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Library Assistants Vacancy at BNMIT, Bangalore
by putta swamy 12 Jun '13

12 Jun '13

Dear Moderator, Kindly circulate this information for the benefit of LIS job aspirants. Applications are invited for the post of 'Library Assistant' in B N M Institute of Technology, Bangalore, a reputed Engineering College in Karnataka. No. of posts: 02 Qualification: Diploma in Library & Information Science. Experience: 2-3 years Essential: Preference will be given to the candidates who have IT Skills with good communication skills. The candidates with sound knowledge of Data entry, serial control and having rich experience in handling of Library Management Software's and Digital Library Software's in virtual environment are preferred. Salary: Rs. 8000 p.m. Last date to apply : 22-06-2013. Resumes may be forwarded by superscribing the envelop as 'Application for the post of Library Assistant' to the following address, The Director, B N M Institute of Technology, 27th Cross, 12th Main, BSK II Stage, Bangalore - 560 070. With best wishes, Chief Librarian B.N.M. Institute of Technology, 27th Cross, 12th Main, BSK II Stage, Bangalore - 560 070. Ph:080-26711781-82 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Result of case regarding Purchase of online journals (in Mumbai high Court)
by Mohan Kulkarni 12 Jun '13

12 Jun '13

Dear Library professionals, Any one know about the result of case in Mumbai High Court that was expected on 11 February 2013 about purchasing online journals. Please let me know. Thank you, Librarian PVG College of Engineering Nashik. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for fulltext article
by Mahesh Moolya 12 Jun '13

12 Jun '13

Dear Professionals, If any library holds below mentioned article. Please send me. J Obstet Gynaecol Res. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18226127#> 2008 Feb;34(1):40-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2007.00681.x. Screening for periodontitis in pregnant women with salivary enzymes. Kugahara T<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Kugahara%20T%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tr…> , Shosenji Y<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Shosenji%20Y%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tr…> , Ohashi K<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Ohashi%20K%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true…> . Thank you, Mahesh Moolya Jr. Librarian K S Hegde Medical Academy Dearalakatte Mangalore 575 018 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICADL 2013-paper submission deadlines- just around the corner
by Shalini Urs 11 Jun '13

11 Jun '13

Apologies for cross posting ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- Call for Papers International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2013) December 9-11, 2013, Bangalore, India; http://www.isim.ac.in/icadl2013/Index.html <http://www.isim.ac.in/icadl2013/Index.html> Paper submission via: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icadl2013 <https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icadl2013> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- About the ICADL Conference The International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL) series is a significant forum for digital libraries research, providing an opportunity for researchers, educators, and practitioners to share their experiences. Since its first meeting in Hong Kong (ICADL 1998) the ICADL has rotated annually among the Asia-Pacific countries, and evolved to become one of the premiere conferences in digital libraries. Topics The emergence of social media and the availability of social networking platforms offer enormous opportunity to leverage them for ³connecting with the user community² and building a strong networked community of stakeholders across the life cycle of information creation to consumption. The ICADL 2013 will focus on the tools, methods, processes and case studies of ³Social Media and Community networks¹ that advance the field of digital libraries. We solicit papers on the theme of Social Media and Community Networks for potential publication in ICADL 2013. Areas of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following: - Community-based web or online services - Social architectures for digital libraries - Electronic publishing - Community informatics - Human factors in digital libraries - Cognitive modelling of social media and communities - Community information retrieval and browsing - Social network analysis - Data mining in communities and social media - Information integration across communities - Interoperability of multi-community information - Metadata and cataloguing in community repositories - Mobile services over social media - Social media analytics - Cross-cultural and cross-linguistic communities - Novel digital content for social environments - Technologies for social media and community networks - Personalized service and user modelling - Community networks for scientific data - Security and privacy in social media and community networks - Systems, algorithms, and models for data preservation - Healthcare Informatics - Information visualization Submission Instructions Papers submitted to ICADL 2013 should not be under review for any other conference or journal. A paper should be significantly different from previously published work, and should represent original contributions. Duplicate submissions will be rejected. If you have questions about how this policy applies to your work, please feel free to send an email to the General Chair or Program Committee Chairs. Authors who wish to submit papers to ICADL 2013 should register their paper and submit an abstract as per the deadlines given in the Important Dates section. Papers for which abstracts have not been registered by the due date will be rejected. Authors may choose among three formats: full papers, short papers and posters. Papers in all these formats will be included in the proceedings and will be presented at the conference. All submissions will be rigorously peer-reviewed. Full papers are expected to report on mature work, or on efforts that have reached an important milestone. They must not exceed 10 pages including references and appendices. Short papers can highlight efforts that might be in an early stage, but are important for the community to be aware of. They can also present theories or systems that can be described concisely in the limited space. They must not exceed 4 pages in all. Posters can be used for presentation of late-breaking results in an informal, interactive manner. Poster proposals must not exceed 2 pages. All contributions must be written in English and must follow Springer's formatting guidelines (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html <http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html> ). Papers are to be submitted via the ICADL 2013 EasyChair page (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icadl2013 <https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icadl2013> ). All accepted papers will be published by Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series as conference proceedings. At least one author from each paper must register for the main conference and present their work during the conference. Important Dates: Submission site opening: Friday, May 10, 2013 Abstract submission deadline: 11:59 PM, Friday, June 21, 2013, India Time (GMT + 05:30) Submission deadline: 11:59 PM, Friday, June 28, 2013, India Time (GMT + 05:30) Acceptance notification: Friday, August 2, 2013 Camera ready deadline: 11:59 PM, Friday, August 30, 2013, India Time (GMT + 05:30) Organizing Committee: General Co-Chairs - N. Balakrishnan, Indian Institute of Science, India - Shalini R. Urs, University of Mysore, India Programme Chairs : - Jin-Cheon Na, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information , Nanyang Technological University, Singapore - Abhinanda Sarkar, Associate Dean and Director Research, MYRA School of Business, Mysore, India - Dr George Buchanan, , School of Informatics, Centre for Human Computer Interaction Design, City University London --------- Dr. Shalini Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in ISiM - Management School of IT. Technology School for IM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Online Bibliography Management Software - Zotero
by Library 11 Jun '13

11 Jun '13

Dear Colleagues, Here is online bibliography management software that I found to be very useful for citing reference and downloading biblios from websites and library catalogues. It is a plugin for Mozila Firefox. simply easy to download bibliography from any website. There is plugin for word processor, you could use as cite as you write. https://www.zotero.org/ Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. A personal research assistant. Zotero is the only research tool that automatically senses content, allowing you to add it to your personal library with a single click. Whether you're searching for a preprint on arXiv.org, a journal article from JSTOR, a news story from the New York Times, or a book from your university library catalog, Zotero has you covered with support for thousands of sites. Store anything. Zotero collects all your research in a single, searchable interface. You can add PDFs, images, audio and video files, snapshots of web pages, and really anything else. Zotero automatically indexes the full-text content of your library, enabling you to find exactly what you're looking for with just a few keystrokes. Regards Yesan Sellan, B.Com., MLISc., PGDLAN, UGC-NET Chief Librarian South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies (SAIACS) 363 Dodda Gubbi Cross Road, Kothanur P.O., Bangalore 77, India Phone: 91 80 2846 5235/5344/ 5649, Fax: 91 80 28465412, Mobile: 91-9972348251 <http://www.saiacs.org/> www.saiacs.org Alternative Email: <mailto:yesans@gmail.com> yesans(a)gmail.com ______________________________________ IMPORTANT : This message is intended only for the addressee. It may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original message. Thank you. P Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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PROJECT ASSOCIATE
by Saba Bama 11 Jun '13

11 Jun '13

PROJECT ASSOCIATE IN DST FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECT Starting in June 2013, the Department of Science and Technology Project Investigator (Dr. Saba Sarasvady) at the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, has a vacant position for a PROJECT ASSOCIATE in Scientometrics. This project intents to measure and map the knoweldge transfer between India and other countries. ELIGIBILITY The potential candidates should have Masters in LIS or Computing Science with a sound statistical knowledge. Besides, the candidates should have NET/JRF qualification. OTHER REQUIREMENTS We are looking forward to grow our team and welcome applications of highly motivated candidates with knowledge on Scientometrics who are willing to support our research efforts. The candidates should work in an environment which enables to map scientometric data in international setting. The project will lead to the birth of many reviewed research papers and cross-country collaboration. We strongly encourage women candidates to apply. The candidates are expected to register for Ph.d under the supervision of the Project investigator. It is a principle of our work to construct systems that make our ideas tangible and assessable. The chair's research contributions are recognized internationally and more often than not are the fruit of collaboration with associated research groups. JOB DETAILS AND APPLICATION Successful candidates will work at the university for a period of 18 months. The Associate will get the consolidated salary of Rs 18400 per month (inclusive of house rent allowance) Please send your complete application in PDF format (preferrable) via e-mail to Dr. Saba Sarasvady (s_sarasvady(a)cb.amrita.edu) The application should be detailed including the specification of address for communication, coding of statistical knowledge, phone number, email id, web reference if any etc. Only selected candidates will be invited to appear for an Interview. The deadline for applications is June 15, 2013. Inquiries with respect to this position may be directed to s_sarasvady(a)cb.amrita.edu ------------------------- * * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Job - Librarian for a school
by Mailing List Admin 11 Jun '13

11 Jun '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 01:47:17 -0700 (PDT) From: sushama rao <shruti795(a)yahoo.com> To: Librarian's Forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Dear LIS-FORUM� Administrator, Please announce following advt. for the post of Librarian:� � With regards, Mrs Rao Librarian Brigade School, Brigade Gateway Complex 26/1, 1st main Road, Subramanya nagar, Malleswaram West Bangalore-5600955 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------�� A reputed�ICSE school requires Librarians with the following qualifications: � Professional skills to operate a school Library Computer skills;� Good communication skills to deal with children. � Essential: BLIS/MLIS from a recognized University with�2-3 years experience. � Interested candidates�may send their resumes to: � The Adminstrator, Brigade Foundation 26/1, 1st main Road, Subramanya�Nagar Malleswaram West Bangalore -560055 or email - administrator(a)brigadeschools.org

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INVITATION FOR REGISTRATION: Classification & Visualization, The Hague, 24-25 October 2013
by Aida Slavic 10 Jun '13

10 Jun '13

*Apologies for cross-posting* === INVITATION FOR REGISTRATION === International UDC Seminar 2013 entitled "Classification& Visualization: Interfaces to Knowledge" will take place on Thursday 24 - Friday 25 October in the National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek), The Hague Conference website:http://seminar.udcc.org/2013. The objective of this conference is to explore cutting edge advances and techniques in the visualization of knowledge across various fields of application and their potential impact on developments in the more main stream bibliographic and documentary classifications. Speakers include: W. Boyd Rayward, Lev Manovich, Kathryn La Barre, Fabrice Papy, Marcel Worring, Luca Rosati, Andrea Resmini, Richard Smiraglia, Charles van den Heuvel, Andrea Scharnhorst, Scott Weingart, etc. To learn more about the conference programme and to register go to the conference websitehttp://seminar.udcc.org/2013 *Early bird registration closes on 30th June:* €180 early bird fee, students €140 (to 30 June) €220 regular fee, students €180 Registration fee covers lunches, refreshments, reception and the conference proceedings book. Contact:seminar2013@udcc.org We look forward to seeing you in October =========================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Nominations invited for Best Librarian Award in NCILS-2013
by Shekar H P 10 Jun '13

10 Jun '13

Dear Moderator, Please circulate the following information to the benefit of Forum members. Thanking you With regards Shekar H.P. Dear Sir / Madam / Friends, It gives me immense pleasure to invite you all for a National Conference organizing by Sree Siddartha Education Society, Tumkur, Karnataka (India). The theme of the National Conference is INSPIRING LIBRARY SERVICES (NCILS) -2013 Date: 12-13th July, 2013 Venue: Auditorium, SSIT, Tumkur. Please find the attachment- Conference brochure for details. The objectives of the conference is to bring together all the library professionals to a common platform, to facilitate the exchange of ideas and help to bridge the knowledge gap among the professionals associated with libraries, and to develop the professional competency in librarians. You are here by requested to contribute a research paper on the sub themes (but not limited to) and participate in the conference. Accepted papers will be published with ISBN. Conference Theme: “ Inspiring Library Services (NCILS-2013)” Sub Themes:  Applying new Technology and Standards in Library Services  Best practices in Library Services  LIS Competencies/ Skills  Innovative information services  Library and Information Metrics Management  Knowledge services for the Interdisciplinary Research  Knowledge services v/s Information services  Measuring Library services Impact  Personal information management  User needs mapping  User-orientation / User Education  Resource optimization (Sources and Human Capital)  Visualizing and Building Interdisciplinary Knowledge  Database(s)/networks  Web based information services  Need based information services- Tools and Techniques, Important Dates: 1. Submission of papers on or before 15th June 2013 2. Intimation on Acceptance of paper 25th June 2013 3. The deadline for registration (Compulsory for authors) - 30th June 2013. 4. Conference date- 12-13th July 2013 5. Spot registration is open for Delegates Registration Fee: Rs. 900.00 for Delegates (Without Accommodation) Rs. 1200.00 for Delegates (With Accommodation) (both includes Conference Kit, Conference Volume, Food and cultural Programmes) The DD may be drawn in favor of “Organising Secretary, NCILS-2013” payable at Tumkur, Karnataka. Nominations are also invited for Best Librarians Award to be awarded during NCILS-2013. For more details please log on to the website: http://ncils.ssit360.com , OR http://www.ssit.edu.in E-mail: ncils2013(a)gmail.com Thanking you With best regards Sunitha Ramakrishna Organizing Secretary NCILS-2013 Ph:9449185744 -- 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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Need an article
by Mamtha's Gmail 10 Jun '13

10 Jun '13

Dear professional friends, One of our faculty needs the following article for her research. Since we do not have this in our subscribed databases, kindly provide fulltext if available in your library. Clin Chem Lab Med. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12241012> 2002 Jul;40(7):673-6. Evaluation of an automated spectrophotometric assay for reactive oxygen metabolites in serum. Iamele L<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Iamele%20L%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true…> , Fiocchi R<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Fiocchi%20R%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tru…> , Vernocchi A<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Vernocchi%20A%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=t…> . -- *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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