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Fwd: [IFLA-L] To fulfill the provisions of the Marrakesh Treaty, Indian Government launched 'SugamyaPustakalaya.in', an e-Library
by Shamprasad Pujar 29 Aug '16

29 Aug '16

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: anup kumar das <anupdas2072(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 11:49 PM Subject: [IFLA-L] To fulfill the provisions of the Marrakesh Treaty, Indian Government launched 'SugamyaPustakalaya.in', an e-Library To: ifla-l <ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr> Cc: rscao-l <rscao-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr>, diglib <diglib(a)infoserv.inist.fr>, salis_info(a)yahoogroups.com To fulfill the provisions of the Marrakesh Treaty, Government of India launched "Sugamya Pustakalaya": An e-Library for Persons with Visual Disabilities at New Delhi on 24 August 2016. Web portal "SugamyaPustakalaya.in" is an online library for persons with visual disabilities. Over 200,000 books available in several languages in accessible formats for people with visual impairment and print disabilities. "Sugamya Pustakalaya: A step towards an Accessible Digital India" (An online library for persons with visual disabilities) was launched by Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister for Law & Justice and Electronics & Information Technology at a function organized by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment here today. Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment presided over the function. Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister for Human Resource Development and Ministers of State for Social Justice & Empowerment Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar and Shri Ramdas Athawale were the Guests of Honour. Before the inaugural function, there was a panel discussion on the subject of “Accessible Digital India”. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad said this is an era of Information and Technology and both are powers. Through Digital India we are seeking to bridge the Digital Divide between have’s and have not’s. We have linked Divyangjans with the common service centres in our country. National Informatics Centre (NIC) is in the process of making 100 Government websites Divyang friendly of which 16 have already been made Divyang friendly. He asked NGOs and citizens to use “My Gov” to provide valuable inputs on Government of India schemes. Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot said his Ministry is dedicated to the Sugamaya Bharat campaign and buildings in several Indian cities will be made accessible. Over 600,000 Divyangjans have been provided equipment and 4000 camps have been organized nationwide to facilitate and upgrade the lives of Digvaygjans and downtrodden sections of society. Permission has been given to establish 18 new Braille Printing Presses. The Divyang College in Trivandrum will also be converted into Divyang University. A new world record was created when 1500 Divyangans were provided equipment in Varanasi. Shri Prakash Javadekar in his address said HRD Ministry will provide just assistance to facilitate the Divyangjans in our country. He said his first convocation address will be at the Divyang University at Chitrakoot. Shri Kishan Pal Gurjar said that Divyangjans don’t need the sympathy of the people but deserve their love, affection and support. Through this launch of “Sugamya Pustakalaya” they will be able to get all valuable information. He also sought cooperation from publishers in this endeavour. Shri Ramdas Athawale said that it is the prime responsibility of his Ministry is to look after the interest and wellbeing of the Divyagjans and backwards sections of our society. He hoped that this initiative will achieve its objectives. Shri Dipendra Manocha, Managing Trustee of Saksham Trust gave a brief introduction of the E-library “SugamyaPustakalaya” on the occasion. "SugamayaPustakalaya.in" is an online platform that makes accessible content available to print-disabled people. The library houses publications across diverse subjects and languages and multiple accessible formats. It has been created by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in collaboration with member organizations of Daisy Forum of India and powered by TCS Access. Books are available in Accessible formats for people with visual impairment and other print disabilities. Over 200,000 books in diverse languages. Integrating libraries across India and the Globe, including the largest international library, ‘Bookshare’. In case of End User i.e. person with Print Disability: The next time a person with Print Disability needs to read a book, he can skip the laborious process of looking for volunteers to read them to him or scan and edit them. A quick search on the Sugamya Pustakalaya may land him with the book of his choice at the click of a button. He will need to be a registered print-disabled member with one of the member DFI organizations to download the book or procure it offline through their member organization. He can access all the books in the library at a click of a button. He can read the publications on any device of his choice- mobile phones, tablets, computers, DAISY players or even in braille using refreshable braille displays. He could also request for a braille copy through member organizations that have Braille presses. In case of a School/College/Library: Universities, School Library, Public Libraries or any such institution can become a member of DFI or subscribe to the online library to offer the entire collection of the Sugamya Pustakalaya to their members or students with print disabilities. Educational institutions can also contribute accessible format books produced for their students so that students from other educational institutions can access the same and avoid duplications of creation at multiple locations. In case of a Publisher/Government House/Textbook Production House: They can be part of creating history by creating the largest accessible online library in a developing country. Increase their reader base to include persons with print disabilities by sharing accessible formats of their publications to be put up on Sugamya Pustakalaya. The library already hosts publications such as Reader’s Digest and India Today and seeks to have new partnerships with a large number of private and government publishing house and publications. Textbooks production houses, state text book boards (SCERTs/NCERT) can meet their obligations under the Right to Education Act (2009) by providing their content to students with print disabilities through this platform. Sugamya Pustakalya will provide protection to books and limit distribution to only those who cannot read normal print. In case of an NGO: They can begin a library service for persons with print disabilities by joining as a members and offer the complete content provided by the Sugamya Pustakalaya to their members. In case of a Corporate: Their employees can volunteer for accessible content creation and help reach out to millions of users with print disabilities. The IT industry can contribute with technology development to fill gaps in authoring and reading of digital content in all Indian languages. Source: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=149198 & https://youtu.be/KxUQX_P5LqQ Need a news item on this topic for your Magazine/ Newsletter? Please contact me: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Anup Kumar Das Centre for Studies in Science Policy School of Social Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi - 110067, India Email: anupdas2072(a)gmail.com Web: www.anupkumardas.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Changing face of academic libraries
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 28 Aug '16

28 Aug '16

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Changing face of academic libraries From: "Subbiah Arunachalam" <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, August 28, 2016 9:07 pm To: "LIS-Forum" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Libraries are no longer places where you go to borrow books and read a journal in the Current Periodicals section. It has changed a lot. See < http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-08-28/ui-library-system-has-so-… > Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009

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Invitation for One day national seminar
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 28 Aug '16

28 Aug '16

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Invitation for One day national seminar From: "Pardeep Rai" <raipardeep(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, August 28, 2016 3:25 pm To: "lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- INDIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Cordially invites you to One-day National Seminar on Relevance of Dr. S.R Ranganathan in Digital Era At Pragati Auditorium, Administrative Block, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi on 03rd September, 2016 at 11:00 A.M. Prof. R.C Kuhad Hon. Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, has kindly consented to inaugurate the Seminar. Welcome Address: Prof. Shabahat Husain, President, ILA Address by Guest of Honor: Prof. P B Mangla, National Tagore Fellow, MoC, Govt. of India Inaugural Speech:Prof. R.C Kuhad Vote of Thanks: Dr. Pardeep Rai, General Secretary, ILA RSVP Dr. Pardeep Rai, General Secretary, ILA. Mob: 9899359373 Entry: Gate no. 3 PROGRAMME Registration: 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM Inaugural Session: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Tea Break: 12:00 PM -n12:30 PM Dr. S R Ranganathan Memorial Lecture: 12:30PM - 01:30 PM Lunch Break: 01:30 PM - 02:15 PM Panel Discussion: Relevance of Dr. S.R Ranganathan in Digital Era: 02:15 PM - 03:30 PM Panelist 1. Prof. Shabahat Husain President, ILA and Chairman, DLIS, AMU 2. Dr. R.K Sharma President, DLA and Librarian,UNIC 3. Dr. Shailender Kumar Head,DLIS,DU 4. Prof. Ashu Shokeen Former President, ILA and Professor, DLIS,Kurukshtra University 5. Dr. D.V Singh Librarian, University of Delhi Thanks & Regards Dr.Pardeep Rai General Secretary, Indian Library Association Librarian, Maitreyi College( University of Delhi ) I ChanakyaPuri New Delhi-110021 Email: raipardeep(a)gmail.com I M:9899359373 I

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Why Koha does not print a slash in the call number while printing spine labels.
by Indranil Das Gupta 27 Aug '16

27 Aug '16

Dear all, Quite often (new) Koha users find themselves stumbling while attempting to print spine labels from within Koha. Typically when item call numbers have a front slash "/" in them e.g. the call number 891.44 BAN/T gets printed out as 891.44 BANT. This blog post looks into the topic of Koha "eating up" the slashes in the call number, why it actually shows that Koha is being standards compliant (to Library of Congress, OCLC) and what you can do about - http://blog.l2c2.co.in/index.php/2016/08/26/koha-spine-label-is-not-printin… shared in hopes this will answer more than a few people's query on the topic -- Indranil Das Gupta L2C2 Technologies Phone : +91-98300-20971 Blog : http://blog.l2c2.co.in IRC : indradg on irc://irc.freenode.net Twitter : indradg -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MBBS Orthopaedics Question Papers
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 26 Aug '16

26 Aug '16

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Reg:- MBBS Orthopaedics Question Papers From: "Naveen. KS" <naveen.ks100(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, August 26, 2016 3:56 pm To: "lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Professionals, We need RGUHS- MBBS *2015 & 2016 ORTHOPEDICS* Question papers, If any body have this please send to the below mail id.It's very urgent. *naveen.ks100(a)gmail.com <naveen.ks100(a)gmail.com>* -- Thanks Naveen K.S Chief Librarian, Subbaiah Institute of Medical Sciences, Shimoga. 8884000300.

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Request for an article
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 26 Aug '16

26 Aug '16

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Request From: "monisha mishra" <monishasilicon(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, August 25, 2016 11:07 am To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Professionals, Good morning. Does anybody has access to the full text of the following article. If yes, kindly send the same as it is urgently required by one of our research scholar. Effects of Long-Term Irrigation with Reclaimed Wastewater on the Efficacy and Fate of Trifloxysulfuron-Sodium in the Soil, *Weed research, Vol, 52, N0 5, 2012, page no. 441-448.* regards Monisha Mishra* LibrarianOrissa University of Agriculture & Technology,Bhubaneswar-751003Orissa*

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Fwd: Introducing the new UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library website
by Shamprasad Pujar 26 Aug '16

26 Aug '16

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ramona Kohrs <kohrs(a)un.org> Date: Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 2:32 AM Subject: [IFLA-L] Introducing the new UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library website To: ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr Dear colleagues, The Dag Hammarskjöld Library at UN Headquarters in New York is excited to introduce its new website in six official UN languages. The new Internet address (URL) is http://library.un.org. It features our new identifier, expanded multilingual content, improved search, and a fresh new look. As part of the Library’s strategy to deliver more online content about the UN in all six official languages, we have added dozens of new Research Guides - in French, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, and Arabic - with more in the pipeline. In addition, we have increased the number of entries in our Ask DAG database of frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the UN, its activities and its documentation. Ask DAG now includes over 800 FAQs in French, Spanish, and English. The new website also brings together information about the United Nations libraries collections and services, with resources and tools to support our UN Depository Libraries, other partner libraries, and information centres around the world. Information about the UN Depository Library Programmecan be found by clicking "UN Depository Libraries" from the "About" drop down menu: The direct Internet address (URL) is https://library.un.org/content/united-nations-depository-library-programme - please add it to your favourites! We would like to highlight the new searchable directory of depository libraries and UN Information Centres around the world which allows you to look up depository libraries by city, country, geographical region, and DL number (Library code). For now, the pages about the UN Depository Library Programme are only available in English, but we hope to be able to translate them into the other official UN languages in due course. We welcome all feedback on our new website - kindly send it to library-ny [at] un [dot] org and/or dhldl [at] un [dot] org. Ramona Kohrs Coordinator, Outreach and Professional Development UN Depository Library Programme Room L-0218B Tel.: +1 212-963-7444 dhldl(a)un.org Research Guides | Ask DAG | Depository Libraries -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Nonreceipt of LIS-Forum Mails
by franc＠library.iisc.ernet.in 25 Aug '16

25 Aug '16

Dear Members, Quite a few LIS-Forum members have been complaining that they have, all of a sudden, stopped receiving LIS-Forum mails. Most of such complaints are from those who have their lis-forum registrations with their personal IDS - Gmail/Yahoo/Hotmail etc. I have experienced the problem myself as I have registered with both my official and personal IDs. I have reported the issue to our network administration, but I have been told that there are no issues as far as relying of lis-forum mails are concerned from IISc relay host. So, the problem lies elsewhere. Googling the issue reveals that several other discussion lists are having similar issues. The problem could be because of the anti-spoofing policy implemented by Gmail/Yahoo etc., which, in turn, is affecting genuine mails, too. For details about anti-spoofing policy, please follow the link, http://www.pcworld.com/article/2141120/yahoo-email-antispoofing-policy-brea… What is puzzling is that nondelivery of lis-forum mails is not consistent across all the personal ID based registrations. Some members continue to get the lis-forum mails on their personal IDs on a regular basis, but quite a few others are not receiving lis-forum mails at all. I request all the lis-forum registrants who have received this mail to convey the information to their friends and colleagues, especially those who have registered with LIS-forum with personal IDs, and have stopped getting lis-forum mails. Another way to keep a tab on all the approved lis-forum messages is by accessing the lis-forum archives. The archives are available from from April 2003 onwards. It can be accessed at http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/ Thanks and regards, Francis Francis Jayakanth Moderator, LIS-Forum

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Positions at the JRD Library, IISc
by franc＠library.iisc.ernet.in 25 Aug '16

25 Aug '16

Dear Members, Applications are invited for the positions of Librarian, Deputy Librarian, and Assistant Librarian (02) at the J.R.D. Tata Memorial Library, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. For full details of the advertisement, please visit, http://www.iisc.ac.in/opportunities/#ffs-tabbed-15 With best wishes, Francis JRD Libray, IISc, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Trainees | Walk-in-Interview | 3rd Septemberr 2016
by Avinash D. Chinchure 24 Aug '16

24 Aug '16

Dear Moderator, Please post the following announcement. Thanks & Regards, -Avinash -------------------------------------------------------------- WALK-IN-INTERVIEW FOR APPOINTMENT OF LIBRARY TRAINEES ON SATURDAY, 3rd September 2016 @ 9.30 AM National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), a premier research Centre is looking for fresh post-graduates in Library & Information Science for appointment as Library Trainees on contract. Qualification: Masters Degree in Library & Information Science from a recognized University/Institute with minimum of 50% of marks in aggregate. Position: Library Trainees Age: Below 26 years. Consolidated Salary: Rs.18000/- to Rs. 20000/- per month. The selected candidates shall be offered consolidated salary and the contract will be initially for a period of One (1) year with Probation of Three months. The selected candidates will be required to join immediately. The candidates should be willing to work in shifts. Interested candidates may attend a written Test and Walk-in-Interview at National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS)-TIFR, GKVK Campus, Bellary Road, Bangalore-560065 at 9.30 am on Saturday, 3rd September 2016 along with latest CV and true copies of relevant certificates/testimonials in support of their qualifications. Sd/- Administrative Officer (Estt) --------------------------------------------------- -- Avinash D. Chinchure, PhD National Centre for Biological Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research GKVK Campus, Bellary Road Bangalore - 560 065 Ph: 080-23666025 / 67176025 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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