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Re: [LIS-Forum] Training in LIS
by Mailing List Admin 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:21:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Praveen Vaidya <praveenvaidya(a)yahoo.com> Dear All, After many days there is a good point of discussion in the forum that Mr. Arun has pointed out. It is indeed a very serious issue that he has brought out. There is a general consensus that we lack reading habits. We don't even read newspapers and Magazines to update ourselves. I ask to many of my professional colleagues about reading newspapers and most of them answered me, there is no much to read in newspapers except politics. Then, i said them to develop interest in politics, because in India as a democratic state, every policy is centered to political decisions whether it is education, foreign affairs, economics, Taxation, stock market, art, culture, science or any other subject. in such case if we even don't read newspapers what would be the result!!! It is good that Mr.Arun has suggested a list of authors who are really contributed lot and we have to refer these authors. Our universities are also trying to revamp the Syllabus but, still bigger role is expected from them to change entire system. Even knowledge commission is trying to improve the existing library system, hopefully we may see the change. Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Friends: I am concerned about the quality of training we provide in our country to would be librarians and information scientists. [truncated]

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InfoQuiz 2007 - Participate & Win 50K INR
by Angrosh 14 Apr '07

14 Apr '07

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Training in LIS
by gayathri sen 13 Apr '07

13 Apr '07

Dear professional collegues, I congradulate Vasumati on her thought provoking note sent to Dr.Arunachalam. Life long training is required to ensure that we keep ourselves up to date. Each Head of any type of library should take steps to improve their own library team in terms of soft skills, communication skills, interest in profession, improving their work environment, motivating them to change for the better and also strive to improve their salaries and scales, there by improving their self esteem. "Little drops of rain makes a mighty ocean" Regards, Gayathri Sen PESIT --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DSSSB Librarians Vacancy Updates
by Mukesh Anand 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

Dear LIS Students & Professionals, Here is the Update about the Bulk Vacancy of Librarians of DSSSB.It is now published in the Employment News as well as appeared also on DSSSB website. Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) Section A : Information about Vacancy Section B : Scheme of Exam. for the post of Librarians Section C : General Instructions & procedure for submission of Applicaion Form Section D : Application Form Print Source : Employment News dated 14-20 April, ' 07, Page # 4-7 Electronic Source : 1. www.dsssb.delhigovt.nic.in 2. Advertisement : http://www.dsssb.delhigovt.nic.in/section-a,b,c%20(14-04-2007).doc 3. Application Form : http://www.dsssb.delhigovt.nic.in/section%20D%20(14-04-2007).doc All The Best & With Warm Regards, Mukesh Anand M Lib I Sc Final Year Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Information Today
by Thapar, Amit 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

. Information Today http://infotoday.com/ I have a personal interest in this website for my publisher, which currently features my new book, The Thriving Library, on its front page. Yes, I hope you'll buy it. But there's also plenty of searchable high quality information available here, including content from the conferences it sponsors (Computers in Libraries, Internet Librarian, WebSearch University, etc.) and the periodicals it publishes (Searcher, Information Today, Computers in Libraries, Online,, etc. You'll also find news, blogs, buyers guides, and more. . LibriVox: Free audiobooks from the public domain http://librivox.org/ This "totally volunteer, open source, free content, public domain project" aims to "make all public domain books available as free audio books." Search or browse the existing catalog, and/or volunteer to record additional books for the project. It also offers podcasts. . Yahoo! Widgets http://widgets.yahoo.com/ Thousands of free utilities you can download - newsfeeds, cam viewers, application enhancers, geek stuff, and more. See also the Widgetbox Directory of web widgets for blogs <http://www.widgetbox.com/> and Apple's Dashboard Widgets <http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/> (note that there are over 180 reference widgets, and more than 100 search widgets) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for web articles on Open Access journals
by ingrid2＠kultuur.edu.ee 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

Hello! I study librarianship and information sciences. As I subscribed to this forum (although I am not from India), I started to realise that Open Access is very important topic around the world. Now we had to choose our paper themes and mine is, "Open Access Journals". I would be very thankful, if someone could suggest free and relevant articles in Web (those I MUST read, if I wanted to write my paper on Open Access journals). Ingrid Yle (from Viljandi, Estonia) <p2rlmutter(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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Re: [LIS-Forum] Subject: Training in LIS
by Mailing List Admin 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:35:50 +0530 From: Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> Before anything else I believe that any professional course has to be market oriented. I wish a list of marketable skills be compiled first before discussing suitable training package first. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On 4/12/07, Rajan <rajankila(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear All, > > It seems that we need to discuss the issues raised by Shri Arun, in order > to > make the library field a little better. The scenario is far from > satisfactory. There is no need to blame anyone for the sorry state of > affairs. But we need to think of ways for improving the situation. So it > seems that the teacher- friends in the forum should start the discussion > airing their views. Probably they are are the people who can do something > substantial to improve the situation. > > > Regards, > > > K Rajasekharan > Librarian , Kerala Institute of Local Administration > Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur -680591

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Subject: Training in LIS
by Rajan 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

Dear All, It seems that we need to discuss the issues raised by Shri Arun, in order to make the library field a little better. The scenario is far from satisfactory. There is no need to blame anyone for the sorry state of affairs. But we need to think of ways for improving the situation. So it seems that the teacher- friends in the forum should start the discussion airing their views. Probably they are are the people who can do something substantial to improve the situation. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian , Kerala Institute of Local Administration Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur -680591 Ph 0487- 2204097 (O), 2201428 ( R) Message: 1 Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 14:02:23 +0100 (BST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Training in LIS To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, naglaxman(a)yahoo.com, iatlis-owner(a)yahoogroups.com Cc: haravu(a)newgenlib.com Message-ID: <37633.41021.qm(a)web43144.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Friends: I am concerned about the quality of training we provide in our country to would be librarians and information scientists. The other day I had received my copy of the Bulletin of ASIST, which I always find very readable. Prof. Blaise Cronin, who won the ASIS&T Award of Merit for 2006, had written a two-page acceptance speech. He is an extraordinarily good writer and I enjoy reading him. In his acceptance speech, Prof. Cronin, whom I first came to know more than two decades ago when I reviewed his cute little book "The Citation Process", had mentioned the names of many outstanding information scientists, spanning more than two generations, whose writings had shaped his career or influenced him in some way. Among them are Hans Peter Luhn Robert Fairthorne Cyril Cleerdon Eugene Garfield Wilfrid Lancaster Gerard Salton Tefko Saracevic Henry Small Don Swanson Howard White Bertram Brookes Michael Buckland Pauline Autherton Cochrane Wiliam Goffman Belver Griffith Robert Hayes John Martyn Stephen Robertson Karen Sparck Jones Irene Farkas-Conn Peter Taylor Alan Gilchrist Elizabeth Lowry-Corry Brian Vickery Robert Williams Ben Ami-Lipetz Derek de Solla Price Nick Belkin Boyd Rayward Jack Meadows. I met a young librarian with a Masters degree from a leading Indian university and a couple of years of work experience and showed him the article and asked him if he had read any of these authors. He was honest enough to admit that he had heard of the name of Garfield in connection with indexing, and his teachers never even mentioned the names of the others. On another day I was asked to meet the final year Masters students of LIS in a famous Indian university. Some students would not speak a word, despite repeated cajoling. Their knowledge was far below what one would expect of a Masters student. Without preparation, they may not be able to appreciate Tefko Saracevic's edited volume "Introduction to Information Science" or Irene Farkas-Conn's history of the field "From Documentation to Information Science." To be fair, they may understand some portions of Garfield's Essays of an Information Scientist, as Garfield often wrote not for the specialists but for the lay readers. Many years ago I was in a selection committee in a chemistry laboratory and I asked a candidate for the post of an assistant librarian if he knew any chemistry as his job would be to serve chemists; scientists may want to make a substructure search and unless one knows chemical structures it will be almost impossible to make such searches. The candidate replied that in the LIS school they taught 'organization of knowledge' and therefore there was no need to know chemistry! When asked to explain 'open access to journal literature' another candidate said that some libraries allowed users to move freely in the library and pick up the books and journals they wanted to read, and he was totally ignorant of making journal literature freely available on the Internet. I have attended a few national conferences. There is hardly any originality in the papers presented and the level of discussion is appallingly low. We need to do something and do it quickly. We need to inculcate the habit of reading in our students. Blaise cronin says that when he was a graduate student at Belfast he "poured over copies of American Documentation, Aslib Proceedings, IP&M, ARIST and the Journal of Documentation with enthusiasm of a kid in a candy store, stumbling upon seminal papers". We need to guide our students to the masters and their great writings. As the field is expanding, the need to keep abreast of developments is becoming more and more important. We need to improve the communication skills of our students. We should award degrees only to the deserving. Years ago I had taught at the INSDOC Training School and I had the great pleasure of working with people like Prof. Thyaga Natarajan and Prof. Guha, and was amazed at their simplicity and passion for reading and teaching. Even the next level faculty had the qualities of good teachers. I have heard about the high quality of training imparted at DRTC, but have no first hand knowledge, except attending a few conferences and giving a few lectures to students. The training imparted at NCSI, largely thanks to the late Dr T B Rajashekar, is indeed very good. We need to make sure that training imparted in every LIS school in the country is of the highest quality. As Greg Chappell said there should be a system where those who do not perform are automatically sent out. According to him that is why Australia performs very well in cricket. Best wishes. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Training in LIS
by Subbiah Arunachalam 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

Friends: I am concerned about the quality of training we provide in our country to would be librarians and information scientists. The other day I had received my copy of the Bulletin of ASIST, which I always find very readable. Prof. Blaise Cronin, who won the ASIS&T Award of Merit for 2006, had written a two-page acceptance speech. He is an extraordinarily good writer and I enjoy reading him. In his acceptance speech, Prof. Cronin, whom I first came to know more than two decades ago when I reviewed his cute little book "The Citation Process", had mentioned the names of many outstanding information scientists, spanning more than two generations, whose writings had shaped his career or influenced him in some way. Among them are Hans Peter Luhn Robert Fairthorne Cyril Cleerdon Eugene Garfield Wilfrid Lancaster Gerard Salton Tefko Saracevic Henry Small Don Swanson Howard White Bertram Brookes Michael Buckland Pauline Autherton Cochrane Wiliam Goffman Belver Griffith Robert Hayes John Martyn Stephen Robertson Karen Sparck Jones Irene Farkas-Conn Peter Taylor Alan Gilchrist Elizabeth Lowry-Corry Brian Vickery Robert Williams Ben Ami-Lipetz Derek de Solla Price Nick Belkin Boyd Rayward Jack Meadows. I met a young librarian with a Masters degree from a leading Indian university and a couple of years of work experience and showed him the article and asked him if he had read any of these authors. He was honest enough to admit that he had heard of the name of Garfield in connection with indexing, and his teachers never even mentioned the names of the others. On another day I was asked to meet the final year Masters students of LIS in a famous Indian university. Some students would not speak a word, despite repeated cajoling. Their knowledge was far below what one would expect of a Masters student. Without preparation, they may not be able to appreciate Tefko Saracevic's edited volume "Introduction to Information Science" or Irene Farkas-Conn's history of the field "From Documentation to Information Science." To be fair, they may understand some portions of Garfield's Essays of an Information Scientist, as Garfield often wrote not for the specialists but for the lay readers. Many years ago I was in a selection committee in a chemistry laboratory and I asked a candidate for the post of an assistant librarian if he knew any chemistry as his job would be to serve chemists; scientists may want to make a substructure search and unless one knows chemical structures it will be almost impossible to make such searches. The candidate replied that in the LIS school they taught 'organization of knowledge' and therefore there was no need to know chemistry! When asked to explain 'open access to journal literature' another candidate said that some libraries allowed users to move freely in the library and pick up the books and journals they wanted to read, and he was totally ignorant of making journal literature freely available on the Internet. I have attended a few national conferences. There is hardly any originality in the papers presented and the level of discussion is appallingly low. We need to do something and do it quickly. We need to inculcate the habit of reading in our students. Blaise cronin says that when he was a graduate student at Belfast he "poured over copies of American Documentation, Aslib Proceedings, IP&M, ARIST and the Journal of Documentation with enthusiasm of a kid in a candy store, stumbling upon seminal papers". We need to guide our students to the masters and their great writings. As the field is expanding, the need to keep abreast of developments is becoming more and more important. We need to improve the communication skills of our students. We should award degrees only to the deserving. Years ago I had taught at the INSDOC Training School and I had the great pleasure of working with people like Prof. Thyaga Natarajan and Prof. Guha, and was amazed at their simplicity and passion for reading and teaching. Even the next level faculty had the qualities of good teachers. I have heard about the high quality of training imparted at DRTC, but have no first hand knowledge, except attending a few conferences and giving a few lectures to students. The training imparted at NCSI, largely thanks to the late Dr T B Rajashekar, is indeed very good. We need to make sure that training imparted in every LIS school in the country is of the highest quality. As Greg Chappell said there should be a system where those who do not perform are automatically sent out. According to him that is why Australia performs very well in cricket. Best wishes. Arun ___________________________________________________________ Copy addresses and emails from any email account to Yahoo! Mail - quick, easy and free. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/trueswitch2.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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librarian post for INDIA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
by Rohit Kumar 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

Dear friends, Application are invited for the Walk in Interview for librarian post for IIS. India International School (IIS) is looking for a dynamic librarian for its institute Required qualification & experience: Master degree in library and information science (MliSc) from a recognize university or equivalent. Bachelor degree in library and Information scienc (BliSc) from a recognize university or equivalent. Working professional experience in any library/ or in any project work with library/ library automation work experience Or 1 year certificate degree in computer applicationh from a recognize Institute or equivalent. (recognize by any state of Govt of Indial) Having a good communication skill in English. Age: no limit Pay scale: 8,000- 10,000 Rs Eligible candidate may send their soft copy of resume to contacts(a)iis.edu.in or hard copy to the school address. (given below) Shortlisted candidates will be called for the interview on 16th April at school. With best wishes (Principal) India Internation School Chikka BeLlaNdur Village Carmelram post, Sarjapura Road Bangalore- 560035 Tel no: 91-80-28439001/02/03 91-80-65366001/02/04 --------------------------------- Check out what you're missing if you're not on Yahoo! Messenger -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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