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KohaCon11 Reports
by Vimal Kumar 30 Nov '11

30 Nov '11

KohaCon11 was held 31 October to 6 November 2011 in Thane, India. Bob Birchall reports: One of the exciting aspects of the Hackfest was that a Koha training course was conducted for about 36 local librarians and students. Run over two days, the course covered all major features of Koha. Trainers were Jo Ransom (New Zealand), Marijana Glavica (Croatia), Irma and Bob Birchall (Australia) and Savitra Sirohi (India); Brooke Johnson (US) helped out and ByWater Solutions provided the training Koha instance – a real international effort! It was a pleasure to teach these librarians who were so hungry for knowledge of Koha. Also during the Hackfest the translation of Koha into Hindi was progressed and translation into Marathi started. Congratulations to the staff and students of VPM Thane for this outstanding contribution to Koha. Robin Sheat reports: A few of us got together to work on improving Koha’s Open Library integration. On the OL side there was Noufal Ibrahim and Anand Chitipothu. From the Koha side, Dobrica Pavlinušić, Ian Walls, Savitra Sirohi, and I spent time discussing how to make things work. I then spent much of the hackfest adding features to Koha that would allow Open Library to become something of a central cover repository with streamlined uploading to it. At the same time, Anand was working on the APIs on the OL side that Koha would talk to to make this easy. This project is still a work in progress, but the current state can be seen at http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7152. For more stuff about the Open Library + Koha integration that went on, have a look at Noufal’s blog post at http://blog.openlibrary.org/?p=954. JoAnn Ransom blogged about some of her KohaCon11 experiences at http://library-matters.blogspot.com/2011/10/notes-from-day-1-of-kohacon11-i…. The slides from her keynote address are at http://www.slideshare.net/jransom/it-takes-a-village-9955138. Paul Poulain blogged about BibLibre’s presentations at http://drupal.biblibre.com/en/blog/entry/kohacon11-our-presentations. Information Courtesy: http://koha-community.org -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: www.vimalkumar.org Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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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Refresher course in LIS
by Pardeep Rai 29 Nov '11

29 Nov '11

Dear Moderator kindly mail the same to the forum CPDHE-Delhi University is organising refresher course in Library and information science from 19 Dec 2011 to 7 January 2012 . http://cpdhe.ac.in form can be downloaded from the above link. -- Dr.Pardeep Rai Librarian Maitreyi College University of Delhi Chanakya Puri, New Delhi 110021( India) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation - presentations
by SRELS 29 Nov '11

29 Nov '11

Dear Moderator : Kindly arrange to announce the following presentations for the benefit of the lis-forum members. Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science ******** Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore and Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies, Bangalore Cordially invite you to the presentations by 1.Dr. K.S. Raghavan, Professor, DRTC (ISI), Bangalore, on 'Designing an Undergraduate Training Programme in LIS' presented at the Workshop on Building Library and Information Science Programme in the University of Danang held from 12-14 September 2011 at the University of Danang,Vietnam. 2.Dr. I.K. Ravichandra Rao, Professor, DRTC (ISI), Bangalore on 'Citations, Relevance and Authors' presented at the 7th International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics & 12th COLLNET Meeting held from 20-23rd September 2011 in Istanbul, Tur 3. Dr. M. Krishnamurthy, Associate Professor, DRTC (ISI), Bangalore on the International Seminar on Ranganathan's Five Laws of Library Science held from 19th to 20th October 2011 at Daejon, Seoul, Korea. on Saturday, 3rd December 2011 at 6.00 p.m. at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010. RSVP: Ph: 080-23305109 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Tribute To Tagore by CUJIS
by ashis biswas 29 Nov '11

29 Nov '11

Dear All, With pleasure to inform that Department of Library and Information Science, University of Calcutta published its annual journal "Calcutta University Journal of Information Studies" (CUJIS, No. 12) in 2010 based on the university decision to publish all departmental journals on the theme "Rabindranath Tagore"to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of the great poet. Prof. Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay, Pro-Vice- Chancellor for Academic Affairswrote in his Forwarding message that Dept. of LIS was the first dept who published the journal on the theme. CUJIS, No. 12, 2010( ISSN 0973-5771) :-Some of the articles (bibliographical information and abstract) in English have been given below: *Rabindranath and the University of Calcutta *Rabindranath Tagore's Vision on Value Education/ Subodh Gopal Nandi * Rabindranath Tagore's Visions and Missions for Library/ Ashis Biswas, Librarian, Victoria Institution (College), Kolkata Abstract: This paper is a tribute to Rabindranath Tagore in his 150th birth anniversary. It draws a picture of Tagore's visions and missions for library. His associations with various libraries and support for library movement have been shown chronologically in the beginning of this paper. Libraries namely Sabitri library, Chaitanya library, Rammohan library and Bengal Library Association have been mentioned here. In the second part critical analyses on his two articles, viz., 'Library' and 'Functions of a Library' have been provided. It states the ideological and functional aspects of library. The third part of this paper shows the development and organization of Santiniketan and Visva- Bharati library. The transformation of Brahma Vidyalaya into Visva-Bharati and its library's growth has been presented. This part also states Tagore's plans for the development of the Visva-Bharati library. In the last part Tagore's active involvement in the organization of rural and mobile library has been discussed. It shows the crucial role played by Chalantika or Circulating Library * Mission of Open Access System - Vision of Rabindranath Tagore/ Nivedita Bhattacharyya * Rabindranath Beyond the Library/ Pubalika Bhattacharya Maitra *Community Development through Rural Reconstruction Programme by Rabindranath Tagore: An overview with Special Reference to Rural Library Services/ Pritam Gurey * Doctoral Dissertations on Rabindranath Tagore available at the Central Library, University of Calcutta/ Dipa Roy *Rabindranath Tagore's Visions and Missions for Library/ Ashis Biswas * Tagore's Vision on Education and Libraries/ Parikshit Mondal and Snigdha Naskar * Education System in India: A View Point from Rabindranath Tagore/ Goutam Dutta Note that there are09 more articles in Bengali in addition of two articles written by Tagore. With regards Ashis Biswas Victoria Institution (College), Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for Article
by Dr.D.P Prathap 29 Nov '11

29 Nov '11

Dear colleagues Please provide the following article, if available: Glover JD, Reganold JP, Bell LW et al (2010) Increased food and ecosystem security via perennial grains. *Science 328:1638–1639* Thanking you Yours Sincerely Technical officer (Library) m:9677502392 -- 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 Harish Y S 29 Nov '11

29 Nov '11

Sir One of our faculty memeber required following article if availbale please send me the soft copy of below articles. Please download the below mentioned papers from ASME digital library. E067 CUSTOMER OPINION ON PRODUCTS OR SERVICES AND TO RANK THE CUSTOMER REVIEWS BASED ON ITS FEATURES RAVI KUMAR V., K. RAGHUVEER AND ANUP ..............................87 E096 INTRUSION DETECTION IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK WITH LONGER AND SHORTER TRANSMISSION AND SENSING RANGES K. RAGHUVEER AND SRIKANTH K. S .........................................229 Web link to Conference proceeding : http://www.asme.org/products/books/4th-international-conference-on-computer… -- Regards Harish Y S Librarian National Institute of Engineering, Manandavadi Road, Mysore-8, Mob - +919886384826 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Acqusition of CD/DVD
by silent listener 29 Nov '11

29 Nov '11

Dear fellow professionals, We are having CDs/DVDs accomanied with books in our Library. If we keep an acqusition register for the above what will be the format/.details in teach columns. What way should follow to give number to each item whether serial number or any letter preceed it. Let me also know that which is the best way to maintsin it other than keeping it in CD/DVD Bags. Kindly provide the details in case of any such product. Thankingyou JOSEPH ZACHARIA +919947997767 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Assistant Librarian, Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd (Chennai)
by kamlesh hilal 29 Nov '11

29 Nov '11

Assistant Librarian (2-3 yrs) 1 Opening(s) Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd * * <http://naukri.com/tieups/tieups.php?othersrcp=11497> *Experience:* 1 - 3 Years *Location:* Chennai *Education:* UG - Any Graduate - Any Specialization PG - M.Sc - Other *Industry Type:* Media/Dotcom/ Entertainment *Role:* Content Developer *Functional Area:* Content, Journalism * * Job Description The job would involve indexing of The New Indian Express & competitors, Photo Indexing, Uploading of digital pages on server & Newspapers archive maintenance. Candidate may also be required to search Internet and in-house databases to handle all type of reference queries from reporters, correspondents & Editors. Qualification • MLISc, MSc Information Science, Post Graduate in Journalism Experience: • Candidates should have 2-3 years of experience from any academic/special libraries. Preference will be given to the candidates from Tamil Nadu. Freshers can also apply. *Keywords:* Assistant Librarian, Librarian, Indexing Assistant, Researcher Desired Candidate Profile Desired Profile • Proactive efficient individual with interest to work in Library Science field • Good knowledge of current affairs • Strong English-language skills • Sound computer skills • Ability to work under tight deadlines • Ability and eagerness to learn new technologies Company Profile Express Network Private Limited, promoted by The New Indian Express group, was incorporated on August 13, 1999, under the Indian Companies Act, 1956. Express Publications (Madurai) Limited publishes the prestigious English language newspaper The New Indian Express from 21 centres in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Orissa. Contact Details *Company Name:* Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd *Website:* http://expressbuzz.com/ *Executive Name:* P Nataraj *Address:* Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd Express Gardens, 29, 2nd Main Road, Ambattur Industrial Estate, CHENNAI,Tamilnadu,India 600058 *Email Address:* p_nataraj(a)expressbuzz.com *Telephone:* 44-91-23457655 Thanks (¨`·.·´¨) Always `·.¸ (¨`·.·´¨) Keep (¨`·.·´¨)¸.·´ Smiling! `·.¸.·´ Kamlesh B. Hilal B.R.Harne College of Engineering & Technology Wangani (W) 421503 MUMBAI. INDIA @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : kamleshhilal24(a)gmail.com : http://kamleshhilal.blogspot.com : http://www.slideshare.net/kamleshhilal/online-buying-for-librarians. Mob : 9322735397 /// 9833787311. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free Lancers for NewGenLib
by Jai Haravu 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

Verus Solutions, (www.verussolutions.biz) the developers of NewGenLib (NGL) have taken the initiative to develop Free Lancers in different parts of the country. The Free Lancers will get free training in installing the latest version of NGL (version 3.0.3), training and presumably trouble shooting. Free Lancers could be librarians or software professionals and need not have had any previous experience with NGL. Training of Free Lancers will be done online via a remote desktop application such as TeamViewer. There is no charge for becoming a Free Lancer and it is up to the free lancer to charge or not charge the library that he/she helps. In fact the remote desktop method is also being used for trouble shooting current installations as well. I think this is an innovative initiative and I hope professionals will take advantage of this and help smaller libraries to use a good library management system. Haravu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Webchat video on " Librarians as change Agents"
by Dr.Nabi Hasan 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

Dear colleagues If you missed the web chat on Librarians As Change Agents, watch the video online at http://www.vimeo.com/32311075 Unfortunately, the first 2 minutes were not recorded which may contain the introductions. thanks and regards, -- Dr. Nabi Hasan Deputy Librarian, Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110016, India Phone - +91-11-2659-1452 (Work) E-mail: nabihasan(a)gmail.com ; hasan(a)library.iitd.ac.in Web: http://library.iitd.ac.in/about/hasan.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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