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Digital Object Identifier
by fatima abedi 06 Jan '10

06 Jan '10

Dear Colleagues, Our organisation have registered for DOI from Bowkers. We are in a process alloting DOI numbers to our Institutional publication and to the articles published by our scientist. My doubt is can we assign DOI numbers to the articles which has already given DOI numbers by the publishers. Example: A DOI number is alloted by cropscience journal to the article of our institutional authors.. shall I give our DOI number to that particular article alongwith the publishers assigned DOI ??? Anybody please clarify it. Thanks in advance Regards Fatima Abedi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Healing Power of books (Bibliotherapy)
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 06 Jan '10

06 Jan '10

The healing power of books Clare Allan A literacy project is being described as the most significant development in mental health practice in the last ten years. On January 8, I am going to Liverpool, north western England, to take part in a conference organised by Get Into Reading, a hugely inspiring outreach literacy programme run by The Reader Organisation, a charity dedicated to bringing about “a reading revolution”. Get Into Reading is the brainchild of Jane Davis, founder and director of the Reader Organisation. As an 18-year-old single mother living on state benefits, Ms. Davis discovered her local library, and never looked back. She believes “books can save lives” — believes it so passionately she has, in less than ten years, created an extraordinary movement, with 150 groups now meeting weekly in hospitals, prisons, refugee centres, children’s homes, libraries, YMCAs, day centres and homes for older people. They are spread throughout the north-west of England and in London, with more springing up around the U.K. and a recent commission to develop the project in Australia. These are not “book groups”, where people come together to discuss a book they have read; they are reading groups, led by trained Get Into Reading project workers, who read the texts aloud, with group members joining in as much or as little as they wish. Interruptions are encouraged and often lead to spontaneous sharing of life experience. Texts include novels, short stories, poems, plays and works of non-fiction. And there is no dumbing down: Shakespeare, Chekhov and Milton have all been devoured, as well as works by contemporary writers such as Mitch Albom and Frank Cottrell Boyce. And while nothing is prescribed, or proscribed, the emphasis is on “great” literature — Tolstoy, say, rather than Agatha Christie. Nothing wrong with Agatha Christie, but the aim is to banish the sense some people have that great literature is not for them, that it belongs to academics in English departments. That is why the term a “reading revolution” is wholly appropriate. The storming of what Doris Lessing has described as “a treasure house of literature” is every bit as significant as the storming of the Winter Palace. Time was I might have thought this an overstatement. We have free public libraries, after all. There is nothing to stop people reading great books. Or is there? As a child of academic parents, it would never have occurred to me that I needed permission to read any book (TV was a different matter), but the mental health system is packed with people who have suffered their whole lives from the failure of others to recognise and respond to them as thinking, feeling, intelligent human beings. Parents, teachers and society in general have repeatedly reinforced the message that the doors to the treasure house are barred to the likes of them. Unfortunately, much mental health treatment does little to challenge it. Thankfully, there are signs this is starting to change. David Fearnley, a forensic psychiatrist at Ashworth high security hospital on Merseyside, Liverpool, runs a Get Into Reading group with patients. Books read include (delightfully) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Dr. Fearnley — the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ 2009 Psychiatrist of the Year — is unambiguous about the benefits. “Get Into Reading is one of the most significant developments to have taken place in Mersey Care [health board] and mental health practice in the last 10 years,” he says. Last word, though, should go to a dementia sufferer, who commented on reading poetry: “It moves you. I mean, it hits you inside where it meets you and means something.” It is a line the greatest of literary greats would rightly be proud to come up with. — © Guardian Newspapers Limited, 2010 (Clare Allan is an author and writes on mental health issues) =========== The Hindu 6/1/10 p9 Namaste! Dr P Vyasamoorthy, 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony Secunderabad 500015 Ph 040-27846631 / 9490804278 http://www.google.com/profiles/vyasamoorthy. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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social service in hyderabad
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 06 Jan '10

06 Jan '10

dear professional friends from Hyderabad the Sri Krishna Andhra bhasha Nilayam was established in 1901 and it is one of the oldest library in the city. recently they have constructed new building and naturally the books gor spread into diff almirahs / shelves. they want those books to be arranged in serial as they hav asked for help, i suggested tht the professionals will come for a day or two on saturday or sunday and will help th e oldest library in rearranging the books on shelves. I REQUEST THE PROFESSIONALS TO VOLUNTEER THEMSELVES ON SATURDAY AND/ SUNDAY.. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHO CAN OFFER SUCH TIME, ONCE WE GET THE NAMES OF PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEERS, WE WILL FIX THE DATE FOR SUCH SERVICE. LUKING FORWARD FOR UR RESPONSE. WITH BEST WISHES Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, UGC- EMERITUS PROFESSOR, Dept of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Association of British Scholars (Hyderabad Chapter) +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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CfP International Seminar on "Science & Technology in Ancient Indian Texts" (STAIT), Jan 9-10 at JNU, New Delhi
by Puna Das 06 Jan '10

06 Jan '10

Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies (SCSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University in collaboration with Center for Indic Studies, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA is organising International Seminar on "Science & Technology in Ancient Indian Texts" (STAIT) January 9-10, 2010 Venue: Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies (SCSS)/ Arts & Aesthetics Auditorium, JNU The Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU, in collaboration with the Center for Indic Studies, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth is organizing a two day seminar on "Science & Technology in Ancient Indian Texts (STAIT)" during January 9-10, 2010. This seminar is an activity under a project running at the Center for Indic Studies, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth under the directorship of Prof. Bal Ram Singh. This project aims to explore provable scientific and technological concepts in ancient Indian texts. The seminar is proposed to invite experts from India and abroad working on natural sciences in Sanskrit under the following broad categories. This seminar aims at bringing together persons having academic interest in diverse areas of Sanskrit and Science. Though the area of Indic Science is broad, we are trying to focus on the following themes - * Biological & Environmental Sciences * Chemical Sciences & Metallurgy * Physical Sciences & Astronomy * Medical Sciences, Ayurveda, Yoga for healing * Mathematical and linguistic Sciences * Engineering including vaastu, vimaana shaastra, ship building, war, armament * Agricultural sciences & animal husbandry * Other novel sciences (not covered above) Seminar Schedule http://sanskrit.jnu.ac.in/conf/stait/Schedule.htm Online Registration http://sanskrit.jnu.ac.in/conf/stait/registration.jsp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.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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LIS_edu_Vision_2010
by dibyendu pal 04 Jan '10

04 Jan '10

Please be kind enough to note the following announcement of LIS_edu_Vision_2010. National Seminar on Vision of LIS Education for Modern India Organized by the Department of Library and Information Science, Universityof Calcutta 19 - 20 March 2010 at College StreetCampus, Universityof Calcutta, Kolkata- 700 073 Sub Themes of the seminar are: · Structure of present LIS programmes and possible future restructuring o Areas and topics of study in LIS curricula · Employability of present LIS courses and future potentialities · Teaching-learning process in LIS: methods, techniques and technicalities o Relationship of skills requirements for employment and LIS programmes · LIS research o Recent development and growth of LIS knowledge and operational activities o Implication of research findings on library services Important Dates Regarding Submission of Papers 21.01.10 Submission of Extended Abstract 18.02.10 Submission of Final Paper 28.03.10 Acceptance of Final Paper for Publishing and Presenting 05.03.10 Last Date of Payment of Registration Fee Contact E-mail: culisseminar2010(a)gmail.com Dr. Dibyendu Paul Jt. Secretary Seminar Org. Committee Department of Library and Information Science University of Calcutta -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FW: [IFLA-L] Grants for IFLA Gothenburg August 2010
by Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR 04 Jan '10

04 Jan '10

From: Sjoerd Koopman [mailto:sjoerd.koopman@ifla.org] Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 3:50 PM To: IFLA-L Subject: [IFLA-L] Grants for IFLA Gothenburg August 2010 It is our great pleasure to announce that 2010 funds are now available to support a number of colleagues from countries in Asia/Oceania, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean to attend our IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Gothenburg, 10-15 August 2010. Travel grants can be provided thanks to generous donations from a number of different sources: de Gruyter Saur Publishers, for participants from the Pacific Region, the Swedish Library Association, the Swedish library industry and the Stichting IFLA Foundation. For more information and for application procedures, please refer to http://www.ifla.org/en/ifla76/grants-for-gothenburg Sjoerd Koopman Professional Programmes Director IFLA - International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions P.O. Box 95312 2509 CH Den Haag (The Hague) Netherlands +31 70 3140 884 sjoerd.koopman(a)ifla.org www.ifla.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Programme Schedule of BNMIT Library One Day National Workshop - Update
by putta swamy 04 Jan '10

04 Jan '10

Dear Professionals, This has in continuation of announcement made earlier through this forum in connection with One day National Workshop on Design & Organisation of Institutional Repositories Using DSpace (1.5.2) Organised by BNMIT Library & Information Centre on 9th January 2010. In this context, all the delegates are hereby requested to note the porgramme schedule of the workshop as mentioned below. PROGRAMME SCHEDULE 8-00 a.m. - 9-30 a.m. - Registration & Breakfast 9-30 a.m. - 10-50 a.m. - Inaguaral Function 10-50 a.m.- 11.00 a.m - Tea Break 11.00 a.m.- 12-15 p.m. - Technical Session - 1 12.15 p.m.- 1-15 p.m. - Technical Session - 2 1.15 p.m. - 2-00 p.m. - Lunch Break 2-00 p.m. - 4-00 p.m - Hands on Training Session 4-00 p.m. - 4-15 p.m - High Tea 4-15 p.m. - 4-50 p.m - Valedictory With best regards, R.M. Putta Swamy Organising Secretary & Chief Librarian BNM Institute of Technology 12th Main Road, 27th Cross, Banashankari II Stage, Bangalore - 560 070 Phone: 080 - 26711 780/81/82 Extn.45 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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What Does it Mean to be Literate in the 21st Century?
by Shamprasad Pujar 03 Jan '10

03 Jan '10

Dear Members, Seasons greetings! Interesting video on literacy. This video is an exploration of the definition of literacy: more specifically, of what it means to be a literate person in the 21st Century. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn0_H-kvxkU Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: 91-22-2841 6547 ; 2840 0919 Ext: 547 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in Skype: sham.pujar URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in Blog: http://spujar.wordpress.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Peter Suber's yer-end report on OA developments worldwide.
by Subbiah Arunachalam 03 Jan '10

03 Jan '10

Friends: Please read the year-end report by Peter Suber at <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/01-02-10.htm>. You will see the open access is picking up momentum worldwide, but India is lagging behind. Subbiah Arunachalam -- 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 "Library Services in Electronic Environment"
by G. K. Sachdeva 02 Jan '10

02 Jan '10

Dear Professional, We are pleased to inform you that JK Business School, Gurgaon is going to organize a one day National Conference on “*Library Services in Electronic Environment* “ on Friday, 19th of March, 2010 at Gurgaon Campus. The main objective of the conference is to promote the library and information science professionals to discharge , exchange and discuss their resourceful and creative views, ideas and their experiences in Library & information services at a common platform. We believe that this conference will be very useful and beneficial to Library Professionals, Information Scientists. Researchers, Academicians, Teachers & Students, Corporate Executives and Publishers. We on behalf of JK Business School, Gurgaon would like to invite you to attend the conference and contribute research papers. * * *Conference Objectives * The conference aims to provide a platform and enable interaction among library experts, researchers, academician and students. Theme : Library Services in Electronic Environment Sub- Themes (on which papers are invited for deliberation):- • Electronic Resources and Libraries • Library Security in Electronic Age • Use and Users of Electronic Resources • Cataloguing and Indexing of Electronic Resources • Collection Development of Electronic Resources • Cost and Benefit of E-Resources to Libraries • Storage and Preservation of E-Resources • LIS Education in Electronic Environment • Library Automation Technologies and Issues • Digitization : Technologies and Culture • Copy Right and IPR • Library Networks and consortia *Organizing Committee * Dr. Tariq Ashraf Librarian South Campus, University of Delhi Delhi Mr. M M L Goyal Chief Librarian ICFAI Business School, Gurgaon Dr. Salek Chand Senior Documentation Officer NIHFW, National Documentation Centre Munirka, New Delhi Dr. Antony Jose Librarian MDI, Gurgaon Mr. Chandrashekhar Vithal Librarian GD Goenka World Institute Sohna Road, Gurgaon *Organizing Secretary * Mr. R K Tiwari Librarian JK Business School, Gurgoan *Organizing Teams * Mr. B M Gaur Mr. Gulshan Kr Sachdeva Mr. G S Sharma Note: Paper may be written on any one or more facets mentioned above or any other related area oriented towards the main theme. Submission of papers: Paper should be typed on MS Word 2000. Full Paper with abstract not exceeding 4000 words should reach the organizing Secretary by 20th of February, 2010 to the following id : ramesh.tiwari(a)jkbschool.org Who should participate? Library Professionals, Information Scientists. Researchers, Academicians, Teachers and Students. Corporate Executives and publishers. Registration Information Registration Fee: Rs. 500/- per Delegate. (The registration fee covers Conference Kit, Conference Proceedings, High Tea & Lunch) Registration Fee is non-refundable. Fee does not include accommodation charges. Registration will be accepted only on receipt of full registration Local cheque / Bank Draft should be drawn in the favor of “JK BUSINESS SCHOOL, GURGAON” The Cheque / Bank Draft along with complete registration form should be sent by registered post. Important Dates Last Date for Submission of Paper : 20th February, 2010 Conference Date : 19th March, 2010 Venue : Auditorium, JK Business School, Gurgaon For further details / registrations, please contact : Mr. R K Tiwari JK Business School Damdama Lake Road, Bhondsi, Gurgaon 122102 Ph : 8010054829, 9312265473, 9971853334, 9015259302 Email : ramesh.tiwari(a)jkbschool.org www.jkbschool.org -- G. K. Sachdeva -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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