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Meet Chris Cormack- KOHA Original Developer at National Conclave
by Ishwar Goudar 28 Jan '16

28 Jan '16

Dear Professionals, An opportunity of meeting and discussing with Mr Christopher Cormack (New Zealand), the original developer of KOHA during the forthcoming - National KOHA Conclave - A Two Day Event. Organiser: Informatics India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore Dates: 17th-18th Feb 2016 Venue: Fortune Park JP Celestial, Bengaluru ( http://www.fortunehotels.in/hotel/Bengaluru-Fortune_Park_JP_Celestial.aspx) <http://www.fortunehotels.in/hotel/Bengaluru-Fortune_Park_JP_Celestial.aspx> Conclave Website: www.informaticsglobal.com/kohameet Target Audience: LIS Professionals, Teachers, Digital Librarians, Library Administrators, etc HIGHLIGHTS (Plenaries, Workshop, Panel and Case Studies): - Half day Advanced Workshop on KOHA by Chris Cormack - KOHA, the Road Ahead: A Global View by Chris Cormack - Eminent speakers from Indian Library Landscape - High quality and successful KOHA Implementation case studies - KOHA Wish List and Customisation instances - Road ahead for KOHA in Indian Context - Koha as a Collaborative Platform for Indian Libraries - Panel - Data Migration Issues - Cloud hosting of KOHA and other LIS Applications KOHA in India: - More than 1000 installations, popularity and adoption at faster rate - Most of the Universities in Karnataka either adopted or decided to go for it. - Supreme Court has instrcucted all HCs to implement KOHA in their Libraries - CSIR has adopted KOHA for its NOGATE Project for Union Catalogue - ICAR has setup AGRICAT using KOHA - Delhi Public Library and many in Kerala and West Bengal have adopted KOHA - British Council Librariers have switched over to KOHA - Hundreds of University and College Libraries are seriously thinking of switching over to KOHA and are in the process of finding solution for Data Migration. Many libraries have already done so both from other Commercial and OSS Please mark your calendar and block your dates for this event. For details and to register your participation visit: www.informaticsglobal.com/kohameet "Access E-Resources for Academic and Research Excellence" *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Adjunct Professor, Mangalore University - Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser Bangalore University Library, BANGALORE - 560056 - Ex. Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser, UoM, Mysore - Ex. Scientist 'G' and Head, ICAST, NAL, Bangalore - Ex. Dy Librarian, IITM, Chennai - Ex. Scientist (Information), IICT, Hyderabad - Fulbright Scholar, Univ. of Michigan and Columbia Univ, USA (1995-96) - British Council Scholar (1982-83) E-mail: goudarishwar(a)gmail.com Tel: 080-23215510 Mob: 91+9611165781 (If not reachable pl try land line) -- 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 Librarian and Assistant Librarian in Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, West Bengal
by Subhodip Bid 28 Jan '16

28 Jan '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Librarian and Assistant Librarian in Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, West Bengal Name of Post: Librarian, Assistant Librarian (ST) Pay Scales : Librarian: : Rs.37400-67000 with AGP of Rs.10000 Assistant Librarian : Rs.15600-39100 with AGP of Rs.6000. For more details *http://rbu.ac.in/pdf/Officers_advertisement.pdf <http://rbu.ac.in/pdf/Officers_advertisement.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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Chevening Gurukul scholarship
by Mohan Hr 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

Dear all, Pl. find an announcement relating to Chevening Gurukul scholarship and you may like to apply or share the info with your colleagues. With regards HR Mohan Chair, IEEE CS & PCS, Madras Vice Chair, IEEE Madras Section Imm. Past President, CSI +91 9841432179 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: sijoy Thomas Date: Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 5:46 P Subject: Chevening Gurukul scholarship Chevening Gurukul is our flagship programme on leadership excellence. It’s the longest running Chevening programme in India (been there for nineteen years). Applications for 20th programme opened earlier this week. *Please help us promote the programme among your network of contacts. Applications close 7 March 2016. *An e flyer is appended below. Wish you a very happy new year! Regards Sijoy Thomas Regional Adviser British Deputy High Commission 20, Anderson Road, Nungamabakkam Chennai - 6 [image: cid:image001.jpg@01CFCDD9.95E565B0] CHEVENING GURUKUL LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office presents this outstanding twelve week opportunity at the King’s College London. The Chevening Gurukul Programme is the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s flagship fellowship scheme for India and it is aimed at mid-career and high-flying young professionals from diverse backgrounds with a strong and demonstrable leadership potential. Every year twelve selected Gurukul Fellows are offered an intensive, all expenses paid, twelve-week residential course at King’s College London. Programme commences *September 2016* Applications are open from *21 December 2015- 7 March 16* *Gurukul Fellowships <http://www.chevening.org/programme/chevening-gurukul-leadership-programme>* * King’s College London <http://www.kcl.ac.uk/index.aspx>* [image: cid:image003.png@01D00A39.23010F30] *UK government’s global scholarship programme for the best and the brightest* Chevening India Programme is now the largest in the world. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Registration: International Conference on “Big Data & Knowledge Discovery” from 9th – 11th March, 2016 at Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka
by Usashi Chatterjee 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

****************************CALL FOR REGISTRATION************************************ Dear Friends, ICBK2016 program enriched by worldwide experts on BigData. Invited and plenary speakers: http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icbk/speakers Participants will be exposed to the latest developments through lectures and demonstrations with collaboration from ICSU-CODATA, Paris, ICSU-WDS- Tokyo, RDA, Flipkart, IBM-Watson Group, CDAC, GMR among others. Registration are open!!! Thanks & Regards *ICBK2016 Team* Documentation Research and Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, 560059 Website: http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icbk -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Articles to Read -- 2016-01-27
by Mohan Hr 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

Dear all, You may find these articles interesting. Starting from today, the posts under the caption "Articles to Read" will be on odd days. This was based on the feedback from the readers that they find the daily postings lead to "Information Overload" General: Why the People You E-mailed Aren’t E-mailing You Back, by Week Digital Divide: 8 Economic Barriers Responsible for India’s Gender Digital Divide Healthcare: How to Save People From Snakebites Management: Leadership: 10 rules for being an exceptional leader from 'philosopher king' Marcus Aurelius Startups: This Way To Start Up Alley Healthcare: 10 Awesome Health Benefits Of Ginger You Didn’t Know About! Education: Research: How to win a fellowship eCommerce: WE-COMMERCE: The sharing economy's uncertain path to changing the world Innovation: A 10-Point Agenda to Support Technology-driven Innovation Education: How universities can help students avoid plagiarism: get them to write better Read them at http://goo.gl/xDcf2k Your feedback is welcome You can access the date wise archives of "Articles to Read" at http://goo.gl/B2VFCF With regards HR Mohan IITM 1976 BTME Chair, IEEE CS & PCS and IPP, CSI http://hrm-infoforuse.blogspot.in http://infoforuse.blogspot.in https://www.facebook.com/mohan.hr.524 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Publishing in India is growing but Reading habit is shrinking
by subhayu dan 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

*NOTE: Kindly ignore the previous content ( Ref: * from: subhayu dan <subhayu.dan(a)gmail.com> to: lis-forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> date: Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 11:59 AM subject: Publishing in India is growing but Reading habit is shrinking)*and consider this as final content with attachments. In previous mail, I forgot to attach the documents.* 41.7 per cent of a total 332.7 million literate youth between 13 and 35 years of age read fiction, 23.8 per cent non-fiction and 34.5 per cent read both. Only 26 per cent of the total literate youth read books other than their text books every day, 48.8 per cent weekly and 8.9 per cent monthly and 1.6 per cent once in a year, the survey noted. The survey and its analysis in the north-eastern states was carried out by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) on behalf of the NBT under the National Action Plan for the Readership Development among the Youth (NAPRDY). It also adds, how various factors shape Indian reading preferences Trends in Indian Reading Habits, 73% of the youth (13-35) population is literate. (This accounts for 27.4% of India’s population) 25% of young people read regularly. Hindi is the most preferred language for leisure reading (33.4%), followed by Marathi (13.2%), Bengali (7.7%), and English (5.3%) in Youth Reading Habits Young people with a high level of education Quoting the 2010 National Youth Readership Survey, Panda pointed out that though 74 per cent of youth were literate, only around 25 per cent of them claimed to be reading regularly. “*India is a reading nation, but not enough*” - By Express News Service, BHUBANESWAR Published: 04th October 2013 07:45 AM On the other hand, Publishing, in fact, is growing at a rate as high as 30 per cent in India while it is shrinking in other countries. More than 90,000 titles are published annually and the country is the largest market for English books after the US and the UK, Gokhale said. “*India is a reading nation, but not enough*” - By Express News Service, BHUBANESWAR Published: 04th October 2013 07:45 AM *Promote Reading* We, every library people, should check our appropriateness in contemporary society, especially, in reference to reading of books and other resources. So, help and guide readers to find their resources when they are in need. Promote reading habits in your area where you find it suitable. Every reader is precious for us. They may not reach to you, you reach to them to invoke readership in them. Pay attentive attention to their needs and requirements. *You (library people) read users, users will read books. **Make user, a reader. * Shubhau Dan Library-in-Charge Central Library Future Institute of Engineering and Management Kolkata - 700150 Tele - 033-2434-5615 / 5640 Mob - 09007275927 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: subhayu dan <subhayu.dan(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 11:59 AM Subject: Publishing in India is growing but Reading habit is shrinking To: lis-forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> 41.7 per cent of a total 332.7 million literate youth between 13 and 35 years of age read fiction, 23.8 per cent non-fiction and 34.5 per cent read both. Only 26 per cent of the total literate youth read books other than their text books every day, 48.8 per cent weekly and 8.9 per cent monthly and 1.6 per cent once in a year, the survey noted. The survey and its analysis in the north-eastern states was carried out by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) on behalf of the NBT under the National Action Plan for the Readership Development among the Youth (NAPRDY). It also adds, how various factors shape Indian reading preferences Trends in Indian Reading Habits, 73% of the youth (13-35) population is literate. (This accounts for 27.4% of India’s population) 25% of young people read regularly. Hindi is the most preferred language for leisure reading (33.4%), followed by Marathi (13.2%), Bengali (7.7%), and English (5.3%) in Youth Reading Habits Young people with a high level of education Quoting the 2010 National Youth Readership Survey, Panda pointed out that though 74 per cent of youth were literate, only around 25 per cent of them claimed to be reading regularly. “*India is a reading nation, but not enough*” - By Express News Service, BHUBANESWAR Published: 04th October 2013 07:45 AM On the other hand, Publishing, in fact, is growing at a rate as high as 30 per cent in India while it is shrinking in other countries. More than 90,000 titles are published annually and the country is the largest market for English books after the US and the UK, Gokhale said. “*India is a reading nation, but not enough*” - By Express News Service, BHUBANESWAR Published: 04th October 2013 07:45 AM *Promote Reading* We, every library people, should check our appropriateness in contemporary society, especially, in reference to reading of books and other resources. So, help and guide readers to find their resources when they are in need. Promote reading habits in your area where you find it suitable. Every reader is precious for us. They may not reach to you, you reach to them to invoke readership in them. Pay attentive attention to their needs and requirements. *You (library people) read users, users will read books. **Make user, a reader. * Shubhau Dan Library-in-Charge Central Library Future Institute of Engineering and Management Kolkata - 700150 Tele - 033-2434-5615 / 5640 Mob - 09007275927

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Arresting plagiarism
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

Though this article lists online free sites for checking plagiarism from publishers point of view, it will be useful for librarians too. Among us there are writers, editors, conference organizers etc. If you use any of these please share your experience. http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2016/01/21/7-free-online-plagiarism-che… Dr P Vyasamoorthy 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Telangana LL 040-27846631 / Mobile: 9490804278 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Resource Description and Access RDA Blog Sitemap
by Salman Haider 26 Jan '16

26 Jan '16

*Resource Description and Access RDA Blog Sitemap* <http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/p/sitemap.html> http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/p/sitemap.html Everything you wanted to know about Resource Description and Access (RDA) Cataloging Rules. All the contents of RDA Blog on Resource Description and Access (RDA) cataloging rules at one place are provided in RDA Blog Sitemap; includes titles and links to all the pages and articles of RDA Blog, along with the date of writing and date of revision. Salman Haider www.google.com/+SalmanHaider www.facebook.com/SalmanHaiderAuthor -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Information to be posted on LIS-Forum
by shabahat husain 26 Jan '16

26 Jan '16

Dear Sir, I am glad to inform all Library Professionals that the following publication authored by Prof.P.B.Mangla,is now available for study and research:- Public Library Service in Delhi: Present Status and Development Plan 2010-2020. It is in two Parts: Part One: Project Report-2012 Part Two: Need for Public Library Service in Delhi: Citizen's Response 2011: Survey Report-2012. Kolkata, Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation,2015. i-x,487 p. This publication is the out come of the Research Project carried out by the author in his capacity as the Tagore National Fellow, Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation (Kolkata) under the Ministry of Culture (Government of India). It is a comprehensive and analytical study about the status of Public Library service in the National Capital Territory(NCT) of Delhi and contains Development Plan for a period of 10 years. It also contains a Survey Report about the Citizens' Response for the need for Public Library service which has been conducted for the first time in the NCT of Delhi. About the Author: Prof.P.B.Mangla Tagore National Fellow (Govt.of India Ministry of Culture) Earlier: University of Delhi: Dean, Faculty of Arts; Chairman,Bd.of Research Studies(H); Head, Dept.of Lib.& Information Sc.Delhi University, Delhi UNESCO Expert Contact :9810310151 Regards: Prof.Shabahat Husain Chairman, Deptt. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh, Coordinator (D.R.S Programme), Ex.Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, AMU, Aligarh, President elect, Indian Library Association, New Delhi. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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OER Awareness
by Dr. Indira Koneru 26 Jan '16

26 Jan '16

Dear LIS Professionals, I wish to determine your level of awareness of OER. I request you to participate in the poll here <http://lisprofessionaldevelopment.blogspot.in/> Thanks & Regards,Indira--------------------------- Dr. Indira Koneru e-Learning Manager & Trainer IBS India http://wikieducator.org/User:Indkon -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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