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New Book on Library Automation, Koha ILMS and Data Migration
by vinod mishra 05 Oct '16

05 Oct '16

Dear All It gives me immense pleasure to share my knowledge in the form of two books entitled “Basics of Library automation, Koha library management software and data migration: challenges with case studies / written by Vinod Kumar Mishra” and “Electronic Resource Management in Libraries: Trends, Issues and Challenges / edited by Bhojraju Gunjal, Dibya Kishore Pradhan, Dhanwantri Prakash Tripathi, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Puspita Mishra and Khirod Das”. The above two books has been unveiled/inaugurated during Book Fair at NIT Rourkela on 04/10/2016. I Sincerely acknowledge all the people who directly and indirectly motivated me for such kind of contributions for library and society as well as my own professional development, i hope the books will be more useful for entire library and information science community as mentioned in the preface of the book. Kindly contact me without any hesitation in case of any difficulty during use of these books and feedback. The detail about the book and its content can be found at : http://mishravk.com/2016/10/my-two-books/ Thanking You -- 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/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Google Translator
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

Google Translator becomes more accurate Washington Post: Google Translate is getting really, really accurate <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/10/03/google-transl…>. "Last week, Google launched an updated translation tool that utilizes sophisticated artificial intelligence to produce startlingly accurate language translations. While the tool has been used to successfully translate between English and Spanish, French and Chinese in a research setting, it’s only available currently to everyday users for Chinese to English translations. The new system, which uses deep machine learning to mimic the functioning of a human brain, is called the Google Neural Machine Translation system, or GNMT. To test the system, Google had human raters evaluate translations on a scale from 0 to 6. Translating from English to Spanish, the new Google tool’s translation was rated an average of 5.43; human translators earned an average of 5.5." === Extracted from ResearchBuzz newsletter of Tara dated 4th October 2016 Dr P Vyasamoorthy 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Telangana LL 040-27846631 / Mobile: 9490804278 <http://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/diagnostics/old-people-suff…> Disturbed to get a call from 85 year old Ramachandran (Safiluda) was beaten again by his second son, ganging up with his mother. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Urgent need for this article
by Sreedhara Rao 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

Dear professionals, Urgent need for this below article one of the research scholar. Journal : Complementary therapies in medicine Schuver, Katie J., and Beth A. Lewis. "Mindfulness-based yoga intervention for women with depression." Complementary therapies in medicine 26 (2016): 85-91. *Best Regards...* *Sreedhara Rao K.S* *sreedhar.rao(a)svyasa.edu <sreedhar.rao(a)svyasa.edu> in.* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Links for ILA Newsletters
by Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

Dear Esteemed Members of ILA, With regard to some representations regarding the accessibility of the ILA Newsletters, we are sharing the following links for your kind perusal of the different issues of the newsletter published so far the new editorial board has take over the charge and the links are as follows: ILA Newsletter (May-June, 2016) = http://ilaindia.net//media/com_nswmembership/newsletter/1472018676_ILANewsl… ILA Newsletter (July, 2016) = http://ilaindia.net//media/com_nswmembership/newsletter/1472033956_JulyILAN… ILA Newsletter (August, 2016) = http://ilaindia.net//media/com_nswmembership/newsletter/1472630998_ILANewsl… ILA Newsletter (September, 2016) = http://ilaindia.net//media/com_nswmembership/newsletter/1475295122_Septembe… The editorial board welcomes all the constructive inputs and suggestions for making the newsletter a talk of town for the Library Professionals in general and ILA members in particular. The link for all the issues of the Newsletter are available at: http://ilaindia.net/index.php?option=com_nswmembership&view=newsletter&cate… Best _____________________________ *Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq* Department of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh, U.P., India - 202002 Cell No. : +91-8979249718. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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article requested
by saravanan 30 Sep '16

30 Sep '16

Dear Friends, One of our researcher needs below said article for his research. Geetha, V. (2016). Patient localisation with smart phones using public cloud, /International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing/, 23 (1-2): 60-68, DOI: 10.1504/IJAHUC.2016.078477, URL: http://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1504/IJAHUC.2016.078477 If any body has access, please kindly provide the soft copy of the above said article to my email id. saravanan.g(a)ifpindia.org Thanking you for kind help, With regards, -- Mr. G. Saravanan Librarian Library and Publication Division French Institute of Pondicherry UMIFRE 21 CNRS-MAEE # 11, Saint Louis Street, P.B. No. 33 PUDUCHERRY - 605 001 South India, INDIA Tel : 0091 - 413 – 22 31 661 (direct) Fax : 0091 – 413 - 22 31 605 Mail : saravanan.g(a)ifpindia.org Web Site : www.ifpindia.org Web : http://www.ifpindia.org/saravanan-g ***************************************************************** Please consider the environment before printing this email. Thank you. ***************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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India’s first e-book “State Of India’s Environment 2016: In figures
by Kiran Pandey 30 Sep '16

30 Sep '16

Dear Moderator, The members of this forum will find this annual book useful for their organisation. By adding this book to their organisation's collection, they will be creating their own library of data that is comparable and can be used for research and referral. *India’s first e-book “State Of India’s Environment 2016: In figures”* We are now in a time when data is overflowing; information is available from so many sources and so fast that sometimes we end up not making any sense of the happenings. So, processing data and information is the new way to communicate. And this annual report uses data as the messenger. It communicates key developments around us in easy to digest and visually appealing ways to understand fast. It demystifies complex issues through data series. The report has been organised into two broad sections: the key news of the year just gone by (April 2015-March 2016) in numbers and the next section is the state of key aspects related to environment. While the first section works as the digest for the last year and gives you the perspectives of developments in number, the second section is your data library for ever on key environmental aspects of the country. By adding this report to your e-collection, you are creating your own library of data that is comparable and can be used for research and referral. At a time when views are getting sold as news in high-decibel TV talk shows and newspaper edits, "State of India's Environment 2016: In Figures" showcases all the important facts and headline numbers that will help form an informed opinion on issues that matter in India Find more details here: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/reviews/state-of-india-s-environment-2016-in-… Kiran Pandey Programme Director – Library and Information Management Centre for Science and Environment New Delhi India India Environment Portal http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/ Follow On Twitter https://twitter.com/indiaenvportal Be our friend on Facebook http://ow.ly/GZsf <http://ow.ly/GZsfb> -- <http://www.downtoearth.org.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 Participation in UNESCO Sponsored Capacity Building Workshop
by Jagtar Singh 30 Sep '16

30 Sep '16

*Call for Participation in the UNESCO Directed Media and Information Literacy Capacity Building Training Workshop for Youth-led Organizations in India at Punjabi University, Patiala from 17-19 October 2016.* Are you part of a youth-led organization? Is your organization membership-based? Then, this is for you. UNESCO, Punjabi University, Patiala and Media and Information Library Network of India (MILUNI) are planning a workshop at Punjabi University, Patiala for membership-based youth-led organizations. The workshop will focus on giving training to participating youth on a set of critical skills – comprehension, analysis, evaluation and production – to help them appreciate media messages and use media and information to their own advantage in life and work and bring about the required change in their environment. We shall take care of participants' boarding, lodging and travel expenses. Two people (one male and one female) will be invited from 30 youth organizations across India. This workshop is open to all youth organizations regardless of their areas of interest (environment, religion, sports, education, literacy, gender, human rights, inter-cultural dialogue, etc). Interested organizations (membership-based and youth-led) must be registered and get the approval of their boards that they would apply the Media & Information Literacy (MIL) strategies developed at the end of the workshop to their work. Selected organizations will be expected to present a short report (one page) on how they will apply MIL in their work. UNESCO will offer further opportunities to the participating organizations for implementation of MIL-related activities to work and training in Media & Information Literacy (MIL) MOOC. *Interested organizations should send an email to youthcb.india(a)yahoo.com <youthcb.india(a)yahoo.com> or call Dr. Jagtar Singh at 09855444785 or Dr. H. P. S. Kalra at 09855943338 latest by 03 October 2016.* *What is Media & Information Literacy and why it matters?* Media and Information Literacy emphasizes critical thinking and creative skills. Media and Information Literacy is defined by UNESCO as “the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and create media in a variety of forms”. It is about developing critical thinking and media production skills to promote global understanding. UNESCO promotes media literacy education through the development of reading, listening and visual decoding skills with the belief that all those components, combined, support life-long democratic citizenship. Interdisciplinary by nature, media and information literacy represents a necessary, inevitable and realistic response to the complex, ever-changing electronic environment and communication environment that surrounds us. *Media and Information Literacy and University Network of India (MILUNI)* is a non-profit organization working for the empowerment of students and youth through the promotion of media and information literacy. *MILUNI aims at:* - Developing media and information capacity in students and young people to create a general understanding and appreciation of youth issues; - Assisting students and youth (by using media and information) to work up to their full potential; - Encouraging media to include youth issues and perspectives in their contents by regularly providing them with stories and relevant information about young people; - Disseminating widely the best of the results of the youth work in various media forms, and - Facilitating exchange of experiences and views of young people as a way of enhancing intercultural dialogue. Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, & Professor In-charge, Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha Library, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002 (Punjab) Phone: 0175-3046152 & 3046153. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sponsorship for Attending and presenting paper in Conference in Foreign
by Pradip Das 29 Sep '16

29 Sep '16

Dear Library Professional, I will highly appreciate if you kindly send me details for getting sponsorship from any organization for presenting my paper in China International Conference. What is the procedure for getting sponsorship etc. -- *Regards **……* _______________________________________________ * Pradip Das* *Librarian,* *MIT Art, Design and Technology University,* *Raj Baug, Next to Hadapsar,* *Loni-Kalbhor, Maharashtra – 412201. * *Phone : +91-20-30693604, Cell : 9420836138* ****E-mail :**pradipbhadreswardas@gmail.com <pradipbhadreswardas(a)gmail.com> **Or **Pradip_das_55(a)rediffmail.com* <Pradip_das_55(a)rediffmail.com> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICSSR Data Service: An initiative by ICSSR & MoSPI with technical help of INFLIBNET Cenre
by Miteshkumar Pandya 29 Sep '16

29 Sep '16

Dear Professionals, It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that the ICSSR has developed a Social Science Data Repository in collaboration with Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and INFLIBENT Centre. The “ICSSR Data Service” is culmination of signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). The MoU provides for setting-up of “ICSSR Data Service: Social Science Data Repository” and host NSS and ASI datasets generated by MoSPI. Under the initiative, social science research institutes, NGOs, individuals and others dealing with social science research are also being approached to deposit / provide their research datasets for hosting into the repository of ICSSR Data Service. The ICSSR Data Service includes social science and statistical datasets of various national-level surveys on debt & investment, domestic tourism, enterprise survey, employment and unemployment, housing condition, household consumer expenditure, health care, etc., into its repository. ICSSR Data Service aims to facilitate data sharing, preservation, accessibility and reuse of social science research data collected from entire social science community in India & abroad. The Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre, Gandhinagar has been assigned the task of setting-up the data repository. The interface have been launched by the Prof. Sukhdeo Thorat, Chairman, ICSSR and is now accessible/available at http://www.icssrdataservice.in/ As of now, the repository hosts 131 ASI and NSS and other datasets. All the data in raw format and transformed format is available under the menu 'Microdata Catalogue'. You may redirect your users to above mentioned site, in case they need any dataset generated by MoSPI. Warm regards Miteshkumar Pandya Scientist - B (Library Science) Information and Library Network Centre Infocity, Gandhinagar - 382007 Gujarat, India (O) +91-79-23268294 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Presentation on “Excellence Through Innovation” on 6th Oct 2016 at 6.00 p.m.
by Mohan Hr 29 Sep '16

29 Sep '16

Dear all, Pl. find an invite for a presentation on “Excellence Through Innovation” on 6th Oct 2016 at 6.00 p.m. The pdf invite is available at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2016/mm-161006-innovation.pdf To facilitate logistics, please pre-register at https://goo.gl/o87xc1 INVITATION ===================================================== Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Professional Communication Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society, Madras Chapter cordially invite you for a presentation on “Excellence Through Innovation” by Dr. Rekha Shetty Author, Entrepreneur and Managing Director, Farstar Distribution Network Ltd on Thursday, 6th Oct 2016 at 6.00 p.m. at Seminar Hall, CSI Education Directorate, Taramani, Chennai – 600113 (Situated in the opposite lane to Indira Nagar MRTS Railway Station. About 100 meters away from the Dharmambal Women’s Polytechnic & Opposite to the Inst. of Mathematical Sciences and Inst. of Hotel Management) Dr. B. Srinivasan, Chairman, CSI Chennai Chapter Dr. P. Sakthivel, Chairman, IEEE CS Madras Chapter Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, IEEE PCS Madras Chapter Mr. S. Sundaresh, Chairman, IEEE TEMS Madras Chapter Programme ========= 6.00 p.m. : Tea & Fellowship 6.30 p.m. : Presentation 8.00 p.m. : Dinner About the Presentation ================= The presentation objectives include: Innovating happily and creating a profitable organization; new approach to create a higher Happiness Quotient; developing a written plan for happy, productive organization; learn the art and science of improving your Happiness Quotient and creating an epidemic of happiness in your organization by improving the Happiness Quotient in both personal and official life. This is a tailor-made program that will help each participant develop a time bound, detailed plan to cultivate happy organizations. The plan will include the four pillars of the happy organizations as well as the seven habits that will generate a higher Happiness Quotient. This program is designed to be lively, interactive, effective and extremely enjoyable. About the Speaker =============== Dr. Rekhta Shetty is the Managing Director of Farstar Distribution Network Ltd (www.mindspower.com) a unique consultancy company devoted exclusively to innovation and creativity under the brand name Mindspower. She is an author, an entrepreneur and an original thinker. She is a PhD from Madras University, on the subject of Innovation. She has a brilliant academic record with two university ranks. Her thoughts come from a deep study of many disciplines: Management, Sociology, Psychology, Economics, History and Spirituality. Popularly known as the Corporate Doctor, Rekha Shetty has created a new tool for managers and entrepreneurs to develop the Competitive Edge, Innovation and Creativity through Mindspower. As a member of the Syndicate of Anna University, she helped introduce a 40-week programme on Innovation for Budding Engineers. She is a faculty of leading business schools for the MBA course. She speaks at global seminars on Innovation. She has conducted Mindspower programmes worldwide in places as far flung as Siberia, Sri Lanka, Singapore and USA.. She is consulted in successful turnarounds, new product development and increasing profitability. Her long term Innovation Initiative, using 47 thinking tools helps in a steep increase in profits, reduction in costs, while improving customer satisfaction and employee participation levels. She is an Innovation consultant to blue chip companies. Some of her books include: “Corporate Strategy, Mindspower Innovation”; “Innovate! 90 Days To Transform Your Business”; “The Happiness Quotient”; “Innovate Happily”; and “Innovation Sutra”.. Through her books, Dr.Rekha Shetty has successfully integrated western thought with the Eastern ethos of creativity. To facilitate logistics, please pre-register at https://goo.gl/o87xc1 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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