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Automatic remote backup of Koha MySQL database on Google drive
by Indranil Das Gupta 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

Dear all, I'm sharing this blogpost here, hoping hat more people may benefit (and not just Koha users) from it: "Easy peasy way of automating remote backup on Google Drive for your Koha database" This post discusses how to automate your Koha ILS’s MySQL database backup on to Google drive and send out an email when it is complete. It shows how you can take advantage of Google Drive’s 15GB space for free (Dropbox only gives you 2GB on the free access) and do it all from the command line and save the much needed RAM for your Koha server rather than waste it on the GUI, which is also a security risk. Further this attempts to introduce the new FOSS users into details of the commands they are supposed to follow, with further reading resources, should they be interested to learn more about these. http://blog.l2c2.co.in/index.php/2016/07/27/easy-peasy-way-of-automating-re… warm regards -indranil -- Indranil Das Gupta L2C2 Technologies Phone : +91-98300-20971 Blog : http://blog.l2c2.co.in IRC : indradg on irc://irc.freenode.net Twitter : indradg Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/indradg -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Please exchange editable Office documents only in ODF Format. No other format is acceptable. Support Open Standards. For a free editor supporting ODF, please visit LibreOffice - http://www.documentfoundation.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Trainees
by Shreyasi Parikh 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

Dear all, The National Institute of Design requires a few Library Professional Assistants (Trainees) for its Knowledge Management Center (KMC) at Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Bengaluru Campuses on purely temporary basis for one year only. Desirable qualification is M. Lib. Sc. However, B.L.I.Sc. can also apply. Preference will be given to Fresh Graduates / Post-graduates in Library and Information Science. Stipend will be commensurate with qualifications, subject to a maximum of Rs.10,000/- per month. Those who are interested may send their bio-data on kmc(a)nid.edu on or before 16th August 2016. Accommodation facility and for the interview\test TA\DA will not be provided. Write center preference in your application Kindly inform the candidates . Thanks -- Dr. Shreyasi K. Parikh Head, Knowledge Management Center (KMC) National Institute of Design Paldi, Opp. Museum AHMEDABAD - 380007 Tel. No. : 079-26629749 (Direct) 079 .26629 500/600, Extn 749 (O) http://www.nid.edu/ If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing; Love what you are doing; And believe in what you are doing. ~ Will Rogers -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Discovery Tools
by SAIACS, Chief Librarian 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

Dear Colleagues, I would like to hear the experiences of someone on implementation of open source software such as eXtensible Catalog (http://www.extensiblecatalog.org/), VuFind (www.vufind.org) and Blacklight (http://projectblacklight.org/) for their discovery services. please share your experiences and suggestions. VuFind has been widely used by many libraries. I do not know if any of us using this tool. Extensiblecatalog (XC) has drupal tool kit https://www.drupal.org/node/499770. Has any used this? Your input will help us. Thanks Yesan Sellan, B.Com., MLISc., PGDLAN, UGC-NET., BCS Chief Librarian South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies (SAIACS) 363 Dodda Gubbi Cross Road, Kothanur P.O., Bangalore 77, India Phone: 91 80 2846 5235/5344/ 5649, Fax: 91 80 28465412, Mobile: 91-9972348251 Website: <http://www.saiacs.org/> www.saiacs.org Alternative Email: <mailto:yesans@gmail.com> yesans(a)gmail.com or <mailto:yesan.sellan@saiacs.org> yesan.sellan(a)saiacs.org cid:image002.jpg@01CFCC4B.D5B42440 ______________________________________ IMPORTANT : This message is intended only for the addressee. It may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original message. Thank you. P Please consider the environment before printing this email. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Workshop on Digital Content and E-earning - a gentle reminder
by Silpa K 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

Dear Professionals, Central Library of College of Engineering Thalassery, Kannur, Kerala is organizing 5 Day National Workshop on Digital Content and E-Learning Module Development using Open Source Software, Sponsored by TEQIP Phase II during 09-13 August 2016. Regsitration Fees- Rs. 2000/- for TEQIP Institutions Rs. 500/- for Others Resorce Person - Dr. Gopakumar V., University Librarian, Goa University for more details visit our Library Website .. www.library.cethalassery.in Silpa K. Librarian College of Engineering Thalassery 9447074987, 9400057376 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application are invited for the post of Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Deputy Librarian, Assistant Librarian in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra
by Subhodip Bid 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Deputy Librarian, Assistant Librarian in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, MaharashtraAssociate Professor : 1 (UR), Specialization in Information Technology, Pay Scale : Rs.37400-67000 AGP Rs. 9000/-. Assistant Professor : 1 posts (SC) Specialization in Library Management/ Information Technology, Pay Scale : Rs. 15600-39100 grade pay Rs. 6000. Deputy Librarian : 01(UR) post, Pay Scale : Rs.37400-67000 Grade Pay Rs. 9000/- Assistant Librarian : 03 posts ( SC:1, ST:1, UR: 1 ), Pay Scale : Rs.15600 -39100 AGP Rs. 6000/- For more details http://www.bamu.ac.in/advt/teaching_esttdept032016.pdf -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National iETD 2016 Conference at INFLIBNET Centre
by subi 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

Dear All, INFLIBNET Centre/Shodhganga is organising National iETD 2016 Conference on the theme *"Evolving ETDs to Knowledge Repositories" *on *5-7 October 2016* at INFLIBNET Centre. Kindly note that this is the best time to be in Gujarat on the occasion of Navratri/ Garba. Please visit INFLIBNET/ Shodhganga website for more details at http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/iETD2016.pdf Conference Brochure and Registration Form is attached herewith. *Important Dates:* Last Date of Registration: *30th September, 2016 * The Conference: *5-7 October, 2016* *Convention Venue:* Information and Library Network Center (an IUC of UGC) Infocity, Gandhinagar - 382007, Gujarat, India. *Contact Details* Manoj Kumar K *Convener, iETD 2016 Conference* Ph: 079-2326-8220/8232 Email id: ietd2016(a)inflibnet.ac.in Website: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ietd2016/ -- Miss Suboohi S STO-I (LS) INFLIBNET Centre -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Zig-zag format……….so called ‘QR Code’
by Dp Tripathi 26 Jul '16

26 Jul '16

Zig-Zag format……….so called ‘QR Code’ My curiosity to know about a seen format, I assumed it zig-zag format, kept me in curious position as ‘what is this’? It was the year 2014 when it was quenched by a single word ‘QR Code’. I became more familiar as I found it suitable to be used for different purposes. Here, in next few seconds, we are going to discuss more about QR Code and its uses in libraries for better services. Curious to know? You are supposed and must be. QR Code……an abbreviation of ‘Quick Response Code’ was first introduced in 1994 by Toyota subsidiary Denso-Wave in Japan in automotive industry. Based on my study through different resources, I understood ‘QR Code’ as an advanced version of barcode machine-readable optical label which contains the information about any item and uses four encoding modes (numeric, alphanumeric, byte/binary and kanji) to efficiently store data. QR Code consists of black squares which are arranged in square and can be read by any image processing device or scanner. To read the full article, please visit the link here http://www.dptripathi.in/download/QR_Code.pdf Thanks DP Tripathi NIT Rourkela -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Principles and Guidelines for Coding Fields 006, 007 and 008
by vinod mishra 26 Jul '16

26 Jul '16

Dear all Please find here the link for Principles and Guidelines for Coding Fields 006, 007 and 008 at the time of data entry specially for electronic resources. Please note that these entry influence a lot your quality of data input as well as appearance of data in OPAC specially in standard software's like Koha. Which is ignored by many LIS professionals in general. https://www.loc.gov/marc/ldr06guide.html -- *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/ <http://mishravk.com/>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy in Ambedkar University
by Ajit Prajapati 26 Jul '16

26 Jul '16

Dear All, Kindly open the Below Link for more details http://aud.ac.in/upload/Detailed%20Advertisement%20No.%203%20july%202016.pdf -- Thanks and Regards Ajit Prajapati 09662048549 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Professor P. B. Mangla - Famous Librarians and Library Science Teachers Biography Series
by Salman Haider 24 Jul '16

24 Jul '16

*Professor P. B. Mangla - Famous Librarians and Library Science Teachers Biography Series* <https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2016/04/p-b-mangla-famous-librari…> https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2016/04/p-b-mangla-famous-librari… *Famous Librarians <https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2016/03/librarian-glossary-of-lib…>** and Library Science Teachers Biography Series* of Librarianship Studies & Information Technology <https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/> blog presents the biography of *Professor P. B. Mangla**, a living legend in the field of Library and Information Science in India. *The article is in around 6000 words and can be considered as his authoritative biography *The highlight of this article is a one hour interview of Prof. Mangla which is embedded in the blog article itself.* Seeing Prof. Mangla speaking in the interview is like listening to the history of Library and Information Science in India, including his experience with *Dr. S.R. Ranganation, **B.S. Kesavan, Mortimer Taube, and Dr. Carl M. White*, and his experiences at the *Columbia University, New York, association with IFLA, association with University of Delhi*, etc. *Please share this article with your network as this is like an undocumented piece of the history of Library and Information Science* *Professor P.B. Mangla* had his higher education at three prestigious Universities, viz. Panjab University (Chandigarh) <http://puchd.ac.in/>, University of Delhi <http://www.du.ac.in/du/> and *Columbia University, New York (USA) <http://www.columbia.edu/>*. He obtained his Master’s degree in History from Panjab University, and, degrees in Library & Information Science from the University of Delhi and then Columbia University, New York. At the University of Delhi, he was a student of *Dr. S.R. Ranganathan <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._R._Ranganathan>*, father of library science and library movement in India. While at Columbia University he had the opportunity to study and do research under the guidance of well- known scholars of the world. He was a *Rockefeller Foundation Scholar* <https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/our-work/grants/columbia-university/>for his studies at Columbia University during the 1960s. ... ... ... (Read complete article on the link provided above) Presently he is a *Tagore National Fellow <http://rrrlf.nic.in/tagore_fellowship.asp>* under the *Government of India Ministry of Culture* since 2010. This Fellowship Scheme has been instituted by the Union Government in connection with the 150th Birth Anniversary of the great India luminary Rabinder Nath Tagore <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore>. This is a prestigious Fellowship and funded generously to be at par with the basic pay of a Central University Vice-chancellor. Till now he is the only academic who has been honored with this Fellowship in the country in his field of specialization and has been called as a ‘legendary scholar and authority in the field of Library Science’.... ... ... (Read complete article on the link provided above) Earlier, he served the *University of Delhi* for almost four decades out of which 29 years as a *Professor of Library & Information Science*. He had the distinction of being appointed as a full-fledged Professor at the age of 36 years which was a matter of real achievement in his career. During his tenure in the University of Delhi he held several senior and prominent positions such as Head of the Department; Dean, Faculty of Arts; Dean, Post-Graduate (Evening) Studies ( which had an enrolment of about 1500 post- graduate students); and, Chairman, Board of Research Studies (H). He was a Member, Court of the University of Delhi almost for three decades, as also, of its Executive Council (EC), and, Academic Council (AC) which are the highest policy-decision making bodies of the University, for several years. He functioned as Chairman, Governing Body, of two prestigious Colleges of the University of Delhi, namely, Deshbandhu College, and Dyal Singh College, for several years. ... ... ... (Read complete article on the link provided above) He worked in Iran as an Expert and, in Guyana (West Indies) as a *Unesco Consultant* for several years. He has already *visited about 50 countries* for professional consultancy or assignments. ... ... (Read complete article on the link provided above)... Contents of Biography: 1. Early life and education 2. Experience with Dr. S. R. Ranganathan 3. Columbia University, New York Experience 4. Career 5. University of Delhi Experience 6. On Delhi University Bodies 7. On Academic and Administrative Bodies of Other Universities 8. On National Committees and Commissions 9. ILA President 10. Association with IFLA 11. Membership of Professional Associations 12. Lectures and Addresses Delivered 13. Project Director and Research Supervisor 14. Research Publications 15. Editor of Research Journals 16. Awards and Honours Received 17. Tagore National Fellowship 18. Countries Visited 19. Bio-data Listed in 20. An Interview of Professor P. B. Mangla by Salman Haider <http://salmanhaider.blogspot.com/> 21. References *An Interview of Professor P. B. Mangla by Salman Haider <https://salmanhaider.blogspot.com/> on 2016-07-13:* Librarianship Studies & Information Technology <https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/> thanks *Dr. R.K. Sharma* (Librarian, United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan, New Delhi) for providing technical support for the interview. Question 1. Sir, please tell us about your early life and education. Was it smooth or did you faced some challenges in your early life and education? How and when you decided to go into the Library and Information Science profession? Question 2. Mangla Sir, How and when you decided to go in the library and information science profession. Question 3.: Mangla Sir, can you please tell us a little about your experiences in the University of Delhi. We know that the Department of Library and Information Science at present is considered to be among the finest imparting LIS education in India. Question 4: Sir, Kindly tell us How was the Department of Library and Information Science before you joined and what steps you had taken to improve the quality of education and bring it at par with the international standards. Question 5: Mangla Sir, we are extremely interested in knowing your experiences at the University of Columbia, the Rockefeller Foundation Scholarship and your works there. You had the rare honour of the vice-president of International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) during 1985 to 1991. Please tell us something about your association with IFLA also. Question 6: Mangla Sir, please tell us you experience with library and information science luminaries such as Dr. S.R. Ranganathan, B.S. Kesavan, Mortimer Taube, and Dr. Carl M. White. Question 7: Mangla Sir, your life and contributions to librarianship in India is considered as exceptional and as a role model for library professionals in the country. Please provide us some tips to become a better library professional library professional. Question 8: Sir how do you see the future of libraries and librarianship in our country. What are your opinions about the present status of library and information science education and practice of librarianship in India? *Read now complete article <https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2016/04/p-b-mangla-famous-librari…> which includes the recording of the interview:* https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2016/04/p-b-mangla-famous-librari… Salman Haider <https://salmanhaider.blogspot.com/> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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