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Europeana Professional - How the Rijksmuseum opened up its collection - a case study - Pro Blog
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 31 Jul '14

31 Jul '14

An article that shows how open access of images is helpful. As lis-forum is text only interface, I use "Send this link with Gmail" extension to Gmail. This extension converts rich text to plain text and adds URL at the end before mailing. Vyasamoorthy =================== By Joris Pekel, Community Coordinator Cultural Heritage Theehuis in de buitenlucht in Fukuroi, Hiroshige (I) , Utagawa, Takenouchi. In or after 1833 (public domain). If you regularly read the Europeana Pro blog, you have probably already heard of the open access policy of the Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands. Europeana has, alongside other organisations and initiatives, worked with the museum since 2011 to make their public domain collection available online without restrictions. This has resulted in over 150,000 high resolution images for anyone to view, download, copy, remix, print and use for any purpose they can think of. The museum has been really satisfied with the results of this move. They believe that their core business is to get people familiar with the collection and the museum. By making the images available without copyright restrictions, their reach has extended exponentially and far beyond their own website. The material is now for example being shared and used widely in all kinds of online platforms such as Wikipedia or educational websites. However, the decision to make everything available in the highest quality possible was not made overnight. Many small steps had to be taken to get where they are now, and a lot of both internal and external discussions were held. We believe that this case can be an inspiration for other cultural heritage institutions as well. We have therefore taken the effort to describe in a paper the entire process from the beginning to where they are now. Besides the various steps that were taken by the museum, the paper also addresses the broader discussion on the importance of keeping cultural heritage that is out of copyright in analogue form in the public domain in digital form as well. It shows the effect on their revenue from online image sales after they started to make available the material in an open way, and the business potential of openly available cultural heritage collections. In the coming months we want to publish more case studies about cultural institutions that have opened up their collections. If you have an experience that you want to share with a wider audience, we would love to hear from you. The full paper can be found here. http://pro.europeana.eu/pro-blog/-/blogs/how-the-rijksmuseum-opened-up-its-… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: LIBRARIES & THE TAX PROBLEMS: SIGN THE PETITION TO FM
by Ishwar Goudar 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

Dear Professionals, We have too short time to approach the FM before the budget is approved and becomes a sort of law, making it difficult for libraries and other stake holders to acquire or sell e-resources even for academic and research purpose due to service tax and TDS. Let the Government differentiate between a software and scholarly e-content. Please read the forwarded mail of Prof. Koganurmath and sign the petition immediately ( www.ipetitions.com/petition/indian-library-association) and strengthen ILA and other Associations in convincing the FM appropriately. PLEASE FORWARD THIS MAIL TO YOUR PROFESSIONAL FRIENDS, SO THAT THE NUMBER OF PERSONS SIGNING THE PETITION GROWS FAST. Regards, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser Bangalore University Library, Gnana Bharathi Campus BANGALORE - 560056, India - 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) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Prof.Muttayya Koganuramath <muttayya53(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 3:35 PM Subject: LIBRARIES & THE TAX PROBLEMS: A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT, INDIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear Librarians The new Government is laying special emphasis on libraries in education by proclaiming its intent of establishing national e-Library in line with its election manifesto. Indian Library Association (ILA) is participating in the innovative and best practices of the Government's policy, especially in the filed of Library and Information services. ILA aims at enriching the knowledge society of the country towards an inclusive education and analyzing the role of the Government in the development and implementation of national education and library policies. It is heartening to know that our new Hon'ble Prime Minister is a great friend of e-libraries. During his visit to Bhutan he proudly announced that India would extend its support and expertise in setting up an e-Library for Bhutan with an aid funding of Rs.2 crore. But, the first budget of the new Government has a few unpleasant surprises for the Libraries, which will prove to be counter-productive in the collection development for e-libraries. There are two serious tax burdens, which will adversely affect the development of e-libraries in the country. These are: 1. It is believed that libraries will have to deduct tax at source (TDS) when they make payment for purchase of e-books/e-journals as they may be considered as software/electronic data. This has come into effect since July 2012. Publishers, particularly the foreign ones, are resisting the deduction, as it will be both financial and operational nuisance for them. Also there is no clarity on whether the law considers e-books/e-journals as equivalent to software. The Library profession needs to insist on the Government for policy clarification on this matter and request for exemption of e-resources of educational nature from TDS deduction. 2. While subscription to online e-resources were exempted from service tax by the previous Government through a general exemption of educational services to schools and colleges under the category "Auxiliary Educational Services" in the negative list, the current Government has withdrawn this exemption. This means, all purchases/subscriptions of e-books/e-journals will come under the additional burden of service tax, which will be about 12.5%. ILA is submitting a petition to Shri Arun Jaitley, Hon'ble Finance Minister, drawing his kind attention to the need for exempting e-books/e-journals from the above tax burdens and further requesting him to issue a policy clarification that e-content should not be treated as software under the law and should be freed from all tax burdens like the printed books and journals have been accorded tax-free status. A copy of the petition is posted on this site as a letter of appeal from the profession (through ILA) to the Finance Minister. ( www.ipetitions.com/petition/indian-library-association) Please visit this site and sign this petition. ILA President is seeking an appointment with the Finance Minister and the HRD Minister to submit this petition next week. We have to move fast well before the budget is passed in the parliament. Please act fast and join ILA in this cause by signing the petition at www.ipetitions.com/petition/indian-library-association. *Prof.(Mrs.) Ashu Shokeen* *President, Indian Library Association * *Dept. of Library & Information Science* *Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra* Email : shokeen_ashu(a)rediffmail.com *AND * *Prof. Muttayya Koganuramath* *(Former President, ILA)* *Centre for Library & Information Science,* *Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat Mobile: 09033070481 Email: muttayya53(a)gmail.com

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Sad demise of Prof Neelamaghan
by chandrashekara m 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

I am deeply shocked and sad to hear the heartbroken news about the sad demise of Prof. Neelameghan, an extraordinary teacher of LIS. It is really an immense loss to our profession. I am always remembering him while teaching WINISIS because he taught me Micro CDS/ISIS. I pray God may his heart and soul rest in peace and comfort. I am conveying my sincere deepest condolences to his family. Chandrashekara M. Professor & Chairman Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore - 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419398 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy of Library trainees at NIT Rourkela
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

Dear All, This is to remind you about the Advertisement for the Post of Library Trainees at NIT Rourkela. Please send the complete form on or before the last date. We provide exhaustive trainees on all modern tools and techniques in Library science. After completion of training each candidates will have sound knowledge of tools and technology as well as they will be able to fulfill the current market demands in LIS. Our library is one of the best library in terms of application of modern tools and technology in libraries, we also provide supports in application of the same throughout India and aboard on request and via public forums/internet/telephone. Kindly go through the detail advertisement for more details. http://nitrkl.ac.in/Jobs_Tenders/6StipendiaryPersonnel/Default.aspx Thanking You. With regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, (Library In-Charge) Biju Patnaik Central Library, NIT Rourkela, Mob:91+9439420860 91+6612462103 (O) email: vinod_librarian(a)rediffmail.com : mishravk79(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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Sad demise of Prof.Neelameghan
by johnson david 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

Sir, It is sad to know that Prof.Neelameghan is passed away from this world. It is a great loss to the community of the LIS. We lost a one more person who has worked closely associated with Dr.S.R.Ranganathan. I pray God to rest his soul in Peace. Thanking You, J.C David Chief Librarian Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering Kumaraswamy Layout Bangalore-78 9590505040 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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My Guru A.Neelameghan
by eswara reddy deva 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

I am extremely sorry to hear the demise of my Guru Professor A.Neelameghan. My association with him dates back to 1966 when I joined DRTC for higher studies in LIS. He was my mentor, benefactor and inspirer all along my 50 years of professional service. May his soul rest in peace. Deva B. Eswara Reddy,PhD Associate Professor Texas A & M University College Station,Texas 77843 United States Phone: 979-862-1062 Fax:979-458-0112 devaereddy(a)tamu.com Secretary,IFLA Science&Technology Libraries Section -- 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 professor reg:-
by Satyanarayana Koduri 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

Dear Professionals, It is very sad that our profession has lost one stalwart in the field. I have the opportunity of learning CDS/ISIS under his able training and that training lead our University to go full computerization long time back. He is having good patience in the teaching the students even in his old age also. Let us pray god that his soul may be rest in peace. *Dr.K.Satyanarayana* *Librarian* *GITAM University* *Hyderabad Campus* *Rudraram (V) Patancheru (M)Medak (D)-502329* *(O)08455-221278* *(M)9948844503* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Correction - in the earlier advertisement for the positions in the Library
by Swati Bhattacharyya . 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

All professionals already applied for this position are requested to take note of the email address for sending application. Inconvenience regretted. A Human Resource Agency is inviting applications from qualified library professionals. Selected candidates will be placed at the library of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. After filling out current vacant positions, a panel of such qualified professionals will be prepared which will be valid for one year. Depending on future vacancies within on year, professionals from the panel may be given offer. The other important information regarding these appointments: 1. The candidates will be recruited by the Human Resource Agency. All positions carry the benefits of PF, ESI/Mediclaim etc. 2. The recruited candidates will be placed at the library of IIM Calcutta. 3. Candidates must possess M. Lib.Sc. 4. Depending on experiences and performance in the interview, the selected candidates will be placed in one of the following pay-group: (i) Rs 18000/ p.m. for candidates with working experiences of 18-24 months in large academic/technical libraries (ii) Rs 16000/ p.m. for candidates with working experiences of 12-15 months in large academic/technical libraries (iii) Rs 14000/ p.m. for candidates with little or no exposure to library work but who would prove their interest in work during the interview. Candidates with adequate experience of handling MARC-21, working with software like Virtua, ExLibris, Koha, developing report and generating queries in RDBMS environment may be considered for higher pay. 5. Selected candidates will have to perform shift duty along with other existing professionals in this category. 6. Selected candidates will be provided shared single accommodation inside the campus (no family accommodation). Staying in the campus accommodation is mandatory. Interested candidates must send their resume to *samson.ara(a)uds.in <samson.ara(a)uds.in> *immediately. Sincerely, Swati Bhattacharyya, Ph.D. Librarian Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Joka, Diamond Harbor Road Kolkata - 700104 India Phone: 91-33-2467-8300 (Bus extn: 416; Res extn: 106) Library: http://library.iimcal.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Prof. Neelameghan is No More
by Dr. Susmita Chakraborty 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

*Prof. A. Neelameghan *has passed away on 28th July. He was a *member* of the* International Editorial Advisory Board of our recent book*: Chakraborty, S., & Das, A. K. (2014). *Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship *(pp. 1-406). Hershey, *PA, USA: IGI Global*. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-4365-9. He also *wrote two chapters *for this book. Chapter 18: International Satellite Communications to Support and Supplement Web-Based Information Exchange: A Co-Operative Programme (pages 219-226)/A. Neelameghan; and Chapter 20: International Cooperation in Developing a Digital Library Software and South Asia Network (pages 239-255)/A. Neelameghan, K.S. Raghavan. I was fortunate to work under his constant guidance. He will always remain a source of inspiration to me. With Regards, *Susmita* ------------------------------------------------ *Susmita Chakraborty, PhD* Assistant Professor, Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc, University of Calcutta, India *Secretary**: Asian Chapter, Special Libraries Association (SLA-Asian)* *Member**, Standing Committee, Education & Training Division, IFLA * *Editor: IFLA SET Bulletin; *Facebook: *https://www.facebook.com/susmita.India <https://www.facebook.com/susmita.India>* *Member**, Standing Committee (2009-2013) & Program Committee 2013 of IFLA_KM * *International Federation of Library Associations & Institutions (IFLA), Netherlands* Skype: *Susmita.In; **Twitter: Susmita_Kolkata; Delicious Id:@susmitaindia, * *Publications: **http://caluniv.academia.edu/SusmitaChakraborty <http://caluniv.academia.edu/SusmitaChakraborty>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: LIBRARIES & THE TAX PROBLEMS: A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT, INDIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
by Puttaraj Choukimath 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

Dear Moderator, You are requested to post the following message from the ILA president Prof.(Mrs.) ASHU SHOKKEN and Prof.Muttayya Koganuramath, regarding 'Libraries and Tax problems'. Thank you,with regards, *Puttaraj.* ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Prof.Muttayya Koganuramath <muttayya53(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 3:40 PM Subject: Fwd: LIBRARIES & THE TAX PROBLEMS: A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT, INDIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION To: Puttaraj Choukimath <choukimath(a)gmail.com>, Kotresh <kbagadi(a)gmail.com> Please forward this mail to various LIS forums and TISS groups. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Prof.Muttayya Koganuramath <muttayya53(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 3:35 PM Subject: LIBRARIES & THE TAX PROBLEMS: A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT, INDIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear Librarians The new Government is laying special emphasis on libraries in education by proclaiming its intent of establishing national e-Library in line with its election manifesto. Indian Library Association (ILA) is participating in the innovative and best practices of the Government's policy, especially in the filed of Library and Information services. ILA aims at enriching the knowledge society of the country towards an inclusive education and analyzing the role of the Government in the development and implementation of national education and library policies. It is heartening to know that our new Hon'ble Prime Minister is a great friend of e-libraries. During his visit to Bhutan he proudly announced that India would extend its support and expertise in setting up an e-Library for Bhutan with an aid funding of Rs.2 crore. But, the first budget of the new Government has a few unpleasant surprises for the Libraries, which will prove to be counter-productive in the collection development for e-libraries. There are two serious tax burdens, which will adversely affect the development of e-libraries in the country. These are: 1. It is believed that libraries will have to deduct tax at source (TDS) when they make payment for purchase of e-books/e-journals as they may be considered as software/electronic data. This has come into effect since July 2012. Publishers, particularly the foreign ones, are resisting the deduction, as it will be both financial and operational nuisance for them. Also there is no clarity on whether the law considers e-books/e-journals as equivalent to software. The Library profession needs to insist on the Government for policy clarification on this matter and request for exemption of e-resources of educational nature from TDS deduction. 2. While subscription to online e-resources were exempted from service tax by the previous Government through a general exemption of educational services to schools and colleges under the category "Auxiliary Educational Services" in the negative list, the current Government has withdrawn this exemption. This means, all purchases/subscriptions of e-books/e-journals will come under the additional burden of service tax, which will be about 12.5%. ILA is submitting a petition to Shri Arun Jaitley, Hon'ble Finance Minister, drawing his kind attention to the need for exempting e-books/e-journals from the above tax burdens and further requesting him to issue a policy clarification that e-content should not be treated as software under the law and should be freed from all tax burdens like the printed books and journals have been accorded tax-free status. A copy of the petition is posted on this site as a letter of appeal from the profession (through ILA) to the Finance Minister. ( www.ipetitions.com/petition/indian-library-association) Please visit this site and sign this petition. ILA President is seeking an appointment with the Finance Minister and the HRD Minister to submit this petition next week. We have to move fast well before the budget is passed in the parliament. Please act fast and join ILA in this cause by signing the petition at www.ipetitions.com/petition/indian-library-association. *Prof.(Mrs.) Ashu Shokeen* *President, Indian Library Association * *Dept. of Library & Information Science* *Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra* Email : shokeen_ashu(a)rediffmail.com *AND * *Prof. Muttayya Koganuramath* *(Former President, ILA)* *Centre for Library & Information Science,* *Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar* Email: muttayya53(a)gmail.com -- Prof. Muttayya Koganuramath Professor Centre for Library and Information Science, Central University of Gujarat Sector-30, Gandhinagar - 382030 Gujarat State Mobile: 09033070481 Email: muttayya53(a)gmail.com koganuramath(a)rediffimail.com <koganuramath(a)rediffimail.com> -- Prof. Muttayya Koganuramath Professor Centre for Library and Information Science, Central University of Gujarat Sector-30, Gandhinagar - 382030 Gujarat State Mobile: 09033070481 Email: muttayya53(a)gmail.com koganuramath(a)rediffimail.com <koganuramath(a)rediffimail.com> -- Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (SS) Periodicals Section, SDTM Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 (Maharashtra) INDIA T: +91-22-2552 5285 (O); Fax: +91-22-2552 5050 E: choukimath(a)tiss.edu; choukimath(a)gmail.com W: http://library.tiss.edu/ B: http://socialsciencesinfoblog.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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