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Workshop announcement
by Vandana Khandelwal 29 Jan '10

29 Jan '10

Dear all LIS-Professional MAEER'S Maharashtra Academy of Engineering, Alandi is organizing "Five Days National Level Workshop on Library Automation and Building Digital Library using KOHA and DSpace Open Source Software". The schedule of the workshop is from February 18-22, 2010. The registration fee for the workshop is Rs. 1000/- only. The number of participants is restricted to 40 and admission for the workshop is on a first-come-first-served basis. Details regarding the workshop can be downloaded from the MAE web site www.maepune.com. You are kindly requested to give wide publicity among your friend and LIS-Professional for the workshop For further queries contact: Ms. Vandana Khandelwal Chief Convenor MAEER'S Maharashtra Academy of Engineering Alandi (D), Dehu Phata, Dist., Pune 412105 Phone : 020-30253541, 27185857, 30253500, 30253600 Telefax : 020-27185759 Email : vbkhandelwal(a)mitpune.com Mobile:09637913255 The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reminder - Talk on Measuring the Usage of eResources :What counts and what doesn't @ SRELS, Rajajinagar, Bangalore, on Sat Jan 30, 2010 @ 6 P.M.
by Francis Jayakanth 29 Jan '10

29 Jan '10

Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) Monthly Lecture On behalf of KALA, I cordially invite you for the next monthly lecture. The details of the lecture are given below. Topic: Measuring the Usage of eResources : What counts and what doesn't - A case study Speaker:Ananda T.Byrappa Manager, Whitney Knowledge Centre GE India Technology Centre 122, EPIP, Phase 2, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560066, INDIA Venue: Karnataka Sate Library Association, c/o SRELS, 702, 42nd Cross, Rajajinagar III Block, Bangalore - 560 010 Date and Time: Saturday, Jan 30, 2010 @ 6.00 pm This lecture is being organized in collaboration with Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS). I take this opportunity to thank SRELS for their unstinting support to KALA's activities. With best regards, - Francis for KALA

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Indian made e-reader to take on Kindle
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 29 Jan '10

29 Jan '10

Dear Friends, Indian made e-reader to take on Kindle After two years of hard work, Vishal Mehta, an ex employee of Amazon.com, launched the Infibeam Pi, an e-reader that looks like the Amazon Kindle. It has the same e-Ink screen that the Kindle sports, reports Sruthijith KK of The Economic Times. The Infibeam Pi, which is priced at Rs.10,000, can be ordered online now and is likely to be shipped in February, is priced at Rs. 10,000. The Amazon Kindle, when shipped to India, costs about Rs.18,000. The Pi supports 13 Indian languages. Infibeam.com, an online retailer that sells everything from flowers to jewellery to books to electronic goods, has more than one lakh ebooks. Source: http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Indian_made_ereader_to_take_on_Kindle-… Thanking You, Dinesh -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. MLISc., Ph.D. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. Ph: +91-9845102382, Email: dinesh.ncet(a)gmail.com www.nagarjunaknowledgecentre.webs.com www.dineshks.webs.com, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Registration open for Workshop on "Knowledge Transaction"
by DRTC - General 29 Jan '10

29 Jan '10

Workshop on Knowledge Transactions 15th 17th February, 2010 Organized by Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Bangalore Knowledge is perceived and understood differently according to the context and purpose of tasks at hand. Libraries and Information centres have been involved in knowledge transactions in the sense of organization of collections, systems leading to context based indexing and techniques in handling and representing knowledge. In the digital information world representation models are increasingly based on traditional and theoretical foundations of knowledge transactions. Legacy methods based on principles of Knowledge Organization are now being adapted for Knowledge conceptualizations and representation and developing representation languages, knowledge architecture and structures. At the same time knowledge modeling using popular W3C-SKOS, NKOS and RDFs are being implemented especially to structure, organize and manage information resources. Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, announces a seminar on 'Knowledge Transactions' to bring together expertise in information communities and active stakeholders in the domain. The workshop will comprise of contributed papers, invited talks and demonstrations by resource persons, in areas pertaining to Knowledge Organization, Transactions and Management. The objective of the workshop is to provide a platform for discussions on latest developments in methods of knowledge transactions with a direct bearing and applications in Library and Information Science and services. The intended outcome is to enhance the knowledge and skills of the participants in methods of knowledge transactions. It is aimed to achieve the goal through: Invited lectures Contributed papers Demonstrations Discussions The intended participation: Library and Information professionals, faculty, students and researchers in knowledge transactions and related domains. Topics include (but not limited to): Knowledge Transaction Systems Knowledge Organization Techniques Ontologies and Approaches to Building Ontologies Digital Libraries and Knowledge Organization Techniques Knowledge Representation and Processing Knowledge Structures and Mapping Encoding and Formats Multilingual Knowledge Representation and Handling Semantic Web Technologies for Knowledge Representation and Management Emergent Techniques for Search Algorithms and Context Sensitive Indexing MetaData and Interoperability Tools and Techniques in Knowledge Transactions Standards for Knowledge Organization, Representation and Services Case Studies, Analytic Studies in the thrust areas mentioned above Venue: Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College Post, Bangalore 560 059. For Further Details visit : http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/DRTC/KT ======================================================== Registration Form Workshop on Knowledge Transactions 15th 17th February, 2010 Name: Address: Name and Address of Sponsor/ Employee: *Whether Accommodation required: Yes / No (*on shared basis, subject to availability, on first-cum-first basis; charges apply as per institution rules) Arrival Date: Departure Date: Telephone: Fax: E-mail: Demand Draft No: Date: towards registration fee for Rs. 1800/- drawn in favour of Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Signature of the Sponsoring Authority Signature of the Participant The filled in Registration form may be mailed to: Dr. Devika P. Madalli, Convener, Documentation Research and Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road R.V. College Post, Bangalore 560 059 Phone: 080-8483002 to 5 Ext: 497 and 490 FAX: 080-28482711 E-mail: devika(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in; devikapm(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Talk on Measuring Usage of eResources :What counts and what doesn't @ SRELS, Rajajinagar, bangalore, on Sat Jan 30, 2010 @ 6 P.M.
by Francis Jayakanth 28 Jan '10

28 Jan '10

Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) Monthly Lecture On behalf of KALA, I cordially invite you for the next monthly lecture. The details of the lecture are: Topic: Measuring the Usage of eResources : What counts and what doesn't - A case study Speaker:Ananda T.Byrappa Manager, Whitney Knowledge Centre GE India Technology Centre 122, EPIP, Phase 2, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560066, INDIA Venue: Karnataka Sate Library Association, 902, 42nd Cross, Rajajinagar, Bangalore - 560010 Date and Time: Saturday, Jan 30, 2010 @ 6.00 pm With best regards, - Francis for KALA c/o SRELS, Rajajinagar Bangalore - 560 010

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Ranking of World Repositories [Where does India Stands?]
by Sukhdev Singh 28 Jan '10

28 Jan '10

Dear Friends, Latest Ranking of World's Open Access Repositories is now available (January 2010 Edition) at http://repositories.webometrics.info/index.html I have culled out ranking of Indian Repositories. These are ranked as below in the top 400 world repositories: 82 - Indian Institute of Science Bangalore ePrints - http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/ 148 - Openmed National Informatics Centre India - http://openmed.nic.in 180 - Indian Statistical Institute Digital Library - http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ 218 - Indian Institute of Astrophysics Dspace - http://prints.iiap.res.in/ 245 - National Institute of Oceanography India Digital Repository - http://drs.nio.org/ 278 - Raman Research Institute Digital Repository - http://dspace.rri.res.in/ 370 - National Aerospace Laboratories Institutional Repository - http://nal-ir.nal.res.in/ Their methodology for ranking is available at http://repositories.webometrics.info/methodology_rep.html Interestingly, SIZE does not matter when compared to VISIBILITY! Where does India Stands? --Sukhdev Singh http://twitter.com/esukhdev -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Distribution of book of poem
by lata＠iihmr.org 28 Jan '10

28 Jan '10

Dear friends, The owner of our institute would like to donate book of Poems " Noor-E-Zindagi" written by his Sister-in-law Mrs Prena Agarwal. The librarians who would like to have a free copy of this book may kindly contact me along with their postal address. Thanks and regards LATA SURESH Manager, Library and Documentation Centre Institute of Health Management Research 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg, Sanganer Airport Jaipur - 302011 Rajasthan INDIA Phone: +91-141-3924700-730 ext. 727 Fax : +91-141-2792138, 3924738 URL : http://www.iihmr.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Ranking Web of Repositories: January 2010
by Mallikarjun 27 Jan '10

27 Jan '10

Dear All, The new edition of the Ranking Web of repositories has just been published. Previous year 6 repositories were from India this year 7, National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore is the new entrant in the list. Full list http://repositories.webometrics.info/top400_rep.asp?offset=0 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!! Mallikarjun Dora Professional Assistant Vikram Sarabhai Library Indian Institute of Management, Ahemadabad http://mallikarjundora.wordpress.com/ !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!! The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Last Call - FAO of the UN Survey on Open Access in Food, Agriculture, Development, Fisheries, Forestry and Natural Resources
by Imma Subirats 27 Jan '10

27 Jan '10

*Apologies for cross-posting* The FAO of the United Nations Survey on Open Access in Food, Agriculture, Development, Fisheries, Forestry and Natural Resources will be open for your participation until Sunday January 31. If you haven't completed the survey, here are the links: • http://www.ciardring.net/node/3100 in English • http://www.ciardring.net/node/3103 in French • http://www.ciardring.net/node/3104 in Spanish This short survey (10 minutes only) is designed to get an overview of the state of the art of Open Access (OA) within the Food, Agriculture, Development, Fisheries, Forestry and Natural Resources Research Community. The results will be made available online in the CIARD Ring website http://www.ciardring.net/ to give all participants the opportunity to take a look at and comment the results. Thanks for your participation and support, Imma Subirats --------------------------------------------------- Knowledge and Information Management Officer KCEW, FAO of the United Nations Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153 Rome (Italy) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Net Examination
by librarymahad 27 Jan '10

27 Jan '10

Dear All, I will highly appreciate if anybody can help me about the net examination for Lecturership and Librarian post. I would like to appear for the same. I am not in touch with the different theory papers (like Cataloguing, Classification, Reference service, Documentation, Bibliography etc.) of Library and Information for a long time. I request you (particularly those who have passed the examination) to give me list of book/guide I have to follow. I will also be grateful to you if you kindly let me know about any Coaching Center or Organisation (in Mumbai or nearby is preferred) who are giving such training fot net qualification in Library and Information Science. Regards, Pradip Das ================================================= Pradip Das. M. Phil, ADIS/DRTC, B. Sc. (Chem.) Executive - Library / TPM & Training Co-ordinator, Pidilite Industries Limited, A/21, MIDC, Mahad, Maharashtra - 402309. India. Ph. : 02145- 231427(R), 02145 - 232043 to 46 (Off.) Extn. : 226 Fax. : 01245 - 232048 Mobile : 09420836138 E-mail : librarymahad(a)pidilite.co.in or, pradipbhadreswardas(a)gmail.com Web : www.pidilite.com ================================================ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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