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Global open data accord
by Subbiah Arunachalam 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

Please see < http://twas.org/article/leading-science-groups-urge-global-open-data-accord> 7 December 2015 Leading science groups urge global open data accord Science International 2015 launches a campaign for "Open Data in a Big Data World" at Science Forum South Africa in Pretoria. Four international science organizations – ICSU, ISSC, IAP and TWAS – are behind the campaign. PRETORIA, South Africa – Four major international science organisations are calling for global endorsement of an accord to help assure open access to volumes of "big data" that increasingly are the basis of research and policymaking. The four organisations have developed and support an accord <http://www.icsu.org/science-international/> that includes a set of guiding principles on open access to big data, necessary to protect the scientific process and assure that developing countries can participate more fully in the global research enterprise. Limits on access to big data knowledge, they warn, raises the risk that progress will slow in areas such as advanced health research, environmental protection, food production and development of smart cities. Leaders of the organisations that participated in the 2015 Science International meeting called a press conference for 09.15 a.m. Wednesday 9 December 2015 at Science Forum South Africa to discuss the accord and the plans to seek endorsements in a 12-month global campaign. Phil Mjwara, director-general of South Africa's Department of Science and Technology, is expected to attend. The press conference will be held in the Amber Room of the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria. [more ... ...] Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Times Magazine article
by sureshnair.nair＠gmail.com 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

Can any one send me the following article from Times (06 Dec 1968)? The Bible - The strategies from scriptures. Warm regards, -- Suresh D Nair B5, Srivari Venkat 1134, 13th Street, Poompuhar Nagar Kolathur, Chennai 600 099 INDIA Ph. 0091-44-25508447/ 9940648447 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NCRTOA2016 : Paper submission date extended
by Sumadevi Goleya 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

Dear Professionals, It is our pleasure to inform you that the paper submission date has been extended upto 23 December 2015 for the UGC Sponsored National Conference on the theme “Recent Trends in Open Access”, will be held on 9th, January 2016 at Tumkur University, Tumakuru. We request you to kindly block these dates in your calendar to be at Tumakuru for making this Conference successful! We invite academicians, practitioners, research scholars and students to present their contributions and make this national conference a success. Objectives of the Conference: The conference aims at bringing together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars, to exchange or share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Open Access. It provides the premier interdisciplinary forum for researchers, practitioners and educators, to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, concerns, practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted in the field of Open Access. It also aims to educate the research community and public on the benefits of OA resources and open source software. Sub- themes 1. Open Access to Scholarly Communication 2. Open Access (OA) Movement 3. Open Access Policy perspective, Economics, Opportunities and Challenges 4. Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) 5. Open Access to Institutional and Digital Repositories/ Digital Libraries 6. OA Initiatives, Open Access Publishing, OA Models 7. Access tools and services to Open Access :DOAR, ROAR, SHERPA-ROMIO, SPARC 8. Open Access Educational Resources 9. Open Access and Rights of Creators and Stakeholders 10. Role of libraries in promoting Open Access 11. Research and Development Trends in Open Access 12. Management of E-resources 13. Impact of open access on research and scholarship 14. Use and User studies of Open access Scholarly Communication/ Free and Open Source Software. 15. Best practices for maintaining and disseminating OA scholarly communication 16. Plagiarism, Copyright, IPR issues and Creative Commons, Digital Rights Management Call for papers Original contributions in the form of research papers, case studies and surveys are invited on any of the sub themes mentioned above or any other topic related to the main theme of the conference. Guidelines to Authors: A panel will review the papers based on originality of the work, quality and relevance to the main topic of the Conference. Full paper not exceeding 8 pages should be in Times New Roman with 12 font size, line spacing 1.5 typed in MS word format. Follow the APA Style of citation for all references. The abstract carrying 4-5 Keywords and full paper should comprise of title, name of the author/co-author(s), mailing address, E-mail ID and contact number. Kindly submit the soft copy on or before 10th December 2015 through email: ncrtoa(a)gmail.com. The acceptance of paper will be communicated through E-mail to the main author of the paper. All the accepted full papers will be published in the conference proceedings with ISBN. All the participants are requested to send the duly filled registration form along with the requisite fee applicable. Registration for all authors is mandatory for paper publication and presentation. Registration Fees LIS professionals/ Academicians Rs. 500 Research Scholars/Library trainees/ Students Rs. 300 The Registration Fee includes conference kit and refreshment. Author and Co-author(s) should register separately. Registration on the spot is also entertained. Mode of Payment: The duly filled-in Registration Form along with Demand Draft (DD) drawn in favour of “Principal, University College of Arts” payable at Tumakuru should be sent to the organizing secretary on or before 20th December, 2015. Payment may also be made through NEFT, Name: Principal, A/c. No: 64143861653 Branch: Tumkur University, City: Tumkur, IFSC Code: SBMY0040850 Important Dates Last date for Paper submission: 23th December 2015 Notification of acceptance : 26th, December 2015 Last date for Registration : 26th December, 2015 OOD facility will be provided for registered delegates Further for registration NO Cheques is accepted. Only DD or Fund transfer(Bank Slip Should be attached). For further details visit the conference website http://www.ncrtoa.weebly.com and http://www.tumkuruniversity.ac.in Send the Articles to the following e-mail address: ncrtoa(a)gmail.com Looking forward to overwhelming response from your end With regards, Smt. Sumadevi S Organising Secretary, NCRTOA2016 Asst. Librarian University College of Arts Tumkur University, Tumkur-572103 Karnataka, India Mob:9900138254 E-Mail: ncrtoa(a)gmail.com and sumadevitut(a)gmail.com Websites: http://www.ucalibraryportal.weebly.com http://www.tumkuruniversity.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Teachers should share teaching resources freely
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Dec '15

08 Dec '15

Please see <*https://vimeo.com/147551334 <https://vimeo.com/147551334>*> and spread the news among all teachers you know. This seems to be a good model for us to follow in India. <https://vimeo.com/ccanz> CC Pukeko from CreativeCommons AotearoaNZ <https://vimeo.com/ccanz> e Commons License: by <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/> Imagine if every teacher in New Zealand - all fifty thousand of them - shared their resources openly. Everyone would have the best educational content for free, without needing to ask permission. No more building resources from scratch, or reinventing the wheel. At Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand, we’re working to ensure that more publicly funded work is available for everyone, including teachers, to reuse. To get there we need your help - so work with your school to pass a Creative Commons policy and start sharing your resources, openly and legally. To find out more about Creative Commons in New Zealand visit us at creativecommons.org.nz This video by Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand, with support from InternetNZ, OER Foundation and NZ Government Data and Information Programme is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 New Zealand licence. Produced by Mohawk Media. -- Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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second American Library Association (ALA) Library Conference at Sharjah International Book Fair
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 08 Dec '15

08 Dec '15

The second American Library Association (ALA) Library Conference at Sharjah International Book Fair will take place 10-12, November 2015 at the Expo Centre Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The Three-day library conference will offer concurrent programs on a wide range of topics for librarians from research, public, academic, government and special libraries in the region, as well as from the US and other countries. The conference will be bilingual English-Arabic and simultaneous translation is available. Topics to be on the conference program include: • New trends and technologies • eResources and managing virtual libraries • Effective information literacy • Staff development and continuing education • Library and Student learning • Outreach and promotion (increasing use of library services, engaging the community) • Collection development • Cataloging and classification with RDA: Resource Description and Access • Proving the value of the library Detailed Program (draft) is available from http://www.ala.org/offices/sites/ala.org.offices/files/content/iro/iroactiv… For conference registration, visa and other details, visit http://www.ala.org/offices/sharjah-international-book-fairala-library-confe… (OR) http://www.sharjahbookfair.com/en/Content/65/2 ---------- Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, Manager, Collections and Information Services, University Library, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on Koha and Joomla- Last date for the submission of Registration form has been extended
by Silpa K 08 Dec '15

08 Dec '15

Dear Friends, Last date for submission of the scanned copy of Registration form and DD for the 5 day workshop on Library Automation and Content Managemet using Koha and Joomla has been extended to 11/12/2015. Reg.Fee--Rs.2000/- (Rupees Two Thousand only)for TEQIP Institutions Rs.500/-(Rupees Five Hundred only) for Others Interested Professionals can download Application form and Brochure from our Library website *www.library.cethalassery. <http://library.cethalassery.in/>* Preference given to participants from Kerala.... Thanking You,, Silpa K Librarian ( in charge) College of Engineering Thalassery 9447074987, 9400057376 coethalassery(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 11th Memorial Seminar (2015): Designing e-content portal using Wordpress
by Madhuresh Singhal 08 Dec '15

08 Dec '15

NCSI-Net foundation (http://ncsinet.org) cordially invites you to the Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 11th Memorial Seminar (2015). This year’s seminar topic is, Designing e-content portal using Wordpress. It is a one-day seminar targeted for the benefit of Library and Information Science (LIS) students and budding LIS professionals. The details of the seminar are given below: Title: 11th Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 11th Memorial Seminar (2015): Designing e-content portal using Wordpress Date: December 19, 2015; 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM Venue: Choksi Hall, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore - 560012 About the Seminar Theme: With the explosive growth of online resources, managing such resources has become a challenge for Information professionals. Well designed organization or library web portals / Gateway services helps in the efficient dissemination of online resources to the user community. Today’s online resources includes variety of authoritative web resources (free & priced), integrating the relevant and useful resources into a web portal facilitates in the effective and efficient dissemination of information to the end users. This can be achieved using either commercial or open source content management tools. Various open source CMS tools are available on the Internet. Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, and OpenCMS are few such examples. In this seminar, some basic and useful features and functionalities of Wordpress, one of the popular CMS tools will be featured. Wordpress (http://wordpress.org/ ) is an open source, platform independent content management system (CMS). Its popular features include simple to install and use, powerful blog functionality, customizable, multiplatform, multilingual, web based administration, powerful report generation functionality, well organized browse and search etc. Being a plug-in based modular package, it facilitates in enabling / disabling the functionalities as per the needs of implementers. It has a strong and active user and developer community who provide the much needed support in using the package effectively. Self explanatory online and offline documentation are also available for the package and they are updated frequently. Wordpress is being used in developing different genres of website in various languages. Objective of the Seminar: To demonstrate the basic and essential features and functionalities of the Wordpress CMS as to how this Open Source Web application can be used to build Web Portals and provide Web-based information services. At the end of the seminar, the participants should have a clear understanding of the various features of the Wordpress CMS so that they can plan to make use of this CMS for their user Community Resource Persons: NCSI-Net members who have practical experience with the CMSs will serve as resource persons Who should attend the Seminar? LIS Students and fellow professionals interested in developing Web portals and in providing web-based information services using a CMS Seminar Topics: Overview of Content Management System Wordpress & Installation of Wordpress on Windows Demo Useful Plug-ins Themes Administration Case study Career Advice Registration Fee: Rs. 250 for Students (Should carry ID Card) and Rs. 500 for working professionals. Fee covers Seminar kit, working lunch and tea / coffee. Please confirm your participation to info(a)ncsinet.org to reserve your seat. Bank Details: One can submit the fee to Canara Bank with following details and send the submission proof to info(a)ncsinet.org. Name of the Account: NCSI-Net Foundation A/c No.:0683101029636 Bank: Canara Bank Branch: IISc Campus, Bangalore-560012 IFSC: CNRB0000683 Kindly bring this to the attention of the LIS students and budding professionals and encourage them to attend the seminar. Participants will get an opportunity to interact with fellow professionals working in the industry and academia. Please do note that no arrangements for accommodation are being made for outstation participants. With Regards Madhuresh Singhal on behalf of NCSI-Net Foundation

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Seminar on “Open Access in Research Area: A Strategic Approach” - Free Registration ! Limited Seats upto 50
by Nihal Alam 07 Dec '15

07 Dec '15

Seminar on “Open Access in Research Area: A Strategic Approach” 22 December 2015 | Seminar Hall, IHC. Lodhi Road, TERI, New Delhi Free Registration ! Limited Seats upto 50 on First-come-First served basis Open Access has become central importance to advancing the interests of researchers, scholars, students, business, and the public as well as librarians. Increasingly, research institutions require researchers to publish articles that report research findings openly accessible in open domain. Open Access pursues to yield scholarly publishing to spread knowledge and allow that knowledge to be built upon. Price barriers should not stop researchers from getting access to research data. Open Access, and the open availability and search ability of scholarly research that it entails, will have a significant positive impact on everything from education to the research practice in various fields. To explore why Open Access is so important to a number of groups, TERI Library along with The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) as Knowledge Partner is organizing a half day seminar on Open Access in Research Areas: a Strategic Approach” on 22 December 2015 at TERI Seminar Hall, IHC, Lodhi Road, New Delhi Why you Should Attend The Seminar will focus on: • Wider access to scientific publications and research data • Open access typically focuses on access to scientific information and • Challenges and Opportunities of Research Data Programme Outline 13.45 – 14:00 hrs Registration and Networking 14:00 – 14:10 hrs Welcome Address Mr Prabir Sengupta, Distinguished Fellow and Director, KM Division, TERI 14:10 – 14.20 hrs Special Address Dr Sumandro Chattopadhyay, Research Director, The Centre for Internet & Society 14:20 – 14:35 hrs Keynote Address Dr K R Murali Mohan, Advisor, Big Data Initiatives Division, DST 14:35 –14:50 hrs Inaugural Address Dr Chandrima Shaha, Director, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi 14:50 – 15:00 hrs Setting the Theme and Vote of Thanks Dr P K Bhattacharya, Fellow and Area Convenor, LIC, TERI Tea and Refreshments 15:00 – 15:30 hrs Plenary Session 15:30– 17:15 hrs Chair: Dr Ramesh Sharma, Director CEMCA 15:30 – 16:00 hrs Mr Puneet Kishore, Science, Data and Creative Commons* 16:00 – 16:45 hrs Dr Beth Sandore Namachchivaya, Associate Dean of Libraries and Professor University of Illinois Topic: “Developing services, infrastructure, and best practices to conserve and provide access to research data: challenges and opportunities” 16:45 – 17:15 hrs Dr Usha Mujoo Munshi, Librarian, Indian institute of Public Administration *Invited For Registration please contact: Reeta Sharma TERI Tel. +91 11 2468 2100, 2468 2111 Fax +91 11 2468 2144, 2468 2145 E-mail reetas(a)teri.res.in Regards, Nihal Alam TERI -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: The CODATA-RDA School of Research Data Science: APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN!
by Usha Munshi 07 Dec '15

07 Dec '15

T o CODATA National Members, Please distribute the information below as widely as possible among your networks and members. Applications are now open for the CODATA-RDA School of Research Data Science The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics https://www.ictp.it/, in collaboration with CODATA http://www.codata.org/, RDA https://rd-alliance.org/node and TWAS http://twas.org/, is organising a short course in the data science approaches and skills that are essential for 21st century research. The CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Summer School will be held at the ICTP, Trieste, Italy from 1st to 12th August 2016. The ever-accelerating volume and variety of data being generated is having a huge impact on a wide variety of research disciplines, from the sciences to the humanities. The international, collective ability to create, share and analyse vast quantities of data is having a profound, transformative effect. This 'Data Revolution' offers great opportunities for students with modern data skills, both in conducting their research and in entering a jobs market where those skills are in demand. Contemporary research – particularly when addressing the most significant, transdisciplinary research challenges – cannot be done effectively without a range of skills relating to data. This includes the principles and practice of Open Science and research data management and curation, the use of a range of data platforms and infrastructures, large scale analysis, statistics, visualisation and modelling techniques, software development and annotation and more. We define ‘Research Data Science’ as the ensemble of these skills. TO APPLY VISIT http://indico.ictp.it/event/7658/ The deadline for applications is 18 April 2016 ___________________________ Dr Simon Hodson | Executive Director CODATA | http://www.codata.org E-Mail: simon(a)codata.org | Twitter: @simonhodson99 | Skype: simonhodson99 Blog: http://www.codata.org/blog Diary: http://bit.ly/simonhodson99-calendar Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96 | Tel (Cell): +33 6 86 30 42 59 CODATA (ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology), 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Advanced Training Programme on SHODHGANGA on 21 – 22 December, 2015 @ Information and Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET), Gandhinagar, Gujarat
by Archita M 07 Dec '15

07 Dec '15

Dear Friends, As you are aware, Shodhganga is a repository of Indian theses and dissertations, which is growing progressively and has crossed the mark of 50,000+ theses in 2015. Centre is receiving requests from Research community to impart specialized training for Shodhganga. In this context, “*2 Days Advanced Training Programme on Shodhganga*” is scheduled on payment basis at INFLIBNET Centre during *21 – 22 December, 2015*. The program will include detailed introduction, its work flow, technical process, creation of metadata and standards, submission of theses, authentication, backup, role and responsibilities of University Coordinator, Anti Plagiarism Check (URKUND) etc. The program will also have hands on training on DSpace which is the backend IR software used for building Shodhganga. If you are Shodhganga University Coordinator, Researcher/ Ph.D Holder, Research Supervisor, you are requested to attend the programme or depute someone who deals with Shodhganga. The registration fee is Rs. 3000/- (Rupees Three thousand only) per person without accommodation and Rs. 5000/- (Rupees Five thousand only) with accommodation (* The amount is inclusive of Service Tax at the Rate of 14.5% ). It includes training kit, lunch and tea (on two training days only). TA/DA and accommodation charges will have to be borne by sponsoring organizations/participants. Please register your name on or before *18th December, 2015*. For More details Please Visit, *http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/forthcoming/shodhganga_brochure.pdf <http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/forthcoming/shodhganga_brochure.pdf>* or Contact directly *Cource Coordinators:Shri Manoj Kumar K Scientist – D (Computer Science) INFLIBNET Centre Phone: 079-23268220 E-mail: manoj(a)inflibnet.ac.in <manoj(a)inflibnet.ac.in>* *H G Hosamani Scientist – C (Library Science)* *INFLIBNET Centre * *Phone: 079-23268313 * *E-mail: hosamani(a)inflibnet.ac.in <hosamani(a)inflibnet.ac.in> * -- With Regards, *Archita M Muchhadia* *Project Officer (LS)* *Shodhganga- IETD* *INFLIBNET Centre* *Infocity, Gandhinagar - 382007* *Phone: 079-23268227* *Email: archita(a)inflibnet.ac.in <archita(a)inflibnet.ac.in> , archita4ever(a)gmail.com <archita4ever(a)gmail.com> * -- With Regards, *Archita M Muchhadia* *Project Officer (LS)* *Shodhganga- IETD* *INFLIBNET Centre* *Infocity, Gandhinagar - 382007* *Phone: 079-23268227* *Email: archita(a)inflibnet.ac.in <archita(a)inflibnet.ac.in> , archita4ever(a)gmail.com <archita4ever(a)gmail.com> *

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