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Internet Resources Newsletter - December Issue
by MacLeod, Roderick A 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

____________________________________________ Internet Resources Newsletter ____________________________________________ The latest edition of the FREE monthly newsletter for academics, students and researchers is now available at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn168/irn168.html No subscription or registration is needed to access this full-text newsletter at the above site. You can also subscribe to the free, full-text email version at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html An RSS feed for the newsletter is available: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.rss Featured in this issue: Comment Internet Resources Newsletter by email and RSS Random Quotes News items of interest Publisher newsletters A-Z New & Notable Web Sites: About 100 new and notable websites: new services, ejournals, directories, search engines, publishers, government sites, booksellers, calls for papers, software, news services, conferences, research groups, plus anything else of interest, etc, etc. Nice Web Site(s): SciFeeds ticTOCs CiteULike Current Issues FeedNavigator MyJournals.org Zetoc RSS Blogorama Selected interesting blogs, RSS feeds and related news items Recent Internet books in the Library Get a life! Leisure Time After hours Published by Heriot-Watt University Library, and edited by Roddy MacLeod (R.A.MacLeod(a)hw.ac.uk) Catherine Ure and Marion Kennedy -- Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC000278. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian required for Advinus Pune
by madhuresh.singhal 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Dear all, Advinus Therapeutics Pvt Ltd (A TATA Enterprise), Pune requires a self-motivated and dynamic Library Officer. Below is the detail. Please send your CV to madhuresh.singhal(a)advinus.com mentioning subject as Librarian - ATPL, Pune. Last date for sending your CV is 08 Dec, 2008. About Advinus Advinus Therapeutics is an R&D driven company that is focused on the new drug discovery and development of pharmaceutical and agrochemical products. Advinus is one of the leading R&D alliances and pharmaceutical research outsourcing companies, promoted by the TATA group, one of India's largest and most respected business houses. See our website www.advinus.com for more details. Responsibilities * Maintain Library and do routine operation like book purchase, cataloging, issue/return etc. * Assist scientists in doing searches and getting reference material * Assist in managing various online systems like intranet, Library Management System, Portals etc * Patent and IP related search * Manage Lab Note Books including issue/return and archiving * Create awareness about various online resources/databases and effective utilization of available resources * Track and provide competitive Intelligence information to management * Work with IT in managing various scientific s/w Profile Requirements * The applicant should be M. Sc. in Chemistry and Master/ Bachelor in Library and Information Science OR B.Sc. in Chemistry and Masters in Library and Information Science with 2+ years of experience * Relevant experience in Pharma or in chemistry structure searching is preferable * Candidates who have worked on Open Source s/w (KOHA, Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress etc) will be preferred. * Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) * Should be well versed with various offline and online databases especially in chemistry and biology. For example Scifinder, STN, Crossfire etc Salary will not be a constraint for right candidate and it will be the best in industry. Please make sure before sending the mail * Attachment CV filename must contain your name. Filenames like CV.doc, Resume.doc etc will not be acceptable. * Vacancy is for Pune. If you are not in Pune, you should be ready to relocate there. Regards Madhuresh Singhal Deputy Manager - Knowledge Services Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 28394959; ************************************************************************************************* This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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India’s Best Blogger in LIS Award, LIS Links, India
by Badan Barman 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

The "LIS Links" blogs currently making an impact in the LIS blogosphere, whose present subscriber rise to more than 900 with an addition of more than 500 web hits a day. As such, the "LIS Links" to have some more posting and wide coverage like to announce the "India's Best Blogger in LIS Award". There will be three position of the awards that is First, Second and Third. It's my request to all of you not to collaborate in the blogs as "participation to the award" rather please takes it as a means of working collaborately to give some concrete to the LIS in India. The awards will be based on a) Posting new massage over "LIS Links" blogs; b) Participation in the "LIS Links" blogs. Things to avoid a) Posting duplicate massage; b) Posting irrelevant massage. Note: I personally reserve the right to remove or edit any posts that does not meet the criteria of "LIS Links" from any of the blog(s), you have chosen to participate. The Prize: The awards will include a certificate and a small packet of books in LIS. The prizes will dispatch by surface mail to the awards winner(s). The awards competition will run throughout the year 2009 (starting from 1st January, 2009 -31st December, 2009) and jury announcement of the winners will be made on 31st January, 2010, mostly virtually. How you can participate a) Open a Email Account, if you already have it is good. (Gmail is preferred). b) Determine your areas of interest from the following (only one) i) LIS Links: Jobs in LIS in India: http://lisjob.blogspot.com/ ii) LIS Links: Upcoming Seminars, Conferences, Workshops and Refresher Courses in LIS in India: http://lisseminar.blogspot.com/ iii) LIS Links: Latest Happenings and Contemporary Issues in LIS:http://lislatest.blogspot.com/ iv) LIS Links: Awards, Prizes, Scholarships or Fellowships in LIS:http://lisscholarship.blogspot.com/ v) LIS Links: Admission Notice for Courses in LIS in India: http://liscourse.blogspot.com/ c) Mail your areas of interest from your Gmail account to badanbarman(a)gmail.com d) After receiving your Email by the author, you will be added as author of your pre-determined blog. e) Now you will be notify regarding adding of you as author in the blog, follow the link, and in your profile page includes your original name; f) Now keep blogging over the blog. For details please wait for further announcements over http://lisscholarship.blogspot.com/ Note: Please circulate this massage among the LIS professionals in India. -- Thanking you Yours faithfully (Sri Badan Barman) Academic Consultant, Library & Information Science, Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University, Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Dispur, Guwahati-781006, Assam, Phone: 0361-2234964 / 2235971, Fax: 0361- 2235398. Website: www.kkhsou.org, Email: kkhsou(a)gmail.com, kkhsoul(a)gmail.com Research Scholar: Department of Library & Information Science, Gauhati University, Guwahati-781014, Assam. Email: dlisgu(a)gmail.com. ---------------------------------------------------------- LIS in India: What's are going on? LIS Links: A Link Library in LIS: http://lislinks.110mb.com LIS Links: Jobs in LIS in India: http://lisjob.blogspot.com/ LIS Links: Upcoming Seminars, Conferences, Workshops & Refresher Courses in LIS in India: http://lisseminar.blogspot.com LIS Links: Latest Happenings & Contemporary Issues in LIS: http://lislatest.blogspot.com LIS Links: Awards, Prizes, Scholarships or Fellowships in LIS: : http://lisscholarship.blogspot.com/ LIS Links: Admission Notice for Courses in LIS in India: http://liscourse.blogspot.com/ Ning: LIS Links Contributors: http://lislinks.ning.com/ Google Groups: LIS Links Users: http://groups.google.co.in/group/lislinks?hl=en&lnk=srg -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Publication of practical guide to computer recycling
by Puna Das 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Publication of practical guide to computer recycling UNESCO is launching a free practical guide to computer recycling for entrepreneurs and project sponsors, on the occasion of a conference on Digital Solidarity being held in Lyon (France). UNESCO’s partners in this project are the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), French consultants Tic Ethic, non-governmental organizations, Emmaüs Solidarité Ouagadougou and Ateliers du Bocage, along with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The publication of this guide comes amidst growing concern over the impact computer equipment waste on health and environment. According to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the Gartner consultancy, there will be almost 4 billion mobile telephones in use by the end of this year, while the number of personal computers has already passed the billion mark. The good news behind these figures is that the digital divide is shrinking - 58% of computers are in developed countries but, this share is expected to drop to 30% by 2014 when the total number of personal computers should reach two billion. But there is another side to the coin: this year, almost 180 million computers have been replaced by new machines, and an estimated 35 million computers dumped, despite the toxic substances they contain. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Computer Recycling is published in English, and will soon also be available in French. The purpose of the guide is to help develop the skills required to handle the growing flux of waste generated by the market for new and used computers so as to protect the environment and public health. This global problem particularly affects developing countries. The project also aims to support the emergence of new business opportunities. It should prove useful for NGOs and local development stakeholders in fostering small and micro entrepreneurships. In addition, the open license of the guidebook will allow interested parties to create versions adapted to local conditions and particular contexts. The guidebook, which can be downloaded free of charge (www.ticethic.com/guide) will be supplemented by an operational module containing an inventory of waste recycling processes, practical advice and case studies from recycling plants in Burkina Faso, France and India. Reuse of obsolete or unwanted IT and computer equipment is the preferred option, rather than destruction. It allows other users to benefit from the equipment at low cost, extends the return on energy and resources used in manufacturing the products and reduces the quantity of devices entering the waste stream. Reuse may require repair, refurbishment or upgrade. Equipment and components not fit for reuse should be disassembled and processed to recover raw materials in an environmentally sound manner. PCs contain valuable ferrous (e.g. iron), non-ferrous (e.g. aluminium and copper) and precious metals, such as gold, palladium, silver, indium and gallium that can be retrieved. The rising value of raw materials makes recycling more economically viable and attractive. Internet support will soon be available with a forum on which entrepreneurs will be able to discuss their experiences. Considering that the number of PCs used in China, for example, is expected to rise from 55 million in 2007 to half a billion in 2015, there should be much to discuss. The Entrepreneur's Guide to Computer Recycling Authors : Benoit VARIN and Pierre-Etienne ROINAT Download the guidebook: http://www.ticethic.com/guide/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post of LIS professionals @ SMVIT
by kuber kumbar 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Dear professional, We are looking young LIS professionals with Very good academic qualification, computer knowledge, good management skill and communication skill for the following posts. Post: Librarian Qualification: Master of Library and Information Sciences, With Ph.D/NET/M.Phil And Minimum 5 or 8 years experience (preferably engineering college or R & D center working Candidates only) Scale: As per AICTE Norms. Post: Library Assistant Qualification: BLISc or DLSc Scale: Depending on qualifications and Experience. Those are interested may please send their resume within 10 days from the date of this advertisement. To: sirmvitbgl(a)gmail.com or kuberkp(a)gmail.com Librarian Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology Hunasemaranahallli Bangalore-562157 Thanks/Regard KUBERA K.P LIBRARIAN Sir.M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology. Be the first one to try the new Messenger 9 Beta! Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/win/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Training for corporate librarianship
by Prabhash N. Rath 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Mr. Byrappa has put up very nicely about the problems faced by LIS departments in their pursuit for providing good training to students. In our country, the problem is that we have a tendency not to take up a holistic view of the entire scenario. Mr. Vasanth Raj is right that there is no need of any special training for corporate librarianship (at least not as part of the syllabus). A person having sufficient knowledge of IT and good communication skills can well be fit to be a corporate librarian. The same applies to any library now-a-days, and we should not have an image of bespectacled dumb fellow as librarian of a public library. So the basic thing is personality development which again depends on individual teachers. Why LIS schools can't give stress on personality development in the way business schools do? Prabhash Narayana Rath, Ph. D. Documentation Officer Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (University estd. under section 3 of UGC Act 1956) 846 Shivajinagar Agarkar Road Pune 411004 Ph: +91-20-25650287 (O.), 25678311 (R.) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Library Week 2008: Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom
by faisal sl 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Dear Friends, The Library Media Centre at Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom , Thiruvananthapuram celebrates National Library Week from 27th Nov. to 2nd Dec.,2008 with various programmes. Dr. Lalitha M., Chief Librarian, SCERT,Govt. of Kerala will inaugurate the week long celebration at11.00a.m. on 27th Nov. in the Library. Dr. Cicy Roy Mathew, Principal, will preside over the function. A Book Fair in collaboration with DC Books, Trivandrum is organized from 27-29 Nov. in the Vidyalaya. In the Meet the Author session on 28th Nov., Dr.Rati Saxena, famous Hindi writer,translator and Kendra Sahitya Academy award winner will interact with students at 11.00 a.m. The valedictory function will be inaugurated by Smt. Vimala Menon, famous children's writer and academician, on 02nd Dec. 2008.She will give away the prizes to the winners of Library competitions. Library competitions Reading competition, Book review competition, Spot poetry writing competition. All are invited. For more information: -- S.L.Faisal Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom,Thiruvananthapuram-695 004 Kerala India Ph.09447699724 http://librarykvpattom.wordpress.com http://librarynext.wordpress.com http://kvlblogs.wordpress.com http://homeworksonline.wordpress.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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iQuiz - Online Quiz on December 1, 2008 - Register Now
by AmitVerma 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Good News!!!!! Registration for i-Quiz extended .... Open till 30th November We have given you more time to refresh your memory Participate in the ONLINE QUIZ on December 1,2008....win CASH Prize & Other Awards i- Quiz 2008 is part of the "23rd National Seminar of IASLIC 2008" at Bose Institute (to commemorate 150th Birth Anniversary of Acharya J.C. Bose and 90th Foundation Day of the Institute" during 10-13 December, 2008, being organised by Bose Institute, Kolkata. InfoQuiz is now i-Quiz. i-quiz has 2 rounds: Round 1 - Online Quiz & Round 2 - Stage Quiz. Round 1 - Online Quiz is on 1st December, 2008 and the grand finale - Stage quiz is on December 11, 2008 in Kolkota during 23rd National Seminar of IASLIC 2008. Registration for i-Quiz are on until 30 Nov. '08, at www.i-quiz.in CASH PRIZES and other AWARDS for the Winners and 1st Runners-up. Spread the good word - tell your friends and colleagues... "More, the Merrier" More details visit - www.i-quiz.in I-Quiz Team Informatics India Limited Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library jobs in Engineerings college & Schools
by vivek yadav 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Dear Professionals, *Jobs in Institute of Engineering Technology & Management Libraries * *1. Post: *LIBRARIAN & ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN In *G. L. Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management* (www.glbitm.org) *Experience, Eligibility & Emoluments:* As per UGC/AICTE norms. *Last Date*: Send your resume alongwith two recent passport size photograph and xerox copy of all testimonials with in fifteen days from days from the date of advertisement (Times of india,Delhi, November 26,2008) to the head HR at the following address mentioning the position applied and area on the top of the envelop. *To the Head HR* * Plot no. 2, Knowledge park-III, Greater Noida-201306* * Ph. no. 0120-2323818, Fax: 2323817* * Email:* glbhrd(a)gmail.com *2. Post: *LIBRARIAN IN B.S. Anangpuria Educational Institutes, alampur, Ballabgarh-sohna road, Faridabad-121004. Ph.0129-2206750-53, 2206948-50, fax no. 2206752 *Experience, Eligibility: *M.Lib. with at least 55% marks having 3 years relevant exp. in an educational institute. *Last Date: *Interested candidates may send their resume through E-mail (bsaitm(a)bsact.org ) or plain paper alongwith photocopies of supporting documents at the above address or *camp office:SCF-36 & 37, market part -II,Sector-19, Faridabad-121002 by 11th Dec..2008 * *3.* *Post*: LIBRARIAN & LECTURER (Library Science) in Rajiv Academy for Technology & Management NH# 2, Mathura-Delhi Road P O- Chhatidara, Mathura-281001 (UP) Tel: 0565-2530318 / 348, +919412777999 *E-Mail: career(a)ratm.org.in * *Qualification, Experience & Pay Scales: *As per AICTE/UGC Norms. candidates having Ph D., M. Phill & UGC-NET qualified will be preferred. Higher salary may be offered to outstanding candidtates. *Last Date:* eligible and willing Candidates may forward their latest resumes with recent photo within 10 days (Times of india,Delhi, November 26,2008)to the Director. *Job in Schools Library* *1. Post: *LIBRARIAN * Last Date:* Apply within 10 days (Times of india,Delhi, November 26,2008) on prescribed form alongwith recent passport size photo & a demand draft of Rs. 100/- in favour of Delhi Public School, Panipat city payable at panipat. 77 Milestone, G.T. Road, NH-1, Samalkha, Panipat-132101, Haryana, India Ph. 0180-3200025 Website: www.dpspanipatcity.com ** ** ** ** Thanks & Regards Vivek Kumar Yadav Technical Assistant Central Library, Mangalayatan University Beswan, Aligarh-202145 E-Mail: vivekyadav.mu(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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National Conference on Digitization and Digital Preservation, 11-12 Dec. 2008
by Bijay＠DRDO 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

DESIDOC is organizing a two day National Conference on Digitization and Digital Preservation (NCDDP-2008) during 11-12 Dec, 2008. Eminent library management and technology experts will be invited to speak on the important themes and sub themes. If any one is interested to participate in the above mentioned conference kindly register as early as possible. For details regarding the conference visit the web site (http://www.drdo.org/ncddp/ncdp2008.htm) --Regards *********************************************** Bijayananda Pradhan DESIDOC, DRDO Metcalfe House, Delhi-54 ncsipradhan(a)yahoo.com Ph : 09968251146, 011-23902526/2529 (O) *********************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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