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JISC & British Library Report - Researchers of Tomorrow: The research behaviour of Generation Y doctoral students
by Mailing List Admin 19 Jul '12

19 Jul '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 05:11:44 +0000 From: Dr. Indira Koneru <indk68(a)hotmail.com> Dear All, JISC & the British Library released the report "Researchers of Tomorrow: The research behaviour of Generation Y doctoral students" on June 28, 2012. Researchers of Tomorrow is the UK's largest study to date on the research behaviour of Generation Y doctoral students (born between 1982 and 1994). JISC and the British Library jointly commissioned the three year study in 2009, which involved 17,000 doctoral students from 70 universities at various stages in the project. The research findings reveal: Doctoral students are increasingly reliant on secondary research resources (eg journal articles, books), moving away from primary materials (eg primary archival material and large datasets). Access to relevant resources is a major constraint for doctoral students� progress. Authentication access and licence limitations to subscription-based resources, such as e-journals, are particularly problematic. Open access and copyright appear to be a source of confusion for Generation Y doctoral students, rather than encouraging innovation and collaborative research. This generation of doctoral students operate in an environment where their research behaviour does not use the full potential of innovative technology. Doctoral students are insufficiently trained or informed to be able to fully embrace the latest opportunities in the digital information environment. These findings raise important questions about research development, training and support within research led organisations and the openness and sharing of research.� Source: JISC This study accentuates the need for Information Literacy instructions. Isn't it? You can read or download the report from http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/reports/2012/researchers-of-tomorrow Regards, Indira ------ Moodle Administrator IBS India http://wikieducator.org/User:Indkon http://lisprofessionaldevelopment.blogspot.in/

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EPT's response the Finch Committee Report
by Mailing List Admin 19 Jul '12

19 Jul '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:13:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> From Richard Poynder,s Open and Shut blog Wednesday, July 18, 2012 The Finch Report and its implications for the developing world There are two routes to�Open Access. With�gold OA, publishers cease to�charge readers�to access scholarly journals (in the form of subscriptions), but instead charge authors, or their funders or institutions, to publish their papers (by means of an article-processing charge, or�APC). This allows publishers to make research papers freely available on the Internet. With�green OA, researchers continue to publish in subscription journals (without payment), but then self-archive their papers in their�institutional repository, usually after an embargo period. In this way, researchers can make their papers freely available themselves. Over the years there has been much debate as to which is the better method for achieving OA, but no consensus has ever been reached. In the past month, however, a number of developments have served to focus minds on the respective merits of green and gold as never before. It began with the publication on 18th June of the�Finch Report. Chaired by�Dame Janet Finch, a sociologist at the University of Manchester, the Finch Committee was formed last year by the UK Minister for Universities and Science�David Willetts, and asked to consider how access to research could be expanded. Clear policy direction After giving the matter due consideration, the Finch Committee concluded that a clear policy direction should be set towards supporting publication in open access or hybrid�journals, funded by APCs, as the main vehicle for the publication of research, especially where the research has been publicly funded. In other words, Finch recommended that gold OA should be viewed as the norm for publishing research papers. By contrast, Finch recommended that the institutional repository (i.e. green OA) should be relegated to the role of bit player, merely providing access to research data and to grey literature and assisting in digital preservation. Where self-archiving does take place, Finch suggested, it would be unreasonable to allow papers to be deposited before an embargo period of at least 12 months had passed (except where publishers do not offer a mechanism to pay for OA gold). The Finch report ignited a firestorm of protest, not least because it estimated that its recommendations would cost the UK research community an additional 50-60 million UK Pounds a year. Since it was clear that there would be no additional funding from the UK government, this meant that universities would have to find the additional money from existing budgets. University College London (UCL) Vice-Provost (Research) David Price concluded, "The result of the Finch recommendations would be to cripple university systems with extra expense. Finch is certainly a cure to the problem of access, but is it not a cure which is actually worse than the disease?" Serving to spur on the complaints, a few weeks later a report commissioned by the UK Open Access Implementation Group (OAIG) concluded that green OA offered a much more cost-effective route. Specifically, OAIG said, where a unilateral move to gold OA in the UK would cost large research intensive institutions about £1.7 million a year, a unilateral move to green OA would cost only around £100,000 a year. In this light, it is perhaps unsurprising that when on July 16th Research Councils UK (RCUK) announced its new OA policy, it reinstated green OA as an equal partner to gold, and insisted on no more than a 6-month embargo (except for humanities and social science papers), apparently ignoring many of the Finch recommendations. RCUK's new policy, we should note, was published just hours before David Willetts announced that he was accepting all the Finch proposals, bar one on VAT rates for e-journals. The very next day (yesterday) the EC issued a Communication on providing better access to scientific information in which it proposed an OA policy that mimics the RCUK policy. No easy task Where this leaves the Finch recommendations remains unclear. What is clear, however, is that adopting a national OA policy in a research environment that is truly global is no easy task - particularly where gold OA is viewed as the main vehicle for achieving OA. For read the complete blog post including EPTs formal response to the Finch report, which was signed by EPT chairman Professor Derek Law, you may visit: http://poynder.blogspot.in/2012/07/the-finch-report-and-its-implications.ht…

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Free- One Day Training Programme on J-gate at MITSOM
by Nitin S. Joshi Joshi 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

Informatics (India) Limited And MIT School of Management - Pune Organizing One day training programme On J-GateThursday, July 19, 2012 9:30 AM : Registration at the Venue 10:00 AM : Introduction to Informatics by Mr. Sanjay Punjabi 10:10 AM : Invocation song by students from MITSOM 10:15 AM : Welcome to Chief Guests Dr. Col. S.V. Sharma, Assosiate Director, MITSOM, Pune Dr. Mrs. S.S. Joshi Associate Professor MITSOM, Pune Mr. N.V.Satyanarayana, CMD, Informatics (I) Limited 10:20 AM : Lighting of the Lamp by the Guests on the dias 10:30 AM : Address by Chief Guest Dr. Col. S.V.Sharma, Asst-Director, MITSOM, Address by Chief Guest Mr. N.V.Satyanarayana, CMD, Informatics (I) 10:55 AM : Presentation of Mementos 11:00 AM : Tea-Break 11:20 AM : Multimedia Presentation: Informatics by Mr. Ravi Shankar 11:25 AM : Training Session 1 by Mr. Ravi Shankar 12:45 PM : Q & A Session 1:00 PM : Lunch 2:00 PM : Training Session 2 by Mr. Ravi Shankar 3:00 PM : Q & A Session 3:30 PM : Quiz 4:00 PM : Vote of thanks by Mr. Nitin S Joshi 4:05 PM : Wrap-up followed by Tea Informatics (India) Limited, No.194, R.V.Road, Basavanagudi, Bangalore - 560004.Phone: +91 80 40387777, Fax: + 91 80 40387600, E-mail: Venue:- MIT School of Management-MITSOM, Paud Road, Kothrud, Opp. Bank of India, Room N0 -506, 5th Floor, Contact no – 9545450711- Varsha, 7507919972- Pramila, 9850489281- Patil Nitin S Joshi Librarian MAEER’s MIT School of Management (MITSOM) Kothrud, Pune 411038 M- 09922587907 Direct Line- 020-30273597 www.mitsom.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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158 Librarian Vacancies
by Anand Kenchakkanavar 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

A.P. SOCIAL WELFARE RESIDENTIAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIETY; MASAB TANK, HYDERABAD. APSWREIS NOTIFICATION Rc.No.G2/3850/2012, dated:09.07.2012. Applications are invited On - line through APSWREIS Website www.swrs.ap.gov.in and http://swrtc.cgg.gov.in from 11.07.2012 to 25.07.2012 (11.07.2012 to 24.07.2012 for payment of fees) from eligible candidates for filling up of 1753 vacant posts of Teachers, Special Teachers & Staff Nurses on Contract basis in APSWR Institutions throughout the state. The candidates should not send any hand written / typed / Photostat copies/ printed application form by post or in person to APSWREIS. The desirous eligible Candidates may apply ON-LINE by satisfying themselves with the terms and conditions of this recruitment. Librarian 158 Vacancies -- *Anand Y Kenchakkanavar* *Librarian,* *USM - KLE International Medical Programme,* *Neharu Nagar* *Belgaum* - *590 010* *KARNATAKA* *E-mail:* *anand.3661(a)gmail.com* <anand.3661(a)gmail.com> *website: http://kenchakkanavar.webnode.com* *cell phone: 96115 79601 * -- 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 Thippeswamy swamy 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

Dear Professionals, I need a below mentioned article . Anybody having it please send me Clinical Advances in Periodontics <http://www.joponline.org/loi/cap> May 2012, Vol. 2, No. 2, Pages 73-78 , DOI 10.1902/cap.2011.100007 Cryosurgical Treatment of Gingival Melanin Pigmentation — A 30-Month Follow-Up Case Report *Shaeesta Khaleel Ahmed,* Joann Pauline George,* M. L. V. Prabhuji,* and Flemingson Lazarus** Thanking you, * * *Regards* Thippeswamy T S Asst. Librarian M S Ramaiah Dental College Bangalore - 560054 Mob: 9481474791 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Announcement
by SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

Dear Moderator : Please circulate the following circular to the benefit of the lis-forum members. Yours truly, K.N. Prasad, Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science ----- Dear Colleagues: As part of the 12th International Conference of the ISKO being held from 6th to 9th August 2012 at the University of Mysore, a workshop on 'Categories for the Web' will be conducted on the 6th August 2012 at the venue of the conference (Bahadur Institute of Management Studies, University of Mysore, Mysore 570 006). Those who have registered for the Conference are entitled to attend the workshop. Those who desire to attend only the Workshop may do so by registering separately for the workshop. The details of the workshop may be found on the following website: https://sites.google.com/site/categoriesfortheweb/ I also take this opportunity to inform all that the detailed schedule of the technical sessions of ISKO 2012 has been made available on the conference website; Please see: http://www.isibang.ac.in/~isko/Programme.pdffor details. Regards Sincerely K. S. Raghavan Convener & Organizing Secretary 12th International ISKO Conference -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Entrepreneurial Scope of Information Science Professionals
by Dr. Badan Barman 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

Respected Members of the Forum, Many of our colleagues are not getting the right job they deserved after their BLISc/MLISc degree. Some others even are shifting to other jobs, where MLISc / BLISc are not needed. Recently I go through some articles on alternative carriers in Librarianship. Even we are organizing one Regional Seminar on Entrepreneurial Approach of Library Professionals (In connection with Librarians’ Day)<http://lislinks.com/events/regional-seminar-on-entrepreneurial-approach-of-…> ( http://lislinks.com/events/regional-seminar-on-entrepreneurial-approach-of-… ). So I would like to have the opinion of my professionals colleagues regarding what else can be done with the BLISc/BLIB/MLISc degree? What are the possible scopes of a Librarian to be an entrepreneur? Thanking you, Yours faithfully (Dr. Badan Barman) Academic Consultant, Library & Information Science, Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University, Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Guwahati-781006, Assam *Toll Free Number:* 1800 345 3613 *Phone:* 0361-2234964 / 2235971 / 092070 49493 *Fax:* 0361- 2235398. *Institutional Websites:* http://www.snkkhsou.org / http://www.clkkhsou.org/ http://www.kkhsou.in *Personal Websites:* http://www.lislinks.com / http://www.lisformats.com / http://www.oajse.com / http://www.netugc.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Book returned to library after 80 years
by Sambhu Nath Halder 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

*Dear Professionals, * * * *There is an interesting newscast at *ANI | Jul 14, 2012, 12.00AM IST ** * * *A book that had been issued from Navan library in the Republic of Ireland<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Republic-of-Ireland>, has been returned 80 years late.* A mystery borrower slipped the book discreetly through the letterbox at the county library at the weekend. It was checked out in 1932. County librarian<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/County-librarian> Ciaran Mangan <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Ciaran-Mangan> estimates that the book has chalked up a fine of 4,160 euros, based on the original 1930s fine of one penny per week. But they are just delighted to see it back. "It was an item that had been out on loan effectively since it was published and put into stock and the system in 1932," the BBC<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/BBC>quoted him as saying. The librarian calculated the fine incurred by the book, but they would like to make a bargain for the penalty. "As good Christians, we decided we would waive that fine if the person appears in person and confesses to having returned the book," the librarian said. There are no details on the original borrower because the library's computerised records only date back to 1994. However, someone may have had their conscience pricked because the overdue book is a pictorial record of the 31st International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Dublin> in 1932. The 50th International Eucharistic Congress takes place in Dublin next month. The book has generated a lot of interest. "We believe it was well cared for and was probably shelved with the family's collection, getting lost among their own books. "We have it on display as it is attracting a lot of attraction," Mangan said. Reference: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/Book-returned-to-librar… -- With regards, Sambhu Nath Halder Chief Librarian ==================== Learning Resource Centre JDBI (Main Campus) 11 Lower Rawdon Street Kolkata - 700 020 Mobile: +91 9733964714 ==================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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List of Koha users from India
by Vimal Kumar 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

Dear Friends, Koha user are increasing day by day from India. But list of Koha users from Indian is not complete in Koha website , http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/KohaUsers/SouthAsian I would like to collect information about Indian Koha users and add to official Koha users list. I have created a form for the collection of Koha users details. I invite library professionals from India who are using Koha in libraries for production purpose. This initiative is not for collecting information about Koha implementation for learning purpose or trial. Click the following link to enter the details of you Koha implementation, https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dDZadmIxeFRTXzc2ZH… Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.org 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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Collaborative Librarianship in Social Networking age : A Survey
by Raj K Bhardwaj 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

Dear Sir / Madam This survey is being conducted with objectives to understand the usage, preference of Social Networking Tools among Library Professional in India. This survey will take 5 to 7 minutes to complete. Kindly fill it properly, i shall be thankful to you. Click the link below https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEY5VGRuR2JYem EzYWVuRldFZmNxeXc6MA Sincerely yours Raj K Bhardwaj <https://www.facebook.com/raj.k.bhardwaj.90> College Librarian St Stephen's College Delhi-110007 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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