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6th TBR Memorial seminar on Web 2.0 technologies for library services -Minutes
by shivaram gowda 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Dear Members It is a great pleasure to share with all of you that NCSI-Net team successfully organized 6th TBR Memorial seminar on Web 2.0 technologies for library services on Saturday 13th November 2010 at NCSI Seminar hall, IISc, Bangalore. The response to the seminar by the students and the budding LIS professionals was over whelming. We had 50+ registrations of which most of them were students and young professionals from various universities and organizations in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh. Seminar started off with a brief introduction about Dr. T.B. Rajshekar Memorial Seminar Series by Dr. Francis Jayakanth. He also highlighted late Dr. TBR’s passion towards teaching and educating young professionals about the latest developments in the field of ICT and their applications in LIS profession. The first technical session by Francis was on An Overview on Web 2.0. The talk was very interactive. The speaker highlighted the evolution of the Web and the various tools, technologies and the services of Web 2.0 with suitable examples. He also touched upon how the Web 2.0 applications can be made use of in the present day library and information services After coffee/tea break Mr. Rajendra Babu delivered second lecture of the day on Wikis: Concept, Implementation and Examples from the LIS Perspective. Speaker narrated historical development of Wiki, its features, type etc. with suitable examples. Mr. Ananda Byrappa delivered an interesting talk on New carrier opportunities for LIS professionals. The speaker mentioned that lack of trained manpower in the domains like Content Management, Knowledge management, Information Retrieval, IP industry etc,. He called upon young LIS professionals to make their careers in these areas and grab the opportunities available such domains. The talk was well received by the audience and Ms. Suvarsha Minj delivered the lecture on Mashups for Libraries. It was an interesting lecture wherein the speaker covered an overview, workflow, architecture, API’s, Data sources of Mashups. She also demonstrated how to configure web-based and client/server based data Mashups for Libraries with suitable example websites. After the lunch break. Mr. Madhuresh delivered the talk on Blogs and RSS -2 tools for Librarian 2.0. Speaker stressed upon the role and challenges of Librarian 2.0 and asked the participants to make use of Web 2.0 tools to satisfy their users’ information requirements more effectively. He demonstrated how to configure weblogs with examples and configuring RSS feeds. The last technical session of the day was an interesting lecture-cum-demonstration by Mr. Prasanna, on Building Library website using web 2.0 technologies. It was an interactive session and the speaker showed library website with various web 2.0 services like, Video & Audio objects, RSS alerts, Discussion forum, Live Chat etc. Ms. Ramya proposed the vote of thanks. NCSI-Net is thankful to all seminar participants. Judging by the seminar feedback of the participants, the seminar was a great success. We also thank all the HODs and the teaching faculty of various universities and heads of reputed organizations for having deputed their students and staff for the seminar. We are thankful to Director IISc and Chairman of NCSI, IISc, and Staff of NCSI for their support in organizing the seminar. Our special thanks to all speakers of the day and all the NCSI-Net members for their excellent support. Four of the six presentation files used during the seminar are available at http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/material2010.html Your comments and suggestions are most welcome and they may be sent to Shivaram Gowda, shivarams_gowda(a)yahoo.com / Obaiah B <obaiah(a)gmail.com> With Best regards, NCSI-Net Coordinators, Shivaram Gowda & Obaiah B 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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Vacancy for professional staff at NID Cell, SNDT Mumbai
by Perin Marolia 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

The Networking and Information Dissemination Cell (NID Cell) of the UGC Programme on Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education has been set up at the SNDT Women’s University Library, Churchgate, Mumbai 400 020. The NID Cell wishes to recruit TWO professional staff in the grade of Lecturer. The details are as follows: *Two posts – 1 Open and 1 reserved for SC* *Qualifications : * 1. Good academic record with at least 55% of marks or equivalent grade at Master’s Degree Level in Library and Information science/Women’s Studies/Information technology/Computer Applications *OR * in Social Sciences /Humanities with a Women’s Studies component. 2. *National Eligibility Test (NET) or SET as per rules * 3. Good knowledge of Information Technology. *Job description:* To search out and prepare data for the website of the project, to identify and acquire resources (print and digital) for the NID Cell, and to carry out other information-related and administrative work as assigned by the Co-ordinator of the NID Cell. *The job does not involve any teaching.* Kindly note that the positions are temporary and contractual, initially for a period of 1 year, and if found suitable, will be extended till March 31, 2012. Further, they are non-vacational but have the benefit of Privilege Leave (20 days), Sick Leave (10 days) and Casual Leave (8 days) each year, with no privileges of encashment or accumulation of leave. *Remuneration:* Rs. 26,000 (consolidated), likely to be revised. The remuneration is on an ad-hoc basis with an annual increment. The University does not have any accommodation facilities for ad-hoc staff. Apply to Prof. Harsha Parekh, Hon. Director, NID Cell, SNDT Women’s University Library, 2nd. floor, Patkar Hall building, 1 Nathibai Thackersey Road, Churchgate, Mumbai –400 020 to reach on or before December 6, 2010 by 5:00 p.m. Applications may be sent by email to nidcell(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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Indian Languages and IRs
by Shivraj Thorat 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Dear Members I need following information in DL issue What are the encoding methods like UNICODE for Indian Languages? and Which is Best encoding method considering DL Softwares and users of the DLs? -- Regards Mr. Shivraj Thorat Librarian BVDU, Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship Development Paud Rd, Kothrud, Pune-38 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Indian Languages and IRs
by Shivraj Thorat 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Dear Members, I am Designing a Digital Library for Our Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University. We have number of Documents in Marathi, Hindi. therefore i am thinking to select best lingual solution for entering meta-data of above said documents. selected lingual solution should be used by data entry staff as well as users of DL. therefore i expect solution which should be perfect considering above requirement and technical issues. we are using DSpace Software for our Digital Library. i hope more detail comments on this as expert in this from you -- Regards Mr. Shivraj Thorat Librarian BVDU, Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship Development Paud Rd, Kothrud, Pune-38 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Feedback for E-book on Adoption of RFID in Indian Libraries.
by Jatin Baraiya 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Dear Professionals, We are planing to write an E-book on Adoption of RFID in Indian Libraries and publish it in open domain. It will act as a guide for librarians who want to understand the technology or are considering & planning on implementation of RFID technology in their libraries. In this regard we would like your feedback on the technology at below link. " http://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?formkey=dDlmSkJTUkFXTmhLYl95bHR…" -- Best regards, Jatin B RapidRadio Solutions Pvt. Ltd. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Online Jobs in India
by Shams Raza 21 Nov '10

21 Nov '10

Hi, are there any on line jobs for librarians in India? -- *Shams Raza Librarian Sainik School Nalanda* *(Ministry Of Defence Govt. of India) P.O. Rajgir,Distt.Nalanda (BIHAR)* *https://sainikschoolnalanda.bih.nic.in Google Talk: shamsraza(a)gmail.com* *Yahoo Talk : shams_hs19(a)yahoo.co.in Rediff Boll : shams97(a)rediffmail.com Mobile Talk : +91 9430247793* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Standard Chart
by Shams Raza 21 Nov '10

21 Nov '10

I need the standard chart of an academic library. can u help me -- *Shams Raza Librarian Sainik School Nalanda* *(Ministry Of Defence Govt. of India) P.O. Rajgir,Distt.Nalanda (BIHAR)* *https://sainikschoolnalanda.bih.nic.in Google Talk: shamsraza(a)gmail.com* *Yahoo Talk : shams_hs19(a)yahoo.co.in Rediff Boll : shams97(a)rediffmail.com Mobile Talk : +91 9430247793* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DLINE database requires one Technical Processing Analyst
by suruli nathi 21 Nov '10

21 Nov '10

Placement notification DLINE Inc, the publisher of DLINE database requires one Technical Processing Analyst. (http:// www.dline.info) DLINE is the major growing international Computing portal which introduced innovative features such as IP based access, federated search and international reviewing for its journals. Besides, DLINE has international research collaboration in computing paradigm. DLINE has liaison and MOU with many global universities. The candidate should be fresh graduates or Masters in Library & Information Science. The applicant is expected to have good communication skills and posses work culture. The application can be sent either by mail (director(a)dline.info) or thro hard copy delivery at DLINE. Pl. visit the above URL for postal communication. The applicant should forward their CV which indicates the qualifications, university, regular or distance mode of learning, technical knowledge, address including mail id, one photograph and additional information if any. Only selected candidates will be called for interview. DLINE Chennai -- With regards M. Surulinathi M.com, MLIS, M.Phil., (Ph.D), PGDCA, HDNCC, CGT Assistant Librarian Department of Library and Information Science Bharathidasan University Trichy - 620 024 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request
by kit kanpur 20 Nov '10

20 Nov '10

Dear Madam/Sir, We are in urgent need of the shop & establishment Act and would be extremely grateful if the same could please be made available. The Act are: .Rajasthan Maharastra .Madhyapradesh Gujrat West bangal Bihar Orissa Tamilnadu Andhra pradesh Kerala Karnataka Chattisgarh Assam Uttranchal In case the same is available, please send us a pdf or hard copy (at the address mentioned below) or call me Thanking you and with kind regards, -- Priyanka Srivastava Librarian J.K Cement, Kamla Tower Dwarkadhish road kanpur Kanpur. Mobile no-9235711973 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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About LIS_forum
by suresh panda 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

Dear sir Thanking you for your alert, i am regular reader and user of lis-forum, its great effort for librarian, those who are unreached/ for the regular updateed in the field of library and information science and i am proud of it. i am part of the lis-forum and great full all thsose people who are used this and getting benefit out of it. its a everyday brain diet for all the librarians and those who are directly or indirectly related to this infomation science filed so thnaking you expecting it continue forever with it improve of quality and value. my Detaials are: Suresh Chandra Panda M.Com, MLisc, DISM, (MBA-IS) -- Suresh ch panda, Asst.Librarian JITM, Paralakhemundi Gajapti, Odisha-761211 -- Suresh ch panda, Asst.Librarian JITM, Paralakhemundi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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