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FW: IJMR's IF - LIS FORUM
by Ratnakar Aspari 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

Kindly post the message on Lis-forum Ratnakar New Delhi___________________ The recently published Impact Factor for 2007 indicates the steady rise inthe Impact Factor of Indian Journal of Medical Research published by ICMR.It continues to top all the Indian Journals with an IF of 1.67 for 2007.It was also on the top of the list in 2006 with an IF of 1.224. Its risein the last five years is remarkable :2007 - 1.672006 - 1.2242005 - 0.8692004 - 0.602003 - 0.452This is mainly due to the constant efforts put by the editorial team andmaking the journal an open access. You may perhaps bring this to thenotice of others concerned including LIS-Forum.Ratnakar Placements ? No Problem. Register Here! Try it! _________________________________________________________________ Timely update on all current affairs, sports, events and all thats in News here on MSN videos. http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] our designation is our foe
by Puna Das 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

Dear Sabuj I empathetically support you for reporting us about the humiliation done to you by your college authority. We know that government-aided ordinary degree colleges in our country run by governing bodies consist of crooks and hypocrats. That happens to your college also. They (GB members) don’t want improvement of college’s infrastructure and securing students’ future. Over-empowered governing body in your college thus takes you as a threat because they consider you a change agent. So, you may try to move to an elite institution, where you can earn respect to you and your profession. Also, there you will find that teachers, students and governing body members have reading habits. Thus, they respect library and library professionals. The bottom-line to me is that Decreasing Reading Habits proportionately increase risk factors in our library profession. With Best Wishes Anup Kumar Das New Delhi http://anup-jnu.blogspot.com --- On Fri, 27/6/08, lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:59:57 +0000 (GMT) From: sabuj kumar chaudhuri <sabuj_c(a)yahoo.co.uk> Subject: [LIS-Forum] our designation is our foe To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear friends I work as a college librarian in an affiliated college under the university of calcutta. It is an old as well as renowned college in kolkata.I was selected in this post as substantive basis through West Bengal College Service Commission (WBCSC) . It was the first batch where college librarians were selected via WBCSC having same eligibility criteria like lecturers. In our recommendation letter from WBCSC as well as appointment letter issued by the college it was mentioned we being recruited as per West Bengal Teachers Act (security and services), 1978.But after joining in the college, I found that myself is being treated virtually as Non-vacational Non-teaching staff. However, with a great surprise , seen that I am also the member of teachers council (TC). May be for some election related vested interest as every now & then college authority says that I should not be the member of the TC. After 1 year, even juniors lecturers were confirmed in the service but still after 1.8 years I did not get any confirmation. Because I am librarian and and lone in the college and librarians have no service rule till today. So I may be treated as authority wishes to treat me.Authority also says orally that before giving the recommendation letter it may be possible that WBCSC did not find any suitable paper and that is why they gave it in teachers recommendation forrmat mistakenly. I prayed humbly to the college authority to respect my recommendation letter and my appointment letter so that I that I can get official equal official treatment from the college.Teachers always get 1 day study leave and it is as college manual.We don't get no study leave. We do not have any PhD increament. But the teachers got awarded with me , everybody is getting increments. I won't get as my designation is librarian.Unfortunately, I did Phd with UGC(JRF) NET fellowship . Now it 's got no meaning at all.Research degree is not rewarded here as my designation is librarian.There is neither any study leave any facility like lecturers. I have stated considering myself that I am a lesser human being( teachers are greater ones) as my designation is librarian.In this context I want to mention that in an interview in a central university an well known prof. asked me -Why do always use Dr. before your name I was taken a back for a while then I explained it properly but possibly he was not convinced, as my designation was librarian and he was repected teacher. List of is disparities will not stop. And, I think it will continue till our perception as well as our respected teachers perception towards this profession does not change. I have some questions to our respected policy makers are following: 1. why college librarian/AL in University will have the same qualification when they are not getting equal facility 2. Why? Librarians are non-vacational. Logic supporting towards non-vacational are very illogical as teachers require advancement of knowledge but librarians do not require it because they are not more than a mere dignified book keeper. 3. Equal qualification must be accompanied by equal status regarding all facilities as per malhotra committee report. Equal pay is not everything. We, librarians are being discriminated in every possible cases and underestimated and undermined every now and then. If this trend goes on and on...on....on qualified and brilliant students will never come to this doomed and cursed career. Please do something concrete to make it meaningful and respectable career option for future generation. Dr. Sabuj Kumar Chaudhuri Librarian Basanti Devi College [http://www.basantidevicollege.org] (An affiliated college under University of Calcutta) 147B, Rash Behari Avenue Kolkata-700 029, West Bengal India Phone:(033)24641012 email:sabooj_c@yahoo.co.in; sabuj_c(a)yahoo.co.uk ;sabujkumarchaudhuri(a)gmail.com website:http://www.geocities.com/sabuj_c/sabuj.html ---------------------------------------------- Dr. Sabuj Kumar Chaudhuri Librarian Basanti Devi College [http://www.basantidevicollege.org] (An affiliated college under University of Calcutta) 147B, Rash Behari Avenue Kolkata-700 029, West Bengal India Phone:(033)24641012 email:sabooj_c@yahoo.co.in ;sabuj_c(a)yahoo.co.uk ;sabujkumarchaudhuri(a)gmail.com website:http://www.geocities.com/sabuj_c/sabuj.html ---------------------------------------------- Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now Best Jokes, Best Friends, Best Food and more. 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status of our profession in state government---
by Thapar, Amit 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

what people consider about library profession can be understood through the ad of TRIPURA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION what steps should be taken to make these people understand about the dignity and importance of this profession ????? Advt. No. 06/2008 Applications are invited in prescribed Form from the eligible citizens of India for selection of candidates for the under mentioned posts under the Government of Tripura on the basis of Screening Test / Interview . a.. Co-operative Inspector, Group-C Non –Gazetted under the Co-operative Department: 16 (sixteen) pmt. Post (UR-8, ST-5 & SC-3) a.. Pay Rs. 5,000-10,300/- plus admissible allowances. b.. Librarian, Group-C Non-Gazetted in the LR’s Estt. Under the Law Department: 2 (two) ( 1 reserved for ST, in case suitable ST candidate is not available, SC candidate may be recommended on rotation basis) a.. Scale of pay of Rs. 4200-8650/= plus admissible allowances. c.. Last Date: 31.07.08 For full details please visit the official website of Tripura Public Service Commission (TPSC) http://tpsc.nic.in regards, amit@urservice -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Openings for the position of Library Trainees
by kk_suresh＠blr.amrita.edu 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

Dear All, Subject: Openings for the position of Library Trainees in the LIBRARY. (Posted on 1st July, 2008) ********************** Currently we are looking for Library Trainees (3-4 Positions). Candidates completed Diploma in Library Science or JoC in Library Science and looking for training can send their Bio-data to: The Correspondent Amrita School of Engineering Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Deemed University Kasavanahalli off-Sarjapura Road Carmelaram Post Bangalore 560 035 Basic knowledge of Computers is desirable. Duration: One year from the date of joining. Free food & accommodation with stipend will be given to the selected candidates Last date for applying: 25th July, 2008 For more details, please contact librarian. Regards, KK Suresh Kumar Librarian Amrita School of Engineering Sarjapura Road Bangalore. Ph: 080-28441216/17 e-contact: kk_suresh(a)blr.amrita.edu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SOMETHING ON E-BOOK READERS AND BLOGGING
by jasim s 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

News scan briefings on e-book readers and also positive aspects of blogging can be read from the june issue of scientific American magazine.click the links http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=library-to-go http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-healthy-type jasimudeen.s Medical College Thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Best Practices for the Online Discussion Forum
by Ravi Nandhan 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Hi, Apologies for the long post. In the world of 2.0s what would happen if we fail to notice and organize even the bit of information which lies in Discussions and other areas? Since discussions are where we get the Tacit Knowledge Explicited, but same time we need to make sure that we manage it properly. It would be great if you could please help me with the Online Discussion Forums "Mail list & Web based discussions" Effective usage, search and organizing techniques, case studies, best practices etc. In mailing list the user posts a query and every member gets a mail and a few would answer replying everyone through the forum or personally to the user. In the web based discussion, there will be a space on web for users to discuss. In both the cases the information that lies in the discussion thread is lies under a broad category of its taxonomy. Or is there any other metadata format to organize the topics? Would it help to have folksonomy apart from Taxonomy while posting as well? After questions are answered, is it possible to tag each and every post to its context which induces retrieval? Archive feature? If the discussions are old and not used at all? Is it good to Archive or Delete? If archived, does the search retrieve it? Publicizing the Discussion Forums – How can we market the forum? How does a User know its existence and arrive at it? Language barriers? User posts in English but a few would not know English. Is there any way to overcome this - translate service? (If you feel this question is too much consider this Web 3.0 or 4.0 tech) Search – is Categorized search results possible for Forums? In my understanding most searches in forums retrieves based on relevance. RSS usage – to stay in track of the posts – answers. If a user posts a query it may take a few days to get the answers, meanwhile the user may forget about the question he posted. How to get the user view the answers? RSS or Email alert? Which is best for keeping the user and Q&A in Loop? Could moderators be engaged in a mediator's role for Q&A instead of just having them for approving posts? Moderators are expected to be good in subject understanding but in corporates such people are busy to take up additional role of Mediated-Moderator. User might not know the existence of the answers that are available in the earlier posts and posts the same question for which the experts might not answer knowing its existence. How to over come this problem? As soon as the post is submitted can we make the system suggest the user to have the existing answers checked and proceed to post the same question? Does this help? Regards, Ravi Nandhan V KM Specialist, The Smart Cube www.thesmartcube.com Cell - +919958784666 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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launching DLIBCOM
by INFO＠DLIBCOM 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Dear Members, DLIBCOM is pleased to announce the online version of its magazine http://www.dlibcom.in Interested members can register their institute and their individual profile on the website. Additional tools include : News Events Poll Jobs Profile Display Associations Subscribed Journal Database & Location Useful Links Glossary.... Look forward to your participation. Feel free to send-in your valued suggestion / feedback. Regards, PC Shah, Editor DLIBCOM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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INFLIBNET's New Website
by Rajesh Chandrakar 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Dear All, UGC Chaiperson, Prof. Sukhdeo Thorat has launched INFLIBNET's new website on 23rd June 2008. Archives of the Annual Reports, Newsletters, and other documents are available for downloads. INFLIBNET has also developed toolbar for UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium. The toolbar is available for free download at the INFLIBNET website under download link. It has a list of publishers and the resources available for access to the universities. URL of the website is http://www.inflibnet.ac.in. With best regards, Rajesh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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advertisement for diploma trainees
by ksc＠library.iisc.ernet.in 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Number of positions FIVE (Gen-3, SC-1, OBC-1) Minimum Qualification Diploma in Library Science or Library & Information Science under 10+2+2 years of study, awarded by Department of Technical Education with at least Second Class or equivalent grade (Pass Class or equivalent grade in case of SC/ST candidates). Sound knowledge in Library activities and basic knowledge of computers is desirable. Emoluments Consolidated emoluments of Rs.3,000/- (Rupees three thousand only) per month. Duration: 1 year Those desirous of sending their application should submit their application before 15th july 2008 along with all enclosures to: K S Chudamani Deputy librarian JRD Tata Memorial Library IISc, Bangalore

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Fw:ASIS&T SIG III International Paper Contest winner announcement
by J. K. Vijayakumar 29 Jun '08

29 Jun '08

Congratulations to the winners. Dr. J K Vijayakumar > From: Judy Jeng <jjeng(a)njcu.edu> > Subject: [Asis-l] 2008 ASIS&T SIG III International > Paper Contest winner announcement > Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 8:04 PM > > > WINNERS OF THE 2008 ASIS&T SIG III INTERNATIONAL PAPER > CONTEST > > The American Society for Information Science & > Technology (ASIS&T) Special Interest Group on > International Information Issues (SIG III) is pleased to > announce the following winners of its 9th International > Paper Contest: > > First Place Winner: > Maqsood Ahmad Shaheen. Use of social networks and > information seeking behavior of students during political > crises in Pakistan . ( Pakistan ) > > Second Place Winner: > Neela J. Deshpande & S K Pathak. Use of electronic > journals in astronomy and astrophysics libraries and > information centres in India : A users’ perspective. ( > India ) > > Third Place Winner: > Manjunatha K. Technology and customer expectation in > academic libraries: A special reference to > technical/management libraries in Karnataka. ( India ) > > Fourth Place Winner: > S. M. Pujar, R. K. Kamat, S. Y. Bansode, R. R. Kamat, & > S. H. Katigennavar. Identifying and exploiting human needs > for people centric evolving knowledge society: A case study > of Indian ICT emergence. ( India ) > > Fifth Place Winner: > Tariq Ashraf. Empowering people through information: A case > study of India ’s right to information act. ( India ) > > Sixth Place Winner: > Pramila Dangwal. Information: By the people, for the > people, for development. ( India ) > > > The jurors for the 2008 competition included Judy Jeng > (Chair), Jonathan Levitt (Co-Chair), Aaron Bowen, Yunfei > Du, Julian Warner, and Yin Zhang. > > The principal authors of each of the six winning papers > will be awarded a two-year individual membership to > ASIS&T. In addition, the first place winner will be > awarded a minimum of $1,000 to attend the ASIS&T Annual > Conference in Columbus , Ohio , October 24-29, 2008. > > Those winning papers and other submitted papers for the > competition will be considered for publication by > Elsevier’s International Information and Library Review. > > We thank the jury members for their hard work and our > donors for their compassion which makes it possible to > develop and sustain this international network of scholars > in developing countries. > > Judy Jeng > Chair, 2008 ASIS&T International Paper Contest > jjeng(a)njcu.edu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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