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Fedora Scientific
by Subbiah Arunachalam 23 Jun '14

23 Jun '14

Friends: Those of you working in science-orientd libraries might wish to install Fedora Scientific in your library & info centre. And those of you who teach Masters level LIS courses might wish to include this as part of your teaching programme. http://opensource.com/life/14/6/linux-distribution-science-geeks Best. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Half Day Workshop on "Six Sigma for LIS Professionals"
by madhuresh.singhal 23 Jun '14

23 Jun '14

Dear All, A half-day free workshop on 'Six Sigma for LIS Professionals' is being organized by NCSI-Net Foundation in collaboration with Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) and Raman Research Institute (RRI). Six Sigma Black Belt experts from the industry will be sharing their expertise knowledge during the workshop. Fellow professionals are encouraged to attend the seminar and get to understand the set of techniques and tools for process improvement. The detail of the event follows: Title: Six Sigma for LIS Professionals Venue: Raman Research Institute (RRI), CV Raman Avenue, Sadashivnagar (Near Mekhri Circle), Bangalore - 560080 Date and Time: 28 June 2014; 2.00 to 5.00 PM Registration: Free Workshop Objective/Coverage: This workshop will introduce the concept of Six-Sigma, its application in Library Science with specific examples and focus on designing Digital Library by using Six-Sigma approach. At the end, a case study on Six-Sigma will also be presented. The workshop will be participant driven where based on audience response/questions, speakers will try to give a six-sigma way of solving problems. Speakers - Lakshmeesha S Lakshmeesha is leading a team of professionals focusing on Intellectual Property, Technology and Market analysis, at GE Global Research, JFWTC, Bangalore. He has over 20 years of professional experience spanning Research, People Management, Software Program execution and Technology strategy. He has been associated with the Six Sigma activities for the last 14 years and is a Certified DFSS Master Black Belt. He has mentored many Black Belts and Green Belts both in technology as well as functions. He is also an active coach in many of the six sigma training sessions. He has led many Lean work outs, which aim at simplifying the existing process. He has a master's degree in Bio Medical Engineering and Bachelor's degree in Instrumentation technology. He has deep interest in Healthcare technologies, TRIZ for problem solving, Lean Six sigma, apart from Intellectual Property Strategy. He has been an invited speaker in various forums focusing on Quality and Intellectual Property. Ananda Byrappa Ananda Byrappa has 15 plus years of industry experience in IT, Media and R & D sectors. He is currently serving at GE as Global Leader for GE's Knowledge Center. He is leading global teams of information professionals and providing cutting edge information sources, state of the art services in the areas of information and intellectual property for GE worldwide. Ananda is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt. He has guided Six-Sigma projects and mentored many Green Belts. He has delivered key note addresses, lectures, plenary talks, chaired technical sessions and panel discussions in national and international events both in India and abroad. You are invited to attend this workshop. Regards Madhuresh Singhal (on behalf of NCSI-Net Foundation) Senior Manager - Knowledge Services Advinus Therapeutics Ltd (A TATA Enterprise) 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 98861 82822 Meet us at BIO International Convention | June 23-26, 2014 | San Diego, CA | Booth # 5323 ************************************************************************************************* This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Remembering P.N. Panicker, the Father of Library and Literacy movement in Kerala in Thrissur and conclusion of Four Month’s long NET Coaching in LIS on 22nd June 2014 by ALA and KLA
by Dr. A.T. Francis 21 Jun '14

21 Jun '14

Dear LIS Professionals, The Academic Library Association (ALA) and Thrissur Region of the Kerala Library Association (KLA) is jointly organising a meeting to remember Sri. P.N. Panicker, the Father of Library and Literacy movement in Keralaand conclusion of Four Month’s long NET Coaching in LIS in a meeting organised on 22nd June 2014, Sunday at the St. ThomasCollege, Thrissur at 3.30-5.30pm. Soliciting the esteemed presence of all library professionals in Thrissur, Ernakulam, Palakkad, Calicut and Malappuram area with their friends. With regards, Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY College of Horticulture Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KLA-CPD to organize a One Day Workshop on Managing Literature for Scholarly Writing on 13 July 2014 in Thiruvananthapuram
by S.L. Faisal 21 Jun '14

21 Jun '14

Dear All, Kerala Library Association Centre for Professional Development (KLA-CPD) is organizing a one day Workshop on Managing Literature for Scholarly Writing. About the workshop This workshop will empower the researcher to systemically identify, capture, organize, and use the scholarly literature. The researchers also will be able to learn how to manage the numerous PDF files they already have in a proper way and how to add notes and annotations to them. Further it will also provide insights about how to use its bibliographical information to generate the references / citations and to insert them in MSWord / Open Office during the paper / theses writing process in the required citation style. Workshop Components: - Installation and customization of reference software Zotero. - Capturing and organizing references/citations and full text. - Managing literature including notes and annotations - Referencing / citation – styles - Integration with Word Processor for citing and generating bibliography - Data backup and restore Resource persons: The resource persons include academicians and eminent information professionals who have made a mark in the field of information search and handling reference management softwares. Who should attend? Research scholars of all disciplines, students pursuing MPhil / post Master’s programmes, Professionals working in Academic Libraries, R & D Libraries, Academicians of all disciplines, ICT Professionals in Academic and R&D Institutions. Date and Venue The workshop would be conducted at the KLA – Centre for Professional Development, No. 36, II Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana, Thiruvananthapuram. The date and time is 13 July 2014 from 09.00am to 12.30pm. & 1.30 pm to 5.00pm. (Two batches) Registration Registration fee is Rs. 250/- per participant. This entitles the participant for the workshop kit [including software CD-ROM], and refreshments. How to apply? Candidates interested to participate should apply online. Visit, http://klaweblog.wordpress.com to apply online. Demand draft for Rs. 250/- drawn in favour of Kerala Library Association payable at Thiruvananthapuram should be sent to the address: V. Sriram, (Treasurer, KLA, DBRA-80, Cliff House Road, Kowdiar P.O., Thiruvananthapuram – 695003 so as to reach us on or before 5 July 2014. For details visit: http://klaweblog.wordpress.com Thank you ************************************* For KLA S.L.Faisal EC Member, KLA & Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom Thiruvananthapuram-695 004 Kerala, India Ph.09447699724 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Information on Inviting Retired Person as Expert Member for Ph.D. Committee
by Ramakrishna Reddy 21 Jun '14

21 Jun '14

Dear Forum Members, Pl some body provide me information on the following point: "As per UGC norms, can a retired professional be invited as an Expert Member to viva-voce of a candidate, for award of Ph.D. in the field of Library and Information Science". With Regards, Dr. K Ramakrishna Reddy Chief Librarian Acharya Institutes Acharya Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Road Hesaraghatta Main Road Soldevanahalli, Bangalore - 560 090 Phone: 080-28396011 /28376431 Mobile: 9739038652 Residence: 080-23461829 E-Mail: ramakrishnareddy(a)acharya.ac.in krred(a)yahoo.com drkrreddy1655(a)gmail.com http://www.acharya.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article request - regarding
by BO.Sathivel Murugan 20 Jun '14

20 Jun '14

Dear Professional If it is possible, kindly send me the following full article for my research publication Information Usage Patterns of Postgraduate Students at Nishter Medical College, Multan, Pakistan MW Javed, R Bhatti - Journal of Hospital Librarianship, Vol:13 (4) 2013 Publisher : Taylor & Francis DOI:10.1080/15323269.2013.834198 With warm regards Dr.BO.Sathivel Murugan, Ph.D., IRT-Perundurai Medical College Perundurai - 638 053 Erode Dt Tamilnadu 09442922723 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Android Application for Biju Patnaik Central Library
by DP Tripathi 20 Jun '14

20 Jun '14

Dear All, In technological era, we are all trying to disseminate information to our users as quickly as possible with the help of technology. In the same process, we have also developed an android application to access the general information, e-thesis & e-books details about Biju Patnaik Central Library, NIT Rourkela through Mobile using Android Application. This application will work with any smart phone which supports android. Please download, install and use the same to get the latest updates of BPCL, NIT Rourkela. The application can be downloaded from the link given below. http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/android.apk Thanks with kind regards, -- ********************* D. P. Tripathi Assistant Librarian Biju Patnaik Central Library NIT Rourkela Odisha - 769008 www.librarianguide.in ********************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Opening for Library Management Trainee at NIFT Hyderabad
by anand bandi 20 Jun '14

20 Jun '14

Dear Moderator, Kindly post the following write up on your Forum for the benefit of LIS Professionals. "The National Institute of Fashion Technology, Govt.of India, looking for fresh MLISc Candidates for the position of Information Management Trainee to work in the integrated Resource Center environment to freshers to learn the techniques and tools for enhanced services to the Scholars, Students, Faculty and the Industry at large. Those candidates who are interested to apply, should be fluent in spoken and written English, sound LIS technical skill with computer know- how. The candidates selected will be paid a stipend of Rs 10000=00 per month for a period of one year. On successful completion of the Trainee-ship, the Candidates will be awarded with NIFT Certificate which will be a stepping stone for those who aspire to be a successful Professionals in their Carrier. Fresh Post Graduates, who attended their regular programme from the Indian Universities may submit their respective CV to the undersigned latest by 13th June 2014 either by e-mail or by Courier/Post. Dr.A.N.Bandi, Head, Resource Center, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Opp.Hi-Tech City, Madhapur, Hyderabad-500 081 e-mail: anb321in(a)yahoo.co.in www.nift.ac.in -- 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 Gopal Dixit 20 Jun '14

20 Jun '14

Kindly Circulate the below Information Dear Sir/madam, We are indeed very happy to inform you that the Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga is going to host and organize National Conference on “Integrating ICT in Academic Libraries: Making a Difference in Knowledge Age” during August 12 – 13, 2014 in Gulbarga, India. The National Conference 2014 is an National event and is expected to bring together over 500 delegates from all over India including library science, digital libraries, computer science, and knowledge organization. The theme of the conference is divided into 7 sessions such as (1) Application of ICT in Academic Libraries, (2) Security Issues, (3) Technologies for Sustainability, (4) Networking of Management Libraries, (5) Knowledge Management, (6) Resources & Services, (7) Human Resources Management. Last Date of Final Paper Submission : 05/07/2014 Intimation of Acceptance : 08/07/2014 Authors are invited to submit abstract/full papers to the specified e-mail: librariancuk(a)gmail.com All the papers must follow the American Psychological Association (APA) format and should not exceed more than seven pages. Paper to be submitted should not be previously published in other conference/Journal. All the papers will be reviewed by the technical committee and the corresponding author of selected paper will be intimated through e-mail. PROCEEDING PUBLICATION Abstract (about 300 words and 4 to 5 keywords) of the papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Selected papers will be published in book format with ISBN no. This conference is useful to all mainly researchers, LIS students, faculty and Librarians. It is a great platform for all participants across the country to share their knowledge, expertise and experience. Therefore, I am extremely happy to invite you as a participant for the National conference and I also request you to encourage your colleagues to participate in the national conference. For more details, please find the enclosed brochure for your kind information and circulation. website: http://cuklibrary.ac.in/conference.html Warm Regards and thanks -- Dr. P. S. KATTIMANI Deputy Librarian Central University of Karnataka 2nd Floor, Karya Soudha Gulbarga University Campus, Gulbarga - 585 106 KARNATAKA (INDIA) Cell No. 09483546555 (O) 08472-273643 -- -- With Regards G. JP. Dixit Central University of Karnataka Library Gulbarga Cell: +91 9845464635 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reference collections
by Subbiah Arunachalam 20 Jun '14

20 Jun '14

Friends: If you are a reference librarian, you may find this white paper on the Status of Reference Collections by Elisabeth Leonard, MSLS, MBA, useful. *http://www.sagepub.com/repository/binaries/pdfs/StateofReference.pdf <http://www.sagepub.com/repository/binaries/pdfs/StateofReference.pdf>* *Abstract* SAGE conducted research that shows that the introduction of new technologies, the pervasive nature of free internet sources, and tightened budgets have caused librarians to conceive of and purchase reference differently. Reference service, whether it is provided at a service desk or via research consultations, remains necessary because patrons are overwhelmed by the abundance of information, leaving librarians to serve as research guides who may point patrons to reference resources without ever referring to them as “reference.” Future changes in the nature of reference are anticipated as librarians begin to expect reference to look and feel like any other information resource, rather than feeling like a print-based, stagnant, and protected resource. This white paper addresses each of these areas as they relate to public, academic, government, medical, health, and corporate libraries in Asia, Europe, South America, and North America. Keywords: libraries, budgets, collection development, collection management, reference, information seeking behaviour. Best. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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