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Mahatma Gandhi University Library moves to Koha
by Vimal Kumar V. 18 Aug '13

18 Aug '13

Dear Friends, Mahatma Gandhi University Library, Kottayam, Kerala officially moved to Koha Open Source Library Management system on 13 August 2013. Dr. Sheena Shukkur, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University inaugurated Koha system at MGU Library. MGU Library team completed data migration from SOUL (ver. 1) software last month. Bibliographic, user and transaction data could successfully moved to Koha from SOUL. Acquisition, Circulation, Technical (Cataloguing), Periodical and Maintenance sections have started to use concerned modules. Now all modules of the software are functional after one month trial period. Koha installed in a server, which housed in the library building. In near future, the same server can make use to install multiple Koha instances for other department and study centre libraries. Now the Koha service is available inside the campus only. Online catalogue can access from anywhere inside the campus. Few months back, library staff had received one week hands on training. A team of Koha experts are now available in the library to provide continuing support and training to staff. We received only the support of Koha community for the successful implementation of the Open Source library management system. We are thankful to all Koha community members from India and abroad for the quick and enormous support during our migration process. -- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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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UGC XII th plan guidelines for minor research project
by basudeb adhikary 16 Aug '13

16 Aug '13

Can anybody please clarify if we the college librarians are allowed to submit mrp proposals under xii th plan?? Thanks Basudeb Adhikary Librarian, Netaji Mahavidyalaya, Arabagh, Hooghly -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IISC ONLY INDIAN INSTITUTION IN TOP 500 GLOBAL RANKING
by Ragaavendra R 16 Aug '13

16 Aug '13

Dear Moderator kindly circulate. Bangalore-headquartered Indian Institute of Science ( IISc) has once again made the country proud. It is the only Indian institute that has made it to the top 500 in the 2013 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) which was released by the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The 104-year-old entity is ranked in the 301-400 category. IISc, which was ranked 45 in the world ranking for Chemistry last year, is on 43rd spot this time. The premier institute has shown a dramatic improvement in Computer Science as well. From 101-150 in 2012, it is now listed in the 51-75 bracket. In Math, however, it retained last year's ranking in the 151-200 slot. Harvard tops the global ranking, followed by Stanford and University of California, Berkeley. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Cambridge University are in fourth and fifth position respectively, in the ARWU rankings. Stanford tops in Computer Science, followed by MIT (97.8 score) and University of California (89.4). In Mathematics, it's Princeton University which is in numero uno position, followed by Harvard and University of California, Berkeley. Harvard rules the roost in Physics, Chemistry and Economics. MIT and University of California, Berkeley, are the second and third best to study Physics, while University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford share the top three in Chemistry. In Economics, it is University of Chicago which has grabbed second rank. MIT is in the third position. RANKING ORDER ARWU uses six objective indicators to rank world universities, including the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, number of highly cited researchers selected by Thomson Scientific, number of articles published in journals of Nature and Science, number of articles indexed in Science Citation Index - Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, and per capita performance with respect to the size of an institution. More than 1000 universities are actually ranked by ARWU every year and the best 500 are published on the web. SOURCELINK:http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/servic… 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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Clarifications regarding the 2-Day UGC Sponsored National Conference at Bantwal
by Sujatha H R 16 Aug '13

16 Aug '13

I request you to please publish this for the benefit of the forum members. Dr Sujatha H R This is a clarification of the UGC sponsored 2-DAY National Conference on 'Academic Libraries: Challenges in the Electronic Era' to be held on September 27th- 28th , 2013 at Sri Venkataramana Swamy College, Bantwal, Dakshina Kannada. Papers can be submitted on or before 20th August , 2013. Conference Proceedings will be published with ISBN Number. The Proceedings will include those papers only for which the registration fee has been paid on or before 5th September 2013. For further details please visit the website http://svsconference2013.yolasite.com The sub themes of the conference are: * Digital library technologies * Knowledge management * Digital preservation * Open access to knowledge * Emerging technologies: web 2.0, mobile technologies, open source softwares * Information Literacy * User Studies * Best Practices * Library Management * Library networking & Consortia * Soft Skills and so on we are encouraging the participants for a very modest registration fee with decent accommodation facilities. Please attend in large numbers and send papers before the deadline. Dr Sujatha H R Librarian & President (DKKLA) Sri Venkataramana Swamy College Bantwal, DK -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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One Day National Symposium on Libraries: Managing Transition Thursday, 22nd Augu st 2013 at PES Institute of Technology
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

Rajendra Babu hrajendra.babu(a)gmail.com Tue Aug 13 16:59:33 IST 2013 TEQIP-II Sponsored One Day National Symposium on Libraries: Managing Transition Organized in association with KARNATAKA STATE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (KALA) On Thursday, 22nd August 2013 (9.00 AM to 5.00 PM) Venue: Techpark Seminar Hall, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore 560085 What is this symposium about? There are indications that higher education institutions are entering a period of flux. A trend in recent years has been the rise of online instruction and degree programmes. Even in mainstream colleges offering on-campus programmes there is a certain amount of skepticism among managers of higher education institutions on the return on investment in a college library. College libraries must prove the value they provide to the academic enterprise: unless we give our funding bodies better and more compelling reasons to support libraries, they will be forced by economic reality to stop doing so; not a very happy situation to be in! However, there is also a bright spot as the BBC programme in 2012 entitled, The Library Returns suggested. College librarians must be able to convert the general feelings of goodwill towards the library to effective communication to all stakeholders that clearly articulate the value and utility of the library to the academic community. How do we innovate and re-design library services and continue to be relevant in the emerging situation? This workshop is intended to answer this question. A few librarians will share their experiences and demonstrate what they have done to reinvent their own libraries. The focus will be on acquiring, enabling access & effective utilization of e-resources, new services / activities that are implementable with no additional resources. Who should attend? We welcome all librarians, especially librarians from professional colleges, to attend the workshop. There will be one open session to allow all those who have introduced innovative practices to share and showcase their experiences. Resource Persons: Since our idea is to make the participants hear from the horses mouth, the resource persons will be librarians who have done something different in their own institutions; they will tell the participants and also demonstrate what they have done and how their library users reacted to these. Registration: There is no registration fee for attending and participating in the symposium. However, all those desirous of participating in the Workshop must register online. Click here to Register Now Certificates: Attendance and participation certificates would be issued to all the registered participants For further enquires please contact: Mr. Subhash Reddy B Organizing Secretary and Librarian I/C Library & Learning Resource Center PES Institute of Technology (PESIT) 100 Ft. Ring Road, BSK III Stage, BANGALORE - 560085 Ph: 080-26721983 Extn. 229 > Mobile: 9980833991 http://library.pes.edu -- Thanks and Regards, Rajendra Babu H Assistant Professor Dept. of studies and Research in LIS Tumkur University B H Road, Tumkur-572103. Karnataka, India

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Creating awareness among Children on Librarians Day.
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

*Little legends’ vow the librarians * [image: Schoolchildren dressed as famous personalities reading verses on the ocassion of Librarians Day at the District Central Library in Tiruchi on Monday.Photo: R M Rajarathinam] Schoolchildren dressed as famous personalities reading verses on the ocassion of Librarians Day at the District Central Library in Tiruchi on Monday.Photo: R M Rajarathinam Children dressed as legendary personalities read verses at Library Day Schoolchildren dressed up as famous literary personalities from the State and conveyed their greetings to librarians in the city, as part of the National Librarians Day celebrations held at the district central library here on Monday. National Librarians Day is observed every year in India on August 12 to mark the birthday of S.R. Ranganathan considered to be the father of library science and information science in the country. Schoolchildren belonging to classes 1 to 8, from different panchayat union elementary and middle schools in villages of Kosampatti, Mullikarambur, Kodiyalam, Kuzhumani, and Bharatiyar School of Nandanallur block, participated in the event. With their teachers’ help, the children dressed up to resemble Avaiyyar, Bharat Mata, Swami Vivekananda, Bharatidasan, Thiruvalluvar, Kambar, Subramanya Bharati, Agasthiyar, and Illangovadigar. They then recited verses and conveyed their wishes to the librarians present and interacted with the patrons of the library. On the orders of Assistant Elementary Educational Officer Evelyn Janet, the event was organised by S. Jayaraman, teacher of Bharatiyar School. “The event was organised with an aim to create awareness among students and other sections of society on the importance of reading books and to encourage them to make use of the library,” said District Library Officer A.P. Sivakumar. President of the readers’ forum of the library V. Govindasamy and vice-president V. Balasubramaniyan were present. According to Mr. Sivakumar, the library organises a storytelling programme for children every fourth Sunday and a book discussion and review event every second Sunday. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy @ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY , GOA
by Veeru 14 Aug '13

14 Aug '13

Dear all, *Post Code No. T- 307 (1Post-Reserved for OBC) *Post Location: NIO (HQ), Goa Senior Technical Officer – Group III (4); Scale of Pay: Pay Band-3: 15600-39100 Entry pay: Rs 15,600/- Grade Pay: Rs. 5,400/-. Present total emoluments including all allowances at Goa: Rs.44,880/- *Minimum Essential Educational Qualification and Experience*: First class degree in science (B.Sc.) followed with M.Lib Science with minimum 55% marks from the Government approved University plus minimum of two years relevant experience after the completion of master degree. * * *Desirable*: Experience in Institutional repository, scientometrics studies, negotiation and understanding the e-resource agreements, inter-institutional connectivity, etc. Working knowledge of software used for Library & Information Science using Linux OS is preferred. *Job requirements:* (1) Participate in collection management program (2) Provide services using traditional and electronic sources (3) Proactive in introducing new facilities and services (4) Participate in planning, policy and decision making etc for the routine housekeeping functions of the institute library (5) Develop and maintain the existing databases up to date. For more Details Visit Website: http://itg.nio.org/public/Public.nsf/FED20920C74F1533652571400016B900/4DD77… Last Date : 9/9/2013 -- Thanks and Warm Regards Virupaksh. B. H Library and Information Assistant National Library of India, Kolkata-700027 Email Id: *veerulis(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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REMINDER: UDC Update meeting at IFLA - Sunday 18 August
by Aida Slavic 14 Aug '13

14 Aug '13

Dear colleagues travelling to Singapore, We would like to invite you to join us at our regular UDC Update meeting on Sunday, 18 August, at 13.45- 15.45 in Room 311. We will discuss new developments in UDC, present new UDC Online hub service, discuss ongoing translation projects and work on the revision of UDC content Kind regards Regards -- --- Dr Aida Slavic Editor-in-Chief, UDC UDC Consortium The Hague, The Netherlands http://www.udcc.org ______________________ Do not miss to book your place at: International UDC Seminar 2013: Classification& Visualization:http://seminar.udcc.org/2013/ -->Announcement: Multilingual UDC Online Release 26 August 2013 http://www.udc-hub.com/index.php The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) is the world's foremost multilingual classification scheme for all fields of knowledge, a sophisticated indexing and retrieval tool ______________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Paper invited for International Journal of Information Research
by Shriram Pandey 14 Aug '13

14 Aug '13

Dear LIS Professionals, Greetings! I am very pleased to inform all of you that with the help of our esteemed editorial board members and reviewer committee, ‘International Journal of Information Research (ISSN 2249-8273)’ has been released its Vol. 03, Issue 01 of September, 2013 I am glad to invite you to submit your article for the Vol 3, Issue No 1 (September, 2013) of ‘International Journal of Information Research (ISSN: 2249-8273)’. The International Journal of Information Research is a fully peer-reviewed print as well as online open access scholarly journal that is being published quarterly by the ‘Society for Scholarly Publishing and Open Access Resources (SPOARS)’. This is a print as well as an online open access journal for library, information and management (LIM) professionals. In this journal articles, reviews, proceeding papers, and news items, etc are published. SUBMISSION GUIDELINE Authors are requested to submit their manuscripts in .doc or .rtff format by email attachment to editorijir(a)gmail.com. Submissions should not be longer than 7,000 words including abstract, figures, tables, references and appendices. All manuscripts submitted to the journal will be double-blind refereed by expert and members of the editorial board. The journal’s committee will remove personal details for the purpose of blind review process. regards, Prof. H. N. Prasad, Editor-in-Chief Department of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U. P.) PIN -221 005 (India) Contact No. +91- 9415336709 (Mob.) Email ID: editorijir(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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Commonwealth Professional Fellowship to Dr. SURESH JANGE
by Shekar H P 14 Aug '13

14 Aug '13

Dear Friends, Let us join hands to congratulate Dr. Suresh Jange for his achievement. Dr Jange, working as a Deputy Librarian in Virtual Learning Resource Centre & Digital Library, Gulbarga University, Karnataka has been awarded the prestigious Commonwealth Professional Fellowship-2013, which is probably very few having selected for this professional fellowship award specially working in the state university setup in the Country, for which Gulbarga University, Gulbarga is proud of him. This fellowship is for the duration of three (3) months during September – December 2013. Dr. Suresh Jange hails from Hyderabad Karnataka region of Basavakalyan, is professionally qualified, young, energetic and dynamic leader has contributed significantly to the Library and Information Science field with his innovative services to the user community and research aptitude. He is also instrumental in modernizing the library activities in the Gulbarga University Library particularly the Virtual Learning Resource Centre & Digital Library. Based on his merit and rich contribution, Government of Karnataka, Dept. of Public Libraries, has awarded Best Librarian (Academic) award during 2010-11. CONGRATULATIONS DR. JANGE...!!! -- Shekar.H.P. Head, KRC IBS Business School, Bangalore #231, Babasabara Palya Near Kengeri Check post Mysore Road, Bangalore-60 Mob:+91-9945799927 LOVE WHAT U DO- Babuji. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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