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Positions vacant for Assistant Librarian and Library assistant
by Vijayakumara 07 Jul '06

07 Jul '06

Dear All, Assistant Librarian and Library Assistant Positions are vacant at East Point College of Engineering and Technology, Bangalore-560 049. The interested candidtes who residing in and around Bangalore may apply at the earliest with softcopy/ print copy to the following address. The Chief Librarian, East Point College of Engineering and Technology, Bidarahally, Bangalore-560 049 Professional Qualification: Assistant Librarian: BLISc/MLISc with the knowledge of computer applications Library Assistant: DLISc with the knowledge of computer applicaions Professional Experience: Freshers or experienced with one or two+ years Thanking you Dr. Vijayakumar M \ \ | / / \ \ ~ ~ / / | @ @ | ---------------oooo------ (_)-------------oooo------------------ Dr. Vijayakumar M, Chief Librarian, East Point College of Engineering and Technology Bidarahalli, Kithaganoor Road, Virgonagar - Post, Bangalore - 5600 049, India Tel:080-8473888, 8473777 Fax:080-8472999, coolvg(a)gmail.com --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. Dear All, Assistant Librarian and Library Assistant Positions are vacant at East Point College of Engineering and Technology, Bangalore-560 049. The interested candidtes who residing in and around Bangalore may apply at the earliest with softcopy/ print copy to the following address. The Chief Librarian, East Point College of Engineering and Technology, Bidarahally, Bangalore-560 049 Professional Qualification: Assistant Librarian: BLISc/MLISc with the knowledge of computer applications Library Assistant: DLISc with the knowledge of computer applicaions Professional Experience: Freshers or experienced with one or two+ years Thanking you Dr. Vijayakumar M \ \ | / / \ \ ~ ~ / / | @ @ | ---------------oooo------ (_)-------------oooo------------------ Dr. Vijayakumar M, Chief Librarian, East Point College of Engineering and Technology Bidarahalli, Kithaganoor Road, Virgonagar - Post, Bangalore - 5600 049, India Tel:080-8473888, 8473777 Fax:080-8472999, mailto:coolvg@gmail.com coolvg(a)gmail.com Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman7/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/ev… Great rates starting at 1¢/min.

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World eBook Fair
by Ayesha Taranum (HCL Capital Market Services) 07 Jul '06

07 Jul '06

Hi, Some of your might have read this news in the news papers or through i-magazines. World's first Online Book Fair has started yesterday (4 th July 06). This book fair will be going on for a month. Website claims there are 1/3 million e-books available for free access / download. Those of you, who are interested in readership, can make use of the opportunity. http://worldebookfair.com/ World eBook Library Catalogs and Collections The World eBook Library Consortia Collection shelves more than 330,000 PDF eBooks in 100+ languages contained in 112 of the finest eBook and eDocument collections published on the Internet today. The mission of the World eBook Library's Acquisition Department is to add new eBooks 24/7 to our shelves. For Technical E-Books, go to http://worldebookfair.com/Technical_eBook_Colleciton.htm Regards, -- Ayesha Information Services, HCL - Capital Market Services ayesha.taranum(a)hcl.in a 91.80.4190.6790. 91.80.41246888 33/1, The Senate, Ulsoor Road, Bangalore. India. [This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.] Disclaimer: *********** The contents of this E-mail (including the contents of the enclosure(s) or attachment(s) if any) are privileged and confidential material of HCL Capital Market Services and should not be disclosed to, used by or copied in any manner by anyone other than the intended addressee(s). In case you are not the desired addressee, you should delete this message and/or re-direct it to the sender. The views expressed in this E-mail message (including the enclosure(s) or attachment(s) if any) are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of HCL Capital Market Services. This e-mail message including attachment/(s), if any, is believed to be free of any virus. However, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and HCL Capital Market Services is not responsible for any loss or damage arising in any way from its use. World eBook Fair Hi, Some of your might have read this news in the news papers or through i-magazines. World's first Online Book Fair has started yesterday (4 th July 06). This book fair will be going on for a month. Website claims there are 1/3 million e-books available for free access / download. Those of you, who are interested in readership, can make use of the opportunity. http://worldebookfair.com/ http://worldebookfair.com/ World eBook Library Catalogs and Collections The World eBook Library Consortia Collection shelves more than 330,000 PDF eBooks in 100+ languages contained in 112 of the finest eBook and eDocument collections published on the Internet today. The mission of the World eBook Library's Acquisition Department is to add new eBooks 24/7 to our shelves. For Technical E-Books, go to h ttp://worldebookfair.com/Technical_eBook_Colleciton.htm Regards, -- Ayesha Information Services, HCL - Capital Market Services ayesha.taranum(a)hcl.in a 91.80.4190.6790.� 91.80.41246888 �� 33/1, The Senate, Ulsoor Road, Bangalore. India. [This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.] Disclaimer: *********** The contents of this E-mail (including the contents of the enclosure(s) or attachment(s) if any) are privileged and confidential material of HCL Capital Market�Services and should not be disclosed to, used by or copied in any manner by anyone other than the intended addressee(s). In case you are not the desired addressee, you should delete this message and/or re-direct it to the sender. The views expressed in this E-mail message (including the enclosure(s) or attachment(s) if any) are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of HCL Capital Market Services. This e-mail message including attachment/(s), if any, is believed to be free of any virus. However, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and HCL Capital Market�Services is not responsible for any loss or damage arising in any way from its use.

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NCSI NET Meeting Reminder
by Nandhan Ravi 07 Jul '06

07 Jul '06

Dear All , NCSI-NET meeting will be held on Saturday, 8th July 2006. The meeting will commence with a talk. All are cordially invited for the talk. The talk - Topic: IP Asset Management Speaker: Mr. Adarsh Nigam. Vice President, Vans Information System, Mumbai Time: 11:00 AM. Venue: Seminar Hall, NCSI, IISc, Bangalore About the speaker: - Mr. Adarsh Nigam is a science graduate and an MBA from Kanpur University with more than a decade of experience in the healthcare industry in marketing, product management, training & development, and knowledge management. Having been closely associated with corporate strategy formulation, development of business plans & implementation, he is currently associated with Vans Information Limited as Vice President, looking after sales and marketing of four products and services that vans represents in India. These include the worlds best drug discovery & development database "Integrity" and IP databases like PatWeb & Aureka. He has also been associated with different management & IP institutes as a visiting faculty. Kindly confirm your attendance by sending a mail to: ravi.nandhan(a)capco.com or anitha_m(a)aurigene.com V. Ravi Nandhan. Knowledge Coordinator Capco c:+91 9980074449 t: +91 80 41997351 e: ravi.nandhan(a)capco.com w: www.capco.com ************************************************************************ The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the information contained in the email. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Capco. http://www.capco.com/ ************************************************************************ NCSI NET Meeting Reminder Dear All , NCSI-NET meeting will be held on Saturday, 8th July 2006. The meeting will commence with a talk. All are cordially invited for the talk. The talk - Topic: IP Asset Management Speaker: Mr. Adarsh Nigam. Vice President, Vans Information System, Mumbai Time: 11:00 AM. Venue: Seminar Hall, NCSI, IISc, Bangalore About the speaker: - Mr. Adarsh Nigam is a science graduate and an MBA from Kanpur University with more than a decade of experience in the healthcare industry in marketing, product management, training & development, and knowledge management. Having been closely associated with corporate strategy formulation, development of business plans & implementation, he is currently associated with Vans Information Limited as Vice President, looking after sales and marketing of four products and services that vans represents in India. These include the worlds best drug discovery & development database "Integrity" and IP databases like PatWeb & Aureka. He has also been associated with different management & IP institutes as a visiting faculty. Kindly confirm your attendance by sending a mail to: ravi.nandhan(a)capco.com or anitha_m(a)aurigene.com V. Ravi Nandhan. Knowledge Coordinator Capco c:+91 9980074449 t: +91 80 41997351 e: ravi.nandhan(a)capco.com w: file://www.capco.com www.capco.com ************************************************************************ The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the information contained in the email. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Capco. http://www.capco.com/ ************************************************************************

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Job opportunities in DA-IICT Resource Centre
by Tukaram S Kumbar 06 Jul '06

06 Jul '06

Dear All, Our Institute has recently placed an adevertisement in Times of India (Ascent) dated 6th July (Ahmedabad edition) for the positions of Senior Professional Assistant and Junior Professional Assistants. Those of you who are interested in applying for these positions and meet the required qualifications and experience are encouraged to apply within ten days from the date of advertisement. For more details pl visit http://www.da-iict.org/DAIICTPortal/pdf/staff_position.pdf Also I request the memebrs of this forum to bring it to the kind attention of potential candidates. Regards Kumbar Resource Centre DA-IICT Gandhinagar Gujarat Dr.T S Kumbar Canadian Studies Faculty Research Fellow Mac Kimmie Library University of Calgary 2500,University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 kumbarts(a)rediffmail.com Tel. No. (403)220-2567 ================================================ Indian Address: Resource Centre Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology Post Bag.No. 4 Near Indroda Circle GANDHINAGAR 382 007 Tel +91 79 30510550 Email: ts_kumbar(a)da-iict.org http://www.da-iict.org Dear All, Our Institute has recently placed an adevertisement in Times of India (Ascent) dated 6th July (Ahmedabad edition) for the positions of Senior Professional Assistant and Junior Professional Assistants. Those of you who are interested in applying for these positions and meet the required qualifications and experience are encouraged to apply within ten days from the date of advertisement. For more details pl visit http://www.da-iict.org/DAIICTPortal/pdf/staff_position.pdf Also I request the memebrs of this forum to bring it to the kind attention of potential candidates. Regards Kumbar Resource Centre DA-IICT Gandhinagar Gujarat Dr.T S Kumbar Canadian Studies Faculty Research Fellow Mac Kimmie Library University of Calgary 2500,University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 kumbarts(a)rediffmail.com Tel. No. (403)220-2567 ================================================ Indian Address: Resource Centre Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology Post Bag.No. 4 Near Indroda Circle GANDHINAGAR 382 007 Tel +91 79 30510550 Email: ts_kumbar(a)da-iict.org http://www.da-iict.org http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Library crunch
by Thapar, Amit 06 Jul '06

06 Jul '06

Library Crunch: Bringing You a Library 2.0 Perspective http://www.librarycrunch.com/ Michael Casey, one of the leading edge exponents of Library 2.0, offers plenty of good ideas on his blog. · Building Green [Natural Resources Defense Council] http://www.nrdc.org/buildinggreen/ Many new libraries are "green buildings," designed for maximum energy-efficiency and minimum negative impact on the environment. For those considering building green, this Webby winning site explains sustainable building strategies, costs, and more. amit@urservice Cell: 9855701060 e-mail: amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/ Library Crunch: Bringing You a Library 2.0 Perspective http://www.librarycrunch.com/ http://www.librarycrunch.com/ Michael Casey, one of the leading edge exponents of Library 2.0, offers plenty of good ideas on his blog. · Building Green [Natural Resources Defense Council] http://www.nrdc.org/buildinggreen/ http://www.nrdc.org/buildinggreen/ Many new libraries are "green buildings," designed for maximum energy-efficiency and minimum negative impact on the environment. For those considering building green, this Webby winning site explains sustainable building strategies, costs, and more. mailto:amit@urservice amit@urservice Cell: 9855701060 e-mail: mailto:amit_thapar@yahoo.com amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/ http://www.niper.gov.in/

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LISA-KU Forum
by Vijayakumara 06 Jul '06

06 Jul '06

Dear All, Library and Information Science Alumni of Kuvempu University, Karnataka has started their LISA-KU forum, if you are the present or passed out student of this LIS dept. of Kuvempu University, Karnataka then you can join this group by clicking the following url http://groups.google.co.in/group/lisa-ku or sending a mail to the following id coolvg(a)gmail.com The benefit of this will be ......... Thanking you Dr. Vijayakumar M \ \ | / / \ \ ~ ~ / / | @ @ | ---------------oooo------ (_)-------------oooo------------------ Dr. Vijayakumar M, Chief Librarian, East Point College of Engineering and Technology Bidarahalli, Kithaganoor Road, Virgonagar - Post, Bangalore - 5600 049, India Tel:080-8473888, 8473777 Fax:080-8472999, coolvg(a)gmail.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs.Try it free. Dear All, Library and Information Science Alumni of Kuvempu University, Karnataka has started their LISA-KU forum, if you are the present or passed out student of this LIS dept. of Kuvempu University, Karnataka then you can join this group by clicking the following url http://groups.google.co.in/group/lisa-ku http://groups.google.co.in/group/lisa-ku or sending a mail to the following id mailto:coolvg@gmail.com coolvg(a)gmail.com The benefit of this will be ......... Thanking you Dr. Vijayakumar M \ \ | / / \ \ ~ ~ / / | @ @ | ---------------oooo------ (_)-------------oooo------------------ Dr. Vijayakumar M, Chief Librarian, East Point College of Engineering and Technology Bidarahalli, Kithaganoor Road, Virgonagar - Post, Bangalore - 5600 049, India Tel:080-8473888, 8473777 Fax:080-8472999, mailto:coolvg@gmail.com coolvg(a)gmail.com Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=36035/*http://music.yahoo.c… Try it free.

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An article worth reading for the professionals
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 06 Jul '06

06 Jul '06

Dear professionals, Some days before, several postings were there by some of the younger professionals of Library and Information Science arguing for the change of their degree title from MLISc to MSc. That day itself I had reacted to the proposal. Now I would like to draw your attention to an article on the same tune. The bibliographic detail of the article is provided below. Due to copyright restrictions I am not able to provide a link to the article. Do get it and read it. Sierpe, E. (2003). Transformation of librarianship in support of learning communities. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 43(2), 120-123. Gopakumar.V Research Scholar Department of Library & Information Science Mangalore University Mangalagangotri gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com Mobile No: 09447056713 Dear professionals, Some days before, several postings were there by some of the younger professionals of Library and Information Science arguing for the change of their degree title from MLISc to MSc. That day itself I had reacted to the proposal. Now I would like to draw your attention to an article on the same tune. The bibliographic detail of the article is provided below. Due to copyright restrictions I am not able to provide a link to the article. Do get it and read it. Sierpe, E. (2003). Transformation of librarianship in support of learning communities. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 43(2), 120-123. Gopakumar.V Research Scholar Department of Library & Information Science Mangalore University Mangalagangotri gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com Mobile No: 09447056713 http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Open Scholarship 2006: New Challenges for Open Access Repositories
by Shamprasad Pujar 05 Jul '06

05 Jul '06

FYI -- Original Message -- From: "David Prosser" <david.prosser(a)bodley.ox.ac.uk> To: <liblicense-l(a)lists.yale.edu> Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 19:00:09 EDT Subject: Open Scholarship 2006: New Challenges for Open Access Repositories *Apologies for cross-posting* The University of Glasgow, SPARC Europe and LIBER are proud to announce: OPEN SCHOLARSHIP 2006: NEW CHALLENGES FOR OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORIES This inaugural conference will be held at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK on 18-20 October 2006. Open Scholarship 2006: New Challenges for Open Access Repositories is a companion European Conference to the OAI meetings at CERN in Geneva, and to the Nordic Scholarly Communication Conferences, and is aimed at Librarians, University Administrators, funders, academics and technical specialists. Open access and the development of OA repositories are transforming scholarship and bringing new opportunities and challenges for researchers, librarians and publishers. Open Scholarship 2006 is a pan-European conference which will focus on these new challenges and opportunities. In addition to tutorial sessions on advocacy and policy issues as well as functionality and software issues, OS 2006 will address key themes presented by many leading European practitioners in the field of Open Access. Key themes will include: * Repository Developments * Added Value Services * Quality Assessment * Policies and Implementation * Sustainability The conference will also provide an opportunity for posters to be submitted and displayed in a dedicated slot in the programme. Posters should address one of the themes of the conference and be no larger than 1m x 1m. Further details about the poster session, including the list of themes is available at <http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/openscholarship/posters.shtml> To register and for further information about the conference, including the preliminary programme go to: <http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/openscholarship> The organising committee gratefully acknowledges our sponsors: JISC, LIBER, SHERPA, SHERPA-Leap, Ex Libris, SURF, EPrints.org, SPARC Europe and Proquest. For further information please contact us at openscholarship(a)lib.gla.ac.uk We look forward to seeing you in Glasgow in October, The Organising Committee, Open Scholarship 2006 Shamprasad M. Pujar Assistant Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: 91-22-2841 6514 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in  FYI -- Original Message -- From: "David Prosser" <david.prosser(a)bodley.ox.ac.uk> To: <liblicense-l(a)lists.yale.edu> Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 19:00:09 EDT Subject: Open Scholarship 2006: New Challenges for Open Access Repositories *Apologies for cross-posting* The University of Glasgow, SPARC Europe and LIBER are proud to announce: OPEN SCHOLARSHIP 2006: NEW CHALLENGES FOR OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORIES This inaugural conference will be held at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK on 18-20 October 2006. Open Scholarship 2006: New Challenges for Open Access Repositories is a companion European Conference to the OAI meetings at CERN in Geneva, and to the Nordic Scholarly Communication Conferences, and is aimed at Librarians, University Administrators, funders, academics and technical specialists. Open access and the development of OA repositories are transforming scholarship and bringing new opportunities and challenges for researchers, librarians and publishers. Open Scholarship 2006 is a pan-European conference which will focus on these new challenges and opportunities. In addition to tutorial sessions on advocacy and policy issues as well as functionality and software issues, OS 2006 will address key themes presented by many leading European practitioners in the field of Open Access. Key themes will include: * Repository Developments * Added Value Services * Quality Assessment * Policies and Implementation * Sustainability The conference will also provide an opportunity for posters to be submitted and displayed in a dedicated slot in the programme. Posters should address one of the themes of the conference and be no larger than 1m x 1m. Further details about the poster session, including the list of themes is available at <http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/openscholarship/posters.shtml> To register and for further information about the conference, including the preliminary programme go to: <http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/openscholarship> The organising committee gratefully acknowledges our sponsors: JISC, LIBER, SHERPA, SHERPA-Leap, Ex Libris, SURF, EPrints.org, SPARC Europe and Proquest. For further information please contact us at openscholarship(a)lib.gla.ac.uk We look forward to seeing you in Glasgow in October, The Organising Committee, Open Scholarship 2006 Shamprasad M. Pujar Assistant Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: 91-22-2841 6514 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in

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Fw: Lorcan Dempsey webcast: Monday 3 July 2006
by Subbiah Arunachalam 05 Jul '06

05 Jul '06

----- Original Message ----- From: "John MacColl" <john.maccoll(a)ED.AC.UK> To: <JISC-REPOSITORIES(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 4:32 PM Subject: Re: Lorcan Dempsey webcast: Monday 3 July 2006 > The archived version of the webcast of Lorcan Dempsey's presentation at > Edinburgh University Library on Monday 3 July is now available from our > website. You will find the link on this page: > http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/news/. > > John > -- > John MacColl > Head, Digital Library Division 0131 651 3814 07742 424428 > Edinburgh University Library www.lib.ed.ac.uk > >> >> Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President (Research) at OCLC, will be >> making a presentation at Edinburgh University Library on >> Monday 3 July 2006. >> >> -- >> The digital library landscape and trends in the world of Web 2.0. >> >> Presentation by Lorcan Dempsey. >> >> Edinburgh University Library. Monday 3 July 2006. 14.00 BST. >>

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Wanted Proj Asst/Graduate trainees....
by poornima＠css.nal.res.in 05 Jul '06

05 Jul '06

Applications are invited from suitable candidates with B.E (EC/CS/IT) , MCA and M.L.I.S (with IT knowledge) candidates for the post of Project Assistant /Graduate Trainees to work at the Information Center at NAL. While the tenure of this scheme is strictly for ONE year for Graduate Trainees; for Project Asst, initially for one year with possible extension for the subsequent term. The stipend for PA would be around 8,000/- and 6,000/- for GT. Eligible candidates may send their applications with their bio data to the undersigned at the earliest. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Poornima Narayana Contact: 080-25086083 (O) Dy Head, ICAST 080-26682781 (R) N.A.L E mail: poornima(a)css.nal.res.in Airport Road prn_1_in(a)yahoo.com Bangalore 560 017 Fax: 080-25268072 "Scanned By NAL SIG Appliance"

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