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DRTC Colloquium (7) 2008-2010
by DRTC - General 25 May '09

25 May '09

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8TH Mile, Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 DRTC Colloquium (7) 2008-2010 FROM CLASSIFICATION TO FOLKSONOMIES ABSTRACT A flurry of discussion in the information architecture community has revolved around a concept being called among other things, social classification, ethno classification and folksonomies. Social bookmark tools are rapidly emerging on the Web. In such system users are setting up lightweight conceptual structure called folksonomies. Folksonomy is the practice and method of collaboratively creating and managing tags to annotate and categorize content. Folksonomy describes the bottom-up classification systems that emerge from social tagging. This colloquium focuses on developments in this area. Facets Speaker Overview Nilesh (Leader) Classification -Top down approach (Taxonomy) Tarun Kumar Collaborative content organization Priyanki Sinha Real world Floksonomies Ali Raza Tools behind the stage Binit Kiran Improved Floksonomies Shion Guha Conclusion Babar Raees Venue: DRTC classroom Date :27 May 2009 Time: 2.00pm All are cordially invited M. Krishnamurthy Colloquium coordinator -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Status of Librarians in Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU)
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 25 May '09

25 May '09

Dear Professionals, Status of Librarians in Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) As we know Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) is the Technical University of Karnataka established under the AICTE. In VTU the status of Librarians & Assitant Librarians are considered as group 'C' and Librarians are listed with FDC's, SDS's, Stenographers, Typists, Drivers etc., whereas status of Physical Directors are considered as Group B (Annexure VIII of VTU's Annual Report). As per my knowledge most of the Engineering colleges (under VTU) has given the statues of teaching staff (equal to other HOD's of the departments) with AICTE pay scales and designations such as Librarian, Senior Librarian, Selection Grade Librarian, Chief Librarian. In this regard I would like to request experts of LIS, professionals who are in policy making body, officer bearers of professional associations to express their views. By cosidering the expert opinion we have to find out the solutions to upgrade the status of Librarians of VTU. Thanking You Dr. Dinesh K. S. -- 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.dineshks.webs.com, Official Blog: libraryofncet.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FLASH NEWS ABOUT UGC SCALES.
by Pandurang Konnur 23 May '09

23 May '09

** Dear Professional friends, UGC commission had appointed an expect committee after receiving the recommendation of PRC through MHRD. The draft regulations for UGC notification on revision of scales, minimum qualifications for appointment of teachers/Librarians and Physical Education Directors in Universities and Colleges has been submitted by the expert committee headed by Prof. Tyagarajan former, Vice Chancellor, Madras University. Now the same above committee to have a feedback from the stake holders on these draft regulators submitted to UGC, has been assigned to interact with the VCs, Senior Academicians and Representatives of Teacher’s Associations, Librarians’ Associations and the Associations of Physical Education Directors from different parts of the country in four regional consultative meetings scheduled as under: 21-05-2009 Osmania University, Hyderabad 24-05-2009 Pune University, Pune 31-05-2009 Calcutta University, Calcutta 03-06-2009 Jamina Milia Islamia, Delhi I am very happy to inform all of the that the delegation of IALA under the leadership of Dr. Venkataramana, Vice-President, IALA has submitted the memorandum to the first meeting of the committee meeting held at Osmania University, Hyderabad on 21-05-2009. IALA has also made arrangements to submit its representation to other sittings of the committees sitting in different places detailed above. We are sure that this time Academic Librarians will ge their due JUSTICE. -- Dr.P.V.Konnur Fulbright Fellow (University of Illinois) University Librarian, Bangalore University Library, Jananabharati, Bangalore-560056 Phone: 080-22961131, 23215510 Website: http://library.bub.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Refresher Course
by Nadeem Akhtar khan 23 May '09

23 May '09

Dear Colleagues The UGC Academic Staff College in collaboration with the Department of Library and Information Science (University of Kashmir) is organizing a Refresher Course from 7th to 30th July, 2009 for working Assistant Librarians, Chief Librarians and faculty members on the theme of Modernization And Networking of Academic Libraries. The participants will be accommodated on first come first serve basis and will be paid TA/DA as per UGC norms. The interested and eligible participants are requested to contact: Prof. S M Shafi Head, DLIS, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006 Email: smshafi(a)kashmiruniversity.ac.in Cell: 9419008599 The form and further details can be downloaded from the University website http://www.kashmiruniversity.net/events/35.pdf or can be obtained from Head, DLIS, University of Kashmir, Srinagar. There are some problems with earlier email id: smshafi(a)kashmiruniversity.net Now you can send the mail at smshafi(a)kashmiruniversity.ac.in or Shafi_sm(a)rediffmail.com Inconvenience is highly regretted. Thanks Nadim Khan Assistant Professor Department of Library & Information Science University of Kashmir Cell 09419900303 E mail. nadim(a)kashmiruniversity.ac.in -- 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 Ajay Kum Sharma 22 May '09

22 May '09

Dear Professional, One of my research scholar has need of article entitled as "Plasma Modification of Porous Low-k Dielectrics" Authors: Q. T. Le; C. M. Whelan; H. Struyf; H. Bender; T. Conard; S. H. Brongersma; W. Boullart; S. Vanhaelemeersch; K. Maex, from Journal : Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters Vol. 7 No.9 Year 2004 [Pagn. F49-F53 ]. It will be highly appreciated if you arrange the soft / hard copy of the above mentioned article at an earliest for his research purpose. Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian & In-charge, Journal Section, Central Library, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, Bolpur - 731235, Birbhum, West Bengal Email: ajaysharma.lib(a)visva-bharati.ac.in Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/ *********************************************************** 1. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg 2. Join today LIS-Forum mailing list http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancies for UGC XIth plan post
by Parul Zaveri 21 May '09

21 May '09

Sir Kindly post the following advertisement on LIS Forum Parul Zaveri Dean Faculty of Library and Information Science SNDT Women's University Advertisement Vacancies on Ad-hoc/Contract basis (till March 2012) at SHPT school of Library Science, SNDT Women’s University for the UGC programme “Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education: Networking and Information Dissemination Cell” for the following positions: 1. Co-ordinator 1 Post Rs. 36,000/- per month 2. Lecturers 2 Posts Rs. 26,000/- per month Reservation policy as per rules. Details available on sndt.digitaluniversity.ac.in Apply to Head, SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT Women’s University, 1-Nathibai Thackersey Road, New Marine Lines, Mumbai – 400 020 to reach on or before 6th June 2009 by 05:00 p.m. Applications may be sent to above address or by email on shptsndt(a)gmail.com Bollywood news, movie reviews, film trailers and more! Go to http://in.movies.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Refresher course in Library & Information Science 2009
by Nadeem Akhtar khan 21 May '09

21 May '09

Dear Colleagues, The UGC Academic Staff College in collaboration with the Department of Library and Information Science (University of Kashmir) is organizing a Refresher Course from 7th 30th July, 2009 for working Assistant Librarians, Chief Librarians and faculty members on the theme of Modernization And Networking of Academic Libraries. The participants will be accommodated on first come first serve basis and will be paid TA/DA as per UGC norms. The interested and eligible participants are requested to contact: Prof. S M Shafi or Director Head, DLIS, University of Kashmir Academic Staff College Email: smshafi(a)kashmiruniversity.net University of Kashmir, Srinagar Cell: 9419008599 The form and further details can be downloaded from the University website http://www.kashmiruniversity.net/events/35.pdf or can be obtained from Head, DLIS, University of Kashmir, Srinagar. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Report of the Seminar on ICT Measurement and Indicators, held at New Delhi
by Puna Das 21 May '09

21 May '09

Seminar on ICT Measurement and Indicators concluded in New Delhi 19-05-2009 (New Delhi) Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/admin/ev.php?URL_ID=28668&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_S… The Indian Department of Information Technology (DIT), in collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), organized a Seminar on ICT Measurement and Indicators in New Delhi (India) from 12 to 14 May 2009. The Seminar focused on issues related to measurement of ICT access, infrastructure and usage, as well as on the impact of ICT on the society in general, and on business, individuals, governance and education in particular. The Seminar provided a platform for national experts, policymakers, practitioners and stakeholders to discuss ICT indicators and topics that are important to national policymaking. The following suggestions were made to improve the availability of ICT statistics in India: * harmonising and scaling up statistics available at ministries, national statistical offices and other agencies; * bridging the data gap between available statistics and those required by the Revised Core List of ICT Indicators; * adapting international statistical tools and guidelines related to gathering, analysing and presenting statistical data; and * building the capacities at the national level in order to maintain the quality and the reliability of data. For further details and Downloading related document Click Here: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/admin/ev.php?URL_ID=28668&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_S… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Own a website.Get an unlimited package.Pay next to nothing.*Go to http://in.business.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Off-campus access to e-resources
by Arup Raychaudhury 20 May '09

20 May '09

Is any library in India using "squid" (a proxy server software) to provide off-campus access to IP controlled e-resources? Arup Raychaudhury Library, Documentation & Information Science Division Indian Statistical Institute 203 BT Road Calcutta 700 108 INDIA This mail is scanned by Ironport -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Ethics of librarianship - ILA Rules
by ravindra mendhe 20 May '09

20 May '09

Dear Professionals Greeting! I need information on * " Ethics of Librarianship " rules develop by ILA*. if you have any document pl. send attachement. It is a very urgent requirement, pl. help. Thanks with regards *Ravindra M. Mendhe *Librarian G.H.Raisoni Institute of Engineering and Management, Shirsoli Road, Post Box NO. 112, Jalgaon- 425001, MS. India. Tel.No. 0257- 2262781-82 M- 09403503789 email: ravindra_mendhe(a)rediffmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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