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Request for a full text theses
by Ajay Kum Sharma 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

Dear Library Professional, One of our Research Scholar need a theses/dissertation available in ProQuest. I will be helpful to him for his research work if anyone kindly send me a soft copy of that theses for his reference purpose. URL of that is given below. Title of the Theses: The literary public sphere in Bengal: Aesthetics, culture and politics, 1905-1939 Author: Samarpita Mitra URL: http://udini.proquest.com/view/the-literary-public-sphere-in-pqid:191318411… -- Thanks and regards. अजय कुमार शर्मा Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian & In-charge, Journal Section, Central Library, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235, Bolpur, Birbhum, West Bengal & Webmaster of ABSLA Email: ajaysharma.lib(a)visva-bharati.ac.in Mobile No.: +91 9735111064 Office Land Line: +91 3463 262783 Ext. 220 Web: http://www.absla.org/ajay.html Web Blog: http://www.blogger.com/home?pli=1 *********************************************************** 1. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg 2. Join today LIS-Forum mailing list http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum *********************************************************** You can’t change the past but you can change the future, always remember to recycle... -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CSI eNewsletter Mar & Apr 2013 (combined issue) -- Primer on CSI History
by Mohan Hr 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

Dear all, The CSI eNewsletter for Mar & Apr 2013 (combined issue) can be accessed at http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-2013-04-01.pdf and also at the CSI KM Portal http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/enewsletter For the archives of this newsletter, pl. visit http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-archives.htm or at http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/archives You are free to forward this mail to your contacts who may like the information presented in the mail. =============================================== Primer on CSI History – An Appeal As Computer Society of India (CSI) will be turning 50 in 2015, a series of Golden Jubilee events/activities are planned in the coming two years. There is a proposal to have a curtain raiser in Jun/Jul 2013 at Delhi. In this context, a primer on "CSI History” -- highlighting the significant milestones of CSI from its inception is being brought out. To facilitate the compilation/preparation of this primer, inputs are requested from members and all who have been associated with CSI at various capacities at the chapter, regional, national and international levels. Kindly provide us with all possible information relevant to this primer as write-ups, documents, publications, photographs and in all other forms at your earliest. While soft copies of the inputs can be sent to by email to csi.history(a)gmail.com the hard copies (documents/publications/photos/) may pl. be sent to: Director – Education, Computer Society of India, Education Directorate, CIT Campus, IV Cross Road, Taramani, Chennai – 600 113. Ph: +91-44-2254 1102 / 1103 / 2874. After use, they will be returned back to you if desired. We request your immediate support in this activity as the lead-time for the primer preparation is quite short. =============================================== With regards HR Mohan Editor -- CSI eNewsletter http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ Contents ======= -- The Organization of the Future, and it’s Impact on IT -- The legal and commercial risks and issues to consider when managing emails -- Google Apps v. Office 365 summary: Which is better -- 10 considerations for BYOD cost/benefit analysis -- What Is Crowdfunding And How Does It Benefit The Economy -- Scientists use 3-D printing to help grow an ear -- Video: India 3.0 IT And Education -- Internet freedom in a world of states -- What ails India inc’s executives? -- Inspiring interview with Dr. Vinton G Cerf, Father of Internet -- eBook: Definitive Guide to Next-Generation Threat Protection -- Apple fan launches new blog, YouTube channel -- Virtual learning spaces -- 7 Innovative Solutions to CAPTCHA User Attention -- Webinar: Information Optimization and the Disruptive Power of Big Data -- Video: Insight Into Depression – Sadhguru (11 min 30 secs) -- Evaluating Agile and Scrum with Other Software Methodologies -- Priming Kanban -- Top 40 CRM Vendor report -- Researchers achieve breakthrough in spin storage -- The CS Cloud Computing Special Technical Community (CS CCSTC) -- Video: IT and Masses in India -- Mark Twain Awards for Travel support -- Cicero's philosophy -- Announcements -- ICT Events -- ICT News: Voices & Views -- ICT News: Telecom, Govt, Policy, Compliance -- ICT News: IT Manpower, Staffing & Top Moves -- ICT News: Company News: Tie-ups, Joint Ventures, New Initiatives -- Book: Estimating Software Costs (TMH) -- Book: Internet Marketing: An Hour A Day (Wiley India) -- Book: Know Your English (Vol. 1): Idioms and their stories (Universities Press): -- Book: Listening Skills (Universities Press) -- Book: Semantic Web Services (Springer) -- Book: The Art of Agile Practice: A Composite Approach for Projects and Organizations (CRC Press) -- About the CSI-eNewsletter -- Contributions to CSI-eNewsletter Volunteers to CSI-eNewsletter: CSI eNewsletter is looking for volunteers to take up compiling information, editing and managing the newsletter generation and distribution. Those interested may please email their interest along with their profile to the editor at hrmohan.csi(a)gmail.com InfoQuiz–2013-04-01 ================ (TEN Prizes to Win – FOUR Prizes of Rs. 500/- each and SIX books) 1. “Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web” is now known as ------. 2. Name the 1st Indian to sign up for the Giving Pledge, a forum of wealthy people to pledge for Philanthropy 3. Which course taken by Steve Jobs helped him to excel in his products at Apple? 4. Three Vs of BIG DATA are Volume, Velocity, and ------ 5. RIM (Research In Motion), the company which makes BlackBerry range of smart phones has been renamed as ------ Email your answers by 30th Apr 2013 to csi.infoquiz(a)gmail.com with subject “infoquiz-2013-04-01”. Please provide your name, designation, company/institution, full postal address (to send the prize) and the contact phone nos. after the answers. There are TEN prizes to win. TWO prizes of Rs. 500/= each by SRA Systems (www.srasys.com) and TWO prizes of Rs. 500/= each by VictoryMind Educare Services. SIX prizes will be in the form of books which are briefly reviewed in this edition of the newsletter. They are being offered by Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd (www.tmhshop.com/) Wiley India Pvt. Ltd (www.wileyindia.com) Universities Press (www.universitiespress.com) Springer (www.springer.com) and CRC Press (www.crcpress.com) Answers along with the winners’ info will be published in the next issue. Answers & Winners of InfoQuiz-2013-02-01 ========================== 5th Feb 2013, MIT (JSTOR), Google, Graph Search, Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud Rs. 500/= from SRA Systems: P. Spandana (Anantapur) & T. Sai Sahitya (Eluru) Rs. 500/= from VictoryMind Edu Services: Liny Varghese (Kochi) & P. Thirumurthy (Coimbatore) Book from Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt Ltd: Arti Ahirwar (Gwalior) Book from Wiley India Pvt Ltd: I.Kirubha Shangari (Coimbatore) Book from Pearson: V. Priya (Chennai) Book from SPD: Ishuita Sen Gupta (Moradabad) Book from Universities Press: Sumit Kumar Manna (Kolkata) Book from Springer: A. Ramesh Kumar (Chennai) Book from CRC Press: G.R Srivathsan (Chennai) Book from Wiley: Manju Mittal (Pune) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulation to Dr. Akhtar Perwez
by sufian ahmad 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

Dear Professional Friends! Please join me to congratulate Dr. Akhtar Perwez whose post (Librarian) has been upgraded at IIM Indore in Professor's scale. I wish him all the best for his future endeavor. -- Sufian Ahmad (Librarian) Sahitya Akademi, 35, Rabindra Bhawan, Mandi House, Delhi-110001 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Prof. V. G. Talawar's new assignment as Reva Univty. VC- Hearty Congrats!
by Sudhier K G Pillai 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

Dear Friends, Hearty Congratulations to Prof. (Dr.) V. G. Talawar for his new assignment as the Vice Chancellor of Reva University, Bangalore. I wish him all success in his new post and am sure that he will succeed, as the VC of Mysore University. Once again let me Congratulate him on behalf of the Library Professionals in the University of Kerala and his well wishers and students of the state of Kerala! *Dr. K. G. PILLAI SUDHIER* Library & Knowledge Centre School of Distance Education (SDE) University of Kerala,Senate House Campus Thiruvanathapuram-695 034, KERALA http://www.facebook.com/sudhier.kgpillai http://www.ideku.net/techstaff.php Tel. 09446484561, +91 471 2414461 (R) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] how to get data recovery from PC (Ravi Hullur)
by Dimple Patel 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

Mr. Ravi, Though I cannot assure you results (as you say you have formatted your machine), but you could try System Rescue CD (http://www.sysresccd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage) It has saved my neck plenty of times. I recommend you go through its manual thoroughly before trying it. -- Regards, Dimple Patel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Library & Information Science, Central University of Himachal Pradesh (On Lien from Osmania University) http://oudl.osmania.ac.in http://sites.google.com/site/dimplerp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What we think, we become. ~ Buddha -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Prof.Talawar appointed as Vice Chancellor
by Mailing List Admin 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 17:10:01 +0530 From: Ishwar Goudar <goudarishwar(a)googlemail.com> Dear Professionals, Prof. Talawar created a record four years back in India as he has been the first VC coming from Library and Information Science Community. His new appointment as Founder VC of Reva University at Bangalore is another feather in his crown. I have seen him for the last 36 years or so as humble librarian initially at BEL later at Mangalore University, then as Professor of Library Science, Director of UGC Academic Staff College, Registrar and four years back as VC at University of Mysore. I had an opportunity of working closely under his guidance as Visiting Professor and Library Adviser at UoM. During his regime as VC the university bagged highest number of projects fetching more than 200 Crores, resulting in enviable infrastructure in terms of buildings, instrumentation, IT, etc. Library, which was in its lowest web got rejuvenated to be one of the best of its kind in the country. A number of new courses were started, both academic and career oriented. For the last 8 years or so he would have slept not more than fours a day as he used sit upon the job seriously irrespective of time and his tiredness. His seriousness and hardworking nature suits much more in private sector. Probably the present assignment private university is a God given reward for his hard work. Lets us congratulate him and wish him all the best for his new assignment on behalf of Library Professionals all over. Regards, -- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Visiting Professor and Library Adviser Mysore University Library University of Mysore Manasagangotri, MYSORE - 570 006 Tel: 0821-2419283 mob: 09611165781 E-mail: goudarishwar(a)gmail.com On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Pandurang Konnur <pvkonnur(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Professional Friends, > > Let us all congratulate Prof.Talawar on his appointment as First and > Founder Vice Chancellor of Reva University, Bangalore. It is a reward for > hard working and dedicated person like Prof.Talawar. Let us all wish him a > very successful second innings of Vice Chancellorship. > > Best Wishes, > -- > *Dr. P. V. Konnur* > Professor & Director, > School of Applied Sciences, > Chairman > Department of Library & Information Science, > *Rani Channamma University,* > Vidhya Sangama, Belgavi 591 156 > Karnataka State, (India) > Phone : 91-831-2565216-17 > Mobile : 91-9449679737 > E-Mail : pvkonnur(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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Prof.Talawar's appointment as Vice Chancellor
by Dr. A.T. Francis 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

Dear all, Library Professional as Vice Chancellor itself is a great achievement. Here, Prof. Talwar became VC as second time in Reva University, Bangalore. It is a true model of achievement and recognition acquired through hard work, professionalism and service. Surely, we the library professionals can learn a lot from his practices. Our heartfelt congratulations to Prof. Talwar. Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY, IT NODAL OFFICER & WEB ADMINISTRATOR College of Horticulture Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National workshop on Use and Awareness of E-Resources
by Rajesh Aldarthi 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

One Day National workshop on Use and Awareness of E-Resources Organized by Central Library Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam On 25th May, 2013 The workshop will provide unique opportunity to know more about the access to scholarly journals, databases and other e-resources which are available on Internet and will enable the participants to understand different types of e-resources subscribed and made available for access. The maximum 100 participants will be accommodated on first come, first served basis. Registration Fees is 300/- The Registration fee includes workshop kit (Bag, Course Material, Software CD, and Certificate), Refreshment, lunch. Accommodation Accommodation can be arranged in hotels/hostel/guest house. For which the organizers shall provide necessary assistance if informed well in advance. Mode of Payment Payments from delegates will be accepted in Cheque/ Demand Draft prepared in favour of Organizing Secretary, Workshop/Seminar payable at Tezpur University. Note: Last date for Receipt of Complete Registration form: 10th May 2013. LIS Professionals are requested to participate in the workshop and make it grand success. For any further query please feel free to contact undersigned. Kind regards and best wishes. Dr .Mukesh Saikia Organizing Secretary National Workshop on Use and Awareness of e-Resources Central Library, Tezpur University Napaam, Sonitpur, Tezpur – 784028, Assam, India Mobile: 91995718938 Email: mukesh(a)tezu.ernet.in meqbal(a)tezu.ernet.in http://www.tezu.ernet.in/Library/ -- RAJESH ALDARTHI -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Do I Ignore this? Research, Publishing & Open Access
by Satyaranjan Sahu 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

Dear All, After reading the posting of Dr. Asundi on 8th March 2013 (Replies to case of Plagiarism and other observations) as a young professional, I had some immediate reaction to express on the prospective of LIS profession in India. But I controlled my feelings and analyzed the changes in profession over the decade after the strong worded editorial of Dr. Abhijit Lahari (http://itt.nissat.tripod.com/itt0201/edtl0201.htm) I rarely attend conferences/seminars but from the mail of Dr. Asundi and subsequent mails, it was obvious that little good has happened in the profession. So I had refrained myself from posting in the forum remembering the words of my beloved ex-teacher late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar, Indian Institute of Science (NSCI) that 'Do more with deeds than words'. But today after reading an article in the journal, International Journal of Advanced Library and Information Science (Open Access), 1(1); 2013, 12pp. (http://scientific.cloud-journals.com/index.php/IJALIS/article/view/Sci-70) which gives wrong data about my serving institute, I could not refrain from posting this mail. In the article, the author's carelessness makes his work null and void and exhibits how casual he/she is. Following are some examples: 1. The number of articles mentioned under methodology is 1423 in Current Science volume 90 to 99 (2006-2010) but the different tables show they are 1698. 2. Under sub-heading "Institution Wise productivity (5.1.8)", the table shows that the articles published by institutes; NIO-323, NGRI-268, PRL-242, BARC-218, IARI-183 (research institutes) and others 369. This is false and contradicting the previous section 5.1.6 where it is mentioned 449 articles for research institutions (26.44%). I strongly object to the false information provided for my institute, National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR). My institute has published only 93 articles during the mentioned period and not 323 articles in Current Science. >From the above article, it is clear that how seriously the research is carried out in the profession. The journal is an open access journal and its standard can be judged from this paper. I am not surprised to see the author as Senior Editor. I am a strong supporter of Open Access movement but it is annoying to see these predator publishers who are corrupting open access (http://www.nature.com/news/predatory-publishers-are-corrupting-open-access- 1.11385). To increase the length of the bio-data and API scoring, there is a competition among the professionals. They increase the number of publications compromising the quality and ethics. I feel sorry for those professionals, who are dedicatedly doing quality research and publish very few articles. Thanking you With regards Satya -------------------------------------------- Satya Ranjan Sahu Scientist National Information Centre for Marine Sciences (Library) CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO) Dona Paula, Goa - 403 004 ----------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request
by LIJESH TK 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

Title: Taxonomic review of the tree frog genus Rhacophorus from the Western Ghats, India (Anura: Rhacophoridae), with description of ontogenetic colour changes and reproductive behaviour Author: S.D. BIJU; RACHUNLIU G. KAMEI; STEPHEN MAHONY; ASHISH THOMAS; SONALI GARG; GARGI SIRCAR; ROBIN SUYESH Source: Zootaxa 3636 (2): 257–289 website: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/z03636p289f.pdf By, Lijesh T.K KFRI, Thrissur, Kerala. Visit: http://www.libraryjobs4u.blogspot.com/ Library News: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Library-News/146299565539496 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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