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Lecture invitation
by SRELS 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

Dear Moderator: Kindly arrange to announce the following invitation for the benefit of LIS-FORUM members. Sincerely, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Bangalore ***************** The Board of Trustees of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), Bangalore 702, 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 in association with National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore cordially invites you to the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment Lectures (28) (2010) on SCIENTOMETRIC INDICATORS, WEBOMETRICS AND POLYREPRESENTATION by Dr. Peter Ingwersen Professor, Danish School of Library and Information Science, Copenhagen on 9th, 10th and 11th December 2010 at 6.00 p.m. each day at Choksi Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 Dr. I.K. Ravichandara Rao Professor and Head, Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore presides RSVP: K.N. Prasad - Ph: (080) 23305109 E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request
by Abdul Gafoor 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

i am in kerala i would like to know about UGC NET training for library science availabele in kerala. if any centre which provide training pls let me know yours faithfully ABDUL GAFOOR THRIKKANAPURAM MALAPPURAM ,KERALA- MOB-9995101998 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Position of Executive (Library & Publications) at Institute of Actuaries of India, Mumbai
by varsha 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Applications are invited from Mumbai based candidates for Position of Executive (Library & Publications) at Institute of Actuaries of India, Mumbai Experience: 2-3 Years Location: Mumbai Qualification: Masters in Library & Information Science Skills: * Routine library operations * Familiarity with LIBSYS library software * Experience in editing newsletters/ magazine and content management * Good communication and co-ordination skills Salary: As per qualification and experience Please send your resume at gururaj(a)actuariesindia.org --- "Print this mail only if absolutely necessary. Save Paper. Save Trees." "This e-mail message may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. It should not be used by anyone who is not the original intended recipient. If you have erroneously received this message, please delete it immediately and notify the sender. The recipient acknowledges that ICICI Bank or its subsidiaries and associated companies, (collectively "ICICI Group"), are unable to exercise control or ensure or guarantee the integrity of/over the contents of the information contained in e-mail transmissions and further acknowledges that any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and no binding nature of the message shall be implied or assumed unless the sender does so expressly with due authority of ICICI Group. Before opening any attachments please check them for viruses and defects." -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar at CFTRI Library as part of National Library Week
by padmavathi t 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Dear All, Academy of Information Science (AIS), Mysore, Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA) and Karnataka Library Association (KALA), Bangalore are jointly organizing a half day Seminar at CFTRI Assembly Hall, Mysore as a part of National Library Week on 19th November 2010 between2.00 PM and 5.30 PM. The programme is presided over by Dr. V. Prakash, Director, CFTRI. It comprises of a lecture by Dr. I. K. Ravichandra Rao, Professor and Head, Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC), Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Bangalore on ‘Scientometric indicators to measure scientific productivity’ followed by a demo on ‘Web of Knowledge’ by Informatics India Ltd., Bangalore. All are cordially invited. Regards,Dr. Geetha Seetharam Head, Library CFTRI, Mysore. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Prof. S.P. Narang Research Promotion Award 2010
by sukhavendra gautam 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Dear Sir/mam/friends I Please to Inform you That The governing committee of IATLIS have decided honour Mr. Prabhat Singh Rajput with Prof. S.P. Narang Research Promotion Award 2010 during its national conference at Pune University on 17-19 th Nov. 2010. He got this Award in a young age of 26 year Please Congratulate him for this great honour. his email ad. prabhat.t82(a)gmail.com -- http://psr2008.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Conference on "Challenges of Librarianship in Next Decade"
by rai anitha 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Dear Professionals, It is our great pleasure to inform you that New Horizon Educational Institute, Department of Library and Information Center is organizing One Day National Conference on “Challenges of Librarianship in Next Decade,” dated on “ 16th December 2010. The present conference provides a forum to working librarians (academic, public and special libraries), teachers, research scholars and students of Library and Information Science. The conference also intends to bring together LIS professionals would be towards new tasks, techniques, tools, and platform independent content with more authentic information (evidence based). The experts will provide brainstorming and project the technology tools and techniques for next decade. Speakers Theme Presentation H.S.Siddamallaiah Principal & Library Information Officer, NIMHANS Future of Content N V Sathyanarayana MD, Informatics India (Pvt) Ltd., Bangalore Future of Scholarly Communication Prof. Shalini R. Urs Executive Director, ISIM,University of Mysore Future of Technology Applications Shri A. Venkatesan Deputy Director General & SIO, NIC, Bangalore. Future of Knowledge Management Dr. Kavi Mahesh Professor, Dept. of CSE, PESIT. Panel Discussion, (Moderator) Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Library Advisery, Mysore University REGISTRATION DETAILS Last date for registration: 6th December 2010 DD should be drawn in favour of The Principal, New Horizon College of Engineering, payable at Bangalore and sent to the address stated below NEW HORIZON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Ring Road, Marathalli, Bellandur Post Bangalore – 560 103 Tel : +91-80-6629 7777 Mob : 97310 34730/90086 36251/99009 61261 Fax : 080-28440770 E-mail:nhcelib.blr@gmail.com www.newhorizonindia.edu REGISTRATION FEE Corporate - Rs. 1000/- Professionals - Rs. 500/- Research Scholars - Rs. 500/- Students - Rs. 250/- For more details you may visit http://newhorizonindia.edu/html/Engg_html/conference/index.html With regardsAnitha S Rai Conference Convenor Chief Librarian New Horizon Educational Institution -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar on Knowledge Representation and Digital Libraries
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research & Training Centre Bangalore 560 059 Seminar on Knowledge Representation and Digital Libraries (includes Workshop on advanced DSpace) 17th -18th February, 2011 http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/smk Knowledge organization is a major challenge in representation of information on the Web for effective retrieval and the realization of semantic web. There have been many attempts in developing metadata and ontology in order to tame the web, which resulted in many metadata schema like Dublin Core, TEI, MODS, MARCXML etc. In the area of ontology models too the developments are reflected in the emergence of OWL and SKOS, which can be perceived in the transformation of many thesauri into either SKOS or OWL. In addition, the faceted classification system prove promising in developing ontology, as the very aim of faceted system is to provide hospitality to emerging domains and terminology. The seminar aims at bringing out the various aspects of prospective knowledge organization models for better information retrieval on the Web. Themes in Modelling Knowledge: (suggested but not limited to) Web Ontology Metadata schema Faceted Knowledge organization Semantic Web Classification/Taxonomies/Folksonomies Knowledge structures and architecture Cluster based search engines Applications o Semantic Navigation o Annotations Resource Persons ================ International experts in the domain of knowledge models, representation and retrieval are expected to deliver lectures. The Participants: ================= The Seminar is targeted at Library and information professionals from the academia and industry. However, researchers in LIS and computer professionals will also benefit from participating in the seminar. Registration Fee: ==================== The Registration fee for the Seminar is Rs.3000/-. The fee covers the cost of course material, lunch and tea. The fee should be paid in the form of a Demand Draft drawn in favour of the Indian Statistical Institute, payable at Bangalore. Accommodation Accommodation at a nominal cost could be arranged for a limited number of participants on a first-come-first-served basis in the Guest houses attached to the Indian Statistical Institute. For further details contact: ============================= Prof. A.R.D. Prasad Convener DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore 560 059 Email: ard(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in, ardprasad(a)gmail.com Telefax: 080-28482711 ================================================================ REGISTRATION FORM ================================================================ Seminar on Knowledge Representation and Digital Libraries 17th -18th February, 2011 Registration Form 1. Name 2. Designation and affiliation 3. Address 4. Telephone Number(s) E-mail: 5. Demand Draft No name of the Bank and Date 6. Whether Accommodation is required? YES / NO Signature of Participant: -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Registration open International Conference on Digital Library Management (ICDLM)
by Debal Chandra Kar 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Please consider to participate and encourage your colleagues and team members to participate to The International Conference on Digital Library Management: ICDLM 2011 to be held in Kolkata, India, on 11-13 January 2011. Please also announce it to your newsletter and list serve. You are cordially invited to attend International Conference on Digital Library Management (ICDLM) Theme: Extending Benefits of Modern Technology to Public, Academic and Special Libraries Science City, Kolkata, 11-13 January, 2011 Venue: Science City, Kolkata Organiser: TERI, New Delhi Co-Organiser: Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, Kolkata Continuous capacity development and awareness programmes are necessary to achieve the objective of transforming the novice into digital librarians of future. The success of ICDL 2004, ICDL 2006 and ICDL 2010 has encouraged and motivated TERI, New Delhi and Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata in partnership with Ministry of Culture, Government of India, New Delhi to conduct of the ICDLM 2011 which will provide yet another stimulating forum for DL professionals to share their knowledge, experience and wisdom. The theme of the proposed conference is “Extending Benefits of Modern Technology to Public, Academic and Special Libraries”. The conference will focus on creation, adoption, implementation and utilization of digital libraries, e-learning and a knowledge society. We invite you all to submit your research paper. Who should participate? (a) Professionals from public, academic and special libraries (b) Information Technology professionals. (c) Content and knowledge managers (d) Policy makers (e) Academicians, students and distance learners (f) Archivists and museologists (g) Information providers and vendors. (h) E-publishers and virtual electronic communities (i) Library and Information Science professionals. (j) All stakeholders in the digitization and knowledge business. Conference will cover Original papers focusing on the theme of the conference— Extending Benefits of Modern Technology to Public, Academic and Special Libraries are invited for the. Some of the topics are listed below: § DL development and management § Content organization and management § DL architecture and access management § Knowledge management § Digital preservation § DL standards and policy § Thesauri and ontologies, semantics, metadata and retrieval § Open archives initiatives/PMH § Multilingual and interoperability § Copyrights issues in digital environment § DL services and applications § Collaboration and Networking between public libraries º Digital initiatives of public libraries § Open Educational resources For Early–bird registration offer please visit http://www.teriin.org/events/icdlm/registration.php Registration: please visit http://www.teriin.org/events/ICDLM Delegates fee | Up to 30 November 2010 | After 30 November 2010 ------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------- | | India and SAARC | Indian Rs 3000 + Rs 309 | Indian Rs 3500 + Rs 360 countries | service tax | service tax ------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------- | | Other countries | US$ 125 | US$ 150 (including | | service tax) | | Contact: DEBAL C KAR Organizing Secretary ICDLM Secretariat TERI, Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110 003, India Telephone 24644654, 24682100, 41504900 Fax 24682144, 24682145 E-mail icdlm(a)teri.res.in Web www.teriin.org/events/icdlm India +91 • Delhi (0)11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Disclaimer: The information contained in this e-mail is intended for the person or entity to which it is addressed, and it may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review or other use of this mail or taking any action based on it by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender, and delete all copies of this mail.This e-mail has been scanned and verified by McAfee SaaS Email Security, formerly MX Logic. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IFLA - NIFT Conference 2011: Call for Papers
by ICLAM 2011 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

*National **Institute** of **Fashion** Technology, **New Delhi** * *in collaboration with IFLA - Art Libraries Section * Organises *ICLAM 2011 (*International conference on the Convergence of Libraries, Archives and Museums) *February 15 to 17, 2011** Venue : **India** International Centre**, **New Delhi* *Theme : User Empowerment through Digital Technologies * *Highlights * - Selected papers will be published in reputed International Journals - Edited book (with ISBN) of accepted papers will be published by a leading Publisher *NIFT - ICLAM* - Unique international conference of Librarians, Archivists & Conservators to promote digital convergence of the memory institutions - Tutorials by leading Academicians & Industry experts - World renowned Academicians, Professionals, Freelancers & Entrepreneurs will share their ideas & experiences - Special session by Wikimedia - Special day of parallel sessions on Preservation of Heritage Resources *LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACT **21 NOVEMBER 2010*** * * *LAST DATE OF SUBMISSION OF COMPLETE PAPER **15 DECEMBER 2010*** * * *About the Conference**:** * User empowerment is critical to the development of all information organizations, i.e. libraries, archives and museums. The goal of technological innovations in information services is to enhance the sense of participation and control of IT-empowered users, who easily metamorphose from consumers to creators of information. Libraries, archives and museums, collectively known as memory institutions, are continuously empowering their systems and services with dynamic digital technologies to meet the increasing expectations of users. Information service providers throughout the world are striving to strike a balance between traditional organizational control strategies and user empowerment initiatives. In pursuit of empowerment of users, the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) has collaborated with the Art Libraries Section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) to organize an international conference from 15th to 17th February, 2011 in New Delhi. The theme of the conference is ‘*User empowerment through digital technologies’. * This conference will offer a forum to deliberate on issues related to user empowerment in libraries, archives and museums, now developing into a unified knowledge repository through digital convergence. This is the first conference in the series titled *“International conference on the Convergence of Libraries, Archives and Museums (ICLAM)”* and NIFT’s third initiative to promote cross-sectoral collaborations in the knowledge sector in India. During the conference all stakeholders contributing to the convergence of libraries, archives and museums will analyze the theme of empowerment of users from multiple perspectives – ranging from user interface and digital preservation technologies to rights of the users and empowerment of disadvantaged user communities. The issue of empowerment is also related to affordability and sustainability of digital technologies particularly in this age of financial instability. Library & Information professionals, archivists and conservators, as end users of open source and commercial software, will discuss trends and problems specific to their own sectors. Leading professionals, academicians and entrepreneurs will also exchange views on other issues related to technological, infrastructural and organizational developments including partnerships in the knowledge sector. *EMINENT *Speakers CALL FOR PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS * * *Dr. Dinesh Katre* Group Coordinator, Centre for Development of Advance Computing, Pune India www.cdac.in * * *Mr. GussVan der Brekel* Coordinator, Electronic Services Central Medical Library Netherlands * * *Ms. Heather Brown* Asstt. Director Artlab Australia www.artlabaustralia.com.au * * *Dr. Jagdish Arora* Director, INFLIBNET Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India www.inflibnet.ac.in * * *Prof. Jagtar Singh* Department of Library and Information Science Punjabi University India www.punjabiuniversity.ac.in * * *Dr. Jan Simane* Chair & Treasurer, Art Libraries Section -IFLA Kunsthistorisches Institute in Florenz Italy www.khi.fi.it * * *Ms. Lucile Trunel* Literature and Art Department, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, France www.bnf.fr * * *Mr. Martin Flynn* National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, London UK www.vam.ac.uk * * *Ms. Maureen Burns* President Visual Resources Association, USA www.vraweb.org * * *Prof. P.B. Mangla* Former HoD, Department of Library and Information Science Delhi University, India www.du.ac.in * * *Mr. Pratapanand Jha* Director (Cultural Informatics Lab.) Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts New Delhi, India www.ignca.nic.in * * *Dr. R. K. Chaddha* Joint Secretary Parliament Library, New Delhi, India *Mr. Rolf Kallman* Head of Department Swedish National Heritage Resources Board, Sweden * * *Dr. S. Majumdar* Librarian University of Delhi, India www.du.ac.in * * *Mr. S. P. Singh* Retd. Director (Conservation) National Museum, New Delhi, India www.nationalmuseumindia.gov.in * * *Prof. Shalini Urs* Executive Director, ISIM University of Mysore, India www.uni-mysore.ac.in * * *Prof. T. Viswanathan* Former Director, INSDOC (now NISCAIR) www.niscair.res.in *More names of Speakers will be added soon…….*** *Call for Papers* Papers and presentations are invited on the following topics related to each listed sub-theme (in bold): (More sub-themes and topics will be added. Papers on related topics are also welcome) *Emergence of the Technology-Empowered Users:* - Changing roles of Users in Libraries, Archives & Museums - Information seeking behaviour of Users : Emerging Trends - New roles & identities for Librarians, Archivists & Conservators *Empowering Users of Libraries, Archives & Museums:* - User Interface Technologies : Emerging Trends - Social Media for Empowerment: Web2.0 & beyond - Management of User-generated contents in Libraries & Museums *Building Information Repositories : Emerging Trends in Technologies* - Digital Preservation Technologies : Emerging Trends - Building Institutional Repositories : Strategies for future - Open Source vs. Commercial software * * *Re-defining Rights of Users of Libraries : Perspectives of Creators, Mediators and Users* - Freedom of Access to Information - Copyright & Fair Use - IPR & Digital resources *Serving the Empowered Users in Libraries & Information Centres* - Relevance of Conventional Library services to Web - empowered Users - Information Literacy Programmes - Special services for Users with Special Needs - Marketing information services to the empowered users - Branding & Promoting Institutional repositories *Open Access Publishing : A tool for Empowerment* - Open Access Publishing of Books - Scholarly Communication & Open Access Publishing - Sustainability of Open Access Initiatives - Future of e-journals & e-books : Emerging Integrated format *Bridging the Digital Divide** among Users : Roles of Libraries & Information Centres* - Economic barriers to Information Access - Empowerment of Disadvantaged User Communities - Roles of Public Libraries & Information Centres in the Rural Sector - Transcending the language barriers through digital technologies *Partnerships for Empowerment & Libraries* - Sustainable Digitisation Projects - Public & Private Partnerships for Digit al Libraries - Consortium model of Co-operation *From Collaboration to Convergence:* - Networking of Libraries, Museums, Archives and Beyond *One day of Special Parallel Sessions on Heritage Resources in Art Libraries, Archives & Museums * *Cultural heritage** **in Art Libraries, Archives & Museums* - Culture of Heritage Preservation: Eastern & Western perspectives - Changing Patronage : Public & Private funding of Artists & Collections - How authentic is the Art work? The Collector’s nightmare - Marketing Strategies for Visual Resources - Art libraries in Asia & Africa : Problems & Prospects - Public Museums in Asia & Africa : Problems & Prospects - Archives in the Digital Age : Problems & Prospects * * *Digital Preservation of Cultural heritage* - Conservation of Art works & Handicrafts : Fusion of traditional techniques & modern technologies - Challenges of preservation of Rare books & Manuscripts - Archiving Exhibitions (including various forms of art) - Preserving ‘born digital’ heritage : Emerging trends - Virtual & Physical Environments in Museums - Revival of traditions through Digital Preservation * * *Special session** **on Conservation of Textiles * - Conservation of Historic Textiles : Emerging trends - Conservation of Contemporary Designer collections - Digital Photography of Textiles ( including 3-D photography) - Business of Textile Conservation - Conservator’s role in Revival of traditional Textile crafts * * * ICLAM-2011 offers following formats for presentations :* * * v *Papers in sessions: *Thematic sessions of presentation of written papers with power point presentations. v *Demonstrations:* Demonstrations of hands-on applications / techniques with or without power point presentations can be presented in special sessions for Art Libraries and Museums. v *Special interaction sessions: *Professional interaction sessions on relevant issues can be arranged on special requests for informal and non-commercial presentations of interactive manner. Presenters will be in-charge of these sessions and will facilitate discussions. * * *Guidelines for submission of papers :* · *All manuscripts should be unpublished original work and should be submitted with a covering letter signed by the author/s. *The letter should mention the theme and sub-theme under which the paper falls. Please refer to the list of sub-themes under 'Call for papers’. · The author/authors should provide following information: Þ Name/s, address of the institution, and author for correspondence along with telephone no., fax no. and e-mail id. · Paper should be submitted in MS Word (2000) format and of maximum 3000 words. Power point presentations without accompanying text will not be accepted as papers. · The Abstract and Paper should confirm the following guidelines: Þ Title of the paper (in bold 14 point font size & Times New Roman font type) Þ Full text and abstract should be single-spaced, A4 page size, 10 point font size, Times New Roman font type Þ Name(s) of author/s, their Institution, city and country Þ Abstract of approximately 150 words along with maximum five key words Þ Paragraph heading and sub-headings in bold 12 font size & may be numbered in bold. *· *The margins may be set as follows:-* * Þ Top: 3 cm Þ Bottom: 3.8 cm Þ Left: 3.8 cm Þ Right: 2.5 cm · Page numbers should be placed at the bottom of each page, centred on the width. Underlined words are to be set in italics. · Tables and figures may be numbered in Arabic numerals and sources cited clearly. These should appear in sequential order in the text. The corresponding tables or figures should either appear within the text or should be placed at the end of the article. · Maps and figures have to be given as reproducible artworks ready for press. · Follow the APA style of citation for all references and bibliographies. · Papers and presentations must be in English only since interpreters can not be provided. * * Who can participate? Library & Information professionals from special, academic & public libraries, conservators, IT professionals, publishers, authors, educators, students and all users of libraries, information centres, archives and visitors of museums from any part of the world can attend the conference. *REGISTRATION * *India & SAARC country delegates* * * *Fees per participant* *Remarks* Sponsored participant (Conference only) Rs.3500/- 20% *discount in case of more than three participants from same organization * One day participation Rs.1200/- Tutorial participation Rs.1000/- * * Sponsored participant (Tutorial & conference) Rs.4000/- * * Non-sponsored, students, retired professionals etc. participant (Conference only) Rs.1500/- *20% discount in case of more than three participants from same organization/department* * * *Rest of the world delegates* USD 150/- * * Tutorial participation USD 50/- * * v Registration fee includes conference kit, tea, lunch, copy of proceedings and dinner, whenever planned. v Registration fee is non-refundable. v Substitutes are permitted. v Registration fee does not include accommodation. v Registration will be confirmed only if the form is duly filled and payment is received in full. v Students can participate by sending their form through their institution. * * *Mode of payment:* * * v All payments from delegates will be accepted in Cash/ Local Cheque/ Demand Draft prepared in favour of NIFT Delhi, payable at Delhi. Please indicate clearly that the payment is remitted towards registration for ICLAM – 2011 with particulars of the delegate. Bank transaction charges may be included for outstation or international cheques along with the registration fee. *For further details please check the websites of NIFT* http://www.nift.ac.in/ICLAM_2011/index.htm & IFLA http://www.ifla.org/en/news/71 Contact persons : Dr. Sanjeev Kumar 011-26542004&2 Ms. Nandini Dutta 011-26542146/7 Email ids : *iclam2011(a)nift.ac.in; iclam2011(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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UNdata A world of Information
by sandeep bhavsar 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Respected Sir The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) launched a new internet based data service for the global user community. It brings UN statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single entry point (http://data.un.org/) Users can now search and download a variety of statistical resources of the UN system. At the occasion of the launch of this service DESA Under-Secretary General Sha Zukang stated: "The UN-system has accumulated over the past 60 years an impressive amount of information. UNdata , developed by the Statistics Division of DESA, is a new powerful tool, which will bring this unique and authoritative set of data not only to the desks of decision makers and analysts, but also to journalists, to students and to all citizens of the world." Useful features like Country Profiles, Advanced Search and Glossaries are also provided to aid research. The numerous databases, tables and glossaries containing over 60 million data points cover a wide range of themes including Agriculture, Crime, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Development, Industry, Information and Communication Technology, National Accounts, Population, Refugees, Tourism, Trade, as well as the Millennium Development Goals indicators. Whilst this initial version of UNdata is fully equipped with all the functionalities for data access, the development team is continuously adding new databases and features to further enhance the usefulness to users. When fully developed, UNdata will have a comprehensive array of international and national databases providing the world instant access to a wealth of statistical information. 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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