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CLSTL 2019 at IIT Gandhinagar- Registration deadline extended till 11th Feb, 2019 ( Monday)
by TS Kumbar 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

Dear Colleagues, We are happy to share with you that CLSTL 2019 is drawing great attention, interest and participation among the professionals from within and outside the country. We have an over whelming response from our speakers, presenters and those who are interested in being part of this event just as participants. They all come from best of the Institutions in the country and abroad just to make this event productive & mutually beneficial. Good to learn that professionals find great value in being part of this conference which indeed is encouraging. We are equally overwhelmed with the number of last minute inquiries, communications expressing greater interest in attending the conference. Considering such an interest, we have decided to extend the deadline for registration for the conference till *11th February, 2019 ( Monday).* We hope many colleagues would like to avail the benefit of this extended period and *register for the conference, as there would be no further extensions and also no spot registrations.* The CLSTL 2019 is indeed going to be an exciting and leaning platform, specially with the *kind of workshops that we have planned and speakers that we have*. Do join us and make this event mutually beneficial. Please spare few minutes and explore the conference website http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/ to learn more about the conference and find what and how you can contribute and take home from it. As always, we would be happy to answer any queries,questions you may have or need more information on the conference. Please do write to us and we look forward to having you at this enriching event on our most vibrant new campus. Thanking you Kumbar On behalf of the CLSTL 2019 Organizing Committee -- -------------------------------------------- T. S. Kumbar, PhD Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Palaj, Gandhinagar 382 355*|* Gujarat | INDIA Tel: +91 79 2395 2431 Mob: 09825921864 Email: tskumbar(a)iitgn.ac.in | tskumbar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.iitgn.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seeking Valuable Inputs from LIS Professional/ Senior Librarians
by Saurabh Prajapati 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

Respected Professionals, I am writing this email with a special request to you all. It would be great help if any of our professionals can help me with the list of Libraries currently using CORAL (Open Source ERM) OR use any proprietary Electronic Resource Management System (ERMS) to manage their electronic contents subscribed as part of Library collections. I would highly appreciate, if Librarians those who are actually using any ERMS could guide me or share their experience while implementing or adopting ERMS in their respective Libraries. Thanking you in anticipation. Saurabh Prajapati Dy. Librarian Institute of Rural Management Anand Gujarat email: saurabh(a)irma.ac.in Ph.: 02691-221671 https://www.irma.ac.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Making public info public
by Subbiah Arunachalam 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

Please see this profile of Carl Malamud who is on a crusade to make public information public 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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CLSTL 2019 at IIT Gandhinagar: Registration closing on 31st January, 2019 -- Don't Miss Out!
by TS Kumbar 28 Jan '19

28 Jan '19

Dear colleagues, We have lined up an exciting and enriching events as part of 2nd Edition of CLSTL 2019 We have prominent personalities giving keynote address. You will have an opportunity to listen and interact with well known library professionals coming from best of the Institutions in the world. Join us and be part of workshops conducted by the young and expert professionals in the areas most discussed among the library professionals in the world. Many other additional scholarly activities are being planned around the conference to give value for your time & money. There is much more to come run up to the conference. Please join us and be a part of this unique conference on the vibrant campus. *Registration is closing on 31st January 2019. Please do register at the earliest!!!* Please visit the conference website for further details, updates and registration: http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/ We would be happy to address any queries you may have relating to conference. Please reach us at clstl(a)iitgn.ac.in We look forward to your presence & active participation! Warm regards, Kumbar On behalf of Organizing Committee -- T. S. Kumbar, PhD Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Palaj, Gandhinagar 382 355*|* Gujarat | INDIA Tel: +91 79 2395 2431 Mob: 09825921864 Email: tskumbar(a)iitgn.ac.in | tskumbar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.iitgn.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Research Writing - APA Referencing
by Dp Tripathi 28 Jan '19

28 Jan '19

Dear Friends, In the process of writing research proposals or scholarly publications, the referencing (citation) is very important. Through citations, the author gets credited for his/her noble work whose research result we are citing in our publication. But, how to write citation and prepare the list of references? There are many citation styles such as IEEE, Chicago, APA etc, and all of them provide some format through which we arrange the list and also cite in text. This video is about the same and can be viewed at https://youtu.be/bf1bnOOS0XU By watching this video, one will be able to understand the process of writing citation and prepare the reference list with ease. Please suggest the changes for improvement in the content and feel free to write at librarianguide(a)gmail.com Source: www.apastyle.org Thanks DP Tripathi -- ********************************* *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ********************************* Assistant Librarian, Periodicals Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ********************************* *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* ********************************* *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * ********************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interesting Reads – 2019-01-26
by Mohan Hr 27 Jan '19

27 Jan '19

*Interesting Reads – 2019-01-26* *Contents* *Articles* - A Dozen Times Artificial Intelligence Startled The World - IEEE India Info Oct-Dec 2018 issue articles - How to Launch Your Data Analytics Career - $1B+ Market Map: The World’s 308 Unicorn Companies In One Infographic - 38 Ways Drones Will Impact Society: From Fighting War To Forecasting Weather, UAVs Change Everything - The Future Of Data Centers - The race to save the river Ganges - Zettascale by 2035? China Thinks So - Eight Ways That Climate Change Hurts Humans - 50 Times Libraries Surprised Everyone With Their Creativity And Sense Of Humor - Bonus: How to stay fit forever: 25 tips to keep moving when life gets in the way *Events / Announcements* - eWIT: Panel Discussion on “Leadership Development in the Digital Age” on 29th Jan 2019 - CySI, SPIN & ISC2 : "Data Privacy Day on 28th Jan 2019 - ICCCMIT-2019: International conference on Communication, Computing and Information Technology - ADCOM-2019: 25th annual International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communications - SETS, IEEE CS, CSI, ISACA: "National Workshop on Hardware Security" at Chennai 26th Feb 2019 Read at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-2019-01-26.html Archives at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-archives-2019-201… *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan

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Article request
by Neela 27 Jan '19

27 Jan '19

Dear LIS Professionals, I would like to request you to please provide us the full text of below mentioned article. It is requested by one of our faculty member. Rinck VC, Hopkins CE. Measurement of the Atlanto-dental interval in the adult. Am J Roentgenol. 1960;84:945-9851. Thanking you for your kind cooperation. Neela Tamang Librarian B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan, Nepal -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulations to be Award Winner to All
by Dp Tripathi 26 Jan '19

26 Jan '19

Dear Friends, It is indeed pleasure to know that during Library Technology Conclave 2019 (LTC2019), few awards have been given considering their best efforts in their domain in particular library. I wish all the WINNERS a big and heartiest congratulations. Especially, I know Mr. Vimal Kumar for many years and it is indeed best REWARD for his all contributions to the society. Mr. Vimal has been contributing through his blog, social media and workshop & training programs to the library professionals with true spirit and he deserves more than all these. I wish him many more laurels in his life. Thanks DP Tripathi -- ********************************* *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ********************************* Assistant Librarian, Periodicals Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ********************************* *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* ********************************* *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * ********************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Feedback after data migration to Koha
by vinod mishra 26 Jan '19

26 Jan '19

Dear All, You are requested to kindly provide your feedback on library housekeeping quality and user services after data migration from proprietary to open source ILMS Koha. The data will be shared in conference without disclosing your name and identity. Please provide your opinions in below google form if your library have did such migration or you have observed impact of such migrations in any libraries. Please note that it will be treated as your personal opinions only about impact of migrations. https://goo.gl/forms/9Dc8WBIZpaOU85kI3 With Regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL), NIT Rourkela, Sundergadh-769008, Odisha, India. Mob:91+9439420860 Website: http://mishravk.com/ ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-7874 *"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul" -- Mahatma Gandhi* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Republic Day by AMU Library: Example for others to follow
by vinod mishra 26 Jan '19

26 Jan '19

Dear all Most of the time we used to promote either ourselves or some library activities on social media but showing unity in national interest and encouraging others to do so is an excellent example. AMU Library system and its staff put a nice example for all which celebrated Republic Day and broadcast the video. I wish if entire eminent library professionals and leader will take such initiative in national interest. The video is shared on below Facebook link. https://www.facebook.com/100000882330314/posts/2134811656558225/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Winners of LTC2019 Awards
by Ishwar Goudar 26 Jan '19

26 Jan '19

Dear Professionals, Winners of LTC2019 Awards: 1. LibTech Award for Best Technology Enabled Library - Acharya Institutes, Bengaluru. HEARTY - CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Ravi Gaddagimath and his team. 2. Best Koha Implementation Award - MG University, Kottayam - HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS to Mr Vimal Kumar and his team. 3. Award for Best Idea triggered and presented during SPARK Delegates Session based on deliberations of LTC2019 - Ms Janessa D'Mello, Student, DLIS, Goa University. HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS. Highlights: All 8 presentations of case studies of Technology Implementations including those from Kendriya Vidyalays were very good. CONGRATS to them and all other nominees for Koha Award. These awards were given during LTC2019 organised by Informatics India in Collaboration with CUSAT at Cochin, during 23-25 Jan 2019. Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Program Chair, LTC2019 -- Regards, Dr I.R.N. Goudar Program Chair, LTC2019 "Access E-Resources for Academic and Research Excellence" *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Adjunct Professor, Mangalore University - Ex. 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 Mob: 91+9611165781

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Winners of LTC2019 Awards
by Ishwar Goudar 26 Jan '19

26 Jan '19

Dear Professionals, Winners of LTC2019 Awards: 1. LibTech Award for Best Technology Enabled Library - Acharya Institutes, Bengaluru. HEARTY - CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Ravi Gaddagimath and his team. 2. Best Koha Implementation Award - MG University, Kottayam - HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS to Mr Vimal Kumar and his team. 3. Award for Best Idea triggered and presented during SPARK Delegates Session based on deliberations of LTC2019 - Ms Janessa D'Mello, Student, DLIS, Goa University. HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS. Highlights: All 8 presentations of case studies of Technology Implementations including those from Kendriya Vidyalays were very good. CONGRATS to them and all other nominees for Koha Award. These awards were given during LTC2019 organised by Informatics India in Collaboration with CUSAT at Cochin, during 23-25 Jan 2019. Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Program Chair, LTC2019 -- Regards, Dr I.R.N. Goudar Program Chair, LTC2019 "Access E-Resources for Academic and Research Excellence" *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Adjunct Professor, Mangalore University - Ex. 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 Mob: 91+9611165781 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Advance Workshop on Koha and Dspace @ NIT Rourkela
by vinod mishra 25 Jan '19

25 Jan '19

Dear All, NIT Rourkela is going to conduct exhaustive advance workshop on Koha and Dspace which technically equip the users of Koha and Dspace to resolve day to day problems to run the system independently smoothly. Please register yourself as soon as possible for the workshop and/or conference too. For more details please see the below link and contact to below persons: Mr. V.K. Mishra, 9439420860 Dr. B. Gunjal, 06612462101 Mr. D.K. Pradhan, 06612462102 Ms. Puspita Mishra, 06612462107 https://elpesnitr.wordpress.com/ With Regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL), NIT Rourkela, Sundergadh-769008, Odisha, India. Mob:91+9439420860 Website: http://mishravk.com/ ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-7874 *"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul" -- Mahatma Gandhi* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: [dspace-community] NEWS: LYRASIS and DuraSpace Announce Intent to Merge
by vinod mishra 24 Jan '19

24 Jan '19

Seems good news for development of open source technology like DSpace etc. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Carol Minton Morris <cmmorris(a)duraspace.org> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 19:30 Subject: [dspace-community] NEWS: LYRASIS and DuraSpace Announce Intent to Merge To: DSpace Community <dspace-community(a)googlegroups.com> January 24, 2019 Amplifying Impact: LYRASIS and DuraSpace Announce Intent to Merge LYRASIS and DuraSpace announce their intent to merge, forming a robust new home for Community-Supported Programs and Services. LYRASIS, an innovative full-service technology and services nonprofit, and DuraSpace, which specializes in open source technologies, plan to join their world-class 501(c)(3) nonprofit teams in 2019. LYRASIS is a recognized leader in building and delivering solutions to academic and public libraries, museums and archives. DuraSpace is a best of class team providing leadership and innovation for open technologies used by academic, scientific, cultural, technology and research communities. The combined organization will serve over 1,200 members and 3,500 organizational users across the globe. With a vision of leading community focused innovation, the increased scale and sustainability of a combined organization will provide better value and benefits to members of LYRASIS and DuraSpace. A new division of LYRASIS, the DuraSpace Community Supported Programs Division, will be formed to accelerate the pace of development for a combined 8 global open source technology communities, including DSpace, Fedora, VIVO, DuraCloud, ArchivesSpace, CollectionsSpace, SimplyE public, and SimplyE academic. DuraSpace hosted services, DuraCloud, DSpaceDirect, and ArchivesDirect, will also transition to LYRASIS. In addition, a thought leadership division will be created that will combine the rich and diverse memberships of both organizations to collaboratively design and develop next generation solutions that include migration, integration, analytics, and hosting. Robert Miller, LYRASIS CEO says “The DuraSpace contribution and commitment to openness as it applies to academic communities has always stood out to me. They have built a phenomenal team, attracted a blue ribbon board, and earned the support and trust of their prestigious members. We are honored to join together with DuraSpace. Our collective memberships will benefit from increased economies of scale and having a bigger seat at the table as we work together to design and build better end-to-end solutions. We are eager to add DuraSpace’s voice to ours.” Erin Tripp, DuraSpace’s Executive Director explains that “While DuraSpace is in its strongest financial position ever, the synergies of joining our two organizations will allow us to leverage a larger organization and member base to amplify our voice. Our missions and memberships are already converging. Taking this next step to merge our organizations will provide access to staff and investment dollars to accelerate the pace of global, community-supported open source software development. Together, we can steward viable alternatives to proprietary products.” Following a brief period to complete due diligence, the Boards of the two non-profit organizations will hold a merger vote. If affirmed, the merger will proceed at a pace to ensure minimal disruption to members and customers. In the proposed merger between DuraSpace and LYRASIS, LYRASIS will remain the parent organization and legal entity. The DuraSpace brand, stewardship of DSpace, Fedora, and VIVO, and fiscal sponsorship supports will transition to the new DuraSpace Community Supported Programs Division of LYRASIS. DuraSpace hosted services (DuraCloud, DSpaceDirect, and ArchivesDirect) will also transition to LYRASIS. For more information, please see the Frequently Asked Questions <https://duraspace.org/faq/> <https://duraspace.org/faq/>documentation. -- Carol Minton Morris Communications and Marketing Director DuraSpace duraspace.org 607 592-3135 -- All messages to this mailing list should adhere to the DuraSpace Code of Conduct: https://duraspace.org/about/policies/code-of-conduct/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DSpace Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dspace-community+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to dspace-community(a)googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/dspace-community. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

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Workshop on Koha, 21- 22 March 2019
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 24 Jan '19

24 Jan '19

Documentation Research and Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Workshop on Koha: an Integrated Library Management Software 21-22, March 2019 The purpose of this workshop is to provide training to library professionals by providing adequate practical knowledge which will enable them to automate libraries using open source software. This workshop is exclusively designed to provide hands-on-experience to the Library and Information professionals for library automation using KOHA. The workshop comprises of lectures, demonstration and hands on training using Koha software in detail. Each participant will be provided with a dedicated machine. Number of participants is limited to 25 only. The participants will be selected on first come first served basis. Resource Persons Dr. Sunita Barve, NCRA, Pune Dr. Saiful Amin, DRTC, ISI Prof. A.R.D. Prasad, DRTC, ISI Prof. Devika P. Madalli, DRTC, ISI Registration fees: Rs.1500/- (Inclusive of GST) Payment Details: Demand Draft (DD) should be made in favour of Indian Statistical Institute, Payable at Bangalore. Original DD along with the registration form should be sent to the following address : Head, DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road, RVCE Post, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 560059. Accommodation will be provided subject to availability on payment basis. Online Payment Details: Account Number: 02970200000702 A/C Holder Name: Indian Statistical Institute Bank Name: UCO Bank Branch Name: Kengeri, Bangalore 560059 IFSC Code: UCBA0000297 PAN: AAAA10345R For further details visit: https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/kohaworkshop/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Research Writing - Different Search Tools
by Dp Tripathi 24 Jan '19

24 Jan '19

Dear All, Searching information from Internet is very complex task and that also to fetch the relevant information. Unless we are very clear about term or keywords which we are using for getting the information from search engines, we may not be able to get the relevant information relevant for our research purpose. This video will help to understand about different search tools - search engines and directories. The video can be viewed at https://youtu.be/hWTvo4ynIPM Feel free to write if you have any further query/question please. Thanks DP Tripathi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Research Writings - Different Search Strategies
by Dp Tripathi 22 Jan '19

22 Jan '19

Dear Friends, Research Writing has never been easy because it involves many logical decisions and unless/until we adopt the appropriate search techniques for literature review, we cannot bring the quality output in research. This video will help to understand how to use different search strategies in order to fetch the appropriate information for research work. https://youtu.be/qxTOelrE7pg Feel free to write if you have any query/questions/suggestion in order to improve the content at librarianguide(a)gmail.com Thanks DP Tripathi -- ********************************* *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ********************************* Assistant Librarian, Periodicals Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ********************************* *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* ********************************* *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * ********************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CLSTL 2019 at IIT Gandhinagar: Major Highlights
by TS Kumbar 22 Jan '19

22 Jan '19

Dear colleagues, Thank you for your support in the form of submissions of proposals/ abstracts for Presentation & Poster sessions! We will notify the selected abstracts/proposals by *25th January 2019.* We are happy to announce the keynote and invited speakers <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/speakers/> who are eminent LIS professionals from around the world who will share their experiences and perspectives in the changing landscape of libraries. Another major attraction of the conference is the workshops <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/front-page-features/workshops/> being conducted by well known experts in the following emerging areas: *1. Creating Data Repository Using Data Verse (Ceilyn Boy & Sonia Barbosa, Harvard University, USA)2. Data Visualization Service in Libraries (Walt Gurley, NCSU Libraries, USA)3. MakerSpaces in Libraries (Adam Rogers, NCSU Libraries, USA)4. Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) in libraries (Madeline Wrable, MIT Libraries, USA)* Hope you will participate enthusiastically in these interesting workshops and connect with the experts. A Review and Editorial Committee <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/committees/> comprising of senior LIS professionals from India and abroad has been formed to ensure quality of content being presented during the conference and also assist in bringing out the post conference proceeding. To recognize and encourage participating fellow professionals, awards will be given to the best presentations and posters. So look forward for some tough competition! To enrich the conference experience, exhibits and presentations by leading information intermediaries are arranged. We request you all to make the most of these exhibits and presentations. *The deadline for **Registration **(31st January 2019) **for the conference is fast approaching. Do register at the earliest!!!* Please visit the conference website for further details, updates and registration: http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/ We would be happy to address any queries you may have relating to conference. Please reach us at clstl(a)iitgn.ac.in We look forward to your enthusiastic participation! Warm regards, Kumbar On behalf of Organizing Committee -- T. S. Kumbar, PhD Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Palaj, Gandhinagar 382 355*|* Gujarat | INDIA Tel: +91 79 2395 2431 Mob: 09825921864 Email: tskumbar(a)iitgn.ac.in | tskumbar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.iitgn.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interesting Reads – 2019-01-21
by Mohan Hr 21 Jan '19

21 Jan '19

*Interesting Reads – 2019-01-21* *Contents* *Articles* - 50 Beginner AI Terms You Should Know - Why Smart Phone Addiction is Bad & How You Can Fix It - World's biggest toilet-building project empowers India's women - Fundamentals of Data Visualization - How Kerala’s dams failed to prevent catastrophe - 10 Creators On When They Knew They Had to Make a Change in Their Careers - Sony Pictures: Inside the Hack of the Century - It’s been 14 years since the first Dutch police drone — why are they still barely used? - UN General Assembly adopts record number of resolutions on internet governance and policy: Mixed outcomes for human rights online - The Global Risks Report 2019 - Bonus: IEEE Computer Society predicts top ten tech trends for 2019 *Events / Announcements* - APrIGF Fellowship Program 2019 . Last date 30th Jan 2019 - $100,000 for Digital Identification Systems from World Bank - CySI, SPIN & ISC2 : "Data Privacy Day on 28th Jan 2019 - SETS, IEEE CS, CSI, ISACA: "National Workshop on Hardware Security" at Chennai 26th Feb 2019 Read at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-2019-01-21.html Archives at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-archives-2019-201… *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan

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Research Writing - Literature Review
by Dp Tripathi 21 Jan '19

21 Jan '19

Dear All, In process of writing the research proposal or article, the next and very important step is "Literature Review" Literature Review includes the process of investigation of previous studies and establishes significance and credibility on sources. Based on this, further the research is carried out. This video will help you to understand about 'literature review' and its different important aspect. The video can be viewed at https://youtu.be/J0D4ItjTvgQ Your suggestions are most welcome. Feel free to write me at librariangudie(a)gmail.com Thanks DP Tripathi -- ********************************* *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ********************************* Assistant Librarian, Periodicals Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ********************************* *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* ********************************* *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * ********************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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How to Write Research Article?
by Dp Tripathi 20 Jan '19

20 Jan '19

Dear All, Research Writing is a process of converting the research analysis based on acquired data in to text following some process. This video covers the process of writing research article from research idea to conclusion and then publish. The video can be browsed at https://youtu.be/GCkwf0qFfqo Hope this video will help to write research paper. Your suggestions are most welcome in order to improve the content. The rest in next video about research writing…. Thanks DP Tripathi -- ********************************* *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ********************************* Assistant Librarian, Periodicals Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ********************************* *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* ********************************* *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * ********************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Requirement of Articles
by Manjunath K.S. 19 Jan '19

19 Jan '19

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5th National Seminar on “Leveraging Design Thinking for Introducing Innovative Information Services (LDT-IIIS)
by laxmi chand 19 Jan '19

19 Jan '19

Dear Sir / Madam, Warm Greetings from JK Lakshmipat University! We are pleased to invite you to participate in the 5th National Seminar on “Leveraging Design Thinking for Introducing Innovative Information Services (LDT-IIIS)” to be held at JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur on 17thFebruary 2019 in collaboration with Rajasthan Technical Library Association (RTLA), Jaipur. The purpose of this seminar is to provide a platform for library professionals, teachers, librarians, research scholar and students to debate and share their thoughts, ideas and views on the subject. The deliberations will lead to recognize the present andfuture challenges in the library and information services. It will help in exploring various approaches to cater the need of rapidly evolving and changing information and user requirements. Important Dates · Last Date of Submission of Abstract : January 25, 2019 · Last Date of Submission of Full Paper : January 31, 2019 · Intimation for Acceptance of Paper : February 05, 2019 · Last Date of Registration : February 10, 2019 For detailed information, the brochure along with the registration form is attached herewith. With sincere regards Mr Mukesh Pathak, JK Lakshmipat University, Near Mahindra SEZ, Mahapura, Ajmer Road, Jaipur – 302 026 Ph. No. 0141 – 7107 529 (O), Mobile: 8946977503, 8764427999, E-mail: lrc(a)jklu.edu.in

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Design And Development of Library Portal for Indian Universities: A Proposed Model
by Sheel Yadav 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

Respected sir Please kindly post this to all LIS forum members.......... Respected Sir/ Mam I am a research scholar from Bundelkhand University, Jhansi. I am working on design and development of library portal for Indian Universities . Therefore I have prepared a questionnaire to know the perception of users regarding the information and services available on the library portals. Your response is very valuable to me. This questionnaire is for LIS educators, LIS practitioners and LIS research scholars.. I therefore request you to click on the link given below and fill it.. Your valuable comments in this regard will help me in designing library portal. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfMNPLRguP1aCgJfydVRUi4-hS_TmsyzeN… -- *Thanks & Regards,* *Sheel Bhadra Yadav* *Teaching Assistant* *Bundelkhand University* *Jhansi (U.P.)* *CONTACT NO. 7985241336* * 07398573091* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MDP on Digital learning and e-content development
by Dr.Janardhana Rao A.N 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

Dear All Management development programme on Digital learning and e-content development Ramaiah institute of Management is organizing a Management Development Programme on “Digital Learning and E-Content development” on January, 23 2019. Digital learning ensures a high-quality learning experience using multi-media on anytime, anywhere basis. This MDP programme aims to empower instructors, faculty and content developers to design, assess and deliver online courses using Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) platform and Open Educational Resources (OER). This MDP also explores and delves into issues related to the future of learning. *Key take aways* • Understanding the learning needs of tech-savvy learners and millennials • Instructional Design for development of MOOC • E-Content Development • To learn and implement concepts of Blended Learning • To enable participants to learn about MOOC We invite Librarians. corporate executives, Trainers, Academicians & Research scholars to utilize this opportunity to get benefit out of this programme. Registration Details Corp orates Rs3000/-, faculties/Academicians Rs 2500/- and Research Scholars Rs1000/- with Regards Janadhana Rao A.N Librarian & Head MS Ramainah Institute of Management Bangalore-560054 91+9880021875 janardhan@msrim..org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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COLLOQUIUM-1 (2018-2020) Title: EXPLORING INFORMATION VISUALIZATION FROM MULTI ASPECTS
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

Documentation Research & Training Centre (DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE Post Bangalore, 560 059 COLLOQUIUM-1 (2018-2020) Title: EXPLORING INFORMATION VISUALIZATION FROM MULTI ASPECTS Abstract Since the beginning of this century, we are observing an enormous growth of data and information. The primary reason is the rapid advancement of information and communication technologies (ICT). The advancement of ICT has changed the way we produce, store, process, and analyze the data and information in achieving various goals. Information visualization has been considered as one of the prominent ways to analyze this voluminous data using certain techniques and generates several insights which help in better decision making. Though the beginning of visualization dates back to 16th century where geographic diagrams and maps were used for navigation, with the advent of ICT, it became common and attained new dimensions. Information visualization is a part of most of the day to day activities e.g. Stock market prices, Budget comparison, Football statistics. This colloquium mainly discusses the significance and purposes of information visualization, recent techniques, and tools which are in use and also the future of information visualization. Speakers and Topics Benil Joseph - Introduction Kangzangbe Chuilo - Motivation & Evolution of Information Visualization Debanjali Bain - Principles of Information Visualization Ashish dixit - Techniques of Information Visualization Gokul R - Information Visualization Tools Swagata Rana - Information Visualization and Library Sneha Bharti - Case Study Jyotima Patel - Challenges and Concerns Vaisakh Babu - Conclusion Coordinator: Dr. Biswanath Dutta Date: 23-01-2019 Time: 2 p.m. Venue: DRTC Class Room (G-16), ISI Bangalore. All are cordially invited. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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My Exclusive Interview with Jeffrey Beall on Predatory Publishing Practices
by Santosh C. Hulagabali 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

Dear all, Happy to share my exclusive interview with* Jeffrey Beall*, best known globally for his fight against predatory open access publishing practices. In a first, Beall has spoken exclusively about the dubious open access publishing practices prevailing in the Asia-Pacific region in general and India in particular. To access the interview literature, please visit *https://openinterview.org/ <https://openinterview.org/>* You may also download the attached file comprising the same. *Open Interview* is a crowdsourced blog created on open access principles. It is dedicated for sharing interview transcripts of the experts in the filed of academia, art, socio-cultural domains. Open Interview is launched today with Jeffrey Beall's interview as its first blog post. We welcome your feedback. Best regards, -- *Santosh C. Hulagabali <https://santoshch.weebly.com/> PhD* Moderator, Open Interview Librarian, Nagindas Khandwala College* (Autonomous) Malad (W) | Mumbai-400 064 | India Tel: +91-22-2808 5424 | Extn.No.335/336 | Fax: 2865 0461 http://nkc.ac.in/ | COIST <http://www.coist.weebly.com/> **Affiliated to University of Mumbai | **Reaccredited 'A' Grade by NAAC | ISO 9001:2008 * .................................................................................................................................... DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) & may contain confidential & privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail & discard all copies of the original message. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2019 International Paper Contest ASIS&T SIG-III
by TS Kumbar 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

Dear Colleagues, Here is an opportunity to take part. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers *2019 International Paper Contest* ASIS&T SIG-III Dear All, The Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) invites research papers for the 19th International Paper Contest (IPC) for library and information science (LIS) professionals in developing countries, for the 82nd Annual Meeting, which will take place in Melbourne, Australia, from 19-23 October, 2019. The theme of the Annual Meeting is: “Information…Anyone, Anywhere, Any Time, Any Way.” For more information visit: *https://www.asist.org/am19/ <https://www.asist.org/am19/>*. Papers submitted to the International Paper Contest can discuss research problems, policies, practical issues in or outside of LIS work settings, and case studies on any aspect of the 2019 ASIS&T Annual Meeting theme from a local and/or international perspective. Topics include, but are not limited to the following core areas: ● Role of information in changes in economic, social, scientific, political, and personal behaviors ● Production, storage, sharing, preservation, management, and consumption of data and information for benefitting individuals, communities, organizations, or society ● Role of the place, time, and the way in which data/information/knowledge is communicated in empowering individuals, communities, organizations, or society ● Information and individuals: Information behavior, information retrieval, human-computer interaction, social media use, information literacy, etc. ● Information use in, for, or by organizations: Information architecture, knowledge management, competitive intelligence, linked data and big data, digital curation, records and archives management, etc. ● Information society: Digital citizenship, cultural engagement, archival preservation, policy development, copyright, intellectual property, info-metrics, information access, etc. ● Information and emerging technologies: Cloud computing, digital libraries, automatic indexing, social tagging, classification, semantic web, database design, web usability, etc. *Judging Criteria*: The IPC papers will be judged using the following criteria. 1. Originality of the research question 2. Ability to situate problem statement against existing literature 3. Rigor in research methods 4. Novelty and significance of research findings 5. Theoretical and/or practical implications and/or contributions 6. Quality of presentation and overall organization of information 7. Consistency in citations, references, and grammar *Eligibility & Information for Authors: *Only papers by a principal author who is a citizen of, and resides in a developing country are eligible. Winners of the 2012-2018 contests are not eligible. The papers should be original, unpublished, and submitted in English. We encourage submissions from librarians, information and network specialists, and educators involved in the creation, representation, maintenance, exchange, discovery, delivery, and use of digital information. *Style: *The IPC Committee requires that submissions follow the International Information and Library Review instructions to authors. Detailed information is available under the heading, Guide for Authors at: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=ulbr20&page=… *ASIS&T Copyright Policy: *ASIS&T will have the non-exclusive right to publish any of the papers submitted on its website or in print, with ownership and all other rights remaining with the author. *Deadline*: Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5,000 words, by April 15, 2019 via email to *dpotnis(a)utk.edu <dpotnis(a)utk.edu>* as Microsoft Word attachment. *Notification: *Winners will be notified by May 31, 2019. *Winners and Award: *The IPC Committee will select three winners. We encourage all three winners to attend the 2019 ASIS&T Annual Meeting for sharing their research. The first-place winner will receive maximum of US $1,500 for offsetting the cost of attending and presenting their *research poster* at the 2019 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Melbourne, Australia. In addition, all three winners will receive a two-year individual membership in ASIS&T. In case of multiple authors, the first author will be awarded the ASIS&T membership. *Poster Presentation*: The first-place winner will be expected to present a poster (48” by 36” inches) based on their research paper at the SIG-III Reception at the 2019 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Melbourne, Australia. We look forward to receiving your submissions. Please feel free to distribute this call for papers widely to your colleagues in developing countries. Thanks! Sincerely, *International Paper Contest Committee* Ina Fourie Bhakti Gala Yuelin Li Thomas Matingwina Devendra Potnis (Chair) Zehra Taskin Nosheen Warraich Shivanthi Weerasinghe Tung-Mou Yang *_____________________________________* *Devendra Potnis*, PhD Associate Professor School of Information Sciences University of Tennessee at Knoxville Office: +1-865-974-2148 https://www.sis.utk.edu/users/devendra-potnis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- T. S. Kumbar, PhD Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Palaj, Gandhinagar 382 355*|* Gujarat | INDIA Tel: +91 79 2395 2431 Mob: 09825921864 Email: tskumbar(a)iitgn.ac.in | tskumbar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.iitgn.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Scientific Writing and Research Publications
by meera anand 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

Dear Professionals, Thank you all for the good response. This is the final call for the faculty development program on “Scientific Writing and Research Publications”. Date: 25th Jan 2019 Venue: JGI Knowledge Campus, Jain (Deemed-to-be University), Jayanagar 9th Block, Bangalore Resource Persons: 1. Dr Pit Pichappan, PhD. Senior Scientist, Digital information Research Labs, Chennai, India and also the Guest Professor at Zhejiang University, China. 2. Dr M. Krishnamurthy, Associate Professor, DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore. Fees: Full-time students (any discipline): Rs. 600/- (should carry valid ID cards compulsorily) Faculty (any discipline) and Industry Rs. 1000/- The fee covers kit, lunch, study material, tea/coffee, and certificate. No TA/DA will be provided to participants. Payment mode: Cash at Venue or DD drawn in favour of ‘Jain University – SCMS’ Online payment can be facilitated on request. OOD facility will be provided for all the participants. Online registration : https://goo.gl/forms/F7RGepUMgm9g9qMk2 With Warm Regards, Dr Meeramani N Organizing Secretary and Librarian Jain (Deemed-to-be University) JGI Knowledge Campus 44/4, District Fund Road Behind Big Bazar Jayanagar 9th Block Bangalore-560 069 Ph: 080 46501720 +91 9845500343 Email: n.meeramani(a)jainuniversity.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lib of Congress job: South Asia OR Southeast Asia reference librarian (Washington, DC)
by Narenthiran R 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

Dear All, With apologies for cross-posting to Lis forum, happy to share that the Asian Division of the Library of Congress has a new vacancy announcement for a South Asia reference librarian or a Southeast Asia reference librarian! To be clear, this is one position designed for those with expertise in either South Asia or Southeast Asia. The application is on USAJOBS: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/521434200. The deadline is February 11, 2019. The South Asia librarian should have a background in one or more South Asian countries, preferably Pakistan and Bangladesh, as well as command of one or more South Asian languages, preferably Urdu. Please share this news with your colleagues, faculty, students, and institutes, and please feel free to write (jloa(a)loc.gov) if there are any questions. Warm regards from snowy DC, Jon Jonathan Loar, Ph.D. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ South Asia Reference Librarian Asian Division, Library of Congress jloa(a)loc.gov (202) 707-3417 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LC?s International Collections on social media! 4 Corners of the World Blog <http://blogs.loc.gov/international-collections/> International Collections Facebook Page <https://www.facebook.com/libraryofcongressinternationalcollections> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 190, Issue 20
by bhagyashree sane 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

"Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Thanks and agree with you sir for disseminating a valuable thought for librarians today. Librarians should develop these skills. In addition we can find out various ways/activities which will compel our users to read. Developing reading habits is also the responsibility of librarians who holds the knowledge resources. Librarians shall discuss on various ways and activities being followed in respective libraries so as to learn by others. Let us discuss more such issues through this important forum. regards, Bhagyashree Sane National Insurance Academy Pune On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 at 19:56, <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Are we Information Literate to become Information Manager? > (Dp Tripathi) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 20:18:53 +0530 > From: Dp Tripathi <dptnitrkl(a)gmail.com> > To: lis-forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Are we Information Literate to become Information > Manager? > Message-ID: > < > CAOPYuEaT-qTVBH-kVxn5-KzvC7cZZm6n7MbmD-9SMNfgwjD--w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear All, > > Believe it or not! Today we are talking and talking only about information, > information explosion and its management and present situation has forced > us to become information manager which is not at all an easy task. To > become successful information manager, we are supposed to be information > literate first which requires the understanding of the following in my > opinion: > > a. Information – why needed? > > In order to become successful Information Manager, first we need to > identify that information is really needed and we have to understand why > information is needed, what, how much, what kind of information is really > required and at the same time, we need to identify that information is > spread in wide range of formats in different locations (geographically and > virtually). And, the skill which we need to develop to articulate a > particular question for fetching the information for specific research is > very important. > > We all know that information is not limited to the boundary and inside the > boundary of wall but it is available on paper, digital files, and other > media such as audio visuals or from different sources. It may or may not be > easy to get information to fulfill the need for making a right decision for > getting a right answer against right question but we need to develop this > skill. > > b. Available Resources – Understand: > > An information manager is supposed to develop a skill to evaluate and > identify what resources are available on particular topic or particular > information and where we can locate them in order to access them. If found > also, what type of resources and whether we can use for our purpose. We > need to understand the different types of resources such as paper-based, > electronic resources, digital resources etc. and when & how to use them > considering the merits of types of resources and differences as well. > > c. Find Information – How? > > We may be having very good resources but we need to develop technique and > at the same time of plan for using the available resources so that we can > get best information for the best question. Information literate has to > understand that searching should not only be the option to get information > but also learn other techniques such as browsing, monitoring information > resources etc. Generally, we may find information from the following > methods such as: > > i. Go through several resources > > ii. Book Indexes given at the back > > iii. Abstracting and Indexing Journals > > iv. Use of RSS feed in order to get information from different sources > > v. Active participation in forum, discussion list, e-mail alerts and > bulletin boards etc. > > vi. Bookmarking the address on Browser such as Mozilla, Chrome etc. > > vii. Searching the information in search engines using Boolean Logic > > viii. Develop the understanding to use relevant ranked searching > > d. Evaluation of Results and Implementation > > We need to develop skill to evaluate the obtained information for checking > the accuracy and its value without biasness keeping the same in mind that > the evaluation will not misguide or mislead with incomplete result. Many > times it happens that we get information through search engines against our > filled question, but we need to evaluate and understand whether the > information is trustworthy then only information can help the researcher in > right direction. > > A prior knowledge of author, name of publisher, editor and series may help > the researcher to reach the right destination with less effort. > > e. Disseminate your search results (findings) > > To become information literate, we need to develop the understanding to > analyze the retrieved information to disseminate with accuracy. But before > we leave the information for others to use, we need to understand the use > of information in a responsible, sensitive and ethical manner. A proper > respect to confidentially should be given and at the same time credit to > the person who really owes the copyright. We also need to develop the > ability to communicate in a manner which is appropriate to information, the > user and present situation. > > f. Manage your findings – How? > > Finding is never easy against any question and it involves efforts and > human interpretation at different stages to get right information for the > right purpose. We need to develop the skill to manage the acquired > information in most effective way with suitable methods and for that we > will have to, sometimes, evaluate critically on our process and findings as > well as sources from where we retrieved the information for using the > findings and information at later stage. And for that we will have to think > as follows: > > i. Use of used resources in finding the information again > > ii. Use file cabinets or proper shelves to managing physical resources > > iii. Arrangement of emails with attachments > > iv. Planning security and backup of information retrieved for re-locating > and use > > v. Getting updates in changes in documents where you retrieved information > > vi. Use of Content Management System such as Joomla, Drupal etc. for > information management > > Thanks with regards, > DP Tripathi > NIT Rourkela > > -- > ********************************* > *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* > MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL > ********************************* > Assistant Librarian, Periodicals > Biju Patnaik Central Library > National Institute of Technology > Rourkela, Odisha > –769008 INDIA > ********************************* > > *YouTube - Librarian Guide > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* > ********************************* > *M - +91-8895296796* > *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * > ********************************* > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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One Day National Level Workshop on ‘The use of Technology for Librarians’ on 28th January 2019.
by Suresh Gp 16 Jan '19

16 Jan '19

Greetings from *Dr. U.S. Vijayaraj Kumar & Dr. M Manjunatha* *Dear Sir/Madam & Professional Friends* The Department of Library and Information Science, Smt. VHD Central Institute of Home Science, Gandhi Nagar, and Government First Grade College, Rajaji Nagar, Bangalore is going to jointly organizing *One **Day National Level Workshop* on ‘*The use of Technology for Librarians’* on *28th January 2019*, *Venue* at Makkala Mandira at Smt. VHD Central Institute of Home Science, Sheshadri Road, Gandhi Nagar, Bengaluru-560001, *Timings: *10:00 AM to 5:00 PM We cordially inviting to all students, researchers and respected faculties & librarians to make use of this LIS event and make this event in great success... Willingness participants can send their registration confirmation through: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_lnzYwE_Pe27EJ822RnlmwuzLICaCc82… Thanking you., -- *@**...........**With Regards * *Dr. U.S. Vijayaraj Kumar* Librarian Smt. VHD Central Institute of Home Science Gandhi Nagar, Bengaluru – 560001 *Dr. M Manjunatha* *Librarian * Government First Grade College, Rajaji Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka - 560010 manjulib1919(a)gmail.com

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Training Programme on ‘Application of ICT in Academic and Research Libraries’ (NIEPA : January 28 to February 1, 2019)
by Anil Singh 16 Jan '19

16 Jan '19

NIEPA is organizing a 5 days Training Programme on Application of ICT in Academic and Research Libraries from 28 January to 1 February 2019 at NIEPA. The Programme is designed to build the capacity of the librarians and teachers to enhance access and use of the libraries and design, transact and assess online courses in different disciplines using Moodle platform. The general objective of the programme is to raise the capacity of the teachers and librarians to use Moodle platform for effective delivery of courses in higher education in blended as well as online modes. I am happy to enclose a note, which will provide further details of the proposed Programme. I take this opportunity to request you to nominate two faculty members working in your department to participate in the proposed Programme. The particulars of the nominating faculty including their complete postal address and telephone/fax/e-mail address may kindly be conveyed to Prof. K. Srinivas, Head ICT & Project Management Unit, NIEPA at ksrinivas(a)niepa.ac.in & dsthakur(a)niepa.ac.in latest by 18 January 2019. The applications will be shortlisted on first cum first basis. The programme will be offered in a blended mode with class room face-to-face interactions and web-based online activities. The learning resources, programme activities will be available to all the participants through the NIEPA Web-based Learning Management System. To access workshop resources and actively participate in all web-based assessments participants must carry their personal laptops, Internet enabled Smart Phones and Internet Dongles. Travel assistance and local hospitality will be provided to the participants as per NIEPA rules. TA is restricted to Lowest Economy Air fare/Apex fare by Air India only (Private Airline Travel is not admissible) in the shortest route, to the faculty who are eligible for air travel. For those faculty members /officials who are not eligible for air travel, NIEPA will pay train/State Road Transport Bus fare/sharing taxi with receipt as per the NIEPA rules. TA will be paid only to those faculty members/officials who attend all the Five days of the Programme. Stay Arrangements for the participants will be made at NIEPA hostel on twin-sharing basis. Looking forward to receiving an early response. With kind regards, Encl: as above --- Prof K. Srinivas Ph.D Head ICT & Project Management Unit National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) (Deemed to be University) (Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India) New Delhi - 110016 Prof K Srinivas Moodle Site : http://162.144.90.128/srinimoodle URL: www.niepa.ac.in Work: +91-11-26544883 Mob: +919650880208

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How can digital repositories help scientific research?
by Subbiah Arunachalam 16 Jan '19

16 Jan '19

Prof. Peter Murray-Rust of Cambridge explains why we should ditch PDF in favour of XML and why we should adopt machine indexing and open access repositories. Please read https://lib2.colostate.edu/about/news/2007/openaccess/abstract.html -- 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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Interesting Reads – 2019-01-16
by Mohan Hr 15 Jan '19

15 Jan '19

*Interesting Reads – 2019-01-16* *Contents* *Articles* - How Robots Will Transform the C-Suite - 14 Ways to Squeeze More Joy Out of Every Day - Kumbh Mela: How to plan a festival for 100m people - Top Risks for 2019 - How to craft a one-sentence description of your organization's purpose - 3-D printing 100 times faster with light - In 1968, computers got personal: How the ‘mother of all demos’ changed the world - Increasing numbers of children have internet addiction – how worried should parents really be? - Every Apple Product Ever Made Thus Far, In One Visual Graphic - The Lumen Prize: 2018 Winners - Bonus: These 20 Start-ups From the Land of Chandigarh Are Writing History *Events / Announcements* - SETS: National Workshop on Public Key Infrastructure: Creating Trusted Environment. At Chennai during 22-23 Jan 2019 - SPIN Event: Agile is Sense and Respond to market at Speed and Scale. 19 th Jan 2019 - Innovations in Software Engineering Conference -- ISEC 2019, 14-16 Feb, Pune - One Day Training on Visual Essentials on 15th Feb 2019 at Surat - Microsoft AI Residency Program 2019-20 - SETS, IEEE CS, CSI, ISACA: "National Workshop on Hardware Security" at Chennai 26th Feb 2019 Read at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-2019-01-16.html Archives at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-archives-2019-201… *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan

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Design And Development of Library Portal for Indian Universities: A Proposed Model
by Sheel Yadav 15 Jan '19

15 Jan '19

Respected sir/mam.. I am a research scholar from Bundelkhand University, Jhansi. I am working on design and development of library portal for Indian Universities . Therefore I have prepared a questionnaire to know the perception of users regarding the information and services available on the library portals. Your response is very valuable to me. This questionnaire is for LIS educators, LIS practitioners and LIS research scholars.. I request you to click on the below link and fill it.. I will be highly grateful to you. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfMNPLRguP1aCgJfydVRUi4-hS_TmsyzeN… -- *Thanks & Regards,* *Sheel Bhadra Yadav* *Teaching Assistant* *Bundelkhand University* *Jhansi (U.P.)* *CONTACT NO. 7985241336* * 07398573091* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Are we Information Literate to become Information Manager?
by Dp Tripathi 15 Jan '19

15 Jan '19

Dear All, Believe it or not! Today we are talking and talking only about information, information explosion and its management and present situation has forced us to become information manager which is not at all an easy task. To become successful information manager, we are supposed to be information literate first which requires the understanding of the following in my opinion: a. Information – why needed? In order to become successful Information Manager, first we need to identify that information is really needed and we have to understand why information is needed, what, how much, what kind of information is really required and at the same time, we need to identify that information is spread in wide range of formats in different locations (geographically and virtually). And, the skill which we need to develop to articulate a particular question for fetching the information for specific research is very important. We all know that information is not limited to the boundary and inside the boundary of wall but it is available on paper, digital files, and other media such as audio visuals or from different sources. It may or may not be easy to get information to fulfill the need for making a right decision for getting a right answer against right question but we need to develop this skill. b. Available Resources – Understand: An information manager is supposed to develop a skill to evaluate and identify what resources are available on particular topic or particular information and where we can locate them in order to access them. If found also, what type of resources and whether we can use for our purpose. We need to understand the different types of resources such as paper-based, electronic resources, digital resources etc. and when & how to use them considering the merits of types of resources and differences as well. c. Find Information – How? We may be having very good resources but we need to develop technique and at the same time of plan for using the available resources so that we can get best information for the best question. Information literate has to understand that searching should not only be the option to get information but also learn other techniques such as browsing, monitoring information resources etc. Generally, we may find information from the following methods such as: i. Go through several resources ii. Book Indexes given at the back iii. Abstracting and Indexing Journals iv. Use of RSS feed in order to get information from different sources v. Active participation in forum, discussion list, e-mail alerts and bulletin boards etc. vi. Bookmarking the address on Browser such as Mozilla, Chrome etc. vii. Searching the information in search engines using Boolean Logic viii. Develop the understanding to use relevant ranked searching d. Evaluation of Results and Implementation We need to develop skill to evaluate the obtained information for checking the accuracy and its value without biasness keeping the same in mind that the evaluation will not misguide or mislead with incomplete result. Many times it happens that we get information through search engines against our filled question, but we need to evaluate and understand whether the information is trustworthy then only information can help the researcher in right direction. A prior knowledge of author, name of publisher, editor and series may help the researcher to reach the right destination with less effort. e. Disseminate your search results (findings) To become information literate, we need to develop the understanding to analyze the retrieved information to disseminate with accuracy. But before we leave the information for others to use, we need to understand the use of information in a responsible, sensitive and ethical manner. A proper respect to confidentially should be given and at the same time credit to the person who really owes the copyright. We also need to develop the ability to communicate in a manner which is appropriate to information, the user and present situation. f. Manage your findings – How? Finding is never easy against any question and it involves efforts and human interpretation at different stages to get right information for the right purpose. We need to develop the skill to manage the acquired information in most effective way with suitable methods and for that we will have to, sometimes, evaluate critically on our process and findings as well as sources from where we retrieved the information for using the findings and information at later stage. And for that we will have to think as follows: i. Use of used resources in finding the information again ii. Use file cabinets or proper shelves to managing physical resources iii. Arrangement of emails with attachments iv. Planning security and backup of information retrieved for re-locating and use v. Getting updates in changes in documents where you retrieved information vi. Use of Content Management System such as Joomla, Drupal etc. for information management Thanks with regards, DP Tripathi NIT Rourkela -- ********************************* *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ********************************* Assistant Librarian, Periodicals Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ********************************* *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* ********************************* *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * ********************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CLSTL 2019 at IIT Gandhinagar: Deadlines fast approaching for Submitting Proposals/Abstracts for Presentation & Poster & Registration
by TS Kumbar 15 Jan '19

15 Jan '19

Dear Professional Colleagues, *The deadlines for submitting proposals/abstracts for **presentation/poster and Registration for the conference are fast approaching. Please hurry up!!!* Please consider submitting the proposals/ abstracts for Presentation & Poster and REGISTERING at the 2nd International Conference CLSTL 2019 being held at IIT Gandhinagar from 28th Feb. - 2nd March, 2019 & see the updated information about the conference and workshops. - Deadline for submitting proposal/abstract for presentation & Poster:* 20th January, 2019 (Sunday).* There will be no further extension. - Notifying acceptance of proposal/abstract to Presenter: *25th January,2019 (Friday).* - Keynote speakers <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/speakers/>or the conference announced - Updated list of eminent <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/speakers/> speakers <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/speakers/> & Resource Persons for workshops announced. - Interesting workshops on the following emergin*g topics announced. Please see for the details <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/front-page-features/workshops/> as to what you can take home.* 1. *Creating Data Repository Using Data Verse* 2. *Data Visualization Service in Libraries* 3. *MakerSpaces in Libraries* 4. *Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in libraries* - *There will be a Publication of Post Conference Proceedings edited by team of Internationally known professionals and publisher. * Please visit the conference website for further details, updates and registration: http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/ *Registration* - *Final registration deadline: 31st January, 2019* We would therefore request you to kindly consider submitting a proposal/abstract of your proposed presentation/poster before the deadline ( ie *20th January, 2019*) and actively participate in this event to share innovative ideas, rich experience and best practices followed in your library for the benefit of other conference attendees. We would highly appreciate, if you could kindly spread the word about this conference among your colleagues and professional friends and encourage them to consider participating in this professional event. Looking forward to your participation and support. Kind regards Kumbar -- T. S. Kumbar, PhD Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Palaj, Gandhinagar 382 355*|* Gujarat | INDIA Tel: +91 79 2395 2431 Mob: 09825921864 Email: tskumbar(a)iitgn.ac.in | tskumbar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.iitgn.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for an article
by Naveen. KS 14 Jan '19

14 Jan '19

Dear Sir/ Mam, One of the student in our institution need this article. Could any one have this article kindly help us by sending a copy of the same. to *naveen.ks100(a)gmail.com <naveen.ks100(a)gmail.com>* this id. " Cerebral aspergillosis after burr-hole surgery for chronic subdural hematoma: case report". Link :- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2308684 -- Thanks Naveen K .S *Chief Librarian,* Subbaiah Institute of Medical Sciences, Holehonnur Road, Shimoga. Karnataka. 8884000300. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Kerala Migration Survey 2018 Data
by Sriram V 13 Jan '19

13 Jan '19

The Kerala Migration Survey (KMS) 2018 data is now available online for free download. Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram initiated the first Kerala Migration Survey (KMS) in 1998 to gauge the magnitude of both internal and international migration from the state. Since then, CDS has successfully completed 7 rounds of KMS. These surveys have generated a wealth of data having immense significance. These data-sets, questionnaire and code-sheet are now available online for free download and use for research purpose. More info: http://cds.edu/research/ru/migrationresearch/migration-survey-data/ V. Sriram Chief Librarian, KN Raj Library, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram vsrirams(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: Fw: Suggestion - For Requesting Full Text of Article
by Ishwar Goudar 12 Jan '19

12 Jan '19

Dear Professionals, 1.This is in response to Vinod Mishra's query whether the acknowledgement for the receipt of document against article requested should be private or public. Before posting my suggestion I gave a thought, but remained silent. Being private, one is not dumping additional mail on to Forum unnecessarily On the other hand being public all will come to know that there is no need for further attempt by others. So it is left to the discretion of ILL requester. 2. Another suggestion for those libraries having access to J-Gate +. It has incorporated union catalog of University and several other libraries in the country. A link is provided as “Find-in-a-Library for 55 million articles indexed in it. One can easily find out which are the Libraries likely having the journal issue required. More importantly a request can be placed to the library of our choice directly using the e-mail proforma built in without trying trace contact details of library concerned and also type article details. Regards, Goudar "Access E-Resources for Academic and Research Excellence" *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Adjunct Professor, Mangalore University - Ex. 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 Mob: 91+9611165781 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Francis Jayakanth <francis(a)iisc.ac.in> Date: Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 7:52 PM Subject: Fw: [LIS-Forum] Suggestion - For Requesting Full Text of Article To: Ishwar Goudar <goudarishwar(a)googlemail.com> Sir, here are the replies to your posting. You may reply to this mail, but you need to do so by forwaring my mail to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in With regards, Francis ------------------------------ *From:* LIS-Forum <lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> on behalf of vinod mishra <mishravk79(a)gmail.com> *Sent:* 06 January 2019 23:31 *To:* Ishwar Goudar *Cc:* lis-forum *Subject:* Re: [LIS-Forum] Suggestion - For Requesting Full Text of Article Please clarify acknowledgements should be public or private? 4. Don't forget to acknowledge and thank those who sends the article. On Sun, 6 Jan 2019 23:05 Ishwar Goudar, <goudarishwar(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > Dear Professionals, > > Many of you send requests through Lis-forum or directly to your contact for > full text of articles. Before sending the requests please do some home > work. > > 1. Search Google scholar. You may find link to the full texts through > Research Gate > or Institutional Repositories or some Open Access Sources. > > 2. Provide DOI Number if available. Most of the articles published today > do have > DOI numbers. > - Please visit the Website of the Journal, see the contents page and > look for > abstract. Usually one gets DOI Number here. > - DOI number helps us to get full text of articles very easily without > wasting much > of our time. and there by many will volunteer to help you including > me. > > 3. Provide full information if you dont get DOI Number. You may have to do > do some > home work for this. > > 4. Don't forget to acknowledge and thank those who sends the article. > > Regards, > > Goudar > > "Access E-Resources for Academic and Research Excellence" > > *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* > Dr. I.R.N. Goudar > - Adjunct Professor, Mangalore University > - Ex. 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 > Mob: 91+9611165781 > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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Vacancy for the post of Assistant Librarian at TISB
by Benny M D 12 Jan '19

12 Jan '19

Dear Moderator, Kindly post the below job opening (Assistant Librarian )information to the LIS-Forum . Thank you Benny M.D. HOD, Department of Library TISB -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Professionals, The International School Bangalore (TISB) is a highly successful international boarding and day school that consistently delivers high academic standards in both the IB Diploma Programme and IGCSE and strives to combine traditional values with a modern, global approach to life and learning. To propel its academic, co-curricular and pastoral support programmes, TISB is looking for an Assistant Librarian to join its team of faculty. A successful candidate for this position must: • Have completed a minimum of one year full time Apprentice Training after the completion of MLISc in a Leading educational institution / University. • Have work experience in using any of the major Library Management Software like SLIM, LIBSYS, Koha, etc. • Have practical knowledge of Library Classification Systems like DDC/ UDC / Library of Congress • Have excellent written and oral communication abilities in English. • Enjoy working in a multi-cultural environment. • Have great openness to learn and innovate constantly. • Be computer savvy and comfortable with the use of technology. • Contribute to the richness of life in the boarding houses. • Enjoy the synergy of teamwork. • Delight in spontaneity and share the interests of youngsters. Applicants confident of making a substantial contribution to The International School Bangalore should send a letter of application along with a detailed Curriculum Vitae to hr(a)tisb.ac.in<mailto:hr@tisb.ac.in> Lenora Fernandes HR Executive The International School Bangalore www.tisb.org<http://www.tisb.org/> [cid:image001.png@01D42F0B.C515E840]<http://www.tisb.org/> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NIT Rourkela Library Conference: Sponsorship opportunity
by vinod mishra 11 Jan '19

11 Jan '19

As you are aware that B. P. Central Library is going to organise National Conference on " Advanced Automation Technologies for Next-Gen Libraries (ATNL) on 20-24 May, 2019". https://elpesnitr.wordpress.com/ Therefore we invite sponsorship for above programme from different publishers, Vendor and library service providers, some of the benefits and other conditions are available at below link: https://elpesnitr.wordpress.com/sponsors/ We welcome and thanks Rapidradio Solutions an Ahmedabad Based library solutions provider as our first sponsor. For any details you may contact to: Mr. V.K. Mishra, 9439420860 Mr. D.K. Pradhan, 06612462102 Dr. B.Gunjal, 06612462101 Ms. P. Mishra, 06612462107

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SWAYAM Courses
by amit tiwari 11 Jan '19

11 Jan '19

Dear all, SWAYAM courses on the following Library and Information Science papers are scheduled to be started on 25/01/2019. Enrollments are open and free to all. LIS courses and their respective coordinators are: *1. Information Storage and Retrieval* by *Prof Devika P Madalli* *2. Information Sources Services and Systems* by *Mrs Renu Arora* *3. ICT for Libraries* by *Dr Usha M Munshi* *4. Knowledge Society* by *Prof K S Raghwan* *5. Bibliometrics and Scientometrics* by *Prof I K R Rao* *6. Digital Library* by *Dr Jagdeesh Arora* *7. Management of Libraries, Information & Knowledge Centres* by *Prof* *Dinesh Gupta* For further details visit on: https://swayam.gov.in/learningpath/Post%20graduate With Best Regards, Amit Tiwari -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NewGenLib to Koha migration scripts
by Dr. Saiful Amin 10 Jan '19

10 Jan '19

Greetings to fellow professionals. I have been doing data migration for library systems for more than a decade and found very few of them similar. Even when the source and target systems are same, the configurations and policies are not. Hence it is very difficult to make a generic tool for migration from one system to another. But recently I had an opportunity to migrate a university library system from NewGenLib to Koha. This is not an opinion on any of the systems as both are very capable platforms. The decision to migrate from one system to another are many and often situational. The point of this post is that I found both systems very stable, well structured and both supporting common data standards. Thus compared with my past experience of migration from non-standard systems, this was relatively trouble-free. In fact, it reflects quite well on the standards support in NewGenLib, especially MARC21 for bibliographic data and RDBMS backend for other data. Since no single system is permanent it is always prudent to be on a system that supports established standards which is easy to migrate from, if and when needed. I have decided to make the migration related scripts public without any restrictions. I have removed the customer-specific data mapping and data cleaning sections to make it generic and suitable for simple use cases. I have made the library-specific data mapping configurable using a config file. The code is in Perl and it makes the following migrations possible: 1. Bibliographic and item holdings data. 2. Patrons data with any additional attributes (e.g. Dept, Course). 3. Circulation transactions, including circulation history. The source code is available in GitHub: https://github.com/semanticlib/NGL2Koha I can provide further help as much as my time permits. Regards, Saiful Amin semanticconsulting.com Bangalore +91 9343826438 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IIT Ropar Library Vacancies
by Paramjit Singh 10 Jan '19

10 Jan '19

Advt. No. 130 /2018 Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, an institute of national importance, is in search of suitable Indian nationals for appointment to the following non-teaching (Administrative, Academic, Services & Technical) posts on Direct Recruitment / Deputation / Contract basis in the pay level (as per 7th CPC) indicated against each: *S. No. 7.* Librarian Pay Level-14 (Rs.144200- 218200) 01-UR ‗A‘ Essential: A Master‘s Degree in Library Science / Information Science/ Documentation with at least 55% marks or its equivalent Grade of B in the UGC seven points scale and consistently good academic record set out in these Regulations. At least thirteen years as a Deputy Librarian in a University Library or eighteen years experience as a College Librarian. Evidence of innovative library service and organization of published work. Desirable: A M.Phil./ Ph.D. Degree in Library Science/ Information Science/ Documentation/ Archives and Manuscript keeping. NB: Educational Qualification and Experience will be as per UGC guidelines as amended from time to time. Age Limit: Preferably below 57 Years *S. No. 8.* Library Information Assistant Pay Level-5 (Rs. 29200- 92300) 01-UR ‗C‘ Essential: i) M. Lib. Sc. / MLISc or equivalent from recognized University/Institute with at least 55% marks in the qualifying degree. OR Master‘s Degree in Arts/Science / Commerce or any other discipline and also B.Lib.Sc. / BLISc with at least 55% marks in the qualifying degree from recognized University/ Institute. ii) At least 01 years working experience in a reputed library. iii)Proficiency in the use of a variety of computer office applications, M.S Word, Excel, Power-point or equivalent is a must. Desirable: Knowledge of Library Automation activities Age Limit: Preferably below 30 Years For more details, please referred: http://www.iitrpr.ac.in/sites/default/files/Non-Faculty%20Admin%20%26%20Aca… -- Thanks & Regards *S Paramjit Rana <https://in.linkedin.com/in/s-paramjit-singh-8aa1238> | **Librarian * <https://in.linkedin.com/in/s-paramjit-singh-8aa1238>| M.A., M. Phil. Tel. +91 9968 308970, 9911 270778 *"Vidya Vichari Ta Parupkari"* P please consider the environment before printing this email !!! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Birthday Wishes from Library management software
by vinod mishra 10 Jan '19

10 Jan '19

Dear All, We are sending a lot of alert messages through Koha/ILMS like book renewal, hold, overdue, etc. So i feel we must take initiative to send birthday wished to library patrons through these ILMS. As we are getting email/sms alerts on our birthday from various bussiness organizations like Bank etc. which make us happy because its personal kind of service on special day. I hope many libraries may be using thise and provide their feedback here. To have such feature in Koha ILMS i have filled one requirment/bug in this regard for development at https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22086 With Regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL), NIT Rourkela, Sundergadh-769008, Odisha, India. Mob:91+9439420860 Website: http://mishravk.com/ ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-7874 *"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul" -- Mahatma Gandhi* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Delegate or Otherwise See - Minute to minute Program Schedule of LTC2019
by Ishwar Goudar 09 Jan '19

09 Jan '19

Dear Professionals/ LIS Teachers, 1. Irrespective of whether you are a delegate for LTC2019 or not , please have a look at the Conclave Website at ltc2019.com to know how qualitative it is in terms of theme and sub-themes, resource persons, program structure, awards, round table and more importantly SPARK (Session for new thoughts by delegates) and many more. 2. The program is very relevant to LIS and other TEACHERS. We may have to add few aspects of eLearning including LMS (Learning Management Systems) in to our MLIS Syllabus. 3. We need to arrange more and more Seminars/Conferences on eLearning as we did for Digital Library. Already our profession is looked down by administrators of Academics and Research. We need to prove relevancy and importance of LIS in the changing scenario. 4. After seeing the details, I am sure everyone, especially LIS Teachers and Librarians will feel that they would miss good opportunity. If you feel so why delay, please register for LTC2019. Please download the schedule from the following address: http://www.ltc2019.com/assets/download_files/LTC2019_Program_Schedule_8Jan.… Regards, Goudar "Access E-Resources for Academic and Research Excellence" *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Adjunct Professor, Mangalore University - Ex. 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 Mob: 91+9611165781 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2nd LIS Academy Conference - Call for Papers
by Basavaraj Kumbar 08 Jan '19

08 Jan '19

Dear Professionals, I am happy to inform you all that, LIS Academy is pleased to announce call for research papers, case studies, technology reviews etc, for its forthcoming 2nd LIS Academy Conference on Innovations in Libraries scheduled from 7th to 9th March 2019 at Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, Karnataka State. Conference attractions: 1. More than 20 National Eminent LIS professionals are invited to present their Theme Papers and interact with the younger generation Librarian participants. 2. Eminent International Expert professionals from Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh are also invited to present their Plenary talks during the Conference 3. The first day of the eve is designated as E-Resource Conclave and will explore discussions on the pros and cons of the consortium initiatives. All the publishers partnered with VTU Consortium will brought together to answer the queries of the stake holders. 1. Joint Organizers – LIS Academy, VTU, Belagavi and Dept. of Public Libraries, Bangaluru, Government of Karnataka. 2. Theme of the Conference – “Innovations in Libraries” which is need of the time to adopt and involve in your professional life to be leading professional. You can learn several new ideas, tools and techniques. 3. Venue of the Conference - Belagavi (Karnataka) is the place where you can find the places like tallest Indian Flag in the country, Lakeview, Fort, Vivekananda Ashrma, Gandhi Visited Place, many more 4. Registration - Any Library professionals, working in academic, special and public libraries, librarians, trainees, teaching faculties, students can register as delegates, paper presenter etc. 5. Registration Fees – Rs. 2500.00 Working Professionals and Rs. 2000.00 for LIS Students. For online registration– Click Here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsitvuCcsg_kDaZTNUxu07YPwlKCOBAo_…> and For Conference Brochure: Click Here <http://iil.lisacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2nd-LIS-Academy-Confer…> Visit our Conference Website @ http://iil.lisacademy.org Regards, *Mr. Basavaraj S. Kumbar* *MLISc. UGC-NET, (Ph. D)* Librarian, Angadi Institute of Technology and Management (AITM), Savagaon Road, Belagavi - 590 009 <http://www.wix.com/basukumbar/basukumbar> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ILA Election Invalid Nomination: Reason ?
by vinod mishra 07 Jan '19

07 Jan '19

Dear Dr Pawar and all ILA office bearers It would be better to make one column for reason of invalid nomination as you know most of the time now a days employer's reveal the reason behind rejecting applications. By doing so you will get less query and people will have trust. https://www.ilaindia.net/images/pdf/ILA6119-1.pdf With Regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL), NIT Rourkela, Sundergadh-769008, Odisha, India. Mob:91+9439420860 Website: http://mishravk.com/ ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-7874 *"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul" -- Mahatma Gandhi* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CLSTL 2019 at IIT Gandhinagar: Gentle Reminder for Submitting Proposal/Abstract for Presentation & Poster
by TS Kumbar 07 Jan '19

07 Jan '19

Dear Professional Colleagues, A Very Happy New Year 2019! *This is a gentle reminder for submission of proposals/ abstracts for Presentation & Poster at the International Conference* *CLSTL 2019 being held **at IIT Gandhinagar from 28th Feb. - 2nd March, 2019 & other updates* *.* - Deadline for submitting proposal/abstract for presentation & Poster:* Extended till 20th January, 2019 (Sunday).* Timely submission of abstracts will facilitate finalizing the program schedule. - Notifying acceptance of proposal/abstract to Presenter: *25th January,2019 (Friday).* - Updated list of eminent speakers <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/speakers/> announced. - Interesting workshops on the following emerging area*s being organized:* - *Creating Data Repository Using Data Verse* - *Data Visualization Service in Libraries* - *MakerSpaces in Libraries* - *Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in libraries* - *There will be a Publication of Post Conference Proceedings edited by team of Internationally known professionals and publisher. * Please visit the conference website for further details, updates and registration: http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/ *Registration* - Final registration deadline: *31st January, 2019* We would therefore request you to kindly consider submitting a proposal/abstract of your proposed presentation/poster before the deadline ( ie *20th January, 2019*) and actively participate in this event to share innovative ideas, rich experience and best practices followed in your library for the benefit of other conference attendees. We would highly appreciate, if you could kindly spread the word about this conference among your colleagues and professional friends and encourage them to consider participating in this professional event. Looking forward to your participation and support. Kind regards Kumbar -- T. S. Kumbar, PhD Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Palaj, Gandhinagar 382 355*|* Gujarat | INDIA Tel: +91 79 2395 2431 Mob: 09825921864 Email: tskumbar(a)iitgn.ac.in | tskumbar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.iitgn.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICSSR sponsored National Level Workshop on “Protecting Cultural Heritage" Inbox x
by Mrutyunjay Sethy 07 Jan '19

07 Jan '19

Dear Sir/ Madam, *It gives me immense pleasure to inform you that the Department of LIS, Khallikote University in the association of ICSSR, New Delhi is organizing a National Level workshop on “Protecting Cultural Heritage: Preventive Conservation of Palmleaf Manuscripts and Paper Documents” on February 1st & 2nd, 2019. * A maximum of 40 participants will be considered for this workshop programme. Applications will be accepted through online registration on the first-come-first-served basis. Please click the link for registration: *http://khallikoteuniversity.ac.in/workshop/pcpmpd/ <http://khallikoteuniversity.ac.in/workshop/pcpmpd/>* The information brochure is attached for your kind information & maybe circulated within your group. I would like to request your kind cooperation for the success of the event. For any further query, the undersigned may kindly be contacted. Dr. Jyotshna Sahoo Associate Professor & Head, Dept. of Library& Information Science Dean, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities Khallikote Cluster University Berhampur-760001,Dist.- Ganjam. Mobile-9437922397 / 7064419608 -- * Mrutyunjay Sethy* *Institute of Mathematics and Applications,* *Andharua,Bhubaneswar - 751003* *Odisha, INDIA.* *Contact No-**+917008123659(M)* * +919437493369(M)* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interesting Reads – 2019-01-06
by Mohan Hr 06 Jan '19

06 Jan '19

*Interesting Reads – 2019-01-06* *Contents* *Articles* - 27 Incredible Examples Of AI And Machine Learning In Practice - 10 Surprising Benefits You'll Get From Keeping a Journal - Top 2019 Resolution: Get The 10 Successful Habits Of Highly Self-Confident People - 9 questions about climate change you were too embarrassed to ask - 10 Trends That Will Shape the Digital Workplace in 2019 - Ten reasons to be optimistic in 2019 - Take Control Of Your Digital Life. Don’t Be A Victim Of Cyber Scams! - Funders Push for a Full Transition to Open Access: Plan S - The New Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid - Outlook -- Issue Of The Year: MENSTRUATION - Bonus: Best of Last Year—The top Tech Xplore articles of 2018 *Events / Announcements* - SETS: National Workshop on Public Key Infrastructure: Creating Trusted Environment. At Chennai during 22-23 Jan 2019 - Kongu Engg College, Perundurai, Erode. National Seminars -- “Research Trends on Smart Waste Management System for Batteries” - Kongu Engg College, Perundurai, Erode. National Seminars -- “Emerging Advancements in Smart Materials Applications” - SETS, IEEE CS, CSI, ISACA: "National Workshop on Hardware Security" at Chennai 26th Feb 2019 Read at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-2019-01-06.html Archives at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-archives-2019-201… *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan *======================================================== * *Articles* *27 Incredible Examples Of AI And Machine Learning In Practice* There are so many amazing ways artificial intelligence and machine learning are used behind the scenes to impact our everyday lives and inform business decisions and optimize operations for some of the world’s leading companies. Here are 27 amazing practical examples of AI and machine learning.. Full Post <http://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2018/04/30/27-incredible-examples-o…> *10 Surprising Benefits You'll Get From Keeping a Journal* Beyond overcoming writer's block, stream of consciousness writing brings out thoughts and ideas you never knew you had in you, and loosens up your expressive muscles. When it comes to keeping a journal, stereotypes of Sweet Valley High and Napoleon Dynamite quickly come to mind; "Dear diary" is reserved for the high-school sweetheart or awkward recluse. Others see writing merely as a tool, a pragmatic means to an end, certainly without value in and of itself. But science continues to dissolve skepticism. For those sitting on the fence, these 10 benefits of journaling will convince you to start writing. Full Post <https://www.huffpost.com/entry/benefits-of-journaling_b_6648884> Related Post <https://www.allthedelights.com/blog/2018/1/6/january-journal-prompts>: January Journal Prompts *Top 2019 Resolution: Get The 10 Successful Habits Of Highly Self-Confident People* It is a perfect time to join the bright side by exercising these 10 habits proven to highly successful when boosting your self-confidence levels. Full Post <https://www.forbes.com/sites/palomacanterogomez/2019/01/02/top-2019-resolut…> Related Post <https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/1/2/18158989/habit-tracking-apps-new-yea…>: New Years resolutions 2019: Can habit tracking apps help you reach your goals? *9 questions about climate change you were too embarrassed to ask* Basic answers to basic questions about global warming and the future climate. Full Post <https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/6/1/15724164/9-questions-climat…> *10 Trends That Will Shape the Digital Workplace in 2019 * The digitalization of the workplace is challenging businesses globally to adapt quickly to meet the needs of their talent and customers. While a simple solution is to update current business technology to the latest and greatest, business leaders quickly find that this is not a sustainable practice in the long run. The solution for most enterprises is to introduce a digital transformation strategy, which, in turn, is posing a direct threat to traditional business models and companies. Technologies such as social media, mobile applications, analytics, the cloud and the internet of things (IoT), have been successful in attracting and keeping talent and customers. But, it goes beyond changing technology — company culture needs to change. When we asked a number of C-Suite executives what they thought would be trending in the digital workplace over the coming year, 10 trends emerged, many of which had already been identified at the beginning of 2018 as disruptors. Full Post <https://www.cmswire.com/digital-workplace/10-trends-that-will-shape-the-dig…> *Ten reasons to be optimistic in 2019* Even the optimists among us would have to admit 2018 was a challenging year. The fractured world that became the focus of our 2018 Annual Meeting a year ago came under further pressure from populist rhetoric and rising nationalist agendas. At the same time, the urgent need for coordinated global action in areas such as climate change, inequality and the impact of automation on jobs became more intense. It might be easy, then, to take a dim view of our world’s prospects in 2019. But the new year brings opportunities, too; opportunites that - through a combination of innovation and responsible leadership - have the potential to make our societies stronger and our world more sustainable. Some of these opportunities have been made possible by the World Economic Forum’s platform for public-private cooperation. Building on the progress made in the past 12 months, here are some of the bright spots for the year ahead. Full Post <https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/10-reasons-for-optimism-in-2019/> *Take Control Of Your Digital Life. Don’t Be A Victim Of Cyber Scams!* Cybercriminals are constantly looking for ways to make money at your expense. Individuals and organisations often fall prey to frauds that involve various forms of social engineering techniques, where the information required is garnered from a person rather than breaking into a system. These scams are typical examples of how cyber attackers can easily play on people’s psychology and perceptions. The tips provided here are aimed to help you protect yourself. Awareness is your best defence! Full Post <https://www.europol.europa.eu/activities-services/public-awareness-and-prev…> *Funders Push for a Full Transition to Open Access: Plan S* In a bid to push forward the transition to fully open access publishing, a number of funders have come together under the banner of cOAlition S and put forward an initiative called Plan S. Originating in Europe and led by Robert-Jan Smits of the European Council, Plan S puts forward conditions for open access publishing. Full Post <http://blog.mdpi.com/2018/11/05/funders-push-for-a-full-transition-to-open-…> Related Post <https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/will-world-embrace-plan-s-radical-p…>: Will the world embrace Plan S, the radical proposal to mandate open access to science papers? *The New Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid* Profound changes are closing the gap between the world’s poorest consumers and others, offering an unprecedented opportunity for businesses to create — and share in — prosperity. <http://www.strategy-business.com/article/The-New-Fortune-at-the-Bottom-of-t…> Full Post <http://www.strategy-business.com/article/The-New-Fortune-at-the-Bottom-of-t…> Related Story <https://www.strategy-business.com/article/11518>: The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid *Outlook -- Issue Of The Year: MENSTRUATION* Menstruation taboos define woman only by her biology. We need to get rid of them. Index to stories in the issue of the year <https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/issue/11601> Stories: <https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/issue/11601> - Profane Marks Of Sacred Blood - Why It Was The Natural Choice - Menses: A Medical History In Fatuity - Myth, Evolution And Science Love Under The Crimson Moon Clock - When The Folk Art Spoke Menstruation - Are Menstrual Disorders More Prevalent In Developing Countries? - Disposable Pads Are A Hazard, A Look At Some Alternatives - Period Leave Or Not? Here's What Women Have To Say - Menstrual Art: What It Is? Why Is It Important? - Junk The Taboo. Period. - Unhushed: The Period Period Of Modern Art - The Original ‘Sin’ - Diary: A nine-year-old girl writes a diary on early periods. *Bonus: Best of Last Year—The top Tech Xplore articles of 2018* It was a great year for technological innovation as a team at MIT announced that they had flown the first-ever plane with no moving parts. Instead of turbines, propellers or even fans, the new plane was powered by an "ionic wind"—a flow of ions produced by the plane that generated enough thrust to push the small prototype through the air long enough to produce sustained, steady flight. Full Post <https://techxplore.com/news/2018-12-yearthe-tech-xplore-articles.html> *Events / Announcements* *SETS: National Workshop on Public Key Infrastructure: Creating Trusted Environment. At Chennai during 22-23 Jan 2019* SETS and C-DAC are jointly organizing "National Workshop on Public Key Infrastructure: Creating Trusted Environment" in association with CCA, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter and Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter on 22-23 January 2019. Event Brochure at http://www.setsindia.in/PdfDocs/pki.pdf Registration Form: http://www.setsindia.in/PdfDocs/pkireg.pdf For assistance pl. contact: Dr. P. Nageswara Rao, Workshop Coordinator Mobile: 9884143131 -- Landline: 044-66632506 Email: workshop(a)setsindia.net *Kongu Engg College, Perundurai, Erode. National Seminars -- “Research Trends on Smart Waste Management System for Batteries” * DST- SERB (Department of Science and Technology) Sponsored two days National Seminar on “Research Trends on Smart Waste Management System for Batteries” during 11-12 January 2019. Details at: https://goo.gl/NrFMcx *Kongu Engg College, Perundurai, Erode. National Seminars -- “Emerging Advancements in Smart Materials Applications”* CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) Sponsored two days National Seminar on “Emerging Advancements in Smart Materials Applications” during 21-22 February 2019. Details at : https://goo.gl/8vMSMt *SETS, IEEE CS, CSI, ISACA: "National Workshop on Hardware Security" at Chennai 26th Feb 2019* SETS (Society for Electronic Transactions and Security) is organizing "National Workshop on Hardware Security" in association with IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter, Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter & ISACA, Chennai Chapter on 26th February 2019. Workshop Brochure <http://www.setsindia.in/PdfDocs/hws.pdf> For assistance pl. contact: Dr. P. Nageswara Rao, Workshop Coordinator Mobile: 9884143131 -- Landline: 044-66632506 Email: workshop(a)setsindia.net *Archives of Interesting Reads * To access the past posts of Interesting Reads, pl. visit https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-archives-2019-201… *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan

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Suggestion - For Requesting Full Text of Article
by Ishwar Goudar 06 Jan '19

06 Jan '19

Dear Professionals, Many of you send requests through Lis-forum or directly to your contact for full text of articles. Before sending the requests please do some home work. 1. Search Google scholar. You may find link to the full texts through Research Gate or Institutional Repositories or some Open Access Sources. 2. Provide DOI Number if available. Most of the articles published today do have DOI numbers. - Please visit the Website of the Journal, see the contents page and look for abstract. Usually one gets DOI Number here. - DOI number helps us to get full text of articles very easily without wasting much of our time. and there by many will volunteer to help you including me. 3. Provide full information if you dont get DOI Number. You may have to do do some home work for this. 4. Don't forget to acknowledge and thank those who sends the article. Regards, Goudar "Access E-Resources for Academic and Research Excellence" *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Adjunct Professor, Mangalore University - Ex. 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 Mob: 91+9611165781 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dr. R. Guruprasad, CSIR-NAL elected as Fellow of Engineering Council (FERC) from Open Association of Research Society, USA.
by Ramachandran Guruprasad 06 Jan '19

06 Jan '19

Dr. R. Guruprasad, Scientist, Centre for Civil Aircraft Design and Development, CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, has been elected as 'Fellow of the Engineering Council (FERC)' from the Open Association of Research Society, USA (Global Journals Inc.,). This honor has been bestowed on him for his exceptional achievements in pursuit of advanced studies and research in the Aerospace Domain and his remarkable contributions to Engineering Research. Dr. Guruprasad holds a Ph.D. degree from the Department of Studies (DOS), Library and Information Science, University of Mysore and MLIS from Annamalai University. Dr. Guruprasad's research interests are: (a) Studying the Use Patterns of Electronic Information Resources and (b) Digital Content Management of aircraft data. He has more than 28 international journal publications, two books, several book chapters and is on the Editorial Board and Reviewer of several international journals in the broad domain of Information Science and Technology. He has several in-house technical publications on 'Aircraft Digital Records Management'. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request
by Chethu D 05 Jan '19

05 Jan '19

Respected Professionals, Requesting you to help me in getting the full-text of the article mentioned below for research purpose only. Kindly send me a copy, if it is available in your library/personal collection. 1) Title: New technique improves IFM performance. Authors: Rhodes, J. D. Publication: Microwaves & RF (ISSN 0745-2993), vol. 24, March 1985, p. 121-125. Publication Date: 03/1985 2) Title: A new adaptive filter/IFM receiver system. Authors: Levy, Ralph. Publication: Microwave Journal (ISSN 0026-2897), vol. 30, Nov.1987, p. 79, 80, 82, 84, 86. Publication Date: 11/1987 -- with regards, Chethankumar D. Library Officer BEL Academy for Excellence (BAE) Bharat Electronics Ltd. Outer Ring Road, Kuvempu Circle, Lottegolahalli, Bangalore-560094, Karnataka (India) Mobile: +91 9590118599 Mail: dchethu7(a)gmail.com, baelibrary(a)bel.co.in. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshops - eLearning and MOODLE
by Ishwar Goudar 05 Jan '19

05 Jan '19

Dr. Viraj Kumar, an expert in e-Learning domain from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore e, is presenting the following two workshops at the forthcoming Library Technology Conclave *1. eLearning Basics* *2. Moodle: An open source e-Learning Platform* Workshop Date: January 23, 2019 Conclave Dates: January 24-25, 2019. Conclave Venue: Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT), Cochin Please visit the LTC2019 website – *www.LTC2019.COM <http://www.LTC2019.COM>* for details about the Conclave and the pre-conclave workshops and to register. Regards, Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Program Chair, LTC2019 "Access E-Resources for Academic and Research Excellence" *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Adjunct Professor, Mangalore University - Ex. 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 Mob: 91+9611165781 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FDP on "Scientific Writing in Research Publishing"
by meera anand 03 Jan '19

03 Jan '19

Greetings! The Learning Resource Centre, Jain (Deemed-to-be University), Bangalore in collaboration with Digital Information Research Labs, Chennai, India is conducting a National Level 'Faculty Development Program' on "Scientific Writing in Research Publishing" on 25th January 2019 at JGI Knowledge Campus, District Fund Road, Jayanagar 9th Block, Bangalore- 560069. The event will focus on the ways of producing good research and writing eminent papers with scientific reporting; gain exposure for creating new approaches and solve research problems, the content of good research, good review, and revision. It is applicable to all individuals who are involved in the research work. The program will also discuss the ways to optimize the research publication activities and the structure of research publications, review and indexing process, methods of generating good publications, demonstration of global indexing databases, research networks and other citation and evaluation metrics in all disciplines. Resource Persons: 1. Dr Pit Pichappan, PhD. Senior Scientist, Digital information Research Labs, Chennai, India and also the Guest Professor at Zhejiang University, China. 2. Dr M. Krishnamurthy, Associate Professor, DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore. Fees: Full-time students (any discipline): Rs. 600/- (should carry valid ID cards compulsorily) Faculty (any discipline) and Industry Rs. 1000/- The fee covers kit, lunch, study material, tea/coffee, and certificate. No TA/DA will be provided to participants. Payment mode: Cash at Venue or DD drawn in favour of ‘Jain University – SCMS’ Online payment can be facilitated on request. kindly register your names at the earliest to the below link as this FDP is applicable to all disciplines and limited seats are available. Link: https://goo.gl/forms/F7RGepUMgm9g9qMk2 With Warm Regards, Dr Meeramani N Organizing Secretary and Librarian Jain (Deemed-to-be University) JGI Knowledge Campus 44/4, District Fund Road Behind Big Bazar Jayanagar 9th Block Bangalore-560 069 Ph: 080 46501720 Mob: +91 9845500343 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IIM Lucknow Recruitment for Library Trainees
by Anoop Singh 03 Jan '19

03 Jan '19

Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIML) invites applications from eligible candidates for two numbers of Library Trainee for a period of one year. Advertisement Link http://www.iiml.ac.in/sites/default/files/upload/jobs/Library-Trainee-Advt-… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article request
by Pranit Landge 03 Jan '19

03 Jan '19

Respected Professionals, Requesting you to help me in getting the full-text of the article mentioned below for research purpose only. Rema Devi, K. and Menon, A.G.K. 1995. First record of Parapsilorhynchus tentaculatus(Pisces: Cyprinidae) from the Eastern Ghats, India. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 6(3): 279–282 *Regards,* *Pranit Landge.* *Library & Information Assistant* *Zoological Survey of India* *Western Regional Center,* *Vidyanagar, sector-29,* *Opp. D Y Patil Edu. Complex,* *Rawet Road, Akurdi, Pune- 411044* *Mobile: +91-9561827902* *Phone: +91-20-27651927 (Ext. 209) (O)* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interesting Reads – 2019-01-01
by Mohan Hr 01 Jan '19

01 Jan '19

*Interesting Reads – 2019-01-01* *Contents* *Articles* - The Top 10 Books of 2018 for Entrepreneurs - Our favourite science news stories of 2018 - Gatwick drone drama shows how even unarmed UAVs can cause economic chaos and risk to life - A look at India's newly minted unicorns - Toyota Wants to Put a Robot Friend in Every Home - 10 Game-Changing Ideas in Education - Top 10 CIO interviews of 2018 - Your 2019 Horoscope Is Here - Get Ready For Gen Z: 11 Tips To Appeal To The New Generation Of Workers - eBook: A "Quotable" Life *Events / Announcements* - Seminar on "Digital Security: Emerging Trends" at Chennai on 5th Jan 2019 - FDP on “Hands-on Training in IoT, Ethical Hacking and NS3” during 5-11, Jan 2019 at Chennai - SETS, IEEE CS, CSI, ISACA: "National Workshop on Hardware Security" at Chennai 26th Feb 2019 - Workshop on Fog Computing, Deep Learning and Big Data Analytics Read at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-2019-01-01.html Archives at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan *======================================================== * *Articles* *The Top 10 Books of 2018 for Entrepreneurs* From the stacks of books received for review and picked up from overseas visits, here are some of the best titles of the year for startup founders, social entrepreneurs, innovators and changemakers! 2018 has been another outstanding year for books about entrepreneurship and innovation, with more of a focus on scaling approaches -- reflecting increased maturity of the startup ecosystem. See our earlier lists of ‘Top 10 Books for Entrepreneurs’ from the past six years as well: 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012. Full Post <https://yourstory.com/2018/11/top-10-books-2018-entrepreneurs/> *Our favourite science news stories of 2018* Every year, Science publishes hundreds of news stories, both online and in our weekly magazine. And whereas many of these highlight huge advances in research (some of which get a nod in our breakthroughs of the year), a lot are simply cool stories that resonated with us, our readers, or both. And that’s what this list focuses on—some of our coolest and most popular online news stories of the year. It’s an eclectic mix, and you’re sure to find at least a few you’ll want to read—or read all over again. Full Post <https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/12/our-favorite-science-news-stories-2…> Related Post <https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/12/video-2018-s-breakthrough-year-and-…>: Video: 2018’s Breakthrough of the Year and runners-up *Gatwick drone drama shows how even unarmed UAVs can cause economic chaos and risk to life* One of the amazing things about the recent drone incident at London Gatwick is that the appearance of two unmanned aerial vehicles flying into operational runway space prompted the closure of Britain’s second-busiest airport for more than a day. With further sightings of drones, Gatwick only reopened to limited service after a 36-hour interruption, and those responsible for operating the drone remain at large. Full Post <https://theconversation.com/gatwick-drone-drama-shows-how-even-unarmed-uavs…> Related Story <http://dronecenter.bard.edu/publications/counter-drone-systems/>: Counter-Drone Systems *A look at India's newly minted unicorns* India's startup ecosystem has seen eight startups joining the unicorn club in the past year. The new unicorns, a term for privately held technology companies estimated to be worth at least $1 billion, are from sectors such as education, software, and financial technology, diversifying the pool from online commerce and advertising models. Here is a look at the new members of India's unicorn club: Full Post <https://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/startups/a-look-at-indias-ne…> *Toyota Wants to Put a Robot Friend in Every Home* Toyota Motor Corp. has sold enough cars to put one outside every Japanese home. Now it wants to put robots inside. Well-known for its automated assembly lines, Toyota sees a not-so-far-off future in which robots transcend the factory and become commonplace in homes, helping with chores -- and even offering companionship -- in an aging society where a quarter of the population is over 65 and millions of seniors live alone. Full Post <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-26/toyota-wants-to-put-a-ro…> *10 Game-Changing Ideas in Education* We went looking for big ideas in K-12 schooling: trends, disruptions, practices, or technologies that could help solve some of the field's biggest challenges. Here’s the result: 10 innovative ideas from researchers, educators, scientists, and advocates that could make a difference to those on the frontlines of K-12 education. Some of the problems they address are as old as public schooling itself; others have a new and growing sense of urgency. Presented in no particular order, they are meant to stir conversation or prompt you to think about your work in a new way. Full Post <https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/01/10/10-game-changing-ideas-in-edu…> *Top 10 CIO interviews of 2018* IT leaders from across the UK and Europe shared their plans, strategies and best practice advice with Computer Weekly in 2018. Computer Weekly interviews more UK and European IT leaders than any other technology publication. The top IT and digital chiefs shared their opinions and experiences of modern IT leadership and transforming business and government through IT innovation. Full Post <https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252454154/Top-10-CIO-interviews-of-2018> *Your 2019 Horoscope Is Here* We have a lot to be excited for in 2019, stargazers! For starters, three solar eclipses will occur this year. The first one, a partial solar eclipse, happens in Capricorn on January 5 or 6, depending on where you live. This event will occur between Saturn, the planet of structure, and Pluto, the planet of transformation. And, since this eclipse occurs in go-getter Capricorn, we'll feel compelled to focus our collective attention on our work lives and ambitions. If you’re planning on starting a new business and following a new career path, meditate during this eclipse before moving forward with your plans. We will have our first lunar eclipse on January 20 during a full Leo moon, which will leave us feeling emotional and raw. This lunar eclipse will give us a chance to reflect on how we are seen in the world and how we think about self-presentation. Our second total solar eclipse occurs on July 2 in Cancer, while the second lunar eclipse of the year occurs in Capricorn on July 16 . This particular eclipse will sextile with Uranus, making it a much more lighthearted than 2019's first lunar eclipse. You may find that you want to change who you spend your time with — you may even wish to branch out and find a whole new community. Come winter, we'll have an annular (ring-shaped or total) solar eclipse in Capricorn on December 26. This eclipse will put work back on our brains, highlighting any work habits that need adjusting. Jupiter, the planet of luck, will square against Neptune, the planet of dreams and idealism, three times this year — and they haven’t squared against each other since 2006! Watch out for high expectations and overspending around January 13, June 16, and September 21. If hope is hard to come by on these days, relax and remember that challenges arrive in order to teach us important lessons. And that's only scratching the surface of 2019's celestial activity — read on to find out what’s in store for your sign. Full Post <https://in.style.yahoo.com/2019-horoscope-080000216.html> *Get Ready For Gen Z: 11 Tips To Appeal To The New Generation Of Workers* Not long ago, every company was talking about millennials and how to keep them happy. Now, the oldest members of the next generation, Gen Z, are beginning to enter the workforce, and employers will need to adjust their approach yet again. The experiences that shaped Gen Z as they were growing up, such as ubiquitous internet access and the late-2000s economic recession, have impacted their views of work and career stability. This independent, realistic and tech-savvy group of young adults will seek employers whose culture reflects and embraces those viewpoints. According to members of Forbes Human Resources Council, here are a few more things you need to know about how to reach this unique cohort. Full Post <https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2018/08/06/get-rea…> *eBook: A "Quotable" Life* Mr. G. Sankar, a writer, speaker, and trainer on individual and organizational growth, who has been a resource person at the workshop on “Change Management” jointly organised by CSI & IEEE CS, IEEE PCS has come out with a book on quotations on the growth dimensions of health, wealth, education, relations, and spirituality. The book -- A "Quotable" Life is a book of 320 inspiring quotes and is available for free download. The author hopes it will serve as a daily dose of guidance, and blessing for all to enjoy life fully. Download it from https://www.slideshare.net/sankarspeak/a-quotable-life *Events / Announcements* *Seminar on "Digital Security: Emerging Trends" at Chennai on 5th Jan 2019* Digital Security Association of India is organising a seminar on "Digital Security: Emerging Trends" on 5th Jan 2019 at Anna University, Chennai. CSI, IEEE, SPIN, ISACA members can register at a concessional registration fee of Rs.700/- as against the normal fee of Rs.900/. There are 8 CPE hours for this event. Event Brochure at https://goo.gl/43kN2r Event Schedule at https://goo.gl/XpG7xP *FDP on “Hands-on Training in IoT, Ethical Hacking and NS3” during 5-11, Jan 2019 at Chennai * A Faculty Development Programme on “Hands-on Training in IoT, Ethical Hacking and NS3” between 05 and 11 January 2019 is being organised by the Dept. of CSE, School of Computing, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Avadi. For details contact: Dr. T. Senthil Murugan, tsenthilmurugan(a)veltech.edu.in 9176031383 *SETS, IEEE CS, CSI, ISACA: "National Workshop on Hardware Security" at Chennai 26th Feb 2019* SETS (Society for Electronic Transactions and Security) is organizing "National Workshop on Hardware Security" in association with IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter, Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter & ISACA, Chennai Chapter on 26th February 2019. Workshop Brochure <http://www.setsindia.in/PdfDocs/hws.pdf> *Workshop on Fog Computing, Deep Learning and Big Data Analytics* A workshop on “Fog Computing, Deep Learning and Big Data Analytics” is being held in conjunction with the 13th CISIS 2019 International Conference on Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems during 3-5 Jul 2019 at University of Technology, Sydney, Sydney, Australia Organising Committee includes: C. S. R. Prabhu -- Workshop Chairman & Mukesh Prasad -- Workshop Secretary Last date for paper submission: 1st Mar 2019 Workshop Website: https://sites.google.com/student.uts.edu.au/fcdb-2019/ CISIS Website: http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/cisis/2019/ *Archives of Interesting Reads * To access the past posts of Interesting Reads, pl. visit http://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. 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IIT Gandhinagar: International Conference CLSTL 2019- Deadline further Extended ( till 20th January, 2019) for Submitting Proposal/Abstract for Presentation & Poster
by TS Kumbar 31 Dec '18

31 Dec '18

Dear Professional Colleagues, *A gentle reminder for submission of proposals/ abstracts for Presentation & Poster at the International Conference* *CLSTL 2019 being held **at IIT Gandhinagar from 28th Feb. - 2nd March, 2019 & other updates**.* - Deadline for submitting proposal/abstract for presentation & Poster:* Extended till 20th January, 2019 (Sunday).* Timely submission of abstracts will facilitate finalizing the program schedule. - Notifying acceptance of proposal/abstract to Presenter: *25th January,2019 (Friday).* - Updated list of eminent speakers <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/speakers/> announced. - Interesting workshops on the following emerging area*s being organized:* - *Creating Data Repository Using Data Verse* - *Data Visualization Service in Libraries* - *MakerSpaces in Libraries* - *Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in libraries* - *There will be a Publication of Post Conference Proceedings edited by team of Internationally known professionals and publisher. * Please visit the conference website for further details, updates and registration: http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/ *Registration* - Final registration deadline: *31st January, 2019* We would therefore request you to kindly consider submitting a proposal/abstract of your proposed presentation/poster before the deadline ( ie *20th January, 2019*) and actively participate in this event to share innovative ideas, rich experience and best practices followed in your library for the benefit of other conference attendees. We would highly appreciate, if you could kindly spread the word about this conference among your colleagues and professional friends and encourage them to consider participating in this professional event. Looking forward to your participation and support. Kind regards Kumbar -- T. S. Kumbar, PhD Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Palaj, Gandhinagar 382 355*|* Gujarat | INDIA Tel: +91 79 2395 2431 Mob: 09825921864 Email: tskumbar(a)iitgn.ac.in | tskumbar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.iitgn.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Technical Assistant Positions in CFTRI - Library (1 Post)
by padmavathi t 31 Dec '18

31 Dec '18

Dear Moderator, Advertisement No. REC.36/2018 - Technical Assistant Positions in CFTRI Details at URL: CSIR-CFTRI Recruitment Portal | Welcome | | | | CSIR-CFTRI Recruitment Portal | Welcome | | | Technical Assistant Positions in CFTRI 1 Post - Library Regards, T. PadmavathiFOSTIS/LibraryCSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru

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Appointment of Director of Inflibnet
by ameet joshi 29 Dec '18

29 Dec '18

Dear Professionals,      I fully agree with Mr.Baiju Joy regarding the Appointment of Director of Inflibnet. In our library and information field majority of professionals are lacking professional as well as general knowledge. To crown this situation, our professionals are very poor in communication skills. So obviously Appointing a non professional as a Director of Inflibnet is not a bad idea.Regards,Ameet Joshi.Library Department.SVKM’s NMIMS (Bengaluru Campus)Phone: +91-80-25126071.   From: <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>Sent: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 17:53:50To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.inSubject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 189, Issue 38Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to   lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.inTo subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit   http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forumor, via email, send a message with subject or body 'hel p' to   lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.inYou can reach the person managing the list at   lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.inWhen replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specificthan "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..."Today's Topics:  1. Appointment of Director of Inflibnet (Baiju Joy)  2. Interesting Reads – 2018-12-26 (Mohan Hr)----------------------------------------------------------------------Message: 1Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 12:23:09 +0530From: Baiju Joy <baijujoy80(a)gmail.com>To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.inSubject: [LIS-Forum] Appointment of Director of InflibnetMessage-ID:   <CANJew2rLe=S7tEQFs_EyMDqLPiuCvykoCZROM3VuiDJV99ON8Q@mail.gmail.com>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"Dear Professional friends,The appointment should be help us to evaluate our self  and ourprofessional competency,  Library and information Science Department s arenot capable to produce professionals to handle Digital libraries andLibrary Networks.See Digital Library of India, More than Seventy percentage professionalsfrom Computer Science, Why this is happening,So we have to convince authorities with our professionals skills, largenumber professional friends are coming to the employment market by distanceeducation and regular mode, many of them are not well placed. How many ofthem are capable to play their role in digital world as informationprofessionals..But at the same time i can not forget the number of Libraries and Librarianare being different including our Senior leaders like Jagadish Arora,Ramesh Gaur (JNU) etc.....RegardsBAIJU JOY  MA MLISc, UGC-NETLIBRARIAN UGCST STEPHEN'S COLLEGEPATHANAPURAMKERALA 6896958943155044http://ststephenscollegelibrarypathanapuram.blogspot.in/htt… Senior Research Fellow, Kerala Agricultural University, ThrissurFormer Librarian, School of Computer Science, Mahatma Gandhi UniversityFormer Librarian, TMAM Research and Orientation Centre, KottayamFormer Librarian,  Dharma jyothi vidyapeeth, New Delhi--This message has been scanned for viruses anddangerous content by MailScanner, and isbelieved to be clean.-------------- next part --------------An HTML attachment was scrubbed...URL: <http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20181225/368d6f1d/attachment.html>------------------------------Message: 2Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 23:47:18 +0530From: Mohan Hr <hrmohan(a)gmail.com>To: undisclosed-recipients:;Subject: [LIS-Forum] Interesting Reads – 2018-12-26Message-ID:   <CAFzg7BO9VnYCgvS_P_yHKhKo6kgLiTOyaZTKJgBiWCSzeB0Ldw@mail.gmail.com>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"*Interesting Reads – 2018-12-26**Contents**Articles*  - An Indian engineering college has ba nned PUBG under the claim that its  ‘spoiling the atmosphe re of the hostel’ — but leaves women out of the  conversation  - Earthrise, a photo that changed the world  - China builds ‘world’s biggest air purifier’ (and it seems to be  working)  - These were the 10 most popular diets of 2018, according to Google  - How the digitalisation of everything is making us more lonely  - eBook: Data Governance for Dummies  - 9 Reasons Why Women Leave Tech Jobs  - Something for everyone: the best of Curious Kids in 2018  - Are You Following the 20 Ethical Standards for ICT4D Research?  - Top 10 Tech Predictions for 2019 – Information Week*Events / Announcements*  - FDP on “Hands-on Training in IoT, Ethical Hacking and NS3” during  5-11, Jan 2019 at Chnenai  - SETS, IEEE CS, CSI, ISACA: "National Workshop on Hardware Security" at  Chennai 26th Feb 2019  - Workshop on Fog Computing, Deep Learning and B ig Data AnalyticsRead at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/12/interesting-reads-2018-12-26.htmlArc… athttp://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html*Fe… will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” postsbeing sent once in five days.Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that wecan include them in these email posts.Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers andcontacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to getregular posts.Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.comWith regardsHR Mohan*======================================================== **Articles**An Indian engineering college has banned PUBG under the claim that its‘spoiling the atmosphere of the hostel’ — but leaves women out of theconversation*  - The Vellore Institute of Technology issued a circular to the men’s  hostel to ban st udents from playing the hugely popular online game,  PlayerUnkno wn’s Battlegrounds, on the premises.  - The announcement has faced backlash on Reddit, Twitter and other  social media platforms for being excessive, citing comments that reiterate  that colleges are ‘for adults’.  - The underlying concern is that the circular has only been issued to  the men’s hostel while there are no such guidelines being put in place for  the women’s hostel.Full Post<https://www.businessinsider.in/an-indian-engineering-college-has-banned-pubg-under-the-claim-that-its-spoiling-the-atmosphere-of-the-hostel-but-leaves-women-out-of-the-conversation/articleshow/67087477.cms>Related Post<https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/digital-detox-this-bengal…: Digital detox: This Bengaluru clinic helps people battle tech-basedaddictions*Earthrise, a photo that changed the world*December 24 is the 50th annivers ary of Earthrise, arguably one of the mostprofound images in the history of human culture. When astronaut WilliamAnders photographed a fragile blue sphere set in dark space peeking overthe Moon, it changed our perception of our place in space and fuelledenvironmental awareness around the world.The photo let us see our planet from a great distance for the first time.The living Earth, surrounded by the darkness of space, appears fragile andvulnerable, with finite resources.Full Post<https://theconversation.com/earthrise-a-photo-that-changed-the-worl… Post<https://theconversation.com/in-1968-apollo-8-realised-the-2-000-yea… 1968, Apollo 8 realised the 2,000-year-old dream of a Roman philosopherRelated Post<https://theconversation.com/who-owns-the-moon-a-space-lawyer-answer… owns the moon?*China builds ‘world’s biggest air purifier’ (and it seems to be working)*An experiment al tower over 100 metres (328 feet) high in northern China –dub bed the world’s biggest air purifier by its operators – has brought anoticeable improvement in air quality, according to the scientist leadingthe project, as authorities seek ways to tackle the nation’s chronic smogproblem.Full Post<https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2128355/china-build… were the 10 most popular diets of 2018, according to Google*Google released its "Year in Search" trends for 2018 on recently. The dietsthat Americans looked up the most fall into one of two camps: high-fat andlow-carb, or calorie restriction, like fasting. Some options, though, weredownright bizarre..Full Post<https://www.businessinsider.in/These-were-the-10-most-popular-diets-of-2018-according-to-Google/articleshow/67068555.cms>Related Post<https://www.businessinsider.in/10-surprisingly-filling-low-carb-foods-you-can-eat-on-the-paleo-diet/articleshow/67065793.cms>: 10 su rprisingly filling, low-carb foods you can eat on the paleo diet*How the digitalisation of everything is making us more lonely*The UK government recently appointed its first minister of loneliness. Themove came in response to increasing concern of a loneliness epidemicsweeping Western society.Psychologists define loneliness as a subjective, unpleasant experience thatoccurs when the desired level of meaningful social contact is less thanwhat is available. The prevalence of loneliness is increasing and theassociation between loneliness and ill health is now clear.In the US, loneliness affects one-fifth of the population. In the UK, it isexperienced by more than a third of those over the age of 50.Full Post<https://theconversation.com/how-the-digitalisation-of-everything-is… Post<https://theconversation.com/the-deadly-truth-about-loneliness-43785…: Thedeadly truth about lonelinessRelated Post<https://theconversation.com/loneline ss-has-serious-health-risks-and-the-solution-is-social-23638>:Lone liness has serious health risks and the solution is socialRelated Post<https://theconversation.com/how-loneliness-in-older-people-makes-th… loneliness in older people makes them more vulnerable to financialscammersRelated  Post<https://theconversation.com/the-rise-of-modern-loneliness-4-essential-reads-109118>:The rise of modern loneliness: 4 essential read*eBook: Data Governance for Dummies*Before you can put your data to work for your business, you need to enrichit with metadata that ensures compliance with constantly evolvingregulations and minimizes the risk of data breaches. This book, IntelligentData Governance for Dummies, explains how.Download the eBook<https://www.bitpipe.com/data/loadAsset.action?resId=1541164447_82&… Reasons Why Women Leave Tech Jobs*If you think most women quit because they just don't like working in IT orbecause their jobs don't offer the work-life balance or parent al leave theyneed, think again.A report from The Center for Talent Innovation found that 52% of highlyqualified women quit their jobs in science, engineering and technology. Aseparate study from AnitaB.org revealed that women leave tech companies twotimes faster than men do. In addition, 56% of the few women who work intech leave by the time they have reached mid-level jobs, resulting in thefact that women are three times less likely to have senior technical rolesthan men.Why do they leave?To find out, Indeed.com conducted a survey that asked 1,000 women intechnology why they had left previous jobs. It also asked them otherquestions about challenges they had experienced in the workplace and issuesthat were important to them. The results revealed nine key elements thatplay a role in women’s decisions to leave IT jobs.Interestingly, those reasons for leaving may not be the ones you expect.Slide Show<https://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/team-building-and-sta… ing/9-reasons-why-women-leave-tech-jobs/d/d-id/1333335>*Something for everyone: the best of Curious Kids in 2018*In the column “Curious Kids”  the editors  consult  academic experts toanswer real questions from real kids.  The questions are brilliant, ofcourse, but editors also love how determined the academic authors are tocraft replies that are informative and engaging, but not condescending.Listed below are some highlights from the column “Curious Kids” this year,sorted into some broad categories. While it is not an exhaustive list, theeditors of the column hope any young minds in your household find somethingthey like in there.Full Post & List<https://theconversation.com/something-for-everyone-the-best-of-curi… You Following the 20 Ethical Standards for ICT4D Research?*ICTD/ICT4D research is diverse and complex. It brings together researchersand participants who come from very different contexts, who have verydifferent life experiences, very different knowl edges, who face verydifferent life challenges, and together they explore technologies that arerapidly evolving and are profoundly affecting social, political andeconomic relationships.ICTD/ICT4D researchers, individually and collectively, place themselves inpositions where their actions can have intended and unintended consequencesand therefore they carry responsibility.Most ICTD/ICT4D researchers seek to behave ethically, but the complexinterdisciplinary nature of the field, and its distinctive characteristics,including the emergent nature of technology, make it difficult for both newand experienced researchers to identify and reason about the ethical issuesthat surround their work. Individual researchers will refer to ethicalguidance and debates within their own discipline.Full Post <https://www.ictworks.org/ethical-standards-ict4d-research>*Top 10 Tech Predictions for 2019 – Information Week*Leading consultancies and analyst firms offer their predictions on how keytechnologies, such as cloud computing, AI, IoT, and robotic s will shape upin 2019.Slide Show<https://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/executive-insights-an… / Announcements**FDP on “Hands-on Training in IoT, Ethical Hacking and NS3” during 5-11,Jan 2019 at Chnenai *A Faculty Development Programme on “Hands-on Training in IoT, EthicalHacking and NS3” between 05 and 11 January 2019 is being organised by theDept. of CSE, School of Computing, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr Sagunthala R&DInstitute of Science and Technology, Avadi.For details contact: Dr. T. Senthil Murugan,  tsenthilmurugan(a)veltech.edu.in9176031383*SETS, IEEE CS, CSI, ISACA: "National Workshop on Hardware Security" atChennai 26th Feb 2019*SETS (Society for Electronic Transactions and Security)  is organizing"National Workshop on Hardware Security" in association with IEEE ComputerSociety, Madras Chapter, Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter &ISACA, Chennai Chapter on 26th February 2019.Workshop Brochure <http://www.setsindia.in/PdfDocs/hws.pdf>*Workshop on Fog Computing, Deep Learning and Big Data Analytics*A workshop on “Fog Computing, Deep Learning and Big Data Analytics” isbeing held in conjunction with the 13th CISIS 2019 International Conferenceon Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems during 3-5 Jul 2019at University of Technology, Sydney,  Sydney, AustraliaOrganising Committee includes: C. S. R. Prabhu -- Workshop Chairman &Mukesh Prasad -- Workshop SecretaryLast date for paper submission: 1st Mar 2019Workshop Website: https://sites.google.com/student.uts.edu.au/fcdb-2019/CISIS Website:  http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/cisis/2019/*Archives of Interesting Reads  *To access the past posts of Interesting Reads, pl. visithttp://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html*Feedback*We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “ Interesting Reads” postsbeing sent once in five days.Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that wecan include them in these email posts.Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers andcontacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to getregular posts.Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.comWith regardsHR Mohan--You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups"sci-tech-trends" group.To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send anemail to sci-tech-trends+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com.To post to this group, send email to sci-tech-trends(a)googlegroups.com.To view this discussion on the web visithttps://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sci-tech-trends/CABw38yhkMznuQk_byvO… more options, visit https://groups.g oogle.com/d/optout.-------------- next part --------------An HTML attachment was scrubbed...URL: <http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20181225/f3517f54/attachment.html>------------------------------Subject: Digest Footer_______________________________________________LIS-Forum mailing listLIS-Forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.inhttp://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum------------------------------End of LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 189, Issue 38******************************************--This message has been scanned for viruses anddangerous content by MailScanner, and isbelieved to be clean. 

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Article request
by nagesh＠jncasr.ac.in 29 Dec '18

29 Dec '18

Respected Sir/Madam, One of our faculty member need full text article. Kindly provide if it is available. Article Title: Circadian Proteomic Analysis Uncovers Mechanisms of Post-Transcriptional Regulation in Metabolic Pathways https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405471218304393?via%3Di… Thanks Nagesh Hadimani Sr.Library cum Info asst Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Bangalore-64 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation for Call for Chapters: Innovative Trends and New Technologies in Library and Information Science
by Anna Kaushik 29 Dec '18

29 Dec '18

Call for Chapters: Innovative Trends and New <https://www.igi-global.com/publish/submit-a-proposal/book-proposal/3f004122…> Technologies in Library and Information Science <https://www.igi-global.com/publish/submit-a-proposal/book-proposal/3f004122…> Editors Dr. Anna Kaushik Deputy Librarian Central Library University of Kota Kota-324005 (Rajasthan) India Dr. Ashok Kr. Garg Chief Librarian, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana-Ambala -INDIA Mrs.Payel Biswas Librarian, Institute of Urban transport (India) Delhi - 110 092 (INDIA) Call for Chapters Proposals Submission Deadline: Feb 9, 2019 Full Chapters Due: May 10, 2019 Submission Date: September 2, 2019 Introduction Since the long time, Library and information science professionals are playing pivotal roles in searching, gathering, analysing, and disseminating right information and resources to the right user in the right time and in right format by using their best practices, skills, technologies, innovations etc. Thus, the library and information science professionals are being worked as information and resources providers to the users at the worldwide level. On the other hand, the emergence of the new innovations, best practices and technologies at the worldwide level, adding new dimensions into library and information science domain in diverse ways such as enhancing and delivering the library services, products, education, courses and so on. Resultant, library and information science professionals are attracting towards emerging innovations, best practices and technologies taking place in worldwide level and also looking for the how to using them with full potentials by understanding, adopting and implementing different innovations, best practices and technologies into their working places for enhancing and delivering the education, services, resources and products in different formats and modes in order to satisfy the information needs and other demands of the users for diverse purposes. But, to understand, adopt and use the various innovations, best practices and technologies with their full potentials and successfully in the library and information science domain, library and information science professionals encompass through various stages such as various opportunities, challenges and other constraints as well. It is however, to discover the different facts and issues regarding what, why, when, how, in what extend etc. new innovations, best practices and technologies are being understood, adopted and used by library and information science professionals in to library and information science domain in real sense, this book is to plan to publish. This book will cover the different topics or areas as given in the heading of Recommended Topics as well as other topics or subjects related to the innovative trends and new technologies in library and information science sphere. Objective The objectives of this book are not only to examine the use of different types of new innovations, best practices and technologies in library and information science domain in present era but also to look for what types of new innovations, best practices and technologies will be taking place in library and information science area in future perspectives. This book intends to make the every library and information science professionals aware regarding new innovations, trends and technologies are being taken place and can be used in library and information science area so that they will be ready to use them in the best way and with their full potentials. This book is focusing on to investigate regarding how library and information science professionals can play important roles in assessing, understanding, exploring, implementing and using different innovations, trends and new technologies in the library and information science sector by using their competencies, best practices and so on. Target Audience The target audiences of this book are library and information science professionals, knowledge managers, Information scientists, library and information science teachers, research scholars, students of library and information science area, Web librarians, executives, consultants, instructors, IT specialists, managers, trainers libraries, library and information science schools/ institutes and other library and information science professionals etc. Recommended Topics The Tentative TABLE of Contents is given below but not limited to the following topics or subject areas: Digital libraries Library networks Electronic resource management Big data Library consortia and resources sharing Innovative trends and technologies Research data management Digital rights management Preservation and conservation of library resources Intellectual property rights Information literacy Knowledge management Metadata Institutional repositories Resources description framework and ontology Open sources and services Search engines and search engine optimization E-learning and online learning Distance education Artificial intelligence Green libraries Library and information science education Massive open online courses Library and information science associations and awards Marketing library and information services and products Remote access tools and techniques Discovery services Mobile libraries and services Evaluation of internet resources Web 2.0 tools and services Human resources management Libraries in present and future Social networking sites and library and information science Users education and studies Any other topic of your interest Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners of library and information science and other area are invited to submit on or before *Feb 9, 2019*, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by *Feb 24, 2019,* about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by *May 10, 2019*, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Trust in Knowledge Management and Systems in Organizations. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer-review editorial process. All proposals should be submitted through the E-Editorial Discovery TM online submission manager. Please visit https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/3624 for more details regarding this publication and to submit your work. Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2019. Important Dates *Feb 9, 2019:* Proposal Submission Deadline *Feb 24, 2019:* Notification of Acceptance *May 10, 2019*: Full Chapter Submission *June 24, 2019:* Review Results Returned *August 19, 2019*: Final Acceptance Notification *September 2, 2019:* Final Chapter Submission Inquiries Editor's Name: Dr. Anna Kaushik Editor's Affiliation: Deputy Librarian, Central Library, University of Kota, Kota -324005- (Rajasthan)-INDIA Editor's Contact Information 2/38, Ganesh Talab, Basant Vihar, Kota-324009- (Rajasthan)-INDIA drkaushikanna(a)gmail.com Mob. no. 9414936675 Editor's Name: Dr. Ashok Kr. Garg Editor's Affiliation:Chief Librarian, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana-Ambala -INDIA Editor's Contact Information H. No. 644/6, Ward No. 19 Patel Nagar, Kurukshetra Haryana (Bharat) 136 118 gargasok(a)gmail.com Editor's Name: Mrs. Payel Biswas Editor's Affiliation: Librarian, Institute of Urban Transport (India), Delhi-INDIA Editor's Contact Information C 133 A, Moti Nagar 2ND Floor, New Delhi- 110015 Mobile: 09654172240 dipalibiswas.pia(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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Fwd: PARLIAMENT DIGITAL LIBRARY (PDL)
by Subbiah Arunachalam 28 Dec '18

28 Dec '18

PARLIAMENT DIGITAL LIBRARY (PDL) Parliament Digital Library provides information about various parliamentary documents of Lok Sabha, the House of People. The debates of Lok Sabha, from the First Lok Sabha to the Sixteenth Lok Sabha are placed in this portal. The Reports of several Parliamentary Committees, Presidential Addresses to Parliament, Budget Speeches, and several publications of the Lok Sabha Secretariat are also part of its collections. The treasured and historic legislative debates, tracing the growth and development of modern parliamentary institutions in India, from 1858 to 1952, thereby covering the period of 95 years, is being uploaded periodically. The portal provides the users a single window information retrieval technology with filtered and federated search from multiple searchable resources. http://eparlib.nic.in/ -- Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009

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Seminar [DST-CPR]: A Public Library of India
by Francis Jayakanth 28 Dec '18

28 Dec '18

Dear Members, DST Centre for Policy Research Centre for Society and Policy Indian Institute of Science invites you to the seminar in the Policy Lecture Series entitled A Public Library of India by Carl Malamud President and Founder, Public.Resource.Org at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, 28 December 2018, in the Seminar Hall of the Centre for Society and Policy (next to the Health Centre), IISc. Abstract: Carl Malamud, founder of Public Resource, will speak about his efforts to make more information from India and about India online. He'll discuss the Hind Swaraj and Public Library of India collections he maintains on the Internet Archive, efforts underway to increase high-quality digitization efforts throughout India, and his vision for a true Public Library of India effort, an effort that would take a decade and a national commitment to accomplish. Speaker Biosketch: Carl Malamud is the Founder and President of Public.Resource.Org, a nongovernmental organization based in the United States. He was previously founder of the Internet Multicasting Service, a nonprofit that started the first radio station on the Internet and was responsible for making the SEC EDGAR database available. He is the recipient of the Berkman Award from Harvard, the Pioneer Award from the EFF, and the Bill Farr Award from the First Amendment Coalition. Author of 9 books (including "Code Swaraj" co-authored with Sam Pitroda), Malamud works actively in India as well, and is engaged in a Public Internet Litigation suit to make Indian Standards available to the public at no charge. Best regards, Francis Francis Jayakanth On behalf of: Prof. T.A. Abinandanan, Convenor, DST-CPR, IISc -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Requirement of Article
by Manjunath K.S. 28 Dec '18

28 Dec '18

Respected Professionals, Request you to kindly send the below mentioned article, it is required for Research purpose. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-81-322-1602-5_127 Thanking you in anticipation. -- *Manjunatha K S* *Assistant Librarian* *AIMS Institutes* I 1st Cross, 1st Stage, Peenya, Bangalore - 560 058, INDIA I www.the*aims*.ac.in <http://www.theaims.ac.in/> *"Live as if you were to die tomorrow,* *Learn as if you were to live Forever."* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Download LibGuide ISO containing Koha, GateEntry and WordPress
by Dp Tripathi 26 Dec '18

26 Dec '18

Dear Friends, Happy to let you know about the release of ISO image (LibGuide-Ver-1.0) containing Koha, WordPress and GateEntry together with other customization required in library. You may download the ISO at www.dptripathi.in or https://sourceforge.net/projects/libguide/files/latest/download Features: 1. Koha - 18.11 2. GateEntry for tracking in / out of users in the library 3. WordPress for blog/website development 4. Customized OPAC and different reports 5. Carousel for New Arrivals 6. Customized MARC Framework for easy data entry 7. E-Mail configured for sending the notices 8. Single Click Database Backup For User credentials, please browse the link given below. https://sourceforge.net/projects/libguide/files/32%20Bit/Information.txt/do… Installation: To install this ISO, please read the instruction at http://www.dptripathi.in/download/installiso.pdf (After downloading ISO from above link, follow the installation instruction from step - 2 onwards) Thanks DP Tripathi -- ********************************* *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ********************************* Assistant Librarian, Periodicals Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ********************************* *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* ********************************* *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * ********************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian as a Teacher in the e-Learning Ecosystem
by Sathyanarayana NV 26 Dec '18

26 Dec '18

Library-in-the-Classroom and Classroom-in-the-Library are concepts evolving in practice too in libraries around the world. There is an intrinsic synergy between the classroom and the library as both are the places for learning. Classroom is the place for teacher assisted learning and library facilitates self-learning. E-Learning offers the advantage of both self-learning and teacher-assisted-learning. This synergy, we can imagine, is likely to lead to convergence of the library and the classroom in the emerging digital world where learning will be extensively driven by e-Learning models. The natural advantage of this convergence is an imperative recognition of Librarianship in a teaching role. Hence, e-Learning, which is lot more than providing access to e-Content, demands keener attention by Librarians. Library Technology Conclave (LTC2019) is the first ever conference focusing on the subject of e-Learning as an extended functional role opportunity for libraries. This 3-day Conclave, conceived by Informatics India Ltd, is hosted by Cochin University of Science & Technology, Cochin, 23-25 January 2019. The 90-minute Roundtable on e-Learning at the Conclave will debate on the issues of synergy between and possible convergence of classroom and library. The Conclave will be anchored by Ms. Natasha Jog, former NDTV reporter and anchor who has anchored a program on e-Learning on NDTV. Register for the Conclave today and join us to learn and debate about the extended role of librarians as teachers in the emerging e-Learning ecosystem. Visit the LTC2019 website www.LTC2019.com <http://www.ltc2019.com/>to know more about the Conclave and register. *|**N. V. Sathyanarayana**|* *|*Chairman & Managing Director*|*Informatics India Ltd.*|*Bangalore 560004 *|*INDIA*|* *|**www.informaticsglobal.com <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.informaticsglobal.c…>* *|**Ph.*+91-80-40387777*|* -- *Confidentiality Notice: *T*his electronic message transmission, including any attachment(s), may contain confidential, proprietary, or privileged information from Informatics Publishing Limited. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that any dissemination, copying, distribution, printing or use of the contents of the information contained in this electronic message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic message by error, please destroy all copies of the message and contact the sender immediately by either replying to this message or calling 91-80-40387777.* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interesting Reads – 2018-12-26
by Mohan Hr 25 Dec '18

25 Dec '18

*Interesting Reads – 2018-12-26* *Contents* *Articles* - An Indian engineering college has banned PUBG under the claim that its ‘spoiling the atmosphere of the hostel’ — but leaves women out of the conversation - Earthrise, a photo that changed the world - China builds ‘world’s biggest air purifier’ (and it seems to be working) - These were the 10 most popular diets of 2018, according to Google - How the digitalisation of everything is making us more lonely - eBook: Data Governance for Dummies - 9 Reasons Why Women Leave Tech Jobs - Something for everyone: the best of Curious Kids in 2018 - Are You Following the 20 Ethical Standards for ICT4D Research? - Top 10 Tech Predictions for 2019 – Information Week *Events / Announcements* - FDP on “Hands-on Training in IoT, Ethical Hacking and NS3” during 5-11, Jan 2019 at Chnenai - SETS, IEEE CS, CSI, ISACA: "National Workshop on Hardware Security" at Chennai 26th Feb 2019 - Workshop on Fog Computing, Deep Learning and Big Data Analytics Read at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/12/interesting-reads-2018-12-26.html Archives at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan *======================================================== * *Articles* *An Indian engineering college has banned PUBG under the claim that its ‘spoiling the atmosphere of the hostel’ — but leaves women out of the conversation* - The Vellore Institute of Technology issued a circular to the men’s hostel to ban students from playing the hugely popular online game, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, on the premises. - The announcement has faced backlash on Reddit, Twitter and other social media platforms for being excessive, citing comments that reiterate that colleges are ‘for adults’. - The underlying concern is that the circular has only been issued to the men’s hostel while there are no such guidelines being put in place for the women’s hostel. Full Post <https://www.businessinsider.in/an-indian-engineering-college-has-banned-pub…> Related Post <https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/digital-detox-this-bengaluru-clin…> : Digital detox: This Bengaluru clinic helps people battle tech-based addictions *Earthrise, a photo that changed the world* December 24 is the 50th anniversary of Earthrise, arguably one of the most profound images in the history of human culture. When astronaut William Anders photographed a fragile blue sphere set in dark space peeking over the Moon, it changed our perception of our place in space and fuelled environmental awareness around the world. The photo let us see our planet from a great distance for the first time. The living Earth, surrounded by the darkness of space, appears fragile and vulnerable, with finite resources. Full Post <https://theconversation.com/earthrise-a-photo-that-changed-the-world-109009> Related Post <https://theconversation.com/in-1968-apollo-8-realised-the-2-000-year-old-dr…>: In 1968, Apollo 8 realised the 2,000-year-old dream of a Roman philosopher Related Post <https://theconversation.com/who-owns-the-moon-a-space-lawyer-answers-99974>: Who owns the moon? *China builds ‘world’s biggest air purifier’ (and it seems to be working)* An experimental tower over 100 metres (328 feet) high in northern China – dubbed the world’s biggest air purifier by its operators – has brought a noticeable improvement in air quality, according to the scientist leading the project, as authorities seek ways to tackle the nation’s chronic smog problem. Full Post <https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2128355/china-builds-worlds…> *These were the 10 most popular diets of 2018, according to Google* Google released its "Year in Search" trends for 2018 on recently. The diets that Americans looked up the most fall into one of two camps: high-fat and low-carb, or calorie restriction, like fasting. Some options, though, were downright bizarre.. Full Post <https://www.businessinsider.in/These-were-the-10-most-popular-diets-of-2018…> Related Post <https://www.businessinsider.in/10-surprisingly-filling-low-carb-foods-you-c…> : 10 surprisingly filling, low-carb foods you can eat on the paleo diet *How the digitalisation of everything is making us more lonely* The UK government recently appointed its first minister of loneliness. The move came in response to increasing concern of a loneliness epidemic sweeping Western society. Psychologists define loneliness as a subjective, unpleasant experience that occurs when the desired level of meaningful social contact is less than what is available. The prevalence of loneliness is increasing and the association between loneliness and ill health is now clear. In the US, loneliness affects one-fifth of the population. In the UK, it is experienced by more than a third of those over the age of 50. Full Post <https://theconversation.com/how-the-digitalisation-of-everything-is-making-…> Related Post <https://theconversation.com/the-deadly-truth-about-loneliness-43785>: The deadly truth about loneliness Related Post <https://theconversation.com/loneliness-has-serious-health-risks-and-the-sol…>: Loneliness has serious health risks and the solution is social Related Post <https://theconversation.com/how-loneliness-in-older-people-makes-them-more-…>: How loneliness in older people makes them more vulnerable to financial scammers Related Post <https://theconversation.com/the-rise-of-modern-loneliness-4-essential-reads…>: The rise of modern loneliness: 4 essential read *eBook: Data Governance for Dummies* Before you can put your data to work for your business, you need to enrich it with metadata that ensures compliance with constantly evolving regulations and minimizes the risk of data breaches. This book, Intelligent Data Governance for Dummies, explains how. Download the eBook <https://www.bitpipe.com/data/loadAsset.action?resId=1541164447_82> *9 Reasons Why Women Leave Tech Jobs* If you think most women quit because they just don't like working in IT or because their jobs don't offer the work-life balance or parental leave they need, think again. A report from The Center for Talent Innovation found that 52% of highly qualified women quit their jobs in science, engineering and technology. A separate study from AnitaB.org revealed that women leave tech companies two times faster than men do. In addition, 56% of the few women who work in tech leave by the time they have reached mid-level jobs, resulting in the fact that women are three times less likely to have senior technical roles than men. Why do they leave? To find out, Indeed.com conducted a survey that asked 1,000 women in technology why they had left previous jobs. It also asked them other questions about challenges they had experienced in the workplace and issues that were important to them. The results revealed nine key elements that play a role in women’s decisions to leave IT jobs. Interestingly, those reasons for leaving may not be the ones you expect. Slide Show <https://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/team-building-and-staffing/9-…> *Something for everyone: the best of Curious Kids in 2018* In the column “Curious Kids” the editors consult academic experts to answer real questions from real kids. The questions are brilliant, of course, but editors also love how determined the academic authors are to craft replies that are informative and engaging, but not condescending. Listed below are some highlights from the column “Curious Kids” this year, sorted into some broad categories. While it is not an exhaustive list, the editors of the column hope any young minds in your household find something they like in there. Full Post & List <https://theconversation.com/something-for-everyone-the-best-of-curious-kids…> *Are You Following the 20 Ethical Standards for ICT4D Research?* ICTD/ICT4D research is diverse and complex. It brings together researchers and participants who come from very different contexts, who have very different life experiences, very different knowledges, who face very different life challenges, and together they explore technologies that are rapidly evolving and are profoundly affecting social, political and economic relationships. ICTD/ICT4D researchers, individually and collectively, place themselves in positions where their actions can have intended and unintended consequences and therefore they carry responsibility. Most ICTD/ICT4D researchers seek to behave ethically, but the complex interdisciplinary nature of the field, and its distinctive characteristics, including the emergent nature of technology, make it difficult for both new and experienced researchers to identify and reason about the ethical issues that surround their work. Individual researchers will refer to ethical guidance and debates within their own discipline. Full Post <https://www.ictworks.org/ethical-standards-ict4d-research> *Top 10 Tech Predictions for 2019 – Information Week* Leading consultancies and analyst firms offer their predictions on how key technologies, such as cloud computing, AI, IoT, and robotics will shape up in 2019. Slide Show <https://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/executive-insights-and-innova…> *Events / Announcements* *FDP on “Hands-on Training in IoT, Ethical Hacking and NS3” during 5-11, Jan 2019 at Chnenai * A Faculty Development Programme on “Hands-on Training in IoT, Ethical Hacking and NS3” between 05 and 11 January 2019 is being organised by the Dept. of CSE, School of Computing, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Avadi. For details contact: Dr. T. Senthil Murugan, tsenthilmurugan(a)veltech.edu.in 9176031383 *SETS, IEEE CS, CSI, ISACA: "National Workshop on Hardware Security" at Chennai 26th Feb 2019* SETS (Society for Electronic Transactions and Security) is organizing "National Workshop on Hardware Security" in association with IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter, Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter & ISACA, Chennai Chapter on 26th February 2019. Workshop Brochure <http://www.setsindia.in/PdfDocs/hws.pdf> *Workshop on Fog Computing, Deep Learning and Big Data Analytics* A workshop on “Fog Computing, Deep Learning and Big Data Analytics” is being held in conjunction with the 13th CISIS 2019 International Conference on Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems during 3-5 Jul 2019 at University of Technology, Sydney, Sydney, Australia Organising Committee includes: C. S. R. Prabhu -- Workshop Chairman & Mukesh Prasad -- Workshop Secretary Last date for paper submission: 1st Mar 2019 Workshop Website: https://sites.google.com/student.uts.edu.au/fcdb-2019/ CISIS Website: http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/cisis/2019/ *Archives of Interesting Reads * To access the past posts of Interesting Reads, pl. visit http://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. 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Appointment of Director of Inflibnet
by Baiju Joy 25 Dec '18

25 Dec '18

Dear Professional friends, The appointment should be help us to evaluate our self and our professional competency, Library and information Science Departments are not capable to produce professionals to handle Digital libraries and Library Networks. See Digital Library of India, More than Seventy percentage professionals from Computer Science, Why this is happening, So we have to convince authorities with our professionals skills, large number professional friends are coming to the employment market by distance education and regular mode, many of them are not well placed. How many of them are capable to play their role in digital world as information professionals.. But at the same time i can not forget the number of Libraries and Librarian are being different including our Senior leaders like Jagadish Arora, Ramesh Gaur (JNU) etc..... Regards BAIJU JOY MA MLISc, UGC-NET LIBRARIAN UGC ST STEPHEN'S COLLEGE PATHANAPURAM KERALA 689695 8943155044 http://ststephenscollegelibrarypathanapuram.blogspot.in/ http://ststephenspathanapuram.ac.in/home/library/1 http://ststephenspathanapuram.ac.in/home/library/2 https://www.facebook.com/St-Stephens-College-Library-Pathanapuram-160879547… Former Senior Research Fellow, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur Former Librarian, School of Computer Science, Mahatma Gandhi University Former Librarian, TMAM Research and Orientation Centre, Kottayam Former Librarian, Dharma jyothi vidyapeeth, New Delhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Use #ilaelection in social media
by vinod mishra 24 Dec '18

24 Dec '18

Dear all Use #ilaelection for any post on social media like Facebook etc. related to Indian Library Association (ILA) election. It will help us not to popularize ILA election only but give message in society's about our strength and unity. #ilaelection -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Gentle Reminder! IIT Gandhinagar: International Conference CLSTL 2019- Deadline for Submitting Proposal/Abstract for Presentation & Poster is 31st December, 2018
by TS Kumbar 24 Dec '18

24 Dec '18

Dear Professional Colleagues, *A gentle reminder for submission of proposals/ abstracts for Presentation & Poster at the International Conference* *CLSTL 2019** being held **at IIT Gandhinagar from 28th Feb. - 2nd March, 2019 & other updates**.* - Deadline for submitting proposal/abstract for presentation & Poster:* 31st December, 2018.* *Timely submission of abstracts will facilitate finalizing the program schedule.* - Notifying acceptance of proposal/abstract to Presenterr: *10th January,2019.* - Updated list of eminent speakers <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/speakers/> announced. - Interesting workshops on the following emerging area*s being organized:* - *Creating Data Repository Using Dataverse* - *Data Visualization Service in Libraries* - *MakerSpaces in Libraries* - *Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in libraries* - *There will be a Publication of Post Conference Proceedings edited by team of Internationally known professionals and publisher. * Please visit the conference website for further details, updates and registration: http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/ *Registration* - Final registration deadline: *31st January, 2019* We would therefore request you to kindly consider submitting a proposal/abstract of your proposed presentation/poster before the deadline ( ie *31st December, 2018*) and actively participate in this event to share innovative ideas, rich experience and best practices followed in your library for the benefit of other conference attendees. We would highly appreciate, if you could kindly spread the word about this conference among your colleagues and professional friends and encourage them to consider participating in this professional event. Looking forward to your participation and support. Kind regards Kumbar -- T. S. Kumbar, PhD Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Palaj, Gandhinagar 382 355*|* Gujarat | INDIA Tel: +91 79 2395 2431 Mob: 09825921864 Email: tskumbar(a)iitgn.ac.in | tskumbar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.iitgn.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 189, Issue 34
by Anand Dodamani 24 Dec '18

24 Dec '18

Dear Dr. D. V. Singh Sir, I totally agree with your views. There must be some logic behind every action. Be it an appointment or promotion or any other thing. There are many instances in our field where the institutes/ universities have violated the norms set for the purpose. There is no transparency in recruitments. We all raise our voice (on online forums only) against such practices when they happen and forget about them after few days. I understand that it is not possible for any one individual to continue the fight against injustice for longer period of time considering his own personal and workplace commitments. But, the professional bodies such as ILA can do it. The representatives of these bodies have volunteered themselves (while contesting elections) to work for the betterment of the profession. But, I have not seen or heard any postings/ communications from any ILA representative on this or any other subject concerning the profession. The DISCUSSIONS are good but, ONLY DISCUSSIONS are not good. Can we expect any course of action from any professional body on this front? Can these professional bodies also work for the things other than conducting conferences and seminars? The appointment of an expert from some other field to one of the top posts in LIS is not the matter of concern; the matter of concern is the diminishing image of the librarians in the society. We need to change this trend. Regards, Anand Dodamani Mumbai On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 12:01 PM <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 189, Issue 33 (D V Singh) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 19:35:57 +0530 > From: D V Singh <dvs.srcc(a)gmail.com> > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 189, Issue 33 > Message-ID: > <CAF9JUzLc76SfXmDw4tyfB9Y= > eyZTSivduaMBV1hw9t330C3jNQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Librarians are very open to welcome anybody.same logic must be applied in > other professions.A University Librarian is not eligible to be a professor > in library science department as per UGC norms.But UGC finds Statistics > professor to be Director INFLIBNET.Before we comment kindly do read > advertisement published and also available on UGC website .Transparency is > strength but it is none existent in this selection. > > On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 at 12:01, <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > wrote: > > > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: INFLIBNET appontment (Vasumathi Sriganesh (QMed)) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 16:51:20 +0400 > > From: "Vasumathi Sriganesh (QMed)" <vasu(a)qmedkf.org.in> > > To: lis-forum <LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] INFLIBNET appontment > > Message-ID: > > <CAP4Uj3ZpYx0h-bSNOgcHL5X-qGKeqhp+xo6u0= > > jFCLFv3DnZmg(a)mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > The National Library of Medicine is one of the large library systems in > the > > world. The current Director Patricia Flatley Brennan holds a Masters > Degree > > in Nursing and a PhD in industrial engineering! A previous long term > > Director was Dr Donald Lindberg who was a doctor - an MD in Pathology, > but > > also taught Information Sciences. > > Dr SRR was a pioneer - he created the library profession. > > > > As others have said, I agree it is not the qualification alone but their > > contributions to such systems as a whole. I also agree that there must be > > transparency in selection and everyone needs to know how and why one is > > selected - this applies to any major position > > > > Just my opinion. I value differences in opinions. > > > > Vasumathi Sriganesh > > QMed Knowledge Foundation > > A-3, Shubham Center, Cardinal Gracious Road > > Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099, India > > Tel: 91-22-40054474 Mob: +919867292230 > > Email: vasu(a)qmed.ngo Web:www.qmed.ngo > > MMC Speaker Code - MMC/MASS/00030/2016 > > Member: Academy of Health Professions Education > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

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2nd LIS Conference @ VTU, Belagavi
by Basavaraj Kumbar 24 Dec '18

24 Dec '18

cross posting Dear Professionals, LIS Academy is organizing its 2nd Conference at VTU, Belagavi in Association with VTU and Department of Public Libraries GoK. for more information visit the website http://iil.lisacademy.org/ Papers are invited on following Themes and Sub-themes Conference Theme: *“Innovations in Libraries”* *Conference Sub-Themes:* - *Library Resources/Content:* Innovations in Content – Both Proprietary and Open Domain – Generation, Publishing, Packaging, Access/Sharing, Licensing, Rights, Content Use and Usage Standards, Applications and Impact - *Library & Information Services:* Innovations in LIS Services – OPAC, Circulation, Alerts, Personalization and Profiling of users and Organizations, Use and Application of Technology in Innovative Services – Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Data visualization, Sharing/Collaborations, Reference Services, Referral Services, Use of Social Media in innovative services- YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, ResearchGate etc., - *Library Users/Manpower/LIS Education:* Innovative Teaching Methods in LIS, Innovative ways of utilizing Libraries in Library education, MOOCs, eLearning and Technology in teaching and LIS education, Innovation in connecting and serving Library Users - *Technology & Innovations in Libraries:* Impact of Technology in the transformation of Libraries; Role of Technology in Innovations in Libraries; Innovative ways of applying Technology in Libraries and LIS education. Future Technologies and new and possible innovations in Libraries. - *Best practices in Public Libraries:* Public Libraries as Knowledge hubs, Community Information centres, Smart libraries for smart cities Post navigatio Regards, *Mr. Basavaraj S. Kumbar* *MLISc. UGC-NET, (Ph. D)* Librarian, Angadi Institute of Technology and Management (AITM), Savagaon Road, Belagavi - 590 009 <http://www.wix.com/basukumbar/basukumbar> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 189, Issue 33
by D V Singh 24 Dec '18

24 Dec '18

Librarians are very open to welcome anybody.same logic must be applied in other professions.A University Librarian is not eligible to be a professor in library science department as per UGC norms.But UGC finds Statistics professor to be Director INFLIBNET.Before we comment kindly do read advertisement published and also available on UGC website .Transparency is strength but it is none existent in this selection. On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 at 12:01, <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: INFLIBNET appontment (Vasumathi Sriganesh (QMed)) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 16:51:20 +0400 > From: "Vasumathi Sriganesh (QMed)" <vasu(a)qmedkf.org.in> > To: lis-forum <LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] INFLIBNET appontment > Message-ID: > <CAP4Uj3ZpYx0h-bSNOgcHL5X-qGKeqhp+xo6u0= > jFCLFv3DnZmg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > The National Library of Medicine is one of the large library systems in the > world. The current Director Patricia Flatley Brennan holds a Masters Degree > in Nursing and a PhD in industrial engineering! A previous long term > Director was Dr Donald Lindberg who was a doctor - an MD in Pathology, but > also taught Information Sciences. > Dr SRR was a pioneer - he created the library profession. > > As others have said, I agree it is not the qualification alone but their > contributions to such systems as a whole. I also agree that there must be > transparency in selection and everyone needs to know how and why one is > selected - this applies to any major position > > Just my opinion. I value differences in opinions. > > Vasumathi Sriganesh > QMed Knowledge Foundation > A-3, Shubham Center, Cardinal Gracious Road > Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099, India > Tel: 91-22-40054474 Mob: +919867292230 > Email: vasu(a)qmed.ngo Web:www.qmed.ngo > MMC Speaker Code - MMC/MASS/00030/2016 > Member: Academy of Health Professions Education > > > > > > > > >

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Winner of the TRAVEL GRANT for attending the Conference / Workshop at NIT Rourkela
by Dp Tripathi 24 Dec '18

24 Dec '18

Dear Friends, With great pleasure I am happy to announce that Mr. Rahul Singh from New Delhi is the winner of TRAVEL GRANT for attending the Conference / Workshop at NIT Rourkela to be conducted during May 20-24, 2019. Hearty Congratulations to Mr. Rahul Singh. I express my sincere thanks to all the participants for taking part in Online Quiz. Hope to receive your kind cooperation in future too. Thanks DP Tripathi -- ********************************* *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ********************************* Assistant Librarian, Periodicals Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ********************************* *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* ********************************* *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * ********************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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INFLIBNET appontment
by Kailash Garg 22 Dec '18

22 Dec '18

Dear Sir, Few professionals have raised the issue of appointment of a non professional person as Director of INFLIBNET. Recently Dr. Sharmila Ghosh has written that Berkeley Labs are appointing students from social sciences for their research work I want to give an example from India. Professor Vishwatathan of IISc was appointed Director of INSDOC (now NISCAIR). I understand he was also a non professional like the present director of INFLIBNET. I don't understand why this hue and cry. Judge the individual by his works he does as director. Dr Kailash C Garg, Ex-Chief Scientist, CSIR-NISTADS Member Editorial Board COLLNET Journal of Scientometrics, Annals of Lib Inf Studies, Journal of Scientometric Research, Life Member Int.Soc.Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI), Academic Counsellor IGNOU -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Travel Grant for BLIB/MLIB/CLIB/DLIB Student to Attend Conference / Workshop at NIT Rourkela
by Dp Tripathi 21 Dec '18

21 Dec '18

Dear Friends, NIT Rourkela is conducting a National Conference/Workshop on Advanced Automation Technologies for NexGen Libraries during May 20-24, 2019. Librarian Guide (YouTube Technical Forum) announces the Travel Grant for Students of Library and Information Science (Indian Resident only). If any student of CLIB/DLIB/BLIB/MLIB student is interested, may attend this on-line quiz on December 23, 2018 at 12:00 pm and try his/her luck to win the 'TRAVEL GRANT'. Travel Grant will only support travel by Train in SLEEPER CLASS from the winner’s institute/university to Rourkela. Winner will be notified via email to claim his/her GRANT via secret code. The grant will be given after verification of necessary records. So, hurry up! Open the browser and complete your registration with your e-mail ID (preferably Gmail) Step – 1: Open the browser and enter the URL www.myquiz.org Step – 2: Enter the Code in Text Box – 012651 Step – 3: Read the Instructions before you proceed Step – 4: Click on ‘Join the Quiz’ button Step – 6: Tick the Terms & Condition checkbox and Register with your Gmail ID preferably Step – 7: It will show *you have successfully registered for the competition!* *It will send an email to your mail ID with all details. * *So, be ready to participate and try your luck. * *If you win the quiz, it will show the result and secret code. Please note that carefully and send the details at librarianguide(a)gmail.com <librarianguide(a)gmail.com> * Thanks D P Tripathi -- ********************************* *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ********************************* Assistant Librarian, Periodicals Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ********************************* *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* ********************************* *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * ********************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 189, Issue 23
by Suresh Suri 21 Dec '18

21 Dec '18

Dear professional friends, It is too dangerous for our library community. This is not only one community's, even RBI also appointed non economist as a chief of RBI. Think if it is continues all sector's, how we will contribute to our society? Hope this type of appointment will stop in the future. On Tue, 18 Dec, 2018, 8:02 PM <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote: > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Non-Library person appointed as the Director of INFLIBNET > Centre - Library Network (Francis Jayakanth) > 2. Re: Non-Library person appointed as the Director of INFLIBNET > Centre - Library Network (vinod mishra) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 13:43:06 +0000 > From: Francis Jayakanth <francis(a)iisc.ac.in> > To: lis_forum <LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Non-Library person appointed as the Director of > INFLIBNET Centre - Library Network > Message-ID: > < > BM1PR01MB2179E63EB662BB144ED143C88DBD0(a)BM1PR01MB2179.INDPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > From: Dr. A.T. Francis <francisaloor(a)yahoo.com> > > Sent: 18 December 2018 14:55 > > Dear Library Professionals, > > It is a very shocking news that a Non-Library person appointed as the > Director of INFLIBNET Centre. > > This is a very unscientific decision to manage a Library Network by > non-librarian. > > Though the essential qualification for the post is that the person from > relevant field, the appointed person is from Statistics, which > is not the relevant field. > > It is the prime duty and responsibility of all library professionals and > associations to intimate the authorities the damage may create to the > profession and also to the academics and R&D at large by the decision. > > How a Non-Medicine man can do treatment and surgery. A computer man can > establish physical network, but can not manage knowledge and library and > provide knowledge services scientifically and effectively. > > Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD > UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN > Kerala Agricultural University > Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) > francisaloor(a)yahoo.com >

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e-library of rare books launched in Pune
by Vasu M Deshpande Easylib 20 Dec '18

20 Dec '18

Inspiring one ... http://borilib.com e-library of rare books launched in Pune - The Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute The Hindu National The Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. Shoumojit Banerjee Pune 19 December 2018 21:26 IST Updated: 19 December 2018 22:36 IST BORI houses one of South Asia’s largest collection of rare manuscripts The Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI), which houses one of South Asia’s largest and most invaluable agglomeration of rare manuscripts, opened its treasure vault digitally by launching an e-library of ancient religious and historical works on Wednesday. Nearly 1,000 rare books and manuscripts in Sanskrit and its related languages are presently available for readers worldwide to savour in this first phase of digitisation. The institute, named after legendary Indologist Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, was set up in 1917 and has in its possession nearly two-and-a-half-lakh rare books and manuscripts, some of them in an extremely brittle state. “The rationale behind the e-library is to preserve at least some of these books. Hence, we chose to digitise 20,000 among the rarest-of-the rare books and four to five thousand will be available for readers to read them online for free,” said noted Indologist Prof. Shrikant Bahulkar. Three fully-automated Zeutschel high-resolution German scanners were specially procured by the institute at a cost of ₹15 lakh each. “ We began with screening the two lakh-plus manuscripts to zero down on the ones we would digitise,” said Mithilesh Kulkarni of Nyansa, a firm specialising in heritage digitisation. Chinmay Bhandari of Nyansa said that the entire process was one of ‘non-destructive’ digitising, which ensured that even books in decrepit condition were preserved while scanning. “For the past two years, our 15-member team was working in three shifts every day and we digitised more than 3 lakh pages each month,” Mr. Bhandari said. Among the BORI’s notable publications are a 19-volume edition of The Mahabharata, collated with copious critical material, and legendary Sanskrit scholar P.V. Kane’s five-volume History of Dharmashastra (1930). “The work on the Mahabharata, universally acknowledged by scholars and researchers the world, is still on with the Cultural Index to the Mahabharata still being prepared under the guidance of scholar Dr. Ganesh Umakant Thite,” said Prof. Bahulkar. ————- Regards, Vasu Vasu M Deshpande, Easylib +91 97422 04624 www.finvensys.com www.easylibsoft.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interesting Reads – 2018-12-21
by Mohan Hr 20 Dec '18

20 Dec '18

*Interesting Reads – 2018-12-21* *Contents* *Articles* - Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame: The Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years - Banking Is Only The Beginning: 50 Big Industries Blockchain Could Transform - The cornerstones of large-scale technology transformation - Elon Musk Unveils the Boring Company’s Car-Flinging Tunnel - Supporting Reference Material for TeenTech Awards - When Corporate Innovation Goes Bad — The 142 Biggest Product Failures Of All Time - Top 10 TED Talks of 2018 - The Yoda of Silicon Valley - Nature is a rich source of medicine – if we can protect it - Posting About Your Kids Online Could Damage Their Futures *Events / Announcements* - WiSPNET 2019 at Chennai during 21-23 Mar 2019 - CVRCE Innovation Challenge – I -- open to all ITI / Polytechnic / +2 Science students - CVRCE Innovation Challenge – II -- open to all University and College students & CVRCE alumni teams - SETS, IEEE CS, CSI, ISACA: "National Workshop on Hardware Security" at Chennai 26th Feb 2019 Read at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/12/interesting-reads-2018-12-21.html Archives at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan *======================================================== * *Articles* *Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame: The Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years* Over the past half century, countless consumer devices have charmed, muscled, or seduced their way into our lives. Among these gadgets, a select few can be called great. IEEE Spectrum’s editors have chosen to enshrine 25 of them into the inaugural class of inductees to Spectrum’s own Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame. Some of these products launched a whole new category; others dazzled with their engineering; still others fundamentally changed the way we worked or played. Or they simply made it hard for us to remember what life was like without them. A couple of them—the smartphone, the personal computer—did all of the above. What they have in common is that they emerged from a moment of communal genius among industrial designers, product visionaries, and electrical and electronics engineers—including some IEEE members. Full Post <https://spectrum.ieee.org/static/consumer-electronics-hall-of-fame> *Banking Is Only The Beginning: 50 Big Industries Blockchain Could Transform* Banking isn't the only industry that could be affected by blockchain tech. Law enforcement, ride hailing, and many other sectors could also have blockchain in their future. Full Post <https://www.cbinsights.com/research/industries-disrupted-blockchain/> *The cornerstones of large-scale technology transformation* A clear playbook is emerging for how to integrate and capitalize on advanced technologies—across an entire company, and in any industry. Full Post <https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/digital-mckinsey/our-insights/t…> *Elon Musk Unveils the Boring Company’s Car-Flinging Tunnel* FROM A PARKING lot in a sleepy, manufacturing-dominated suburb of Los Angeles, Elon Musk and his Boring Company on Tuesday night showed off what he believes is the best way to eliminate the scourge of traffic congestion: electric, autonomous vehicles bearing an extra set of wheels, shooting through thin tunnels at speeds up to 150 mph. Full Post <https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-boring-company-car-flinging-tunnel/> Related Post <https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/19/18148061/boring-tunnel-test-drive-hawth…> : I took a ride through Elon Musk’s new tunnel in California *Supporting Reference Material for TeenTech Awards* In UK, TeenTech Awards (as part of Information Literacy) were established in 2012/3 and schools have found them a powerful tool, helping students to see how they might apply science and technology to real world problems. They encourage students to develop their own ideas for making life better, simpler, safer or more fun. Participating schools are provided with a suggested structure and industry contacts. The supporting material provided to students deal with: What’s the best way to do effective research for your TeenTech Award projects? Time invested wisely pays dividends and we are grateful to the Information Literacy Group at CILIP for working with us to produce a set of really helpful tips and guidelines; From how to get the best results from Google to how to protect your IP, you’ll find the ideas very useful for all projects you may be doing at school or college. Full Post <http://www.teentech.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/TeenTech-Awards-Research…> *When Corporate Innovation Goes Bad — The 142 Biggest Product Failures Of All Time* From the DeLorean and New Coke to the Newton and Google Glass, here's a list of the biggest product flops from corporate giants. Product innovation is one way that large corporations stay competitive in a rapidly changing marketplace, but it doesn’t always work out when big brands attempt innovation. Below are what we consider to be 132 of the biggest product flops of all time. We combed through thousands of media articles to select these product flops across major industries including tech software and hardware, consumer packaged goods, fast food, and electronics. Full Post <https://www.cbinsights.com/research/corporate-innovation-product-fails/> *Top 10 TED Talks of 2018* The most notable talks of 2018, chosen by TED Curator Chris Anderson include: - How we need to remake the Internet - A healthy economy should be designed to thrive, not grow - Is the world getting better or worse? A look at the numbers - What are the most important moral problems of our time? - What if we ended the injustice of bail? - Why I have coffee with people who send me the hate mail - Why it’s worth listening to people you disagree with - Where are all the aliens? - The story of “Oumuamua“, the first visitor form another star system - How AI can save our humanity Talk Links <https://www.ted.com/playlists/684/curator_s_picks_top_10_ted_talks_of_2018> *The Yoda of Silicon Valley* Donald Knuth, master of algorithms, reflects on 50 years of his opus-in-progress, “The Art of Computer Programming.” For half a century, the Stanford computer scientist Donald Knuth, who bears a slight resemblance to Yoda — albeit standing 6-foot-4 and wearing glasses — has reigned as the spirit-guide of the algorithmic realm. He is the author of “The Art of Computer Programming,” a continuing four-volume opus that is his life’s work. The first volume debuted in 1968, and the collected volumes (sold as a boxed set for about $250) were included by American Scientist in 2013 on its list of books that shaped the last century of science — alongside a special edition of “The Autobiography of Charles Darwin,” Tom Wolfe’s “The Right Stuff,” Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” and monographs by Albert Einstein, John von Neumann and Richard Feynman. With more than one million copies in print, “The Art of Computer Programming” is the Bible of its field. “Like an actual bible, it is long and comprehensive; no other book is as comprehensive,” said Peter Norvig, a director of research at Google. After 652 pages, volume one closes with a blurb on the back cover from Bill Gates: “You should definitely send me a résumé if you can read the whole thing.” Full Article <https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/17/science/donald-knuth-computers-algorithm…> *Nature is a rich source of medicine – if we can protect it* The Pacific yew tree is a fairly small and slow growing conifer native to the Pacific Northwest. The Gila monster is a lizard with striking orange and black markings from the drylands of the Southwestern US and Mexico. Two very different organisms, but with a fascinating connection. They’ve both given us drugs that have saved and improved the lives of millions of people. Full Post <https://theconversation.com/nature-is-a-rich-source-of-medicine-if-we-can-p…> *Posting About Your Kids Online Could Damage Their Futures* Now that 6.8 million more people have just had their (private!) Facebook photos exposed, it seems like a good time to talk about online privacy, especially when it comes to what people post about their children. Parents are already some of the biggest violators of their kids’ privacy, leaving potentially harmful digital footprints well before the age of consent. Full Post <http://www.forbes.com/sites/jessicabaron/2018/12/16/parents-who-post-about-…> *Events / Announcements* *WiSPNET 2019 at Chennai during 21-23 Mar 2019* The 2019 edition of the International Conference on Wireless Communications, Signal Processing and Networking (WiSPNET) will be held at Electronics & Communication Engineering Department, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai-603110, India, from March 21 to 23, 2019, under the theme Advancing Wireless and Mobile Communications Technologies for 2020 Information Society. Paper submission deadline: 31st Dec 2018 Conference website: http://www.wispnet2019.org/ *CVRCE Innovation Challenge – I -- open to all ITI / Polytechnic / +2 Science students* The CVRCE Innovation Challenge is an initiative of C. V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar in collaboration with Atal Incubation Centre – CVRAMAN College of Engineering Foundation (AIC-CVRCE) and CVRCE Technology Incubator Foundation (CVRCE TBI) aims to inspire students to use their creativity to develop innovative, cost-effective and practical solutions to create sustainable impact through technology. The innovations can be from any discipline of engineering, science and allied domains. The innovations could be in any of the below categories - Incremental innovation ( improving existing product/process/system) - Solving real life issues ( of industry/SME/Society/others) - Disruptive idea/innovation ( new product/process/system) CVRCE Innovation Challenge will be held at C. V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar during last week of January 2019. The top 3 ideas shall be given attractive prizes and support. The Competition shall be held in two levels: Level-1: Submission of the Idea (by 19th January 2019) Level-2: Presentation of 15 best innovations to Experts (last week of January 2019). More details at https://goo.gl/8CQvg7 *CVRCE Innovation Challenge – II -- open to all University and College students & CVRCE alumni teams* The CVRCE Innovation Challenge is an initiative of C. V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar in collaboration with Atal Incubation Centre – CVRAMAN College of Engineering Foundation (AIC-CVRCE) and CVRCE Technology Incubator Foundation (CVRCE TBI) aims to inspire students to use their creativity to develop innovative, cost-effective and practical solutions on the theme of the challenge. The idea behind this is to encourage students to present their ideas/innovations and provide them an opportunity to convert their IDEA to a PRODUCT/Start-up. CVRCE Innovation Challenge will be held at C. V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar in the last week of January 2019. The top 3 ideas/innovation shall be given attractive prizes and get support system for their innovation/start-up. Theme of the Challenge. The idea or innovation can be from any of the following areas: - Food processing business ideas - Waste Management Ideas - water conservation ideas - Smart Bridge Test Idea - Big idea in ICT - Food Technology - Social Innovation The Competition shall be held in two levels: Level-1: Submission of the Idea/innovation (by 19th January 2019) Level-2: Presentation of 15 best ideas/innovations to Experts (last week of January 2019). More details at https://goo.gl/mvY7fx *SETS, IEEE CS, CSI, ISACA: "National Workshop on Hardware Security" at Chennai 26th Feb 2019* SETS (Society for Electronic Transactions and Security) is organizing "National Workshop on Hardware Security" in association with IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter, Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter & ISACA, Chennai Chapter on 26th February 2019. Workshop Brochure <http://www.setsindia.in/PdfDocs/hws.pdf> *Archives of Interesting Reads * To access the past posts of Interesting Reads, pl. visit http://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Appointment of INFLIBNET Director: reg
by Anand Dodamani 20 Dec '18

20 Dec '18

Dear Colleagues, Shocked to see the reactions of some of my professional colleagues to the news of the appointment of New Director to the INFLIBNET. What is wrong in it? We all kept quite when many of the IITs/ NITs/ Central and State Universities in the country appointed Professors from other departments as the In-Charge/ HODs of the their libraries ; we maintained our silence when the institutes of eminanance in the country have reduced the Grade/ Academic Level of the librarians; we did nothing when many great institutions in the country have pushed the librarians from Academic to Administrative category. So, why there is an opposition now? Please think about our own inactions in the past. The Professional Associations both at the State and the National level have lost their voice and importance. We preach many things but, in practice we do nothing. Please correct me, if I am wrong. Regards, Anand Dodamani Mumbai. On Wed, 19 Dec 2018, 18:22 <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote: > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Request for an article (Binod Yadav) > 2. Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 189, Issue 23 (Suresh Suri) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 15:14:32 +0545 > From: Binod Yadav <yadavlibrarian(a)gmail.com> > To: lis-forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Request for an article > Message-ID: > <CAMZH= > 2f8Aehtk1LS_g3KtrZCrA7-_3ds3jO1LST4BASOb9cQZg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear professionals, > Please provide us the full text of the article. > Details: > Ophthalmology; volume: 97;Issue No. 12; PP: 1654-59 > Title: Purtscher's like retinopathy after childbirth. > Look forward to your response. > > -- > Binod Kumar Yadav > Deputy Chief Librarian > B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences > Dharan, Nepal > Phone: +97725525555 Ext. 5438 > Mobile:+977-9804060641 > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 189, Issue 27
by Muthuramalingam Kannan 20 Dec '18

20 Dec '18

Dear Anand, You have absolutely nailed on the head, about what we preach and practice. We need to rectify all such anomalies by representing through AIFUCTO and various other (such) organizations. Otherwise, in the next pay revision (if any) we will definitely be placed in the non-teaching cadre by manipulating/altering entry level qualifications as it happened in the case of NITs and the like. -- Thanking You, Dr.M.Kannan,M.L.I.Sc.,PhD., & UGC-NET Librarian, V.O.Chidambaram College, Palaymkottai Road, Tuticorin - 628 008.

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Request for an article
by Binod Yadav 19 Dec '18

19 Dec '18

Dear professionals, Please provide us the full text of the article. Details: Ophthalmology; volume: 97;Issue No. 12; PP: 1654-59 Title: Purtscher's like retinopathy after childbirth. Look forward to your response. -- Binod Kumar Yadav Deputy Chief Librarian B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan, Nepal Phone: +97725525555 Ext. 5438 Mobile:+977-9804060641 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 189, Issue 23
by Dr. Pradip Das 19 Dec '18

19 Dec '18

We will not be able to make them understand about the requirement of Library Information Science Professionals in Managing any Library Network. It is also not possible for us to show our skills and ability if the other side do have some blind person. I think, the library associations could have some mass movement in this regards. On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 8:02 PM <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Non-Library person appointed as the Director of INFLIBNET > Centre - Library Network (Francis Jayakanth) > 2. Re: Non-Library person appointed as the Director of INFLIBNET > Centre - Library Network (vinod mishra) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 13:43:06 +0000 > From: Francis Jayakanth <francis(a)iisc.ac.in> > To: lis_forum <LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Non-Library person appointed as the Director of > INFLIBNET Centre - Library Network > Message-ID: > < > BM1PR01MB2179E63EB662BB144ED143C88DBD0(a)BM1PR01MB2179.INDPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > From: Dr. A.T. Francis <francisaloor(a)yahoo.com> > > Sent: 18 December 2018 14:55 > > Dear Library Professionals, > > It is a very shocking news that a Non-Library person appointed as the > Director of INFLIBNET Centre. > > This is a very unscientific decision to manage a Library Network by > non-librarian. > > Though the essential qualification for the post is that the person from > relevant field, the appointed person is from Statistics, which > is not the relevant field. > > It is the prime duty and responsibility of all library professionals and > associations to intimate the authorities the damage may create to the > profession and also to the academics and R&D at large by the decision. > > How a Non-Medicine man can do treatment and surgery. A computer man can > establish physical network, but can not manage knowledge and library and > provide knowledge services scientifically and effectively. > > Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD > UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN > Kerala Agricultural University > Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) > francisaloor(a)yahoo.com >

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Scientific Writing in Research Publishing
by meera anand 19 Dec '18

19 Dec '18

Dear Professionals, We would like to inform you that, the Learning Resource Centre, Jain (Deemed-to-be University), JGI Knowledge Campus, Bangalore in collaboration with the Digital Information Research Labs. (DIRF), Chennai, India is conducting a National Level Faculty Development Program on "Scientific Writing in Research Publishing" on 25th January 2019 at JGI Knowledge Campus, District Fund Road, Jayanagar 9th Block, Bangalore- 560 069 The theme is an exclusive one and will focus on the ways of producing eminent papers with scientific reporting and solve research problems. It is applicable to all disciplines. Objectives of the Program: -The ways of producing good research and writing eminent papers with scientific reporting -Gain exposure to creating new approaches and solve research problems -The content of good research, good review and revision The program will address the following questions. • How to produce quality research publication? • How to reflect the research carried out through the publication? • What are the measures for research impact? • What is the best way to disseminate research? • How to structure the research publication? • How to assess the reviewed publication? • What is indexed research? • How to integrate the research in the process of global review and indexing? • How to increase the research publication quality and record high research productivity? • How to improve English language presentation and proofread the language without language experts? • How to find collaborators and form the collaborative network in research The program will discuss the ways to optimize the research publication activities and the structure of research publications, review and indexing process, methods of generating good publications, demonstration of global indexing databases, research networks and other citation and evaluation metrics. Who can participate? Researchers, academicians & scientists, librarians and administrators from Colleges, Universities, Research Laboratories and Scientific Agencies. Fees: Full-time students: Rs. 600/- (should carry valid ID cards compulsorily) Faculty and Industry Rs. 1000/- The fee covers kit, lunch, tea/coffee and certificate. No TA/DA will be provided to participants. Payment mode: Cash at Venue or DD drawn in favour of ‘Jain University – SCMS’ Those who like to pay cash can send a participation confirmation mail to- fdprogrammeju(a)gmail.com With Warm Regards, Dr Meeramani N Organizing Secretary Librarian, Jain (Deemed-to-be University) JGI Knowledge Campus 44/4, District Fund Road Behind Big Bazar Jayanagar 9th Block Bangalore-560 069 +91 9845500343 Email: n.meeramani(a)jainuniversity.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Non-Library person appointed as the Director of INFLIBNET Centre - Library Network
by Francis Jayakanth 19 Dec '18

19 Dec '18

From: Sharmila Ghosh <milaghosh(a)gmail.com> Sent: 18 December 2018 21:51 Why jump to conclusions so soon? Why not wait and watch? Afterwards librarians can constitute a referendum and initiate the right course of action. Students from Social Sciences background are being hired by Berkeley Labs California..(US National Laboratory for research in fundamental and applied sciences) !!! Supposedly India follows the US in many ways ;) Sharmila Ghosh Consultant (Retired), Library & Information Services Mysore Karnataka 571130 (India) Mob: 9818742924<tel:098187%2042924> On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 7:13 PM Francis Jayakanth <francis(a)iisc.ac.in<mailto:francis@iisc.ac.in>> wrote: From: Dr. A.T. Francis <francisaloor(a)yahoo.com<mailto:francisaloor@yahoo.com>> Sent: 18 December 2018 14:55 Dear Library Professionals, It is a very shocking news that a Non-Library person appointed as the Director of INFLIBNET Centre. This is a very unscientific decision to manage a Library Network by non-librarian. Though the essential qualification for the post is that the person from relevant field, the appointed person is from Statistics, which is not the relevant field. It is the prime duty and responsibility of all library professionals and associations to intimate the authorities the damage may create to the profession and also to the academics and R&D at large by the decision. How a Non-Medicine man can do treatment and surgery. A computer man can establish physical network, but can not manage knowledge and library and provide knowledge services scientifically and effectively. Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com<mailto:francisaloor@yahoo.com>

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Non-Library person appointed as the Director of INFLIBNET Centre - Library Network
by Francis Jayakanth 18 Dec '18

18 Dec '18

From: Dr. A.T. Francis <francisaloor(a)yahoo.com> Sent: 18 December 2018 14:55 Dear Library Professionals, It is a very shocking news that a Non-Library person appointed as the Director of INFLIBNET Centre. This is a very unscientific decision to manage a Library Network by non-librarian. Though the essential qualification for the post is that the person from relevant field, the appointed person is from Statistics, which is not the relevant field. It is the prime duty and responsibility of all library professionals and associations to intimate the authorities the damage may create to the profession and also to the academics and R&D at large by the decision. How a Non-Medicine man can do treatment and surgery. A computer man can establish physical network, but can not manage knowledge and library and provide knowledge services scientifically and effectively. Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com

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Applications invited for the post of Librarian and Asst. Librarian
by Shekar H P 18 Dec '18

18 Dec '18

Dear Moderator, Please circulate this notification for the benefit of forum members. Applications are invited for the post of Librarian and Asst. Librarian at The Oxford Educational Institutions HSR Layout Bangalore-560102 *1. Librarian:* Required Minimum Qualification: Masters in LIS from a recognized *regular* Universities and NET / SLET Post qualification experience: Minimum 5 years Should have thorough Knowledge on Computers, web designing and Library Management softwares (LMS). Good communication skills. Salary: Based on their qualification, experience and performance in the interview *2. Asst. Librarian:* Required Minimum Qualification: Masters in LIS from a recognized *regular* Universities and NET / SLET Post qualification experience: Minimum 2 years Applicants should have thorough Knowledge on Computers, Library Management softwares (LMS). And good communication skills. Applicants should be ready to work in shifts from 11:00AM to 6:00PM whenever it required Salary: Based on their qualification, experience and performance in the interview. Applications may be sent to the following Email: *hsrinfocentre(a)theoxford.edu <hsrinfocentre(a)theoxford.edu> on or before 26.12.2018*. -- *Dr. Shekar HP* *MLISc.,M.Phil., B.Ed., PGDHRM., Ph.D.,* *Chief Librarian* *The Oxford Educational Institutions* *Bangalore* *www.drshekar.weebly.com <http://www.drshekar.weebly.com>* *www.theoxford.edu <http://www.theoxford.edu>* P *Please don't print this email unless you really need to; and preserve trees on planet Earth* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Pre-conference Workshop on Koha and DSpace during ‘National Conference on Advanced Automation Technologies for NextGen Libraries’ during May 20-24, 2019
by Dp Tripathi 18 Dec '18

18 Dec '18

Dear Friends, We are extremely delighted to bring to your information that Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL), NIT Rourkela is organizing Pre-conference Workshop on Koha and DSpace during ‘National Conference on Advanced Automation Technologies for NextGen Libraries’ during May 20-24, 2019. This is an attempt to strengthen the technical skills of the Koha and DSpace users / participants so that they can maximum exploit the features and troubleshoot typical issues. Live running software needs some typical technical skills to handle the issues so that we can provide uninterrupted services to end users of library. Some of the proposed topics are mentioned below to be covered during workshop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhilXCk3jmE • Technical difficulties and solutions while installing the Koha • Basics of all modules and handling routine operations • Setup cron jobs for execution of specific works • Automatic backup and restorations • LDAP configurations • Public report and JSON report conversion in HTML • Understanding Koha database schema • Writing Koha SQL reports as per local requirements • Multiple cover flow activation • OPAC customization • OPAC result display customization • Koha and integration with social networks • Web 2.0 based features of Koha and its applications • RFID integration with Koha • Integration of Koha with other software like vufind, CMS, etc. • Koha notices and printer configurations • Export and import features of Koha • Data migration skill and tools, etc. • Propose Topics for DSpace Technical difficulties and solutions while installing the DSpace • Basics of all modules and handling routine operations • Integration with ORCID id • DSpace update related issues • Backup and restoration • Customization of metadata fields • Uses statistics, etc. For more details, you may please browse the details at: https://elpesnitr.wordpress.com/workshop-2/ For registration, download the form at https://elpesnitr.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/registration-form1.pdf Contact Details: Dr. Bhojaraju Gunjal, Organising Secretory, B.P. Central Library, NIT Rourkela, Rourkela-769008, Odisha, India. +919439420860/+916612462101 E - elpesnitr(a)gmail.com W - https://elpesnitr.wordpress.com -- ********************************* *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ********************************* Assistant Librarian, Periodicals Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ********************************* *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* ********************************* *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * *********************************

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National Library, India
by ssdas91＠gmail.com 17 Dec '18

17 Dec '18

I've invited you to fill out the following form: National Library, India To fill it out, visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPvSaakE7lRDQs2p2dgOP85qICy884yTM… I've invited you to fill out a form: Google Forms: Create and analyze surveys. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IIT Gandhinagar: International Conference CLSTL 2019- Deadline Extended for Submitting Proposal/Abstract for Presentation & Poster
by TS Kumbar 17 Dec '18

17 Dec '18

Dear Professional Colleagues, A quick update on the International Conference CLSTL 2019 at IIT Gandhinagar from 28th Feb - 2nd March, 2019. - Deadline for submitting proposal/abstract for presentation & Poster:*Extended till 31st December, 2018.* - Revised date for notifying acceptance of proposal/abstract to Presenter: *10th January, 2019*. - List of eminent speakers <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/speakers/> announced and more to be added. - Interesting workshops on the following emerging area*s being organized:* - *Creating Data Repository Using Dataverse* - *Data Visualization Service in Libraries* - *MakerSpaces in Libraries* - *Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in libraries * - Publication of Post Conference Proceedings. Please visit the conference website for further details, updates and registration: http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/ *Registration* - Final registration deadline: *31st January, 2019* We would therefore request you to kindly consider submitting a proposal/abstract of your proposed presentation and actively participate in this event to share innovative ideas, rich experience and best practices followed in your library for the benefit of other conference attendees. We would highly appreciate, if you could kindly spread the word about this conference among your colleagues and professional friends and encourage them to consider participating in this professional event. Looking forward to your participation and support. Kind regards Kumbar -- T. S. Kumbar, PhD Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Palaj, Gandhinagar 382 355*|* Gujarat | INDIA Tel: +91 79 2395 2431 Mob: 09825921864 Email: tskumbar(a)iitgn.ac.in | tskumbar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.iitgn.ac.in

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National Level FDP on "Scientific Writing in Research Publishing"
by meera anand 17 Dec '18

17 Dec '18

Greetings from JAIN (Deemed- to- be University)! Dear Professionals, With great pleasure, we would like to inform you that, the Learning Resource Centre, Jain (Deemed-to-be University), JGI Knowledge Campus, Bangalore in collaboration with the Digital Information Research Labs. (DIRF), Chennai, India is conducting a National Level Faculty Development Program on "Scientific Writing in Research Publishing" on 25th January 2018 at JGI Knowledge Campus, District Fund Road, Jayanagar 9th Block, Bangalore- 560069 About the Program Publications are practically used as the indicator to measure the quantum of research output. The publications indexed in the databases such as Scopus and ISI Thompson only are considered as publications at the global level. A large number of Indian papers are not accepted in ranked journals as many researchers do not gain an understanding of producing better content. Publishing the papers in peer-reviewed and internationally indexed journals is increasingly important, which will increase researchers’ index, wide acceptance and academic profiling. This is also very important for the ranking of the institutions. Objectives of the Program: -The ways of producing good research and writing eminent papers with scientific reporting -Gain exposure to creating new approaches and solve research problems -The content of a good research, good review and revision The program will address the following questions. • How to produce quality research publication? • How to reflect the research carried out through the publication? • What are the measures for research impact? • What is the best way to disseminate research? • How to structure the research publication? • How to assess the reviewed publication? • What is indexed research? • How to integrate the research in the process of global review and indexing? • How to increase the research publication quality and record high research productivity? • How to improve English language presentation and proofread the language without language experts? • How to find collaborators and form the collaborative network in research The program will discuss the ways to optimize the research publication activities and the structure of research publications, review and indexing process, methods of generating good publications, demonstration of global indexing databases, research networks and other citation and evaluation metrics. Who can participate? Researchers, academicians & scientists, librarians and administrators from Colleges, Universities, Research Laboratories and Scientific Agencies. Fees: Full-time students: Rs. 600/- (should carry valid ID cards compulsorily) Faculty and Industry Rs. 1000/- The fee covers kit, lunch, tea/coffee and certificate. No TA/DA will be provided to participants. Payment mode: Cash at Venue or DD drawn in favour of ‘Jain University – SCMS’ Those who like to pay cash can send a participation confirmation mail to- fdprogrammeju(a)gmail.com With Warm Regards, Dr Meeramani N Organizing Secretary Librarian, Jain (Deemed-to-be University) JGI Knowledge Campus 44/4, District Fund Road Behind Big Bazar Jayanagar 9th Block Bangalore-560 069 +91 9845500343 Email: n.meeramani(a)jainuniversity.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Learning opportunity for librarians
by Francis Jayakanth 17 Dec '18

17 Dec '18

From: Prof. Siddamallaiah HS <siddahss(a)gmail.com> Sent: 16 December 2018 12:40 Librarians in India requires one good technology corner.. www.itc2019.com is one such opportunity I am happy to recommend that Library Technology Conclave - www.ltc2019.com is a well organized, with good experts both from within the country (India) and abroad This conclave is to introduce e-learning as an integral part of library. Of late I have seen many advertisement for librarians as administrative/supporting staff. This conclave has honest effort to support librarians and libraries to update themselves LTC2019 is not just an event - it is a learning opportunity ... created for librarians... I hope all the librarians use this opportunity, attend, participate and encourage such conclave to help librarians more and more See you all at Cochin For details, visit, www.ltc2019.com Regards Dr. H.S.Siddamallaiah Former Principal librarian, NIMHANS

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Recruitment in Indian Maritime University for Deputy Librarian
by Subhodip Bid 14 Dec '18

14 Dec '18

Name of the post: Deputy Librarian Number of Post: 1 (One) Pay Matrix: Level 12 Pay matrix For more details: http://www.imu.edu.in/images/recruitments/2018/IMU_Dy_Lib_Advt%20dtd%2015.1… For application form: http://www.imu.edu.in/images/recruitments/2018/Deputy%20Librarian%20applica… For general instructions: http://www.imu.edu.in/images/recruitments/2018/GENERAL%20INSTRUCTIONS.pdf -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata MOB. NO. - 08820604794

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Recruitment in Rampur Raza Library (Ministry of Culture) for Assistant Librarian and Library and Information Assistant
by Subhodip Bid 14 Dec '18

14 Dec '18

Name of the post: Assistant Librarian Number of Post: 2 (Two) *Educational Qualification:* (i) At least II class Master’s Degree in Arabic / Persian / Medieval Indian History from a recognised University or equivalent. (ii) Degree in Library Science. (iii) At least 5 years experience of professional work in a library of standing. Pay Matrix: Level 7 Pay matrix 44900- 142400 Name of the post: Library and Information Assistant Number of Post: 2 (Two) *Educational Qualification:* (i) Degree in Arabic / Persian / Medieval Indian History from a recognised University or equivalent (ii) Degree in Library Science. (iii) 2 years experience of cataloguing, indexing and related work in a library of standing. Pay Matrix : Level 6 Pay matrix 35400- 112400 For more details: http://razalibrary.gov.in/docs/Applications.pdf -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata

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ILA Members compiled list is open to all
by vinod mishra 13 Dec '18

13 Dec '18

Dear All It's my pleasure to inform you all that a List of ILA members has been compiled and shared with you all in view of upcoming ILA election. The source of this excel list is ILA website ( https://www.ilaindia.net/index.php?option=com_nswmembership&view=subscribers ) downloaded on dated 13/12/2018. Further the excel is divided into three sheets and the third sheet3 contains personal email ID of approx 600 members but rest of emails are not updated and it seems to be dummy emails allotted to members. The address of members are also not given but you may find address of many members through the member's list of IASLIC ( http://www.iaslic1955.org.in/Default.aspx?PageId=115 ) since there is possibility that a person who has taken IASLIC membership will take ILA membership too (i have seen many are there and matches with name) ILA Members List: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ze-l6zmCMki-t8McDPrOHAvYB8BheRmt/view?usp=… Further a pole was created regrading some transparency related issue with ILA at ( https://goo.gl/forms/Mm3Y2VlgIjFrb7wE2 ) where you can still give your view. The result of the same can be viewed at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdCspO5NyLMXfu1YZJ1L_PTKJzUWxY-iOI… Hope this will help many aspirants willing to contest election for various posts to serve the LIS community better. Please feel free to contact for any other details. Please check our website for upcoming conference at: https://elpesnitr.wordpress.com/ and encourage participants to attend the same. With Regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL), NIT Rourkela, Sundergadh-769008, Odisha, India. Mob:91+9439420860 Website: http://mishravk.com/ ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-7874 *"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul" -- Mahatma Gandhi* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Training Workshop on Scientific Writing for good publications
by fgct＠socio.org.uk 13 Dec '18

13 Dec '18

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Interesting Reads – 2018-12-11
by Mohan Hr 12 Dec '18

12 Dec '18

*Interesting Reads – 2018-12-11* *Contents* *Articles* - Top Tech Trends In 2019 - Global priorities research - Ministry Of Home Affairs Issues Handbook For Students/Adolescents On Cyber Safety - 10 Principles Of Organizational Culture - What Happened after India Eliminated Cash - YouTube, persuasion and genetically engineered children - Tech giants need to take more responsibility for the advertising that makes them billions - Teaching For Intelligence: Recognizing and encouraging skillful thinking and behaviour - Tim Harford’s guide to statistics in a misleading age - 17 ways you should invest your time in your 20s for long-term success *Events / Announcements* - Smart India Hackathon 2019 - ARPIT: Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching: Online professional development of in-service teachers’ of higher education, using MOOCs Read at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/12/interesting-reads-2018-12-11.html Archives at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan *======================================================== * *Articles* *Top Tech Trends In 2019* Technology is now central to every industry — from building construction to healthcare administration to food production. CB Insights looks at the top tech trends poised to reshape industries in 2019 in its 57 pages report. . Report <https://hs-763793.t.hubspotemail.net/e2t/c/*W56tXpd2MP34cW7bTB1z5t2gwB0/*W4…> *Global priorities research* Governments, foundations and individuals spend large amounts of money on efforts to improve the world. However, there is currently little research to guide them on what priorities they should focus on at the highest level. Global priorities research applies techniques from economics, maths, and social science to help organisations choose which global problems they should spend their limited resources on, in order to improve the world as much as possible. Full Post <https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/global-priorities-research/> *Ministry Of Home Affairs Issues Handbook For Students/Adolescents On Cyber Safety* Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India, in consultation with Cyber Security experts prepared a 38 pages Handbook for Students/Adolescents on Cyber Safety. The Handbook aims at creating awareness among citizens, especially students, about various cyber threats that can impact them and ways to safeguard themselves against cybercrimes. Handbook <http://www.legaleraonline.com/Ministry-of-Home-Affairs-issues-Handbook-for-…> *10 Principles Of Organizational Culture* How often have you heard somebody — a new CEO, a journalist, a management consultant, a leadership guru, a fellow employee — talk about the urgent need to change the culture? They want to make it world-class. To dispense with all the nonsense and negativity that annoys employees and stops good intentions from growing into progress. To bring about an entirely different approach, starting immediately. These culture critiques are as common as complaints about the weather — and about as effective. How frequently have you seen high-minded aspirations to “change the culture” actually manage to modify the way that people behave and the way in which they work? And how often have you seen noticeable long-term improvements? Full Post <http://www.strategy-business.com/feature/10-Principles-of-Organizational-Cu…> *What Happened after India Eliminated Cash* Two years ago, the Indian government abruptly wiped out most of the nation’s currency in hopes of ending black money and curbing corruption. Has the experiment worked? Full Post <https://www.strategy-business.com/article/What-Happened-after-India-Elimina…> *YouTube, persuasion and genetically engineered children* On Sunday, Nov. 25, the scientist He Jiankui claimed the birth of the world’s first genetically engineered children: twins, created by IVF, their DNA altered at fertilization. Changes like these, because they’re inheritable – “editing the germline” – are widely prohibited by law and avoided by scientific consensus. If He really did this, it’s a very big step across a very bright line. Also, He announced the feat in a YouTube video. The strangeness of this choice cannot be overstated. Groundbreaking achievements normally appear in prestigious journals, with extensive data, after rigorous peer review. Announcing the accomplishment on YouTube is the social media equivalent of walking out the front door and yelling, “Guess what, everybody? I’m the first to engineer a human being! And the kids are already here – they’re twins!” The timing of the video’s release – on the eve of a major international conference on genome editing, where He was scheduled to speak – clearly had more to do with publicity than science. Full Post <https://theconversation.com/youtube-persuasion-and-genetically-engineered-c…> Related Story <https://theconversation.com/opening-pandoras-box-gene-editing-and-its-conse…>: Opening Pandora’s Box: Gene editing and its consequences Related Story <https://theconversation.com/rogue-science-strikes-again-the-case-of-the-fir…>: Rogue science strikes again: The case of the first gene-edited babies Related Story <https://theconversation.com/how-a-scientist-says-he-made-a-gene-edited-baby…>: How a scientist says he made a gene-edited baby – and what health worries may ensue *Tech giants need to take more responsibility for the advertising that makes them billions* Digital advertising can be really annoying, but it can also be dangerous. It has recently been accused of perpetuating fake news, funding child abuse and interfering with democracy. Facebook, which makes most of its $US40 billion a year revenue from digital advertising, has been in the firing line, but many other businesses across the digital advertising supply chain are now feeling the pinch. It is not surprising then, that the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has taken steps to toughen up regulation, or that new government legislation is being considered. Full Post <https://theconversation.com/tech-giants-need-to-take-more-responsibility-fo…> *Teaching For Intelligence: Recognizing and encouraging skillful thinking and behaviour* The claim is often made (in this issue as well as elsewhere) that schools give a disproportionate emphasis to logical/mathematical and verbal material and intelligence. My sense is that this is only superficially true. The content may have this character, and lip service may be given to these forms of intelligence, but the actual educational process remains focused on low level skills. The real development of thinking skills, even within these areas of intelligence, is usually as neglected as the rest of our mental capacities. If this changes soon, Professor Costa will be one of the reasons. His recent book, Developing Minds; A Resource Book For Teaching Thinking, provides a comprehensive overview of the growing Thinking Skills Movement, and he has also recently been elected president of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. He is currently Professor of Education at California State University, Sacramento. This article aims at clarifying and expanding our sense of what intelligent behavior is and how we can encourage it. Full Article <https://www.context.org/iclib/ic18/costa/> *Tim Harford’s guide to statistics in a misleading age* Dubious numbers and false claims fill our daily lives. Here’s how to decipher the barrage of statistical propaganda Full Post <https://www.ft.com/content/ba4c734a-0b96-11e8-839d-41ca06376bf2> *17 ways you should invest your time in your 20s for long-term success* Don't waste time, because that's "the stuff life is made of." It was good advice when Benjamin Franklin said it, and it's good advice now, no matter your age. But your 20s are a particularly crucial time in life. Many call these the "formative" years, and the habits you form now can carry you through the rest of your life. So what's the best way to spend this time? Full Post <https://www.businessinsider.in/17-ways-you-should-invest-your-time-in-your-…> *Events / Announcements* *Smart India Hackathon 2019* Smart India Hackathon 2019 is a nationwide initiative to provide students a platform to solve some of pressing problems we face in our daily lives, and thus inculcate a culture of product innovation and a mindset of problem solving. SIH2019 is an initiative by Ministry of HRD, AICTE, Persistent Systems, i4c and Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini and involves 1 Lakh+ technical students, 3000+ technical institutions, 200+ organizations from across India and touted to be the world’s biggest Software and Hardware hackathon. More details at *https://www.sih.gov.in/sih2019 <https://www.sih.gov.in/sih2019>* Register at https://www.sih.gov.in/signup *ARPIT: Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching: Online professional development of in-service teachers’ of higher education, using MOOCs* ARPIT, launched by MHRD is 40 hour programme with 20 hours of video content offered in a highly flexible format which can be done at one’s own pace and time. The programme has built-in assessment exercises and activities as part of the academic progression in the course. At the end of the course, there is a provision for terminal assessment which can be either online or written examination. It has been decided by the UGC that successful completion of the courses offered under the ARPIT programme with 40 hour of instruction material with a proctored examination will be treated as equivalent to one Refresher Course for the purposes of Career Advancement. To enrol visit: https://swayam.gov.in/search?CategoryList=Annual%20Refresher%20Programme%20… *Archives of Interesting Reads * To access the past posts of Interesting Reads, pl. visit http://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan

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Workshop on Advance Koha and DSpace
by vinod mishra 12 Dec '18

12 Dec '18

Dear all Its our pleasure to inform you all that BP Central Library, NIT Rourkela is organising Advance workshop on Koha and DSpace during 20-22 May 2019 during national conference. Some of the topics we have updated on our workshop page and you may also suggest us to include. Please visit below link for details: https://elpesnitr.wordpress.com/workshop-2/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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kindly post the message
by Pardeep Rai 12 Dec '18

12 Dec '18

dear professional it is very shocking news that a non-LIS person appointed as Director-INFLIBNET. which is total injustice to LIS professionals in the country. At one hand the essential qualification shows that the person from relevant field. however the appointed person is from Statistics, which is not relevant field . the whole profession is disturbed from this decision. ILA is taking it so seriously. we are taking the appointment to meet the honourable Minister of HRD in this regards.the name of INFLIBNET in it self says library network. I request the all professionals, state association that we all should oppose this decision. ILA is representing against this appointment. All professional opposing the same in social media it should also be opposed in writing to authorities, Honourable PM, UGC and other bodies. Further development regarding representations etc will be posted in social media. -- - *Thanks & Regards* Dr.Pardeep Rai Librarian, Maitreyi College( University of Delhi ) I ChanakyaPuri New Delhi-110021 Email: raipardeep(a)gmail.com I M:9899359373 I General Secretary, Indian Library Association https://www.ilaindia.net Standing Committee Member, IFLA Government Information and Official Publications Section, (GIOPS) https://www.ifla.org/standing-committee/17 Member, Professional Development Advisory Council, SLA https://www.sla.org/governance/committeescouncilsreps/professional-developm… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article request
by Pramod Arote 12 Dec '18

12 Dec '18

*Respected Sir/Madam,* One of our faculty member need full text article. Kindly provide if it is available. *Title-* Parameters Estimation of BPSK Signals Based on Power Spectral FFT *Author-* Ma Xiu-rong Zhang Yuan *DOI-* 10.3724/SP.J.1146.2012.01075 *Source-* Journal of Electronics & Information Technology 2013/35:5 PP.1252-1256 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC-NET Preparation Site
by Dp Tripathi 11 Dec '18

11 Dec '18

Dear Friends, I welcome you all to this “UGC-NET Preparation Website’ which you all can browse at http://ugcnet.dptripathi.in This is an effort to share the information for preparation about NET and other competitive examination (Library and Information Science only). I hope this site will help many aspirants in preparation and they will find it suitable for their purpose. I have added and shall be adding information on regular basis in order to share and update the knowledge with latest happenings around the globe. I request your valuable suggestions and comments for making it more valuable to the purpose. The content is being added and soon, the site will have good number of articles, quizzes and relative information etc. Thanks DP Tripathi

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LTC Awards - just 3 days for nomination.
by Ishwar Goudar 11 Dec '18

11 Dec '18

Dear Professionals, Last date for sending nominations for LTC2019 is 15th Dec 2018 1. Best Koha Implementation Award 2. Best Technology Enabled Library. Please send Nominations immediately. Details: ltc2019. com -- Regards, Goudar "Access E-Resources for Academic and Research Excellence" *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Adjunct Professor, Mangalore University - Ex. 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 Mob: 91+9611165781 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Our People-Centered Digital Future | Right now via webcast!
by Yosem Companys 10 Dec '18

10 Dec '18

Today is the "Our People-Centered Digital Future" sponsored by Constellation Research <https://www.constellationr.com/about>. By March 2019, 50% of the world will be connected to the Internet, an inflection point that marks an important moment for examining the “unfinished work” of the Internet and discussing the community norms, human rights and social contracts required in this exponential digital era. The event recognizes both the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights <http://www.unesco.org/new/en/brasilia/about-this-office/prizes-and-celebrat…> (UDHR), the event also recognizes the 50th anniversary of the "Mother of All Demos <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos>." The event is well underway. Internet co-inventor Vint Cerf and Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee have already delivered their introductory remarks. If you missed their talks, don't worry. You can click on the Livestream timeline below to view them. There are many more events to come today into the late evening. This is a simulcast of the YouTube feed at https://youtu.be/S87r9Bn058s> (which does buffer occasionally), but with added AI captions and speaker names. Below are the Livestream links: - https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ourdigitalfuture/ - https://livestream.com/internetsociety/DigitalCooperation - https://livestream.com/internetsociety/coppaat20 - https://livestream.com/internetsociety/CITIDFS-ICO - https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ConnectedNE - https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/js-nyc-nov18 - https://livestream.com/internetsociety/swissigf18 - https://livestream.com/internetsociety/iotsecurity2018-4 - https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ukigf18 - https://livestream.com/internetsociety/routingsecurity/ - http://www.mnn.org/live/2-lifestyle-channel - https://livestream.com/internetsociety/diversity/ - https://livestream.com/internetsociety/VisionsIG For more, please see: - Event: https://www.constellationr.com/events/PCDF - Agenda: https://www.constellationr.com/events/PCDF/agenda/2018-12-10 - Livestream: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ - SLI.DO: http://sli.do/ourdigitalfuture - #OurDigitalFuture: http://bit.ly/ourdigitalfuture - #StandUp4HumanRights: http://bit.ly/2PgVDOQ - Permalink: https://isoc.live/10734/ *** This email is brought to you via the Program on Liberation Technology at Stanford University at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech and Joly MacFie at joly(a)punkcast.com *****

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An article on Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR)
by Salman Haider 09 Dec '18

09 Dec '18

Librarians still love AACR. Here is a description of a new article published on AACR. *Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR) <https://www.librarianshipstudies.com/2018/12/anglo-american-cataloguing-rul…>* Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR) is the essential international cataloguing code used for descriptive cataloging of various types of information resources by libraries in the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Australia as well as in many other countries. It was first developed in 1967 and updated regularly until 2005. The revisions and updates of the standard are referred to as AACR2. The second edition of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2) is the most widely used cataloging code, designed for use in the construction of catalogs and other lists in general libraries of all sizes. AACR2 comprise a detailed set of rules and guidelines for producing metadata in a surrogate record to represent a library resource. The rules cover the standard description of areas like, the title, publisher, edition, series, etc., as well as the provision of choice and form of access points (headings) for all materials which a library may hold or to which it may have access, including books, serials, cartographic materials, electronic resources, etc. AACR also provides rules for the formulation of standard forms of names and titles to provide access to and grouping of those descriptions. AACR2 standardized cataloging and ensured consistency within the catalog and between the catalogs of libraries using the same code in describing the physical attributes of library materials identically. AACR marked a shift from the previous cataloging rules, which were criticized for being too detailed, complex, and mere compilations of rules to handle specific bibliographic cases. Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules are considered as the most important advances in English-language codes for descriptive cataloging during the twentieth century. *Contents* 1. Background 2. Toward AACR 3. AACR (1967) 4. Toward AACR2 5. AACR2 (1978) 6. Governance 7. The Concise AACR2 8. Translations 9. Online Access 10. Library of Congress Rule Interpretations 11. Toward RDA 12. References Read Full Article: https://www.librarianshipstudies.com/2018/12/anglo-american-cataloguing-rul… Regards Salman

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Vacancy for Library Assistants at Jain (Deemed-to-be University)
by meera anand 08 Dec '18

08 Dec '18

Dear LIS Professionals, With reference to the above subject, School of Commerce Studies and Computers and IT, Jain (Deemed-to-be University)library required two library assistants. Eligibility: 1) B. LIB Sc. or Diploma in Library Science 2) Good communication skill with computer knowledge. 3) Knowledge of Dewey Decimal Classification Eligible and interested candidates may forward their soft copy of resume to the Id:hr@jgi.ac.in and post the hard copies in a sealed envelope superscribed with the post applied for to following address on or before 15th Dec 2018. Address- Office of the Strategic Communication and HR, JGI Knowledge Campus, 44/4, District Fund Road, Behind Big Bazar, Jayanagar 9th Block, Bangalore- 560 069. With Regards, Dr Meeramani N Librarian School of Commerce Studies; School of Computers and IT Jain (Deemed-to-be University) Jayanagar 9th Block Bangalore-560 069 Ph: 080 46501720 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CLSTL 2019 - 2nd International Conference – IIT Gandhinagar- Call for Proposals/Abstracts for Presentations & Posters
by TS Kumbar 07 Dec '18

07 Dec '18

Dear Professional Colleagues, Greetings from IIT Gandhinagar! We take great pleasure in informing you that IIT Gandhinagar is organizing its 2nd International Conference on the theme ‘Changing Landscape of Science & Technology Libraries’ (CLSTL 2019) <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/> at IIT Gandhinagar (India) during *28th February - 3rd March, 2019.* The major objective of this conference is to bring together library professionals and researchers working in Science & Technology Libraries in India and abroad on one platform and facilitate the exchange of innovative ideas, new initiatives, experiences, research work, best practices etc. Also, we intend to initiate/aid discussions on current issues, recent developments and their impact, and future challenges to prepare our libraries for the future. Major sub-themes, instructions for presentation and posters, workshop titles, list of speakers and other updated details are given on the conference website http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/ *The conference brochure is available at events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/CLSTL19Brochure.pdf <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/CLSTL19Broc…> for download.* *IMPORTANT DATES* *Presentation:* - Deadline for submitting proposal/abstract: 15th December, 2018 - Deadline for notifying acceptance of proposal to Presenter: *31st December, 2018* - Deadline for submission of final Power Point slides for Presentation: *31st January, 2019* *Posters:* - Deadline for submitting proposal/abstract of Poster: *15th December 2018* - Deadline for notifying acceptance of poster proposal to Presenter: *31st December 2018* - Deadline for submission of final version of the soft copy of the poster : *15th February 2019* *Registration*: Registration started from: 1st November, 2018 Final registration deadline: 31st January, 2019 *The first CLSTL 2017 <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2017/CLSTL/> held during March, 2017 was very well appreciated by professional peers and every one who participated and contributed to it. Having hosted successfully the first conference, we are encouraged to host the second one in Feb-March 2019.* We are expecting the participation of library professionals and other academicians from premier academic institutions, research organizations & industries in the country and abroad. We will be having eminent library professionals from US, Canada, Europe and Asia Pacific Region as invited speakers to deliver the talks on important themes and are expecting good participation from Asian countries. We would therefore request you to* kindly consider submitting a proposal/abstract of your proposed presentation* *or poster* and actively participate in this event to share innovative ideas, rich experience and best practices followed in your library for the benefit of other conference attendees. We would also like to take this opportunity to request you to kindly spread the word about this conference among your colleagues and professional friends and encourage them to consider participating in this professional event. Kind regards Kumbar -- T. S. Kumbar, PhD Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Palaj, Gandhinagar 382 355*|* Gujarat | INDIA Tel: +91 79 2395 2431 Mob: 09825921864 Email: tskumbar(a)iitgn.ac.in | tskumbar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.iitgn.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC Norms for Print journals in Library
by Prof. D.S Magar 07 Dec '18

07 Dec '18

Dear Professionals, I need Department wise print journals quantity as per UGC Norms .or if we have Online Databases then it is not Mandatory to purchase print journals please Clarify Regards Mr Magar D.S. B.Sc. M Lib & I Sc NET. Asst. University Librarian Spicer Adventist University Pune

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QUESTIONNAIRE
by chingathvysakh＠gmail.com 07 Dec '18

07 Dec '18

I've invited you to fill out the following form: QUESTIONNAIRE To fill it out, visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScBuMSGhmhfBj1L_rBUHnK8cYZY32RqXHf… Dear Sir/Madam Iam Vysakh, research scholar from Tumkur University.Kindly post this questionnaire on Lis forum to get data for my study titled "Use of Mobile Apps among Librarians of Indian Libraries " Thanks&Regards Google Forms: Create and analyze surveys. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interesting Reads – 2018-12-06
by Mohan Hr 06 Dec '18

06 Dec '18

*Interesting Reads – 2018-12-06* *Contents* *Articles* - What younger people can learn from older people about using technology - Bayes’s theorem: how an 18th-century priest gave us the tools to reason better - Competing in a world of sectors without borders - Inside the mind of the CEO: Keeping Cool under Pressure - An Introduction to Dew Computing: Definition, Concept and Implications - Cheat Sheets for AI, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Deep Learning & Big Data - Benefits & Risks of Biotechnology - The Moral Machine experiment - COP24: 12 years from disaster – editors’ guide to what our academic experts say is needed to fight climate change - 10 data analytics success stories: An inside look *Events / Announcements* - CSI, IEEE CS, IEEE PCS & HCC: Presentation on Digital Marketing and Website Design using WordPress on 10th Dec 2018 - Digital Disruption and Transformation Summit 2018 on 13th Dec 2018 - ACM India Chennai Professional Chapter's Expert Lecture on "Bias in the Web” on 12th Dec 2018 - Smart India Hackathon 2019 - ARPIT: Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching: Online professional development of in-service teachers’ of higher education, using MOOCs Read at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/12/interesting-reads-2018-12-06.html Archives at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan *======================================================== * *Articles* *What younger people can learn from older people about using technology* Older people are often portrayed in the media as being technically challenged. Jokes are often shared on social media about older people taking photos on their phones with their thumb covering the lens, or accidentally installing viruses on computers. Some of these damaging stereotypes impact upon how ordinary Australians interact with older age cohorts. A study published by the Australian Human Rights commission found 20% of Australians avoid conversations about technology with older people as they feel explanations will take a long time and a lot of effort. But older people can and do use technology – and younger generations could learn a thing or two from them about how to have a healthier relationship with digital technologies like social media. Full Post <https://theconversation.com/what-younger-people-can-learn-from-older-people…> Related <https://www.yellow.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Yellow-Social-Media-Re…>: How older Australians use social media. 2018 YellowSocial Media Report Related <https://www.humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/document/publication/Fac…>: Fact or fiction? Stereotypes of older Australians. A study report Related <https://theconversation.com/connecting-online-can-help-prevent-social-isola…>: Connecting online can help prevent social isolation in older people *Bayes’s theorem: how an 18th-century priest gave us the tools to reason better* The pioneering work of an 18th-century English priest named Reverend Thomas Bayes, in statistics uncovered an immensely powerful mental tool that, if properly used, can drastically improve the way we reason about the world. Full Post <https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/11/30/18096751/bayes-theorem-rule-r…> *Competing in a world of sectors without borders* Digitization is causing a radical reordering of traditional industry boundaries. What will it take to play offense and defense in tomorrow’s ecosystems? Full Post <https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/mckinsey-analytics/our-insights…> *Inside the mind of the CEO: Keeping Cool under Pressure * For Greg Lehmkuhl, president and CEO of Lineage Logistics, temperature-controlled supply chains for perishables are one of the world’s next great platforms. Refrigerated transportation and storage is one of those specialized industrial sectors in which new approaches to strategy and operational excellence can make a huge difference. It’s also an enabler of civilization that nobody notices much – unless they have to live without it. Over the last 20 years, the temperature-controlled logistics sector, as it’s officially called, has quietly but dramatically changed, thanks to three simultaneous global trends. The first is the broadening of nutritional awareness, as people around the world become more accustomed to eating fresh meats, fruits, vegetables, dairy products, and other perishables every day. The second has to do with lengthening food transportation distance. More and more consumers eat food that was sourced thousands of miles away. The third is the changing natural environment. Climate change and pollution, as they affect local agricultural and water supplies, are making society more reliant on diverse sources of fresh food and drink. The technological infrastructure that makes these changes possible is the temperature-controlled supply chain, which dates back about 150 years, to horse-drawn “iceman” carriages. Today’s systems use digitized controls that customize cold temperatures in warehouses and trucks for a wide variety of fresh and frozen foods. Most of this sector has, until recently, been run by small family businesses, but an ongoing wave of consolidation has changed that. Full Interview <https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Keeping-Cool-under-Pressure> : (under the column: Inside the Mind of the CEO) *An Introduction to Dew Computing: Definition, Concept and Implications* Since the end of the 1990s, the world has witnessed a tremendous growth in the area of information and communication technology (ICT), starting with grid computing, cloud computing (CC), and fog computing to recently introduced edge computing. Although, these technologies are still in very good shape, they do heavily rely on connectivity, i.e., Internet. To address this challenge, this paper proposes a novel dew-cloud architecture that brings the power of CC together with the dew computing (DC). Originally, the dew-cloud architecture is an extension of the existing client-server architecture, where two servers are placed at both ends of the communication link. With the help of a dew server, a user has more control and flexibility to access his/her personal data in the absence of an Internet connection. Primarily, the data are stored at the dew server as a local copy upon which instantiation of the Internet is synchronized with the master copy at the cloud side. Users can browse, read, write, or append data on the local dew site, which is a local Web form of an actual website. With the incorporation of the dew domain naming system and dew domain name redirection, mapping between different local dew sites has become possible. Novel services, such as infrastructure-as-a-dew, software-as-a-dew service, and software-as-a-dew product, are, hereby, introduced along with the DC. This paper presents the following as key contributions: 1) a precise and concrete definition of DC; 2) detailed and comprehensive discussions of its concept and working principle; 3) application potentials; and 4) technical challenges. The motto of this paper is to conceptualize the fact of empowerment of the ICT-user base with almost an Internet-free surfing experience in coming days. Full Paper <https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8114187> Related <https://www.cmswire.com/internet-of-things/cloud-computing-takes-a-back-sea…>: Cloud Computing Takes a Back Seat to ... Edge Computing. Or Is It Fog? *Cheat Sheets for AI, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Deep Learning & Big Data* The Most Complete List of Best AI Cheat Sheets Over the past few months, I have been collecting AI cheat sheets. From time to time I share them with friends and colleagues and recently I have been getting asked a lot, so I decided to organize and share the entire collection. To make things more interesting and give context, I added descriptions and/or excerpts for each major topic. This is the most complete list and the Big-O is at the very end, enjoy… Full Post <https://becominghuman.ai/cheat-sheets-for-ai-neural-networks-machine-learni…> *Benefits & Risks of Biotechnology* How are scientists putting nature’s machinery to use for the good of humanity, and how could things go wrong? Biotechnology is nearly as old as humanity itself. The food you eat and the pets you love? You can thank our distant ancestors for kickstarting the agricultural revolution, using artificial selection for crops, livestock, and other domesticated animals. When Edward Jenner invented vaccines and when Alexander Fleming discovered antibiotics, they were harnessing the power of biotechnology. And, of course, modern civilization would hardly be imaginable without the fermentation processes that gave us beer, wine, and cheese! When he coined the term in 1919, the agriculturalist Karl Ereky described ‘biotechnology’ as “all lines of work by which products are produced from raw materials with the aid of living things.” In modern biotechnology, researchers modify DNA and proteins to shape the capabilities of living cells, plants, and animals into something useful for humans. Biotechnologists do this by sequencing, or reading, the DNA found in nature, and then manipulating it in a test tube – or, more recently, inside of living cells. In fact, the most exciting biotechnology advances of recent times are occurring at the microscopic level (and smaller!) within the membranes of cells. After decades of basic research into decoding the chemical and genetic makeup of cells, biologists in the mid-20th century launched what would become a multi-decade flurry of research and breakthroughs. Their work has brought us the powerful cellular tools at biotechnologists’ disposal today. In the coming decades, scientists will use the tools of biotechnology to manipulate cells with increasing control, from precision editing of DNA to synthesizing entire genomes from their basic chemical building blocks. These cells could go on to become bomb-sniffing plants, miracle cancer drugs, or ‘de-extincted’ wooly mammoths. And biotechnology may be a crucial ally in the fight against climate change. But rewriting the blueprints of life carries an enormous risk. To begin with, the same technology being used to extend our lives could instead be used to end them. While researchers might see the engineering of a supercharged flu virus as a perfectly reasonable way to better understand and thus fight the flu, the public might see the drawbacks as equally obvious: the virus could escape, or someone could weaponize the research. And the advanced genetic tools that some are considering for mosquito control could have unforeseen effects, possibly leading to environmental damage. The most sophisticated biotechnology may be no match for Murphy’s Law. While the risks of biotechnology have been fretted over for decades, the increasing pace of progress – from low cost DNA sequencing to rapid gene synthesis to precision genome editing – suggests biotechnology is entering a new realm of maturity regarding both beneficial applications and more worrisome risks. Adding to concerns, DIY scientists are increasingly taking biotech tools outside of the lab. For now, many of the benefits of biotechnology are concrete while many of the risks remain hypotheticals, but it is better to be proactive and cognizant of the risks than to wait for something to go wrong first and then attempt to address the damage. Full Post <http://futureoflife.org/background/benefits-risks-biotechnology> *The Moral Machine experiment* With the rapid development of artificial intelligence have come concerns about how machines will make moral decisions, and the major challenge of quantifying societal expectations about the ethical principles that should guide machine behaviour. To address this challenge, we deployed the Moral Machine, an online experimental platform designed to explore the moral dilemmas faced by autonomous vehicles. This platform gathered 40 million decisions in ten languages from millions of people in 233 countries and territories. Here we describe the results of this experiment. First, we summarize global moral preferences. Second, we document individual variations in preferences, based on respondents’ demographics. Third, we report cross-cultural ethical variation, and uncover three major clusters of countries. Fourth, we show that these differences correlate with modern institutions and deep cultural traits. We discuss how these preferences can contribute to developing global, socially acceptable principles for machine ethics. All data used in this article are publicly available. Full Article <https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0637-6> *COP24: 12 years from disaster – editors’ guide to what our academic experts say is needed to fight climate change* World leaders are gathering in Katowice, Poland, to negotiate the world’s response to climate change. The 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) will last from December 3-14 and its primary aim is to reach agreement on how the Paris Agreement of 2015 will be implemented. In a year which saw record weather extremes and an extraordinary announcement from the UN that we have only 12 years to limit catastrophe, the need for meaningful progress has never been greater. To explain how the COP works and what it means for the fight against climate change, we asked our academic experts to share their views. Full Post <https://theconversation.com/cop24-12-years-from-disaster-editors-guide-to-w…> *10 data analytics success stories: An inside look* If data is the new oil, then knowing how to refine it into actionable intelligence is the key to unleashing its potential. To this end, CIOs are playing with predictive analytics, crafting machine learning algorithms and battle-testing analytics solutions in pursuit of businesses efficiencies and new ways to serve customers. Worldwide revenues for big data and business analytics software will top $166 billion this year, an increase of 11.7 percent over 2017, according to market researcher IDC. Moreover, the war for talent who can work with emerging analytics technologies is at a fever pitch. Some CIOs who have found ways to boost top- and bottom-line growth crunching through data recently shared lessons learned and advice for peers undertaking similar efforts. Here’s how leading CIOs are successfully tapping data analytics and machine learning to achieve business goals. Full Post <https://www.cio.com/article/3221621/analytics/6-data-analytics-success-stor…> *Events / Announcements* *CSI, IEEE CS, IEEE PCS & HCC: Presentation on Digital Marketing and Website Design using WordPress on 10th Dec 2018* CSI, IEEE CS, IEEE PCS & HCC invites you all for a presentation on Digital Marketing and Website Design using WordPress on Monday, 10th Dec 2018 at 6.00 p.m. at the Seminar Hall, CSI Education Directorate, Taramani, Chennai – 600113 The pdf invite is at https://drive.google.com/open?id=1h1gUPlmuxlPzvTdYZ1wgk1jxFahX_2_o The pgm is free but pre-registration at https://goo.gl/forms/EsWmLjYGfM5MYJB32 is a must to facilitate logistics *Digital Disruption and Transformation Summit 2018 on 13th Dec 2018* FICCI TNSC with support from Government of Tamil Nadu is organizing its 3rd Edition of Digital Disruption and Transformation Conference (also known at DT3), the 3rd annual flagship event of FICCI under the theme of “Digital Rumpus – Perish or Prosper” on 13th December 2018 at Hotel ITC Grand Chola, Chennai. CSI & IEEE members are eligible for 10% discount in the registration fee. The discount code to be applied at the time of registration is CSIDT3, IEEEDT3 respectively. Early Bird Deep Discounts are available for registrations done till 30th November 2018. For details pl. visit http://ficci-tnsc.com/it-ddts-2018/ or contact: Mr R Sudharsan at sudharsan.ramu(a)ficci.com, 044-42849614-15 *ACM India Chennai Professional Chapter's Expert Lecture on "Bias in the Web” on 12th Dec 2018* ACM India Chennai Professional Chapter's Expert Lecture on "Bias in the Web" by ACM Distinguished Speaker, Dr. Ricardo Baeza-Yates , CTO of NTENT (a Semantic Search Technology Company) at Aryabhatta Hall, Department of CSE, IIT Madras on 12th December 2:30 p.m. Registration is FREE. However, if you intend to attend the talk, please register <https://goo.gl/forms/EH5xEdTQyFMpn1zf2> to facilitate logistics. *Smart India Hackathon 2019* Smart India Hackathon 2019 is a nationwide initiative to provide students a platform to solve some of pressing problems we face in our daily lives, and thus inculcate a culture of product innovation and a mindset of problem solving. SIH2019 is an initiative by Ministry of HRD, AICTE, Persistent Systems, i4c and Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini and involves 1 Lakh+ technical students, 3000+ technical institutions, 200+ organizations from across India and touted to be the world’s biggest Software and Hardware hackathon. More details at *https://www.sih.gov.in/sih2019 <https://www.sih.gov.in/sih2019>* Register at https://www.sih.gov.in/signup *ARPIT: Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching: Online professional development of in-service teachers’ of higher education, using MOOCs* ARPIT, launched by MHRD is 40 hour programme with 20 hours of video content offered in a highly flexible format which can be done at one’s own pace and time. The programme has built-in assessment exercises and activities as part of the academic progression in the course. At the end of the course, there is a provision for terminal assessment which can be either online or written examination. It has been decided by the UGC that successful completion of the courses offered under the ARPIT programme with 40 hour of instruction material with a proctored examination will be treated as equivalent to one Refresher Course for the purposes of Career Advancement. To enrol visit: https://swayam.gov.in/search?CategoryList=Annual%20Refresher%20Programme%20… *Archives of Interesting Reads * To access the past posts of Interesting Reads, pl. visit http://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan

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Cover Story on Libraries for Children
by Apresh Mishra 06 Dec '18

06 Dec '18

Dear Group The January Issue of THE LIBRARY magazine is going to focus on Children friendly libraries. Please write back to me if you have learning and experiences to share . Those who have not read the magazine may kindly visit www.tlmag.in/downloadissue Please support this magazine by subscribing at www.tlmag.in/subscribe Regards Apresh C Mishra Civic Mediaworks +91 99105 16905

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Opening for Information Management Trainee at NIFT-Mumbai
by anand bandi 06 Dec '18

06 Dec '18

The National Institute of Fashion Technology-Mumbai invites the application for the positions of Information Management Trainee to be selected for its Resource Centre for a period of one year. The aspirants who have completed their post graduation in Library and Information Science (M.L.I.Sc) on regular basis from Department of Library and Information Science attached to Indian Universities are eligible to apply. Selected candidates will be paid a stipend of Rs.10,000=00 per month and the experience certificate upon successful completion of trainee-ship. It is an opportunity for those aspirants who want to work in total integrated IT environment to upgrade their skill for carrier progression.Interested candidates may send in their respective Resume to the undersigned on or before 30th December, 2018 on the e-mail/s : dr.anbandi(a)gmail.com or headresourcecentre.mumbai(a)nift.ac.in Those candidates who have applied against the earlier notification need not to apply. Dr.A.N.Bandi, Head, Resource Centre, National Institute of Fashion Technology, NIFT Campus, Ministry of Textiles, GoI, Plot No.15, Sector 4, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai - 410 210. Ph.91-22-27747080/81 Mobile :7715833561 e-mail: anb321in(a)yahoo.co.in ; dr.anbandi@gmail.comhttp://14.139.111.26/jspui/

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Advanced Automation technology and workshop on Koha and DSpace
by vinod mishra 06 Dec '18

06 Dec '18

Dear All It's my pleasure to inform you that, BP central library, NIT Rourkela is organizing one week (5 days) National conference on Advanced Library Automation Technologies for Next-Gen libraries from 20-24 May 2019. The conference will be followed by an Advance workshop on Koha and DSpace. For more details please follow the below conference website. https://elpesnitr.wordpress.com/ With Regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL), NIT Rourkela, Sundergadh-769008, Odisha, India. Mob:91+9439420860 Website: http://mishravk.com/ ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-7874 *"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul" -- Mahatma Gandhi* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IIIT Sricity - Library Assistant
by mouni＠nitt.edu 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

For the kind information of the Library science Post Graduates that the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri City, Chittoor, AP invites applications for the Post of Library Assistant on regular rolls. Ref.No: IIITS/Notification/2018/20 Opening Date: 24th November, 2018 Closing Date: 8th December, 2018 Position: Library Assistant Further details can be downloaded from the website: www.iiits.ac.in Apply with your detailed resume at recruitment(a)iiits.in with regards, P. Mounissamy

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EXCLUSIVE BLOG OF KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA UMROI CANTT
by Krishna Nand Singh 04 Dec '18

04 Dec '18

You all the members of lis forum are requested to Visit exclusive Blog of K V Umroi Cantt Shillong Meghalaya which is useful for Students, teachers and Librarians of different Kendriya Vidyalaya from all over India. Explore Us at https://librarykvs.wordpress.com Krishna Nand Singh Librarian KV UMROI CANTT -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IJALIS invites articles for publication
by Rathina Sabapathy 04 Dec '18

04 Dec '18

Dear Sir / Madam Sub.: Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists of India (AALDI) – Official Journal “Indian Journal of Agricultural Library and Information Services” – Volume 34 Issue No.2 – Articles invited for publication – Regarding. *** Greetings. As you are aware that the Volume 34 Issue No.1 of our *Indian Journal of Agricultural Library and Information Services” (**IJALIS**) ISSN: 0974-8776* has already been published and now we are in the process of publishing Issue No.2 The Editorial Board is inviting articles for publication in the journal. Therefore, you are requested contribute an article for the ensuing issue. I also request you to give wide publicity for the journal and motivate your LIS professionals to contribute article for the journal. The article should be on any topic related to library and information science, knowledge management and related areas. The article should be sent as a Word Document file to the Chief Editor to grspathy(a)gmail.com *Last Date for receipt of articles is 15.12.2018.* I request your kind cooperation in this regard. With Best Regards, -- Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Dr.G. Rathinasabapathy, Ph.D., Chief Editor, IJALIS & University Librarian Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Chennai - 600 051, Tamilnadu, INDIA Tel.: (Dir. ) 91-44-2555 1588 (Res) 91-44-25611619 Mob.: 098400 17397 email: librarian(a)tanuvas.org.in ORCID: 0000-0002-9146-8279 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulations to Dr. Jayamma K V
by meera anand 03 Dec '18

03 Dec '18

Dear Professional friends, I would like to heartily congratulate Dr Jayamma K V, Librarian, Government Science College, Bangalore, for her successful completion of PhD in Library and Information Science from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore on the topic "Automation of College Libraries in Karnataka: A Study" under the guidance of Dr M Krishnamurthy, Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC), Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Bangalore. With Best Wishes Dr Meeramani N Librarian Jain (Deemed-to-be University) Jayanagar 9th Block Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Trainees | Walk-in-Interview | 8th December 2018
by Avinash D. Chinchure 03 Dec '18

03 Dec '18

WALK-IN-INTERVIEW FOR APPOINTMENT OF LIBRARY TRAINEES ON SATURDAY, 8th December 2018 @ 10.00 AM National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), a premier research Centre is looking for fresh post-graduates in Library & Information Science for appointment as Library Trainees on contract. Qualification: Masters Degree in Library & Information Science from a recognized University/Institute with a minimum of 50% of marks in aggregate. Age: Below 26 years. Consolidated Salary: Rs.15000/- per month. The selected candidates will be required to join immediately. The candidates should be willing to work in shifts. Interested candidates may attend a written Test and Walk-in-Interview at National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS)-TIFR, GKVK, Bellary Road, Bangalore-560065 at 10.00 am on Saturday, 8th December 2018 along with latest CV and true copies of relevant certificates/testimonials in support of their qualifications. ----------------------------------------- Avinash D. Chinchure, PhD National Centre for Biological Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research GKVK Campus, Bellary Road Bangalore - 560 065 Ph: 080-23666025 / 67176025 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Heartiest congratulations to Prof. Preeti Mahajan for IATLIS- Prof. S. P. Narang Research Promotion award 2018
by Khushpreet Singh Brar 03 Dec '18

03 Dec '18

My heartiest congratulations to Dr. Preeti Mahajan, Professor, DLIS, Panjab University, Chandigarh for IATLIS- Prof. S. P. Narang Research Promotion award 2018 confirmed on her today 03 December 2018 at the inaugural function of XXXIV IATLIS National conference at Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh by Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS). The Award and citation are presented to Prof. Mahajan by Prof. R.C. Kuhad, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Haryana. Regards Khushpreet -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Resource Persons for LTC2019
by Ishwar Goudar 03 Dec '18

03 Dec '18

Dear Professionals, The top quality event LTC2019 is fast approaching (23-25 Jan 2019). Well known Resource Persons in the field listed below will deliver Keynotes, Session talks, Panel discussions, etc. Venue: Cochin University of Science of Technology, Cochin, Kerala Theme: eBooks to eLearning: Libraries as Learning Hubs Those planning to send Nominations for Two Prestigious Awards (Best Koha Implementation and Best Technology Enabled Library), please act immediately (Last date for Nomination is 15 Dec 2018) Please note that Audience Poll carries good weightage for selection of LibTech Award Winner. Enjoy Delegates Session: Spark All details at Website: http://www.ltc2019.com/ Keep visiting Conclave for Minute to minute Schedule and new developments. Resource Persons for Talks/Keynotes: 1. Prof. Marshall Breeding, Former Director, Innovative Technologies and Research, Vanderbilt University Libraries, Nashville, TN, USA 2. Mr. Christopher Cormac, Development Head, Koha Group, Catalyst IT, New Zealand 3. Dr. Prasad Ram, Founder, CEO and Chairman, Gooru, USA 4. Ms Natasha Jog, Journalist, NDTV Anchor (Need to confirm) 5. Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Director, Inter University Consortium of Technology Enabled Flexible Education, IGNOU, New Delhi 6. Dr. Sandhya Shekhar, Consultant, Aptech Ltd. and NIIT Ltd. 7. Prof. Viraj Kumar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangaluru 8. Dr. Jagadish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET, Ahmedabad 9. Mr. Mark Alcock, Director, Product Management, Folio Partnership, EBSCO, USA 10. Mr. Shashi Kiran, Vice President, AI Products, Jio, Reliance Jio Infocom Ltd., Mumbai 11. Prof. Shalini Urs, Founder and Chairperson, MYRA School of Business, Mysore 12. Prof. Santosh G Kumar, Department of Computer Science, CUSAT, Cochin 13. Dr. Rama Patnaik, Librarian, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore 14 Prof. Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay , Kalyani University 15. Prof. K.P. Vijayakumar, President, Kerala Library Assoiation (Valedictory Address) Presiding authorities for Inaugural and Valedictory Sessions: 1.Prof. R. Sasidharan, Vice Chancellor, CUSAT, Cochin 2.Prof. David Peter S., Registrar, CUSAT Chairpersons/Moderators for Technical Sessions: 1. Dr. Sree Kumar, Librarian, Indian Institute of Management, Kozikode 2. Mr. P. Jayarajan, Mr. P. Jayarajan. Library Advisor (Hon). Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University. Kerala and Ex. Head of the British Council Libraries (Yet to confirm) 2. Prof. H. S. Siddamallaiah, Ex. Principal Library and Information Officer, NIMHANS, Ambedkar School of Economics, Bengaluru 3. Dr. Anand Byrappa, Librarian, Indian Institute of Science (Moderator for Session on Spark, Delegates Session) 3. Mr. B P Prakash, Ex. Global Head, Information Resources Centre, TCS Regards, Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Program Chair, LTC2019 "Access E-Resources for Academic and Research Excellence" *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Adjunct Professor, Mangalore University - Ex. 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 Mob: 91+9611165781 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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INSPEC Database Access Reg;
by Arun Kumar 03 Dec '18

03 Dec '18

Respected Forum Members, Please let me know the Institution/University/any other research institute subscribing *INSPEC* database in Karnataka State. -- *@........,With Regards**...* ********************************* *Arun Kumara T S* Research Scholar Dept. of Library & Information Science Kuvempu University Shankaraghatta - 577 128 Cell: (+91) 9164594994

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Presentation on Digital Marketing and Website Design using WordPress on 10th Dec 2018 at 6.00 p.m.
by Mohan Hr 02 Dec '18

02 Dec '18

Dear all Pl. find an invitation for the presentation on Digital Marketing and Website Design using WordPress on Monday, 10th Dec 2018 at 6.00 p.m. The pdf invite is at https://drive.google.com/open?id=1h1gUPlmuxlPzvTdYZ1wgk1jxFahX_2_o The pgm is free but pre-registration at https://goo.gl/forms/EsWmLjYGfM5MYJB32 is a must to facilitate logistics With rgards HR Mohan Chair - Spl. Events, IEEE CS Madras INVITE ====== Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Professional Communication Society, Madras Chapter and Hindustan Chamber of Commerce Cordially invite you for a presentation on Digital Marketing and Website Design using WordPress by Mr. Barath Surendran Director - Techemate Leadership Academy on Monday, 10th Dec 2018 at 6.00 p.m. at The Seminar Hall, CSI Education Directorate, Taramani, Chennai – 600113 (Situated in the opposite lane to Indira Nagar MRTS Railway Station. About 100 meters away from the Dharmambal Women’s Polytechnic & Opposite to the Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Institute of Hotel Management) Programme 6.00 p.m. : Networking & Tea 6.30 p.m. : Presentation and Q&A 7.45 p.m. : Dinner About the Presentation: The first part of the presentation will cover FAQ on Digital Marketing and Digital tools for effective online marketing. The second part will focus on Building a Website without coding - What is the need of websites and blogs? and what if we can create a wonderful looking and search engine friendly website without coding using WordPress? Overview on creating such a website. Introduction to WordPress dashboard, themes, plugins, and customization. Also e-commerce plugins like WooCommerce. About the Speaker: Mr. Barath Surendran has been an Entrepreneur, Trainer & Coach and a Marketing Professional for the last 20+ years having trained numerous sales and marketing professionals particularly in theB2B markets. He has been personally trained by Sales Gurus like Brian Tracy, Rajan Parulekar (creator of the contextual selling), Richard Tan, and many others. Mr. Barath is an Engineer and a Post Graduate in Management. He has also have done his Executive Education in Digital Marketing from IIM Bangalore. He has wide experience of over 16 years in technology and sales & marketing in corporate companies including GE Capital, naukri.com and Edurite Technologies, Manipal Group to name a few. Mr. Barath is a visiting faculty for Digital Marketing at Times Group, Madras Management Association, EDI, NIESBUD, TATTI, Strategy NxtGen etc and a visiting faculty for Brand Management at Versatile Business School, Chennai. He is also a Digital Marketing Consultant to companies like BMQR Certification Pvt Ltd, GarboDrain, Strategy NxtGen, MB Publishers etc., Mr. Barath has developed world class training modules in sales and marketing, entrepreneurial development and also has authored two books. He is a recipient “Star Achiever Award” from National Integrity Cultural Academy and “Alumni Achievement Award” from ITM Business School – both in 2011. To facilitate logistics, please pre-register at https://goo.gl/forms/EsWmLjYGfM5MYJB32

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Interesting Reads – 2018-12-01
by Mohan Hr 02 Dec '18

02 Dec '18

*Interesting Reads – 2018-12-01* *Contents* *Articles* - These 3D-printed homes can be built for less than $4,000 in just 24 hours - A Bill Gates-backed energy company is developing what could be a game-changing nuclear reactor - Parliamentarians from across the world sign declaration on the ‘Principles of the Law Governing the Internet’ - Simplicity, Synergy, and Scale - The 100 greatest innovations of 2018 - Five Overlooked Principles Shaping the Destiny of Your Business - The 10 Smartest Sustainable Products of 2018 - What skills does a cybersecurity professional need? - A Manifesto for Future Generation Cloud Computing: Research Directions for the Next Decade - Remote working 101: Professional's guide to the tools of the trade *Events / Announcements* - CSI, IEEE CS, IEEE PCS & HCC: Presentation on Digital Marketing and Website Design using WordPress on 10th Dec 2018 - Digital Disruption and Transformation Summit 2018 on 13th Dec 2018 - IEEE free online workshop on "Edge computing and sensor ecosystem of IoT nodes" on 6th Dec 2018 - DRDO, ICMR, CSIR, DSI sponsored programmes(5 pgms in total) at Kongu Engineering College, Erode - Late Shri Pralhad P Chhabria Award 2019 -- Best Outgoing Female Student & Best Female Engineer (Early Career) Read at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/11/interesting-reads-2018-11-26.html Archives at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan *======================================================== * *Articles* *These 3D-printed homes can be built for less than $4,000 in just 24 hours* Printable 3D homes represent the latest wave in construction, but they're not always cheap to build. Earlier this year, architectural startup Branch Technology developed a prototype of a 1,000-square-foot 3D home that would cost around $300,000 - a price that's too high to be considered a solution to the global housing crisis. That's all about to change thanks to a collaboration between New Story, a San Francisco-based housing nonprofit, and ICON, a construction technology company that designs 3D printers. In March, the companies unveiled the first permitted, 3D printed home in America: a 350-square-foot structure that costs around $10,000 and took just 48 hours to build. At the time, the printer - known as the Vulcan - was only running at 25% speed. This gives the companies confidence that they can build a 600- to 800-square-foot home in just 24 hours for a price tag of $4,000 or less. Prior to using 3D technology, it took New Story eight months to build 100 homes, which each cost around $6,000. Full Post <https://www.businessinsider.in/These-3D-printed-homes-can-be-built-for-less…> *A Bill Gates-backed energy company is developing what could be a game-changing nuclear reactor* - TerraPower, an energy company co-founded by Bill Gates, builds advanced nuclear reactors. - The company is developing a new reactor that uses molten salt instead of water as a coolant. TerraPower believes the design will be safer and more efficient than today's reactors. - Gates has supported nuclear energy projects for several years, hoping that improvements in the technology can help curb the effects of climate change. - A new laboratory is slated to open next year, and TerraPower chief technology officer John Gilleland said the company plans on having a prototype reactor ready in about 10 years. Bill Gates sees nuclear energy as a potential solution to lowering carbon dioxide emissions around the world, and he has spent the past decade funding new ways to produce the energy in a safe, affordable way. Full Post <https://www.businessinsider.in/a-bill-gates-backed-energy-company-is-develo…> *Parliamentarians from across the world sign declaration on the ‘Principles of the Law Governing the Internet’* In a special press conference on 27th Nov 2018 at Westminster, Members of the ‘International Grand Committee’ on Disinformation and ‘Fake News’ signed a declaration on the Principles of the Law Governing the Internet. The Declaration The declaration affirms the Parliamentarians’ commitment to the principles of transparency, accountability and the protection of representative democracy in regard to the internet. The declaration will evolve over time as the International Grand Committee meets again and makes further progress on the issues of disinformation and ‘fake news’. The full text of the signed declaration is as follows: Full Post <https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select…> Related <https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmcumeds/363/36302.…>: Disinformation and ‘fake news’: Interim Report PDF <https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmcumeds/363/363.pdf> Related <https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/culture-media-and-sp…>: Fake News -- Written Evidence *Simplicity, Synergy, and Scale* Natarajan Chandrasekaran, chair of Tata Sons, sets a strategic course for the 21st century. One of the world’s most venerable business organizations is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, and the challenges it faces today are the same, in many ways, as those it faced at its beginnings. Then, its entrepreneurial founder started businesses across a variety of emerging industrial sectors; now, the group includes a diverse portfolio of companies, 30 of which are publicly listed, under a single holding company — Tata Sons — headquartered in Mumbai. From its Indian roots, Tata has evolved into a global powerhouse in multiple industries, with two main goals. On the one hand, it is fiercely oriented toward shareholder value: It has an aggregate market capitalization of more than US$160 billion and 4 million shareholders. On the other, it is a community-oriented company, with more than 60 percent of shares held by a set of philanthropic trusts that fund health, education, and development in the communities where it conducts business. Keeping these two goals in harmony in an age of technological disruption is the chairman of Tata Sons, Natarajan Chandrasekaran. In July 2018, Tata’s Mumbai headquarters, known as Bombay House, reopened following a year of major modernizing renovations. That week, Chandra sat down with strategy+business in his Mumbai office. We asked him first about his priorities for Tata, and then about the two futures in which the company will play a pivotal role: that of India in particular, and that of the global economy in general. Full Interview <https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Simplicity-Synergy-and-Scale> (under the column: Inside the Mind of the CEO) *The 100 greatest innovations of 2018* Artificial intelligence mastered a lot of tasks in 2018. There are algorithms that win human debates, book dinners, eliminate checkout lines, tend gardens, spot plumbing leaks, and call for help when we trip and fall. But the machines aren’t completely taking over just yet. There’s at least one thing we’re sure even the savviest silicone noggin can’t do: put together Popular Science’s annual list of the year’s most pivotal, influential, and just plain awesome innovations. The 31st annual Best of What’s New list is the culmination of a year spent obsessing over, arguing about, and experiencing the newest technologies and discoveries across 10 distinct disciplines. Full Post <https://www.popsci.com/best-of-whats-new-2018> *Five Overlooked Principles Shaping the Destiny of Your Business* Until you grasp Turing’s theory of computability, Coase theorem of transaction costs, Bell’s law of computer classes, Baldwin and Clarke’s concept of modularity, and Nakamoto’s law of the distributed ledger, you’re not prepared to lead a digital company. The most important changes are often the least obvious. That’s especially true in business, where changes are taking place on a greater scale than ever before. The advent of digital technology has brought a number of these dynamics to the forefront. They can be thought of as principles. Like Moore’s law or Murphy’s law, they explain the way the world works. If you’re in business in the 2010s, an understanding of these five principles is crucial, because digital disruption is quickly becoming the new normal. Many growth strategies that may have worked well in the past no longer pack a punch. The principles help explain not just what will happen to your company next, but why. Full Post <https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Five-Overlooked-Principles-Shapin…> *The 10 Smartest Sustainable Products of 2018* As eco-conscious consumers increasingly look for products that can help them reduce their carbon footprint and deal with other environmental hazards, inventors and manufacturers are responding in kind. Here’s a look at some of the smartest sustainable products of the year, from greener shoes to smarter thermostats. (Of course, some would say the most sustainable approach would be to use or reuse the products you already have.) Full Post <http://time.com/5460054/sustainable-products/> *What skills does a cybersecurity professional need?* Cyber crime is a threat to every organisation that operates internet-connected devices. It’s highly profitable, highly disruptive, and hard to police due to the transnational nature of cyberspace. Incidences of cyber crime might include fraud, identity theft or privacy breaches, which can have a high personal impact. Ransomware, which locks a system and demands payment, can have widespread economic or healthcare implications. In the past year, 25% of the Australian adult population was impacted by cyber crime. If we want a robust and resilient society, we need cybersecurity professionals defending every organisation from cyber attack. Cybersecurity professionals might work in software development, network testing, incident response, or policy development to ensure the security of an organisation. In popular culture, these experts are often portrayed as lone hackers in hoodies. But in reality, cybersecurity professionals must regularly communicate with a variety of audiences. They must also display a high degree of personal integrity. Full Post <https://theconversation.com/what-skills-does-a-cybersecurity-professional-n…> Related <https://theconversation.com/what-teenagers-need-to-know-about-cybersecurity…>: What teenagers need to know about cybersecurity Related <https://theconversation.com/its-time-for-governments-to-help-their-citizens…>: It’s time for governments to help their citizens deal with cybersecurity *A Manifesto for Future Generation Cloud Computing: Research Directions for the Next Decade* A team of international experts (from Australia, USA, Europe, Brazil, China, India) have put together a 2030 Research Agenda for Cloud computing. Full Version of the Manifesto <http://www.buyya.com/papers/CloudManifesto.pdf> *Remote working 101: Professional's guide to the tools of the trade* Mastering remote work is all about finding the right tools to stay productive and connected. This guide will have you and your team synchronized and working in harmony, wherever you happen to be. Full Post <https://www.zdnet.com/article/remote-working-101-professionals-guide-to-the…> *Events / Announcements* *CSI, IEEE CS, IEEE PCS & HCC: Presentation on Digital Marketing and Website Design using WordPress on 10th Dec 2018* CSI, IEEE CS, IEEE PCS & HCC invites you all for a presentation on Digital Marketing and Website Design using WordPress on Monday, 10th Dec 2018 at 6.00 p.m. at the Seminar Hall, CSI Education Directorate, Taramani, Chennai – 600113 The pdf invite is at https://drive.google.com/open?id=1h1gUPlmuxlPzvTdYZ1wgk1jxFahX_2_o The pgm is free but pre-registration at https://goo.gl/forms/EsWmLjYGfM5MYJB32 is a must to facilitate logistics *Digital Disruption and Transformation Summit 2018 on 13th Dec 2018* FICCI TNSC with support from Government of Tamil Nadu is organizing its 3rd Edition of Digital Disruption and Transformation Conference (also known at DT3), the 3rd annual flagship event of FICCI under the theme of “Digital Rumpus – Perish or Prosper” on 13th December 2018 at Hotel ITC Grand Chola, Chennai. CSI & IEEE members are eligible for 10% discount in the registration fee. The discount code to be applied at the time of registration is CSIDT3, IEEEDT3 respectively. Early Bird Deep Discounts are available for registrations done till 30th November 2018. For details pl. visit http://ficci-tnsc.com/it-ddts-2018/ or contact: Mr R Sudharsan at sudharsan.ramu(a)ficci.com, 044-42849614-15 *IEEE free online workshop on "Edge computing and sensor ecosystem of IoT nodes" on 6th Dec 2018* IEEE Blended learning invites you to attend our free webinar based online workshop on "Edge computing and sensor ecosystem of IoT nodes" This session will cover case studies, applications, and development of efficient IoT systems solving complex everyday problems faced by engineers, industry, and society at large. This webinar / online workshop will cover the Edge computing and sensor ecosystem of IoT nodes. It will also cover topics critical to IoT system architecture, design and implementations with single board computers, smart transducers. Event Time and Date: Thursday, December 6, 2018 3:00 pm IST The Presenter: Mr Maruthi, Chairman, IEEE Hyderabad Chapter. He has 20+ years of diversified experience in development of infrastructure software and systems for Telecom, IoT and Web Applications, leading engineering teams, managing startups, technology and business management. He is Founder Director of Vidcentum R&D where he leads the following product lines, To register pl. visit https://ieee.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8ad6aa473afda21ff38f24efe&i… *DRDO, ICMR, CSIR, DSI sponsored programmes (5 pgms in total) at Kongu Engineering College, Erode* - DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organization) sponsored two days National Level Seminar On “Emerging Technologies on Nano-materials for Energy Conversion and Storage Applications for Future Needs” during 20-21 December 2018. Details: https://goo.gl/5oimKr - ICMR (Indian Council for Medical Research) sponsored six days National level Workshop on “Artificial Intelligence in Medical and Healthcare Applications” – AIMA'2018 during 24-29 December 2018. Details: https://goo.gl/pLQD86 - CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) sponsored two days National Seminar on “Emerging Trends in Smart Grid and Energy Storage Technologies for Sustainable Energy Management” during 04-05 January 2019. Details: https://goo.gl/u38mr2 - DST- SERB (Department of Science and Technology) sponsored two days National Seminar on “Research Trends on Smart Waste Management System for Batteries” during 11-12 January 2019. Details: https://goo.gl/NrFMcx - CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) sponsored two days National Seminar on “Emerging Advancements in Smart Materials Applications” during 21-22 February 2019. Details: https://goo.gl/8vMSMt For assistance pl. contact: Mr. D. Sarathkumar OR Dr. S. Albert Alexander Mobile –9688427208, 9865931597 E-mail: dsarathkumareee(a)gmail.com OR ootyalex(a)gmail.com OR albert(a)kongu.ac.in *Late Shri Pralhad P Chhabria Award 2019 -- Best Outgoing Female Student & Best Female Engineer (Early Career)* Late Shri Pralhad P Chhabria Award 2019 PRESENTED BY Hope Foundation and Research Centre (Hope Foundation) – A Project by Finolex IN ASSOCIATION WITH The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, India Council and Women in Engineering Affinity Group, IEEE Pune Section. Award I - Best Outgoing Female Student (from the faculty of Science / Engineering / Technology) – Cash Prize of Rs. 1,25,000/- plus a Medal & Citation Award II - Best Female Engineer / Scientist / Technocrat (working professional -Early Career Stage) – Cash Prize of Rs. 1,25,000/- plus a Medal & Citation Application Closes on 10th January, 2019. More details at http://hfrc-ieeeawards.org/ *Archives of Interesting Reads * To access the past posts of Interesting Reads, pl. visit http://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan

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CLIS - 2019 Call for Papers
by Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq 01 Dec '18

01 Dec '18

*Call for Papers* CLIS-2019 welcomes submissions of research and scientific papers, case studies, working papers, etc. related to all aspects of challenges facing library and information services primarily based on the themes and sub themes of the conference. The paper submitted should have neither been published anywhere nor kept under consideration for publication in any form. All papers will go through a comprehensive review process and accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings/Edited Book to be released in the inaugural session of the conference. The final papers should be submitted to: *clis.amu2019(a)gmail.com <clis.amu2019(a)gmail.com>* *Author’s Guidelines* The text of paper should be written in MS word, format with A4 size, 1.25 margins (Top, Bottom, Left & Right), 12 font size, Times New Roman, 1.5 line space. The Paper must be written in English and should not exceed 5000 words, with an abstract of 300 words. The style of citations and references is APA Style of referencing, 6th edition. *Conference Timeline* The last date of submission of papers: 25th December, 2018 Notification of the acceptance of papers: 30th December, 2018 *Conference Date: 21st – 23rd February, 2019* *Conference main theme: *Challenges in Library and Information Services: Strategies and Tools *Conference Sub-themes* · *Emerging and Innovative Technologies in Libraries* o Community Based Information Systems o Sustainable Models of Information Society o Library as community/learning spaces o Cloud Computing and its application in Libraries o Data Science, Data analytics o Crowd Sourcing and Libraries o Green technologies in Libraries o MOOCs and OERs o E-learning as a platform for knowledge access o Institutional Repositories, data Repositories and Metadata Standards o Discovery and Remote Access Tools & Services in Libraries o Designing of Libraries as “Learning Commons.” o Information visualization o Semantic web and searching o Community engagement and digital libraries · *Digital Collection Development and Access Management* o Collection development and discovery o Data mining and extraction o Best Policies and Practices in digital Collection Development o Preservation and Management of Knowledge Products o Re-defining policies and best practices in library collection o Repositories: Development, Preservation and challenges o Collection Development Policies in digital era o Management and accessibility of e-resources o Demand-driven acquisition and access strategies o Digital Library Consortia: Challenges and Future Perspectives o Digital Preservation and Access Management · *Content Development, Management and Access Tools* o Research data infrastructure, management and use o Creating, managing and using dynamically generated content o Social sustainability and digital libraries/ archives o Digital Content Creation and Management o Retrieval and Access Mechanisms o Knowledge Management, Sharing and Transfer o E-resource access and management o Collaborative Knowledge Creation and Crowdsourcing o Knowledge Discovery Tools- Web and Linked data o Socio-technical perspectives of digital content · *Trends in Digital Library Services* o Learning and Virtual Organizations: Collaborative Tasks o Personal Information Management and Digital Libraries o User Generated Content and Personalised Information o Digital Library Management and Administration o Digital Cultures and Digital Literacy o Sustainability of digital libraries o Usability and accessibility aspects of digital libraries o Impact of Social Media on Library Services o Semantic Web and Online learning o Digital Library Education o Multimedia Content Management o Semantic and Ontology, Taxonomy Management · *Social media and Innovative Library Practices* o Information Sharing Models/Consortia o Information Networks and Protocols o Social Media, Social Web and Social Network Analysis o Virtual Community services o Collaborative Campus Service o Integration of Social Networking Tools: Digital Media Commons o Bits to Big data-Web data mining, storage and accessibility o Mobile Social Networking and Mobile web o Integration of next generation social media tools-Web services o Web enabled cloud Library system and services o Email and SMS integrated services o Discovery and Remote Access Tools & Services in Libraries o Analytics /Big Data Opportunities for Library Professionals o Applications of Social media in digital services · *Strategies and Tools of Library Services to Users* o Impact of Big Data on Library Management o Strategies and Challenges in Archiving and Sharing Research Data o Big Data Collection, management and Storage o Big Data Mining and analytics o Role of Libraries in data Management and Analysis o Library User Engagement Strategies o Personalized Services to Library Users: Tools o Knowledge Access: National and International Cooperation and Collaboration o Service Models for Library Users o Search Strategies, Techniques in Intelligent Information Retrieval o Library Security Tools, Technologies and implementation · *Issues, Challenges and Opportunities in Digital environment* o Distance Learning o E-Collaboration o Information Ethics and Issues/Plagiarism and fair use o Ethics and ethical practice, privacy in digital collection building, management and access o Information Security Management o Measuring and Improving Services: Strategic Tools o Information Technology for Sustainable Development o Database license, Service delivery models o Lack of skilled manpower – models and training methods o Digital Rights Management: Issues and Solutions o Issues in Digital Preservation and Access Management o Performance Measurement and Competitive Ownership o Partnership and collaboration of libraries in Digital Environment o Data Security and Standards o Analytics /Big Data Opportunities and Challenges o Access Control and Security o Challenges in Managing Modern Libraries For any query, please contact: *Dr. Nishat Fatima* Organizing Secretary, Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh - 202002. E-mail ID: *nishatfatima20(a)gmail.com <nishatfatima20(a)gmail.com>* Mobile No.: +91-9358258463 *Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq* Joint Organizing Secretary, Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh – 202002. E-mail ID:*naikoomuzamil@gmail.com <naikoomuzamil(a)gmail.com>* Mobile No.: +91-8979249718 Best _____________________________ *Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq* Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P., India - 202002 Contact No. : +91-8979249718. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Kinder Katha : Aspiring Children Book Authors Workshop: 7.12. – 8.12.2018 at Bangalore
by Kulkarni, Sheshagiri 30 Nov '18

30 Nov '18

Dear All, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore in collaboration with the Department of Public Libraries, Government of Karnataka and Library and Information Science Academy (LISA) Bangalore is delighted to present: Kinder Katha : Aspiring Children Book Authors Workshop Two Days workshop for Aspiring Children Book Writers by award winning German and Indian Children Book Authors The resource persons are Rohini Nilekani, Boris Pfeiffer, Nagesh Hegde, Vaidehi (Janaki Srinivasa Murthy), T.S.Nagaraja Setty, Adithi Rao and Kiran Prasad Rajanahalli. The workshop aims at capacity building initiative to create a pool of native budding writers and train them to write children books with a native flavour. Workshop include Interactive sessions, master classes, panel discussions and children book exhibition. Details: Event: Two Days workshop for Aspiring Children Book Writers Date: 7.12. – 8.12.2018 (Friday - Saturday) Time: 10. 00 a.m. – 5.30 p.m. Venue: City Central Library, West Zone, Hampi Nagar, Bangalore. Medium of Instruction: Bilingual English – Kannada Number of seats: 35 Free Entry. Registration mandatory. Register at: kinderkatha(a)gmail.com Last date for registration: 5.12.2018 For more information: https://www.goethe.de/ins/in/en/sta/ban/ver.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&ev… May we request you to help us reach suitable aspiring children book writers. Thanks a lot in advance. Best regards, Sheshagiri Kulkarni Head, Information and Library Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan 716 CMH Road Indiranagar 1st Stage Bangalore 560 038 Ph: +91 80 22511300/33/55/77/99-305 kulkarni(a)bangalore.goethe.org www.goethe.de/bangalore www.goethe.de/india

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Professor of Library and Information Science with Specialisation in Information Practices (Sweden)
by Paramjit Singh 30 Nov '18

30 Nov '18

Professor of Library and Information Science with Specialisation in Information Practices Ref PA 2018/305 Our ambition is to be a complete seat of learning where the students come first. In collaboration with private industry and with the public sector, we provide education and research of high international quality, and great social relevance. The University of Borås has around 11,000 students and 730 employees, and our campus is conveniently located in the city centre. We conduct research in Library and Information Science, Business and IT, The Human Perspective in Care, Teacher Education and Education Work, Resource Recovery and Textiles and Fashion. The University of Borås has the right to award five types of doctoral degrees and to conduct research within four areas: Library and Information Science, Resource Recovery, Textiles and fashion (general as well as design) and The Human Perspective in Care. The Swedish School of Library and Information Science at the Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT comprises various sub-research areas, one of which focuses on information practices. Within this field of research, this department known as the Swedish School of Library and Information Science has a number of senior researchers and newly-minted PhDs. For this department, we are seeking a professor in library and information science with a focus on information practices. We can offer a varied work in a future-oriented organisation with a view to becoming a full university. *Job description*The post includes the responsibility for and further development of the research environment in the department and leadership of the research group Information Practices in Library and Information Science in close cooperation with the area's other researchers and instructors. The research focusses on the interactions of individuals and groups with information and documents, which includes information retrieval, information use, reading, and strategic information management. More information about the group's research is available at http://www.hb.se/en/Research/Research-Portal/Research-groups/Information-Pr… A professor is expected to initiate and lead research projects as well as conduct research within the relevant research area. The professor is also expected to function as research group leader and in doing so work for the area's development according to the directives described in the directives in “University-wide research group leader assignment” (Reg.130-17, Swedish only). A significant part of the work is devoted to conducting one's own research and communicating research results internationally. The post also includes teaching, certain administrative tasks, and development of the department's educational work, courses, and research seminars. Teaching consists of, among other things, the supervision of doctoral students and Master's students, as well as lectures and seminars. Instruction is mainly focussed on the department's educational programmes in library and information science at the graduate level, but also education in other programmes may occur. Collaboration with the Faculty's representatives from other disciplines and research areas, as well as with societal actors in the profession, is an important part of the post. It also includes developing strategic international contacts in the field of research. *Qualifications*For the post, a doctorate in library and information science as well as demonstrated pedagogical competence are required. Applicants should have demonstrated scientific skill and experience in the subject documented with scientific publications. Furthermore, applicants should be able to present innovative research at a high international level and be published internationally in key research journals and/or monographs for this field. Substantial experience as principal supervisor at both the Master's and doctoral student level is a requirement for employment. Applicants must have undergone research supervision training or otherwise acquired equivalent knowledge. Supervisor training for doctoral students can be offered within the framework of the post. In addition, the applicant is to have undergone university instructor training involving at least 10 weeks full-time study (15 credits) or otherwise acquired equivalent knowledge. To fit the role, you should have very good collaborative and communication skills as well as the ability to initiate and develop research collaboration. You must also have the ability to communicate unhindered orally and in writing in English and Swedish or another Scandinavian language. We also value leadership experience from a university or a university college, as well as proven success with obtaining research funding in competition with others. If knowledge in Swedish (or another Scandinavian language) is lacking, it is expected that this will be acquired after the start of employment. The University of Borås values the qualities that equal sex and age distribution and ethnic and cultural diversity bring to the university. *Type of employment*: Permanent *Level of employment*: 100 % *Beginning date*: As soon as possible or as agreed upon *Location*: Borås, Sweden *Reference number*: PA 2018/305 *Contact* Information about the position can be provided by Assistant Head of Department Åsa Söderlind via telephone +46 (0)33-435 41 46 or Research Director Jan Nolin via telephone +46 (0)33-435 43 36. The union representatives are Jonas Andersson, OFR-ST, Håkan Alm, Saco-S and Susanne Björkdahl Ordell, OFR/Lärarförbundet; they can be reached through the university’s switchboard at +46 (0)33-435 40 00. *Application*Apply for this position via our website through clicking “Apply” at the bottom of the job advertisement. In your application, please clearly include the information on which position you are applying for and provide its reference number. Please attach the following documents to your online application: 1. Cover letter 2. CV including your references’ contact information and your salary requirements 3. Portfolio of qualifications, meaning a written account of your qualifications both scientific and pedagogic and documentation of your teaching skills, including self-assessment. A template for this portfolio can be found under “Policy documents” in the menu. 4. List of publications 5. At most seven published works or other material of merit you want to attach 6. Certifications/credentials and other such official qualification documentation Contact HR if you have scientific publications that cannot be electronically attached directly to your application. The publications need to be obtained by the university no later than one week after the application deadline, in two copies each. No additions can be made electronically to the application after the application deadline. Please submit your application by the *deadline of 2018-12-10*. The Swedish National Archives requires us to archive the documents attached to an application, excluding publications, for two years after the appointment decision has become final. We decline contact with advertisers and staffing companies. URL to this page http://www.hb.se/en/About-UB/Work-at-UB/Job-vacancies/?rmpage=job&rmjob=150… -- Thanks & Regards *S Paramjit Rana <https://in.linkedin.com/in/s-paramjit-singh-8aa1238> | **Librarian * <https://in.linkedin.com/in/s-paramjit-singh-8aa1238>| M.A., M. Phil. 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Opening for Information Management Trainee at NIFT Resource Centre-Mumbai
by anand bandi 28 Nov '18

28 Nov '18

The National Institute of Fashion Technology-Mumbai invites the application for the positions of Information Management Trainee to be selected for its Resource Centre for a period of one year. The aspirants who have completed their post graduation in Library and Information Science (M.L.I.Sc) on regular basis from Department of Library and Information Science attached to Indian Universities are eligible to apply. Selected candidates will be paid a stipend of Rs.10,000=00 per month and the experience certificate upon successful completion of trainee-ship. It is an opportunity for those aspirants who want to work in total integrated IT environment to upgrade their skill for carrier progression.Interested candidates may send in their respective Resume to the undersigned on or before 30th December, 2018 on the e-mail/s : dr.anbandi(a)gmail.com or headresourcecentre.mumbai(a)nift.ac.in Those candidates who have applied against the earlier notification need not to apply. Dr.A.N.Bandi, Head, Resource Centre, National Institute of Fashion Technology, NIFT Campus, Ministry of Textiles, GoI, Plot No.15, Sector 4, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai - 410 210. Ph.91-22-27747080/81 Mobile :7715833561 e-mail: anb321in(a)yahoo.co.in ; dr.anbandi@gmail.comhttp://14.139.111.26/jspui/

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Workshop on Library Automation & Digitisation at University of Delhi South Campus
by Raj K Bhardwaj 28 Nov '18

28 Nov '18

*University of Delhi South Campus* *दिल्ली* *विश्वविद्यालयदक्षिणपरिसर* *SOUTH CAMPUS LIBRARY/**दक्षिणी* *परिसर* *पुस्तकालय* बेनिटो जुआरेज़ मार्ग / Benito Juarez Road नई दिल्ली / New Delhi-110021 फैक्स /Fax / दूरभाष/Phone No. 011-2411022 : ईमेल / Email: librarian(a)south.du.ac.in *Five- Day NATIONAL* *Workshop on Library Automation & Digitization* To fulfil one of the requirements of UGC to attend a training program in Library Automation & Digitization for career advancement from level 10 to 14 vide its Regulation “Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers & other Academic Staff” in Universities & Colleges, 2018, University of Delhi South Campus proposes to hold a Five Day Workshop on Library Automation & Digitization during 17-21, December, 2018 and invites participants from the libraries of Universities, Colleges and other academic institutions *Structure of Workshop* The proposed National Workshop on Koha & DSpace, is to be conducted by best of the best experts, sourced both from industry & academia. and will help the LIS professionals , practicing librarians, students to automate & digitise their College & University libraries. The Workshop shall consist of 8 training sessions, including hands on modules and shall help research scholars etc in capacity building in library automation & digitisation domains. *Registration Fee & Accommodation Details:* The participation fee is Rs.2500/ (non-refundable) which includes workshop kit, lunch and tea, certificate etc. The participation fee shall be payable by Demand Draft in favour of “Director University of Delhi South Campus” latest by December10, 2018 with enclosed registration form. Limited accommodation on the basis of first come first served is available at campus @ Rs.500/ per day per person on twin sharing basis. The accommodation charges are payable in advance with registration fee. Rates will vary for out of campus accommodations as per actual. For more details and registration form, please see the attached workshop brochure.

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Library Assistant Positions at Alliance University, Bengaluru
by shivaraj 28 Nov '18

28 Nov '18

Greetings!! Applications are invited from eligible candidates for Library Assistant positions at Alliance University, Bengaluru. Qualification: A Master’s degree in Library Science/Information Science/Documentation Science or an equivalent professional degree with at least 55% marks Desirable: Post Graduate Diploma / Certificate Course in Computer Application/ Library Automation from a recognized Institute with a minimum of 06 months duration. Experience: Minimum 2 Years of Experience IT Skills: Good ICT and Communication skills. Proficiency in the use of a variety of computer office applications like M.S Word, Excel, Powerpoint or equivalent is a must. Working knowledge with KOHA and DSpace software is essential. The candidate will have to be ready to work in shifts and on Holidays. Salary: As per the University norms. Interested candidates may send CV by e-mail to : librarian at alliance.edu.in on or before 5th December 2018. With Regards Librarian ALLIANCE UNIVERSITY Chikkahagade Cross, Chandapura-, Anekal Main Road, Anekal, Bengaluru, Karnataka 562106 http://alliance.edu.in librarian(a)alliance.edu.in

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Bound Volumes: How to make them relevant and put them use.
by ishappa.bandi＠pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in 28 Nov '18

28 Nov '18

I've invited you to fill out the following form: Bound Volumes: How to make them relevant and put them use. To fill it out, visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpSy6DfO6p9DOXMx6yVXSKPRV9pbkkZZQ… Dear Madam/Sir, Greetings from BITS Pilani! The main reason to collect the usage data about BV collection from various libraries in India is that there are a very few studies have been conducted on this issue. As we can see the usage problem is universal for BV collection. The outcome of this study will help our library and may be others also to take necessary action in improving the usage and the futuristic approach on BV collection. Your feedback on my questionnaire will give me a better understanding on this topic and helps in formulating a way forward for our library on BV collection. Many librarians from various institutions have already responded to this. The detailed analysis of the data will be presented in the form of research publication. Thank you for your response, I will share the survey results and update you on the outcome of this study. With regards Ishappa C. Bandi, Ph.D Deputy Librarian Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani Pilani Campus Vidya Vihar, Pilani 333031, Rajasthan, India Phone: +91 1596-515372, Mobile: +91 9982073556 Email: ishappa.bandi(a)pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in icbandi(a)yahoo.co.in University Website: http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/ Library Website: http://library.bits-pilani.ac.in Google Forms: Create and analyze surveys. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interesting Reads – 2018-11-26
by Mohan Hr 27 Nov '18

27 Nov '18

*Interesting Reads – 2018-11-26* *Contents* *Articles* - Researcher claims CRISPR-edited twins are born. How will science respond? - A Strategist’s Guide to Blockchain - eBook: The Open Organization Guide to IT Culture Change - eBook: Understanding Cyber Conflict: 14 Analogies - Google’s Family Link app just launched in India, and it's a glimpse of what parenting looks like in the modern age - The World's Most Innovative Companies - Current Artificial Intelligence Trends: Hardware and Software Accelerators (2018) - 14 science-backed ways to sleep better - Home automation, lighting, appliances & more - Smart Home - 6 personality traits driving your organization *Events / Announcements* - SPIN Chennai: Session on Analytics for Competitive Advantage - Heidelberg Laureate Forum: Calling outstanding young researchers in mathematics and computer science - Digital Disruption and Transformation Summit 2018 on 1st Dec 2018 - NPTEL: 2019 Jan to April semester - 290 courses are open now for enrolment Read at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/11/interesting-reads-2018-11-26.html Archives at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan *======================================================== * *Articles* *Researcher claims CRISPR-edited twins are born. How will science respond?* Gene editing technology is revolutionising biology – and now twin human baby girls may be a living part of this story. Today several media outlets report that a team of scientists in China has used CRISPR to modify the DNA of healthy human embryos to genetically “vaccinate” against HIV infection. This is the first reported case of humans born with CRISPR-modifed DNA. Full Post <https://theconversation.com/researcher-claims-crispr-edited-twins-are-born-…> Related <https://theconversation.com/worlds-first-gene-edited-babies-premature-dange…>: World’s first gene-edited babies? Premature, dangerous and irresponsible Related <https://theconversation.com/what-is-crispr-gene-editing-and-how-does-it-wor…>: What is CRISPR gene editing, and how does it work? *A Strategist’s Guide to Blockchain* The distributed ledger technology that started with bitcoin is rapidly becoming a crowdsourced system for all types of verification. Could it replace notary publics, manual vote recounts, and the way banks manage transactions? Full Post <https://www.strategy-business.com/article/A-Strategists-Guide-to-Blockchain> Related Paper <https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf>: Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System by Satoshi Nakamoto *eBook: The Open Organization Guide to IT Culture Change* Pioneering IT teams are more transparent, more collaborative, and more agile—that is, more open. They've found creative strategies for leveraging open principles and practices to achieve innovative digital transformations. Now they want to share them. In The Open Organization Guide to IT Culture Change (201 pages eBook), more than 25 contributors from open communities, companies, and projects offer hard-won lessons and practical advice for creating an open IT department—one that can deliver better, faster results and unparalleled business value. Download the eBook <https://opensource.com/sites/default/files/gated-content/open_org_it_cultur…> *eBook: Understanding Cyber Conflict: 14 Analogies* Understanding Cyber Conflict draws lessons from past technological disruptions to inform and shape responses to today’s cyber challenges. Download the 310 pages eBook <https://carnegieendowment.org/files/GUP_Perkovich_Levite_UnderstandingCyber…> *Google’s Family Link app just launched in India, and it's a glimpse of what parenting looks like in the modern age* Google just launched the Family Link app in India, allowing parents to have a certain degree of control over how children use their mobile phones without violating their kid’s privacy. It also gives children the option to opt out of supervision, if necessary, and provide full disclosure over what parents will be able to see in terms of their mobile phone usage Full Post <https://www.businessinsider.in/googles-family-link-app-just-launched-in-ind…> Related Post <https://www.businessinsider.in/bill-gates-is-surprisingly-strict-about-his-…>: Bill Gates is surprisingly strict about his kids' tech use - and it should be a red flag for the rest of us *The World's Most Innovative Companies* In this Forbes year 2018 list of 100 companies, Hindustan Unilever, the Indian company is ranked 8th ahead of Facebook. Know them <https://www.forbes.com/innovative-companies/list/> *Current Artificial Intelligence Trends: Hardware and Software Accelerators (2018)* AI is evolving at a pace quicker than ever in history: private and national founds are being invested to embed it in services while the research community keeps pushing state of the art boundaries. Hardware and software accelerators are playing a key role in such a dynamic environment where computational advantages can be directly translated into business opportunities by speeding up model deployment and unlocking the potential of big data. An A.I. accelerator is any hardware or software product made to speed up the computation of A.I. tasks. In this survey, the status quo of current A.I. trends is described with particular focus on the hardware and software accelerators side. The document starts by defining what A.I. is, a survey of A.I. based products and services is then introduced to the reader followed by a survey of hardware and software accelerators. We will see how pains of A.I. based products are well complemented by accelerators, how software and chips are reshaping industries and that cloud computing is playing an important role in today’s A.I. market scenario. The survey closes with a section where future work is discussed, emphasis is put on what has not been answered in the paper and on recapping the previous chapters. Full Paper <https://www.academia.edu/37781087/Current_Artificial_Intelligence_Trends_Ha…> *14 science-backed ways to sleep better* If you have a few days off over the summer, there's one thing you can do to take care of yourself that will significantly change your life for the better - try to fix your sleeping schedule. More than a third of Americans don't get the seven to nine hours of sleep a night that the CDC recommends. Some people think they can function on less, but usually that's because the sleep-deprived brain loses the ability to tell when it isn't functioning right after just a few nights of short sleep. Getting better sleep can change your life in powerful ways. Simple, everyday adjustments may be all that some people require for better sleep, but there are also things that true insomniacs can do to soothe sleep troubles. Business Insider has reviewed a number of studies and interviewed sleep experts to figure out how to best transform your sleep habits. Here are 14 science-backed tips. Full Post <https://www.businessinsider.in/14-science-backed-ways-to-sleep-better/13-St…> Related <https://www.businessinsider.in/Sleep-deprivation-can-kill-you-heres-what-sl…>: Sleep deprivation can kill you - here's what sleeping less than 7 hours per night does to your body and brain Related <https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2656292/>: Sleep deprivation: Impact on cognitive performance Related <https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK19961/>: Extent and Health Consequences of Chronic Sleep Loss and Sleep Disorders *Home automation, lighting, appliances & more - Smart Home* Smart home technology promises to make your living space more comfortable, more convenient, and more secure. We're here to put those claims to the test to help you find the right gadgets for your home. Full Post <https://www.cnet.com/smart-home/> *6 personality traits driving your organization* What motivates the people in your community to contribute—and who could potentially have a destructive impact? This post presents a six-trait model for understanding personality, called HEXACO: Honesty-Humility Emotionality eXtraversion Agreeableness (versus Anger) Conscientiousness Openness to Experience. The post mentions that these summaries are reference points for wider personality traits. Full Post <https://opensource.com/open-organization/18/9/the-h-factor-2> Related Post <https://opensource.com/open-organization/18/9/the-h-factor-1>: How selfless is your open organization? More on Honesty-Humility Factor *Events / Announcements* *SPIN Chennai: Session on Analytics for Competitive Advantage* SPIN Chennai invites you to join the session on Analytics for Competitive Advantage with Mohan Shetye, CEO - Integral Information Systems, USA on 30th November 2018, Friday 5.30 - 8.30 p.m. at Alumni Centre Conf. Hall, Anna University, College of Engineering Guindy, Chennai This event is FREE for the members of SPIN Chennai, IEEE, CSI, PMI, ISACA, CIOKlub. Registration at https://goo.gl/z3eKjt is mandatory Pl. note that those who do not turn up after registering will have to pay Rs.100, later (as per the organisers). *Heidelberg Laureate Forum: Calling outstanding young researchers in mathematics and computer science* Young researchers in computer science and mathematics from all over the world can apply for one of the 200 coveted spots to participate in the Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF), an annual networking event. The HLF offers all accepted young researchers the great opportunity to personally interact with the laureates of the most prestigious prizes in the fields of mathematics and computer science. For one week, the recipients of the Abel Prize, the ACM A.M. Turing Award, the ACM Prize in Computing, the Fields Medal, and the Nevanlinna Prize engage in a cross-generational scientific dialogue with young researchers in Heidelberg, Germany. The application period for the 7th HLF runs from November 15, 2018, until February 15, 2019. Young researchers at all phases of their careers (undergraduate/pre-master, graduate PhD or postdoc) are encouraged to complete and submit their applications by February 15 (midnight at the dateline) via the following link: http://application.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org More details at https://www.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org/blog/calling-outstanding-young-re… *Digital Disruption and Transformation Summit 2018 on 13th Dec 2018* FICCI TNSC with support from Government of Tamil Nadu is organizing its 3rd Edition of Digital Disruption and Transformation Conference (also known at DT3), the 3rd annual flagship event of FICCI under the theme of “Digital Rumpus – Perish or Prosper” on 13th December 2018 at Hotel ITC Grand Chola, Chennai. CSI & IEEE members are eligible for 10% discount in the registration fee. The discount code to be applied at the time of registration is CSIDT3, IEEEDT3 respectively. Early Bird Deep Discounts are available for registrations done till 30th November 2018. For details pl. visit http://ficci-tnsc.com/it-ddts-2018/ or contact: Mr R Sudharsan at sudharsan.ramu(a)ficci.com, 044-42849614-15 *NPTEL: 2019 Jan to April semester - 290 courses are open now for enrolment* NPTEL is happy to announce that enrolment for the Jan to April 2019 semester is open now! Please go to this link to join any of the 290 courses that you are interested in. https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/explorer *Archives of Interesting Reads * To access the past posts of Interesting Reads, pl. visit http://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan

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Assistant Librarian Vacancy at Presidency University, Bengaluru (1 post)
by Sheshadri K N 26 Nov '18

26 Nov '18

Dear Professional colleagues Greetings ! There is a vacancy for the post of *Assistant Librarian* at Presidency University, Rajanakunte, Yelahanka, Bengaluru. Qualifications: Good academic credentials with Masters Degree in Library and Information Science. Excellent communication and IT skills are required. Experience: 1-2 years in a reputed institution is preferred. The candidate will have to be ready to work in shifts (late evening) and on weekends. Salary in commensurate with qualifications and experience. Besides salary, deserving candidate will get free food and accommodation at our Hostel. The post provides an excellent opportunity to work in a fully automated, RFID enabled state of the art library. Interested candidates may apply to: *chieflibrarian(a)presidencyuniversity.in* <chieflibrarian(a)presidencyuniversity.in> Last date for the submission of application: 4th Dec 2018. *About Presidency University* Presidency University, Bangalore, established under the Government of Karnataka Act no. 41 of 2013 and promoted by the Presidency group of institutions, aims to be a world-class University by nurturing talent amongst all those who enter the university portal. Through close nurturing of talent and skills in each individual, it aims to transform the lives of the youth to be successful professionals and citizens. The university is located in a sprawling campus at Itgalpur, Rajanakunte on Doddaballapur Road, Yelahanka, Bengaluru. Presidency University offers the following programs: 1. *School of Engineering:* Civil Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Computer & Communication Engineering, Information Science & Engineering, Information Technology & Engineering and Computer Engineering. 2. *School of Law:* BCOM LL.B(HONS.), BA LL.B(HONS.) & BBA LL.B(HONS.) 3. *School of Management:* Marketing, Human Resource, Finance, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, International Business Website: *www.presidencyuniversity.in* <http://www.presidencyuniversity.in/> *Thanks & Regards* *Dr. K N Sheshadri, Ph.D* *Senior Librarian* *Presidency University* *Itgalpur, Rajanakunte, Yelahanka* *Bangalore 560 064* *Cellphone: +91 7899218877* *Email: **sheshadri.kn(a)presidencyuniversity.in <sheshadri.kn(a)presidencyuniversity.in>* *URL:* *www.presidencyuniversity.in <http://www.presidencyuniversity.in/>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Inviting you to participate in an exciting and meaningful conference in Cambodia (Jan 3-4, 2019) (Many scholarships available)
by samchu 25 Nov '18

25 Nov '18

Dear All, I am a Co-Chair of the Association for Information Science and Technology / ASIS&T (Asia-Pacific Chapter) and an associate professor at The University of Hong Kong (Faculty of Education). Our Association is holding a conference in Cambodia with “Effective Learning in Low-Tech Information Environments” as the theme (https://www.asist.org/events/regional-meetings/asiapacificregionalconferenc…) The conference is organized and supported by a team of esteemed international experts in Information Science and Learning/Education Sciences from 19 different countries. We believe that the conference can help Cambodia to move forward by applying knowledge and techniques in the two disciplines for the benefits of the Cambodian learners, as well as learners in other developing countries. This conference aims to attract 200+ attendees from around the world, including professors, researchers, teachers, librarians, policy makers, and students. Some famous scholars have agreed to attend and give keynote speeches and workshops at the conference. Over 50 presentations and workshops have already been organized. In addition, two special panel discussions will be held during the conference: (1). “How Information Science and Learning Sciences may help Cambodia move forward in the 21st Century” (targeting Higher Education); (2). “How to help students learn effectively and happily in the Industrial Revolution 4.0”(targeting kindergarten, primary and secondary education). A number of distinguished guests from Cambodia and other countries will be joining the discussions. What works in Cambodia will likely work in other less developed countries as well. Other conference highlights include: (1). a workshop titled “Publishing in high quality journals” that targets junior researchers and PhD students who want to develop the ability to conceive an impactful research, to conduct the research properly, and to write up an interesting article to maximize its chance at publishing in a high quality journal; (2). a seminar titled “Developing students’ reading and writing skills through gamified learning and digital story telling” focused on helping teachers and librarians make good use of gamified learning and digital storytelling to facilitate students’ development in their reading and writing abilities; (3). An’Unconference’ on ‘Literacy for Academic Audiences’ that aims to bring the unstructured conversations people usually have between conference sessions into the conference itself (open to all interested parties but is especially relevent to academic audiences). Apart from attending the conference, you will have many chances to enjoy delicious Cambodian food and the pleasant Cambodian weather. Compared to many places in the world, Cambodia is a safe place for visitors (https://www.asist.org/events/regional-meetings/asiapacificregionalconferenc…) You also have the chance to experience traditional cultural and musical performances, performed by Cambodian students, which will take place during the Conference Dinner on the first day. After the conference, you are invited to (1). Join a tour to the famous historical site Angkor Wat in Siem Reap which has triumphed across the centuries to emerge as the world’s top tourism landmark in TripAdvisor’s Traveler’s Choice awards – for the second time since 2015. Lonely Planet, another travel site, gave the temples of Angkor the top spot in 2014. Angkor Wat is also ranked very high on Google (rated 4.7/5 on average by 7,762 Google reviewers) (2). Join a team of students and professionals in implementing a new way of voluntary teaching for Cambodian students (from kindergarten to secondary), to learn English happily and effectively. A tentative conference program is available at https://goo.gl/yfkzk9 Please note that the deadline to avail the early-bird discount is December 3, 2018. The regular registration round will subsequently continue until December 20, 2018. To encourage students to join ASIS&T and this conference, a 50% discount on the registration fee is available for ASIS&T student members on a first come first served basis. The first 20+ early-bird student member registrants will now only pay around $40 USD to join the conference (after joining ASIS&T as a member). Please register as soon as possible at https://www.asist.org/events/regional-meetings/asiapacificregionalconferenc… Feel free to contact me if you have any questions regarding the conference. I look forward to meeting you at this wonderful conference! (Sorry for cross posting.) Best Regards, Sam Chu, Conference Chair for ASIS&T Regional Conference in Cambodia -------------------------------------------------- Samuel Kai Wah Chu, Incoming Editor, Information and Learning Sciences PhD in Education (e-Learning, UCL Institute of Education, UK [Ranked 1st in the world - QS 2017]) PhD in Education (Information & Library Science, HKU, HK [Ranked 4th in the world - THE 2018]) Associate Professor, Division of Information and Technology Studies Faculty of Education, HKU, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Chair-elect of ASIS&T Asia-Pacific Chapter (2017-18) Tel: (852) 2241-5894 | Fax: (852) 2517-7194 E-mail: samchu(a)hku.hk<mailto:samchu@hku.hk> | Skype Name - chukaiwahsamuel Homepage: http://web.edu.hku.hk/staff/academic/samchu HKU Scholar's Hub: http://hub.hku.hk/cris/rp/rp00897 h-index: 24 (https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=7IQasCgAAAAJ) ------------------------------------------------- Latest publications: Chu, S.K.W., Reynolds, R.B., Tavares, N.J., Notari, M. & Lee., C.W.Y. (2017). 21st Century Skills Development through Inquiry-based Learning: From Theory to Practice. New York: Springer Science. (eBook - http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811024795) Chu, S.K.W., Capio, C.M., Van Aalst, J., Cheng, E.W.L. (2017). Evaluating the use of a social media tool for collaborative group writing of secondary school students in Hong Kong. Computer & Education, 110(7), 170-180. Ranked 7/272 in ISI's Edu category - top 2.57%; Impact Factor: 3.82 (JCR 2016) Chu, S.K.W., Zhang, Y., Chen, K., Chan, C.K., Lee, C.W.Y., Zou, E., & Lau, W. (2017). The effectiveness of wikis for project-based learning in different disciplines in higher education. The Internet and Higher Education, 33, 49-60. Ranked 3/272 in ISI's Edu category - top 1.10%; Impact Factor: 4.24 (JCR 2016) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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REQUEST
by monisha mishra 24 Nov '18

24 Nov '18

Dear Sir / Maa'm, Good afternoon. Does anybody has access to the full text of the following articles as those are urgently needed by one of our research scholars. The details of the articles are as follows: 1. Performance of Bt and non Bt brinjal hybrids against brinjal shoot and fruit borer* (Leucinodes orbonalis)*. Journal of entomological research Volume 41, issue 3, 2017, page 283 2. Estimation of shoot damage in Bt and non Bt brinjal hybrids due to brinjal shoot and fruit borer (*Leucinodes orbonalis)*. Indian journal of entomology Volume 73, issue 3, 2011, page 270 3. Reaction of bt and non bt brinjal hybrids to sucking pests and their yield performance Indian journal of* plant protection* Volume 43, issue 4, 2015, page 470-474 regards *Monisha Mishra* *LibrarianOrissa University of Agriculture & Technology,Bhubaneswar-751003Orissa* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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E Book Required.
by Rajendra Singh 24 Nov '18

24 Nov '18

Dear All, One of my faculty need E Book on following title 1.plumbing engineering by S.M Patil Please share it anybody has the same. Thanks & Regards -- Rajendra Singh Chief Librarian Chitkara University Baddi,H.P. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Nominations invited for Koha Implementation Award
by Ishwar Goudar 24 Nov '18

24 Nov '18

Dear Professionals, Nominations are invited for "Best Koha Implementation Award". The award to be given during Library Technology Conclave - LTC2019 organised at Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin during 23-25 Jan 2019. The nominations received will be evaluated based on the procedures and criteria by 5 member jury including Chris Cormack Original developer of Koha. Irrespective of whether implementation is an in house or through 3rd party service, all Indian Libraries using Koha are eligible to send their nominations. The duly filled nomination form along with the Website URL and Access credentials to the Service for review by the Jury should to be emailed to Dr. I. R. N. Goudar, the Program Chair, to his email goudarishwar(a)gmail.com on or before December 15, 2018. For more details please visit the Conclave website at ltc2019.com Regards, Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Program Chai, LTC2019r "Access E-Resources for Academic and Research Excellence" *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Adjunct Professor, Mangalore University - Ex. 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 Mob: 91+9611165781

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Interesting Reads – 2018-11-21
by Mohan Hr 23 Nov '18

23 Nov '18

*Interesting Reads – 2018-11-21* *Contents* *Articles* - Consumer Applications of Quantum Computing: A Promising Approach for Secure Computation, Trusted Data Storage, and Efficient Applications - What is the future of office spaces? - 50 most read stories on YourStory in 2016 - How to Engineer Biology - Gmail encryption: Everything you need to know - 8 ways interviewers turn off IT job seekers - 109 Random Acts of Kindness You Can Start Doing Today - Drones in Humanitarian Action - How the smartphone affected an entire generation of kids - Ten simple rules for collaboratively writing a multi-authored paper *Events / Announcements* - Artificial Intelligence Developer Conference at Chennai on 26th Nov 2018 - Workshop on Internet of Things at PIT Chennai on 29 & 30 Nov 2018 - Digital Disruption and Transformation Summit 2018 on 1st Dec 2018 - IC2T: International Conference for Convergence in Technology at Pune - Women In Technology Summit at NITK Surathkal Read at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/11/interesting-reads-2018-11-21.html Archives at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan *======================================================== * *Articles* *Consumer Applications of Quantum Computing: A Promising Approach for Secure Computation, Trusted Data Storage, and Efficient Applications* Demands from the commerce, finance, security, and logistics sectors drive the persistent growth of computing. As current research focuses on providing new computing capabilities using disruptive approaches, quantum computing represents a promising strategy that offers new capabilities in secure computation, trusted data storage, and efficient applications. This article discusses the growing awareness that quantum computing can impact a broad variety of consumer concerns and applications. Full Paper <https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8482518> *What is the future of office spaces?* A lot of us spend long stretches in the office, but outdated design could be damaging our wellbeing and mental health. What’s more, it’s killing our productivity. One study found that office workers spend more time sitting than pensioners, which increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes and even cancer. That’s why forward-looking designers are finding ways to build spaces that heal rather than hurt us. Going beyond the already ubiquitous standing desks and social “breakout sofas,” the office of the future is healthy, harmonious and happy. Here’s how it’s beginning to take shape. Full Post <https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/07/future-of-offices-design/> Related <https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/11/forget-the-open-plan-office-modern-w…>: The traditional office is dead. Here's why Related <https://www.businessinsider.com/google-zurich-headquarters-tour-2018-1>: Google's Zurich office has a jungle-themed meeting room Related <https://www.inc.com/business-insider/google-headquarters-uk-offices-london-…>: An Inside Look at the Plans for Google's Massive New London Headquarters *50 most read stories on YourStory in 2016* Though bit dated, it is an interesting post. The year 2016 started with a bang with the ‘Startup India, Stand up India’ initiative rolled out by the government. It was the year when cockroaches dominated the discussions over unicorns, when we spoke about checks and regulations rather than competitiveness, when startups’ hiring and firing made news more often than ever, when an announcement impacted the whole startup ecosystem like none other before, and when the ecosystem detected the weather change. We told more than 10,000 stories of passion, success, failure, determination, perseverance, honour, grit, pain, and learning in 2016. Full Post <https://yourstory.com/2016/12/most-read-stories-on-yourstory/> *How to Engineer Biology* Because biology is the result of evolution and not human development, bringing engineering principles to it is guaranteed to fail. Or so goes the argument behind the “Grove fallacy,” first invoked by drug industry observer Derek Lowe in a critique of Intel CEO Andy Grove in 2007. After being diagnosed with prostate cancer, Grove found himself frustrated by what he described as the “lack of real output” in pharma especially as compared to the drive of Moore’s Law in his own industry. This was a naive and invalid criticism from Silicon Valley outsiders, Lowe argued, because “medical research is different [and harder] than semiconductor research”—and “that’s partly because we didn’t build them. Making the things [like semiconductors] from the ground up is a real advantage when it comes to understanding them, but we started studying life after it had a few billion years head start.” So the very idea of engineering biology by nature is doomed to fail, he further wrote, given that “billions of years of evolutionary tinkering have led to something so complex and so strange that it can make the highest human-designed technology look like something built with sticks.” But we’ve seen incredible advances in the world of biology and tech the last few years, from AI diagnosing cancer more accurately than humans do, to editing genes with CRISPR. So is it still true that the idea of bringing an engineering mindset to bio is another case of starry-eyed technologist solutionism? It is absolutely true that we’re very much in the process of discovering biology, still untangling the “technical debt” of evolution. Just when one thinks one understands the biology, another layer of the onion appears. It’s also dangerously easy to break biology, with far greater consequences than broken code—even single-point mutations can lead to disease, and extremely small quantities of certain chemicals can have disastrous side effects. Many of the failures of medicine and especially drug design stem from the complexity and unpredictability of biology. But the fact that we are still discovering biology doesn’t mean that we can’t design. We can engineer the tools we use to manage biology. Full Post <https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/how-to-engineer-biology/> *Gmail encryption: Everything you need to know* This easy-to-follow guide will help you understand what's going on with Gmail encryption and what you can do to maximize your messaging privacy. Full Post <https://www.computerworld.com/article/3322497/security/gmail-encryption.html> *8 ways interviewers turn off IT job seekers* Having trouble filling open positions in IT? You're certainly not alone - but the culprit may be a flawed or dated approach to interviews Full Post <https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2018/10/8-ways-interviewers-turn-it…> *109 Random Acts of Kindness You Can Start Doing Today* We can get so caught up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life that we often forget to think of others. But a small gesture of kindness can not only make someone else's entire day, but it can also make you feel good. So why not spread the love and try a random act of kindness today? Here are 109 ideas to get you started. Full Post <https://www.popsugar.com/smart-living/Random-Acts-Kindness-Ideas-34351861> *Drones in Humanitarian Action* Fostering the appropriate use of airborne systems in humanitarian crises The aim of this analysis was to consolidate existing knowledge on the use of drones in humanitarian contexts and to further test, promote and disseminate their appropriate use and best practices among humanitarian organisations and the Global Clusters. The analysis include 14 case studies. Full Post <https://drones.fsd.ch/en/drones-in-humanitarian-action/> Related <https://drones.fsd.ch/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Drones-in-Humanitarian-Act…>: 60 pages report -- “Drones in Humanitarian Action” is an in-depth analysis of the role that drones (also known as UAVs or RPASs) can play in humanitarian crises. It is based on two years of research as well as multiple stakeholder consultations. *How the smartphone affected an entire generation of kids* As someone who researches generational differences, I find one of the most frequent questions I’m asked is “What generation am I in?” If you were born before 1980, that’s a relatively easy question to answer: the Silent Generation was born between 1925 and 1945; baby boomers were born between 1946 and 1964; Gen X followed (born between 1965 and 1979). Next come millennials, born after 1980. But where do millennials end, and when does the next generation begin? Until recently, I (and many others) thought the last millennial birth year would be 1999 – today’s 18-year-olds. However, that changed a few years ago, when I started to notice big shifts in teens’ behavior and attitudes in the yearly surveys of 11 million young people that I analyze for my research. Around 2010, teens started to spend their time much differently from the generations that preceded them. Then, around 2012, sudden shifts in their psychological well-being began to appear. Together, these changes pointed to a generational cutoff around 1995, which meant that the kids of this new, post-millennial generation were already in college. These teens and young adults all have one thing in common: Their childhood or adolescence coincided with the rise of the smartphone. Full Post <https://theconversation.com/how-the-smartphone-affected-an-entire-generatio…> *Ten simple rules for collaboratively writing a multi-authored paper* Science is increasingly done in large teams [1], making it more likely that papers will be written by several authors from different institutes, disciplines, and cultural backgrounds. A small number of “Ten simple rules” papers have been written on collaboration [2, 3] and on writing [4, 5] but not on combining the two. Collaborative writing with multiple authors has additional challenges, including varied levels of engagement of coauthors, provision of fair credit through authorship or acknowledgements, acceptance of a diversity of work styles, and the need for clear communication. Miscommunication, a lack of leadership, and inappropriate tools or writing approaches can lead to frustration, delay of publication, or even the termination of a project. To provide insight into collaborative writing, we use our experience from the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON) [6] to frame 10 simple rules for collaboratively writing a multi-authored paper. We consider a collaborative multi-authored paper to have three or more people from at least two different institutions. A multi-authored paper can be a result of a single discrete research project or the outcome of a larger research program that includes other papers based on common data or methods. The writing of a multi-authored paper is embedded within a broader context of planning and collaboration among team members. Our recommended rules include elements of both the planning and writing of a paper, and they can be iterative, although we have listed them in numerical order. It will help to revisit the rules frequently throughout the writing process. With the 10 rules outlined below, we aim to provide a foundation for writing multi-authored papers and conducting exciting and influential science. Full Post <https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006…> *Events / Announcements* *Artificial Intelligence Developer Conference at Chennai on 26th Nov 2018* A FREE one day Artificial Intelligence Developer Conference by Object Automation Software Solutions Pvt Ltd with the support of IBM is being held at Chennai on Monday, 26th Nov 2018 at IIT Madras Research Park, 32, Kanagam Road, Taramani, Chennai. More details at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artificial-intelligence-developer-conference-t… For assistance pl. contact: Sandhya +91 7397784815 or Ms Lakshmi +91 7397784811 *Workshop on Internet of Things at PIT Chennai on 29 & 30 Nov 2018 * A two days workshop on Internet of Things is being held at Panimalar Institute of Technology, Chennai during 29-30 Nov 2018 The regn fee is Rs. 400/- for IEEE Members and Rs. 600/- for others. The workshop brochure is at https://goo.gl/P9SvSp *Digital Disruption and Transformation Summit 2018 on 13th Dec 2018* FICCI TNSC with support from Government of Tamil Nadu is organizing its 3rd Edition of Digital Disruption and Transformation Conference (also known at DT3), the 3rd annual flagship event of FICCI under the theme of “Digital Rumpus – Perish or Prosper” on 13th December 2018 at Hotel ITC Grand Chola, Chennai. CSI & IEEE members are eligible for 10% discount in the registration fee. 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Website at http://www.i2ct.in/ *Women In Technology Summit at NITK Surathkal* IEEE Computer Society - India SAC in association with IEEE NITK Student branch and IEEE Mangalore Subsection is conducting Women in Technology Summit at NITK Surathkal during 21-23 Dec 2018 For Phase 1 Registrations visit: http://bit.ly/WiTS2018 Visit the website for more details: http://wits.ieee-mangalore.org *Archives of Interesting Reads * To access the past posts of Interesting Reads, pl. visit http://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. 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Library Technology Conclave 2019 - speakers announced
by Soji Mathew 23 Nov '18

23 Nov '18

Dear Friends, As we come closer to the dates of Library Technology Conclave 2019 at Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) in January 2019, excitement is building up as stalwart speakers on eLearning are announced on the LTC 2019 website. It would be indeed a learning experience to hear people like: . Dr. Viraj Kumar, Professor, Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore delivering Pre-Conclave tutorial on Basics of E-Learning . Dr. Sandhya Shekhar, Strategy Consultant - Education, Research and Management; Former CEO of Research Park, IIT Madras. . Mr. Damodar Padhi, Vice President and Global Head of Talent Development, Tata Consultancy Services. . Mr. Shashi Kiran, Vice President, AI Products, Reliance Jio . Prof. G. Santhosh Kumar, Professor & Head, Department of Computer Science, CUSAT, Cochin The theme of the conclave "From eBooks to eLearning: Libraries as learning Hubs" will be further deliberated from the Libraries perspective by eminent speakers like: . Dr. Jagdish Arora Director - INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, . Dr. Shalini Urs, Founder Chairperson, MYRA School of Business, Mysore . Prof. Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay, Head, DLIS, Kalyani University . Dr. K. Rama Patnaik, Librarian, IIM Bangalore So, hurry up and block your seats for the conclave at www.ltc2019.com to hear the unfolding of deliberations on eLearning and libraries from leading corporate and academic stalwarts on the subject. Look forward to seeing you at Cochin from January 23 to 25, 2019 at LTC2019. Warm regards, Sanjay Grover CEO Informatics Publishing Limited, Bangalore +91-9845516020 www.informaticsglobal.com -- *Confidentiality Notice: *T*his electronic message transmission, including any attachment(s), may contain confidential, proprietary, or privileged information from Informatics Publishing Limited. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that any dissemination, copying, distribution, printing or use of the contents of the information contained in this electronic message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic message by error, please destroy all copies of the message and contact the sender immediately by either replying to this message or calling 91-80-40387777.* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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14th Dr. TB Rajashekar Memorial Seminar (2018).
by Harish M H 22 Nov '18

22 Nov '18

Dear Members, (Reminder) NCSI-Net foundation (http://ncsinet.org) a registered trust, comprising of erstwhile NCSI staff, trainees, and alumni, cordially invites you to the 14th Dr. TB Rajashekar Memorial Seminar (2018). This year’s seminar topic is ‘Cloud technologies for library and Information services’. 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: https://bit.ly/2QxIkLj About Seminar Theme: Libraries witnessed a paradigm shift in disseminating information due to the advancement in ICT, Internet and digital technologies. Cloud computing is a relatively new model of internet application which enables distributed/virtual computing services. Cloud computing allows sharing infrastructure, which provides ultra-large-scale distributed data storage and network services. Cloud computing application in library mainly embody in resource and service construction, which play an important role in some areas, such as data storage, data management, hardware and software sharing, database resource sharing, integrated digital resources, one-stop entry, a full range of user interaction service and extend the application of complex network services. Thank You & Regards, *Harish M H * *B.A, B.Ed*., *MLISc, K-SET* *Library Assistant,* *Central Library, Alliance University,* *Anekal - Chandapura Main Road,* *Bangalore - **562106* *ORCID: * https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9642-9586 *Web: https://harishmh.wordpress.com/ <https://harishmh.wordpress.com/> *

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Fw: [Invitation][Today]:Talk on "Digital Learning" by Prof. L. Umanand, IISc at JRD Tata Memorial Library, IISc Bangalore
by Francis Jayakanth 20 Nov '18

20 Nov '18

Dear Members, JRD Tata Memorial Library, IISc., and Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) cordially invite you to a special talk on “Digital Learning”. This talk has been organized to commemorate the National Library Week, 2018. Speaker: Prof. L. Umanand, Coordinator NPTEL, IISc Department of Electronic Systems Engineering Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Title: Digital Learning Date : 20th November 2018 Time: 5:30 pm Venue: Lecture Hall, JRD Tata Memorial Library, IISc Bangalore There will be High Tea at 5:00 pm, Please join us. With regards, Francis Francis Jayakanth JRD Library, IISc

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Workshop on Library Automation & Digitisation at University of Delhi South Campus
by Raj K Bhardwaj 20 Nov '18

20 Nov '18

*University of Delhi South Campus* *दिल्ली* *विश्वविद्यालयदक्षिणपरिसर* *SOUTH CAMPUS LIBRARY/**दक्षिणी* *परिसर* *पुस्तकालय* बेनिटो जुआरेज़ मार्ग / Benito Juarez Road नई दिल्ली / New Delhi-110021 फैक्स /Fax / दूरभाष/Phone No. 011-2411022 : ईमेल / Email: librarian(a)south.du.ac.in *Five- Day NATIONAL* *Workshop on Library Automation & Digitization* To fulfil one of the requirements of UGC to attend a training program in Library Automation & Digitization for career advancement from level 10 to 14 vide its Regulation “Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers & other Academic Staff” in Universities & Colleges, 2018, University of Delhi South Campus proposes to hold a Five Day Workshop on Library Automation & Digitization during 17-21, December, 2018 and invites participants from the libraries of Universities, Colleges and other academic institutions *Structure of Workshop* The proposed National Workshop on Koha & DSpace, is to be conducted by best of the best experts, sourced both from industry & academia. and will help the LIS professionals , practicing librarians, students to automate & digitise their College & University libraries. The Workshop shall consist of 8 training sessions, including hands on modules and shall help research scholars etc in capacity building in library automation & digitisation domains. *Registration Fee & Accommodation Details:* The participation fee is Rs.2500/ (non-refundable) which includes workshop kit, lunch and tea, certificate etc. The participation fee shall be payable by Demand Draft in favour of “Director University of Delhi South Campus” latest by December10, 2018 with enclosed registration form. Limited accommodation on the basis of first come first served is available at campus @ Rs.500/ per day per person on twin sharing basis. The accommodation charges are payable in advance with registration fee. Rates will vary for out of campus accommodations as per actual. For more details and registration form, please see the attached workshop brochure.

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Library Technology Conclave 2019 - International Speakers confirmed
by Soji Mathew 19 Nov '18

19 Nov '18

Dear Friends, The countdown for Library Technology Conclave 2019 jointly organized by Informatics Group, Bangalore and Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) has begun. The dates of January 23 to 25, 2019 are fast approaching and seats are fast filling up; as we announce the list of International Speakers for the Conclave. We are pleased to inform you that the Pre-Conclave Session will have Advanced Workshop on Koha and ERMS delivered by Mr. Christopher Cormack - one of the original developers of Koha. He has been a key resource person in all the conclaves since beginning; and has trained many professionals on Koha. He has also taken many wish lists from India to the community and presented the same to the developers of Koha to bring these into Koha releases at the earliest. The other key speaker at the conclave is Dr. Marshall Breeding - a celebrity in the world of library technologies. He is the creator of Library Technology Guides - a source of information for all the Library technologists in the world. He is also well known for his Library Technology Reports (LTR) published by American Library Association (ALA). Library Technology Reports of Dr. Breeding are the most awaited annual reports on library technology by all the librarians worldwide. He will enlighten the conclave delegates with his latest thoughts on e-learning and libraries. Please visit www.ltc2019.com to register and block your seats to listen to the international speakers and watch how libraries are converting to learning hubs - from e-books to e-learning. There are many more speakers from India who would be at the event sharing their thoughts. You will hear about them soon in the forthcoming announcements. We look forward to seeing you all at the conclave in Cochin from January 23 to 25, 2019. With warm regards, Sanjay Grover CEO Informatics Publishing Limited, Bangalore +91-9845516020 www.informaticsglobal.com -- *Confidentiality Notice: *T*his electronic message transmission, including any attachment(s), may contain confidential, proprietary, or privileged information from Informatics Publishing Limited. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that any dissemination, copying, distribution, printing or use of the contents of the information contained in this electronic message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic message by error, please destroy all copies of the message and contact the sender immediately by either replying to this message or calling 91-80-40387777.*

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CLSTL 2019: 2nd International Conference on ‘Changing Landscape of Science & Technology Libraries’ (CLSTL 2019) from 28th February -2nd March, 2019at IIT Gandhinagar (India)
by TS Kumbar 19 Nov '18

19 Nov '18

Dear Professional Colleagues, Greetings from IIT Gandhinagar! We take great pleasure in informing you that the IIT Gandhinagar Library is organizing 2nd International Conference on “*Changing Landscape of Science & Technology Libraries* (CLSTL 2019) <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/>” during *28th February -2nd March, 2019.* One of the major objectives of this conference is to bring together Library & Information Professionals working in Science & Technology Libraries within and outside India to exchange their innovative ideas, new initiatives, rich experiences, research work, best & successful practices for mutual benefit. Some of the proposed sub-themes of the conference are; - Higher Education, Innovation and Research - Managing Change in S & T Libraries - Library Spaces, collections & collaborations - User Engagement with Libraries - Achieving Excellence in Library services - Scholarly Communication & Library Services - Trends in Open Science, Open Access & Predatory Publishing - E-Research Support Infrastructures, Research Data Management - Emerging Technology Trends for S & T Libraries - Demonstrating value of libraries in academic & research work - Future of Science & Technology Libraries & Librarianship *Program structure for three days:* Program will include Keynote addresses and invited expert talks by leading and eminent library professionals from India & abroad, especially from S & T libraries. There will be select but limited number of invited presentations covering the successful case studies relating to the sub themes. In addition, *2-4 half day workshops on emerging topics* of interest and one or two panel discussions will be added to the program. To encourage larger participation, we will also have poster sessions. For the benefit of participants, new products and resources exhibition or demonstrations by well-known publishing houses, information intermediaries & IT Companies will be held. Effort will be made to make the conference fruitful, memorable and worth the time and money. *For instructions for presentation and other details, please refer to the conference website http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/ <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/> * *Important Dates:* Presentation - Deadline for submitting proposal/abstract: *15th December 2018 * - Deadline for notifying acceptance of proposal to Presenter: *31st December 2018* - Deadline for submission of final Power Point slides for Presentation: *31st January 2019* Registration - Registration Started from: *1st November 2018* - Deadline for Registration: *31st January 2019 * Conference Dates - *28 February – 02 March, 2019 (Thursday – Saturday)* We are expecting the participation of library professionals and other academicians from premier academic institutions, research organizations & industries in the country and abroad. We will be having eminent library professionals from US, Canada, Europe and Asia Pacific Region as invited speakers to deliver the talks on important themes and are expecting good participation from Asian countries. We would therefore request you to kindly consider submitting a proposal/abstract of your proposed presentation and actively participate in this event to share innovative ideas, rich experience and best practices followed in your library for the benefit of other conference attendees. We would also like to take this opportunity to request you to kindly spread the word about this conference among your colleagues and professional friends and encourage them to consider participating in this professional event. Kind regards Kumbar -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T. S. Kumbar, PhD Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Palaj, Gandhinagar 382 355*|* Gujarat | INDIA Tel: +91 79 2395 2431 Mob: 09825921864 Email: tskumbar(a)iitgn.ac.in | tskumbar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.iitgn.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Union Catalogue of ETDs
by Ashok Asundi 19 Nov '18

19 Nov '18

Dear LIS Professionals, Pardon me for my ignorance really! I am unable to understand, how a Union Catalogue of ETDs is created. Please educate me as my thinking is not visualising such an information product. With regards, Prof. A.Y.AsundiFormer Professor, DLISc, Bangalore University,Bangalore

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The launch of KLA Journal of Information Science & Technology (KJIST) & 13th Prof. K. A. Isaac Commemoration Lecture; 21 November 2018, Thiruvananthapuram
by Sriram V 18 Nov '18

18 Nov '18

Dear all, Kerala Library Association is happy to invite you to the launch of the open access and print journal KLA Journal of Information Science & Technology (KJIST) & 13th Prof. K. A. Isaac Commemoration Lecture. Prof. Rajan Gurukkal will launch the KJIST. Dr. I.R.N. Goudar will deliver the commemoration lecture on the topic "E-Learning integration with digital library: A Challenging opportunity for LIS profession." Venue: DLIS Hall, Kerala University Library Building, Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram Date & Time: 21st November 2018, 2pm For more information visit ... https://klaweblog.wordpress.com/2018/11/10/the-launch-of-kla-journal-of-inf… All are cordially invited for the event. - Thanks and Regards, V. Sriram Chief Librarian Centre for Development Studies Thiruvananthapuram Mob: +91 9447251892 Email: vsrirams(a)gmail.com Blog: https://vsrirams.wordpress.com/ orcid.org/0000-0002-6063-2566 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dawn Wacek: A librarian's case against overdue book fines | TED Talk
by Mohan Hr 18 Nov '18

18 Nov '18

Libraries have the power to create a better world; they connect communities, promote literacy and spark lifelong learners. But there's one thing that keeps people away: the fear of overdue book fines. In this thought-provoking talk, librarian Dawn Wacek makes the case that fines don't actually do what we think they do. What if your library just ... stopped asking for them altogether? Watch the TED Talk at https://www.ted.com/talks/dawn_wacek_a_librarian_s_case_against_overdue_boo… Also you will find quite a few interesting TED talks in this webpage. With regards -- hrmohan

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CALL FOR PAPER for JILACON’18
by Premaraj Mishra 18 Nov '18

18 Nov '18

*Dear Sir/ Ma’am,* *Greetings!* We cordially invite you and your colleagues to submit your technical research paper and participate in forthcoming National Conference JILACON’18 organized by Jharkhand Information & Library Association (JILA) at Jamshedpur during 15th -16th December 2018. The *JILACON’18* is among one of the most well-organized platform, dedicated to the professionals and researchers like you, for sharing & discussing knowledge and your research works. This time we are inviting papers covering the theme “Role of Libraries & Information Centres in Industrial, Educational & Socio-Economic Sectors in Digital Age” in the following areas: 1. Libraries & Information Centres in 1. Industrial & related Sectors, 2. Academics, Scientific & Research Institutions 3. Social & Economic Sectors 4. Advocacy in Public Libraries 5. E- Resources and Information & Digital Literacy 6. E-Learning, Skill India and E-Governance. 7. Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Applications in Education / Decision Making 2. Management of Digital Libraries and Institutional Repositories 3. Corporate-cum-Professional Partnerships; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) 4. E-Learning and Social Media Tools 5. Digital Library Development and Digital Rights Management 6. Standards, Interoperability, Copyright and IPR issues 7. Open Data, Open Access & Innovation Management 8. Mobile Networking, Social Media and Social Network Analysis 9. Web Technologies and Applications in Social Networking 10. Knowledge Management and Web 2.0/Web3.0; 11. New Technologies and its adaptability in LICs 12. Open Source Software and its implications 13. Quality Assurance and Best Practices in Digital Scholarship; 14. Open Access to Scholarly Contents 15. Open Access and Open Repositories * Author’s Guidelines:* The text of paper should be in MS Word (DOC), format with A4 size, 1” margins (Top, Bottom, Left, & Right). Times New Roman, 12-point font size, 1.5 spaces. Paper should be in original in with maximum 5000 words (with abstracts not exceeding 200 words with at least three keywords) and references according to the Chicago Manual. *Important Dates:* The last date of Full Paper Submission November 20, 2018 The last date of Acceptance of Paper November 30, 2018 *Objective of the JILACON’18:* This conference looks forward your presence in two ways: 1. Contribution in the conference by presenting your paper. 2. Participation in the conference. Theme: “*Role of Libraries & Information Centres in Industrial, Educational & Socio-Economic Sectors in Digital Age*”. *Venue:* Auditorium, Shavak Nanavati Technical Institute (SNTI), N-Road, Bistupur, Jamshedpur 831001, Jharkhand, INDIA. Website: www.jila.org.in/ *Download Conference Brochure:* http://www.jila.org.in/images/Conference/2018/Bharat_jilacon%2018%20brochur… Send email to submit your paper *premrajmisha(a)gmail.com <premrajmisha(a)gmail.com>* *Regards* *Premaraj Mishra* *Organizing Secritary, JILACON’18* Sr. Manager, Information Services *Tata Steel Limited* Capability Development | SNTI Campus Library N-Road | Bistupur | Jamshedpur 831001 | Jharkhand | INDIA Tel +91-657 6644207 | Dir +91 657 2320165 | +91-9234501208 premrajmishra(a)gmail.com | http://www.tatasteel.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Do your library patrons have something nice to say?
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 18 Nov '18

18 Nov '18

https://medium.com/s/library-stories/susan-orlean-wants-your-library-storie… Some of us, librarians may have come across library users who are impressed or benefited by our service and may have a word of praise / appreciation. Do you want to show them where to file their stories? See the link above. What are the places that library customers are likely to write about you positively? Mention you - librarian- in acknowledgement section of a thesis? Make a mention in their biographies? Or when you retire on retirement day or on the day you are leaving one library to another? or in their private communication? Dr P Vyasamoorthy 040-27846631 / 09490804278 I have learnt how to automate sending bulk SMS to hundreds of people where text (content) is tailor made for each recipient. <https://www.avast.com/en-in/recommend?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_…> I’m protected online with Avast Free Antivirus. Get it here — it’s free forever. <https://www.avast.com/en-in/recommend?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Dr TB Rajashekar 14th Memorial Seminar (2018): Cloud Technologies for Library and Information Services
by Francis Jayakanth 17 Nov '18

17 Nov '18

Dear Members, NCSI-Net foundation (http://ncsinet.org) a registered trust, comprising of erstwhile NCSI staff, trainees, and alumni, cordially invites you to the Dr. TB Rajashekar 14th Memorial Seminar (2018). This year’s seminar topic is ‘Cloud technologies for library and Information services’. 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: Dr TB Rajashekar 14 Memorial Seminar (2018): Cloud Technologies for Library and Information Services Date: December 1, 2018 (Saturday) Venue: Choksi Hall, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru - 560012 The objectives of the Seminar is to introduce the concepts of Cloud computing and its models, and its application in library and information services. Libraries have been witnessing a paradigm shift in disseminating information due to the advancement in ICT, Internet and digital technologies. Cloud computing is a relatively new model of internet application which enables distributed/virtual computing services. Cloud computing allows sharing infrastructure, which provides ultra-large-scale distributed data storage and network services. Cloud computing application in library mainly embody in resource and service construction, which play an important role in some areas, such as data storage, data management, hardware and software sharing, database resource sharing, integrated digital resources, one-stop entry, a full range of user interaction service and extend the application of complex network services Resource Persons: NCSI-Net members who have practical experience in using Cloud computing services and implemented a wide range of library services on the cloud will serve as resource persons Registration Fee: Rs. 300 for Students (Should carry ID Card) and Rs. 600 for working professionals; for NCSI-Net members Rs. 500. The fee covers Seminar kit, working lunch and tea/coffee Please note that no arrangements for accommodation are being made for outstation participants. Bank details for NEFT/IMPS transfers: Account holder: NCSI Net Foundation Acc. No.: 0683101029636 IFSC: CNRB0000683 Seminar Topics: 08:45-09:30 am: Registration and breakfast 09:30-09:45 am: Brief inauguration 09:45-10:30 am: Overview of Cloud Computing & Cloud Computing Models 10:30-11:00 am: Coffee Break 11:00-11:45 am: Cloud Computing Service providers and business models 11:45-12:45 pm: Access and configuration of cloud service for Library applications 12:45-01-30 pm Lunch break 01:30-02:30 pm: Case study presentation 02:30-03:15 pm: Risk and Challenges of Cloud Computing for Library and Information Services 03:15-04:00 pm: Career Advice for LIS professionals 04:00-04:30 pm: Certification Distribution and valedictory Kindly bring this to the attention of the LIS students and budding professionals and encourage them to attend the seminar. Participants will also get an opportunity to interact with fellow professionals working in the industry and academia. For further information, please visit the Seminar website at: http://www.ncsinet.org or contact Mr Shivaram BS ( shivaram at nal.res.in) / Dr Francis Jayakanth (francis at iisc.ac.in) With warm regards, Francis Jayakath JRD Tata Library IISc -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need for strong Library Technology Corner
by Francis Jayakanth 17 Nov '18

17 Nov '18

From: Prof. Siddamallaiah HS <siddahss(a)gmail.com> Sent: 15 November 2018 23:16 Dear friends, Libraries are still in First-Generation Library Technologies such as Library automation and many other technologies which are around traditional library environment. The Library Technologies are really well advanced and getting integrated campus activities like e-learning, virtual learning environment. In the health science institution it getting integrated to point-of-care, bedside assistance. Which needs a very strong forum. In fact, Library Technology Conclave held since two years, have a good learning experience. This year Library Technology Conclav LTC2019 www.ltc2019.com will focus is on current and emerging technologies and their implementation. The vision is to enable libraries to reimagine and re-position in the digital space as an integral part of the learning and research eco-system. Experts (Resource persons) are drawn from academic and Corporate sectors, I.e., USA, UK and New Zealand. The program is follows: Pre-Conclave Workshops: 1. E-Learning Basics 2. Koha + CORAL (e-resource management software) 3. Folio (Open Source eResource Management System) Technical Sessions: 1. eLearning Tools, Platforms and Technologies 2. Content Development for eLearning 3. Technology Empowered Libraries: Case Study Presentations 4. Integration of Digital Libraries and Learning Management 5. Spark: Delegate’s Session (For ideas triggered during the event) 6. Round Table: Learning & Libraries: Digital Convergence I hope professional colleagues participate in this and build strong LTC community and service in Library Technology. It helps young librarians to build a better career See you all at Cochin Dr. H. S. Siddamallaiah

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2nd LIS Academy conference on “Innovations in Libraries” – First announcement
by Pandurang Konnur 17 Nov '18

17 Nov '18

Dear Professionals LIS Academy is pleased to announce the 2nd LIS Academy conference on “Innovations in Libraries” organized in association with Department of public Libraries and VTU, Belagavi during 07-09 March 2019 at VTU campus Belagavi, Karnataka. CALL FOR PAPERS Papers are invited on the main theme or any of the sub-themes of the Conference. Theme/Sub Themes: •Library Resources/Content: Innovations in Content – Both Proprietary and Open Domain - Generation, Publishing, Packaging, Access/Sharing, Licensing, Rights, Content Use and Usage Standards, Applications and Impact •Library & Information Services: Innovations in LIS Services – OPAC, Circulation, Alerts, Personalization and Profiling of users and Organizations, Use and Application of Technology in Innovative Services – Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Data visualization, Sharing/Collaborations, Reference Services, Referral Services, Use of Social Media in innovative services- YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, ResearchGate etc., •Library Users/Manpower/LIS Education: Innovative Teaching Methods in LIS, Innovative ways of utilizing Libraries in Library education, MOOCs, eLearning and Technology in teaching and LIS education, Innovation in connecting and serving Library Users •Technology & Innovations in Libraries: Impact of Technology in transformation of Libraries, Role of Technology in Innovations in Libraries, Innovative ways of applying Technology in Libraries and LIS education. Future Technologies and new and possible innovations. Submission guidelines: • Papers will be accepted subject to similarity check for the originality of the content. • Selected original papers will undergo blindfold peer review process • Select Papers will be published in the form of Conference Proceedings with ISBN. • Papers of registered delegates only will be considered for inclusion in the Proceedings. • Distinguished Papers will be published in LIS Academy journal (ISSN-2457-0540). • All authors of accepted papers are request to submit an author declaration form. • Papers may be sent to lisaconfernece2019(a)gmail.com on or before 31st December 2018. • The first/corresponding author will be communicated regarding the status of the paper submitted. Thanks & Regards, Dr. P. V. Konnur Former LIS Professor, Fulbright Scholar - (UIUC, USA) Chairman - State Level Book Selection Committee, Karnataka President - LIS Academy, Bangalore Adviser - VTU Consortium, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi - 590 018, Member of Syndicate, KUVEMPU University, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India Mobile : 09449679737 E-Mail : pvkonnur(a)gmail.com Website: www.lisacademy.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interesting Reads – 2018-11-16
by Mohan Hr 16 Nov '18

16 Nov '18

*Interesting Reads – 2018-11-16* *Contents* *Articles* - How Did the EC Link 300 Million Voter IDs to Aadhaar In Just a Few Months? - Procrastination Sucks — So Here’s The “Eat That Frog” Way to Powerful Productivity - How to avoid losing your memory in the digital age - Book Summary: "Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine" - A Guide To Corporate Innovation: 19 Strategies To Drive Innovation Now - Batteryless smart devices closer to reality - The kilogram is being redefined – a physicist explains - Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth – Book Summary - Edison’s Legacy: Industrial Laboratories and Innovation - Nationalism a driving force behind fake news in India, research shows *Events / Announcements* - eWIT: Book Release Event on 19th Nov 2018 - ACM India Chennai Professional Chapter: Expert Lecture on “Security and Trust” on 30th Nov 2018 - Digital Disruption and Transformation Summit 2018 on 1st Dec 2018 - Faculty Development Programme on “Data Science using Python Programming” - KLA National Conference on Corporate and Media Librarianship, Thiruvananthapuram during 14-15 Dec 2018 - LTC2019 - Library Technology Conclave & LibTech Award - CSI-2018: 53rd Annual Convention of Computer Society of India 2018 at Udaipur during 14-16 Dec 2018 - INDICON 2018: Theme “Harnessing Technology For Humanity” at Coimbatore during 16-18 Dec 2018 - Best Practices in AICTE Approved Institutions - AICTE Quality Improvement Scheme (AQIS) 2018-19 Read at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/11/interesting-reads-2018-11-16.html Archives at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan *======================================================== * *Articles* *How Did the EC Link 300 Million Voter IDs to Aadhaar In Just a Few Months?* From accessing parts of the NPR database to using the DSDV tool, the Election Commission may have walked just outside the boundary of good data-sharing and privacy practices. Note: This is the first piece in a three-part series on elections, Aadhaar-linking and voter targeting. New Delhi/Bangalore: India’s Election Commission (EC) adopted a host of tactics to rapidly link hundreds of millions of voter IDs to Aadhaar numbers in 2015, some of which may have skirted the boundary between responsible data-sharing practices and outright violations of privacy and user consent. According to the organisation’s internal documentation, obtained through multiple right to information (RTI) requests, in at least four major states, the local election commissions had access to parts of the National Population Register (NPR) database, which helped hasten the Aadhaar seeding process. Other methods the EC deployed included the use of the controversial DBT Seeding Data Viewer (DSDV) tool – a service that allows third-parties to view non-biometric identity data held by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). Full post <https://thewire.in/political-economy/how-did-the-election-commission-link-3…> Interesting Video <https://thewire.in/video/watch-nobody-knows-how-aadhaar-is-being-used-and-t…>: Nobody, Not Even UIDAI, Knows How Aadhaar Is Being Used *Procrastination Sucks* *—* *So Here**’**s The **“**Eat That Frog**”** Way to Powerful Productivity* Spend Your Most Valuable Time on Your Most Valuable Activities and You’ll Change the Trajectory of your Life. Full post <https://medium.freecodecamp.org/procrastination-sucks-so-heres-the-eat-that…> Related <http://becomingeden.com/summary-of-eat-that-frog/>: Summary of the book Eat the Frog: Eat Frog by Brian Tracy is an excellent synthesis of much of the existing productivity literature to date, achieving about 80% of the total benefits from time management. My summary here attempts to condense the book into a few pages of critical insights, organized into four primary sections: organization, efficiency, identifying your strengths, and optimizing yourself. Implementing even a small number of these techniques will result in greatly increased effectiveness. *How to avoid losing your memory in the digital age* With Google taking the place of memory, many worry that a vital faculty is eroding. Can memory athletes – who can retain hundreds of numbers in seconds – show us how to get it back? Full story <https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/13/how-to-avoid-losing-your-me…> Related story <https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-st…>: Is Google Making Us Stupid? *Book Summary: "Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine"* Over the last few decades, research, activity, and funding has been devoted to improving the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine. In recent years the diversity of those participating in these fields, particularly the participation of women, has improved and there are significantly more women entering careers and studying science, engineering, and medicine than ever before. However, as women increasingly enter these fields they face biases and barriers and it is not surprising that sexual harassment is one of these barriers. Over thirty years the incidence of sexual harassment in different industries has held steady, yet now more women are in the workforce and in academia, and in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine (as students and faculty) and so more women are experiencing sexual harassment as they work and learn. Over the last several years, revelations of the sexual harassment experienced by women in the workplace and in academic settings have raised urgent questions about the specific impact of this discriminatory behavior on women and the extent to which it is limiting their careers. Sexual Harassment of Women explores the influence of sexual harassment in academia on the career advancement of women in the scientific, technical, and medical workforce. This report reviews the research on the extent to which women in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine are victimized by sexual harassment and examines the existing information on the extent to which sexual harassment in academia negatively impacts the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women pursuing scientific, engineering, technical, and medical careers. It also identifies and analyzes the policies, strategies and practices that have been the most successful in preventing and addressing sexual harassment in these settings. Book Summary <https://www.nap.edu/read/24994/chapter/9> Full Book in PDF <https://www.nap.edu/download/24994> *A Guide To Corporate Innovation: 19 Strategies To Drive Innovation Now* Given the importance of innovation to drive the longevity, growth, and competitiveness of large corporations, here are 19 bulletproof strategies you can use to look innovative. Full post <https://www.cbinsights.com/research/corporate-innovation-strategy-guide/> *Batteryless smart devices closer to reality* Researchers at the University of Waterloo have taken a huge step towards making smart devices that do not use batteries or require charging. These battery-free objects, which feature an IP address for internet connectivity, are known as Internet of Things (IoT) devices. If an IoT device can operate without a battery it lowers maintenance costs and allows the device to be placed in areas that are off the grid. Full post <https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/batteryless-smart-devices-closer-reality> Related <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326560663_Challenge_RFID_Hacking_f…>: The research paper by Wang, Abari and Keshav titled, Challenge: RFID Hacking for Fun and Profit-ACM MobiCom, appeared in the Proceedings of the 24th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, October 29–November 2, 2018, New Delhi, India, 461– 70. *The kilogram is being redefined – a physicist explains* Since 1889, countries who are members of the General Conference on Weights and Measures have agreed to use a standard block of metal – kept near Paris – to define the kilogram. But although the modern block is stored in a highly controlled environment, its weight can change by tiny amounts as wear and tear causes it to lose mass and dirt causes it to increase. To address this problem, scientists around the world have spent nearly two decades discussing how the kilogram could instead be defined in relation to constant measurements of nature. And now they have finally reached a decision. Full post <https://theconversation.com/the-kilogram-is-being-redefined-a-physicist-exp…> Related story <https://www.wired.co.uk/article/how-many-grams-in-a-kilogram-weight-change-…>: This is why physicists just completely redefined the kilogram. *Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth – Book Summary* Any business owner will tell you that one of the most difficult parts of sustaining and growing a business is getting people to know that your company exists and keeping customers happy enough that they want to tell others about your product or service. This is why we took the trouble of summarizing some of the best advice from the book "Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth" and compiling it into the free downloadable business starter kit below. Full post <https://blog.visme.co/traction-book/> Related <https://medium.com/@yegg/78-takeaways-from-traction-book-1b44d2a03dda>: 78 Takeaways from Traction Book Related: <https://medium.com/@yegg/the-19-channels-you-can-use-to-get-traction-93c762…> The 19 Channels You Can Use to Get Traction *Edison’s Legacy: Industrial Laboratories and Innovation* Between 1999 and 2016, the U.S. share of global high technology exports dropped from 18 percent to 7 percent. From one of the world’s leading technology product exporters prior to 2000, the United States has become a net importer since then, and the deficit keeps growing. During this period, China’s share of exports increased from 3 percent to 26 percent, reflecting the shift of manufacturing overseas—including important high technology industries that were pioneered in the United States as early as the 1950s—such as telecommunications systems, consumer electronic products, microelectronics, and solar energy converters. Full post <https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2017/11/edisons-legacy-industrial-labora…> *Nationalism a driving force behind fake news in India, research shows* A rising tide of nationalism in India is driving ordinary citizens to spread fake news, according to BBC research. The research found that facts were less important to some than the emotional desire to bolster national identity. Social media analysis suggested that right-wing networks are much more organised than on the left, pushing nationalistic fake stories further. There was also an overlap of fake news sources on Twitter and support networks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The findings come from extensive research in India, Kenya, and Nigeria into the way ordinary citizens engage with and spread fake news. Full post <https://www.bbc.com/news/world-46146877> Related <http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/duty-identity-credibility.pdf>: Full Research Report from India Related <http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/bbc-fake-news-research-paper-nigeria…>: Full Research Report from Kenya and Nigeria *Events / Announcements* *eWIT: Book Release Event on 19th Nov 2018* eWIT invites you to Role Model Series for the release of the book “The New Plan A” on Friday, 19th Nov 2018 at 6.00 p.m. at Sutherland Global, Block - 1B, 1/124, Shivaji Gardens, Nandambakkam post, Ramapuram, Mount Poonamallee Road, Chennai – 600089. Phone: 044 – 6900 0176 Formal invite is at http://www.ewit.co.in/rolemodelseries_book_19nov2018.pdf To register to this free event, pl. visit https://goo.gl/nqSE5w *ACM India Chennai Professional Chapter: Expert Lecture on “Security and Trust” on 30th Nov 2018* ACM India Chennai Professional Chapter's Expert Lecture on “Security and Trust” by Mr. Kaarthik Sivakumar of Cisco at IMSc on 30th November 5:00 PM This is a free pgm. Pre-registration is essential. Register at https://goo.gl/forms/4KpNw21jTuLc7g4C2 <https://goo.gl/forms/4KpNw21jTuLc7g4C2> *Digital Disruption and Transformation Summit 2018 on 1st Dec 2018* FICCI TNSC with support from Government of Tamil Nadu is organizing its 3rd Edition of Digital Disruption and Transformation Conference (also known at DT3), the 3rd annual flagship event of FICCI under the theme of “Digital Rumpus – Perish or Prosper” on 1st December 2018 at Hotel ITC Grand Chola, Chennai. CSI & IEEE members are eligible for 10% discount in the registration fee. The discount code to be applied at the time of registration is CSIDT3, IEEEDT3 respectively. For details pl. visit http://ficci-tnsc.com/it-ddts-2018/ or contact: Mr R Sudharsan at sudharsan.ramu(a)ficci.com, 044-42849614-15 *Faculty Development Programme on “Data Science using Python Programming”* As an initiative of Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, Electronics & ICT Academy, IIT Guwahati, Assam organises one-week Faculty Development Programme on “Data Science using Python Programming” from 28 Jan 2019 to 1st Feb 2019 at Sri Sankara Arts & Science College, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. (about 65 km from Chennai). Registration Fee (Including Snacks and Lunch) - Rs. 2,950/- for Faculty, Lab Technicians and Project Staff. - Rs. 1,475/- for Faculty members belonging to ST/SC category. - Rs. 5,900/- for Industry Personnel, Student & Research scholar Accommodation will be provided at the venue (college) free of cost (including breakfast and dinner). Brochure at http://eict.iitg.ac.in/download/Brochure_Sankara.pdf *KLA National Conference on Corporate and Media Librarianship, Thiruvananthapuram during 14-15 Dec 2018* The Kerala Library Association is organizing the National Conference on Corporate and Media Librarianship. It will be held in the Padmam Auditorium, IMG, Thiruvananthapuram during 14-15 December 2018. The conference brochure at https://bit.ly/2wTl966 Download the KLANC2018 registration form here http://keralalibraryassociation.org/downloads/KLANS2018RegistrationForm.pdf *LTC2019 - Library Technology Conclave & LibTech Award* LTC2019 - Library Technology Conclave on the theme “ebooks to eLearning: Libraries as Learning Hubs” is being organised by Informatics India Ltd in collaboration with CUSAT - Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin during 23-25 Jan 2019 at CUSAT, Cochin. Nominations are invited for LibTech Award till 10th Dec 2018 For more details please visit: http://ltc2019.com *CSI-2018: 53rd Annual Convention of Computer Society of India 2018 at Udaipur during 14-16 Dec 2018* The 53rd Annual Convention of CSI will be held at Hotel Inder Residency. Udaipur, Rajasthan, India during 14-16 Dec 2018. For details visit the convention website at http://www.csi-2018.org *INDICON 2018: Theme “Harnessing Technology For Humanity” at Coimbatore during 16-18 Dec 2018* With the theme of “Harnessing Technology for Humanity”, the 15th IEEE India Council International Conference (INDICON 2018), being organized by the IEEE Madras Section during December 15-18, 2018, at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, with technical support from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, promises to be bigger and better than before. With plenary sessions, keynote addresses by reputed academicians, tutorials, workshops, Student Paper contests, industry exhibits and stalls and most importantly, high quality presentations from the best of the researchers in India, no effort is being spared to make INDICON 2018, the best so far. For details visit the website at http://indicon2018.in/ *Best Practices in AICTE Approved Institutions* To download a 44 pages booklet on “Best Practices in AICTE Approved Institutions”, pl. visit https://goo.gl/X2DC3c *AICTE Quality Improvement Scheme (AQIS) 2018-19* All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) invites applications from AICTE approved Technical Institutes/ Deemed to be universities/University departments / Students eligible for financial assistance under the following Schemes of Quality Improvement during financial year 2018-19. For details pl. visit https://goo.gl/FDhKXf *Archives of Interesting Reads * To access the past posts of Interesting Reads, pl. visit http://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan

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Talk on "Digital Learning" by Prof. L. Umanand, IISc at JRD Tata Memorial Library, IISc Bangalore
by SURESH BASAVARAJ BALUTAGI 15 Nov '18

15 Nov '18

Dear Professional Friends, We are pleased to invite you to attend the talk on “Digital Learning”, which will be jointly organized by JRD Tata Memorial Library, IISc and Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) on the celebration of “National Library Week”. Speaker: Prof. L. Umanand, Coordinator NPTEL, IISc Department of Electronic Systems Engineering Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Title: Digital Learning Date : 20th November 2018 Time: 5:30 pm Venue: Lecture Hall, JRD Tata Memorial Library, IISc Bangalore There will be High Tea at 5:00 pm This talk will surely be helpful for all LIS professionals, thus do participate and gain maximum benefit out of it. with regards, Suresh Balutagi PhD. Deputy Librarian JRD Tata Memorial Library Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560 012 URL: http://library.iisc.ac.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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BOSLA-MMRDA Lecture Series on "Next Generation Librarianship: The Way Forward........."
by anand bandi 15 Nov '18

15 Nov '18

The Bombay Science Librarians' Association popularly known as BOSLA in collaboration with Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development (MMRDA) has decided to organize a day Lecture Series on the theme "Next Generation Librarianship: The Way Forward........." scheduled to be held on 8th December, 2018 at MMRDA premises, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai. The experts have been so chosen to touch upon the trending issues in the field of LIS to benefit the participants. LIS professionals are here by informed to register themselves to drive the benifit from the event. For programme details, may visit the link below: http://bosla2013.wixsite.com/bosla/mmrda-seminar-2018 Dr.A.N.Bandi,Chairman-BOSLA and Head, Resource Centre,National Institute of Fashion Technology, NIFT Campus, Ministry of Textiles, GoI, Plot No.15, Sector 4, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai - 410 210. Ph.91-22-27747080/81 Mobile :7715833561 e-mail: anb321in(a)yahoo.co.in ; dr.anbandi@gmail.comhttp://14.139.111.26/jspui/

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Vacancy of Library Assitant
by Abhimanyu Herlekar 15 Nov '18

15 Nov '18

Dear Admin Kindly release below mailer in our LIS forum please. Regards Abhimanyu Herlekar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Vacancy of 'Library Assistant' Post at HDFC Library, Churchgate, Mumbai* Below is the work profile 1. Filing of Magazines, Newspapers & Annual Reports. 2. Circulation of Books/Magazines. 3. Discarding the old Newspapers (every friday) 4. Scanning of documents 5. Entering New Annual reports in the system 6. Filing of the bills and other important documents 7. Sending reminders to users 8. Physical processing of magazines 9. Overall back-end activities of the Library. *Requirement for the post* 1. Graduate (B.com / B.A / B.Sc / BLISc) 2. Basic Computer Knowledge 3. Good Communication skills 4. Trustworthy 5. Willing to learn. *Interested candidates can mail their CVs on* *library(a)hdfc.com <library(a)hdfc.com>* *Team Library* HDFC Limited, HDFC House – 4th floor, HT Parekh Marg, 165-166, Backbay Reclamation, Churchgate, Mumbai – 400 020. +91-22-6631 6418/17 _______________________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Thanks & Regards, *Team Library* HDFC Limited, HDFC House – 4th floor, HT Parekh Marg, 165-166, Backbay Reclamation, Churchgate, Mumbai – 400 020. : +91-22-6631 6418/17 [image: *]: *library(a)hdfc.com* <library(a)hdfc.com> *"Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts" - Wooden, John* <http://quotationsbook.com/quotes/author/7875/> Disclaimer :The information contained herein (including any accompanying documents) is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). If you have erroneously received this message, please immediately delete it and notify the sender. Also, if you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this message or any accompanying document is strictly prohibited and is unlawful. The organisation is not responsible for any damage caused by a virus or alteration of the e-mail by a third party or otherwise . The contents of this message may not necessarily represent the views or policies of Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited. Disclaimer :The information contained herein (including any accompanying documents) is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). If you have erroneously received this message, please immediately delete it and notify the sender. Also, if you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this message or any accompanying document is strictly prohibited and is unlawful. The organisation is not responsible for any damage caused by a virus or alteration of the e-mail by a third party or otherwise . The contents of this message may not necessarily represent the views or policies of Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited.

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Librarians and Awareness of Indian Copyright Act
by Anson Jose 15 Nov '18

15 Nov '18

Please fill out this small survey, we are planning to organise a workshop based on that. Thank you https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeb8elQeAj8I6biytdFsAj1wTyo_yOuUyY… https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeb8elQeAj8I6biytdFsAj1wTyo_yOuUyY… Dear Participant, We are conducting this Empirical study to evaluate the awareness among Librarians about the Copyright Act in India and its exceptions available to Libraries. Findings of this survey would be used to improve access to libraries in the Country. The data collected would be used in aggregate and no personal information would be collected/ shared with anyone. THANKS. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeb8elQeAj8I6biytdFsAj1wTyo_yOuUyY… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MLIS Admission Notification for 2019-21 Batch: TISS Mumbai
by Satish Kanamadi 15 Nov '18

15 Nov '18

Dear Professionals, Greetings! Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai invites applications for its 7th Batch of “Master of Library and Information Science” (MLISc) regular full-time programme for the academic year 2019-2021. TISS, established in 1936, is known for its well crafted curriculum, sound theory, high quality teaching and experiential learning unique to TISS. This two year, four semester and 66 credit master’s programme comprises 19 core courses that provide common and essential inputs covering the Library and Information Science. Building on these fundamentals, students undertake a dissertation in an emerging area of their interest. Programme lays more emphasis on practical aspects and is multidisciplinary drawing expertise from all the schools/centres of TISS and other related institutions/industries in India. Candidates who have completed graduation in any stream are eligible to apply. Selection will be based on National Online Test and Personal Interview Last Date for Registration: 10th Dec 2018 Online National Entrance Test (TISS-NET): Jan 13th, 2019 Personal Interview: 5-15th March 2019 For registering and applying online, please visit http://admissions.tiss.edu/admissions/ma/programmes/ Thanks and Regards, Satish Kanamadi Chairperson Centre for Library and Information Management Studies (CLIMS) Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library Tata Institute of Social Sciences MUMBAI -400088 ------------------------------------------------------------ Satish Kanamadi PhD Librarian Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) V N Purav Marg, Deonar MUMBAI - 400088. INDIA Tel: 91-22-25525283 Email: satish(a)tiss.edu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request
by Chief Librarian, SAIACS 15 Nov '18

15 Nov '18

Dear Colleagues, I am looking for below listed article for my thesis purpose. would someone be of help to me by sending it in pdf format? S. Singh and S. Kataria, "Awareness and use of e-journals among the research scholars & faculty members of Banasthali University, Rajasthan: A comparative case study," *2015 4th International Symposium on Emerging Trends and Technologies in Libraries and Information Services*, Noida, 2015, pp. 143-147. doi: 10.1109/ETTLIS.2015.7048188 Your help is much appreciated. sincerely ______________________________________ *Yesan Sellan, * *B.Com., MLISc., PGDLAN, BCS., UGC-NET., (PhD Candidate),* *Chief Librarian* South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies (SAIACS) 363 Dodda Gubbi Cross Road, Kothanur P.O., Bangalore 77, India Phone: 91 80 2846 5235/5344/ 5649, Fax: 91 80 28465412, Mobile: 91-9972348251 www.saiacs.org Alternative Email: yesans(a)gmail.com ______________________________________ IMPORTANT : This message is intended only for the addressee. It may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original message. Thank you. P Please consider the environment before printing this email*.* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha-OPAC Android App
by Basavaraj Kumbar 15 Nov '18

15 Nov '18

Dear Professionals, Whoever using Koha software for library automation can use the android app for the opac access. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lisacademy.org.kohaopac We have successfully implemented and working good. Library Users -Book renewal - can check book status - search books -can find library contact details -student profile Regards, *Mr. Basavaraj S. Kumbar* *MLISc. UGC-NET, (Ph. D)* Librarian, Angadi Institute of Technology and Management (AITM), Savagaon Road, Belagavi - 590 009 <http://www.wix.com/basukumbar/basukumbar>

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Request to publish in Lis-forum
by munusamy natarajan 14 Nov '18

14 Nov '18

MALA International Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Madras Library Association (MALA) 735, Anna Salai, Chennai 14.11.2018 Dear Professional colleagues, It gives us immense pleasure to inform that Madras Library Association (MALA) is planning to publish a Journal (MALA IJIKM) from 2019 onwards after obtaining the ISSN number. It will have a frequency of two issues (June and December) per year. We request the LIS professionals to contribute the research manuscripts to the Editor, which will enable us to get them reviewed by experts in the field and then to publish the issues. The co-operation of LIS professionals is very much essential, without whom the journal cannot be published. In order to maintain the frequency and number of papers in single issue, We request all of them to contribute generously. Please try to send the article (4000-5000 words) with Title, Author(s) Information, Abstract, Keywords (5-7 numbers), Introduction, Statement of the Problem, Objectives, Research questions, Methodology, Scope, Literature Review, Analysis and Findings, Conclusion, Recommendations and further research (depends upon the MSS). Please follow the APA referencing style within the text and give references accordingly. We will publish Instructions to Authors and other related information in the First issue of the Journal. Try to send the articles to (malaijikm(a)gmail.com) so as to enable us to process them for publishing. Thanks (M. NATARAJAN) (K.NITHYANANDAM) & (VENKATRAMANI) Editors Dr M NATARAJAN M.Sc., B.L.I.S., A.D.I.Sc., P.G.D.C.A.,P.G.D.H.E., P.G.D.E.A.S., M.B.A., Ph.D. Ex-Associate professor, Dept of Infn Science, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia Senior Principal Scientist,(Retd) National Inst Of Science Comm and Information Resources (NISCAIR) Dr K S Krishnan Marg New Delhi - 110 012. INDIA.and Ex-Editor, JSIR. Member SHRM, President, Library Professional Association, New Delhi.

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Alert Regarding: Free KOHA OPAC Mobile App
by vinod mishra 13 Nov '18

13 Nov '18

Dear All, The message below has been floated for those who are using Koha and very enthusiastic professionals who are willing to showcase as much as possible with minimum efforts. The Mobile App is not meant for your/any library by default and to get the app your library must be on some public domain name and lot of other information you need to provide through the app than the concerns will send you the app. My view is please avoid such things in the age where people are much concern about data security. My questions from the developers and you all are: 1. What if the domain name of any Koha/OPAC will change? 2. What if the database schema of koha updated? 3. What is the update policy of the said App? 4. Where is the source code to modify/improve the app by the community like Koha? 5. To whom should we contact if face any problem in the app? 6. How to use the app if many are managing the koha on Intranet only? 7. How much space etc. it consumes on the mobile and which version of android is supported. 8. Which version of Koha does it support? Sorry for my little understanding of the below Koha App but please clarify the points above. With Regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL), NIT Rourkela, Sundergadh-769008, Odisha, India. Mob:91+9439420860 Website: http://mishravk.com/ ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-7874 *"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul" -- Mahatma Gandhi* On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 9:43 AM vikram zadgaonkar < vikramczadgaonkar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Dr. P. V. Konnur, > Have shared code with community? > If you need any support for further development or testing , I can provide > my developers team for the same - if you are planning to submit the same to > koha community. > Vikram Zadgaonkar > > > On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 8:12 PM vinod mishra <mishravk79(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear all >> >> Through app they are asking to provide library details, email, phone no. >> etc. than after veryfying that they will send the code files which needs to >> be placed on koha server as per my understanding. >> >> I have doubt about its authenticity of code and openness. Koha users are >> requested not to use such codes on server side unless it is not supported >> by mass community. >> >> On Mon, 12 Nov 2018 19:48 vikram zadgaonkar, <vikramczadgaonkar(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> Great! >>> Have you upload code also somewhere? >>> >>> On Mon 12 Nov, 2018, 6:48 PM PDIT Library <librarian(a)pdit.ac.in wrote: >>> >>> > Dear Professionals, >>> > >>> > Happy to share with you all, One of our innovative product - Koha >>> > Opac Mobile App has been released from LIS Academy. It is totally >>> > free of cost. Any library using KOHA can use this App to reach their >>> > users remotely through their Android Mobiles. >>> > >>> > This Android based Mobile App is an exclusive mobile app designed and >>> > developed for the libraries using KOHA LMS for automating their >>> > library system. This app acts as a plug-in and fetches the content >>> > from existing KOHA LMS and user can use OPAC login credentials to log >>> > in through the mobile app. >>> > >>> > It is freely available on google play store to download. Presently 12 >>> > institutions and 800+ patrons using app.. >>> > >>> > >>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lisacademy.org.kohaopac >>> > >>> > Demo credintials of KOHA OPAC: >>> > >>> > College Code: LISA >>> > Card Number: Librarian >>> > Password: Librarian >>> > >>> > How to register Libraries to KOHA OPAC: >>> > >>> > College Code: admin >>> > Card Number: library >>> > Password: librarian >>> > >>> > Reach us for any assistance lisacademyorg at gmail.com >>> > <http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum> >>> > >>> > Thanks & Regards, >>> > Dr. P. V. Konnur >>> > President - LIS Academy, Bangalore >>> > Former LIS Professor, >>> > Fulbright Scholar - (UIUC, USA) >>> > Chairman - State Level Book Selection Committee, Karnataka >>> > Adviser - VTU Consortium, >>> > Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi - 590 018, >>> > Member of Syndicate, KUVEMPU University, Shivamogga, >>> > Karnataka, India >>> > Mobile : 09449679737 >>> > E-Mail : pvkonnur at gmail.com >>> > <http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum> >>> > Website: www.lisacademy.org >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > >>> > *LIBRARIAN* >>> > >>> > *Proudhadevaraya Institute of Technology* >>> > >>> > *TB Dam, **HOSAPETE-583 225* >>> > >>> > *Ballari District, **Karnataka, India.* >>> > >>> > >>> > *Web http://pdit.ac.in <http://pdit.ac.in/>* >>> > >>> > *Email**librarian(a)pdit.ac.in <pdit97(a)gmail.com>* >>> > >>> > *Phone: 08394 259505* >>> > >>> > *Phone +91-8394 259505 * >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >>> > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >>> > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >>> Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >>> https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >>> >>

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Fwd: CopyrightX: Libraries application for spring 2019
by Shamprasad Pujar 13 Nov '18

13 Nov '18

FYI ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: LIBLICENSE <liblicense(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 3:42 AM Subject: CopyrightX: Libraries application for spring 2019 To: <LIBLICENSE-L(a)listserv.crl.edu> From: Katie Zimmerman <kbzimmer(a)mit.edu> Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2018 19:54:58 +0000 Hello! (apologies for cross-posting) I’m pleased to announce that MIT Libraries will be offering CopyrightX: Libraries in 2019. Please share this information with anyone who may be interested: What is CopyrightX: Libraries? · CopyrightX: Libraries is an affiliate course of CopyrightX which is hosted by the MIT Libraries, and is open to library, archives, and museum staff everywhere. Participants will learn the essentials of US copyright law, theory, and practice with an emphasis on issues relevant to cultural institutions, alongside a cohort of professional colleagues. It is an entirely online 12-week course comprising pre-recorded lectures, readings, and weekly seminars. What sort of time commitment should I expect? · The class runs for 12 weeks from February through early May. Each week, participants will watch an 80-minute recorded lecture, read the assigned material, and attend a 90-minute synchronous discussion section conducted via audio and text chat. The average total time commitment over the 12 week course is ~ 5 hours/week. After the 12 week course there is an intensive law-school style exam, which takes the average student ~10 hours over a four-day period. To obtain a certificate of completion, participants must both pass the exam and attend at least 10 of the 12 weekly discussion sections. When will it be? · Synchronous online seminars will meet from 10 am - 11:30 am EST/EDT (15:00 - 16:30 UTC prior to March 10th, 14:00 – 15:30 UTC after March 10th) on Fridays beginning February 1, 2019. We will not meet during the week of March 18, 2019. The final exam for the course will be administered for a 96-hour period beginning on May 1. Who will be in the class? · Since MIT is hosting and supporting the course, up to five seats are being held for MIT Libraries staff. The remaining ~20 participants will be library, archives, and museum staff from anywhere in the world who choose to apply. The aim is to get a diverse group of people from a wide range of backgrounds who share an interest in copyright as it applies to cultural institutions. How do I apply? · Fill out the application form here: https://goo.gl/forms/inq64J5Uw6BMp9XB3 by Dec. 15, 2018. What if I have more questions? · Email the course instructor, Katie Zimmerman, at kbzimmer(a)mit.edu. Thank you, and I hope to see some of you there! Katie Katie Zimmerman, JD, MLIS (pronouns: she/her) Scholarly Communications and Licensing Librarian MIT Libraries kbzimmer(a)mit.edu | NE36-6101 | 617.324.4871

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National Library Week Celebrations - 2018
by Library 13 Nov '18

13 Nov '18

Dear LIS Professionals, Raman Research Institute Library in Association with Karnataka State Library Association on the occasion of National Library Week 2018, Organizing special lecture on “Arts, Films and Environment” By Suresh Heblikar Date: 19.11.2018 Time: 4.30 PM Venue: Auditorium, Raman Research Institute, C V Raman Avenue, Bangalore With regards, Dr. B.M. Meera Ph: +91 9844519180 E-mail: library(a)rri.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Workshop on Library Automation & Digitisation at University of Delhi South Campus
by Raj K Bhardwaj 13 Nov '18

13 Nov '18

*University of Delhi South Campus* *दिल्ली* *विश्वविद्यालयदक्षिणपरिसर* *SOUTH CAMPUS LIBRARY/**दक्षिणी* *परिसर* *पुस्तकालय* बेनिटो जुआरेज़ मार्ग / Benito Juarez Road नई दिल्ली / New Delhi-110021 फैक्स /Fax / दूरभाष/Phone No. 011-2411022 : ईमेल / Email: librarian(a)south.du.ac.in *Five- Day NATIONAL* *Workshop on Library Automation & Digitization* To fulfil one of the requirements of UGC to attend a training program in Library Automation & Digitization for career advancement from level 10 to 14 vide its Regulation “Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers & other Academic Staff” in Universities & Colleges, 2018, University of Delhi South Campus proposes to hold a Five Day Workshop on Library Automation & Digitization during 17-21, December, 2018 and invites participants from the libraries of Universities, Colleges and other academic institutions *Structure of Workshop* The proposed National Workshop on Koha & DSpace, is to be conducted by best of the best experts, sourced both from industry & academia. and will help the LIS professionals , practicing librarians, students to automate & digitise their College & University libraries. The Workshop shall consist of 8 training sessions, including hands on modules and shall help research scholars etc in capacity building in library automation & digitisation domains. *Registration Fee & Accommodation Details:* The participation fee is Rs.2500/ (non-refundable) which includes workshop kit, lunch and tea, certificate etc. The participation fee shall be payable by Demand Draft in favour of “Director University of Delhi South Campus” latest by December10, 2018 with enclosed registration form. Limited accommodation on the basis of first come first served is available at campus @ Rs.500/ per day per person on twin sharing basis. The accommodation charges are payable in advance with registration fee. Rates will vary for out of campus accommodations as per actual. For more details and registration form, please see the attached workshop brochure.

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Vacancies for Assistant Librarians
by Ramakrishna Reddy 13 Nov '18

13 Nov '18

Dear Modulator, We are in the process of recruiting four (4) *Assistant Librarians* for *Learning Resource* *Centre* (Central Library) and other Libraries of* Acharya Institutes*, Bengaluru. Hence, we request you kindly to publish the details (as mentioned below) in LIS-FORUM for the benefit of Library professionals. *DETAILS OF VACANCIES* *Vacancies: **Assistant Librarians – four (4).* *Qualification*: *MLIS (Minimum of 60%)* *Experience*:* Candidates with experience will be preferred.* *Skills**: ICT and Communication skills.* *Desirable**: Working knowledge with KOHA and DSpace softwares.* *Salary*: Negotiable – Commensurate with qualifications, ICT & communication skills, and experience. *Interested candidates may send CV by E-Mail to the below mentioned address.* *Last date for receipt of applications**: 24th November 2018.* With Regards, *Dr. K Ramakrishna Reddy* *Chief LibrarianAcharya Institute of TechnologyAcharya InstitutesHesaraghatta Main RoadAcharya Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan RoadSoldevanahalli, Achitnagar (Post) Bangalore - 560 107Phone: 080-28396011 /28376431Mobile: 9739038652Residence: 080-23461829E-Mail: ramakrishnareddy(a)acharya.ac.in <ramakrishnareddy(a)acharya.ac.in> krred(a)yahoo.com <krred(a)yahoo.com> drkrreddy1655(a)gmail.com <drkrreddy1655(a)gmail.com>http://www.acharya.ac.in <http://www.acharya.ac.in>*

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LibTech Award Nominations Invited
by Ishwar Goudar 13 Nov '18

13 Nov '18

Dear Professionals, LibTech Award – Nominate Your Library – Present Case Study – Submit Your Paper - Participate in Opinion Pole in the Selection Process Libraries are increasingly technology empowered. Judicious and insightful Investment in technologies are major strategic decisions as the rate of change and obsolescence with technologies are too high. Sharing knowledge gained and best practices followed in implementing technologies is a useful practice. To promote this sharing practice, we introduced in LTC2018 an exclusive session on. “Technology Empowered Libraries: Cases Studies in Best Practices” which is continued in LTC2019. This 90-minute session is an exciting part of the Conclave as it carries LibTech2019 award instituted since last LTC. 1. Libraries are invited to send their nominate for this session. (Please visit the Conclave website – www.ltc2019.com for details). 2. A committee of five juries lead by Dr. Marshall Breeding, an internationally recognized library technology review expert ( https://librarytechnology.org/) will evaluate the nominations to select the best ten of them. 3. The ten best selected nominations will be invited to: (a) present the technologies implemented effectively in their libraries in an exclusive session on Technology Empowered Libraries in the Conclave; and (b) submit an authored paper also on their technology empowered library as a case-study which will be published in the Conclave proceedings. 4. The presentation will be observed and reviewed by the members of the Jury. Additionally, all the delegates attending the Conclave will be invited to rate the presented case studies. The Jury will take into account average of this rating with certain weightage in the process of selection for LibTech2019 award. December 10th is the last date to submit the nomination for the Best Technology Empowered Library session and the award. The LibTeh2019 award will be presented at the Valedictory Session of the Conclave. Nominate your Library for this Award. Please register for LTC2019 to benefit from many enlightening intellectual sessions on “eBooks to eLearning: Libraries as Learning Hubs” addressed by nationally and internationally acclaimed experts on various facets of the Conclave”. LTC2018 award went to the Information Resources Centre (IRC) at the Tata Consulting Services (TCS). To know more details about the Award and event please visit the site at ltc2019.com Regards, Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Program Chair, LTC2019 "Access E-Resources for Academic and Research Excellence" *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Adjunct Professor, Mangalore University - Ex. 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 Mob: 91+9611165781 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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workshop on "Marketing of Library resources and services in Digital era"
by Harish M H 12 Nov '18

12 Nov '18

Dear Sir, Please announce it. Dear All, Greetings. On the occasion of National Library Week Alliance University Central Library in association with Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) organizing one day *workshop on "Marketing of Library resources and services in Digital era" on 16-11-2018 at Alliance University Bengaluru.* For more details, kindly visit the enclosed workshop brochure at: https://bit.ly/2QxIkLj Registration is free. Last date for Registration: 13.11.2018 Online Registration link: https://goo.gl/E2c8Lr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for IEC standards
by Francis Jayakanth 12 Nov '18

12 Nov '18

Dear Members, I would like to know if any of our libraries is subscribing to the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) standards. If yes, could you kindly get in touch with me, off the list? Thanks and regards, Francis Francis Jayakanth JRD Library, IIsc francis(a)iisc.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free KOHA OPAC Mobile App from LIS Academy
by Pandurang Konnur 12 Nov '18

12 Nov '18

Dear Professionals, Happy to share with you all, One of our innovative product - Koha Opac Mobile App has been released from LIS Academy. It is totally free of cost. Any library using KOHA can use this App to reach their users remotely through their Android Mobiles. This Android based Mobile App is an exclusive mobile app designed and developed for the libraries using KOHA LMS for automating their library system. This app acts as a plug-in and fetches the content from existing KOHA LMS and user can use OPAC login credentials to log in through the mobile app. It is freely available on google play store to download. Presently 12 institutions and 800+ patrons using app.. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lisacademy.org.kohaopac Demo credintials of KOHA OPAC: College Code: LISA Card Number: Librarian Password: Librarian How to register Libraries to KOHA OPAC: College Code: admin Card Number: library Password: librarian Reach us for any assistance lisacademyorg(a)gmail.com Thanks & Regards, Dr. P. V. Konnur President - LIS Academy, Bangalore Former LIS Professor, Fulbright Scholar - (UIUC, USA) Chairman - State Level Book Selection Committee, Karnataka Adviser - VTU Consortium, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi - 590 018, Member of Syndicate, KUVEMPU University, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India Mobile : 09449679737 E-Mail : pvkonnur(a)gmail.com Website: www.lisacademy.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DELNET One day Workshop in Collaboration with Nehru Institute of Engineering and Tech. Coimbatore - Reg.,
by Dr. KR. Senthilkumar 12 Nov '18

12 Nov '18

Dear Sir/Madam Greetings from NIET, We would like to inform you that DELNET is a major resource sharing Library Network connecting more than 6,300 Libraries as its Member in 33 States and its Union Territories in India and Eight other Countries. We would be glad to organize a *one - day DELNET Workshop in collaboration with NIET*, Coimbatore on *Nov 20, Tuesday, 2018* for the member/non-member institutions of DELNET in the State of TN and other adjoining states in order to provide better and efficient services to them. The Workshop entitle *' Strategies for Transforming Libraries: Growing Trends and Technologies*' will highlight 1. DELNET Discover Services 2. Open Source Software 3. DELNET's Delplus Software for Library Automation ( provided free) 4. Emerging Technologies in Knowledge Management, Academic Integrity 5. How to Stop Plagiarism in Academic Environment 6. Enhancing User's Satisfaction in Libraries. The Workshop will help in further promoting effective use of DELNET resources and Services by the faculty members, Researchers and Scholars DELNET will be charging a nominal participation fee of *Rs 350/ - per delegate from member institutions and Rs 450/- per delegate from non- member institutions.* *If you are interested in booking a workshop fill in this on-line Request for Booking Form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1UXNjYXuhsFl68HQuiB-PjMfdlRJiCK37QtI5nIJ7bi4>.* With Regards -- *எண்ணம் அழகானால் !! எல்லாம் அழகாகும்!!!* _______________________________________________________________ [image: photo] *Dr. KR. SENTHILKUMAR **B.Com., M.A., M.L.I.S., M.Phil., PGDCA., Ph.D* LIBRARIAN Nehru Institute of Engineering and Technology nietsenthilkumar.kr(a)nehrucolleges.com| https://goo.gl/UABLkz https://goo.gl/81q6wr https://goo.gl/v1u4P8 Skype: alagusenthil1 <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?view=cm&tf=1&fs=1&su=Check%20out%20%22Wis…> | TM Palayam| CBE <http://www.facebook.com/alagusenthilsvs> <http://in.linkedin.com/in/alagusenthil> <https://twitter.com/alagusenthil>

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Organisation of NATIONAL SEMINAR ON PUBLIC LIBRARY AND DIGITAL DIVIDE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES (5-7 February 2019)- requested to announce in LIS Forum
by Rabinarayan Mishra 12 Nov '18

12 Nov '18

Sir, The Sambalpur Public Library, Sambalpur in collaboration with Odisha State Open University, Sambalpur, Odisha is organising a three-day NATIONAL SEMINAR ON PUBLIC LIBRARY AND DIGITAL DIVIDE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES (5-7 February 2019). *You* are kindly requested to announce in LIS forum for wider participation. -- Regards Sincerely yours *Dr.Rabinarayan Mishra* *Professor & Head (Rtd.) ti* Res- Mahantypada (Near Dadhibaman Temple) Sambalpur- 768001 Odisha *Blog:* http://rabinarayanmishra.blogspot.in

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Interesting Reads – 2018-11-11
by Mohan Hr 11 Nov '18

11 Nov '18

*Interesting Reads – 2018-11-11* *Contents* *Articles* - Amazon and Google can change how we use energy - IEEE India Info Jul-Sep 2018 issue - 16 office furniture upgrades and other work space must-haves - Constitutional democracy and technology in the age of artificial intelligence - How virtual reality is transforming autism studies - Happy Birthday Amitabh Bachchan: 76 quotes of the actor that got all thinking - The Battle for the Next Billion Internet Users Has Begun - Future Factory: How Technology Is Transforming Manufacturing - The Future of Aging? The New Drugs & Tech Working To Extend Life - What a 100-year-old idea can teach us about cybersecurity -- Randomness: The Fix for Today’s Broken Security *Events / Announcements* - Two Days Workshop on “Ethical Hacking And Cyber Security” - TEQIP-III Sponsored National Workshop on ”Android App Testing” at NIT Rourkela - Anna University Sponsored Two Week FDP on “Wireless Communication” at Chennai - Shri P K Das Memorial Best Faculty Award & Life Time Achievement Award - Support for International Patent Protection in Electronics & Information Technology and for awareness seminars & workshops - CSI-2018: 53rd Annual Convention of Computer Society of India 2018 at Udaipur during 14-16 Dec 2018 - INDICON 2018: Theme “Harnessing Technology For Humanity” at Coimbatore during 16-18 Dec 2018 Read at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/11/interesting-reads-2018-11-11.html Archives at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *======================================================== * *Articles* *Amazon and Google can change how we use energy* Big tech — in this case, Amazon and Google — is starting to make its way into the energy industry on the backs of voice technology and in-home devices. Over the next few years, we’ll see the two companies help carve out a new landscape for residential energy management. For those familiar with Silicon Valley’s strategies, this might come as expected: enter an old industry, solve some of its inefficiencies, and dominate it. However, the energy industry is unique. Big tech’s story in energy — at the moment we’re in — won’t be about domination. Instead, it will help support the electric grid, teach us how to use electricity more efficiently, and even promote the use of renewable energy. Full post <https://medium.com/@meghnarao/amazon-and-google-can-change-how-we-use-energ…> *IEEE India Info Jul-Sep 2018 issue* The issue of Jul-Sep 2018, IEEE India Info, the quarterly newsletter of the IEEE India Council has the following 13 interesting articles, two book excerpts and few regular columns apart from the report on various activities held in the IEEE Sections in India. - Embracing the Next Billion Users of the Internet by Ms. Pitinan Kooarmornpatana - INO: A National Mega Science and Engineering Project by Dr. B. Satyanarayana - Economics of ADITYA – India’s First Solar Ferry by Mr. Sandith Thandasherry - Algorithmic Music Composition by Dr. Rangarajan Krishnamoorthy - Commercial Buildings and Energy Conservation Building Code of India by Dr. N. Subramanian - Robotic Process Automation – Doing It Right first time! By Mr. M. Ramkumar & Mr. Chandrashekar Sadashivaiah - Kerala Floods - A Model of Rescue and Rehabilitation using Information Technology and Social Media based Crowdsourcing by Sebin Sabu & Nora Elizabeth Joby - Story of keralarescue.in -- A report by Mr. Muraleedharan Manningal - Review of Momo attack in WhatsApp by Mr. S. Manikandan - International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition -- Language Project by Team iGEM-IIT Madras - Understanding Waste Management – Part 3 by Mr. Alok Kumar - Start-ups – Founders Cardinal Rules by Dr. L. S. Subramanian - Work Practices To Make The Best Of Your Time by Dr. M. Sasikumar - Book Excerpts: “The Karma of Business” from the book Disrupt and Conquer: How TTK Prestige Became a Billion-Dollar Business - Book Excerpts: The second part of the chapter 10 – “Leading Science and Technology: Vision for the Future” dealing with “What India Needs to Do?’ from the book Leading Science and Technology: India Next? - IT in Jul - Sep 2018 by Prof. S. Sadagopan - Information Resources by Mr. H.R. Mohan - Books: Disrupt and Conquer: How TTK Prestige Became a Billion-Dollar Business, Software Testing: Effective Methods, Tools and Techniques, Knowledge Driven Development – Bridging Waterfall and Agile Methodologies, Software Wasteland: How the Application-Centric Mindset is Hobbling our Enterprises, The Forward-Looking Manager in a VUCA World, and Evolving Innovation Ecosystems: A Guide to Open Idea Transformation in the Age of Future Tech. Read them at http://sites.ieee.org/indiacouncil/newsletter/ *16 office furniture upgrades and other work space must-haves* From standing desks to telepresence robots, ZDNet has has listed q6 interesting tech buys for your office in a slideshow. Slideshow <https://www.zdnet.com/pictures/best-office-furniture-upgrades-and-other-wor…> *Constitutional democracy and technology in the age of artificial intelligence* Given the foreseeable pervasiveness of artificial intelligence (AI) in modern societies, it is legitimate and necessary to ask the question how this new technology must be shaped to support the maintenance and strengthening of constitutional democracy. This paper first describes the four core elements of today's digital power concentration, which need to be seen in cumulation and which, seen together, are both a threat to democracy and to functioning markets. It then recalls the experience with the lawless Internet and the relationship between technology and the law as it has developed in the Internet economy and the experience with GDPR before it moves on to the key question for AI in democracy, namely which of the challenges of AI can be safely and with good conscience left to ethics, and which challenges of AI need to be addressed by rules which are enforceable and encompass the legitimacy of democratic process, thus laws. The paper closes with a call for a new culture of incorporating the principles of democracy, rule of law and human rights by design in AI and a three-level technological impact assessment for new technologies like AI as a practical way forward for this purpose. This article is part of a theme issue ‘Governing artificial intelligence: ethical, legal, and technical opportunities and challenges’ of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences Full Article <http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/376/2133/20180089> *How virtual reality is transforming autism studies* Researchers and autistic artists are exploring virtual reality to study, treat and simulate autism traits. Autism therapists and researchers started to use VR in the mid-1990s, not long after headsets became widely available to consumers and other forms of immersion, such as first-person shooter games, became popular. Researchers often deployed the technology to create virtual environments to help autistic people rehearse stressful encounters. For instance, Rizzo’s team built a virtual job-interview training program. In a study published last year, they recruited adults with autism or other conditions for a training regimen involving interviewers who ranged from gentle to aggressive. Rizzo says the participants with autism significantly improved in their interviewing skills, as rated by job counselors. Full post <https://www.spectrumnews.org/features/deep-dive/virtual-reality-transformin…> *Happy Birthday Amitabh Bachchan: 76 quotes of the actor that got all thinking* As Amitabh Bachchan turns 76 in Ocy 2018, here are some memorable quotes by the legendary Bollywood actor. Full post <https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/happy-birthday-amitabh-bachchan-76…> *The Battle for the Next Billion Internet Users Has Begun* Large parts of the world’s population are still unconnected, further disadvantaging the least developed regions of the planet Today, the world is more connected than ever. Soon, 5G will herald the next era of digitalization. While we are discussing trends such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and augmented reality, we tend to forget that there are still about four billion people on our planet who are unconnected, with the vast majority of those residing in developing and least developed countries (LDCs) in Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. As high mobile network penetration already prevails in these markets, mobile (as opposed to fixed) broadband services tend to be the prevalent form of access technology. However, mobile broadband coverage is still very limited in many regions and data plans as well as smartphones are often unaffordable for the local population. In addition, available internet content is often not relevant enough to local communities. Finally, digital illiteracy as well as gender discrepancies in internet adoption pose additional barriers. The digital divide between the developed and the developing world is at risk of widening if broadband network deployment, price decline, and subsequently consumer adoption do not keep up with the required growth levels. 3G and 4G coverage is indeed expanding while data prices are on a downward trajectory, even in developing countries. But at the same time, the bar for what is considered a decent internet experience is constantly rising. Modern applications consume more data and require faster connection speeds and lower latency for an acceptable user experience, especially with video streaming projected to make up 75% of global data traffic. The fast pace of development of these factors puts developing countries at risk of falling further behind the developed world. The economic and societal impact of being connected is significant, especially in emerging markets. The link between internet access and economic growth is indisputable. In mature economies, the internet is responsible for about a quarter of GDP growth. Universal internet adoption in developing countries could make a tremendous difference for the state of those economies. The possibilities for education and healthcare would better lives for the poor and disadvantaged; increased literacy rates and life expectancy would uplift underprivileged communities. Full post <https://medium.com/@i.haffke/the-battle-for-the-next-billion-internet-users…> *Future Factory: How Technology Is Transforming Manufacturing* From advanced robotics in R&D labs to computer vision in warehouses, technology is making an impact on every step of the manufacturing process. As industrial technology grows increasingly pervasive, this wave of automation and digitization is being labelled “Industry 4.0,” as in the fourth industrial revolution. So, what does the future of factories hold? To answer this, we took a deep dive into 8 different steps of the manufacturing process, to see how they are starting to change: - Product R&D: A look at how platforms are democratizing R&D talent, the ways AI is helping materials science, and how the drafting board of tomorrow could be an AR or VR headset. - Resource Planning & Sourcing: On-demand decentralized manufacturing and blockchain projects are working on the complexities of integrating suppliers. - Operations Technology Monitoring & Machine Data: A look at the IT stack and platforms powering future factories. First, factories will get basic digitization, and further along we’ll see greater predictive power. - Labor Augmentation & Management: AR, wearables, and exoskeletons are augmenting human capabilities on the factory floor. - Machining, Production & Assembly: Modular equipment and custom machines like 3D printers are enabling manufacturers to handle greater demand for variety. - Quality Assurance (QA): A look at how computer vision will find imperfections, and how software and blockchain tech will more quickly be able to identify problems (and implement recalls). - Warehousing: New warehouse demand could bring “lights-out” warehouses even faster than an unmanned factory, with the help of robotics and vision tracking. - Transport & Supply Chain Management: Telematics, IoT, and autonomous vehicles will bring greater efficiency and granularity for manufacturers delivering their products. Full post <https://www.cbinsights.com/research/future-factory-manufacturing-tech-trend…> *The Future of Aging? The New Drugs & Tech Working To Extend Life* Senolytics. Blood transfusions. Placenta stem cells. These are just some of the innovative ways that startups are tackling mortality and increasing the human lifespan. In this report, we dive into each one and track what progress has been made in the quest to find the elusive fountain of youth. Full post <https://www.cbinsights.com/research/report/future-aging-technology-startups/> *What a 100-year-old idea can teach us about cybersecurity -- Randomness: The Fix for Today’s Broken Security* A 100 year-old idea, brought to life by modern technology, can protect us from even the smartest hackers, most powerful intelligence agencies and the fastest quantum computers. The cyberworld in which we spend our days — and on which our lives depend — is not safe, and is becoming more dangerous all the time. From nation-states trying to sway elections with fake news to ransomware that shuts down hospitals, we are living in a “Wild West” in which any data, or any transaction, may be attacked at any time. And like travelers in a lawless frontier, we are left to scan the horizon constantly for trouble, scrambling to plug the leaks in defenses we don’t quite trust. We are vulnerable not just because of the increasing sophistication of hackers, who are today as likely to be well-funded criminal organizations or governments as petty thieves or amateurs out for the thrill of defacing a Web site. Nor is the greatest threat the development of new offensive tools such as quantum computers, which might soon be powerful enough to crack today’s most widely used cryptographic ciphers. The biggest problem is that our basic approach to cyber security is flawed. Full post <https://medium.com/@cstoecker/randomness-the-fix-for-todays-broken-security…> *Events / Announcements* *Two Days Workshop on “Ethical Hacking And Cyber Security” at Chennai* AMET Deemed to be UNIVERSITY, Chennai- is organising a two days’ workshop on “Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security” during 22-23 Nov 2018 at Chennai. The registration fee is Rs 500/- for UG/PG Students & Rs. 600/- for Faculty and Research Scholars. Workshop brochure at https://goo.gl/jdbjwV For assistance contact: Dr. Jagadeeswari, Email jegadeeswari.g(a)ametuniv.ac.in Mobile: 7094898646 *TEQIP-III Sponsored National Workshop on ”Android App Testing” at NIT Rourkela* Department of Computer Science & Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela is organising a workshop on Android App Testing during 1-5 Dec 2018. More details at http://www.nitrkl.ac.in/docs/Workshop/CS/31102018200751562B.pdf Contact: Dr. Durga Prasad Mohapatra, Phone: 0661-2462356 (O), 09437648628 (Mob) E-mail: aat.nitrkl(a)gmail.com <aat.nitrkl(a)gmail.com20> / durgapm2004(a)yahoo.com *Anna University Sponsored Two Week FDTP on “Wireless Communication” at Chennai* Department of ECE, St. Joseph's College of Engineering is organizing the Anna University sponsored two week Faculty Development Training Programme (FDTP) on “Wireless Communication” from 03/12/2018 to 15/12/2018. Brochure at https://goo.gl/RLWkTE Contact Email : kpkvendan(a)gmail.com <kpkvendan(a)gmail.coml> Phone: 9677190102, 9626047967 *Shri P K Das Memorial Best Faculty Award & Life Time Achievement Award* Nehru Group of Institutions Coimbatore gives awards (30 Nos) to Best Faculty (faculties from Tamilnadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana and Puducherry) & Life Time Achievement Award. More details at http://nehrucolleges.info/happenings/2018/10/24/1213/ *Support for International Patent Protection in Electronics & Information Technology and for awareness seminars & workshops* Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has launched a scheme, Support for International Patent Protection in E&IT to provide financial support to MSMEs and Technology Startup units for international patent filing to encourage innovation and recognize the value and capabilities of global IP along with capturing growth opportunities in ICTE sector. In addition, to sensitize and create IP awareness and to disseminate the scheme among stakeholders, a scheme to support Education Institutes, Meity societies, etc. for organizing seminars & workshops is also proposed. More details at http://www.ict-ipr.in/sipeit/login *CSI-2018: 53rd Annual Convention of Computer Society of India 2018 at Udaipur during 14-16 Dec 2018* The 53rd Annual Convention of CSI will be held at Hotel Inder Residency. Udaipur, Rajasthan, India during 14-16 Dec 2018. For details visit the convention website at http://www.csi-2018.org *INDICON 2018: Theme “Harnessing Technology For Humanity” at Coimbatore during 16-18 Dec 2018* With the theme of “Harnessing Technology for Humanity”, the 15th IEEE India Council International Conference (INDICON 2018), being organized by the IEEE Madras Section during December 15-18, 2018, at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, with technical support from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, promises to be bigger and better than before. With plenary sessions, keynote addresses by reputed academicians, tutorials, workshops, Student Paper contests, industry exhibits and stalls and most importantly, high quality presentations from the best of the researchers in India, no effort is being spared to make INDICON 2018, the best so far. For details visit the website at http://indicon2018.in/ *Archives of Interesting Reads * To access the past posts of Interesting Reads, pl. visit http://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan

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Library Tech Conclave at Kochi
by BP Prakash 11 Nov '18

11 Nov '18

Library Technology Conclave -2019 http://ltc2018.informaticsglobal.com/ Dear Friends, Greetings !! The much awaited Library Technology Conclave (LTC) is back with its 2019 edition. !! The previous three editions (named as KOHA conference) were held in Bangalore, Pune and Goa and all have been very successful. Based on the inputs + recent trends, this event has now been broad based and rechristened as library technology conclave. The theme of LTC 2019, "e-books to e-Learning: Libraries as Learning Hubs", is of high relevance and importance to most of us. Participants can contest and win two prestigious awards, namely "Best Koha Implementation Award" & "Best Technology Enabled Library (Lib-Tech) Award. The event is designed to provide ample opportunity to interact, share and learn more about library software, platforms, tools and technologies. I urge all professional colleagues / librarians to participate and nominate their team members. For full details pl visit the Website: ltc2019.com Thanks & Regards BP Prakash (Formerly with TCS) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIBRARIANS CHAPTER - Necessary in Present Scenario
by Dp Tripathi 10 Nov '18

10 Nov '18

Dear Professional Friends / Seniors, I wish to draw your kind attention towards the tremendous changes taking place in the academic libraries due to the advent of technology and as a result, the library professionals are under huge pressure to implement these technologies to cope up with the present situation. We are bound to learn and implement the technology for smooth functioning of library and housekeeping operations. However, regret to mention this is happening in less percentage. Most of the library professionals are not computer savvy. Undoubtedly, most of the library professionals are struggling in implementation of technologies such as library automation, digitization, web development for information dissemination, server management, e-resource management etc. Most of the renowned publishers like ACS, IEEE Computer Society, ASME, ACM, ASCE etc. are having the concept of creating *STUDENT CHAPTERS* where students are given unique opportunity for networking, mentoring and bonding over common interest. In brief, a *STUDENT CHAPTERS* is group of students from a university / institute, college, technical colleges who assemble to organize activities related to their fields of study to share their knowledge with each other. A *STUDENT CHAPTERS* also serves as a gateway to forums, panel discussions, symposia, conferences, workshop etc. that further a student’s professional development. This provides an opportunity to students to explore more about their subject and research on particular topic. I wish to mention here that like *STUDENT CHAPTERS, *if the publishers introduce the concept of having *‘LIBRARIANS CHAPTER’* then this will provide a good opportunity to all the working professionals to network, mentor other professionals and also have a strong bonding. This may provide an opportunity to librarians to conduct many activities related to our profession and enhance our knowledge. Most of the Universities / Colleges are subscribing huge resources for their academic community but if their professionals are not well equipped with latest technological knowledge, definitely professionals will face the challenges. My submission with humble request is to raise the voice to introduce the *LIBRARIANS CHAPTERS *by most of renowned publisher so that such activities can assist in bringing the changes in profession and professionals too. Soon, I will share the proposal of *LIBRARIANS CHAPTERS *here with you all to submit and request to submit with your opinion too. I will be happy to receive your suggestions / comments in this regard please. Thanks DP Tripathi -- ********************************* *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ********************************* Assistant Librarian, Periodicals Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ********************************* *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* ********************************* *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * *********************************

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P. Sankaralingam Memorial Endowment Lecture Series
by Prakash R 10 Nov '18

10 Nov '18

Dear Sir, May I request you to circulate the below invitation to LIS community. Prakash Roja Muthiah Research Library *____________* *P. Sankaralingam Memorial Endowment Lecture Series* *Inaugural lecture by Prof. K. S. Raghavan* *on* *‘Education for Information Manpower: Challenges and Trends’* *Date *- 16 November 2018 *Time* - 5.30 pm *Venue* Roja Muthiah Research Library 3rd Cross Road CPT Campus, Taramani Chennai 600113 *Tea will be served at 5 pm* *About the speaker* Dr. K. S. Raghavan obtained Master's degree in Library Science from the University of Delhi and Ph.D. from the University of Mysore. He was a Senior Fulbright scholar at UCLA, USA in 1987. Dr. Raghavan served the University of Mysore for 6 years from 1971 and moved to the University of Madras in 1977; He retired from the University of Madras as its Dean (Academic) in 2005 and joined DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute as a professor. Since 2013 he is working as a Visiting Scientist at the Centre for Knowledge Analytics. He was also a visting scientist Ontological Engineering (KAnOE) in PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore from 2013-16. In 2015 he served as a visiting professor at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and taught a course on Knowledge Representation and Ontology. He also served as a visiting professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil in 2003. He is serving as secretary of Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies and Member-Secretary of Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science. He has authored a book, edited about 18 volumes and published over 75papers. He is the Editor of the SRELS Journal of Information Management and on the editorial boards of Knowledge organization (ISKO, Germany) and Libres (NTU). *About the talk* Nations, societies and institutions of all kinds are in a state of flux because of developments in ICTs and globalization. Today’s world is more networked than ever before and countries and communities are much more interdependent on each other. The far-reaching developments brought about by technology in the past two decades have transformed the workplace, which is very different from what it was before the advent of this technology. This is true of practically every kind of institution – manufacturing industries, banks, schools, hotels, airlines, shops, governments, libraries, etc. Given this, there is naturally a growing concern of a possible mismatch between professional education programmes and the requirements of the job market. Therefore, critical attention is being paid to all aspects of higher education with a view to generate manpower with knowledge and skills required for and relevant to the emerging situation. The industry, which is the principal employer of products of professional education programmes, has, in recent years, pointed out that India’s undergraduate and graduate education programmes are too theoretical and are devoid of practical experience necessary for absorption into the industry’s workforce. Planning professional education programmes for the future require that we have an idea, even if it is not a very clear picture, of the emerging future. What makes this particularly difficult in the information and library arena is that the technologies that are driving the changes in the information arena are disruptive technologies. Education programmes need to realize the enormous and fundamental changes that have taken place in the way libraries function that impacts the nature of manpower needed to manage modern libraries in terms of knowledge and skills required. Today there are environments and workplaces outside the conventional library requiring manpower with knowledge and skills in information work and service. Planners also need to take cognizance of the broadened information environment, identify the knowledge and skills required to work in such environments and workplaces and build appropriate components into education programmes designed to train information professionals. In this lecture, the speaker proposes to briefly examine some of these issues. *About P. Sankaralingam* PS, as his colleagues and students would call him (P. Sankaralingam) was a visionary librarian and gifted teacher who was central in the creation of the Roja Muthiah Research Library (RMRL). Sankaralingam was the first Director of the Roja Muthiah Research Library in Chennai, a position he held since September 1993, when the institution was founded. Prior to that appointment he was instrumental in bringing together the forces necessary in India to ensure that the collection of the late Roja Muthiah would be acquired and preserved for the use of scholars. The University of Madras generously gave Sankaralingam a leave of absence to accept the Directorship of RMRL. From 1976 he had been a faculty member in the University's Department of Library and Information Science. From 1968 through 1976, he was Assistant Librarian at the Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. His M.Lib.Sc <http://m.lib.sc/>. degree was from the University of Mysore in 1975. The "New Library Movement in India" is the name Sankaralingam gave to loosely confederated activities aimed at improving services and access to collections for readers. He was a central figure shaping the movement in south India. RMRL was workbench for framing and testing new approaches, approaches that already have had a dramatic impact on the visibility and organization of Tamil publications, from classical texts through less well recognized modern literature. Sankaralingam has published twenty-three papers and was involved in preparing indexes for eight books. From 1985-1991, he was joint managing editor of the land-mark Kriyavin tarkalat Tamil akarati [A Tamil - Tamil - English dictionary of contemporary Tamil] published by Cre-A: in 1992. He was also a joint editor of the 1992 publication, Cognitive paradigms in knowledge organization. His translation into Tamil of David Werner's Where there is no doctor appeared in 1984 as Taktar illata itattil and still remains a best seller. Many of Sankaralingam's students have gone on to positions of library leadership throughout India. He was revered by his students as a gifted and demanding teacher who gave special attention especially to the needs of students in financial need. Other major projects and activities in which Sankaralingam was involved, include: a project for developing a machine-readable multi-script bibliographic database of the holdings of the Dept. of Indology, French Institute of Pondicherry; a project to develop an information storage and retrieval system for the audio and video recordings available in the Archives of All India Radio and Doordarshan; and development of a morphological analyzer for Tamil. He was a founding trustee of MOZHI, a public Trust for Resource Development in Language and Culture, and held that position until becoming Director of RMRL. The RMRL Trust has instituted the "P. Sankaralingam Memorial Lecture Series" in honour of this great visionary. -- R. Prakash 9444031245

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Request for an article
by Francis Jayakanth 10 Nov '18

10 Nov '18

Dear Members, One of our research students is in need of the following research article: C. H. Lee and R. Maddin, The effect of torsional strains on self-diffusion in silver single crystals. Trans. AIME 215(3), 397 (1959). Can someone having access to the article help us by sending us a copy of it, please? Thanks and regards, Francis Francis Jayakanth JRD Library, IISc francis(a)iisc.ac.in

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Bound Volumes: How to make them relevant and put them use.
by ishappa.bandi＠pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in 10 Nov '18

10 Nov '18

I've invited you to fill out the following form: Bound Volumes: How to make them relevant and put them use. To fill it out, visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpSy6DfO6p9DOXMx6yVXSKPRV9pbkkZZQ… I've invited you to fill out a form: Google Forms: Create and analyze surveys.

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Article Request
by Bharat Alasandi 10 Nov '18

10 Nov '18

Dear Sir/Madam, One of our research scholar needs following article for his research work. If anybody have the access, please send the same. https://search.proquest.com/openview/c7392025d9794690d7f99b8b6897ca7a/1?pq-… Thanks and regards Dr. Bharat B. Alasandi Librarian Bharatesh Education Trusts Global Business School B.C. 188 Fort Road Belgaum - 6 Karnataka E-mail : bharatalasandi(a)gmail.com Phone: 9986135406/9686190253 -- Dr. Bharat B. Alasandi Librarian Bharatesh Education Trusts Global Business School B.C. 188 Fort Road Belgaum - 6 Karnataka E-mail : bharatalasandi(a)gmail.com Phone: 9986135406/9686190253

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Assessment of the Use of Bibliographic Data & Library Management Software Koha in Academic Libraries in India
by Dp Tripathi 09 Nov '18

09 Nov '18

Dear Friends, I (DP Tripathi, AL, NIT Rourkela) am in process to carry out the assessment about the use of open source bibliographic data and library management software koha in academic libraries in India. I solicit your kind cooperation in filling up the questionnaire by spending your few minutes from your busy schedule. I will ever remain thankful to you for your assistance. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOn8TnqyHvgzXD5ULqG8iG9DTCitALpFL… I assures that your name and data will remain confidential and the data collected will be used in aggregate to meet the purpose of this research. I will be happy to answer, if you have any further query / question / suggestion. Please do write at dptripathi79(a)gmail.com Thanks DP Tripathi -- ********************************* *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ********************************* Assistant Librarian, Periodicals Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ********************************* *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* ********************************* *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * ********************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on “Marketing of Library Resources and Services in Digital Era” at Alliance University, Bengaluru
by shivaraj 08 Nov '18

08 Nov '18

Alliance University, Central Library In Association with Karnataka State Library Association On the occasion of National Library Week Organizing Workshop on “Marketing of Library Resources and Services in Digital Era” Date: 16.11.2018 Time: 10 AM – 4.00 PM Venue: Alliance University - Seminar HallChikkahagade Cross, Chandapura - Anekal Main Road, Anekal, Bengaluru – 562 106, Karnatakawww.alliance.edu.in Registration: > There is no registration fee > For Online Registration, Kindly visit following link: https://goo.gl/E2c8Lr > Please avoid spot registration to help us to serve you better> Certificate for all the participants > Last Date for Registration: 13.11.2018 For more details, kindly visit the enclosed workshop brochure at:https://goo.gl/rvaj98 With Regards Shivaraju T CAsst. LibrarianAlliance UniversityBengaluru

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Workshop @ Central Library, CUTN
by Dr.S.Dhanavandan 08 Nov '18

08 Nov '18

Dear All Greetings from Central Library I am happy to invite you to attend the *"Workshop on National Digital Library of India" and 'Launching of NDLI Club & Reader's Club'* on 15.11.2018 organised by Central Library, Central University of Tamil Nadu. Our Hon' ble Vice Chancellor will presides over the workshop and Respected Registrar will deliver the keynote address. *Dr.G.Gnanasambandan,*(Tamil Orator, Pattimandra Naduvar) Professor Emeritus, Thiagaraja College, Madurai, will deliver the special address in the tittle of "Noolagamum Aalayeme'.(National Library Week Celebrations) [image: download.jpg] *Date: *15.11.2018 * Time: *10:00am *Venue**: *Seminar Hall, Central Library, CUTN *No Registration Fee:* Number limited to 125 seats. *Note: *Programme Kit, Refreshments and Participation certificate will be issued. *For online **Registration: *Kindly use the following link https://goo.gl/forms/qisVd4CuTqdyzfjL2 If already registered, kindly ignore this mail All are invited Thanking you Sincerely -- with regards *Dr. S. Dhanavandan* Deputy Librarian & Head Central Library Central University of Tamil Nadu Thiruvarur-610 005, TN Mobile:094428 67275

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Interesting Reads – 2018-11-06
by Mohan Hr 07 Nov '18

07 Nov '18

*Interesting Reads – 2018-11-06* *Contents* *Articles* - Principles for Digital Development - USAID Guide: How to Use Machine Learning in International Development - The AI Cold War With China That Threatens Us All - 8 Best Practices for Robotic Process Automation - Organize for Innovation: Rethinking how we work - Get ready for humanity's dumbest ritual: turning back the clocks for daylight-saving time - A Solar Cell That Does Double Duty for Renewable Energy - What a 100-year-old idea can teach us about cybersecurity -- Randomness: The Fix for Today’s Broken Security - Unbundling The Autonomous Vehicle - ‘Poop vault’ of human feces could preserve gut’s microbial biodiversity—and help treat disease *Events / Announcements* - COMSOL Day Chennai on 30th Nov 2018 - Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National Fellowship 2018 – 19 - Digital Disruption and Transformation Summit 2018 - SPIN Chennai: Watts Humphrey Awards 2018 event on 12th Nov 2018 - CSI-2018: 53rd Annual Convention of Computer Society of India 2018 at Udaipur during 14-16 Dec 2018 - INDICON 2018: Theme “Harnessing Technology For Humanity” at Coimbatore during 16-18 Dec 2018 Read at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/11/interesting-reads-2018-11-06.html Archives at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *======================================================== * *Articles* *Principles for Digital Development* Nine “living” guidelines designed to help digital development practitioners integrate established best practices into technology-enabled programs. Explore the website <https://digitalprinciples.org/> *USAID Guide: How to Use Machine Learning in International Development* Emerging machine learning and artificial intelligence applications promise to reshape healthcare, agriculture, and democracy in the developing world, and show tremendous potential for helping to achieve sustainable development objectives globally. At the same time, the very nature of these tools — their ability to codify and reproduce patterns they detect — introduces significant concerns alongside promise. - In developed countries, machine learning tools have sometimes been found to automate racial profiling, to foster surveillance, and to perpetuate racial stereotypes. - Algorithms may be used, either intentionally or unintentionally, in ways that result in disparate or unfair outcomes between minority and majority populations. - Complex models can make it difficult to establish accountability or seek redress when models make mistakes. These shortcomings are not restricted to developed countries. They can manifest in any setting, especially in places with histories of ethnic conflict or inequality. As the development community adopts tools enabled by machine learning and artificial intelligence, we need a clear- eyed understanding of how to ensure their application is effective, inclusive, and fair. The USAID Guide to Making Artificial Intelligence Work for International Development aims to inform and empower practitioners as they navigate an emerging machine learning and artificial intelligence landscape in developing countries. Full post <https://www.ictworks.org/usaid-guide-machine-learning/> Related link <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o_a6FzhB0rU61T7ctp8G9XUD6oMSeNTe/view>: The USAID Guide to Making Artificial Intelligence Work for International Development (98 pages) *The AI Cold War With China That Threatens Us All* On October 18, 2017, China’s president, Xi Jinping, stood in front of 2,300 of his fellow party members, flanked by enormous red drapes and a giant gold hammer and sickle. As Xi laid out his plans for the party’s future over nearly three and a half hours, he named artificial intelligence, big data, and the internet as core technologies that would help transform China into an advanced industrial economy in the coming decades. It was the first time many of these technologies had explicitly come up in a president’s speech at the Communist Party Congress, a once-in-five-years event. In the decisive span of a few months, the Chinese government had given its citizens a new vision of the future, and made clear that it would be coming fast. Full post <https://www.wired.com/story/ai-cold-war-china-could-doom-us-all/> *8 Best Practices for Robotic Process Automation* Automation has become an integral component of digital transformation strategies for enterprises around the world. Specifically, today robotic process automation (RPA) is the technology of choice to streamline business operations and reduce costs. But how do you judge whether your RPA initiative is successful? It’s not just whether the first “go live” instance does well. It’s about building momentum with strategically selected RPA projects so you continuously automate more and more complex business processes, and achieve a sustainable—and ever-increasing—ROI. To realize this kind of success, you should follow the below mentioned 8 critical best practices that leading companies have learned from their RPA deployments. Full post <https://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/technology/8-best-practices-…> *Organize for Innovation: Rethinking how we work* In Organize for Innovation, Red Hat President and CEO Jim Whitehurst reflects on the technological, social, and economic forces impacting the ways we work. Arguing that solving contemporary business problems requires new organizational principles, models, and dynamics, Whitehurst explains how leaders everywhere can begin rethinking how they utilize data, approach failure, structure teams, and set goals—in short, how they can become more innovative. Compiled three years after the publication of his widely read management book, The Open Organization (Harvard Business Review Press), Organize for Innovation, collects Whitehurst's writing on organizational culture, organizational design, and organizational leadership today—all part of an ongoing conversation about the challenges we face in transformative, fast-moving, and uncertain times. Download with simple form filling <https://opensource.com/open-organization/resources/organize-innovation#down…> *Get ready for humanity's dumbest ritual: turning back the clocks for daylight-saving time* Daylight-saving time (and no, it's not daylight "savings" time) was created during World War I to decrease energy use. The practice was implemented year-round in 1942, during WWII. Not waking up in the dark, the thinking went, would decrease fuel use for lighting and heating - and help conserve energy supplies to win the war. Nearly 100 years later, though, the US is a divided nation on this topic. For example, a 2012 survey of 1,000 American adults by Rasmussen Reports found that 45% of American adults think daylight-saving is worth it, while more than 40% say it's worthless. Advocacy groups like Standardtime.com are trying to abolish daylight-saving time altogether. Energy-saving claims are "unproven," they write: "If we are saving energy, let's go year-round with daylight-saving time. If we are not saving energy, let's drop daylight-saving time!" More than 127,000 people have petitioned Congress to end daylight-saving time. Many of the comments on the petition are biting. "Daylight saving time is an antiquated practice and serves no purpose in the modern world," wrote Dustin M. from Kings Mountain, North Carolina. "It causes undo stress to millions of Americans and does nothing for anyone." Full post <https://www.businessinsider.in/Get-ready-for-humanitys-dumbest-ritual-turni…> *A Solar Cell That Does Double Duty for Renewable Energy* In the quest for abundant, renewable alternatives to fossil fuels, scientists have sought to harvest the sun’s energy through “water splitting,” an artificial photosynthesis technique that uses sunlight to generate hydrogen fuel from water. Full post <https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2018/10/29/a-solar-cell-that-does-double-duty-fo…> *What a 100-year-old idea can teach us about cybersecurity -- Randomness: The Fix for Today’s Broken Security* A 100 year-old idea, brought to life by modern technology, can protect us from even the smartest hackers, most powerful intelligence agencies and the fastest quantum computers. The cyberworld in which we spend our days — and on which our lives depend — is not safe, and is becoming more dangerous all the time. From nation-states trying to sway elections with fake news to ransomware that shuts down hospitals, we are living in a “Wild West” in which any data, or any transaction, may be attacked at any time. And like travelers in a lawless frontier, we are left to scan the horizon constantly for trouble, scrambling to plug the leaks in defenses we don’t quite trust. We are vulnerable not just because of the increasing sophistication of hackers, who are today as likely to be well-funded criminal organizations or governments as petty thieves or amateurs out for the thrill of defacing a Web site. Nor is the greatest threat the development of new offensive tools such as quantum computers, which might soon be powerful enough to crack today’s most widely used cryptographic ciphers. The biggest problem is that our basic approach to cyber security is flawed. Full post <https://medium.com/@cstoecker/randomness-the-fix-for-todays-broken-security…> *Unbundling The Autonomous Vehicle* Autonomous vehicles rely on several advanced technologies to self-navigate. We unbundle the AV to see how these technologies work together and which companies are driving them forward. Autonomous vehicles rely on a set of complementary technologies to understand and respond to their surroundings. Full post & a report on Auto Industry disruption <https://www.cbinsights.com/research/startups-drive-auto-industry-disruption/> *‘Poop vault’ of human feces could preserve gut’s microbial biodiversity—and help treat disease* Whether in villages on the coast of Ghana or in the mountains of Rwanda, asking for people's poop is a good icebreaker, Mathieu Groussin says. "Everybody laughs," says Groussin, a microbiologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge. "Especially when we stress that we need the whole fecal sample and show them the big bowl." He's asking on behalf of the Global Microbiome Conservancy (GMC), an effort to identify and preserve gut bacteria from different peoples around the world. Most microbiome research has focused on Western, urban populations, which typically eat processed foods and use antibiotics. The few studies of traditional peoples have found a far more diverse gut microbiome that appears to be linked to the absence of certain diseases. Full post <https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/poop-vault-human-feces-could-preser…> Related story <https://theconversation.com/your-poo-is-mostly-alive-heres-whats-in-it-1028…>: Your poo is (mostly) alive. Here’s what’s in it. If you’ve ever thought your poo is just a bunch of dead cells, think again. Most of it is alive, teeming with billions of microbes. Here’s what studies in healthy adults reveal makes up our poo. Related story <https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/business/bill-gates-reinvented-toilet.ht…>: In China, Bill Gates Encourages the World to Build a Better Toilet *Events / Announcements* *COMSOL Day Chennai on 30th Nov 2018* COMSOL Multiphysics is a cross-platform finite element analysis, solver and multiphysics simulation software. It allows conventional physics-based user interfaces and coupled systems of partial differential equations (PDEs). COMSOL provides an IDE and unified workflow for electrical, mechanical, fluid, and chemical applications. COMSOL Day Chennai on 30th Nov 2018 is a day of minicourses, talks by invited speakers, and the opportunity to exchange ideas with other simulation specialists in the COMSOL community. It is a free event. To attend pl. register at http://comsol.co.in/c/7u0j *Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National Fellowship 2018 – 19* Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) will be awarding Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National Fellowships in the area of Science & Engineering to outstanding engineers to recognize, encourage and support translational research by individuals to achieve excellence in engineering, innovation and technology development. Last Date for Apply– The last date for the receipt of nominations for the second call of Nominations for the Financial Year 2018-19 is 31 December 2018. More details at https://researchersjob.com/national-fellowship-2018/ *Digital Disruption and Transformation Summit 2018* FICCI TNSC with support from Government of Tamil Nadu is organizing its 3rd Edition of Digital Disruption and Transformation Conference (also known at DT3), the 3rd annual flagship event of FICCI under the theme of “Digital Rumpus – Perish or Prosper” on 1st December 2018 at Hotel ITC Grand Chola, Chennai. CSI & IEEE members are eligible for 10% discount in the registration fee. The discount code to be applied at the time of registration is CSIDT3, IEEEDT3 respectively. For details pl. visit http://ficci-tnsc.com/it-ddts-2018/ or contact: Mr R Sudharsan at sudharsan.ramu(a)ficci.com, 044-42849614-15 *SPIN Chennai: Watts Humphrey Awards 2018 event on 12th Nov 2018* The most prestigious Watts Humphrey Awards 2018 event will be held on 12th Nov 2018 at Chennai. The shortlisted teams will be presenting their projects. Dr. Bill Curtis - Co-creator, CMM, PCMM, IEEE Fellow, Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University – USA will deliver a special address and also present the prizes to the winning teams. For more details contact: R Ragavendra Prasath, admin(a)spinchennai.org, 9944.111.920 *CSI-2018: 53rd Annual Convention of Computer Society of India 2018 at Udaipur during 14-16 Dec 2018* The 53rd Annual Convention of CSI will be held at Hotel Inder Residency. Udaipur, Rajasthan, India during 14-16 Dec 2018. For details visit the convention website at http://www.csi-2018.org *INDICON 2018: Theme “Harnessing Technology For Humanity” at Coimbatore during 16-18 Dec 2018* With the theme of “Harnessing Technology for Humanity”, the 15th IEEE India Council International Conference (INDICON 2018), being organized by the IEEE Madras Section during December 15-18, 2018, at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, with technical support from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, promises to be bigger and better than before. With plenary sessions, keynote addresses by reputed academicians, tutorials, workshops, Student Paper contests, industry exhibits and stalls and most importantly, high quality presentations from the best of the researchers in India, no effort is being spared to make INDICON 2018, the best so far. For details visit the website at http://indicon2018.in/ *Archives of Interesting Reads * To access the past posts of Interesting Reads, pl. visit http://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan

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BOSLA Annual Lecture Series 2018
by Satish Munnolli 05 Nov '18

05 Nov '18

BOSLA Annual LECTURE series - 2018 Next Generation Libraries: The Way Forward... at MMRDA, New Building, 4th Floor Committee Room, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai Saturday, 8th December, 2018 Dear Professional Colleagues, Greetings ! It is a great pleasure in inviting you for the BOSLA Annual Lecture Series-2018 and for the celebrations of 126th birth anniversary of Father of library science, Dr. S. R. Ranganathan on Saturday, 8th December 2018 at MMRDA, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra East, Mumbai. The one day event starting at <http://9.30.am/> 9.30.am will have series of lectures by eminent speakers on the theme 'Next Generation Libraries: The Way Forward..., and felicitation to superannuated members and PhD Awardees. The concept of libraries has changed multi-fold in the last two decades. The advancement in technologies has revolutionized the formats, transitions and transformation of information that has enabled access to the desired contents anywhere in the world. The digital age and tech savvy generation expect the information at the point of time. The social networking and online tools have enhanced and enabled the access to desired information at a rapid rate. They are playing a major role and in sharing the information. There is a high expectation from future generation from the libraries in terms of how best they can serve the information needs instantaneously on their hand held devices. The architecture of source database, cloud based storage concepts, navigational and discovery tools, remote access applications, how best the library spaces can be converted to attract the users and how fast the services can be delivered with innovative ideas are the key points of deliberations of the one day event. Registration fees : Rs.200/- (Rupees two hundred only) for BLISc. & MLISc. students. Rs.300/- (Rupees three hundred only) for BOSLA members; Rs.500/-(Rupees five hundred only) for Non-BOSLA members; The Cheque / DD drawn in favour of Bombay Science Librarians' Association (BOSLA) payable at Mumbai may be sent to the following address. The name, affiliation and contact numbers of the participant to be mentioned at the backside of the cheque. Dr. K. Praveen Kumar Treasurer, BOSLA Assistant Library & Information Officer International Institute for Population Sciences, Govandi Station Road, Deonar, Mumbai - 400088 Ph: 022-4237 2472 Email: <mailto:praveenkpati@gmail.com> praveenkpati(a)gmail.com Online Payment Details: Bank Name: Saraswat Bank A/c No.: 015200100011829 IFSC Code: SRCB0000015 MICR Code: 400088023 SWIFT Code: SRCBINBBGHT Kindly also confirm your participation by registering online in order to make necessary arrangements like lunch and other logistics for the programme. Superannuated BOSLA members and PhD Awardees, are requested to inform their names to the office of General Secretary, BOSLA with membership details and send their brief bio-data for their felicitation on or before November 26, 2018. Please spread the message and come along with all your professional colleagues and participate in the event. Looking forward to seeing you all in large numbers! Ms.Vasundhara Deshpande Organising Secretary & Librarian Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East, Mumbai - 400 051 Mobile : 9322048881 E-Mail: <mailto:vasundhara.deshpande@mailmmrda.maharashtra.gov.in> vasundhara.deshpande(a)mailmmrda.maharashtra.gov.in Please click on the link below for Program Schedule and more details! <http://bosla2013.wixsite.com/bosla/mmrda-seminar-2018> http://bosla2013.wixsite.com/bosla/mmrda-seminar-2018 Location of MMRDA New Building: <https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Mmrda+New+Administrative+Building/@19 .0541606,72.8521355,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x57aa27b554f14d61!8m2!3d19.05 41606!4d72.8521355> https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Mmrda+New+Administrative+Building/@19. 0541606,72.8521355,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x57aa27b554f14d61!8m2!3d19.054 1606!4d72.8521355 SAVE THE DATE!..8th December, 2018. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Feedback request on Bound Volumes: How to make them relevant and put them use.
by ishappa.bandi＠pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in 04 Nov '18

04 Nov '18

I've invited you to fill out the following form: Bound Volumes: How to make them relevant and put them use. To fill it out, visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpSy6DfO6p9DOXMx6yVXSKPRV9pbkkZZQ… Dear Madam/Sir, Greetings!! Please give your feedback on Bound Volumes usage in your Library. Many libraries in the world are facing usage crunch of their Bound Volumes. It is very difficult for academic libraries including University Libraries to manage the Bound Volume section and make them use by their research community. Two decades ago Bound Volumes were known as Perl of any library collection and they were a direct impact on the research output of any organization. Now they have become just a dust accumulator and are in a very bad condition in many libraries. It is the duty of Library professionals to revisit and make their Bound Volume collection relevant to their user community. This Questionnaire is to get insight from various library professionals and discuss their best practices with others so that the Bound Volume section should not become a mere collection in any libraries in the world. I request all the Library professionals to give their feedback, it will take hardly 15 minutes of your time and the outcome will be shared to you all. Thank you, With regards Google Forms: Create and analyze surveys. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need E-Book
by Manjunath K.S. 03 Nov '18

03 Nov '18

Respected members of LIS Forum, One of our faculty members needs this book please send an ebook to us. *Details of the Book* *Title: Mobile Commerce: Technology, Theory and Application * *Author: Brian E. Mennecke and Troy J. Strader* *DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/09564230410532529 <https://doi.org/10.1108/09564230410532529> * *https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/09564230410532529 <https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/09564230410532529>* *Thanking you in Anticipation.* -- *Manjunatha K S* *Assistant Librarian* *AIMS Institutes* I 1st Cross, 1st Stage, Peenya, Bangalore - 560 058, INDIA I www.the*aims*.ac.in <http://www.theaims.ac.in/> *"Live as if you were to die tomorrow,* *Learn as if you were to live Forever."*

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SEMINAR-16 : Sports Information Management with an emphasis on shooting
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 02 Nov '18

02 Nov '18

Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE post Bangalore 560059 SEMINAR-16 Abstract Topic: Sports Information Management with an emphasis on shooting In the digital age, technology has been efficiently utilized across different domains. The realm of sports have also witnessed substantial technology applications. Information related activities such as collection of information, its storage, analysis and retrieval, plays an important role in the management of sports. This in turn allows efficient development of the Sports sector. This seminar will discuss Sports Information Management and is usefulness. The study will list out the information sources that manage the sports information. A case study of electronic scoring system will also be discussed. The seminar will conclude by discussing the issues and challenges in sport information management and also will propose some suggestions. Speaker: Paritosh Kumar Coordinator: Dr. Biswanath Dutta Date: 5-11-2018 Time: 3.30 p.m. Venue: DRTC class room (G-16) ISI Bangalore All are cordially invited.

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Interesting Reads – 2018-11-01
by Mohan Hr 01 Nov '18

01 Nov '18

*Interesting Reads – 2018-11-01* *Contents* *Articles* - Effective Presentation Tips – Smart Sheets & Expert Guides - Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2019 - NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework - 20 top lawyers were beaten by legal AI. Here are their surprising responses - Alan Mathison Turing, 1912-1954: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society - Death is not the end: Fascinating funeral traditions from around the globe - Making Electronic Voting Machines Tamper-proof: Some Administrative and Technical Suggestions - How to Teach Computer Ethics through Science Fiction - India’s Emerging 100: A report on startups shaping India’s digital economy by YourStory with Akamai - What a massive database of retracted papers reveals about science publishing’s ‘death penalty’ *Events / Announcements* - SETS: Training Programme on Linux Security and Network Programming in 'C' Language - Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) - COMET 2K19: 2nd International Conference on Emerging Current Trends in Computing and Expert Technology - IEEE MiniPoco at NIT Calicut on 10th Nov 2018 - CSI-2018: 53rd Annual Convention of Computer Society of India 2018 at Udaipur during 14-16 Dec 2018 - INDICON 2018: Theme “Harnessing Technology For Humanity” at Coimbatore during 16-18 Dec 2018 Read at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/11/interesting-reads-2018-11-01.html Archives at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *======================================================== * *Articles* *Effective Presentation Tips – Smart Sheets & Expert Guides* Active Presence Limited offers effective presentation tips for business communicators. The library contains a collection of unique material and provides presentation tips in the areas of public speaking, presenting and PowerPoint Presentations. Smart Sheets : Smart Sheets are double-sided PDF documents, packed with effective presentation tips. Although their focus is narrow, each sheet provides a clear, concise foundation to its topic. You are welcome to open and save whichever Smart Sheets appeal to you, no sign-up is necessary. So far, we have produced presentation tips across nine Smart Sheets: Planning a Presentation, What is Your Presentation Sales Message?, Presentation Preparation Tips, How to Write a Presentation, Engaging Your Audience, Presentation Eye Contact, Microphone Presentations, Presentation Handouts and How to Give a Good Presentation. Expert Guides: Expert Guides provide effective presentation tips across a multi-page PDF design. Each guide addresses its particular subject in greater detail, with more space than the Smart Sheets can afford. Inside you’ll find presentation tips that will inspire you to confidently make changes in the way you plan, prepare and perform key business presentations, public speaking engagements or meeting facilitation roles. Our most popular guide is PowerPoint Presentation Ideas. Business presentations are notoriously dull: bullet-points, unimaginative corporate graphics and too much information, most of which is irrelevant… But they don’t have to be this way. Other guides include: PowerPont ‘Smart Art’; How to Speak Well in Public; Breathing Exercises: Presenting; Powerful Questions to Facilitators; and International English Style Guide. These effective presentation tips will help you: Unlock the potential for presentation design within PowerPoint; Focus on the critical issues that need communicating; and Win more business with effective PowerPoint presentations Full post <https://www.activepresence.com/effective-presentation-tips-free-advice-libr…> *Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2019* Although science fiction may depict AI robots as the bad guys, some tech giants now employ them for security. Companies like Microsoft and Uber use Knightscope K5 robots to patrol parking lots and large outdoor areas to predict and prevent crime. The robots can read license plates, report suspicious activity and collect data to report to their owners. These AI-driven robots are just one example of “autonomous things,” one of the Gartner Top 10 strategic technologies for 2019 with the potential to drive significant disruption and deliver opportunity over the next five years. “The future will be characterized by smart devices delivering increasingly insightful digital services everywhere,” said David Cearley, Gartner vice president and Fellow, at Gartner 2018 Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Florida. “We call this the intelligent digital mesh.” - Intelligent: How AI is in virtually every existing technology, and creating entirely new categories. - Digital: Blending the digital and physical worlds to create an immersive world. - Mesh: Exploiting connections between expanding sets of people, businesses, devices, content and services. “Trends under each of these three themes are a key ingredient in driving a continuous innovation process as part of the continuous next strategy,” Cearley said. The Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology trends highlight changing or not yet widely recognized trends that will impact and transform industries through 2023. Full post <https://www.gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/gartner-top-10-strategic-technol…> Access the related Research Document at https://www.gartner.com/doc/3891569/top--strategic-technology-trends Registration is required. *NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework* Welcome to the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (NICE Framework) page. The NICE Framework provides a blueprint to categorize, organize, and describe cybersecurity work into Categories, Specialty Areas, Work Roles, tasks, and knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs). The NICE Framework provides a common language to speak about cybersecurity roles and jobs. Within the NICE Framework, there are seven Categories, each comprising of several Specialty Areas. Additionally, within each Specialty Area, there are Work Roles. Each Work Role includes the tasks required to perform the role, as well as the KSAs required to perform those tasks. Additionally, Capability Indicators have now been added to the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework on the NICCS website. The Capability Indicators are a combination of education, certification, training, experiential learning, and continuous learning attributes that could indicate a greater likelihood in an individual’s ability to perform a given Work Role. This organizing structure is based on extensive job analysis that group together work and activities that share common functions, regardless of job titles or other occupational terms. Full post <https://niccs.us-cert.gov/workforce-development/cyber-security-workforce-fr…> *20 top lawyers were beaten by legal AI. Here are their surprising responses* In a landmark study, 20 top US corporate lawyers with decades of experience in corporate law and contract review were pitted against an AI. Their task was to spot issues in five Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), which are a contractual basis for most business deals. The study, carried out with leading legal academics and experts, saw the LawGeex AI achieve an average 94% accuracy rate, higher than the lawyers who achieved an average rate of 85%. It took the lawyers an average of 92 minutes to complete the NDA issue spotting, compared to 26 seconds for the LawGeex AI. The longest time taken by a lawyer to complete the test was 156 minutes, and the shortest time was 51 minutes. The study made waves around the world and was covered across global media. Full post <https://hackernoon.com/20-top-lawyers-were-beaten-by-legal-ai-here-are-thei…> *Alan Mathison Turing, 1912-1954: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society* The sudden death of Alan Turing on 7 June 1954 deprived mathematics and science of a great original mind at the height of its power. After some years of scientific indecision, since the end of the war, Turing had found, in his chemical theory of growth and form, a theme that gave the fullest scope for his rare combination of abilities, as a mathematical analyst with a flair for machine computing, and a natural philosopher full of bold original ideas. The preliminary report of 1952, and the account that will appear posthumously, describe only his first rough sketch of this theory, and the unfulfilled design must remain a painful reminder of the loss that his early death has caused to science. Alan Mathison Turing was born in London on 23 June 1912, the son of Julius Mathison Turing, of the Indian Civil Service, and of Ethel Sara Turing (néeStoney). The name ‘Turing’ is of Scottish, perhaps ultimately of Norman origin, the final g being an addition made by Sir William Turing, of Aberdeenshire, in the reign of James VI and I. The Stoneys, an English-Irish family of Yorkshire origin, produced some distinguished physicists and engineers in the nineteenth century, three of whom became Fellows of the Society; and Edith A. Stoney was one of the early women equal-to-wranglers at Cambridge (bracketed with 17th Wrangler, 1893). Alan Turing’s interest in science began early and never wavered. Both at his preparatory schools and later at Sherborne, which he entered in 1926, the contrast between his absorbed interest in science and mathematics, and his indifference to Latin and ‘English subjects’ perplexed and distressed his teachers, bent on giving him a well-balanced education. Full biography in PDF <http://rsbm.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/roybiogmem/1/253.full.pdf> *Death is not the end: Fascinating funeral traditions from around the globe* The funerals I’ve attended have all been very much the same. Relatives and friends arrive in all black and take seats in the church or synagogue pews for a somber ceremony where prayers are said, memories are shared and tears are shed. The attendees walk slowly out to their cars and form a single file line a behind the hearse, arriving at the graveyard where they place roses on the casket just before it’s lowered into the ground. Then, they proceed to the immediate family’s home, where the doorbell rings with a steady stream of loved ones — casserole dishes in hand — since, in the days ahead, people often forget to eat. Cultural anthropologist Kelli Swazey (TED Talk: Life that doesn’t end with death) shares a different approach to memorializing the dead. In Tana Toraja in eastern Indonesia, funerals are raucous affairs involving the whole village. They can last anywhere from days to weeks. Families save up for long periods of time to raise the resources for a lavish funeral, where sacrificial water buffalo will carry the deceased’s soul to the afterlife. Until that moment — which can take place years after physical death — the dead relative is referred to simply as a “person who is sick,” or even one “who is asleep.” They are laid down special rooms in the family home, where they are symbolically fed, cared for and taken out — very much still a part of their relative’s lives. Full post <https://ideas.ted.com/11-fascinating-funeral-traditions-from-around-the-glo…> *Making Electronic Voting Machines Tamper-proof: Some Administrative and Technical Suggestions* The Election Commission of India (ECI) has been consistently claiming that its Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are unique and that tampering is not feasible under real election conditions with its security protocol and administrative safeguards in place. Notwithstanding the ECI’s claims, at various points in time, the entire spectrum of political parties in India [including BJP and Congress] have expressed their reservations about the integrity of its EVMs. There have also been demands to revert to paper ballots. Confidence in the integrity of EVMs is important for voters to trust the outcomes of elections. The ECI cannot allow this confidence to be eroded. In this Policy Watch, K. Ashok Vardhan Shetty, a former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, examines the vulnerabilities of EVMs in the light of the ECI’s claims thereof, the adequacy of its security protocol and administrative safeguards, and the risks due to the perfunctory implementation of VVPAT systems as done in the recent Assembly Elections. He provides several practical administrative and technical suggestions to make Indian EVMs tamper-proof. Full post & Policy Watch document <https://www.thehinducentre.com/publications/policy-watch/article24816856.ece> *How to Teach Computer Ethics through Science Fiction* Computer science faculty have a responsibility to teach students to recognize both the larger ethical issues and particular responsibilities that are part and parcel of their work as technologists. This is, however, a kind of teaching for which most of us have not been trained, and that faculty and students approach with some trepidation. In this article, we explore the use of science fiction as a tool to enable those teaching artificial intelligence to engage students and practitioners about the scope and implications of current and future work in computer science. We have spent several years developing a creative approach to teaching computer ethics, through a course we call "Science Fiction and Computer Ethics. The course has been taught five times at the University of Kentucky and two times at the University of Illinois at Chicago and has been successful with students, as evidenced by increasing and full enrollments; high teaching-evaluation numbers; positive anonymous comments from students; nominations and awards for good teaching; and invitations to speak about the course on conference panels and in talks. Contributed paper in ACM Communications <https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2018/8/229765-how-to-teach-computer-ethics-t…> *India’s Emerging 100: A report on startups shaping India’s digital economy by YourStory with Akamai* With close to 40,000 startups in India, the country's startup game is on point and many young entrepreneurs are on the run to showcase their disruptive ideas to the world. The startup ecosystem is filled with euphoric highs and lows, but thanks to affordable and accessible technology, entrepreneurs now have more opportunities to scale their innovations and positively impact industries. YourStory, together with Akamai features many such new-age startups who are instruments of positive change in sectors like healthcare, tech for impact, travel, deeptech, consumer internet and more. Leveraging Internet and cutting-edge technology, these next-generation innovators are showing gravity-defying momentum and solving quintessential Indian problems. The India Emerging 100 Report will feature startups in the country who are seizing opportunities in their journey to growth and taking centre stage in the innovation ecosystem. The ecosystem has already seen euphoric highs and crushing lows and is all the more mature for it. While there is no way to predict which of these could be the next Flipkart or Paytm, we do believe that these companies provide much-needed solutions and innovative products. They also have tremendous potential for growth and could well be trailblazers in the years to come. This report, which lists the India Emerging 100, is unique in its ability to identify these startups that have potential to grow and become benchmark companies in each sector. For Full post & to download the report <https://yourstory.com/2018/10/indias-emerging-startups-digital-economy-your…> *What a massive database of retracted papers reveals about science publishing’s ‘death penalty’* Nearly a decade ago, headlines highlighted a disturbing trend in science: The number of articles retracted by journals had increased 10-fold during the previous 10 years. Fraud accounted for some 60% of those retractions; one offender, anesthesiologist Joachim Boldt, had racked up almost 90 retractions after investigators concluded he had fabricated data and committed other ethical violations. Boldt may have even harmed patients by encouraging the adoption of an unproven surgical treatment. Science, it seemed, faced a mushrooming crisis. The alarming news came with some caveats. Although statistics were sketchy, retractions appeared to be relatively rare, involving only about two of every 10,000 papers. Sometimes the reason for the withdrawal was honest error, not deliberate fraud. And whether suspect papers were becoming more common—or journals were just getting better at recognizing and reporting them—wasn't clear. Still, the surge in retractions led many observers to call on publishers, editors, and other gatekeepers to make greater efforts to stamp out bad science. The attention also helped catalyze an effort by two longtime health journalists—Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus, who founded the blog Retraction Watch, based in New York City—to get more insight into just how many scientific papers were being withdrawn, and why. They began to assemble a list of retractions. That list, formally released to the public this week as a searchable database, is now the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. It includes more than 18,000 retracted papers and conference abstracts dating back to the 1970s (and even one paper from 1756 involving Benjamin Franklin). It is not a perfect window into the world of retractions. Not all publishers, for instance, publicize or clearly label papers they have retracted, or explain why they did so. And determining which author is responsible for a paper's fatal flaws can be difficult. Still, the data trove has enabled Science, working with Retraction Watch, to gain unusual insight into one of scientific publishing's most consequential but shrouded practices. Our analysis of about 10,500 retracted journal articles shows the number of retractions has continued to grow, but it also challenges some worrying perceptions that continue today. The rise of retractions seems to reflect not so much an epidemic of fraud as a community trying to police itself. Full post and related articles <https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/10/what-massive-database-retracted-pap…> *Events / Announcements* *SETS: Training Programme on Linux Security and Network Programming in 'C' Language* SETS is organising a Training Programme on Linux Security and Network Programming in 'C' Language from 19th to 21st November (Three Days) at MGR Knowledge City, CIT Campus, Taramani, Chennai - 600 113. Programme Brochure at http://www.setsindia.in/PdfDocs/Linux.pdf Contacts: Dr. P. Nageswara Rao, Workshop Coordinator, SETS. Mobile: 9884143131 Landline: 044-66632506 & Email: workshop(a)setsindia.net *Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA)* Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) is an initiative of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India to systematically rank all major higher educational institutions and universities in India on indicators related to “Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development” amongst students and faculties. Registration Open: 25th Oct 2018, Closes: 15th Nov 2018 Data Submission Open: 16th Nov 2018, Closes: 31st Dec 2018 More details at https://mbcet.wordpress.com/2018/10/30/atal-ranking-of-institutions-on-inno… *COMET 2K19: 2nd International Conference on Emerging Current Trends in Computing and Expert Technology* Panimalar Engineering College Chennai, India, is organizing the “2nd International Conference on Emerging Current Trends in Computing and Expert Technology" (COMET 2K19) on March 22nd and 23rd, 2019. The conference includes workshops, poster presentation project demo, invited talks and technical paper presentations. All registered papers will be published in Springer Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies. Last date for paper submission: December 10,2018 For details pl. visit http://www.pecteam.in/ *IEEE MiniPoco at NIT Calicut on 10th Nov 2018* IEEE Kerala Section and IEEE India Council invite potential conference organizers to learn about the core of organizing a successful IEEE conference. The theme of this year's mini POCO workshop scheduled on 10th Nov 2018 is “How to successfully organize an IEEE Conference?”. Last Date for Registration is 6th November 2018. Only 100 seats are available. Registration will be purely on First come First serve basis. For more details pl. visit https://sites.google.com/nitc.ac.in/minipoco2018/ *CSI-2018: 53rd Annual Convention of Computer Society of India 2018 at Udaipur during 14-16 Dec 2018* The 53rd Annual Convention of CSI will be held at Hotel Inder Residency. Udaipur, Rajasthan, India during 14-16 Dec 2018. For details visit the convention website at http://www.csi-2018.org *INDICON 2018: Theme “Harnessing Technology For Humanity” at Coimbatore during 16-18 Dec 2018* With the theme of “Harnessing Technology for Humanity”, the 15th IEEE India Council International Conference (INDICON 2018), being organized by the IEEE Madras Section during December 15-18, 2018, at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, with technical support from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, promises to be bigger and better than before. With plenary sessions, keynote addresses by reputed academicians, tutorials, workshops, Student Paper contests, industry exhibits and stalls and most importantly, high quality presentations from the best of the researchers in India, no effort is being spared to make INDICON 2018, the best so far. For details visit the website at http://indicon2018.in/ *Archives of Interesting Reads * To access the past posts of Interesting Reads, pl. visit http://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan

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Article Request
by Pranit Landge 31 Oct '18

31 Oct '18

Respected Colleagues and Fellow Librarian friends, May i please request you to help in getting full text of below mentioned article for research purpose only Indian Journal of Entomology Year : 2018, Volume : 80, Issue : 2 First page : *( 348) *Last page : *( 352) * Print ISSN : 0367-8288. Online ISSN : 0974-8172. Article DOI : 10.5958/0974-8172.2018.00061.5 <http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0974-8172.2018.00061.5> Records of *Rhinyptia* spp. (Scarabaeidae) from Maharashtra Dadmal S. M., Khadakkar Suvarna* <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ije&volume=80&issue=2&a…> Department of Entomology, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krushi Vidyapeeth, Akola, 444104 *Regards,* *Pranit Landge.* *Library & Information Assistant* *Zoological Survey of India* *Western Regional Center,* *Vidyanagar, sector-29,* *Opp. D Y Patil Edu. Complex,* *Rawet Road, Akurdi, Pune- 411044* *Mobile: +91-9561827902* *Phone: +91-20-27651927 (Ext. 209) (O)* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SEMINAR - 15 Topic - Personalized e-Learning
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 31 Oct '18

31 Oct '18

Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th mile, Mysore Road, RVCE post Bangalore 560059 SEMINAR - 15 Topic - Personalized e-Learning Abstract The advent of the internet and open access to information has eased the process of self-learning. E-learning is a learning system based on formalized teaching with the help of electronic resources. E-learning as an efficient education method has been developed rapidly thus, personalization in E-learning has also drawn more and more attention. Personalizing the e-learning environment is one of the most appreciated inventions where the students can only study what they are interested in. This seminar will focus on defining e-learning, its evolution in the current times with some of its advantages and disadvantages. We will also shed some light on personalized e-learning, the approaches to achieve it with the help of a real-time example using Moodle. Speaker : Mr Suresh Yadav Date : 1/11/2018 Time: 2.00 PM Venue : DRTC Classroom (G 21), ISI, Bangalore Coordinator : Dr. Biswanath Dutta -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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14th Dr TB Rajashekar Memorial Seminar (2018): Cloud Technologies for Library and Information Services
by Shivaram Gowda 30 Oct '18

30 Oct '18

Dear Members, NCSI-Net foundation (http://ncsinet.org) a registered trust, comprising of erstwhile NCSI staff, trainees, and alumni, cordially invites you to the 14th Dr. TB Rajashekar Memorial Seminar (2018). This year’s seminar topic is ‘Cloud technologies for library and Information services’. 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: 14th Dr TB Rajashekar Memorial Seminar (2018): Cloud Technologies for Library and Information Services Date: December 1, 2018 (First Saturday) Venue: Choksi Hall, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru - 560012 About Seminar Theme: Libraries witnessed a paradigm shift in disseminating information due to the advancement in ICT, Internet and digital technologies. Cloud computing is a relatively new model of internet application which enables distributed/virtual computing services. Cloud computing allows sharing infrastructure, which provides ultra-large-scale distributed data storage and network services. Cloud computing application in library mainly embody in resource and service construction, which play an important role in some areas, such as data storage, data management, hardware and software sharing, database resource sharing, integrated digital resources, one-stop entry, a full range of user interaction service and extend the application of complex network services The objective of the Seminar: To introduce the concepts of Cloud computing and its models, application in library service by demonstrating case studies. Resource Persons: NCSI-Net members who have practical experience in using Cloud computing services and implemented a wide range of library services on the cloud will serve as resource persons Registration Fee: Rs. 300 for Students (Should carry ID Card) and Rs. 600 for working professionals, for NCSI-Net members Rs. 500. The fee covers Seminar kit, working lunch and tea/coffee Please do note that no arrangements for accommodation are being made for outstation participants. For wire transfer Kindly note below given bank details: For NEFT/IMPS transfers Name: NCSI Net Foundation Acc. No.: 0683101029636 IFSC: CNRB0000683 Seminar Topics: _________________________________________________________________________________ 08:45-09:30 am: Registration 09:30-09:45 am: Inauguration 09:45-10:30 am: Overview of Cloud Computing & Cloud Computing Models 10:30-11:00 am: Coffee Break 11:00-11:45 am: Cloud Computing Service providers and business models 11:45-12:45 pm: Access and configuration of cloud service for Library applications ==================================================================================== 12:45-01-30 pm LUNCH ==================================================================================== 01:30-02:30 pm: Case study presentation 02:30-03:15 pm: Risk and Challenges of Cloud Computing for Library and Information Services 03:15-04:00 pm: Career Advice for LIS professionals 04:00-04:30 pm: Certification Distribution and Closing the Seminar 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. For further information, please visit the Seminar website at: http://www.ncsinet.org Please contact Mr Shivaram BS shivaram(a)nal.res.in / Dr Francis Jayakanth for further details francis(a)iisc.ac.in With warm regards -- Shivaram BS ICAST, CSIR-NAL Govt. of India (Autonomous) HAL Airport Road Kodihalli, Bangalore-560017 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Articles Request
by Balraj 30 Oct '18

30 Oct '18

Dear Professional Friends, One of our faculty require the below mentioned articles. 1. INT J SURG 2018 APRIL,52:120-1255 OPERATION VERSUS WATCHFUL WAITING IN ASYMTOMATIC OR MINIMALLY SYMTOPTOMATIC INGUINAL HERNIA :THE META-ANALYSIS RESULT OF RANDOMISED CONTROLED TRAIL Gong W,Li J Ann Surg ,2011 Mar;253(3):605-10 2. A clinician guide to patient selection for watchful waiting management of inguinal hernia Sarosi GA, Wei Y et all Please provide the full text for the above articles. Thanks & Best Wishes, Balraj Librarian RAK Medical & Health Sciences University United Arab Emirates

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Informatics Studies 5(4) October to December 2018 Volume Devoted to Margreet Wijnstroom- Published
by editor＠informaticsstudies.in 29 Oct '18

29 Oct '18

Informatics Studies has just published its latest issue, which is in remembrance of Margreet Wijnstroom who dedicated her life to Democracy and Universal Information Access. The issue is accessible at: http://52.205.22.215/index.php/informatics. Margreet Wijnstroom (1922-2018) from Netherlands was the Secretary General of IFLA from 1971 to 1987; its formative period. She was a farsighted leader of library movements world wide, has fostered the advancement of international librarianship, provided leadership to the library and information community worldwide, demonstrated a comprehensive understanding of all types of libraries and the interrelationships among them, showed a great concern for establishing information systems in developing and underdeveloped countries which can reach all classes of people and was keen on IFLA supporting projects to narrow the digital divide and achieve universal access to information. Margreet passed away on 1 October 2018 and her death is a great loss to the library and information science community. We invite you to visit our web site to review articles and items of your interest. Executing Editor. Informatics Studies, Centre for Informatics Research and Development. Trivandrum - 43, (ramannair.r(a)gmail.com)

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Two Days National Workshop on “E Publishing Using OJS (Open Journal System) on 19-20 November 2018
by vijesh p v 29 Oct '18

29 Oct '18

*Dear Professionals,* *Greetings from Rajagiri!* We are very happy to inform you that Department of Library and Information Science, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), Kalamassery, Kerala in association with INFLIBNET(Information and Library Network) Centre, Gandhinagar ,Gujarat organizing Two Days National Workshop on *“E Publishing Using OJS (Open Journal System)” *scheduled to be held on *19-20 November 2018* at Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), Kalamassery, Kerala. *Who can Participate:* Academicians, Library Professionals, Research Scholars, Information Scientists, Content developers, E-Publication Professionals and those who are interested in this area can participate in it. *Resource Persons:* The Sessions will be handled by experts from INFLIBNET Centre, Technical Experts from outside and in house faculty members and staffs from Rajagiri College of Social Sciences. *Areas Covered:* The following areas will be covered in the workshop and exclusive hands on p ractical training (One to One dedicated computer system). Thus, the workshop will be intended to: · PKP Software and e‐Publishing platform · Installation of Operating system ‐ UBUNTU and basic commands of LINUX · Downloading OJS software from PKP · Installation & Configuration of OJS · Create Hosted Journal and Completing Setup process · User creation in OJS and Role assigning · Creating Issues and Publishing the articles online · Article Submission, Reviewing and Editing · Journal Subscription · IP Authentication and Access Rights. *Registration* Registration Fees is *Rs.2000* (Registration Fee includes Workshop kit,Tea and working Lunch.The outstation participants shall be provided Accomodation on payment basis with prior intimation.A maximum of 50 participants will be permitted.Admissions on First come First serve basis. *For More Details Please visit:* Web-www.rajagiri.edu, Email - ojsworkshop(a)rajagiri.edu <http://www.rajagiri.edu,%20%20Email%20-%20ojsworkshop@rajagiri.edu> Contact-Dr.M.D Baby, Organising Secretary -*9995406159,* *0484-2911363,**8289853395* *Best Regards* *Vijesh P.V* *Librarian, * *Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies, Rajagiri Valley P.O., * *Kakkanad, Kochi – 682 039,Phone : 0484 -2660601, Ext:527 - 620* *|Mob:8289853395,Web: http://rsom.weebly.com <http://rsom.weebly.com/>,* *http://www.rcbscybrary.blogspot.in, <http://www.rcbscybrary.blogspot.in/>http://rcbs.rajagiri.edu/index.php <http://rcbs.rajagiri.edu/index.php>* *www.journals.rajagiri.edu <http://www.journals.rajagiri.edu>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Plan S makes publishers jittery
by Francis Jayakanth 29 Oct '18

29 Oct '18

From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> Sent: 28 October 2018 17:41 Please see <https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/international-bo…> Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009

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Impact of Social Sciences – PhD theses – drawing attention to the often overlooked articles in open access repositories
by Francis Jayakanth 29 Oct '18

29 Oct '18

From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> Sent: 28 October 2018 15:43 Friends: At the London School of Economics (LSE) theses are submitted electronically and deposited into the open access repository, LSE Theses Online (LSETO). LSETO currently contains over 3,500 theses, spanning more than a century of LSE doctoral research (1905-2018). During the last academic year (2017-18), LSE theses were downloaded on 602,748 occasions – that’s over 50,000 downloads a month! The ones which were not in electronic form are being digitized and added to the repository. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2018/10/27/phd-theses-drawing… Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009

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Heartiest Congratulations for the award of Ph. D. Degree: Dr. Kuljeet G. Kahlon
by Dr.Dinesh Sanadi. 29 Oct '18

29 Oct '18

Dear Library Professionals, I would like to inform all the library professionals that *Ms. Kuljeet G. Kahlon, *Library Manager, Guru Nanak Institute of Management Studies, King’s Circle, Matunga, Mumbai-400 019. has been awarded with Ph.D. degree in Library and Information Science by *Bharathidasan University Tamilnadu.* Her topic of research was *“ Role of Internet in Management College Libraries in Mumbai ”.* The research was carried out under the supervision of *Dr. A. Ganesan.* *Bharathidasan University Tamilnadu.* *CONGRATULATION...!!!!!!* Wish you hearty congratulation to you on big achievement and success of your Ph.D. Degree. We wish her all the best in his future academic and career pursuits. [image: image.png] -- *Dr. Sanadi Dinesh Annappa.* *(Ph.D. UGC-NET ,SET (MAH) * *Librarian.* *St. Joseph College of Arts & Commerce,* * (Affiliated to University of Mumbai)* * Satpala, Post - Agashi, Virar (W)* * Tal. Palghar , Dist. Palghar - 401 301* * Maharashtra State. INDIA.* * Cont- 09869323372 / 7208710920* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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