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UNESCO Open Access Curricula for Researchers & Library Schools
by Shamprasad Pujar 17 Mar '15

17 Mar '15

Dear All, UNESCO has made available Open Access modules for researchers and library schools. According to UNESCO's press release, the curricula will soon be converted into self-directed e-learning tools. You may have more information and download modules at: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-a… Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: ++91-22-2841 6547 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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OR2015 NEWS: Registration Opens, Speakers from Mozilla and Google Announced
by Imma Subirats 16 Mar '15

16 Mar '15

- OR2015 NEWS: Registration Opens; Speakers from Mozilla and Google Announced - We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 10th International Conference on Open Repositories, to be held on June 8-11, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America. Full registration details and a link to the registration form may be found at: http://www.or2015.net/registration OR2015 is co-hosted by Indiana University Bloomington Libraries, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, and Virginia Tech Libraries. -- OR2015 Registration and Fees -- An early registration fee of $450 USD will be available until May 8. After May 8, the registration fee will increase to $500 USD. This registration fee covers participation in general conference sessions, workshops, and interest group sessions, as well as the conference dinner on Wednesday, June 10 and poster reception on Tuesday, June 9. For a draft outline of the conference schedule, please see: http://www.or2015.net/program/schedule-at-a-glance Participants may register online at: http://www.or2015.net/registration. If you have any questions about registering for OR2015, please contact the Conference Registrar at iuconfs(a)indiana.edu. Any other questions about the conference may be directed to the conference organizing committee by using the form at: http://www.or2015.net/contact-us -- Hotel Reservations -- The OR2015 conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis hotel, conveniently located in the heart of downtown Indianapolis. Special room rates at the Hyatt starting at $159 USD per night have been negotiated for conference attendees and will be available for booking through May 16. More information on hotel reservations and travel is available at: http://www.or2015.net/conference-hotel-and-travel -- Keynote and Featured Speakers -- Reflecting the significant milestone of the 10th Open Repositories conference and this year's theme of "Looking Back, Moving Forward: Open Repositories at the Crossroads," we are pleased to announce the conference's two plenary speakers: Kaitlin Thaney will be giving the opening keynote talk on the morning of Tuesday, June 9. Kaitlin is director of the Mozilla Science Lab, an open science initiative of the Mozilla Foundation focused on innovation, best practice and skills training for research. Prior to Mozilla, she served as the Manager of External Partnerships at Digital Science, a technology company that works to make research more efficient through better use of technology. Kaitlin also advises the UK government on infrastructure for data intensive science and business, serves as a Director for DataKind UK, and is the founding co-chair for the Strata Conference series in London on big data. Prior to Mozilla and Digitial Science, Kaitlin managed the science program at Creative Commons, worked with MIT and Microsoft, and wrote for the Boston Globe. You can learn more about the Science Lab at http://mozillascience.org and follow Kaitlin online at @kaythaney. Anurag Acharya will be the featured speaker at the plenary session on the morning of Wednesday, June 10, presenting on "Indexing repositories: pitfalls and best practices." Anurag is a Distinguished Engineer at Google and creator of Google Scholar, and he previously led the indexing group at Google. He has a Bachelors in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and a PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon. Prior to joining Google, he was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Maryland, College Park and an assistant professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. We look forward to seeing you at OR2015! Jon Dunn, Julie Speer, and Sarah Shreeves OR2015 Conference Organizing Committee Holly Mercer, William Nixon, and Imma Subirats OR2015 Program Co-Chairs -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MyDLIS Golden Jubilee Summit and International Conference
by chandrashekara m 15 Mar '15

15 Mar '15

Dear Sir/ Madam, Greetings from MyDLIS! We would like to invite you be part of the yearlong Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore initiated on June 24, 2014. As a part of this celebration the grand finale event – Golden Jubilee Summit & International Conference on “Information Unbounded: The Past, The Present, and The Future of Information Sciences” is organized during June 18-20, 2015, in association with Mysore University Information and Library Alumni Network (MILAN). We invite papers, case studies and articles from various inter-disciplinary areas and sectors for the purpose of this International Conference. Accepted and registered papers will be published in the Conference Proceeding with ISBN. At least one author needs to register for the conference to get considered for publication. Please find the attached brochure with the details of the Conference and registration form for your immediate reference. You may kindly visit the Global Summit & Conference webpage http://milan-mysore.org/summit/ for more information. You may also contact the Event Secretariat at mydlisuom(a)gmail.com or the undersigned Organizing Committee Chair for any information or clarification. MyDLIS wish you to be part of this Golden Movement. With Regards, Dr. M. Chandrashekara Professor & Chairman, Organizing Chair Department of Studies in Library & Information Science Manasagangotri, University of Mysore, Mysuru - 570006 Ph: (0821) 2419389; Mobile: 9448600970 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for article
by noor shabina aziz 15 Mar '15

15 Mar '15

Dear Professionals One of our esteemed scholars needs following an articlefor the research purpose. If available in yourslibrary kindly send it to me a scanned copy. 1. D V Subba Reddy. Influence of Indian Medicine on Arabic andPersian Medical Literature, Indian Journal of the History of Medicine,vol.4 (2), 1959, pp.25-34 BestRegards NoorshabinaAziz LibraryInformation Executive ICHR -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Recruitment of Project Linked Personnel
by Arup Raychaudhury 14 Mar '15

14 Mar '15

Indian Statistical Institute 203 B.T. Road, Kolkata - 700108 No.PU/507/ADV/ 177 12, March 2015 ADVERTISEMENT Applications are invited for the recruitment of one (01) Project linked person purely on temporary basis to work in the project entitled "Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis: the man & his contributions to the field of Statistical Studies", in the Central Library, Indian Statistical Institute, 203 B.T. Road, Kolkata - 700 108. Qualification 1st Class Master Degree in any Science/ Social Science subject, or 1" Class Master Degree in English/ Mass Communication, or Ist Class M.Tech. Degree. Preference will be given to the candidates who are familiar/interested with science history. Desirable: Candidates having experience in digital processing of records. Pay 18000/- (Rupees eighteen thousand only) per month (consolidated). Tenure of The appointment will be upto 31 March 2016, which may be extended appointment later/terminated earlier, depending on availability of funds & performance of the selected candidate. Age : The age limit is 35 years as on 01 March 2015. Usual relaxation for SC/ST/OBC/Women and Physically Handicapped candidates. Candidates are requested to submit the application and bio-data electronically to library(a)isical.ac.in on or before 28 March 2015. The application and bio-data addressed to the Director, Indian Statistical Institute, giving particulars of (a) Name (In block letters), (b) Mailing Address, (c) E-mail Address, (d) Telephone/Mobile No.,(e) Father's/ Husband's Name, (f) Date of birth, (g) Academic Qualifications (with percentage of marks obtained in each examination), (h) Experience (if any), (i) SC/ST/OBC/PH status. It is not necessary to submit attested copies of all documents/testimonials Short listed candidates will be intimated over email/mobile. The Institute reserves the right not to appoint any of the above. This advertisement is also available on our website http://www.isical.ac.in/JobApplicationFiles/[Untitled]_1303201510425700.pdf It is not necessary to submit attested copies of all documents/testimonials at this stage of application -- Arup Raychaudhury Indian Statistical Institute 203 BT Road Kolkata 700108. INDIA Phone: 91-33-2575-2106 Fax: 91-33-2578-1412 -- 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 Arup Raychaudhury 14 Mar '15

14 Mar '15

A Walk-in-interview will be conducted on Tuesday, 31 March 2015 at 11:30 A.M. in the Library, Documentation and Information Science Division of Indian Statistical Institute, 203 B.T. Road, Kolkata 700108 for recruitment of two (02) Library Trainees purely on temporary basis. For details, please visit http://www.isical.ac.in/~library/lt.pdf -- Arup Raychaudhury Indian Statistical Institute 203 BT Road Kolkata 700108. INDIA Phone: 91-33-2575-2106 Fax: 91-33-2578-1412 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Conference
by ambika ashok 14 Mar '15

14 Mar '15

Dear Professional Colleagues, Dept. of Library and Information Science is organizing national conference at K..S. School of Engineering and Management, No.15, Mallsandra,  Off. Kanakapura Road, Bengaluru-62. on 5th May 2015, Tuesday. Last date to submit the full length paper: 05.04.2015Acceptance Notification : 10.04.2015Submission of corrected full lengthpaper (in the given format) with registration form : 15.04.2015Conference Date : 5.05.2015Please submit papers at the earliest Paper to be sent to : ncash15@kssem.edu.inTopics: eResource/Library Services/ICT/User Education Programme/Citations/Semantic/ and other relevant topics For further more details please click on the link below:http://www.kssem.edu.in/ncash2015-science/   Regards, Ambika C.A. Librarian K.S. School of Engineering and Management No.15, Mallsandra, Off. Kanakapura Road, Bengaluru-62. Regards, Ambika C.A. Librarian K.S. School of Engineering and Management -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for full text article
by Email Team 14 Mar '15

14 Mar '15

Dear Professionals, If you have access to the following article could you please send it to me. Am J Kidney Dis. 2003 Apr;41(4):776-84. Outcome of ANCA-associated renal vasculitis: a 5-year retrospective study. Booth AD1, Almond MK, Burns A, Ellis P, Gaskin G, Neild GH, Plaisance M, Pusey CD, Jayne DR; Pan-Thames Renal Research Group. Thanking you with regards, -- Mahesh Moolya Jr. Librarian K S Hegde Medical Academy Dearalakatte Mangalore 575 018 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IASLIC 2015
by Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi 13 Mar '15

13 Mar '15

IASLIC 2015 IASLIC 30th All India Conference 2015 ThemeLibrary Legislation and Community Information Services Special Interest Group DiscussionSIG01 : Social Sciences InformationLibrary and Research SIG02 : Computer Applications in LISLibrary Security Technology VenueSmt. Hansa Mehta Library,University Library System,The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda,Vadodara-390 002Gujarat-India Organising SecretaryDr Mayank TrivediUniversity Librarian & Senate Member,Smt. Hansa Mehta Library,University Library System,The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda,Vadodara-390 002, Gujarat, IndiaCell : +91-9426952224 Date (Tentatively)December 28-31, 2015For further details, please contact : Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi, General Secretary, IASLIC, P 291 CIT Scheme 6M, Kankurgachhi, Kolkata - 700054iaslic.sem(a)gmail.com -- Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Hony General Secretary, IASLIC, P-291, CIT Scheme No. 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata - 700054 iaslic(a)vsnl.net or iaslic.india(a)gmail.com www.iaslic1955.org.in Join IASLIC, Contribute to IASLIC, Strengthen IASLIC | ==========================================================================================================পীযূষকান্তি পাণিগ্রাহী Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Professor , Dept of Lib and Inf Science, 3rd Floor Asutosh Building, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, panigrahipk11(a)gmail.com, (M) : +91 94342 43522. General Secretary, Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC), P-291, CIT Scheme No 6M , Kankurgachi, Kolkata – 700 054, India; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin ; | | | -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Uttar Pradesh Librarians got Academic Staff Status
by Ajay Kamble 13 Mar '15

13 Mar '15

Dear all, Librarians in UP has got Academic Staff status. The Government order in this regards is available GRs and Circular page of following website. www.ilosc.co.nr -- Thanks and Regards, Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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