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UNESCO International Conference and Exhibition on Knowledge Parks
by Mailing List Admin 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:22:08 -0800 (PST) From: J. K. Vijayakumar <vjkjk(a)yahoo.com> --- UNESCO's Communication and Information Sector On behalf of Mr Abdul Waheed Khan, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information at UNESCO, it is my pleasure to inform you that we are organizing an International Conference and Exhibition on Knowledge Parks that will take place in Doha, Qatar on March 29-31, 2008. Please visit the Conference website at: http://www.unesco.org/en/knowledgeparkconference/

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Position Vacant Assistant Executive
by Mailing List Admin 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:43:05 +0530 From: Rajesh Rangappa <deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com> Dear Friends Assistant/Executive-1 & Assistant/Executive-2 India Habitat Centre For details, visit, http://www.indiahabitat.org/main.htm

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Fixing price for a book
by Dr.D.P Prathap 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

Dear professionals, Ours is a central institute under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and we would like to have some information (such as existing Govt.Office orders, publishing norms/guidelines for public institutions ) on the following issues: - Is there a standard 'norm' for fixing the price for a book, especially when a public-funded research institution like ours publishes it? - Should it necessarily cover the cost of printing? Sincerely, ============================== (D.PUTHIRA PRATHAP) OFFICER IN-CHARGE, LIBRARY SUGARCANE BREEDING INSTITUTE, COIMBATORE – 641 007. INDIA PHONE: 91-422-2472621; FAX: 91-422-2472923 www.sugarcane-breeding.tn.nic.in sbilibrary(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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Mumbai Based Professionals : Ind. PC Mag June Issue
by Dipaali K Bhosle 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

GlacierDear All, I am looking for the issue of Indian PC Magazine, June 2007. I have checked all the possible resources including publisher's office. I want this copy just for references. If you have your copy so please let me know I can return you back on the same day. Thanks & Regards, Ms. Dipaali K Bhosle Sr Executive Library & Information Services ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ D: 91 22 40302508 Board: 91 22 24232323 Fax: 91 22 24302707 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Infomedia India Ltd. 5th Fl, A Wing, Ruby House, J.K. Sawant Marg, Dadar[W], Mumbai 400028 www.infomediaindia.com Infomedia India Ltd. is one of the leading publisher in business to business and business to consumers magazines and well known for Yellow Pages [Formerly Tata Yellow Pages]. We are also into business of printing, direct marketing and publishing outsourcing. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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17 Ways to Get Free Books | Frugal Panda
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Here is a link that gives you 17 ideas to get free books. As a librarian we should exploit it. http://www.creditpanda.com/blog/2007/17-ways-to-get-free-books -- 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] topics for development of LIS professionals
by Rajesh Rangappa 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Dear professionals, I want to thank all professional and students for accepting and showing interest in preparing notes on " topics for development of LIS professionals ". and at the same time surprised by the reply of "Ms/Mr.N.A. Umme Asima student of MLISc from Mysore university" in LIS Forum digest vol-56, issue No-16 dated 26-11-07". Its quite interesting to answer his/her question. Being a informational professional we should know all subjects and for that matter with out knowing computer and its topics its very hard to name yourself information professional. The basement on which your profession is standing is computer and communication at present. I will make brief of my explanation. Natural language processing ofcourse is computer topic but its also required for Information professionals, It involves some of aspects techniques, skills which are essential for us. for eg: understanding systems,stressing words etc. I would suggest him/her to read this article in wikipedia. "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_language_processing" Then coming to graphic design its also required for informational professional because grapics can be effective way of presenting information in understandable and interesting to user, even its required in many aspects other than presentation I want Her/ him to visit following site to know who uses Graphic design " http://www.educationcenteronline.org/articles/Design-Schools/Who-Uses-Graph… " Lastely regarding Applied database design, we are major user of databases in world, we provide various services using database, so whats wrong in learning how to desing a database? Even some of universities have database management (RDBMS) etc as subject or topic, so its advancement of same and its application. For more details he/she can visit "http://www.databasedesign-resource.com/" to have firm idea on what database is? how its helpful for informational professionals. etc. and before concluding i want to answer some questions asked by emailing personally to me about my personnel details? I am proud to be student of Gulbarga University Dept. of LISc uotput for the year 2007. I know syllabus i have studies is most updated then any other University's, with practical exposure software like SOUL, EASYLIB and appropriate structure of 4 theory and 2 practicals. Good lab facility, covering almost all aspects of NET syllabus but still i feel that these are out date topics but my student friend has ideas the otherway round. He/she should have atleast gone through available literature, if not the contents of subjects before replying and should have contacted some of working informational professional other then her teacher's. Don't they feel this subjects and topics are useful and required for information professionals. I well come future questions? Thanks and regards -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com Phone: 9886268857 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library furniture suppliers
by Seema Vasishta 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Dear Friends Please provide me list of Library furniture suppliers in India, particularly for purchase of Pigeon Hole Display Racks for Periodicals. Regards Seema Vasishta Sr. Librarian Punjab Engineering College(DU) Chandigarh-160012 --------------------------------- Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. Click here to know how. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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53 rd ALL INDIA LIBRARY CONFERENCE- weather in hyderabad is cool
by Mailing List Admin 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 03:45:31 +0000 (GMT) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> hello professional friends I am looking forward for recieving all the friends at Hyderabad, for attenidng the 53 rd ALL INDIA LIBRARY CONFERENCE during 13-16 Dec 2007 The weather here is cool and it is going around 10 C. Please come prepared with necessary clothes. Laxman rao Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, & Director, UGC-Academic Staff College, & Organising Secretary, 53rd All India Library Conference-2007 Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA)

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Interesting article on 'ebooks'
by N.S. Harinarayana 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

An interesting article has appeared in recent issue of 'Aslib proceeding' on ebooks. The details are as follows: Article Title: What do faculty and students really think about e-books? Authors: Ian Rowlands, David Nicholas, Hamid R. Jamali, Paul Huntington Link to Page: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do?contentType=Articl… -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- 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] topics for development of LIS professionals
by Sukhdev Singh 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Dear Friends, While Dr Rath wishes to differ with me but I fully agree with him that fundamental research is needed for the future of LIS. In fact no discipline or practice can stand of its on without having a core of theories and organized supporting science. I have been suggesting my following model for LIS Education and Practice. It consists of three encapsulating cores. 1 - CORE - having the essential LIS philosophy, theory, Tools and Best Practices. 2 - MIDDLE CORE - comprising of Information Technologies (All ICE Technologies) that boosts the effectiveness of the CORE (1). 3 - INTERFACE CORE - This is the face that is perceived by Prospective Employers. It takes the feedback from the job market, adjusts the MIDDLE Core to satisfy the Employers' requirements. Dr. Rath would find that Innermost CORE consists of theory and philosophy of LIS. This is where fundamental research in LIS is a must. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On Nov 26, 2007 11:39 AM, Prabhash N. Rath <prabhash(a)gipe.ernet.in> wrote: > Dear Dr Sukhdev Singh > > While I see merit in your reaction to Mr Rajesh Rangappa's posting, I beg to > differ little on certain issues. It is true that foreign universities impart > such type of training that any LIS professional can work in any type of > library, simultaneously I feel that some research is needed for conventional > library science topics also. This helps in maintaining the academic flavour > of the subject. You must have noticed that very good qualitative articles on > such topics regularly appear in journals like Library Quarterly, Libraries > and the Cultural Record, Knowledge Organisation etc. > > The problem with most of the LIS researchers here is that they don't do any > research rigorously. Even on convetional topics, good research can be made > and in a social science subject topic, we can't say that some thing is > outdated. For example, many of us don't know 'whys' of many event happened > in the past. Recently, while submitting a paper to Libraries and the > Cultural Record, I was asked some interesting questions by their editor like > what made to the enactment of Press and Registration of Books Act 1867 (with > documentary evidence), and why INB provides both DDC and CC in its entries > etc. So I feel, while recruiting teachers, we need to identify > specialisation on which we require teachers. In India, except specialisation > in IT, I have never seen any advertisement giving any other specialisation. > > With regards > Prabhash N. Rath > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sukhdev Singh" <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> > To: "Rajesh Rangappa" <deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com> > Cc: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 1:00 PM > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] topics for development of LIS professionals > > > >I fully endorse the feeling of Rajesh. > > > > While interacting with young professionals, I am observing an > > increasing level of frustration. Perhaps they expect much more from > > senior professionals. > > > > While comparing with foreign universities we may remember one thing - > > they compete with other to attract better students. They cost much > > more. The same does not apply to Indian Universities. Competition, if > > any, among Indian Universities is yet to start. > > > > --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. > > > > > > > > On Nov 22, 2007 4:51 PM, Rajesh Rangappa <deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > Dear Professional, > >> > > >> > Don't we feel the syllabus of MLISc, and even the topics on which your > >> > privileged Universities are undertaking research in LIS are so old and > >> > outdated. Except few topics which are to be integral part of Library > >> professional's, ( like classification and cataloguing). Others are of > >> very > >> > less use, > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > 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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