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Date extended for submitting papers to the International Conference on Empowering Minds to be held on 11-13 Jan 2024 at Mangalore-reg
by Shekar H P 11 Nov '23

11 Nov '23

Dear Moderator, Please circulate this information to the benefit of forum members. Dear Forum Members. We are pleased to inform you that, A three days International Conference on Empowering Minds: Collaborative Learning for Teachers, Librarians and Researchers *being organised on* 11-13 January 2024 *at St.Agnes College (Autonomous) Mangalore, Karnataka (India) in collaboration with LIS Academy Bangalore. Interested authors can submit their original articles for the conference. The selected articles will be published in an edited book form with ISBN. Since many of the library professionals are giving final touch to their papers and requested us to extend the date for submission, the organizing committee extended the dates as follows. *Important Dates:* *Extended Last date for submission of full text papers: 20 November 2023Acceptance Notification: 25 November 2023* *Last date for Author Registration: 30.11.2023Conference Date: 11-13 January 2024.* Authors are requested to send their papers on time to avoid last minute hurdles and support us to organise the conference successfully. *For more information please explore the website:* www.agnesconference.com Thanking you Dr. Vishala B.K Conference Convener & Selection Grade Librarian St. Agnes College, Mangalore Ph: 0824-2218414, 9448824505 -- Dr. Shekar H P Librarian and Area Head, Department of Library and Information Science JAIN (Deemed-to-be University) Bangalore www.jainuniversity.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2023 WINTER SCHOOL: Information Ethics & Digital Wellness Toolkit (20th & 22nd November 2023; 6AM to 9AM ET)
by Leili Seifi 11 Nov '23

11 Nov '23

*2023 WINTER SCHOOL: Information Ethics & Digital Wellness Toolkit (20th & 22th November 2023; 6AM to 9AM ET)* Registration is open for” I*nformation Ethics & Digital Wellness Toolkit”* on *20th & 22th November 2023; 6AM to 9AM ET* Please register here <https://associationforinformationscienceandtechnologyasist.growthzoneapp.co…>. The Zoom link will be sent 48-24 hours before the session. Few scholarships are also available. more details <https://www.asist.org/2023/10/10/winter-school/>. *Workshop Description* *The workshop is 6 hours and will be conducted over 2 days (**20th & 22nd November 2023; 6 AM to 9 AM ET**) with each session of 3 hours per day* Digital wellness refers to the notion of “being well in a digital society”. This is a very important consideration especially nowadays due to the prevalence of ICTs. Since ICTs permeate all sectors of society, a more user-friendly term was developed – Digital Wellness. Digital Wellness is characterized by the ability of the user to discern between the dangers and opportunities found in cyberspace, act responsibly, and align his/her online behavior with their offline values. It is wrong to assume that being digitally well is only applicable to adults who have extensive access to mobile devices and computers. Rather, this is of even more importance to children and young adults who are growing up using these devices either at home or at school or both. Following this need, nine books were developed by the ACEIE and the Information Science Department, in 2015 and 2016, in partnership with, inter alia, Intel Education, the UNESCO Information for All Programme (IFAP), the South African Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) and Department of Basic Education (DBE), addressing issues pertaining to Digital Wellness. The Digital Wellness Toolkit offers an easy-to-use format (printed and electronic books) and illustrative means to convey key concerns. *Instructor: **Naailah Parbhoo* *Naailah Parbhoo* is a full-time lecturer at the University of Pretoria, Department of Information Science. She lectures various modules varying from first year- Introduction to Information Communication Technologies, second year- Social and ethical impacts- information ethics, third year- competitive intelligence and honors- Organization, retrieval and seeking of information. From 2014, she was the junior research officer for the African Centre of Excellence for Information Ethics that is based in the Department of Information Science. In 2017, she became the office manager where she coordinated digital wellness workshops at National Health Insurance sites with the South African Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services. As for 2020, she became the ACEIE convenor. She is also a member of the following: *Gold Key, ASIS&T, ASIS&T African Chapter, SIG-III and LIASA.* Register here <https://associationforinformationscienceandtechnologyasist.growthzoneapp.co…> Best Regards, -- Regards, Leili Seifi, PhD Associate Professor Department of Knowledge & Information Science Faculty of Behavioral Science University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran Tel(Office): +98 56 31026855 https://cv.birjand.ac.ir/seifi/en -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IRAI -- 231111 -- Interesting Reads And Information
by Mohan Hr 10 Nov '23

10 Nov '23

*IRAI -- 231111 -- Interesting Reads And Information* Read the stories of IRAI -- 231111 at https://bit.ly/irai-231111 Your Detailed Guide to the 2024 Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends The Bletchley Declaration by Countries Attending the AI Safety Summit, 1-2 November 2023 What’s the future of the internet? OpenAI has released a new tool that will let you build your own ChatGPT; see how it works Here's What 10 Global Tech Leaders Think About AI A 12 Lesson course teaching everything you need to know to start building Generative AI applications FABLE, a new system that finds broken links and redirects users to the correct page Generative AI’s Energy Problem Today Is Foundational: Before AI can take over, it will need to find a new approach to energy How mobility budgets can change the future of transportation What Is Quishing? How Can You Prevent a Quishing Attack? *Quiz* Swiggy: Instamart = Zomato: --------- (Answer in the next post IRAI -- 231121) Answer to the Quiz in IRAI -- 231101: MS Dhoni *Past IRAI Posts* Stories in IRAI -- 231111: https://bit.ly/irai-231111 Stories in IRAI -- 231101: https://bit.ly/irai-231101 Stories in IRAI -- 231021: https://bit.ly/irai-231021 Stories in IRAI -- 231011: https://bit.ly/irai-231011 Earlier Posts of IRAI and Archives: https://lnkd.in/ewR3UdD *Forthcoming Events* 18th Nov 2023 at 6 pm IST. Webinar IEEE CS Madras, ACM Chennai & CSI Chennai cordially invite you to the webinar on "India AI -- Preparing the human resources" by Dr M Sasikumar, Executive Director, CDAC Mumbai. Register at https://bit.ly/49gpGjU 27th Nov 2023 at 4 pm IST. Webinar HCC, IEEE CS Madras, ACM Chennai & CSI Chennai cordially invite you to the webinar on "The nuances of digital transformation in organisations" by Mr. N. Swaminathan, Founder, COLLOC Consulting (Strategic Digital Consultation). Register at https://bit.ly/40ov2W4 14th Dec 2023 at 6 pm IST. Webinar CSI, IEEE CS Madras & ACM Chennai cordially invite you to the webinar on "Analytics Development Life Cycle and MLOps" by Dr. K. Satya Sai Prakash, Practice Director, HCLTech, USA. Register at https://bit.ly/49j93E2 More Events in Nov 2023: https://bit.ly/nov2023events Additional Event -- Announcement to come soon 30th Nov 2023. Computer Security Day

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Invitation to the National Library Week 2023 Celebrations
by Dr. Subhash Reddy B 10 Nov '23

10 Nov '23

Dear Professionals, Karnataka State Library Association (R), in association with Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science and the Department of Public Libraries, takes immense pleasure in inviting you to join us in celebrating National Library Week from 14-20 November 2023. The Program is as follows. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Date: 15th November 2023 (Wednesday)* Speaker: Mr. Pallab Pradhan Topic: Ethical Research Practices, Basics of Bibliometrics and Benefits of ORCID ID Time: 2.00 PM Venue: Seminar Hall -1, CMS Business School, JAIN (Deemed to be University) #17, Sheshadri Road, Gandhinagar, Bengaluru – 560 009 For more details please contact: *Dr. Shekara H P – 99457 99927* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Date: 16th November 2023 (Thursday)* Speaker: Dr. V Krishnamurthy, Research Professor, Dayanand Sagar University (DSU) Topic: Professional Librarianship: Academic Library Preparedness Time: 5.00 PM Venue: IEEE, 5th Floor, World Trade Center, Next to Orion Mall, Near Sandal Soap Metro station, Malleswaram, Bengaluru – 560 55 For more details please contact: *Dr. Dhanu Pattanashetti - 97408 46076* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Date: 17th November 2023 (Friday)* Speaker: Prof N V Madhusudana Topic: Use of Library Resources for the Outreach of Science Time: 4.30 PM Venue: Raman Research Institute (RRI), 5th Cross Road, Sadashivanagar, Bengaluru-560080 For more details please contact: *Dr. Nagaraj M N -98860 96428* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Date: 18th November 2023 (Saturday)* Speaker: Dr. Nagappa Bakkannanavar Topic: Collaboration with Customers & Technology for Visualization of Future of Library Services Time: 4.00 PM Venue: Lecture Hall, JRD Tata Memorial Library, IISc, Bengaluru For more details please contact: *Dr. Suresh Balutagi – 97394 85585* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Date: 19th November 2023 (Sunday)* Speaker: Dr. Jyothi Shanbhag Topic: Learning Skills, Strategies and Pedagogies for 21st Century Learners Time: 11.30 AM Venue: Informatics India Ltd, 194, Rashtriya Vidyalaya Rd, 2nd Block, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru – For more details please contact: *Mr. Devendra Thakur - 83800 87487* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Date: 20th November 2023 (Monday)* Speaker: Prof. Karigowda Beechanahalli Topic: Book Reading Habits Time: 10.30 AM Venue: Community Hall, Sorab For more details please contact: *Dr. M Krishnamurthy – 99800 35933* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Please register using the below link* https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8tCHrr1KmGw0B1XIckixqoZzhELt8_dl… With warm regards, Dr. M Krishnamurhty and Dr. Subhash Reddy B President, General Secretary and office bearers Karnataka State Library Association (R) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Applications: Join a DataCite Steering or Working Group!
by Francis Jayakanth 10 Nov '23

10 Nov '23

Dear Members, Please refer to the DataCite call for applications for different working groups. If you are interested in joining one of these working groups, please fill out this application form by 27th November 2023. You can also share this call with your colleagues and networks who might be interested. Best regards, Francis Francis Jayakanth JRD Library, IISc ----------------------- We currently have an open call for applications ( https://datacite.org/blog/call-for-applications-for-datacite-steering-and-w…) for new members for the Services and Technology Steering Group (https://datacite.org/stsg/), the Community Engagement Steering Group (https://datacite.org/cesg/), the Regional Expert Groups (https://datacite.org/regional-expert-groups/), and the Metadata Working Group (https://datacite.org/metadata-working-group/). We have open seats for non-members that bring new expertise to the groups. Group members will be chosen based on their specific expertise. Based on our commitment to equity and inclusion, we strive for diversity and are therefore looking to include members from different regions, backgrounds, and types of organizations. If you are interested in joining a specific working group, please submit your application at https://forms.gle/4T4fUMzCTfKCdtr7A. The closing date for applications is 27th November 2023. Also, we'd be grateful if you could share this call with your colleagues and networks. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at jane.doe(a)datacite.org. All the best, Mohamad Mohamad Mostafa Regional Engagement Specialist: Middle East and Asia | DataCite he/him/his | Gulf Standard Time E: mohamad.mostafa(a)datacite.org | ORCID M: +971544300842 W: datacite.org | Blog | Twitter | LinkedIn A: DataCite -- Welfengarten 1B, 30167 Hannover, Germany -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Publication of new book 'Information Sources in Music'
by Joseph I Thomas 09 Nov '23

09 Nov '23

Respected members, A book entitled 'Information Sources in Music' was published by Dr. Nair Rema Devi Appukkuttan, Head, Research Section, Kerala University Library, Trivandrum and Dr. Joseph I Thomas, Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), Ernakulam with the following details: Title : Information Sources in Music ISBN: 978-93-92586-81-4 Price : INR 595 ($7.15) Publisher : Book Enclave Place of Publication: Jaipur Year of Publication: 2023 GPay number of the publisher : +91 94626 55885 -- Dr. Joseph I Thomas Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous ), Kalamasserry, Ernakulam, Cochin, Kerala, India - 683 104 9496177148 | 7012927186 | josephithomas09(a)gmail.com Address: "Trinity", Thrippadapuram North Kulathur P.O.Trivandrum <https://www.facebook.com/josephimmanuel.thomas> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-i-thomas-341b4052/> <https://twitter.com/josephithomas> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Weeding out of books
by RANJAN BARIK 08 Nov '23

08 Nov '23

Dear Sir/Madam, Bharat Electronics Limited Library (Bangalore Complex, Jalahalli) is weeding out 197 technical books. List of books can be downloaded / viewed from following link: Google drive link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-T0qEwikRyRgMYT5-ICpuj_ouORNfvAM/ed… All books are in good condition. Any interested R&D Library, Engineering College Library (in the near vicinity of BEL) may please indicate the requirement of the books (with Acc. No) to ticbelbg(a)bel.co.In Books will be given on first cum first basis free of cost. Arrangement shall be made to transport the books at own cost. Please contact under signed for handing over the books. Regards Ranjan Kumar Barik Manager Technical Information Centre Bharat Electronics Limited Jalahalli Post Bangalore-560013 Ph- 9663892975 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Second Call-Advanced Certificate in Digital Library Applications
by Vimal Kumar V. 08 Nov '23

08 Nov '23

Advanced Certificate in Digital Library Applications (December 9, 2023 to February 29, 2024) The training is intended for library and information professionals, knowledge managers, information entrepreneurs and e-content developers with the interests, initiatives, and need to set up libraries and information centres. VuFind, USA (vufind.org) will issue the certificate of the training programme. VuFind is an Open Source discovery system developed by Villanova University. Payment receipt will be sent by HealthNet Nepal, which is a registered service provider of VuFind. Course Fee: USD 80 Registration link https://tinyurl.com/digital-library-2023 Delivery method: Online (ZOOM) Duration: Three Months Teaching and practical: Two months Online internship (Deployment): One month Time: 6.00 PM to 9.00 PM Schedule days: Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday Starting Date: Dec 9, 2023 to Feb 29, 2024 Each student will get a virtual machine [Cloud] with a separate user ID and password (credentials) and pre-configured software and training manual. Resource Persons ----------------- Prof. Mohan Raj Pradhan, PhD, Nepal Mr. Demian Katz, USA Dr. Bharat Kumar Chaudhari, India Dr. Vimal Kumar, India Mr. M. Jayakananthan, Sri Lanka Course content ---------------- Linux o Basic commands of Linux Koha (latest version) o Configuration and Customization o Acquisition module o Cataloguing module o Circulation module o Serial control module DSpace (7.6 version) o Configuration and Customization o Communities and collection o User management and Authorization o Statistics and report in DSpace o DSpace to VuFind WordPress (6.2 version) o Webpage design o Plugins to enhance WordPress SubjectsPlus (4.x version) o Adding new records o Enabling SubjectsPlus to WordPress through API VuFind (9.1 version) o Introduction to VuFind o Configuration and Customization o Harvesting of data from Koha, SubjectsPlus, Contact ------------ HealthNet Nepal training.vufind.org India Dr. Bharat Kumar Chaudhari openbharat(a)gmail.com, +91 94284 15401 Dr. Vimal Kumar vimalibre(a)gmail.com, +91 98464 96323 Nepal Prof. Mohan Raj Pradhan pradhmohan(a)gmail.com, +977 986 1787838 Sri Lanka M.Jayakananthan mjeya81(a)gmail.com, +9477 3457 556 -- *Vimal Kumar V., PhD* Reference Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala-686560 ------------------------------------------ My Home page:www.vimalkumar.info My Blogs:linuxhalwa.blogspot.com kohageek.blogspot.com moovandan.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------- *"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." Alvin Toffler* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Does APC Gold OA
by Francis Jayakanth 08 Nov '23

08 Nov '23

From: Subbiah Arunachalam subbiah.arunachalam at gmail.com Mon Oct 30 20:08:25 IST 2023 In an yet to be published (but accepted) paper titled "Publications in gold open access and article processing charges expenditure: evidence from Indian scholarly output," Raj Kishor Kampa, Manoj Kumar Sa and Mallikarjun Dora have made some assertions which I would like them to reexamine. 1. They begin their paper with the statement "The article processing charges (APC) ensure the financial viability of open-access (OA) scholarly journals." This is simply not true. *Indeed APC benefits the publishers at the cost of science and scientists*. On the contrary, India could use the huge sums that Indian researchers give away (as APC) to foreign publishers year after year (17 million US dollars in 2020 alone, according to Kampa *et al*.) for strengthening research infrastructure, disbursement of scholarships to students on time, supporting doctoral students and early career researchers attending conferences, supporting exchange visits and so on. Indeed, APC charged by most gold OA journals is simply a means to make huge profits for the publishers, witness the huge operating margins declared in the balance sheets of the large commercial publishers, often referred to collectively as the publishing oligarchs. The profit margins of some of these companies, as pointed out in 2017 by Stephen Buranyi in an article in *The Guardian*, are very much higher than the profit margins of tech companies like Apple, Google/Alphabet, and Amazon. For example, Springer Nature has declared margins of 24, 26 and 27 per cent in the last three years, and these don't come anywhere near the profit margins of RELX (Elsevier). *Indeed APC benefits the publishers at the cost of science and scientists*. Remember most of the APC paid by Indian researchers comes from Indian taxpayers who may be happy to support research but not scientists paying to get papers published in such journals. What could really make open access financially viable are preprint archives such as arXiv and bioRxiv and community-led OA journals which do not charge APC. 2. APC Gold OA does not help "bridge the chasm between haves and have-nots of scientific publications, thereby paving the way to reaching equity and inclusion," as Kampa et al. would like us to believe. What it actually does (in the case of India) is to rob a poor nation and transfer the funds to publishing companies in the richer nations. In what way can it be considered as a way to 'reach equity and inclusion'? Transferring taxpayers' money from an emerging economy to commercial entities in affluent countries is unethical and immoral. For the same reason, signing transformative agreements with commercial publishers should also be shunned. With 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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Article for research scholar
by Francis Jayakanth 07 Nov '23

07 Nov '23

From: Sushmita Deorani sushmitadeo24 at gmail.com Tue Oct 31 18:02:38 IST 2023 Dear Professional friends, Will you please arrange the full-text article of the following URL? One of our research scholars needs this article for his research purpose. https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/the-pursuit-of-zero-food-waste/223000 Thanks in advance -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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