neelameghan is no more. The entire LIS community, particularly we DRTCians have lost a great teacher, mentor and a good human being. I was fortunate to listen to his lectures and develop close contact with him during the early days of my career at UN-APCTT in Bangalore. I still have the copy of the CDS/ISIS software on three 5.25" floppy discs which he gave me in 1984, which marked the beginning of my experiment with library automation. Truly, all of us have lost a great library professional whose International stature at UNESCO made us proud globally only next to the great scholar and philosopher Dr. S R Ranganathan. May his soul rest in peace... Dr. M. Koteswara Rao Retd. Librarian, Univ of Hyderabad -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Students for OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 04 Aug '14

04 Aug '14

Friends: Students of Stanford University Graduate School of Education voted last year in favour of making all their research open. Here are the details. Details on the vote: Between May 21-24th, 2013 the Stanford GSE doctoral students voted in favor of a motion to enact an Open Access policy. The motion received nearly unanimous support, with over 95% of votes cast in favor (voter turnout of 59%, meaning 56% of total students voted in favor). GSE STUDENT OPEN ACCESS MOTION The students of the Stanford Graduate School of Education are committed to making their research and scholarship as widely and publicly available as possible. In recognition of the importance of access to knowledge, the students of the Stanford Graduate School of Education are determined to increase access to their work for scholars, educators, policymakers, and the public worldwide. In support of greater openness in scholarly and educational endeavors, the students of the Graduate School of Education agree to the following policy: Students grant to the Stanford University permission to make publicly available their scholarly articles and to exercise the copyright in those articles. They grant to Stanford University a non-exclusive, irrevocable, worldwide license to exercise any and all rights under copyright relating to their scholarly articles, in any medium, and to authorize others to do the same, provided that the articles are properly attributed to the authors and not sold for a profit. The policy will apply to all scholarly articles authored or co-authored while a student of the Graduate School of Education, beginning with articles for which the publisher’s copyright agreement has yet to be signed. On a publisher’s refusal to agree to the terms of this policy (as presented to the publishers in the form of an addendum to the copyright agreement), the student is able to waive this policy by uploading the bibliographic details for the article, along with a note on the publisher's refusal, to the public open-access repository operated by Stanford University. No later than the date of publication, students will upload an electronic copy of the final version of the article to the open access repository operated by Stanford University. **** It would be great if students of Indian universities come up with such a unanimously adopted motion in favour of open access. Please reach out to student leaders and organize. Best. Arun -- 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 Prof. Neelameghan
by Syed Sajjad Ahmed 03 Aug '14

03 Aug '14

Dear Colleagues, Extremely sorry to hear about the sad demise of Prof. Neelameghan, with his demise an era has ended. In fact, I have heard several lectures delivered by him at DRTC. An intellectual, writer, teacher ....par excellence and above all a wonderful human being. May his soul RIP. Syed Sajjad Ahmed Manager (A) - Library Systems Department Box 1910, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Dhahran - 31261, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Tel : (9663) 8603008 (Office) Fax : (9663) 8603018 (Office) Email : sjahmed(a)kfupm.edu.sa<mailto:sjahmed@kfupm.edu.sa> Personal Home Page : http://staff.kfupm.edu.sa/library/sjahmed/ Save a tree. Don't print this e-mail unless it's really necessary -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SALIS 2014 Conference Inaugural and Valedictory function invitation and Programme Schedule
by Arunachalam Hariharan 02 Aug '14

02 Aug '14

2nd August 2014 DEAR all, We are very happy to invite all the SALIS 2014 various Conference Committee Members, Director of the Conference, Rapporteur General, Associate Rapporterur General, Keynote Speakers, Chairpersons, Rapporterur(s) Authors, Participants, SALIS members and other Professional Colleagues for the Inaugural and Valedictory functions. Kindly download the invitation for the Inaugural and Valedictory functions and also the Programme Schedule from the conference website @ www.salis2014.wordpress.com. The date, time venue, session, paper number, Chairpersons, Rapporteurs(s), Keynote Speaker, etc are given in the Programme Schedule. The authors, resource persons and the participants are requested to note these information. Kindly treat this as our personal invitation. We are looking forward your valuable presence and active participation. Thanking you, SALIS 2014 Organizing Committee Head Knowledge Resource Division CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre Taramani Chennai - 600 113 Off: 044-22549131 Cell: 9841601903 E-mail: hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com -------------------------------------------------- SALIS -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Relationship Designators in Resource Description and Access (RDA), library cataloging standard successor to AACR2
by Salman Haider 02 Aug '14

02 Aug '14

New Post on RDA Blog : Relationship Designators in Resource Description and Access (RDA) : honouree, host institution, organizer, sponsoring body http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/2014/08/relationship-desig… *Note:* RDA is a new library cataloging standard, replacing AACR2. International community is switching to RDA from AACR2, major libraries has already done so. Libraries and librarians are required to take steps in India to change to RDA and be at par with the international standards. Salman Haider Cataloging & Metadata Librarian 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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Professional Assistant JNU
by Paramjit Singh 02 Aug '14

02 Aug '14

*JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSTIY* *ADMINISTRATION BRANCH-IV* *2nd August, 2014* *Advt. No. 4/2014/Admn.IV* Applications are invited for filling up of the following non-teaching posts in the Jawaharlal Nehru University as per details given against each : *Post No.* *Name of Post* *Group* *Number of Post* *Pay Band & Grade Pay* *5**.* *Professional Assistant- Central Library* *B* *03 (1-UR, 1-SC, 1-ST)* *Pay Band-2 Rs. 9300 – 34800 + AGP Rs. 4200/-* *Essential Qualifications :* 1. M.Lib. Sc./MLIS or equivalent with 50% marks. OR Master's Degree in Arts/Science/Commerce or any other discipline with 50% and B.Lib. Sc./BLIS with 50% marks. 2. ii. Post Graduate Diploma/Certificate Course in Computer Application/Science/Library Automation from a recognized institute with minimum of 6 months duration. *Desirable Qualifications :* 1. At least three years' working experience in a reputed library. 2. Knowledge of Library Automation activities. 3. Knowledge of any foreign language. 4. Post Graduate Diploma/Certificate Course in Computer Application/Science/Library Automation from a recognized institute with minimum of 6 months duration. 5. Professional Assistant (click for qualification) <http://www.jnu.ac.in/onlineApplications/Qual/PA_Qual.htm> 03 posts (1-UR, 1-SC,1-ST) Group B Pay Band-2 Rs. 9300 – 34800 + Grade Pay of Rs. 4200/- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS professionals participation and contribution to Koha community: a survey
by Vimal Kumar V. 02 Aug '14

02 Aug '14

Dear Friends, Cooperation of end users and developers is necessary for the good health of Free/Open Source software projects. Library professionals are end users of Koha. The main aim of the survey is that know the participation and contribution of Library professionals to Koha project. This research revolves around a central question: "What do we need to do to derive benefit from Koha project?" I invite all Koha users to participate in this survey. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xgE3i5ZABLm9yMZM4BFWFpAE_Wuv5rwW2u4arUGgFB… Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Technical Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.in http://moovandan.blogspot.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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