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Librarian is yet important!!!
by T. Shahab .TANWIR 31 Oct '14

31 Oct '14

Dear all, Librarians act like filters; they validate; they collate and repackage the information to fulfill the specific requirements of users. Certainly the profession is not dispensable. The thing really required of us professionals is that we truly read the writing on the wall to reinvent ourselves as information processors rather than continue in the dormant role of book/journal dispensers. "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one." – Neil Gaiman With best regards, Dr. T. Shahab HMSCL, Jamia Hamdard New Delhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Advanced Training Programme on ICT Applications for Libraries from 10th -30th November, 2014 at INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar
by Dinesh Ranjan 31 Oct '14

31 Oct '14

Sorry for cross-posting . Dear Professionals, The INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar is organizing a Advanced Training Programme on ICT Applications for Libraries from 10th -30th November, 2014. *About the Course:* The Centre is conducting practical oriented “Advanced Training Programme on ICT Applications in Libraries” for the benefit of LIS professionals. Library and Information Services (LIS) are being transformed by technological developments leading to creation new opportunities and challenges for traditional libraries. With the application of ICT, libraries are adopting new methods and standards to meet the user’s needs in changing and growing digital world. Therefore, Centre has taken this new initiatives to design advance level course having all aspects of ICT on one single course. *Objectives *: - Provide an exposure of latest ICT applications to LIS professionals; - Provide practical ‘hands-on’ training in ICT applications; - Provide training on RFID, Surveillance applications, license, IPR and copyright; and - Networks and cloud computing for resource sharing. *Course content: * The following areas will be covered in the workshop and hands on practical training will be given in these areas: - New Generation ILMS software - Changing role of librarianship - Creation and managing digital library using open source software - Creation and managing institutional repository - Web technology - Networks & cloud computing - Knowledge discovery tools and techniques - Inter personnel skills for LIS professionals - Capacity building on library automation and digital library - Managing and licensing of e-resources - Use of Anti- plagiarism software - RFID Technology - E-learning management system - Information literacy - Latest trends in LIS *(Please note that 21 days Advance course is on par with UGC Refresher Course)* *Target Participants: Library and information professionals, information scientists and students. A maximum of 25-30 candidates will be enrolled for the workshop on First-Come-First-Serve basis. * *Duration: Twenty One Days * Tentative workshop schedule refer latest announcement regularly *Fees: *The registration fee is Rs. 12000.00 (Rupees twelve thousand only) per person without accommodation and Rs. 22,000 (Rupees twenty two thousand only) with accommodation and @12.36% service tax extra as applicable on registration fee and accommodation charges. It covers the cost of training programme kit containing training materials, breakfast, lunch and dinner during the sessions. Details of the workshop is available at http://inflibnet.ac.in/forthcoming/ICT_Training%20Programme%20Brochures.pdf Dinesh Ranjan Pradhan Scientist-B (LS) INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Freeing knowing from the shackles of commercial interests
by Subbiah Arunachalam 31 Oct '14

31 Oct '14

Prof. Timothy Gowers is a celebrated mathematician. A professor at the University of Cambridge, UK, he is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fields Medalist. In the midst of his research and teaching he finds time to make scientific research freely accessible. Not only did he, through the PolyMath project, give an opportunity for interested common citizens to take part in solving high level research questions, but he also initiated the Cost of Knowledge (aka Boycott Elsevier) movement. He is a great champion of freeing access to knowledge from the stranglehold of commercial interests. He maintains a blog. Here is an entry he contributed six months ago. <*http://gowers.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/elsevier-journals-some-facts/ <http://gowers.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/elsevier-journals-some-facts/>*> Best wishes. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Papers 7th Annual Conference of Karnataka Health Sciences Library Association -KHSLA-2015 - 23rd & 24th January 2015.
by KLEUS KHSLA 2015 30 Oct '14

30 Oct '14

Dear Health Science Librarians, It gives me great pleasure to intimate you that we are going to hold the 7th Annual Conference of KHSLA-2015 at KLE University, J.N.Medical College Campus, Belgaum on 23rd and 24th January 2015. Please support by contributing a paper. "Unity is Strength", the conference will provide you an opportunity to meet, discuss, exchange your views with your professional colleagues. Hence, once again I kindly request you to support KHSLA-2015 by contributing paper and attending the conference. *Theme:* *“Web Scale Library Management System”* *Sub Themes:* · *Open Sources ILS for Web Scale.* · *Sharing of Web Scale Solutions.* · *Cloud-Solution for Web-Scale.* · *Discovery Solution with Web-Scale.* *Submission Guidelines* · Original Paper on the above theme and sub theme are invited. · The Papers should be submitted electronically · The paper should consist of the title of the paper name (s) of the author/s and their address with an e-mail ID. · The Abstract should be about 150-200 words followed by at least 5 keywords. All the full papers should be written in MS word format (windows 2007 and above) single spaced, 12 point font size, times new roman font not exceeding 3000-5000 words. *Important Dates* · Last date for submission of abstract : 30th October 2014 · Last date for submission of full paper : 21st November 2014 *E-mail Abstract and full Papers to:* *Dr.H.S.Siddamallaiah.* Director of the conference - KHSLA 2015 Visiting Professor, Mahasarakham University, Thailand Ex. Principal Library and Information officer, NIMHANS- Bangalore-560029 E-mail ID: siddamallaiah@yahoo.com,Mahesh.palled@gmail.com, khsla2015(a)gmail.com We request you to send your valuable full papers on the above at an early date and oblige. An early response in the matter is highly appreciated. *For more details visit our website*: www.khsla2015.webnode.com -- *Shri Ravi D. Shivanaikar,* Organizing Secretary, KHSLA-2015, Asst. Librarian, Central Library, KLE University’s Dr.S G Desai Library, Belgaum – 590010. Telephone: 0831-2470386 extn-4185 Mobile No. 992709888 E-mail: khsla2015(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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Call for participation in Workshop on SeMDAT
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 30 Oct '14

30 Oct '14

Dear Professionals, SeMDAT: International Workshop on Semantics for Data is organized by Dr. Devika Madalli and Prof. ARD Prasad of Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute on 2nd November, 2014, at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Workshop website: http://drtc1.isibang.ac.in/semdat/index.html SeMDAT is a workshop with a scope intended to explore the role of semantics and metadata for data. The workshop aims to bring together international experts and practitioners in Big Data. SeMDAT will provide a platform for discussions highlighting opportunities, issues and challenges in Big data sourcing, storage, processing and applications. The workshop will emphasize on pragmatic approaches required to progress towards semantic solutions for data. The workshop features a series of eminent speakers: 1. Prof. Lianglin Hu (Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing) 2. Prof. Nialdi Chatterjee (IIT, Delhi) 3. Prof. ARD Prasad (Indian Statistical Institute) To know more about conference programme and to register, go to the conference website: http://drtc1.isibang.ac.in/semdat/index.html Registration is free. We look forward to seeing you in November. With Regards, Dr.Devika P. Madalli (Organizer) Documentation Research & Training Centre (DRTC) Bangalore Email: devika(a)isibang.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Central Library of IIT Kharagpur is now ISO 9001:2008 Certified
by Bablu 29 Oct '14

29 Oct '14

Dear Colleagues,I am happy to inform you that Central Library of Indian Institute of Technology is now ISO 9001:2008(QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM) Certified. This is possible because of hard work of our dedicated Library staff. Thanking you Yours sincerelyB. Sutradhar Dr. B. Sutradhar Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) Kharagpur Technology Post office Kharagpur - 721302 Phone: 03222-282432/82431 ( office) E-mail: bsutra(a)libraray.iitkgp.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC Sponsored Conference on "Social Media and Libraries" @ Mysore
by Sunil MV 29 Oct '14

29 Oct '14

Dear Professionals Friends, It is great pleasure to inform that SBRR Mahajana First Grade College, Mysore, is organizing UGC sponsored 2-Day National Conference on "Social Media and Libraries" on December 4 & 5, 2014. Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA) Mysore is collaborating in organizing this National Conference. Papers are invited from the professionals, researchers, academicians and students on the theme and subthemes of the Conference. The papers may be sent to ncsmlmysore(a)mahajanafgc.com. The last date for receiving the papers is November 20, 2014. The details of the conference is available at : http://www.mahajanafgc.com/ncsml/ For any clarification or information please contact: Smt. M. Veena, Organising Secretary of the Conference Mobile : 9945841777 or mail to ncsmlmysore(a)mahajanafgc.com. We wish to see you @ Mysore during the conference. With sincere regards, MyLISA Mysore -- Dr. Sunil M.V. Librarian Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD) No. 1, Chamundi Hill Main Road, Siddharthanagar Post, Mysore - 570 011, INDIA Mobile: 998639832 | Telephone: 0821-2429722 Extn: 3006 * Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this e-mail* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Success Story of MyLISA Pusthaka Dasara 2014
by Sunil MV 29 Oct '14

29 Oct '14

Dear LIS Forum Friends, Greetings from MyLISA Mysore! Wish to share with you the success story of Pusthaka (Book) Dasara 2014 which was concluded by organizing Book Exhibition and Donation program. MyLISA received more than 2000+ books by 36 donors during Pusthala Dasara 2014. The same was exhibited and donated to 38 libraries during the event held on October 13, 2014. The event was inaugurated by Prof. S. Indumati, Dean of Faculty of Arts, University of Mysore and Former Vice-Chancellor of Davanagere University. 4 school libraries, 2 medical college libraries, 4 engineering college libraries, 3 NGO serving the children, 12 PU college libraries and 13 first grade college libraries are the beneficiaries. The event was organized in collaboration with Mysore University Library; Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore; and Rotary Mysore North. For more information about the event, photo gallery, press clips, please visit http://mylisamysore.weebly.com/ For the announcement made in LIS Forum about the event, MyLISA received appreciations, suggestions and views by the professionals @ mylisamysore(a)gmail.com. MyLISA like to thank all the professionals for their kind words which have motivated and greatly supported this initiative. With sincere regards, MyLISA Mysore -- Dr. Sunil M.V. Librarian Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD) No. 1, Chamundi Hill Main Road, Siddharthanagar Post, Mysore - 570 011, INDIA Mobile: 998639832 | Telephone: 0821-2429722 Extn: 3006 * Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this e-mail* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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International Conference - Announcement - KL University - Andhrapradesh - Reg
by Dr. R. Balasubramani 29 Oct '14

29 Oct '14

Dear Professionals KL University Library, Andhrapradesh, organize International Conference on "Scholarly Communication and Knowledge Management in Higher Educational Institutions", in KL University from Andhrapradesh, India (28 & 29 November 2014). Submission of papers can be made electronically in MS Word Document (A4 size paper, single line, 11 point Times New Roman) with abstract, keywords and references. The manuscript should preferably be not more than 3000 words and be limited to a maximum of 8 pages. The papers submitted for presentation should not have already been published / presented elsewhere. Authors are requested to submit electronically a MS Word file to icskh2014(a)kluniversity.in Important Dates Receipts of full paper : 30th October, 2014 Intimation of Acceptance : 05th October, 2014 Submission of camera ready paper : 10th November, 2014 Registration Fee Category of Delegates from India Professionals Rs.1500/- Research Scholars Rs.1000/- Students Rs.600/- Call for Papers Papers are invited for presentation in the following main / sub themes. 1. Knowledge Management in Libraries 2. Information Communication Technology 3. Open Source Software & Resources 4. Digital Libraries of 21st Century 5. Web 2.0 and Semantic Web Technologies Web 2.0 and Language Learning for Knowledgeable Management. 6. Copy Right Issues and Total Quality Management 7. E- Learning / Virtual Learning 8. LIS Education & Best Practices in Libraries Accommodation Accommodation will be provided to the participants on payment basis upon prior request in the university campus on first come first serve basis. A/C Room : Rs.475/- (for single person) Non A/C Room : Rs.375/- (for single person) Conference Highlights 1. Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings with ISBN 2. Best paper award will be given for each theme of the conference 4. Selected papers will be published in the peer-reviewed open access LIS journal. Further Information please visit this site http://www.kluniversity.in/icskh2014/ With Regards Dr. K. S. Sivaraj Librarian and Head KL University Library, Andhrapradesh 08903582340 ksshivraj(a)gmail.com -- Dr. R. Balasubramani Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathidasan University, Trichy. Cell: 9994889426 http://library.bdu.ac.in/library_staff5.php http://drbalasubramani.webs.com -- 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 -- Professional Development Program on Internet of Things (IoT)
by Mohan Hr 29 Oct '14

29 Oct '14

Dear all, Pl. find the Call for Participation in the one day Professional Development Program on Internet of Things (IoT) at Chennai on Friday 21st Nov 2104. As the seats are limited, early registration is recommended. Advance registration may be done at http://goo.gl/p79akC But the registration will be confirmed on payment only Detailed brochure at: http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2014/pdp-iot-brochure.pdf Registration Form at: http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2014/pdp-iot-regn-form.pdf For clarifications/queries if any, pl. contact: +91-44-2254 1102/1103/2874 OR Mr. S. Ramasamy: Mobile: 098400 09417 & email: csiprograms(a)gmail.com OR Mr. M. Gnanasekar: Mobile: 098403 41902 & email : admn.officer(a)csi-india.org With regrads HR Mohan Chairman, IEEE CS President, CSI CALL FOR PARTICIPATION =============================== IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter and Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter Professional Development Program on Internet of Things (IoT): Technology, Applications, and Impact How you can capitalize on the next big thing in IT on Friday, 21st November 2014 :: 10.00 a.m to 5.00 p.m. (Registration at 9.30 a.m.) at Seminar Hall, CSI Education Directorate, Taramani, 600113 (Situated in the opposite lane to Indira Nagar MRTS Railway Station and about 100 meters away from the Dharmambal Women's Polytechnic &Opposite to the Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Institute of Hotel Management) Internet's evolution is an ongoing process. Besides connecting billions of computers, mobile devices and people, it's now poised to connect various things such as cars, sensors, controllers, TVs, machinery, and electrical appliances, creating Internet of Things (IoT). IoT is the next big thing in IT; it's bound to reengineer and transform everything again -- including business, industry, healthcare, and personal and social life, as it facilitates deployment many new applications and services that were unimaginable till recently. Many tech giants, start-ups and professionals have begun to capitalize on IoT's promise with launch of new hardware, software and applications. The IoT market will grow enormously creating new business and job opportunities as businesses and consumers adopt IoT and other supportive technologies for various purposes. It's time to understand what IoT is and what are its potential, and look at how you can leverage and benefit from it. This professional development program (PDP) on a hot topic of interest and relevance will help you to get a holistic overview on IOT - concepts, technologies, applications, potential impact, and outlook. It'll also equip you for your journey into a new era where everything is connected and interact and collaborate with other things creating a smarter world. Program Outline § Introduction to IoT § Architecture of IoT § Supporting Technologies - Hardware, software, communications, standards § Applications in several important domains, and use cases § IoT, Cloud Computing, Big Data and Smart Systems - Internet-connected ecosystem, § Issues and concerns, and how they can be addressed - Security, privacy, dependability and more § Development and deployment considerations § Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) for IoT § Networking and Computing Challenges for IoT - Scalability, security, interoperability § IoT Applications and Deployment Scenarios with focus on mobile phone based sensing § Lightweight yet reliable and secure protocols for uploading mobile phone sensed data to cloud - Candidate Lightweight Protocols - CoAP and MQTT as compared to HTTP - Enhanced CoAP - Adding reliability and security to CoAP § Distributed Computing for mobile phone based sensing - Mobile Cloud Computing and Fog Computing - Framework for Distributed Execution - Workflow assignment between cloud and edge § Implications and opportunities - Monetizing the IoT § IoT Outlook Target Participants This program is developed and offered for the benefit of IT professionals, application developers, business managers and executives, academics, researchers and senior graduate students interested to learn about IoT, a hot topic of growing interest, and gain a holistic understanding its potentials. About the Presenters Dr. San Murugesan is Editor in Chief of IEEE IT Professional (http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/itpro) Director of BRITE Professional Services; and adjunct professor at University of Western Sydney, Australia. He is a corporate trainer, a consultant and an author. He is a former Senior Research Fellow of the US National Research Council, at NASA Ames Research Center, California, USA, and served in various positions at ISRO satellite Centre, Bangalore. His expertise and interests span a range of areas: cloud computing, green IT, IT for emerging regions, IoT, smart systems and mobile applications. He is a co-editor of the book, Harnessing Green IT: Principles and Practices -- http://as.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1119970059.html (John Wiley, 2012; Indian Edition -- http://www.wileyindia.com/harnessing-green-it-principles-and-practices.html , 2013), and upcoming Encyclopedia of Cloud Computing (Wiley, 2015). He edits and contributes to the "Cloud Cover" department in Computer and serves on several committees and boards. He is Standing Chair of the new COMPSAC Symposium on IT in Practice (ITiP) -- http://www.computer.org/portal/web/COMPSAC/COMPSAC-ITiP . Dr. Murugesan is a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society, a Fellow of IETE and a Sr. Member of IEEE CS. For further information, visit his Website at www.bitly.com/sanprofile. Dr Arpan Pal is the head of Innovation Lab at TCS, Kolkata. He received both his B.Tech and M.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India in Electronics and Telecommunications followed by PhD. from Aalborg University, Denmark. He has more than 22 years of experience in the area of Signal Processing, Communication and Real-time Embedded Systems. Currently he is with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), where, as Principal Scientist, he is heading research at Innovation Lab, Kolkata. He is also a member of Systems Research Council of TCS with main responsibility in conceptualizing and guiding R&D in the area of cyber-physical systems. His current research interests include Mobile phone and Camera based Sensing and Analytics, Physiological Sensing, M2M communications and Internet-of-Things based Platforms and Systems. He has over 55 publications till date in reputed Journals and Conferences along with a couple of Book Chapters. He has also filed for more than 60 patents and has 6 patents granted to him. He is on the editorial board for reputed journals like ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems and IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing. He is in the program committee of various eminent conferences and is a senior member of IEEE. Home Page - http://www.tcs.com/about/research/researchers/Pages/Pal-Arpan.aspx Linked In - http://in.linkedin.com/in/arpanpal Google Scholar - http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=hkKS-xsAAAAJ&hl=en Registration Fee (including Service Tax of 12.36%) Student Members of CSI / IEEE & Supporting Orgn : Rs. 800/= (pl. provide a certificate) Members of CSI / IEEE & Supporting Orgn. : Rs. 1000/= Industry & Other Delegates : Rs. 1250/= As the seats are limited, early registration is recommended. Advance registration may be done at http://goo.gl/p79akC But the registration will be confirmed on payment only Pl. send the duly filled in registration form along with the respective payment by DD / Cheques drawn in favour of Computer Society of India - Chennai Chapter and payable at Chennai to: Computer Society of India, CSI Education Directorate, CIT Campus, 4th Cross Road, Taramani, Chennai 600113. Payment can also be made through online and the payment reference no. can be provided in the online form at http://goo.gl/p79akC On realization/credit we will confirm the registration. Name of beneficiary: CSI, Chennai Chapter Beneficiary's Bank: State Bank of India, MIDC, Andheri East, Mumbai Account Number: 33934168390 MICR Code: 400002057 IFSC Code: SBIN0007074 Detailed brochure at: http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2014/pdp-iot-brochure.pdf Registration Form at: http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2014/pdp-iot-regn-form.pdf For clarifications/queries if any, pl. contact: +91-44-2254 1102/1103/2874 OR Mr. S. Ramasamy: Mobile: 098400 09417 & email: csiprograms(a)gmail.com OR Mr. M. Gnanasekar: Mobile: 098403 41902 & email : admn.officer(a)csi-india.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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