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Librarians' Day Function
by K.S. Raghavan 31 Jul '18

31 Jul '18

Dear Friends: The Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science and the PES University Central Library in association with Karnataka State Library Association (KALA), and the Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies are organizing ‘Librarians’ Day’ (126th Birth Anniversary of Dr. S R Ranganathan) on Thursday, August 09, 2018 at the PES University. The function will be held from 4.30 to 6.00 PM at the MCA Seminar Hall, Prof. MRD Block, PES University, 100 feet Ring Road, BSK 3rd Stage Bengaluru- 560085. Prof. P Balaram, Former Director, Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru will be the chief guest and will inaugurate a new series of books being published by the Endowment – S. R. Ranganathan Classics – and release the first volume in the series. Prof. Doreswamy Naidu, Chancellor of PES University, Prof. K.N. Balasubramanya Murthy, Vice Chancellor of PES University, Prof. D. Jawahar, CEO of PES Group of institutions and other dignitaries will participate in the function. All are cordially invited to attend the function and for Tea thereafter. We look forward to your presence. Warm regards Sincerely K. S. Raghavan Member-Secretary, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Secretary, Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies K. S. Raghavan Dean (Academic) (Retd.) University of Madras) Professor (Retd.) DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute Visiting Scientist (Retd.), Centre for Knowledge Analytics & Ontological Engineering, PES University, Bangalore Member-Secretary, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Secretary, Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies Editor, SRELS Journal of Information Management -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Depreciation value of library books and journals
by vinod mishra 31 Jul '18

31 Jul '18

Dear All, Can anybody confirm about the depreciation value of books and journals in the library for calculating the asset value. Please refer point no. 9 in the below link. https://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/charts%20%20tables/depreciation%20rates.h… With Regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL), NIT Rourkela, Sundergadh-769008, Odisha, India. Mob:91+9439420860 Website: http://mishravk.com/ ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-7874 *"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul" -- Mahatma Gandhi*

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Job opportunity - Request - Post in LIS Forum
by Chandrakumar, V. 30 Jul '18

30 Jul '18

Dear all, Kindly contact, if interested, Mr. Ankur Agarwal4 <AA00435333(a)techmahindra.com> ------------------------------ *Job Description* *Job Title* : Library Data Coordinator *Reports to* : Marketing Services Manager- IOC *Location* : Hyderabad, India *SUMMARY OF POST* The Library Data Coordinator provides valuable cataloging and administrative support to the Library Data Analyst. As well as providing a support structure for the Library Data Analyst, the job holder will be required to work under their own initiative when the Library Data Analyst is travelling or on annual leave, to support Sales colleagues with requests for library data. *KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES* Key responsibilities may include: *MARC Records* Create catalogue records for electronic resources, largely those hosted on Cambridge Core, in accordance with current standards such as RDA and MaRC21. Assign DDC (23) and LC classifications as appropriate including cutters. Assist in the creation of enhanced MARC records for the Cambridge Library Collection, adding correct information about original place of publication and original publisher name across over 5,000 records. Attend training courses where possible. *KBART* Understand the KBART format, its use and structure for both journals and book content on Cambridge Core. Assist with creation and maintenance of KBART lists globally. *Metadata* Assist with delivery of XML Metadata for ebooks and journals where necessary. *3rd Parties* Assist with communication with contacts at 3rd Party library discovery system suppliers such as EBSCO EDS, ProQuest, Serials Solutions and ExLibris SFX, Alma and Primo *Other* Managing relationships with key internal stakeholders, including sales colleagues and technical staff, to support a professional publishing service. Develop specific knowledge of metadata required by libraries to achieve usage increases and sales goals. Keeping abreast of the latest library data initiatives, standards, technologies and best practice to improve the service we offer to academic libraries globally. *Additional Duties* To carry out any other duties which may be reasonably expected of you by your immediate manager or a senior director. *Press Policies and Procedures* To abide by all Press policies and procedures, as detailed in your contract of employment and the Staff Handbook, e.g. Code of ethics, anti-bribery and corruption, Health and Safety, e-mail and Internet use and standards of behaviour. *PERSON SPECIFICATION* Relevant University degree, preferably in Publishing, or English *KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE / PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES* *Essential:* Educated to degree level or above in a technical or scientific subject Experience and proficiency with data, databases and spreadsheets Experience of working in an office environment Excellent knowledge of Excel Flexible approach to work Good time management skills Excellent communication skills Analytic skills Commercial awareness *Desirable:* Educated to degree level or above in Library Science / Library Information Science Direct experience of working in an academic or public library, or in part of the library supply chain Knowledge of UNIMARC and NLM classification systems Knowledge of MARC21, RDA and DDC (23) and LC classification systems *Glossary of Library Cataloguing terms* 1. *LC or LoC *(Library of Congress) The Library of Congress is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office. The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) provides an alphabetical listing of authorized or preferred terms established by the Library of Congress since 1898. 2. *NLM *(National Library of Medicine) NLM is the central coordinating body for clinical terminology standards within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of the United States. The genesis of the NLM Classification is a Survey Report on the Army Medical Library, published in 1944, which recommended that the “(medical) Library be reclassified according to a modern scheme," and that the new scheme be a mixed notation (letters and numbers) resembling that of the Library of Congress. The National Library of Medicine Classification covers the field of medicine and related sciences, utilizing schedules QS-QZ and W-WZ, permanently excluded from the Library of Congress (LC) Classification schedules. 3. *RDA *(Resource Description and Access) RDA was launched in 2010 and is a new standard for resource description and access, designed for the digital world. RDA has been developed to replace the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd Edition Revised, which were first published in 1978. Changes were made to the MARC 21 format to accommodate RDA elements. The British Library implemented RDA 1st April 2013 and coordinated implementation of RDA with national and international partners. 4. *MARC *(MAchine-Readable Cataloging) MARC standards are a set of digital formats for the description of items catalogued by libraries, such as books. Working with the Library of Congress, American computer scientist Henriette Avram developed MARC in the 1960s to create records that could be read by computers and shared among libraries. By 1971, MARC formats had become the US national standard for dissemination of bibliographic data. Two years later, they became the international standard. There are several versions of MARC in use around the world, the most predominant being MARC 21, created in 1999 as a result of the harmonization of U.S. and Canadian MARC formats, and UNIMARC, widely used in Europe. 5. *UNIMARC* The UNIMARC format was first published in 1977. The primary purpose of UNIMARC is to facilitate the international exchange of bibliographic data in machine-readable form between national bibliographic agencies. The scope of UNIMARC is to specify the content designators (tags, indicators and subfield codes) to be assigned to bibliographic records in machine-readable form and to specify the logical and physical format of the records. It covers monographs, serials, cartographic materials, music, sound recordings, graphics, projected and video materials, rare books and electronic resources. 6. *MARC 21* MARC 21 was designed to redefine the original MARC record format for the 21st century and to make it more accessible to the international community. MARC 21 has formats for the following five types of data: Bibliographic Format, Authority Format, Holdings Format, Community Format, and Classification Data Format.[2] Currently MARC 21 has been implemented successfully by The British Library, the European Institutions and the major library institutions in the United States, and Canada. 7. *MARCEdit* An open source system for manipulating and checking MARC records, created by US librarian Terry Reese in 1999 and maintained by him. 8. *KBART *(Knowledge Base and Related Tools) The KBART initiative, commissioned by NISO and UKSG, created at set of guidelines in order to help share metadata about electronic materials between publishers, link resolvers, and libraries. The result of these guidelines was KBART files, which include full title, issn, and other information about specific publications. KBART files are the industry standard file format for knowledgebase, and providing title list files in this format Link resolvers and librarians can download and use these files in order to update their records and holdings and ensure that end users have accurate information about accessible materials. 9. *DDC (23) *(Dewey Decimal Classification) The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), or Dewey Decimal System, is a proprietary library classification system first published in the United States by Melvil Dewey in 1876. It has been revised and expanded through 23 major editions, the latest issued in 2011, and has grown from a four-page pamphlet in 1876. It is also available in an abridged version suitable for smaller libraries. It is currently maintained by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), a non-profit cooperative that serves libraries. -- Dr. V. Chandrakumar Associate Professor Dept. of Library & Information Science University of Madras Chennai 600 005 Ph.No. 044-25399674 (Off - Direct) 044 - 22579313 (Resi) Mobile No. : 0-9444114271 -- 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] Test mail from the moderator
by Francis Jayakanth 29 Jul '18

29 Jul '18

Dear Member, An update on the above mail. The major issue of delayed delivery of approved lis-forum mails seem to have been resolved after upgrading the LIS-Forum discussion list software. However, a few new issues have cropped up after the upgrade! One of them is, LIS-Forum has automatically unsubscribed several hundreds of registrations! Not able to figure out what could have triggering such a behaviour? A plausible cause could be the LIS-Forum's automatic bounce processing policy. Every time a lis-forum mail bounces, bounce score for that particular email id is incremented either by 0.5 or 1 depending on the reason for the bounce. When the bounce score is greater than the bounce score threshold set by the moderator, the subscription is automatically disabled. My guess is that in the older version of software, the automatic subscription disabling feature may not have been working as it should have, resulting in the accumulation of a large number of email IDs, which may have become defunct for various reasons. After the upgrade, the automatic disabling feature of the software may have purged all the defunct email ids resulting in large scale disabling of subscriptions. Every lis-forum registration, which is being automatically disabled/unsubscribed, an auto mail is being sent to that effect, The content of the auto mail is given below for your reference: > You have now been signed-off from the LIS-Forum discussion list. Thank > you for having been a member of this list. You are welcome to re-join > the list anytime by sending an e-mail to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in or by visiting the URL: > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > - LIS-Forum Administrator To reactivate one's lis-forum subscription, either follow the link contained in the auto mail, or visit the link, http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum. Obviously, those members whose lis-forum registrations have been unsubscribed, will not be receiving this mail. So, if you get to know about your friends / colleagues who are not receiving lis-forum mails, please forward this mail to them. Thanks and regards, Francis Moderator, LIS-Forum ------------------------------------------------------ > Francis Jayakanth francis at iisc.ac.in > Fri Jul 27 15:00:50 IST 2018 http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/2018-July/021935.html > Dear Members, As many of you would have observed, of late, LIS-Forum discussion list was behaving bit erratically. One of the main >issues was that, the approved messages were taking more than 3-4 days to reach the members' inboxes! > I have now installed a latest version of the discussion list software (Mailman) on a different computer system with better hardware >configuration. Hopefully, the list should resume its normal functioning. > Its quite likely that a few of the approved postings from the old system, which is now off the network, may not have been distributed. If >you have made a lis-forum posting during the last week, or so, you are welcome a make a fresh posting once again. > Note: LIS-Forum postings should be made only to, lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Best regards, Francis > Moderator, LIS-Forum > Francis Jayakanth > JRD Tata Memorial Library > IISc -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reg Depreciation value of Libray Books and Journals
by Dattatray Phadke 28 Jul '18

28 Jul '18

Dear LIS Professionald, Such questions have always been raised by bureaucrats or auditors However,if we look at central Finance rules No 99 and 116 ( OM no F23(7).11(A)/83Dt 7.02.1984/18 )books are not treated as Stores Items and If the people asking these questions refer these rule or they are told to refer it then questions of calculating successive asset value of books and journals and the depreciation value of them will not arise . We stock in library knowledge carriers and not the deadstock items. If we are able to calculate current or successive value of information contained in books and journals then certainly we can calculate the same Logically if the information in books and journals is still valuable then perhaps the value would appreciate There could be two possibilities that either it is obsolete or most valuable items . So in conclusion in aggregate it is not possible to calculate total current value of books and journals So the bureaucrats who raise question may elaborate on these facts . Thanks D N Phadke Dy Librarian IITB (Retd) On Sat, 28 Jul 2018 at 9:56 PM, <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. National Workshop on "Libraries on Cloud" > (Vaishali Prajapati Project Assistant) > 2. Depreciation value of library books and journals (vinod mishra) > 3. Mr.N.Subramanyam Ph.D Degree Awarded (Prakash Mahadevaiah) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 17:45:22 +0530 > From: Vaishali Prajapati Project Assistant > <vprajapati(a)inflibnet.ac.in> > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Subject: [LIS-Forum] National Workshop on "Libraries on Cloud" > Message-ID: > <CALVpXPKy4WJ53U1KqE_OtF4M+Q-51_uKOML4HcY=rENfp= > wUjg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear Sir/Ma'am, > Three days National Workshop on "Libraries on Cloud" is scheduled to be > held on September 26-28, 2018 at INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar. > > Library professionals, information scientists, system administrators, > database managers, students and others working in > universities/colleges/institutes who are interested in libraries on cloud > environment. > > *Resource Persons :* > Prominent experts from INFLIBNET Centre, working in the Software R&D area. > > *Venue :* > The Workshop will be conducted at Information and Library Network Centre, > An IUC of University Grants Commission, Infocity, Gandhinagar-382007, > Gujarat, India. > > *Registration Online:* > https://www.inflibnet.ac.in/hrd/login.php > > *Brochure:* > http://inflibnet.ac.in/hrd/docs/library_cloud18.pdf > > For participation and more information please do contact with > raja(a)inflibnet.ac.in >

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Mr.N.Subramanyam Ph.D Degree Awarded
by Prakash Mahadevaiah 28 Jul '18

28 Jul '18

Dear All Mr.N.Subramanyam Ph.D Degree Awarded I am happy to inform you that Sri N. Subramanyam, Senior Librarian, M.S.Ramaiah Medical Collge, Benggalore, has been awarded Ph.D. by the BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY, COIMBATORE, TAMILNADU for his research topic “BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES IN THE FIELD OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES: AN USER EVALUATIVE STUDY” under the guidance of Dr. M.Krishnamurthy Associate Professor, DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore. I wish him success in his future endeavors With Regards Prakasha Senior Librarian University Library and Learning Resource Centre SDUAHER KOLAR.561101 M.No. +91 9980164215 ORCID ID:0000-0003-3687-4685

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National Workshop on "Libraries on Cloud"
by Vaishali Prajapati Project Assistant 27 Jul '18

27 Jul '18

Dear Sir/Ma'am, Three days National Workshop on "Libraries on Cloud" is scheduled to be held on September 26-28, 2018 at INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar. Library professionals, information scientists, system administrators, database managers, students and others working in universities/colleges/institutes who are interested in libraries on cloud environment. *Resource Persons :* Prominent experts from INFLIBNET Centre, working in the Software R&D area. *Venue :* The Workshop will be conducted at Information and Library Network Centre, An IUC of University Grants Commission, Infocity, Gandhinagar-382007, Gujarat, India. *Registration Online:* https://www.inflibnet.ac.in/hrd/login.php *Brochure:* http://inflibnet.ac.in/hrd/docs/library_cloud18.pdf For participation and more information please do contact with raja(a)inflibnet.ac.in

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Librarian Leadership Summit
by LATA SURESH 27 Jul '18

27 Jul '18

Dear Professionals Greetings on Guru Poornima !! We are delighted to bring you the First “Librarian Leadership Summit 2018" at IICA campus, Manesar on 15th September, 2018, supported by SCC online, IFLA-RSCAO and Ranganathan Society for Social Welfare Library Development. The Summit aims to address some of the challenges faced by Librarians & Information Professionals on the following focus areas: * Management * Leadership * Communication * Technology Highlights 300 Library Professionals Celebrity Speakers from All Fields Sharing Leadership Experiences Panel Discussions & Open Floor Q&A Sessions Enriching Case-Study Presentations Opportunity to meet with Vendors & Service Providers Network with & form Strategic Alliances with other Information Professionals Real-Time Demonstrations by Exhibitors Industry Trends & Technological Advancements Analysis Sponsored by Leading Indian & International Library Associations. Please logon to www.librariansummit.com for further details and Registrations. Looking forward to Welcome you all at IICA, Manesar. *Best wishes and regards* *LATA SURESH* M.A, MLISc, MPhil, ADIET, (PhD) Commonwealth Professional Fellow-U.K. Head- Knowledge Resource Centre, [image: Image result for iica logo] *(Ministry of Corporate Affairs , Govt. of India)* *Manesar Office: **www.iica.in <http://www.iica.in/>* Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) (Ministry of Corporate Affairs-GOI) Plot No. P 6, 7 & 8, Sector 5, IMT Manesar, District Gurugram (Haryana), INDIA - 122 050. Phone: +91 124 2640000 | Mobile: +91 9911126706| Email: hoc-krc(a)gov.in, suresh.lata(a)gmail.com लता सुरेश प्रमुख , ज्ञान संसाधन केंद्र भारतीय कॉरपोरेट कार्य संस्थान ( कॉर्पोरेट कार्य मंत्रालय , भारत सरकार ) आई एम टी मानेसर, गुरुग्राम, हरियाणा दूरभाष : 0124-2640000 ईमेल : suresh.lata(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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Test mail from the moderator
by Francis Jayakanth 27 Jul '18

27 Jul '18

Dear Members, As many of you would have observed, of late, LIS-Forum discussion list was behaving bit erratically. One of the main issues was that, the approved messages were taking more than 3-4 days to reach the members' inboxes! I have now installed a latest version of the discussion list software (Mailman) on a different computer system with better hardware configuration. Hopefully, the list should resume its normal functioning. Its quite likely that a few of the approved postings from the old system, which is now off the network, may not have been distributed. If you have made a lis-forum posting during the last week, or so, you are welcome a make a fresh posting once again. Note: LIS-Forum postings should be made only to, lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Best regards, Francis Moderator, LIS-Forum Francis Jayakanth JRD Tata Memorial Library IISc

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Odisha Library Academy Annual Day celebration and Seminar on 12th August 2018 at IHM Bhubaneswar
by Niranjan Mahapatra 27 Jul '18

27 Jul '18

Odisha Library Academy Annual Day celebration and Seminar on " Drafting a Blue Print on Future Library Development of Odisha" on 12th August 2018 at IHM Bhubaneswar <https://drlibsc.blogspot.com/2018/07/odisha-library-academy-annual-day.html> Dear Sir/ Madam, It is my privilege to invite you to participate in the Odisha Library Academy Annual Day celebration and Seminar on " Drafting a Blue Print on Future Library Development of Odisha" on 12th August 2018 on the eve of National Librarian's day. Please click the link for *information brochure <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uX3_QS3diBaerKKOZYs-JWVmTLiD5ONR/view?usp=…>* https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uX3_QS3diBaerKKOZYs-JWVmTLiD5ONR/view?usp=… And link for online registration. The registration for participation is free. Please click the link for *online registration <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8Nj5RUNKXPqZIp-muufzmNnJKpxui1Nv…>* https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8Nj5RUNKXPqZIp- muufzmNnJKpxui1NvChwHWRlM53BcNXg/viewform -- Thanking you, *With best Regards,* *Niranjan MahapatraMob.-+919015812344* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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