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DLINE Journals Research Award for Third World LIS Professionals
by Saba Bama 01 Apr '13

01 Apr '13

DLINE Research Award 2013 in Library & Information Science Research (http://www.dline.info/index.php/research-award-for-lis) About the Award DLINE Incorporation, UK and India, the publisher of the collection of international journals in Science and Technology, and the Society for Information Organization in UK seek potential research projects with sound themes for the 2013 DLINE Outstanding Research Awards. Award-winning entries will receive a cash prize of $500 (or currency equivalent), a certificate, a winners' logo to attach to correspondence and the opportunity of publication in the DLINE journal - either as a full paper or a short paper. The DLINE Award recognizes library and information science researchers who have made extensive and innovative contribution in the library and information science domain. Two prizes will be awarded in 2013. Eligibility Library and Information Professionals from Third world countries who are currently employed in any recognised library are eligible to apply. There is no age limit to the award. Submissions must be related to the library and information science domain research. Both individuals and project teams may submit an application. Any awards to project team submissions will be divided equally among the members. Each project team may submit only one paper/project per award. Applicants must agree to have winning proposal featured on the library website and archived in the DLINE Repository. Application Deadline The application deadline will be April 30, 2013. Proposals should be submitted by email to edprocess at dline.info Application Process An application consists of the following: A proposal (maximum of 1000 words) which describes in detail the research strategy and the plan to do a piece of research (in any format). The proposals should be descriptive about the method the applicants like to use in the research process. Proposals for theoretical and survey research are strongly discouraged. The proposals should reflect innovativeness and methodological increments. Proposals can be submitted by email to edprocess at dline.info The Content of the Proposal The proposal should clearly provide the aim and scope of the research including the description of the method, purpose, experiments, outcome and how the results will contribute to the domain. The proposals with theory or case studies are not supported in the award. The proposal need not at provide any data, but indicate what types of data will be given in the paper. The authors of the selected proposals will be asked to submit the final research study in the form of a full paper. Hence the proposal can be more descriptive but without any data or analysis. Evaluation Criteria The selection of the winner(s) of the award will be based primarily on the reviewers’ evaluation of how well the proposal demonstrates the following criteria: Extensive and innovative plan in library and information science domain. Evidence of significance in the research plan and inquiry that shows the strategy for the future. Language and presentation Originality in themes For questions about the DLINE Research Award, contact edprocess at dline.info with the mail addressed to Dr. Simon Fong ----------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution ?
by Vasanth 30 Mar '13

30 Mar '13

Dear Sir/Madam, Plagiarism has become widespread in Indian academic environment like never before. Because of the technological advancement we are in a position to track the act of plagiarism easily but the administrative wing of the academic institutions in universities have failed to take action when there is ample evidence of act of plagiarism. In the recent past, many of the professors in institutes of higher learning who have found guilty of plagiarism have promoted to the highest position of the office of higher learning. There is no punishment for plagiarism in India. One can easily escape without any punishment for the act of copying others work. This is the precise reason why there is lot of incidents of plagiarism in Indian academic environment. LIS profession is no different to this trend. Let me mention one such incident of plagiarism in LIS domain. The only reason for taking this example is, because this particular paper is available in public domain. Plagiarized version Title of the article : Use and awareness of Internet at education colleges of Gadag City, Karnataka: A case study Journal : SRELS Journal of Information Management Volume and Issue: 49 (3) Year: 2012 Pages: 325-330 Abstract of the 2012 version of the article: This study is aimed at the Internet use and its impact among the education colleges of Gadag city. Structured questionnaire was designed to collect data. Out of 100 questionnaires, 90 filled in questionnaires were received back. The survey found out that, 98.89% of the total respondents use Internet only for e-mail facility, 94.44% respondents are using Google as the favorite search engine for accessing information, and 52.22% were not satisfied with the printing facilities available in their respective colleges. The study also highlights the suggestions made by the faculty and the students Title of the article from which the above authors have copied the article Title of the article : Use of Internet in engineering colleges of three districts of Karnataka State: A study Journal : ILA Bulletin Volume and Issue: 43 (1) Year: 2007 Pages: 13-19 Abstract of the 2007 version of the article: This study is aimed at the Internet use and its impact among the engineering colleges of Mysore, Hassan and Mandya districts. Structured questionnaire were designed to collect the data. Out of 100 questionnaires 90 filled in questionnaires were received back The survey found out that, 92.22% of the total respondents use Internet only for e-mail, 86.66% respondents are using Google as the favorite search engine for accessing information and 53.33% were not satisfied with the printing and down loading facilities available in their respective colleges. The study also highlights the suggestions made by the faculty and the students of the respective engineering colleges. It was surprised that the authors have copied even the references as it is without any changes. Content is completely identical. Only changes they made to the article was the user response rate wherever it is needed. There is no reward for hard work in today's society especially in India. Those who have the power and money move up to the ladder no matter what their academic credentials are. ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Maintaining basic standards in publishing Government of India and state government documents
by atanu 30 Mar '13

30 Mar '13

Dear Colleagues, It is heartening to see that the government librarians from central and state governments advocating for open access to literature. Open access is not only about making the electronic copy of the literature available in public domain without charge and restrictions, it is also about making the literature discoverable by using basic metadata in publications. While doing literature review, I have encountered with numerous literature published by various agencies within Government of India and state governments without even basic metadata. There are some literature without even an identifiable title. Almost 50 percent documents do not have a publication date and no document has a mention of publication place, publisher, suggestion citation, not to mention standard book numbers (e.g. ISBN). Worse still, publishers do not seem to follow any guidelines in creating file formats. Hosting URLs change very often making citations untraceable within few months. NIC and DEITY are leading developing so many standards in the field of e-Government, eHealth, and other fields. Government information managers should be able implement at least basic bibliographic standards, adhere to procedure for publications, and making IRs hosting government publications. It seems that National Library and archive have already given up on this. It is recommended to set up a technical committee to come up with appropriate recommendations, implementation guidelines, and technical support to the line ministries/ government agencies to improve the situation. With best, Atanu ------------------------------------------------------ Atanu Garai OMEGA Technical Assistance Support Team IPE Global State Institute of Rural Development Campus OMEGA Cell, Ground Floor, Near Stewart School, Unit-8 Bhubaneswar – 751012, India T+ 91.674.6511.307 | F: + 91.674.256.2529 www.ipeglobal.com ------------------------------------------------------ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 28 Mar '13

28 Mar '13

Dear professional colleagues Vasanth Raju's mail bringning to our notice about two articles copied was never a surprise to me. He has only brought to the notice of us the tip of huge ice berg. How many of us know about the entire PhD theses being copied as such to get degrees.I saw a question from Prof Mallinath Kumbar also."Is there a solution for the prevalent practice of plagiarism. Yes, there are several solutions. 1. Take corrective measures at the beginning itself by putting the write ups of students for plagiarism check. Several platforms are available for this like turn it in. Remove the student from the rolls as soon as he is found doing it.2. Journal / Seminar editors should see that the articles are reviewed and plagiarism checked. If found plagiarized see that the authors are black listed. Last two CALIBER (2011/2013) volumes are tried under plagiarism checker and seen that only good articles get published in them3. The important responsibility rests with the teaching community in ! LIS Schools. During research Methodology classes teach them about writing and data analyzing aspects  and more about the menace of Plagiarism. Before we get into deep troubles let us join hands together to avoid this menace embrace our profession. Egos should not play here. Dr GOPAKUMAR V. University Librarian,Goa University Taleigao Plateau, Goa. PIN 403 206 Personal webpage http://www.vgkumar.weebly.com/ gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com Office Phone: 08326519012 Mobile No: 09447056713 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulations to Dr. T M Vasudevan (Syamili)
by Syamili C 27 Mar '13

27 Mar '13

Dear Professionals, It was great pleasure to hear that our beloved teacher Dr. T M Vasudevan, Head of the Library & Information Science Department, Calicut University has gained PhD. Degree. His study entitled “Information literacy of research scholars of universities in Kerala”. Behalf of the entire students of the department, I congratulate you for such a remarkable success. Accept our heartiest congratulations. Syamili C. Dept. of Library & Information Science Calicut University syamili1990(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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Order Reserved on UGC’s Plea on UGC June, 2012 NET Examination
by Punith S 27 Mar '13

27 Mar '13

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/order-reserved-on-ugcs-ple… A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday reserved its order on an appeal filed by the UGC against a single judge’s verdict quashing the new qualifying criteria prescribed by the UGC in the National Eligibility Test for lectureships. The Bench comprising Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice K.Vinod Chandran reserved the order after the conclusion of arguments on the appeals. The single judge had held that the UGC regulations did not confer any right on the UGC to fix a high mark after holding of the NET. Nor such criteria could be introduced through regulation just before the announcement of the results by executive orders. The introduction of the new criteria was not supported by the law, the single judge had held. As per the new criteria, candidates in the general category who had scored an aggregate of 65 per cent for all the three papers would be eligible to lectureship while the OBC candidates need 60 per cent and the marks for candidates in the SC/ST category was 55 per cent. The single judge had also declared that the petitioners who had obtained separate minimum marks prescribed in the UGC notification had cleared the NET .The court had ordered that they should be given the necessary certificates in a month. In its appeal, the UGC contended that the High Court had no right to make a declaration regarding the result of the test. It had been clearly stated in the original notification that candidates should obtain the minimum required marks in each paper separately. It had also been said that the qualifying criteria for Junior Research Fellowship and eligibility for lectureship would be decided by the UGC before the declaration of results. It was the moderation committee appointed by the UGC comprising senior academicians who had recommended that the general, OBC (non-creamy layer) and the SC/ST candidates would be required to obtain an aggregate percentage of 65, 60 and 55 respectively in addition to the paper-wise minimum percentage as qualifying criteria. The notification had clearly said that the final cut-off shall be decided by the commission before the declaration of results. The single judge’s ruling would only affect the standard of education. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for a librarian post in a leading MNC - Mumbai
by smrithi gopal 26 Mar '13

26 Mar '13

Hi Moderator, Request you to post this in LIS forum. One of the leading MNC is looking for library professionals who can manage the Information Resource Centre independently. He/she should be extrovert, diligent and able to handle the user queries effectively. Strong verbal and written communication with knowledge of MS-Office is mandatory. *Location:** **Mumbai* * * *Designation:** **Associate** (**Information Services)*** Experience on Library in-house operations -- circulation, acquisition, cataloguing, resource sharing. Working knowledge in any library automation software, e-resources and databases with prior experience in handling the day-to-day library activates can apply. Please find the below details to apply for this position: * * 1. Excellent communication skills 2. Regular B.L.I.Sc / M.L.I.Sc / M.Sc (Information Science) from any recognized university 3. He/she should have minimum one year of relevant experience. 4. Local candidate is preferable. Kindly email your updated resume to *s**mrithi.gopal(a)gmail.com<smrithi.gopal(a)gmail.com> * Last date to apply for this position is on or before *28th March 2013* ** Thanks and regards, Smrithi G ** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for Library Assistant, Assistant Librarian & Librarian
by kumar kum 26 Mar '13

26 Mar '13

Dear Sir, Plese drop this mail into LIS -forum immediately. SGR Group of Institutions,Marathahalli,Bangalore -560037 running Dental,Polytechnic and Nursing Colleges and required the below mentioned staff for their group of Institutions. Library Assistant - 02 (DLISC) Assistant Librarian - 02 (BLISC.MLISC) Librarian - 02(MLISC,M.Phil,PGDLAN,Hardware & Networking) Salary based on Qualification and Experience . Selected Candidates should be ready to join immediately. Send your Resumes to ravikb78(a)gmail.com immediately. Contact for further information Mr.Ravi.K.B Chief Librarian, SGR Institutions, Munnekolala, SGR College Road, Maratha Halli - 560 037 Mobile: 9902692643 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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VACANCIES IN LIBRARY- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, UTTARAKHAND
by Paramjit Singh 26 Mar '13

26 Mar '13

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UGC NET DEC-2012
by Avijit Dutta 26 Mar '13

26 Mar '13

Dear professionals, Result of UGC NET DEC-2012 has been declared on 25th March 2013. To view the result please log on to http://www.ugcnetonline.in/Result_december2012.pdf Avijit Avijit Dutta Librarian Midnapore College Midnapore - 721 101 Mobile : +919474760116 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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