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last date extended for paper sbmission of NSKM
by monawwer eqbal 04 Sep '11

04 Sep '11

NSKM- 2011 CALL FOR PAPERS Dear Sir/Madam, As per the request from the professionals, the Last date for paper submission to National Seminar on “Knowledge Management: Issues and Challenges" (NSKM-2011) scheduled on September 24th, 2011 organized by Integrated Academy of Management and Technology (INMANTEC), Ghaziabad in collaboration with Intellectuals Society for Socio-Techno Welfare (ISST), Ghaziabad has been extended to 7th September, 2011. The authors are requested to send their papers to nskm11(a)gmail.com or m.eqbal(a)inmantec.edu The registration is also open and aspirants may kindly register themselves to the seminar well in advance. For more information about the seminar, please visit www.inmantec.edu/nskm11 Thanks & Regards, Dr. Monawwer Eqbal Organizing Secretary: NSKM2011 Librarian Editor: GYANKOSH: The Journal of Library and Information Management Managing Editor, INMANTEC Publishing Integrated Academy of Management and Technology (INMANTEC) Delhi-Hapur Road (NH24) Near Dasna Railway Crossing Ghaziabad U.P – 201009 Ph. No:0120-2768951/52 M.No. 09313126488 official mail: m.eqbal(a)inmantec.edu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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18th Annual Ranganathan Memorial Lecture, 2011
by Pijushkanti Panigrahi 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF SPECIAL LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION CENTRES (IASLIC) P-291, CIT Scheme, No. 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata -- 700 054 Ph: 033 2362 9651 E-mail: iaslic(a)vsnl.net. Website: http://www.iaslic1955.org.in 18th Annual Ranganathan Memorial Lecture, 2011 will be held at the Chandramukhi Kadambini Sabhagriha, Central Library, University of Calcutta, Kolkata on Thursday the 8th September, 2011 at 6.00 P.M. in association with the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Calcutta. PROGRAMME Topic: What is Living and What is Dead of Ranganathan’s Contributions Speaker: Professor A R D Prasad Professor & Head, DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Date & Time: 8th September, 2011, Thursday, at 6.00 P.M. Venue: Chandramukhi Kadambini Sabhagriha, Central Library, University of Calcutta Dr T K Sanyal, Ananda Bazar Patrika, Kolkata has kindly consented to preside over the programme. You are cordially invited to participate in the programme. Place: Kolkata Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi Date: 25th August, 2011 General Secretary ========================================================================================================== Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Professor & Head, Dept of Lib and Inf Science, 3rd Floor Asutosh Building, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, (M) : +91 94342 43522. General Secretary, Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC), P-291, CIT Scheme No 6M , Kankurgachi, Kolkata – 700 054, India; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin ; Member, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning (CPDWL), International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), Netherlands Member, Library Committee, The Asiatic Society, Kolkata. ========================================================================================================== Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Professor & Head, Dept of Lib and Inf Science, 3rd Floor Asutosh Building, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, (M) : +91 94342 43522. General Secretary, Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC), P-291, CIT Scheme No 6M , Kankurgachi, Kolkata – 700 054, India; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin ; Member, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning (CPDWL), International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), Netherlands Member, Library Committee, The Asiatic Society, Kolkata. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New Office-Bearers of Kerala Library Association (KLA) for the period 2011-2013
by faisal sl 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

KERALA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Reg. No. 89/71 36, II Floor, Kairalie Plaza, Karamana.P.O., Trivandrum- 695 002 ****************************** ***************************************************** Kerala Library Association (KLA), in their Annual General Body Meeting held at Trivandrum on 28th August 2011 unanimously elected the following Office-Bearers for the two year period 2011-2013. 01. President : Shri K.P. Sadasivan [Former Head, Library & Informatics NIIST (CSIR),Trivandrum–695 019] E-mail: kps31147(a)yahoo.com 02. Vice-President : Dr. A. Gopikuttan Reader & Head Dept. of Library & Information Science University of Kerala, Trivandrum –695 034 E-mail: agopikuttan(a)yahoo.co.in 03. General Secretary : Shri S.L.Faisal Librarain Kendriya Vidyalaya (Shift-I) Pattom, Trivandrum–695004 E-mail: slfaizal(a)gmail.com 04. Treasurer : Shri E. Hashim Assistant Librarian Kerala University Library Trivandrum-695034 E-mail: razak_ehashim2000(a)yahoo.com 05. Office Secretary : Shri M. Mohammed Shanavaz Khan Librarian Kerala Legislature Secretariat Library Trivandrum – 695 033 E-mail: khanms21(a)yahoo.in 06. Organizing Secretary : Shri M. Chandrakumaran Nair (Former Librarian, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum) E-mail ckumarnair(a)gmail.com 07. Public Relations Secretary : Shri G.S. Hari Kumar Librarian Govt. Ayurveda College Trivandrum – 695 001 E-mail: harigs03(a)yahoo.co.in Executive Committee Members: 1. Shri A. Abdunnasar Librarian Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology Trivandrum E-mail: abdunnasar_a(a)yahoo.co.in 2. Shri Binu K. John Asst. Librarian Mar Baselios College of Engineering Nalanchira, Trivandrum – 695 015 E-Mail:binu8s@rediffmail.com 3. Dr. M. Lalitha Librarian SCERT Poojappura, Trivandrum – 695 012 E-mail: maashu1(a)gmail.com 4. Shri N. Parameswaran Librarian Asian School of Business Trivandrum – 695 581 (Former Deputy Librarian-in-Charge Kerala University Library,Trivandrum) E-mail: npwaran49(a)yahoo.co.in 5. Shri Sudhi S. Vijayan Technical Assistant Kerala Univeristy Library Trivandrum-695 034 6. Shri N. Sukumaran Nair (Former State Librarian, Kerala & Deputy Librarian, University of Kerala) E-mail: sukukla(a)yahoo.com 7. Dr. P.K. Suresh Kumar Assistant Librarian Kerala Univeristy Library Trivandrum-695 034 E-mail: pksuresh(a)yahoo.com 8. Dr. K.P. Vijayakumar Associate Professor & Director, Centre for Information Literacy Studies Dept. of Library & Information Science University of Kerala, Trivandrum – 695 034 E-mail: kpvijayakumar2(a)gmail.com Auditor Dr. T. Ajikumari Assistant Librarian Kerala University Library Trivadnrum-695 034 ****************************** ****************************** ************** For more information: http://www. keralalibraryassociation.org ****************************** ****************************** ************** Posted by, S.L.Faisal General Secretary Kerala Library Association (KLA) Ph.09447699724 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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world catalogue turns 40-
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

Press Release: OCLC [August 26, 2011] WorldCat turns 40 Copyright (c) 2011 OCLC SummaryAugust 26, 2011 marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of WorldCat, the world’s most comprehensive database of resources held in libraries around the globe. On August 26, 1971, the OCLC Online Union Catalog and Shared Cataloging system (now known as WorldCat) began operation. That first day, from a single terminal, catalogers at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, cataloged 133 books online. Today, WorldCat comprises more than 240 million records representing more than 1.7 billion items in OCLC member libraries worldwide. ________________________________ DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 26 August 2011—Today marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of WorldCat, the world's most comprehensive database of resources held in libraries around the globe. On August 26, 1971, the OCLC Online Union Catalog and Shared Cataloging system (now known as WorldCat) began operation. That first day, from a single terminal, catalogers at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, cataloged 133 books online. Today, WorldCat comprises more than 240 million records representing more than 1.7 billion items in OCLC member libraries worldwide. "We congratulate the thousands of librarians and catalogers around the world who have helped to build WorldCat over the past 40 years keystroke by keystroke, record by record," said Jay Jordan, OCLC President and CEO. "We who work at OCLC are proud to have been a part of this remarkable story, and I want to thank our member institutions and employees for the years of dedicated effort that helped build this unique resource. Fred Kilgour's vision—improving access to information through library cooperation—is every bit as vital today as it was in 1971. This anniversary is an important milestone in a shared journey that, I believe, will continue for many decades to come." WorldCat is a database of bibliographic information built continuously by OCLC libraries around the world. Each record in the WorldCat database contains a bibliographic description of a single item or work and a list of institutions that hold the item. The institutions share these records, using them to create local catalogs, arrange interlibrary loans and conduct reference work. Libraries contribute records for items not found in WorldCat using OCLC shared cataloging systems. "In retrospect, I have to say that in those early days, I don't think we really understood the enormity of the system that we were embarking upon, much less did we consider what the future possibilities might be," said Lynne Lysiak, who had just started her career at Ohio University Libraries when WorldCat first went online, and is now retired. "As OCLC forges ahead now with WorldCat Local and cloud-computing developments, they are embarking on a new era and suite of services for libraries and their users. It's an exciting time." "OCLC cataloging and resource sharing services and our library management systems continue to help libraries improve their productivity, save money and improve access to their collections," said Mr. Jordan. "Against a backdrop of continuous technological change, WorldCat and the OCLC cooperative have continued to grow." Since 1971, 240 million records have been added to WorldCat, spanning more than 5,000 years of recorded knowledge, from about 3400 B.C. to the present. This unique collection of information encompasses records in a variety of formats—books, e-books, DVDs, digital resources, serials, sound recordings, musical scores, maps, visual materials, mixed materials and computer files. Like the knowledge it describes, WorldCat grows steadily. Every second, library members add seven records to WorldCat. Once records have been added to WorldCat, they are discoverable on the Web through popular search and partner sites, and through WorldCat.org. Records entered into WorldCat since 1971 have been continuously migrated, reformatted and updated to conform to newly issued cataloging standards. They have been touched and enhanced hundreds of times by librarians around the world and by OCLC staff and automated systems. The first OCLC cathode ray tube terminal was the Irascope Model LTE, which was manufactured by Spiras Systems. OCLC deployed 68 LTES, one of which is now on permanent display in the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., and another in a new OCLC Museum dedicated today in Dublin, Ohio. The LTE was connected to OCLC via a dedicated, leased telephone line from AT&T; message traffic moved at the rate of 2400 baud (2,400 symbols per second). People can now use their mobile phones to access WorldCat via WorldCat Local, where 4G wireless downloads are 2,500 times faster than the original OCLC network. Wired networks are now 416,000 times faster. Find more about WorldCat on the OCLC website, and watch WorldCat grow as libraries around the world contribute to the database. Publication Year:2011 Type of Material:Press Release Issue:August 26, 2011 Publisher:OCLC Company:OCLC Products:WorldCat Permalink:http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=16005 Record Number:16005 Last Update:2011-08-26 14:39:54 Date Created:2011-08-26 14:39:53 Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, President, Association of British Scholars (Hyderabad Chapter) (FACULTY, Dept or Library & Information Scince, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY:1975-2008) (UGC- EMERITUS PROFESSOR: 2009-11), Plot No: A-194, H.No- 1-8-10/1,Ravindra Nagar, Habsiguda, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) +91-9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(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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National Workshop on Using Different Metrics for Assessing Research Productivity
by Nadeem Sohail 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

*National Workshop on Using Different Metrics for Assessing Research Productivity* *February 16-17, 2012* *Library, Documentation and Information Science Division* *Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi * * * Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), New Delhi is organising two days *National Workshop on Using Different Metrics for Assessing Research Productivity*during February 16-17, 2012, at Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), New Delhi Campus. This workshop intends to bring together scientists, policy makers and information scientists/librarians to discuss the various issues related to the topic. The workshop is intended to take stock of present methods of evaluating research productivity of a country and an individual scientist. An endeavour will be made to examine the methods which are followed in different scientometrics/bibliometrics studies which are generally used in the assessment of research productivity by various agencies . The speakers would include eminent scientists and practitioners. The target audience are scientists, librarians and policy makers from leading institutions. This workshop will include both invited and contributed papers, and state-of-the-art lectures by eminent keynote speakers. Only a limited number of papers will be accepted for presentation. Later on an edited volume with ISBN No. will be published with presented papers. * * *Major Topics to be covered in the Workshop are:* (i) Evaluating research productivity. (ii) Tools for measuring the productivity. (iii) Using metrics for arriving at conclusions: Best Practices. (iv) Quality versus quantity- Two sides of the coins of research productivity. (v) Moving beyond the existing practices: Search for value addition parameters. Local hospitality will be provided by the organisers to the participants from outside Delhi. This announcement is available on website http://www.isid.ac.in *Contact person:* N.K. Khatri Organising Secretary Associate Scientist & In-charge, Library Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Centre 7, S.J.S. Sansanwal Marg, Near Qutab Hotel New Delhi- 110 016 Email: khatri(a)isid.ac.in khatri52(a)hotmail.com Phone: 011- 414 93975 (O) Mob. 9910613694 *Nadeem Sohail* Member Organising Committee, ISI Workshop O.P.Jindal Global University, Haryana -- 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 Ajay Kum Sharma 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

Dear Library Professional, One of our faculty member has urgent need of the below mentioned articles for his study purpose. Kindly arrange to send soft copy of the said article. 1. Article Title: The visual cortex is a contact bundle Author: William C. Hoffman Source Journal: Applied Mathematics and Computation Volume 32, Issues 2-3, (August 1989) Pages 137-167 2. Article Title: The Neuron as a Lie group germ and Lie product Author: Hoffman W.C Source Jurnal: Quarterly Journal of Applied Mathematics Volume 25, Issues 4,1968, Pages 423-440 It would be highly appreciated if anyone send the soft copy of the above mentioned articles for his reference purpose. Thanks and regards. 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 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Seminar - A Century of LIS Education
by Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay 02 Sep '11

02 Sep '11

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Walk-in-Interview for the post of LIA at NIT Silchar
by Kishor Satpathy 02 Sep '11

02 Sep '11

Walk-in-Interview for the following Post: Library & Information Assistant : (2 Posts) - Contractual Basis Qualification: Graduate and BLISc with minimum 50% marks & Knowledge of Computer. Desirable: One/two year of working experience & Knowledge of Library Software / DL Software. Salary: Rs. 10,000/- per month. Date of Interview: 07.09.2011 at 11 AM at NIT Silchar, Assam Thanks & Regards, Kishor Chandra Satpathy Librarian National Institute of Technology (A Deemed University-Institute of National Importance under Ministry of HRD, GOI) Silchar-788010, Assam, India Telephone : +91-3842-240055 (Off) +91-9435175531 (M) Email: kishor_satpathy(a)yahoo.com and ksatpathy(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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Re: [LIS-Forum] Integrating Library Resources & Services into Moodle Courses
by Dr. Indira Koneru 02 Sep '11

02 Sep '11

Dear Professionals, My posting didn't link the survey instrument as intended. You can view the published form here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEFoVDB0SHZ1UTFyWE42LW… Thanks & regards, Indira > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:15:48 +0000 > From: "Dr. Indira Koneru" <indk68(a)hotmail.com> > To: "lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, > IndiaLIS <india-lis(a)infoserv.inist.fr> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Integrating Library Resources & Services into > Moodle Courses > Message-ID: <SNT111-W43B08CAA9F9050F2CB2962C9160(a)phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Dear Professionals, > > I would like to conduct a survey on "Integrating Library Resources and Services into Moodle Courses". If your institution is using Moodle for e-Learning, I request you to fill in the pre-survey form. Your participation in the pre-survey would be of immense help to administer the actual survey. > > Click here to access the pre-survey instrument. > > > Thanks & regards, > Indira > > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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UGC announces NET exemption cut-off date for MPhil holders
by ravish 02 Sep '11

02 Sep '11

University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to exempt all candidates who obtained an MPhil degree on or before July 10, 2009 from clearing the National Eligibility Test (NET) to qualify for a lecturer’s job. The decision, taken at the UGC's 472nd meeting recently, comes as a huge relief for MPhil degree holders. The UGC had last year said that for the post of assistant professor it is mandatory to qualify NET. This regulation had invited strong protests from a cross-section of the academic community and also led to multiple litigations in various high courts, including the Madras high court. At its meeting, the UGC noted that the UGC Regulations of 2009/2010 "are prospective and not retrospective in nature," and therefore resolved that "all candidates having MPhil degree on or before July 10, 2009 shall remain exempted from the requirement of NET for the purpose of appointment as lecturer/assistant professor." A copy of the minutes of the meeting furnished to a Delhi-based applicant under the Right to Information Act revealed that similar exemption shall be applicable to all candidates who have obtained a PhD degree on or before December 31, 2009. Candidates, who had registered themselves for PhD degree on or before July 10, 2009 and are subsequently awarded PhD degree, shall also enjoy the exemption from NET. The new exemption might just fill various vacancies in universities across the country that is facing serious faculty crunch. [Source: Times of India] Ravish P.Y, Librarian, Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Accredited by the National Board of Accredition, New Delhi An ISO 9001:2008 Certified Institution Krishnadeveraya Nagar, Hunasamranhalli, NH-7 Via-Yelahanka, Bangalore-562 157,Karnataka,India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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