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Joined as Group A Public Servant (Asst. Librarian)
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 27 May '13

27 May '13

Dear friends, This is to inform you that I have joined as a Group “A” Public servant (Assistant Librarian) at NIT Rourkela on dated 20 May, 2013. I am feeling lot of responsibly and pressure rather than happiness in order to fulfill the requirements of a public expectations from me, therefore being a good library professionals you all are requested to kindly give your valuable suggestions and blessings from time to time in order to fulfill the professional/users requirements so that i can prove myself as a good public servant. Thanking You. I May not be good for any Individual but very useful for the Institution/Country With regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Pattnaik Central Library, NIT Rourkela, Mob:91+9455306495 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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Recruitment for the post of Librarian Grade.I, Librarian Grade.II, and Library Assistant.
by Ramchandra Madar 26 May '13

26 May '13

On line applications are invited to fill up the following vacancies in the cadre of *Librarian Gr.I - 02*,* Librarian Gr.II - 02* and* Library Assistant -08*, in the offices of *E.S.I. Corporation, Karnataka. * *Qualification:* *1. Librarian Gr.I* : Graduate with Degree or Diploma in Library Science ( One Year course after Graduation) of a recognized University or its equivalent. Two years experience in public college, university or departmental library. *2. Librarian Gr.II* : Matriculation with Diploma in Library Science (2 years course after Matriculation). *3. Library Assistant* : Matriculation with Certificate in Library Science (1 year course after Matriculation) *Last date for Submission of Application:* i) The last date for submission of application online is *29.05.2013*. ii) Last date of receipt of applications (Hard Copy of system generated online application) is 05.06.2013 (last date for receipt of application from candidates residing in North Eastern Regions, Jammu and Kashmir State, Andaman and Nicobar Island and Lakshwadeep will be on* 12.06.2013*. More details Please Visit: *www.esickar.gov.in* Regards, Ramchandra Madar ( B.A., M.Lib.Sc.) Librarian, Bangalore City college of Nursing, Bangalore. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SALIS 2013: Nat Conf on Next Generation Lib Ser at JBAS College
by Arunachalam Hariharan 25 May '13

25 May '13

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College for Women (formerly "S.I.E.T Women's College") is maintained by the Southern India Education Trust, founded by Late Justice Mr. Basheer Ahmed Sayeed assisted by his wife Mrs. Fathima Akhtar and other colleagues. The College maintains high standards of excellence in the academic sphere and in the physical amenities and facilities intended to implement the educational programme. The College endeavours to enroll students who hold high standards of performance, discipline and achievement. The college admits all eligible women students from all parts of the country and world irrespective of caste, creed or religion. J.B.A.S. college for Women is one of the reputed autonomous colleges in the country which is accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India (NAAC) as an outstanding college with ‘ A’ Grade. The College holds the first position amongst the Women’s Colleges in Chennai City. The college holds the following accreditation by the NAAC in 3 (three) cycles:• 1999 – Outstanding Five Star Status• 2007 – Outstanding A Plus Grade• 2013 – CGPA of 3.61 (out of 4) at ‘A’ GradeThe college offers many U.G., P.G., M.Phil. and Ph.D. research programmes on various disciplines. The Library holds more than 76500 volumes of books and other resources and subscribes to many national and international journals and e-resources to cater to the needs of the students and faculty. The library services are fully automated. Library provides many innovative library services to students and faculty members. Library organizes many Information Literacy (IL) programmes regularly for effective utilization of library resources. SALIS SALIS is a registered professional body, actively involved in the development of all spheres of Library and Information Science (LIS) by organizing various programmes such as conferences, seminars, workshops, training programmes, lectures on emerging topics throughout the year in various parts of the country through its various chapters located in Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Erode, Tirunelveli, Delhi-NCR, Nagpur, etc. SALIS publishes national and international journals, proceedings for exchange of information and knowledge sharing among professionals. It has instituted several awards to motivate LIS professionals. One of the objectives of SALIS is to train the LIS professionals to handle the latest IT tools and techniques more efficiently and also understand and adopt best practices in order to provide quality service to the users. ABOUT THE CONFERENCE Libraries are the knowledge storehouse and dissemination centres of all academic and research institutions. The invention of printing press in 1440 and the advent of Internet in 1980’s brought out a paradigm shift in the Information Storage and Retrieval (ISR) and knowledge dissemination. The 21st century witnessed new technologies such as internet, web, digital, technologies, mobile, security technologies, search engines, social networking tools, cloud computing, which affected the libraries. Libraries are undergoing rapid and tremendous changes now due to information explosion and user demand on one side and revolutions of ICT on the other side. Libraries are attempting to embrace these technologies to understand the user needs and also to provide innovative information services to the users OBJECTIVE OF THE CONFERENCE The conference is intended to provide a forum for LIS professionals and practicing Librarians to discuss, deliberate and exchange of knowledge, ideas and best practices on the emerging trends that can be adopted to provide next generation library services. The objective of the conference is to :• Understand the google generation users requirements• Discuss the future trends and future of the library• Know the future IT trends and its impact on Libraries• Know how the new and emerging technologies can be harnessed to provide next generation library services SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Research papers are invited on the following themes and sub-themes of the conference. Next Generation Library services- Design & development of innovative Library services-Information requirements of next generation users- User study-scientometrics/webmometrics- Citation and database studies- Evaluation of library services Next generation Library services using Social Networking tools - Web 2.0/Library 2.0 , RSS , Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Wikis, Mashups, LinkedIn, Metadata and Social Tagging , Federated Search and Discovery Tools, Semantic Web Content Management- E-Publishing,, CM software and tools, OpenCourseWare, Open Source Journal Publishing – E-learning- Models and standards Digital Initiatives- Digital Library- Building Digital Archives/IR- OAI and OA journals- Digital Rights Management (DRM) - Next generation standards and protocols for DL- Interoperability and metadata -Digital Preservation and strategies Emerging Technology for Future LibraryArtificial Intelligence and Expert Systems - Future Library Automation- ISR and Search Engine- Cloud Computing- Search engines- M-Library- Security and Surveillance Technologies-Technology- Solutions and Innovations Collection Development for future libraryPolicy, Criteria and methodology for selection of resources for the future library-Printed -E-resources- Purchase and access to books, journals, reference sources and databases-Ownership, Licensing-Access mechanism- Consortium-Resource sharing and partnership- E-resources management- Physical space and Funds availability IPR- Copyright & Open Licensing –Patents- IPR and impact of Library- Scholarly Publishing and copyright issues- Emerging trends IPR in the IT world Library and Society- Policy for Future Library and Library services –-Government's information policy – Knowledge Commission-Library Legislation - LIS Education and Research-Information Literacy Programmes-Universal Access to Information-Freedom to Access- Best practices GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Authors are requested to submit the soft copy of full paper (with abstract not exceeding 200 words and at least three keywords) as an e-mail attachment tothe organizing secretary. Paper should not exceed 5 pages of A4 size with 1.5 line spacing and font size 12 in Times New Roman. Charts, graphs, photographs, if any,should be inserted at proper places in the paper if absolutely necessary. References should be given as per the Chicago Style. Authors are advised not to include downloaded materials andfigures from the Internet. A declaration by the author(s) should be given separately stating that the paper has not been presented/ published elsewhere. Papers accepted for presentation will be intimated to the first author by e-mail. Papers should be prepared and submitted strictly based on the guidelines (pl. refer conference website for more details) and submitted along with the registration fee. Papers will be accepted for publication only after being reviewed by the technical committee. Co-authors need to pay the registration fee separately. Incase of the same author publishing more than one paper, she or he has to pay the registration fee according to the number of papers.Please note that the papers will not be accepted without registration fee. Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings with ISBN. AWARDS AND MEMENTOES Cash Awards will be given to the best papers for professionals and students. Mementoes will be given to all the presenters. REGISTRATION FEE (for two days) 1. LIS Professionals and others * : Rs.1000/- [*Fee includes bag, proceedings, pen and pad, lunch, snacks and tea]2. Students / Research Scholars (Regular)** : Rs.500/- [**Fee includes proceedings, pen and pad, lunch, snacks and tea) 3. Participants (without presentation) *** : Rs.500/- [*** Fee includes folder, pen and pad, lunch, snacks and tea). Registration Fees should be paid by means of Demand Draft in favour of 'JUSTICE BASHEER AHMED SAYEED COLLEGE FOR WOMEN' payable at Chennai. DATES TO REMEMBER Last date for submission of papers : 15th July, 2013Last Date of Registration : 12th August, 2013 TARGET PARTICIPANTS LIS Professionals, Teaching Staff, Students, Research Scholars, Practicing Librarians, Administrators and IT professionals. ACCOMMODATION Participants are requested to make their own arrangement for accommodation. Large number of hotels (room rent varies from Rs.500 - 5000) are available in and around the conference venue (T.Nagar, Alwarpet, Teynampet, Egmore Railway Station, Triplicane, Near Central Railway Station, etc). Delegates may also contact the organizing secretary for guidance for booking accommodation in advance. They can also visit www.hotelsinchennai.org for bookings. ABOUT CHENNAI Chennai, the capital city of Tamilnadu and the Gateway to South, is the fourth largest city in the country. There are many important tourist places and cultural centers near Chennai such as Kanchipuram, Tirupathi, Pondicherry, Mahabalipuram, etc. to visit. Large number of mosques, temples, churches, shopping malls, cultural Centres, etc. Important Places to visit around the conference venue: Guindy National Park, Express Avenue, Anna Centenary Library, Connemera Public Library, Museum, Marina Beach, Eliot Beach, Kovalam Beach, V.G.P. Golden Beach, M.G.M. Beach, Vandalur Zoological Park, etc. For further details please contact:Mrs. M. Jannath Najeemunnisa BeegumOrganizing Secretary and LibrarianJ.B.A.S. College for Women (Autonomous)No. 56 K.B. Dasan Road, Teynampet, Chennai - 600 018. Tamilnadu ( India).Tel: Library: 91-44-42110745 College: 044- 2436 4152 Cell: +91-9840596275 Fax No. 044 - 2436 4533E-mail:jannathjeelani@yahoo.com, jbaslibrary(a)gmail.com Delegates are requested to visit the conference web site regularly to know the progress and announcements of the conference @ www.jbascollege.edu.in & www.autolib-india.net/salis -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Guidance & Funding for a Start-up
by Mohan Hr 25 May '13

25 May '13

Dear all, Here is an opportunity to get guidance & funding for a Start-up 10,000 start-ups is a NASSCOM initiative, to support technology entrepreneurship in the country. The anchor sponsor of the program is Google and founding sponsors are Microsoft & Verisign. The program aims at creating 10,000 tech start-ups in India in the next 10 years. By Applying to 10000 Start-ups, a Start-up can get High Quality Incubation, Seed Funding and Affordable Workspace. Added Benefits: Connections with Mentors, Angels, Industry leaders; Free business tools worth $25,000; and An opportunity to showcase your start-up at Mega Demo Days. Last date to apply is 31st May 2013. More at http://www.10000startups.com/ With regards HR Mohan Editor -- CSI eNewsletter http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need article from Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
by nasirt . 25 May '13

25 May '13

Dear professional colleagues, I am in need of the following journal article. If any body can help me, I will be great full to you. *Journal of Librarianship and Information Science* *Journal of Librarianship and Information Science* Article Title: * * *Analyzing Traditional Medical Practitioners Information-Seeking Behaviour Using Taylors information-use Environment Model*Authors: * * *Wole Michael Olatokun; Enitan Ajagbe* * * Vol *42*No. *2*Month *6*Year *2010*Page *122-135* Nasirudheen,T, Professional Assistant, University of Calicut, Kerala 9895287042,nasrut(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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Koha Workshop Series
by Uma Kanjilal 24 May '13

24 May '13

I request you to kindly to post the following message on LIS Forum: Koha Workshop Series for Library Automation and Resource Sharing Network Project of National Mission on Education through ICT (NMEICT), MHRD The Project Team of Library Automation and Resource Sharing Network Project (see http://n-larn.ac.in) under NMEICT (National Mission on Education through ICT) of MHRD is organizing third round of workshops on Koha including MARC 21 bibliographic format and Indic scripts based document management as per the following schedule: Sl No Workshop Venue Local Coordinator Dates 1. Central Library, IIT Madras, Chennai - 600 036 Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian and Dr. Mahendra N. Jadhav Deputy Librarian Central Library, IIT Madras e-mail: jadhavm(a)iitm.ac.in June 12- 15, 2013 2. Central Library, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, U.P.,India Dr. Ajay Kumar Srivastava , Librarian, central Library, BHU e-mail : librarian.bhu(a)gmail.com June 27-30, 2013 3. Department of Library and Information Sc, Gauhati University Guwahati 781014 Prof. Narendra Lahkar Head, Dept of Lib & Inf Science, Gauhati University Guwahati 781014 Email: nlahkar(a)gmail.com July 5- 9, 2013 Participation is invited from library professionals of colleges affiliated to UGC/AICTE or other government higher education institutions. There is no registration fees, however, the participants will have to make arrangement for their own travel and accommodation. Interested professionals may send a mail to the project team listed below, showing their interest and detailed information (name and address of college, name of delegate, professional experience, college affiliation, state-of-the library automation, e-mail, mobile number etc.). Participating libraries need to be bibliographic data partner of the project to submit and receive validated MARC data to/from the Z 39.50 server created by the project team for the purpose. Participants will have to sign an agreement duly endorsed by the head of the institution to share bibliographic data for the union catalogue. Participation will be confirmed only after receiving the agreement (form attached). The hard copy of the filled in form has to be mailed to the local coordinator of the workshop. Admission to the Workshop will be on a 'first-come first-served' basis and will be confirmed on receiving the agreement form. Participants will be provided a Live Software DVD (an easy-to-install software suite containing Koha and other library related software like Greenstone, DSpace, Joomla, Open Harvester, Open Journal System, easy backup/restore of bibliographic data, and many more in Unicode-compliant Indic Scripts-enabled environment on Ubuntu LTS),Training manual, Working lunch and refreshments. Project Team: Prof. Uma Kanjilal, IGNOU, Principal Investigator (ukanjilal(a)ignou.ac.in) Prof. K. S. Raghavan, DRTC (Retired), Co-Principal Investigator (ksragav(a)hotmail.com) Dr. Parthasarthi Mukopadhyay, Kalyani University, Co-Principal Investigator (psmukhopadhyay@gmail.com)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Prof. Uma Kanjilal Director I/c Advanced Centre for Informatics & Innovative Learning (ACIIL) Indira Gandhi National Open University Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, India Pin 110 068 Phone: + 91-11-29533068 (O) +91-11-29572714 (O) Fax: +91-11-29534216 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need Article
by Bharat Alasandi 24 May '13

24 May '13

Respected All Professional Colleagues, *I need following articles from Science direct. If any body have the access kindly send me the same. * *1. 1. *Staffing for Electronic Resource Management The Results of a Survey, /Ellen Finnie Duranceau<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098791302002241> *Serials Review <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00987913>, *Volume 28, Issue 4 <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00987913/28/4>, Winter 2002, Pages 316–320 ** http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098791302002241 2. The Innovative Electronic Resource Management System: A Development Partnership/Diane Grover<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098791304000589>, Serials Review <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00987913>, Volume 30, Issue 2 <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00987913/30/2>, 2004, Pages 110–116 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098791304000589 3. Electronic Journal Forum: Electronic Resource Management Systems: Understanding the Players and How to Make the Right Choice for Your Library by Maria Collins<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098791305000067>, Serials Review <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00987913>, Volume 31, Issue 2 <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00987913/31/2>, June 2005, Pages 125–140 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098791305000067 4. *Electronic Resource Management Systems (ERMS) Review by *Maria Collins<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098791308000932>, *Serials Review <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00987913>**, *Volume 34, Issue 4 <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00987913/34/4>, December 2008, Pages 267–299 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098791308000932 Thanks and Regards Bharat B. Alasandi Librarian Bharatesh Education Trusts Global Business School B.C. 188 Fort Road Belgaum - 6 Karnataka E-mail : bharatalasandi(a)gmail.com Phone: 9986135406 -- Bharat B. Alasandi Librarian Bharatesh Education Trusts Global Business School B.C. 188 Fort Road Belgaum - 6 Karnataka E-mail : bharatalasandi(a)gmail.com Phone: 9986135406 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha 3.12 official Live DVD released
by Vimal Kumar V. 24 May '13

24 May '13

Dear Friends, Live DVD based on Koha 3.12 and Xubuntu 12.04 has been released. Following are the key features of Koha Live DVD, Easy installation steps Koha installation based on Ubuntu packages Koha customised for ready to use Zebra server enabled Customised MARC fields in cataloguing Scheduled database backup. Build on Xubuntu 12.04 LTS Detailed Read Me file Post installation manual included in the DVD Sample reports Easy to upgrade to new version of Koha like any other Ubuntu packages. You can download the Live DVD from here, https://sourceforge.net/projects/kohalivedvd/files You can also download an installation manual from the same place. Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Koha Live DVD Manager (koha-community.org) 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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CALL FOR PAPERS
by Bharat Alasandi 24 May '13

24 May '13

Dear LIS Forum Moderator Kindly Publish the following matter in LIS Forum Dear Commerce & Management College Librarians, Kindly Circulate following message with your faculty members. Hence they can contribute their papers in Our Journal. *Navasiddhant: Journal of Management, Entrepreneurship and Ethics* *ISSN : 2320 – 2017* *Call for Papers* Navasiddhant: Journal of Management, Entrepreneurship and Ethics (ISSN : 2320 – 2017) is a peer reviewed Scholarly Journal Published half twice a year (Half yearly) by Bharatesh Education Trust’s Global Business School, Belgaum. Navasiddhant focuses on Business and Management related areas. It also focuses on economics, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Commerce and related disciplines. It aims to provide platform for researchers, Management professionals to share their views, Information and research activities. The journal accepts original Research Papers, Articles, Case studies. Contributions embedded in Indian and International Context and reflecting in Management Research. Author submission guidelines and copyright form is available for your kind reference. E-mail your manuscripts to the navasiddhant(a)betgbs.in *Last date is to submit the Articles for coming issue is: 15th June, 2013. * The Editor Navasiddhant: Journal of Management, Entrepreneurship and Ethics Bharatesh Education Trust’s Global Business School B.C. 188, Fort Road, Belgaum – Karnataka 0831 – 2421513, Website: www.betgbs.in E-mail: navasiddhant(a)betgbs.in Thanks and Regards Bharat B. Alasandi Librarian Bharatesh Education Trusts Global Business School B.C. 188 Fort Road Belgaum - 6 Karnataka E-mail : bharatalasandi(a)gmail.com Phone: 9986135406 -- Bharat B. Alasandi Librarian Bharatesh Education Trusts Global Business School B.C. 188 Fort Road Belgaum - 6 Karnataka E-mail : bharatalasandi(a)gmail.com Phone: 9986135406 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post of Reference Assistant in Visva Bharati Santiniketan
by Subhodip Bid 23 May '13

23 May '13

Dear Professional** Applications are invited for the posts of Reference Assistant, PCK (OBC)(PH) in Visva Bharati Santiniketan * Essential Qualification * Graduate with certificate in Library Science. *Minimum Experience : * At least two years experience in equivalent capacity in a recognized Institution. *Desirable Qualification * Shall have experience in Computer application. For more information http://www.visva-bharati.ac.in/appointments/Advt-04-2013-Non-Academic.pdf *Application Form :* http://www.visva-bharati.ac.in/appointments/appl-form-employee.pdf -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Information Professional National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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