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South Asian archives can be saved by the Endangered Archives Programme
by Puna Das 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

South Asian archives can be saved by the Endangered Archives Programme The Endangered Archives Programme (http://www.bl.uk/endangeredarchives) administered by the British Library in London, UK, distributes grants to individual researchers within the fields of humanities and social science, in order for them to identify collections that can be preserved for fruitful use. It is funded by Arcadia, http://www.arcadiatrust.org/ (formerly known as the Lisbet Rausing Charitable Fund, a grant-making fund established in 2001) in pursuit of its general aim to support fundamental research into important issues in the humanities and social science. The focus of the Programme is on the preservation and copying of important but vulnerable archives throughout the world. The next call for applications will take place in August 2008, with a deadline of the beginning of November. More information. http://www.bl.uk/about/policies/endangeredarch/rgapply.html During the first three years of its existence from 2003, the Programme funded nearly 70 projects in 37 countries, totalling £1.7 million. In South Asia, 11 projects in Bhutan, India and Nepal are currently supported by the Endangered Archives Programme. They include projects on digital documentation of manuscripts at Drametse and Ogyen Choling monasteries in Bhutan (photo from Drametse); a digital archive of north Indian classical music at Jadavpur University in Kolkata; and a project to preserve historic and rare monographs and periodicals in Nepal. More information about the South Asian projects. http://www.bl.uk/about/policies/endangeredarch/asia.html#sa With Best Wishes Anup Kumar Das New Delhi http://anup-jnu.blogspot.com --------------------------------- Meet people who discuss and share your passions. Join them now. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Info on Library Associations in MUmbai
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/karmayog/message/38692;_ylc=X3oDMTJzMjRmNXI0B…>As Mr Kush Singh was asking the question in the wrong forum I am forwarding it here.Hope someone will reply to him directly as inquirer is not a member of Lis-forum Vyasamoorthy Is there any librarians asscn here in Mumbai? <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/karmayog/message/38692;_ylc=X3oDMTJzMjRmNXI0B…> Posted by: "karmayog - tanya" info(a)karmayog.org <info@karmayog.org?Subject=+Re%3AIs%20there%20any%20librarians%20asscn%20here%20in%20Mumbai%3F> Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:39 am (PDT) From: Kush Singh Hi Is there any asscn or network of libraries in Mumbai that you know of? Is there any asscn of librarians in Mumbai? Where does one get a librarians degree in Mumbai? I would like to know if you know of libraries, their contact details, working hours and basic rules and regulations if possible. We desperately need to build a good network of libraries in the suburbs though the island city has a good advantage in those terms. We also need to show them open source solutions for the management of libraries If you can assist in any way, pls let me know. Best regards, Kush kussh.singh(a)gmail.com <kussh.singh%40gmail.com> -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278 http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Yojana(Devlopment Monthly) Now Available On Net in 13 Languages
by Mukesh Anand 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Dear Members', Yojana, A flagship magazine of economic and planned development being published by Publications Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting will now be available on net. All the 13 Indian languages editions of the magazine can be accessed through a click on the website www.yojana.gov.in. Launching the website here today, Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Smt. Asha Swarup said that catering the needs of society, especially youths and students through its rich contents, Yojana has made its mark. Young readers are very friendly with the internet hence availability on the net would make it more popular, she added. Now onwards, synopsis of all the current issues of Yojana group of journals will be available on the aforesaid website with an archive of six months, benefiting lakhs of readers including students appearing both for central and state level civil services, banking and insurance services, other competitive exams, research scholars as well as teachers and researchers of economics, commerce and management etc. Yojana is also working on digitization of its entire archives spanning to 51 years of glorious publication. After completion of the digitization process, almost entire story of independent India's economic resurgence, beginning from foundation stone-laying to its growing into a sound economy, capable to withstand any global economic upheaval, will be at the fingertips of users/readers. With links not only to all language editions of Yojana but also to its sister publication Employment News/Rozgar Samachar and parent organization – Publications Division as also the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India, the website is highly user friendly. This News is available on http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=39497 Yojna is available in 13 Languages on below mentioned web links 1. Hindi - http://yojana.gov.in/hindi 2. English - http://www.yojana.gov.in/ 3. Assamese - http://www.yojana.gov.in/regional/assamese.htm 4. Bengali -http://www.yojana.gov.in/regional/bengali.htm 5. Gujarati - http://www.yojana.gov.in/regional/gujarati.htm 6. Kannada - http://www.yojana.gov.in/regional/kannada.htm 7. Malayalam - http://www.yojana.gov.in/regional/malayalam.htm 8. Marathi - http://www.yojana.gov.in/regional/marathi.htm 9. Oriya - http://www.yojana.gov.in/regional/oriya.htm 10. Punjabi - http://www.yojana.gov.in/regional/punjabi.htm 11. Tamil - http://www.yojana.gov.in/regional/tamil.htm 12. Telugu - http://www.yojana.gov.in/regional/telugu.htm 13. Urdu - http://www.yojana.gov.in/regional/urdu.htm Thanx, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Officers' Training College for Indian Railways Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Acrobat services similar to Google Docs and Spreadsheets-Beta
by Shamprasad Pujar 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Dear Members, Here is the good news. Adobe has rolled out Acrobat.com, which is a set of online services ? file sharing and storage, PDF converter, online word processor, and web conferencing ? you can use to create and share documents, communicate in real time, and simplify working with others. Its services include share, adobe buzzword, myfiles, create pdf (limited) and Adobe connect now. For access, you need to create Adobe ID and all these services are available FREE OF COST. You may find more information at: <https://www.acrobat.com>https://www.acrobat.com 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 6565 ; 2840 0919 Ext: 565 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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information regarding jstore
by Satendra Dhaka 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Dear sir kindly send this to the members. we are need of the following information We would like to subscribe JSTOR archival database for our library. Kindly give information i.e.- List of Vendors Name (Delhi area), subscription rates and name of the libraries (Delhi Area) which subscribes JSTOR. Thanking you -- Library & Information Ministry of External Affairs Patiala House, Annexe "B" Tilak Marg, New Delhi-110001 Phones: 0091-11-23073685, 23389073 Fax: 0091-11-23386340, 23387700 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library & Information Sc. Cource under Engineering Department
by prabhat singh rajput 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Dear, Library and Information Science Professionals I am glade to inform all of you that, The Devi Ahilya University, Indore MP has decided that, The School of Library and Information Science, will come under the Department of Engineering Science from academic session 2008-2009. Presently School of Library and Information running MLISc. Two year Integrated Course and Going to start M.Phil progammme from academic session 2008-2009 under the Part time scheme. P. S. Rajput Lecturer DAVV, Indore Mob. 099815-61851 http://psr2008.blogspot.com Meet people who discuss and share your passions. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/bestofyahoo/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open registration for National Workshop on Institutional Repositories
by pramod babu 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Dear Professionals This is to bring your kind attention regarding "*National Workshop on Institutional Repositories"* Workshop Date: 12th & 13th June 2008 Workshop Venue:M.S. Ramaiah Memorial Hospital Auditorium New BEL Road, M.S.R. Nagar, Bangalore-54 Registration Fee: Rs.1000/- Registraion: Open/Spot Registration on 12th June 2008 @ venue Time: 9.30 a.m. For More Information Please Contact *Organizing Secretary* N. SUBRAMANYAM Sr. Librarian Dept. of Library & Information Centre M.S. Ramaiah Medical College Bangalore-560054 Ph: 080-23605190 (Ext.) 418 (M) 9449252683 e-mail : msrmclib(a)yahoo.co.in -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Regards Pramod B Dept. of Library and Information Centre M.S. Ramaiah Medical College M.S.R. Post Bangalore-54 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Version 72, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

Version 72 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available from Digital Scholarship. This selective bibliography presents over 3,250 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. This version adds hundreds of links to freely available journal articles from publishers as well as to e-prints of published articles housed in disciplinary archives and institutional repositories. All article references were checked for the availability of such free content. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepb.html These links have also been added to a revised version of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: 2007 Annual Edition. Annual editions of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography are PDF files designed for printing. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/annual/annual.htm For a discussion of the numerous changes in my digital publications since my resignation from the University of Houston Libraries, see: http://www.digital-scholarship.org/cwb/dsoverview.htm Changes in This Version The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are marked with an asterisk): Table of Contents 1 Economic Issues* 2 Electronic Books and Texts 2.1 Case Studies and History* 2.2 General Works* 2.3 Library Issues* 3 Electronic Serials 3.1 Case Studies and History* 3.2 Critiques* 3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals* 3.4 General Works* 3.5 Library Issues* 3.6 Research* 4 General Works* 5 Legal Issues 5.1 Intellectual Property Rights* 5.2 License Agreements* 6 Library Issues 6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* 6.2 Digital Libraries* 6.3 General Works* 6.4 Information Integrity and Preservation* 7 New Publishing Models* 8 Publisher Issues* 8.1 Digital Rights Management* 9 Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* Appendix A. Related Bibliographies* Appendix B. About the Author* Appendix C. SEPB Use Statistics Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources includes the following sections: Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata Digital Libraries Electronic Books and Texts* Electronic Serials General Electronic Publishing* Images Legal* Preservation* Publishers Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* SGML and Related Standards Further Information about SEPB The XHTML version of SEPB is designed for interactive use. Each major section is a separate file. There are links to sources that are freely available on the Internet. It can be searched using a Google Search Engine. Whether the search results are current depends on Google's indexing frequency. In addition to the bibliography, the XHTML document includes: (1) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (monthly list of new resources; also available by e-mail--see second URL--and RSS Feed--see third URL) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepw/sepw.htm http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=5175 6 http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeb logrss (2) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (directory of over 330 related Web sites) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepr/sepr.htm (3) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/archive/sepa.htm New versions of SEPB are also announced on DigitalKoans: http://www.digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/ RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/DigitalKoans Related Article An article about the bibliography has been published in The Journal of Electronic Publishing: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3336451.0007.201 -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Publisher, Digital Scholarship http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ DigitalKoans Electronic Theses and Dissertations Bibliography Google Book Search Bibliography Open Access Bibliography Open Access Webliography Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog -- 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 in the Resource Centre (Library) at DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
by ts kumbar 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

Dear Colleagues, Kindly bring the following announcement to the notice of interested candidates and also request you to recommend potential candadates. Subject: Openings for the position of Library Trainees in the Resource Centre (Library) http://resourcecentre.daiict.ac.in/ at DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat Qualifications: M.L.I.Sc. First Class (The candidates who have appeared or appearing the M.L.I.Sc. final examination and are expecting the result in First Class may also apply) Duration: One year from the date of joining. Stipend: Rs. 6500/. Per month ( consolidated) Nature of Traineeship: Learning on the job Last date for applying: 12th June, 2008 Address for sending the application: hr(a)daiict.ac.in or ts_kumbar(a)daiict.ac.in Short listed candidates will be called ( a seperate communication through email will be sent) to attend the written test and interview at their own cost some time during the last week of June, 2008. For more details, see the following communication. Regards Kumbar ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. T S Kumbar Resource Centre DA-IICT Gandhinagar Gujarat http://resourcecentre.daiict.ac.in/ http://www.daiict.ac.in Tel. 079-30510550 ------------------------------------------------------- Sub: Openings for the position of Library Trainees in the Resource Centre (Library) at DA-IICT. Dear Sir/ Madam, We take this opportunity to inform you that Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), situated at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, is promoted by Reliance. It has been established on a 50-acre of land in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The Government of Gujarat has granted it the University status under the State Act and is recognized by University Grants Commission. The Institute has started functioning since August 2001 with a batch size of 240 students at undergraduate level in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). It also offers a variety of Masters' and Doctoral programs in ICT and allied areas. The Institute takes young and dynamic postgraduate freshers with minimum First Class Masters in Library and Information Science as Library Trainees. They should be well versed in computer application to Library and Information Services. Duration of Training is for a period for one year. The trainees gets a fixed stipend of Rs. 6500/-per month with no other facilities/ benefits, excepting casual leave. The candidates who have appeared or appearing for M.L.I.Sc. final examination and are expecting the result in First Class may also apply. The Institute has fully computerized in-house operations and services of the Resource Centre and provides access to wide variety of digital collection, catering to the needs of the Faculty, Staff and Students. Several new initiatives are being taken to make this library as one of the leading and resource libraries in the area of ICT in the country. It is a part of regional & national consortia and actively participates in the resource sharing activities. Resource Centre is kept open till mid night on all working days during the semester and is open on holidays, Saturdays and Sundays. Selected trainees will have to work during these extended hours on rotation basis. We would be grateful if you could kindly identify a few suitable students form your University/Institute and send us your recommendation, along with their bio-data and information showing the year of passing and the percentage of marks obtained in M.L.I.Sc by 12th, June 2008 to our H.R Officer or email a soft copy to hr(a)daiict.ac.in .Alternatively, you may ask your students to send in their application directly along with bio-data, relevant marks cards and communication (email) address. The final selection will be based on the performance of the candidates in the written test and personal interview. The short listed candidates will be called for the written test and personal interview some time during last week of June, 2008. A communication via email intimating the date for the written test and interview will be sent seperately. Yours sincerely (P K Chopra) I/C Executive Registrar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
by sri priya 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship This award fosters research in academic librarianship by encouraging and assisting doctoral students in the field with their dissertation research. Award $1,500 cash and a plaque donated by Thomson Scientific. Eligibility The recipient of the fellowship must meet the following qualifications: * Be an active doctoral student enrolled in an accredited degree-granting institution * Be engaged in researching a topic related to academic librarianship * Have completed all coursework * Have had a dissertation proposal accepted by the institution * A recipient of the fellowship may not receive it a second time. * Applicant need not be an ACRL member Criteria Proposals will be judged primarily on merit with emphasis on the following: * Potential significance of the research to the field of academic librarianship. (No attempt will be made to define academic librarianship, but the subject should be consistent with topics usually published in College & Research Libraries or key refereed library and information science research journals or presented at ACRL meetings.) * Validity of the methodology and proposed methods of analysis * Originality and creativity * Clarity and completeness of the proposal * Presentation of a convincing plan for completion in a reasonable amount of time * Evidence of a continuing interest in scholarship such as a previous publication record Awardee Obligation Recipients of the fellowship are required to submit a 6-10 page report of the results of their research to the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) within two months of the project's completion. A 500-word summary for possible publication in C&RL News is also due at that time. Submissions Qualified students who wish to be considered for the fellowship may apply by e-mailing a brief (ten pages or less double-spaced) proposal that includes the following: * Description of the research, including significance and methodology * Schedule for completion * Budget and budget justification for items for which support is sought. (Must be items for which no other support is available. Examples of acceptable items are printing, computer time, fees to subjects, statistical consulting, photography, artwork, typing, and professional travel.) * Name of dissertation advisor and committee members * Letter from dissertation advisor endorsing the proposal * Completed checklist confirming applicant eligibility An up-to-date curriculum vitae should accompany the proposal. Because of limits imposed by timing considerations, applications may be made for research under way, e.g., a student who begins research in the fall may apply for support for expenses incurred from the fall until the time the award is made. Electronic submissions are required. E-mail the application to Megan Griffin at mgriffin(a)ala.org. If sending multiple files, each file name must contain the applicant's name. Submissions will be acknowledged via e-mail. If you have questions or need help compiling a nomination, contact the Doctoral Disseration Fellowship Committee Chair, TBA or Megan Griffin, (312) 280-2514, mgriffin(a)ala.org. Submission Deadline: Friday, December 5, 2008Source: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlawards/doctoraldissertation.cfm Regards, S.Sripriya -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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