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MLIS as a professional course
by Apurba Jyoti Majumder 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

Dear professionals, is there any UGC circular that MLIS is a professional degree? MLIS students are receiving scholarships of professional course. -- Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Assistant Librarian Rabindra Library (Central Library) Assam University. Silchar- 781011 Cell No: 09435268733, 09707626388 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need Help for E- Library
by Bhagaban Mallik 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

Dear Professions Now we are opening E Library in our College . So we need Information about E library Systems. 01. Common Rules and regulations for Users / borrowers 02. Types of Service we should provid at E library. 03. E library Admission System Kindly my dear professions please give me any information about E library. Our E library started already last 2 months but we are not following any rules so that is very urgent for me. Regards Bhagaban Mallik, Sr. Librarian Raajdhani Engineering College, Bhubaneswar www.reclibrary.hpage.com Cell : 08018828030 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The art of giving-Gold Medal Institution@ISiM and Dr. Chudamani s generosity
by Shalini Urs 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Hello friends, Art of Giving is the buzzword today, especially since the recent visit of Warren Buffet, Bill and Milinda Gates to India. I wanted to share our own example of small acts of giving which are as meaningful as the big ones. I call it as the Long Tail of Giving. Chris Anderson made the Long Tail popular espousing it as the new business model of the Internet era and a buzzword. The Long Tail phenomenon also applies to the Art of Giving. Here is an exemplar. Dr. K.S. Chudamani, Deputy Librarian of the Indian Institute of Science (an alumna of the University of Mysore and a student of mine) called me couple of weeks back and shared her desire to institute a Gold Medal at ISiM in the memory of her recently diseased mother. Her munificent contribution of INR 50,000 was short of the required amount for the endowment. So I decided to use the Long Tail model to raise the remaining INR 50,000. ISiM students and alumni came forward and contributed towards the deficit and I am happy to announce the institution of the Parvathamma Subbaraya Gold medal for the top scorer of our M. Tech in Information Systems and Management Program. I take this opportunity to thank Chudamani for her munificent contribution towards this cause and also ISiMians for chipping in. I also would like to thank Prof V. G. Talawar, Vice Chancellor of University of Mysore, for his support and help in making this happen. --- The Parvathamma Subbaraya gold medal will be given to the following two students at the University of Mysore Convocation on April 10, 2011 1. Nabhajit Ray 2. Nikesh. N. --- The ISiM Graduation Celebrations is scheduled on April 11, 2010 at 4.00 PM and following is the Program: Chief Guest: Shri. M.N.Vidyashankar,IAS, Principal Secretary, e-Governance, IT, BT & ST, Government of Karnataka. Commencement Address: Dr. P. Anandan, Managing Director, Microsoft Research India , Microsoft Corp. Prof. V.G.Talawar, Vice Chancellor, University of Mysore presides Date and Time: April 11, 2011: 4.00 PM --- For more details: www.isim.ac.in -- Shalini Dr. Shalini Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in ISiM - Management School of IT. Technology School for IM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation for NCSI-Net lecture – 16th April 2011
by shivaram gowda 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Dear Members I cordially invite you all for NCSI-Net monthly lecture scheduled on 16th of April 2011 (Third Saturday) at NCSI Seminar hall at 11.00AM. Details of the Talk: Topic: Writing project proposals effectively in corporate environment with a focus on Knowledge Management proposal Speaker: Lakshmi K, Assistant Manager – Business Research, AXA Business Services, Bangalore Date & Time: 16/04/2011 at 11.00 AM Venue: NCSI Seminar Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore About Lecture: A project proposal is the first and foremost important step when initiating/getting approval for any project/process from the management. Proposal essentially entails: What is the project all about (Background), why is it need (Benefits), where and how (Process, Time, Investment, Governance etc.,) can it be accomplished. About Speaker: Lakshmi K, is working with AXA Business Services as Assistant Manager – Business Research, within Business Intelligence & Analytics team. Prior to this she has worked with AstraZeneca and Informatics India for a year each. She was a NCSI Trainee between 2001 & 2002 and has her post graduation in Library and Information Science from Bangalore University in the year 2000. Details of Book Reading Reader: Rajendra Babu H Details of the Book: Title: Developing and Sustenance of Reading Habits Author: S K Savanur Brief Abstract: The book is an attempt to cover various aspects of Developing and Sustenance of Reading Habits. It emphasises Reading Habit is a major factor leading to success and happiness in life. It motivates everyone to read by citing the lives of those who made an incredible mark by their great contribution in different fields. Developing and Sustenance of Reading Habit is both diagnostic and remedial in its content. The book addresses Parents, Teachers, Librarians and many more in developing an individuals reading habits and also explains what can be done at an individual level in/to Developing and Sustenance of Reading Habits. Kindly confirm your participation to NCSI-Net coordinators With Warm Regards NCSI Coordinators Shivaram BS ICAST, CSIR-NAL Kodihalli Bangaluru-560017 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SRMS International Business School
by Rajivaksh Tripathi 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Please Publish this Dear member please give the contact number of ICFAI Publication I want to subscribe some print journals. *With regards* Rajivaksh Tripathi Librarian SRMS IBS , Unnao 09889126283 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2011 Emerald Indian LIS Research Fund Award
by sandeep bhavsar 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

2011 Emerald Indian LIS Research Fund Award Supporting Library and Information Science research in India Call for Indian library and information science research proposals Emerald is delighted to offer a research grant for an Indian project in the field of library and information science research. The award will offer £2,000 (approximately US$3,000 equivalent) to fund the winning research project. In addition to the research fund it is also hoped that the findings of the research can be published in one of Emerald’s many excellent library and information studies titles. A number of Highly Commended Awards may also be bestowed. Applications should address the dissemination of knowledge with a specific orientation toward benefit for India. Eligibility The main member of the research team must be based in India. Judging criteria Each application will be judged, by a panel of experts, on the criteria below. The research must: * Be of significance, and in particular, illustrate how it will benefit India. * Demonstrate originality and innovation. * Make an outstanding contribution to theory and its application. * Illustrate the appropriateness and application of the methodology. * Demonstrate sound implications for theory and practice. * Application requirements Each proposal must be submitted using the online application form at: http://ww2.emeraldinsight.com/awards/india_lis.htm The following documents will be required electronically: * A summary stating specific goals, outcomes and benefits of the research. This should not exceed 2,000 words (note that tables, figures, appendices and reference lists, if provided do NOT count to the 2,000 word total). * A covering letter containing full contact details (affiliation, full address, telephone number/s and e-mail address) for all researchers involved in the project. Please state clearly which researcher will be the main point of contact. The 2,000-word summary must: * Display clearly a statement of purpose and intent. * State clearly the methodology(ies) applied and explicitly describe the research process. * State expected research outcomes and expected impact and possible application. * Specify the expected timescales of the research process. * Outline projected costs and total research grant required. Key dates The closing date for applications is 1 August 2011. Winners will be announced in October 2011. Contact For further information, please contact: Emma Stevenson External Relations Executive Emerald Group Publishing Limited Howard House Wagon Lane Bingley BD16 1WA United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1274 785198 Fax: +44 (0)1274 785200 E-mail: estevenson(a)emeraldinsight.com Thanks and Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W) 400601 MUMBAI. INDIA @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : 9029 345777 elibrary :http://www.vpmthane.org/im/elib/main.htm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Regarding change of date of lecture on Latest Trends in Librarianship
by surbhi sahni 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Dear Colleagues/Professionals, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla is hosting one day lecture on "Latest Trends in Librarianship" on 23rd April, 2011. Dr. Satyanarayan, M.D. Infomatics India Ltd. will be delivering the lecture. The lecture is being organized by Satkal trust in collaboration with A.C. Joshi library, Panjab University, Chandigarh at Indian Institute of Advanced study, Shimla. Practicing Librarians, Retired Library Professionals, Teachers, IT Professionals, Knowledge Workers, Students and Faculties of LIS etc are invited to attend this one day lecture. No registration fees would be charged for the lecture, only the participants requiring accommodation will be charged. They are requested to intimate us before with details of their travel plans so as to make necessary arrangements. For more details kindly contact the undersigned: Surbhi Sahni Project Trainee (Library) Indian Institute of Advanced Study Rashtrapati Nivas, Shimla - 171 005 Himachal Pradesh 0177- 0177-2830105 Cell: 09857564171 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for participation to Book Fair - 2011 at J. D. Birla Institute (Main Campus) during 11-12 April, 2011.
by Sambhu Nath Halder 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Dear Sir/Madam, We have the pleasure to inform you that the Book Fair-2011 is being organized by J.D. Birla Institute, 11 Lower Rawdon Street, Kolkata-700020 during April 11-12, 2011. The Book Fair will provide an effective forum for intimating and purchasing the latest books on different subject areas. Leading National and International Publishers and Book Sellers will participate in the said Book Fair. All Publishers and Book Sellers are asked to display their current titles on wide variety of subjects. In addition to text books, they also exhibit books on Careers, Competitive Exams, etc. Books on fiction and other Reference Tools like Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias, Directories, etc. are also be displayed. Please note that a special *discount of at least 20% (or more) on all books* * **must be offered to all purchaser.** * We earnestly hope that you would be gracious enough to participate in this Book Fair. We are looking forward to welcoming you to Book Fair-2011 to be held at J.D. Birla Institute during 11-12 April, 2011. We hope that you would kindly extend your help and cooperation to our endeavour. With regards, *Sambhu Nath Halder Chief Librarian* ============================= Learning Resource Centre J D Birla Institute (Main Campus) 11 Lower Rawdon Street Kolkata - 700 020 Phone: 2475 5070 / 2476 7340 [Extn:39] Mail to: sambhu.jdbi(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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[Fwd: Thanks from Tsukuba]
by Shalini Urs 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Dear LIS Professionals, You might have received many mails recently regarding the Japanese spirit, discipline and calm during the disaster. The speed at which the roads in Japan have been repaired is astounding! I am sharing this long winding but a personal diary kind of a mail from a professional personal friend -- Shigeo Sugimoto of University of Tsukuba. I thought of sharing this with you all for the following reasons: 1. To get a sense of the Japanese life, spirit, and mindset from a personal contact 2. Since he also talks about the roles and value to LIS professionals. Thanks Shalini ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Thanks from Tsukuba From: "Shigeo Sugimoto" <sugimoto(a)SLIS.TSUKUBA.AC.JP> Date: Mon, April 4, 2011 10:34 am To: ISCHOOLS(a)MLIST.NTU.EDU.SG -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear All, Three weeks have passed since the quake in the norther part of the main island of Japan. I received many messages from you after the quake. I'd like to express my thanks again to you. I'm writing this message to express my feelings and thoughts at this point. I'm hoping to share my experiences with you because this incident happened in Japan would be useful for us to think about the roles and values of information networks and libraries. The rest of this message is long. If you are busy please ignore the rest of this message and receive my thanks from Tsukuba. Nearly 30K people are killed or missing by the quake. The incident of the Fukushima nuclear power plants is an awful disaster. I think these facts have been reported by many news media. The rest of this message is written purely by my own personal experiences and thoughts. March 11(Fri), I was attending a meeting at a meeting room on 3rd floor, National Diet Library in Tokyo when the first major quake happened at 15:46. The second major one came 30minutes after the first one. Many of us in the room hided ourselves under tables, which means that the shake was significantly large even in Tokyo. We got information from the Internet during the meeting but continued our meeting until 5:30pm. Most of the public transportation services were shut down immediately after the quake. NDL extended their service for the public to 8:30pm, which is very unusual. At NDL closed their service but they allowed their guests in the reading rooms to stay over night and provided blankets and foods which had been prepared for emergency. I stayed over night at an office of NDL and had to stay one more night in Tokyo because of traffic shutdown to Tsukuba. While I was staying overnight at NDL, UStream and Twitter were the main information source for me and my colleagues. Email on mobile phones, which is the most heavily used communication media in our ordinary lives, was working in Tokyo/Tsukuba not reliable because of too much traffic. March 14 to 20, Drs. Schubert Foo and Stu Weibel arrived in Tsukuba as a visiting scholar at my school and research center. Because the living environment in Tsukuba was not perfect especially for non-Japanese speakers who are not familiar with Tsukuba, I decided to go to Kyoto with them for a week to visit some institutions in Kyoto with which I'm collaborating in my research - NDL Kansaikan, Kyoto Manga Museum and Kyoto Univ. (As of today, Tsukuba Express provides four services between Tokyo and Tsukuba for every hour during day time and more in rush hours, which is about 80% of the normal.) March 21 - 27, I returned from Kyoto to Tokyo and stayed two nights in Tokyoãbecause I had to attend several meetings in Tokyo. Frequency of metro trains which I used were a little less than usual but I didn't feel any inconvenience. I found less illuminations in the city and less brightness in showcases in order to save electricity. Tokyo is darker than before but not so dark in the night, and there is no significant change of the safety of the city at this point. The air in Tokyo seems better than before the quake because of less activities, I guess. Radio activity level is a little higher than before and decreasing. There is no significant danger for our health based on news on TV and newspapers. The air is much better than it was 40-30 years ago when the Japanese economy was growing very rapidly. U.Tsukuba canceled the commencement ceremony that was scheduled on March 25 because of the damages on campus and other social and infrastructural problems. At the meetings in Tokyo, there were two interesting discussions from my viewpoint. 1. What libraries, publishers and creators can contribute to the people in the disaster areas and living in evacuation shelters. (a meeting of an advisory panel for promotion of use of digital publishing hosted by agency of culture, ministry of education) - JLA expressed willingness to send copies of books by fax and/or electronically to the libraries in the damaged areas, which is not allowed in the ordinary situation because of copyrights. Delegates from publishers and creators were very supportive. - Publishers communities are providing useful information for free. For example, a publisher which is specialized in medical information provides e-journal for free. 2. How to improve usability of governmental document and records management systems under this disastrous situation. (an advisory group meeting for governmental records management hosted at Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.) - Some local governments lost their servers and paper records. Branch offices of the national government were also damaged. There is a case that very basic registration records of local residents, which were maintained by a local government and backed up the regional branch of the national government, are lost. This would boost cloud-nization of the governmental records keeping system. - Information is not well shared in the government offices and it causes delays and problems in the decision process. This would be a Japanese specific problem but common problem in bureaucratic system, especially under this very emergency and chaotic situation. March 28-present I used this week to clean-up my office. This was the most challenging task with me and because my office was already disastrous before the quake.:-) There is a photos of my lab and office taken right after the quake by my student. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsunagun/ (The bottom six photos show my office.) My office and lab are on the fourth floor and no serious damages. Two PCs and one display were broken when they fallen down. Three weeks since the quake have passed very very fast. I think this is an important opportunity for us to re-think about the value of information and the roles of libraries. Reliability of information and information resources are more crucial than usual under the emergency situation. Significant amount of local memories and records were lost because many public libraries, museums and city/town offices were lost or heavily damaged. Fortunately, no riot or panic has happened by now since the quake, and there is no serious infection of flu or other diseases. However, there are rumor which cause fear among people in the disaster areas. And, news about radio activity have caused some affects on our lives, which are mostly over-reaction by the general public. For example, it is hard to buy bottled mineral water in this week. Bottled tea and soft-drinks are available but plain water. -- KEK's page would be useful for those people who have interests in radio -- activity in Tsukuba. -- Dose rate at Tsukuba (KEK) http://rcwww.kek.jp/norm/index-e.html -- (http://www.kek.jp/quake/en/index.html) Lastly, most of the city infrastructure of Tsukuba has recovered. The distance to the Fukushima nuclear plant is 160KM (=100miles). My impression about our society is that we are mentally depressed a bit because of the serious damage caused by Tsunami and the nuclear plant incident. I and my colleagues at Tsukuba are starting new academic year with new students from April 7. Thanks for your patience. Best wishes, -- Shigeo Dr. Shalini Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in ISiM - Management School of IT. Technology School for IM -- 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 02 Apr '11

02 Apr '11

dear colleagues Please provide the following article, if available: Nature 1951. v168, p.383-4. chromosome elimination in saccharum / Parthasarathy, N. Sincerely t.shanmuganathan technical officer (library) sugarcane breeding institute coimbatore m:9677502392 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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