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Re: [LIS-Forum] NIT Needs more Genius Professionals than IIT ?
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: mouni(a)nitt.edu Date: Mon, January 23, 2017 11:11 am To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is true that no uniform policy is being followed as regards to library personnel recruitment in our country. The Librarians in the IITs and NITs have lost the academic status. I don't know how many of you are aware of this. The IITs and NITs are the premier higher technical educational institutions under MHRD, Government of India. These institutions do not follow UGC/AICTE rules but respective council rules(RRs) communicated by MHRD is followed. The library personnel (Librarian, Dy. Librarian and Assistant Librarian) in these institutions are declared as NON-TEACHING by respective ACT and Recruitment Rules. Recruitment Rules (RRs), approved by the Council, communicated by the MHRD is adopted in the BOG and implemented. As per the RRs the Librarian, Dy. Librarian and Asst. Librarian are non-teaching and given lower Grade pay and no increment for acquiring PhD, no CAS promotion and no PDA. The scale of pay for the Post of the Assistant Librarian is PB3 GP Rs.5400 instead of AGP of Rs.6000 and for Dy. Librarian PB3 with GP Rs.7600 instead of AGP Rs.8000. Assistant Librarian has to wait for 10 years to be an eligible candidate for DL. These institutions have started appointing the librarian staff as per the RRs and other guides. I request that the Library Associations must take up the issues and come forward to represent to the MHRD for considering the Library personnel of NITs and IITs at par with UGC norms. All are requested to join hands to this issues and support our professional friends. With regards, P. Mounissamy Assistant Librarian NIT, Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu

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First Reminder: National Level Workshop on Koha ILMS from 13 to 14 February 2017 at GIPE, Pune
by GIPE Pune 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

Dear All Greetings from the GIPE Library! You will be pleased to know that the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE) Library is organizing a National Level Workshop on Koha Integrated Library Management System from 13 to 14 February 2017. Details of the workshop and the registration form can be downloaded from the following links. http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/42113 or http://www.gipe.ac.in/admin//uploads/1483695484_Koha-2017.pdf Please note that number of registrations is restricted to 30 participants only on first come first served basis and the last date for registration is 31 January 2017. For any clarifications do get back to us at gipelibrary(a)gmail.com Thanks and Regards Nanaji Shewale (Ph D) Librarian and Administrator - DSpace@GIPE Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics B M C C Road, Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411004 (India) T: 91 20 25679940 (Direct) T: 91 20 25654288, 25650287 Ext 401 http://www.gipe.ac.in http://dspace.gipe.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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BOSLA-KJSCE Seminar on Internet of Things and Research Communication - 18th February, 2017
by Deepali V 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

*Dear All,* *BOSLA-KJSCE Seminar on Internet of Things and Research Communication - 18th February, 2017* *Watch the Video Teaser….* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TPApUfhI-8 *Come Join us to learn...* -- Thanks & Regards Deepali V Librarian K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering Vidyanagar, Vidyavihar, Mumbai 400077 Tel : 91 - 22 - 66449020 Mobile : 9819687486 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Presentation on “E-Waste Management” on 28th Jan 2017 at 4.00 p.m.
by Mohan Hr 22 Jan '17

22 Jan '17

Dear all, Pl. find an invite for a presentation on “E-Waste Management” on 28th Jan 2017 at 4.00 p.m. The pdf invite is available at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2017/mm-170128-ewaste.pdf To facilitate logistics, please pre-register at https://goo.gl/forms/IzgBXPj0LlrReMLz1 INVITE ===================================. IEEE Madras Section IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Communications Society, Madras Chapter Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter Cordially invite you for a presentation on “E-Waste Management” by Dr. K. Prabhakarn Dean, Faculty of Management, SRM University, Chennai And Mr. T. Udhayakumar Solution Architect, Hewlett Packard Enterprises, Chennai on Saturday, 28th Jan 2017 at 4.00 p.m. at Seminar Hall, Alumni Center, Anna University, Chennai - 600 025 (Situated opposite to Ladies Hostel, Anna Univertuty Campus) Programme ========= 4.00 p.m. : Tea & Fellowship 4.30 p.m. : Presentation 6.00 p.m. : High Tea About the presentation: =================== The presentation will provide an introduction to E-Waste, its problems and then focus on how an electronic waste is managed in India. The major defect lies in improper recycling methods which are being adopted in the country. The absence of safety measures such as wearing masks and gloves has proved to be unhygienic in the recycling environment. The demand for electronic waste treatment is increasing day by day because of the extensive use of electronic devices. Additionally, the developed countries like the USA exports E-Waste to India which has become the major challenge for waste management department. In India, the process of E-Waste management takes a very long period of time because of the lack of formal procedures and latest technology. About the Speakers: ================ Dr. Krishnamurthy Prabhakar is currently the Dean and Professor of Management at SRM University. Graduated from Madras University in Science with first class and specialized in operations management in MBA with distinction. His doctoral thesis work at Aligarh Muslim University was on social forecasting. He was further trained at IIM, Calcutta. He has authored books on management discipline in the areas of Software Marketing, Strategic Issues in Software Marketing published by Pondicherry University and Hospital Management by Annamalai University for distance education. He is a Shell Scholar for Corporate Governance and participated in an International Conference on Corporate Governance (2003) on invitation from Asian Institute of Management, Philippines. He is also a recipient of prestigious scholarship to attend an advanced research fellowship at University of Padova, Italy. He was selected as speaker (2012) at Globethics.net on Ethics at Geneva. Oxford University, Human Development and Capability Association provided a scholarship (2012) to study Multidimensional Poverty Index in Jakarta. Institute for Studies on Economics and Employment awarded scholarship (2014) to attend summer school conducted by three Nobel Laureates and had the privilege of being a student of Professor James Mirrlees, Robert Engel and Michael Spence. He is a Research Supervisor for SRM University, Bharathiyar University and Deakin University, Australia in the areas of Strategic Management, Operations Management and Corporate Social Responsibility. He was a member of the board of studies (2014-2015) of the Centre for Social Initiative and Management, a pioneering institution in promoting social entrepreneurship in India. Mr. Udhayakumar Thiyagarajan, an alumnus of Anna University with BE in ECE and Manipal University with MS in CSE is now pursuing his research at SRM University. He has two decades of work experience which includes: Solution Architect at Hewlett Packard Enterprises from Aug 2011: Senior SAL Consultant at HCL- AXON for a year; Associate IT Consultant (SAP) at ITC InfoTech for three years and Sales Coordinator for a decade from 1997 at Tata Chemicals. He is a Certified Environmental Health Management System Lead Auditor and also holds ITIL V3 Certification and also SAP SD ECC EHP6 certification. Mr. Udhay has been trained in SAP Global Trade Service, PMP by reputed organizations. His technical expertise includes: SAP Sales and Distribution (SD); SAP Trade Fund Management (TFM); SAP Transport Management System (TMS) and SAP CRM. His research interest is in the areas of E-waste Management and General Waste management and Environmental Science including Environmental Impact Assessments an dhas nine published papers to his credit. Under social responsibility, he has been involved in Plantations and Cleaning of the Area; Educating environmental Impacts to student community and society and serves as Vice President of a large residential welfare association. To facilitate logistics, please pre-register at https://goo.gl/forms/IzgBXPj0LlrReMLz1 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Papers Invited for Informatics Studies Volume 4 Issue 2 (2017)
by editor＠informaticsstudies.in 21 Jan '17

21 Jan '17

We are happy to invite papers for publication in Informatics Studies Volume 4 Issue 2 to be published in April 2017. Papers can be submitted for the issue upto 28th February 2017. Papers can be uploaded at: informaticsstudies.in or can be send to: editor(a)informaticsstudies.in as MS Word file attache as per standards prescribed in the journal website. Informatics Studies the journal promoted by Centre for Informatics Research and Development and is a media for discussing the emerging trends in theory and application of Information Science. The journal focuses on - Information Infrastructures, Knowledge Management, Institutional Repositories, Digital Library/Archive, Cloud Computing Solutions for Libraries, Unicode, Multi-linguality and Interoperability Issues, Thesauri and Ontologies, Semantics, Metadata and Retrieval, Resources Discovery Solutions, Online Resources Usability Issues, Open Access Initiatives, OAI -PMH, MARC 21, Consortia, IPR, Information Literacy, Training and education of Professionals, Performance Measurement and Metrics, Setting Service Quality Standards and related areas. Latest Issue of Informatics Studies, Volume 4 (Issue 1) 2017 can be accessed at: http://52.205.22.215/index.php/informatics. We also invite you to review the articles and items of interest. in the latest issue Informatics Studies Vol 4, No 1 (2017): Informatics Studies at: http://52.205.22.215/index.php/informatics/issue/view/17 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NIT Needs more Genius Professionals than IIT ?
by vinod mishra 21 Jan '17

21 Jan '17

Dear All, Why such type of major differences of essential qualification, experience etc. for the same position in the Institutes of National Importance. I feel it is hard for NIT to get the post filled by Staff already working in Govt sector because of high experience asked for the post of DL. The policy makers and top leaders of LIS needs to think on the same to bring uniformity at least in the institutes of similar nature. I feel that policy matters related to library profession has been hijacked by other professional ? An article i had written on the same which is available at: http://crl.du.ac.in/ical09/papers/index_files/ical-59_128_285_2_RV.pdf Advertisement for DL at NIT and IIT http://lisportal.com/en/jobs/1059-deputy-librarian-and-assistant-librarian-… http://lisportal.com/en/jobs/1047-deputy-librarian-at-indian-institute-of-t… 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/ *"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul" -- Mahatma Gandhi* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Beall's list of publishers and journals taken off from Internet
by Murari Tapaswi 20 Jan '17

20 Jan '17

Dear Colleagues, Much discussed and respected lists of predatory publishers and journals placed by the University of Colorado Librarian (Jeffrey Beall) have been taken off for unknown reasons. For information, read more at https://debunkingdenialism.com/2017/01/16/what-happened-to-jeffrey-bealls-l… Regards, - Tapaswi डॉ. मुरारी तपस्वी,४, सिंगबाळ बिल्डींग, टोंका, करंझाळे, 403002 गोवा, भारत Dr. Murari Tapaswi, 4 Singbal Bldg, Tonca, Caranzale, 403002 Goa, India फोन/ Phone: 0832-2462953; 9763341967 भेट द्या/ visit: http://muraritapaswi.blogspot.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Papers (Agricultural Libraries SIG) for IFLA World Library & Information Congress, 2017, Wroclaw
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 20 Jan '17

20 Jan '17

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: "Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> Date: Fri, January 20, 2017 10:50 am -------------------------------------------------------------------------- IFLA World Library and Information Congress83rd IFLA General Conference and Assembly19â25 August 2017, WrocÅaw, PolandCall for Papers: Open SessionAgricultural Libraries Special Interest GroupTheme:"Agricultural Libraries and Information Services in attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals with Special Reference to Women in Agriculture"(Details are also available at:Â http://2017.ifla.org/cfp-calls/agricultural-libraries-special-interest-grou… are invited to be presented at the Open Session of theÂ Agricultural Libraries Special Interest GroupÂ to be held during the IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) and 83rd IFLA General Conference and Assembly at Wroclaw, Poland from 19-25 August 2017.Of theÂ Seventeen Sustainable Development GoalsÂ set by the United Nations, the first four goals â No poverty, Zero Hunger, Good Health and Quality Education can be said as the core and foundations of other SD goals. Agriculture is the backbone of these core goals.The topics to be addressed include: - How do agricultural libraries in the country/region cater to the information needs of farmers in advancing agricultural production? - What strategies are being adopted by extension service providers to meet the information needs of farmers in the region/country? - How do university/institute libraries serve extension personnel in keeping them abreast of latest developments in agriculture? - What role is being played by international organizations in facilitating transfer of agriculture information to farmers in the region/country? - What is the role of women in agriculture in attaining the Sustainable development goals of the United Nations? Proposal must focus on one of the topics mentioned above, based on facts rather than theoretical aspects.Submission GuidelinesProposal abstractÂ (about 1000 words) must be submitted byÂ 20Â February 2017Â on any of the topics listed, with the topic to be discussed clearly identified.Submission is to include authorâs name, position, institution, and email address.Important dates20 February 2017: Deadline for submitting abstract20 March 2017: Notification of acceptance of the proposal20 May 2017: Deadline for submission of final paper, no more than 3,000 words. Papers can be submitted in any of the official IFLA languages: Arabic, Chinese, Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Russian, but an accompanying translation of all papers into English must be provided.SubmissionsAll proposals must be sent to:Dr. Ajay P. Singh,Â Convener, Agricultural Libraries SIG Former Head, Department of Library & Information Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India Email:Â apsingh_73(a)yahoo.co.inAll proposal abstracts must be received byÂ 20 February 2017.Proposals will be examined and reviewed by members of the Proposal Review Committee of Agricultural Libraries SIG.Please noteAt least one of the paperâs authors must beÂ presentÂ to deliver a summary of the paper during the program in WrocÅaw, Poland. Abstracts should only be submitted with the understanding that the expenses of attending the conference will be the responsibility of the author(s)/presenter(s) of accepted papers.All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a specialÂ invitation letterï¿½can be issued to authors.Â Dr Ajay P SinghÂ Former HeadDepartment of Library and Information Science Banaras HinduÂ University (BHU)Â Varanasi Â (INDIA)Convener, Agricultural Libraries SIG & Member, Standing Committee, Science & Technology LibrariesInternational Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)The Hague (Netherlands)Â Mobile: +919415502802http://www.bhu.ac.in

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IISER Pune - Deadline for Poster Submission Extended - National Conference LIFE 2017
by Umeshareddy Kacherki 20 Jan '17

20 Jan '17

Dear Professional Colleagues, Greetings from IISER Pune! Please note that the last date for submission of POSTERS for the National Conference on Library Innovations for Excellence (LIFE-2017) scheduled to be organized during February 16-17, 2017 at IISER Pune has been extended up to 31st January 2017. Those who have not submitted abstract before can also submit posters by 31st January 2017. Last date for Registration - 31st January 2017. For poster submission guidelines and other details, please visit conference website: www.iiserpune.ac.in/~library/life2017 We request you to actively participate in the conference and make it a successful event. Best Regards Umesh ----- Dr. Umeshareddy Kacherki Deputy Librarian and Organizing Secretary - LIFE 2017 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pashan, Pune - 411008. India. Phone: +91 20 25908004 / +91 9921626299 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Conference on Academic Library Management 8, 9 February 2017
by Rashid Mohammed 20 Jan '17

20 Jan '17

CALM 2017 National Conference on Academic Library Management 8,9 February 2017 The theme of the National Conference is “ IT applications in academic libraries” . Registration is still open. The University will be able accept a few more registrations. Those interested to participate may contact the undersigned urgently. Check the University website for further information on the Conference. www. malayalamuniversity.edu,in -- Mohammed Rashid T K Library Asst. Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University Vakkad, Tirur 9846602442 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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