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'BOOKS ARE A BRIDGE BETWEEN GENERATIONS'(WORLD BOOK DAY OCCASION)
by Ragaavendra R 24 Apr '14

24 Apr '14

Dear Moderator pls circulate. 'BOOKS ARE A BRIDGE BETWEEN GENERATIONS'(WORLD BOOK DAY OCCASION) Kannada litterateurs stressed on the importance of books and cultivating the habit of reading on the occasion of 'World Book Day' on Wednesday. Speaking on the sidelines of the event, writer Narahalli Balasubramanya said "We should ensure children emulate great minds if we want them to be responsible citizens. This is possible only if we make them read good books. Today, we are increasingly finding ourselves in the company of corrupt people. It is through books that we can interact with great literary figures such as Bendre and Kuvempu." The event was jointly organised by Karnataka Publishers Association, Kendra Sahitya Akademi, Karnataka Lekhakiyara Sangha and Indian Institute of World Culture. Balasubramanya maintained that the Kendra Sahitya Academy sold books at affordable rates and also gave a funding of Rs 400 crore to the book publishers, annually. "But not many people are aware of books entering market and the works don't reach people," he added. A series of Kannada works written by authors were released on the occasion. Writer Dr Siddalingaiah who released the books said "Books are bridges between our minds and our ancestors' minds. Every home should have a small library." 'Pustaka Bhagya' "The State government has introduced Anna Bhagya, Ksheera Bhagya and other schemes. Similarly, they should also implement Pustaka Bhagya," said M V Nagaraj Rao of Shrungara Prakashana. Technical writer in Kannada U B Pavanaja maintained that in Kannada Wikipedia there was dearth of information on Kannada literary works. "There is enough information about English works but not on Kannada novels and literary publications. The Kannada publishers should strive to feed information and synopsis of each work into the Kannada wikipedia," he added. Public Library Department celebrated the occasion by holding a book exhibition and essay competition for children at City Central Library premises on Wednesday. REFERENCE LINK: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/401569/039books-bridge-generations039.h… 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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Adeline Koh interviews
by Subbiah Arunachalam 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

Friends: Please look up *, Digital Challenges to Academic Publishing <http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/tag/digital-challenges-to-academic-pu…>, a series of interviews with senior librarians by Adeline Koh <http://adelinekoh.org/>.* *Especially relevant to university and research librarians.* *Arun* *Madhan:* *Get in touch with Ms Adeline Koh and collect all nine interviews from her. We may then share the collection with the Indian academic and LIS communities.* *Arun* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: NETmundial: A Global Stakeholder Meeting on Future of Internet Governance
by Subbiah Arunachalam 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

Friends: [Here is a note from Mr Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore, India] Brazilian Internet Steering Committee in partnership with /1Net, a forum that gathers international entities of various stakeholders involved with internet governance is organizing “NETmundial” at Grand Hyatt Hotel, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 23 and 24, 2014. Ministerial representatives from 12 countries (Argentina, Brazil, France, Ghana, Germany, India, Indonesia, South Africa, South Korea, Tunisia, Turkey and United States of America) along with 12 members of the multi-stakeholder international community participating in the meeting will primarily focus on: crafting internet governance principles and proposing a roadmap for further evolution of internet governance ecosystem. So far there have been a total of 187 submissions expressing divergent views, some in support and some in opposition. The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has been involved in research on internet governance issues such as IT Act, privacy, and freedom of speech and expression. As part of its research to enable productive discussions of the critical internet governance issues at the meeting and elsewhere CIS has published the following outputs: 1. Who Governs the Internet? Implications for Freedom and National Security<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/exter…>(by Sunil Abraham, Yojana, April 4, 2014). 2. Principles for Internet Governance: NETmundial 2014 — What do the Contributions Reveal?<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/exter…>(by Geetha Hariharan, April 21, 2014). 3. NETmundial and Suggestions for IANA Administration<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/exter…>(by Smarika Kumar, April 22, 2014). 4. NETmundial - Comparing Appearance of Fifty Most Frequent Words<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/exter…>(by Sumandro Chattapadhyay, April 22, 2014). 5. NETmundial - Contributions by Countries of Origin<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/exter…>(by Sumandro Chattapadhyay, April 22, 2014). 6. NETmundial - Contributions by Types of Organisation<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/exter…>(by Sumandro Chattapadhyay, April 22, 2014). 7. NETmundial - Which Countries Have Not Contributed to NETmundial?<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/exter…>(by Sumandro Chattapadhyay, April 22, 2014). 8. NETmundial - Which Governments Have Not Contributed to NETmundial?<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/exter…>(by Sumandro Chattapadhyay, April 22, 2014). 9. NETmundial - Word Clouds of Contributions by Types of Organisation<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/exter…>(by Sumandro Chattapadhyay, April 23, 2014). 10. Accountability of ICANN<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/exter…>(by Smarika Kumar, April 23, 2014). 11. NETmundial Roadmap: Defining the Roles of Stakeholders in Multistakeholderism<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/exter…>(by Jyoti Panday, April 23, 2014). 12. NETmundial Day 0<http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/exter…>(by Achal Prabhala, April 23, 2014). CIS is a non-profit research organization that works on policy issues relating to freedom of expression, privacy, accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge and IPR reform, and openness (including open government, FOSS, open standards, etc.), and engages in academic research on digital natives and digital humanities. The following individuals are associated with this research, and can be reached at their e-mails or phone numbers given below: 1. Sunil Abraham (sunil(a)cis-india.org, 91-9611100817) 2. Sumandro Chattapadhyay (mail(a)ajantriks.net, 078381 63651) 3. Smarika Kumar (smarika(a)altlawforum.org) 4. Achal Prabhala (aprabhala(a)gmail.com, 91-9845884149) 5. Pranesh Prakash (pranesh(a)cis-india.org <Pranesh(a)cis-india.org>) 6. Geetha Hariharan (geetha(a)cis-india.org, 91-8860360717) 7. Jyoti Panday (jyoti(a)cis-india.org, 91-9717526223) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Applications are invited for the post of Librarian by B.L.D.E. Association, Bijapur.
by Sri Ramchandra D M 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

1) Post: Librarian, 2) Qualification : MLISc with minimum 03 years of experience, 3) If you have good communication skills in English and are computer literates send your resume within next 07days to the following address. 4) Address: HR, Administrative Officer, B.L.D.E. Association, Smt. Bangaramma Sajjan Campus, Solapur Road, Bijapur - 586 103. 5) For application form and other details please log on to: www.bldeasbmpps.ac.in Source: Deccan Herald, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. -- Regards, Sri Ramchandra Madar ( B.A., M.L.I.Sc.) Librarian, Roohi college of Nursing, Hennur - Bagalur Main Road, Bangalore-562149. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Endowment Lecture at MyDLIS
by chandrashekara m 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

Dear Professionals, We are happy to inform and invite you to the Eleventh Informatics Endowment Lecture on Digital Libraries organized by the Department of Studies in Library and Information Science (MyDLIS) on April 25, 2014 at 10.30 am held at International School of Information Management (ISiM), Manasagangotri, Mysore. Dr. Shailesh Kumar, Google, Hyderabad will deliver the endowment lecture on “From Indexing to Intelligence: The Evolution in Information Technology”. Sri N.V. Sathyanarayana, Chariman and Managing Director, Informatics India Ltd., Bangalore will grace the occasion by his presence. The event will be presided over by Prof. D. Shrijay Devaraj Urs, Registrar (Evaluation), University of Mysore, Mysore. The present lecture is the eleventh one in the digital library endowment series. Since 2001 eminent scholars have delivered the lectures. Speakers of the past lectures are Prof. S. Sadagopan, Prof. N. Balakrishnan, Prof. Jayanth R Haritsa, Dr. P. Ananda, Prof. Vijay V. Raghavan, Dr. Chintan Mehta, Prof. Srinvas Ramani, Sri Ragahvendra U. Udupa, Dr. N.R. Srinivasa Ragahavan, and Dr. Douglas W. Oard. Instituted by Informatics India Ltd, the endowment lecture series is one of the coveted events organized by MyDLIS almost every year. The lecture has attracted in the past computer science students & teachers, techno-savvy citizens of Mysore, LIS professionals and others. Please visit http://www.uni-mysore.ac.in/ (Latest News) for more details. Chandrashekara M. Professor & Chairman Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore - 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419398 M: 9448600970 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Applications are invited for the post of Librarian by St.George College of Management and Science, Bangalore.
by Sri Ramchandra D M 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

1) Post: Librarian ( female), 2) Qualification: MLISc with experience / freshers also can apply, 3) Interested candidates may send resume to, *shaijujohn(a)hormail.com <shaijujohn(a)hormail.com>*. 4) Address: St.George College of Management and Science, Banasawadi, Bangalore - 43, Mobile No. 9742575774. Source: The Times of India, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. -- Regards, Sri Ramchandra Madar ( B.A., M.L.I.Sc.) Librarian, Roohi college of Nursing, Hennur - Bagalur Main Road, Bangalore-562149. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Applications are invited for the post of Library Information Officer by National Public School, Bangalore.
by Sri Ramchandra D M 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

1) Post: Library Information Officer 2) Those who wish to join this dynamic team of professionals may send detailed C.V., recent photograph, copies of credentials and a one page outline on " My professional accomplishment". 3) Address: The Principal, National Public School, 5th Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore - 560 010. Source: The Times of India, Wednesday 23, April 2014. -- Regards, Sri Ramchandra Madar ( B.A., M.L.I.Sc.) Librarian, Roohi college of Nursing, Hennur - Bagalur Main Road, Bangalore-562149. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Discovery of a Genius True Librarian
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

Dear All, First time in my professional career i have discovered/Met a Genius Library professional who is not having a single degree of Library science but having much talent and knowledge in comparison to many big degree holders including myself who posts some useless topics in forums. Please note my intention is not to criticize any one but only to promote such professionals so that others could learn something from them. He ( https://www.facebook.com/wisdombooks ) has registered for our workshop and send me friend request on facebook, i was thinking that the person is having a high qualifications in LIS because of his age (above 60) and the devotion for LIS. During our discussions on facebook he invited for Excel data conversion for Koha at his institute (Bhaktivedanta Research Centre, Kolkatta) but on volunteer basis. My self and My colleague Mr. D.P. Tripathi agreed and he send his complex data in excel format because we never seen such standard data maintained in excel. The job of conversion was very challenging but we did successfully and went kolkata at midnight 11:30 PM, he picked us and we went to his Small library which was maintained perfectly and neatly almost independently. We were surprised to see all modern equipments as well as latest and old collection of manuscripts, examples of technical preservation of original papers to digital preservation methods, use of technology for w! orking comfortably with accuracy and speed etc. After visit of library we sat and asked for his degree and socked to here that he had taken admission in IGNOU but could not complete B.lib/M.lib due to some personal reasons. Then we started some technical discussions about the library technologies and simultaneously i was thinking that he may not be aware about those but surprised when he discussed and replied about all those technologies and tools. We found almost all tools and technology in such a small library including high end scanner (Bookeye4). Due to some complexity in data migrations it took much time and we had to catch our Flight also at 3:00 AM early morning for Assam Univ. Silchar, we were very tired but not seen a single sign of tiredness on his face and sleepy even up to 3 o'clock but ultimately we success in data migration and system setup of koha. Dear friends the above person has taken Indian citizenship but he is Italian and working with such a devotion and duty in the age of 60 is really surprising therefore i request all LIS professionals to meet with such professionals whenever you have time and spare some time with him to learn the real ethics of Librarianship. Now i can assume what was the devotion of Dr. Ranganathan and others during those days because "Angelo Pugliese" has also made his own temporary scheme for classifying documents and taken many Latest technological initiatives for the Library. 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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FREELY MIGRATE DATA AND IMPLEMENT KOHA, DSPACE, JOOMLA ETC.
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

Dear All, Its my pleasure to inform that we have taken initiative to migrate the data from existing system such as SOUL, LIBSYS, ALICE etc. to Koha and implement other library software's like Koha, Joomla, Dspace, Newgenlib, etc in Govt. institute Libraries FREE OF COST, only TA/DA and honorarium will be accepted as per government rules subject to approval of our competent authority. We have experience of implementing and migrating data of many libraries like IISER Bhopal, Assam Univ. Silchar, Central University of Odisha etc. and we appreciate the efforts of the Librarians of above Systems who has given us opportunity to do the job and saved lakhs of Public money in public interest. Therefore i hope many of our Library professionals will pay attention on our initiative before availing any commercial support because by sharing our expertise we can not only save lakhs of money but strengthening our professionals also for better recognition in the society. I also invite some experts who is having such experience and want to provide such services to the community. Please feel free to contact: V.K. Mishra: 09439420860, vinod_librarian(a)gmail.com D.P. Tripathi: 08895296796, dptkvs(a)rediffmail.com 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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Search IRSpy for Z39.50 Servers
by Viswanath G.S 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

IRSpy website helps you find the list of Z39.50 Servers around the world. It also gives details about the host name, address, port, reliability info, search attributes and other useful data for achieving. http://irspy.indexdata.com/ -- ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------- *Viswanath G S* *Library Assistant,* *IIITM-K, * *Technopark,* *Mob:-9447713578* *viswanathgs.weebly.com <http://viswanathgs.weebly.com/>* ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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