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Dr. K.N Prasad- Majesty of the LIS Profession
by Madaiah Krishnamurthy 26 Apr '16

26 Apr '16

Dear Professionals, He was a role model in our profession and his dedicated years of service would be live in our memory. This success of him is not his fate, it is his continuous and committed love for hard work. I will never forget his distinctive disciplined framework during his all time at the workplace as well as his immense contribution in the LIS field. . His all the works would be in the record and adored always. He has established his unique personality in the profession. . His disciplined and committed works makes him different than others. We can say him a professional leader with qualities of a good communicator, trainer, and proficient administrator. He is the man with combination of energetic, enthusiastic, honesty, love, disciplined, and inspirational for all the professionals. He has left many memories in SRELS which makes unforgotten. I never forget coffee with him in his -room. Lastly, I want to say that I would be grateful to you forever for your encouraging and inspiring me . Wish you all the best. Regards, M.Krishnamurthy ************************************************************** Dr. M.Krishnamurthy, M.A.,M.L.I.Sc.,Ph.D., Fulbright Scholar, (U.S.A) Digitization Course,( U.S.A) Documentation Research and Training Center Indian Statistical Institute Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 India Phone No: 91-80-26985493 Mob:91-9980035933 URL:http://www.isibang.ac.in/~krish/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MyDLIS-13th Informatics Endowment Lecture on DL | Dr. Padmini Ray Murray on "Location is everything : Towards an Indian Digital Humanities | April 29, 2016 | Invitation
by Shalini Urs 26 Apr '16

26 Apr '16

Dear friends, I am happy to share that the Department of Library and Information Science, is organising the 13th Informatics Endowment Lecture on Digital Libraries on April 29, 2016 at 3:30 PM. ---- Dr. Padmini Ray Murray of Shrishti School of Art, Design and Technology and a well-known digital humanities scholar will be delivering the lecture on ³Location is everything: Towards an Indian Digital Humanities.² ---- Honorable Vice Chancellor of University of Mysore, Dr. K.S. Rangappa will preside ---- Mr. N.V. Sathyanarayana, an alumnus of the department and CMD of Informatics India Limited, the company behind the endowment will be the guest of honour. Venue : International School of Information Management, Manasagangotri, Mysore-570006 ----- Speaker Bio: Dr. Padmini Ray Murray is having some extensive work in the area of digital scholarship to her credit. She holds a PhD in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh, UK; MA from Jadavpur University, Kolkata and BA from St Stephen¹s College, Delhi. Currently she is a faculty in digital humanities at Shrishti School of Art, Design an Technology, Bangalore and Visiting Fellow, at The Centre for the Study of Developing Societies,Delhi. Previously she has taught as a lecturer in Publishing Studies & Digital Media, Stirling Centre for International Publishing and Communication, University of Stirling,and as a lecturer in Publishing, Department of Culture,Literature and Publishing, School of Arts & Creative Industries, Edinburgh Napier University. Currently Dr. Murray is Vice Chair of Global Outlook: Digital Humanities; Managing Editor, DH Commons; Editor in Chief, SHARP News, and Board Member, Wikimedia Foundation. Her body of work includes articles in peer reviewed journals including the Visible Language: Journal of Visual Communication Research¹, Publishing Research Quarterly¹ and others and several book chapters in several books including the forthcoming The Digital Book¹ published by the Cambridge History Press; The History of Oxford University Press¹ by the Oxford University Press; Byron in London¹ by the Cambridge Scholars Press; The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland¹,by the Edinburgh University Press, and others. Dr. Murray has won numerous grants and awards including: * AHRC funded Unbox Fellowship - Unplay - January 2013. * Co-Investigator, AHRC Digital Transformations Grant, (along with Professor Claire Squires) for the 'The Book Unbound: Disruption and Disintermediation in the Digital Age' project * AHRC funded project for the digitation of Early Bengali Printed Materials, 1778-1914', a partnership between the British Library and the National Library of India, 2011. * Alt-W New Media Award for the Electric Bookshop Project (along with Peggy Hughes and Claire Stewart) ----- It is my pleasure to invite you to this lecture event. Please make it convenient to attend. Looking forward to your gracious presence Warm Regards, Shalini -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SRELS
by SRELS 25 Apr '16

25 Apr '16

Dear Moderator: Kindly arrange to post the following letter in LIS-Forum. Thanking you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science ======== Dear Professional Colleagues : I am relinquishing from the services of Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS) Bengaluru w.e.f. 30th April 2016. I have been associated with SRELS in different capacities almost since 1973. I had the greatest opportunity to work with professional stalwarts like Prof. M.A. Gopinath, Prof. Parthasarathy and Prof.A.Neelameghan in addition to being acquainted with numerous others. I have been particularly lucky to be associated with the publications of the Endowment, especially its mouthpiece - SRELS Journal of Information Management. I firmly believe in the mission of SRELS and hope its legacy will continue all through the future. I will, however, continue to remain professionally active. Best wishes, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Bengaluru Mob:09880529534, E-mail: kadaba.n.prasad(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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ICDL 2016 Conference: Call for Papers
by Nihal Alam 25 Apr '16

25 Apr '16

*ICDL 2016* *Smart Future: Knowledge Trends that will Change the World* *14-16 December 2016, India Habitat Center, New Delhi, India* The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) is organizing ICDL 2016 during 14-16 December 2016 at IHC, New Delhi. Theme of the conference is Smart Future: Knowledge Trends that will change the World. ICDL2016 conference intends to bring together a plethora of leading experts and digital luminaries from multiple disciplines to discuss and deliberate on innovations in the areas of DL research, big data, social media, knowledge and innovation management, digital empowerment, e-governance etc that have potential to change the future world. The conference will host keynote sessions, paper and poster presentations, interactive panel sessions, workshops, special events and networking. ICDL 2016 will be an excellent forum to dwell upon several key areas of Smart Technologies including Big Data & Social Media Analytics, E-learning Platforms, Knowledge Innovation & Discovery, Open Access and many more… ICDL 2016 invites original submissions focusing on the theme of the conference. Key Thematic Areas includes (but not limited to): · Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining · Data and Information Visualization · Social Media Analytics and Computing · Knowledge and Innovation Management · Digital Research · Big data and analytics · Open data, open research and open innovation · Digital library of the future · OER, Open Research · Digital Rights Management *Important dates* · 15 July 2016 - Submission of full papers · 1st September 2016 - Notification of acceptance of paper with comments · 30 October 2016 - Submission of the final paper after incorporating comments Participants are invited to contribute their research papers for presentation on the above themes and related aspects. The papers should be based on original research and surveys; case studies or action plans rather than theoretical explanations. Papers may be submitted to the ICDL secretariat online (<http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/paper_submission.php>using the conference website or electronically at ICDL2016(a)teri.res.in. For more details visit website < http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/> *For further Information Contact:* *ICDL 2016 Secretariat* The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) India Habitat Centre Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003, India Tel: +91 11 24682100 or 41504900 Fax: 24682144 Email: ICDL2016 at teri.res.in Website: www.teriin.org/events/icdl -- 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 vijesh p v 25 Apr '16

25 Apr '16

Dear Professionals, One of our Research Scholar needed the following articles If any library holds below mentioned article. Please help me ? *1. *Herva, M., Neto, B., & Roca, E. (2014) Vol.70 ,May, Environmental assessment of the integrated municipal solid waste management system in Porto (Portugal). *Journal of Cleaner Production,*183-193. 2. Paul, J., Arce-Jaque, J., Ravena, N., & Villamor, S. (2012) Nov;32(11), Integration of the informal sector into municipal solid waste management in the Philippines – What does it need? *Journal - Waste Management.* *Best Regards* *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>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Research on features of ERP.
by Beeresh K 24 Apr '16

24 Apr '16

Dear professional colleagues, I would like to introduce myself as Mr. Beeresh, Researcher and Asst. Librarian at Presidency University, Bangalore. The study is a venture to *understand the features of different ERPs and their modules which suits Library management and trying to compare the same with standard Library Software*. I kindly request you to participate in online survey (below provided link) and provide your valuable inputs. The information obtained from this survey will be kept completely confidential. My humble request you to fill the questionnaire at the earliest. Heartfelt thanks for your cooperation. CLICK THE BELOW LINK TO RESPOND TO SURVEY. *https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12hClqVk8_nrPQuodU1e2A3rlpW5zPCijK_FwAH2k2x4/viewform <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12hClqVk8_nrPQuodU1e2A3rlpW5zPCijK_FwAH2k2x…>* [IF THE ABOVE LINK DOES NOT WORK, PLEASE COPY THE LINK AND PASTE IT ON YOUR BROWSER]. Thanking you in advance for positive anticipation. With regards, Yours sincerely, Beeresh Assistant Librarian Presidency University, Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Best Wishes to Dr. K N Prasad
by Khaiser Nikam 23 Apr '16

23 Apr '16

I am happy to note that you are very willingly exiting from SRELS. But, am sure SRELS is going to miss you. On behalf of myself and my co-authors, I take this opportunity to thank you sir, for publishing all the research papers in SRELS till now. Wish you all the best -- Dr.Khaiser Nikam Professor Department of Studies in Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Mysore Email - khaiser.nikam6(a)gmail.com (M) 9845328672 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application are invited for the post of Librarian and Assistant Librarian in in Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad
by Subhodip Bid 22 Apr '16

22 Apr '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Librarian and Assistant Librarian in in Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad No. of Post: Librarian : 1(UR) ; Assistant Librarian: 1(UR) Pay Scale: Librarian : Rs.37400-67000+ AGP : Rs. 10000; Assistant Librarian: : Rs.15600-39100+ AGP : Rs. 6000 For more details http://ismdhanbad.ac.in/openings-ism-regular/admin/documents/2016-5-27%2017… -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC new eligibility norms to address faculty shortage
by Nitin S. Joshi Joshi 22 Apr '16

22 Apr '16

The decision of the University Grants Commission (UGC) on relaxation of minimum eligibility conditions for appointment of assistant professors in universities and colleges has been welcomed by majority of academicians.As per the amended regulations, candidates who have registered for M.Phil/Ph.D programme before July 11, 2009 have now been exempted from clearing the National Eligibility Test (NET) or the State-Level Eligibility Test (SLET).Earlier, all PhD holders were required to clear the NET/SLET for being eligible to be appointed as assistant professors.The decision for exemption of this norm was taken by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) last week, keeping in mind the shortage of faculty members in institutions of higher education across the country.Even in Punjab, close to 50 percent of faculty positions in government and non-government colleges are lying vacant or have been filled by guest/ad-hoc faculties.“Even though this is not a permanent solution to the existing shortage of teachers in colleges and universities, this will definitely help in filling up the vacant positions for now,” said Professor Nirmal Singh.At several regional centres of Panjab University and other government and non-government colleges across the state, there has been a shortage in the number of applicants applying for the posts of professors as well.According to the report of the UGC-appointed Task Force in 2010, over 35 percent of the faculty positions at central universities across India are lying vacant.The amended regulations also state that the candidate’s research thesis should have been evaluated by at least two external examiners, and the candidate should have also made at least two presentations at national conferences.However, according to President of Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers’ Union Professor Jagwant Singh, the amended norms for exemption are rather unclear, and do not offer a long-term solution to the issue of shortage of faculty members, reportedIndian Express.Source- Indian Education ReviewNitin S Joshi SPPU- College Librarian MAEER’s MIT School of Management (MITSOM) Kothrud, Pune 411038 M- 09922587907 Direct Line- 020-30273597 www.mitsom.org Noting is pleasanter than exploring a library.- W.S. Landor

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Application are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian and Junior Library Assistant in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) (Banaras Hindu University - BHU ) Varanasi
by Subhodip Bid 21 Apr '16

21 Apr '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian and Junior Library Assistant in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) (Banaras Hindu University - BHU ) Varanasi No. of Post: Assistant Librarian : 01 (UR); Junior Library Assistant : 03(UR) Pay Band with Grade Pay: Assistant Librarian: PB-3: Rs.15600-39100+AGP Rs. 6000 Junior Library Assistant: PB-1: 5200-20200+GP Rs. 2000 Age Limit: Assistant Librarian : Below 35 years Junior Library Assistant : 18 to 35 years. For more details : http://iitbhuonline.in/ADVERTISEMENT.pdf http://iitbhuonline.in/ApplicantLogin.aspx -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application are invited for the post of Deputy Librarian in National Institute of Technology Silchar (NIT Silchar)
by Subhodip Bid 21 Apr '16

21 Apr '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Deputy Librarian in *National Institute of Technology Silchar (NIT Silchar)* No. of Post: Deputy Librarian : 01 Pay Band with Grade Pay: PB-3; Rs.15600-39100; GP : Rs. 8000 Age Limit: Below 45 years *Educational Qualification:* Master's Degree in Library Science/Information Science/Documentation with CGPA of 6.5 in 10 point scale or at least 60% of the marks or its equivalent grade of 'B' in the UGC seven point scale and a consistently good academic record. *Experience:* Ten years’ experience as an Assistant University Librarian/out of which at least 5 years to be in a post with AGP of Rs.7000/-or an equivalent post. Evidence of innovative Library Service and organization of published work and professional commitment, computerization of library. For more details (Deputy Librarian) http://www.nits.ac.in/employment/jobs/employment_2016/Advt_for_Non_Teaching… -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for soft copies of journal articles.
by ddp 20 Apr '16

20 Apr '16

Dear Moderator, Pls. arrange to publish my request for soft copies of articles on LIS forum. Dear Professionals, one of our research student needs following articles for reference. 1. Mansoor Niaz & Robert H. Logie (1993). Working Memory, Mental Capacity and Science Education: towards an understanding of the ‘working memory overload hypothesis'. Oxford Review of Education, Volume 19, Issue 4, 1993. pages 511-525. (Talor & Francis) 2. Niaz,M. (1987). The role of cognitive factors in teaching of science. Research in Science and technological education,, Volume 5, Issue 1, 1987, pp7-16 . (Talor & Francis) 3. Chandran S.(1987) The role of cognitive factor in chemistry achievement. Journal of Research in Science Teaching Volume 24, Issue 2, pages 145–160, February 1987. (Wiley) If you have access to any of these articles, kindly send me the soft copy. Thanks & Regards. D. D. Pednekar Homi Bhabha Centre For Science Education Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research V. N .Purav Marg, Mankhurd Mumbai 400 088. Tel.No.: 022-25072337 / 25072303 E-mail : library(a)hbcse.tifr.res.in / ddp(a)hbcse.tifr.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Message from Prof. Ramesha - Bangalore University
by bbramesha B 20 Apr '16

20 Apr '16

National Symposium on *“Re-vitalising LIS Education and Research for the Present and Future Needs”* *and an Alumni Meet* on 14th May 2016 at DLISc., Bangalore University *Respected Professional Colleagues,* *Dear Alumni of the Dept. of Library and Information Science * I’m pleased to inform you that the Dept. of Library and Information Science, Bangalore University, Bangalore has successfully completed more than 40 years of its existence. I’m happy to know that you are one of the valued professionals in the country and a proud alumnus of this esteemed department. The members of the faculty and the University thought it right to organize a meet and to greet and share your long professional experiences through the years. The Department in this connection is planning to organize a National Symposium on *“Re-vitalising LIS Education and Research for the Present and Future Needs”* *and an Alumni Meet* on 14th May 2016 in Prof. Venkatagiri Gowda Auditorium, Jnanabharathi Campus, Bangalore University, Bangalore. I sincerely request you make it convenient to participate in the National Symposium by offering your valuable feedback and input to improve the future curriculum and also to attend the Alumni Meet and share your valuable experiences with us and other fellow professionals and make the event a memorable one. I seek your kind cooperation, suggestions and support for further development of our department. Thanks and regards, Prof. Ramesha Organizing Secretary -- Dr. Ramesha Professor and Chairman Dept. of Library and Information Science Bangalore University Jnana Bharathi Campus BANGALORE - 560 056 Phone: Mobile 09481246961 Office Direct :080 22961401 http://bramesha.webs.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Inviting papers for COSCOLIDIA -2016 – “National Conference on School Libraries in Digital Age” to be held at Belagavi
by Prahalad G Tadasad 19 Apr '16

19 Apr '16

Dear LIS Professionals, Seasons best wishes COSCOLIDIA -2016 – “National Conference on School Libraries in Digital Age” is being organized on 12th and 13th May 2016 jointly by Bharatesh Education Trust’s Global Business School Belagavi, Jain Heritage School (JGI) Belagavi and Journal of Library Development (JLD) In Belagavi, Karnataka. *Venue: Jain Heritage School, Next to Belgaum Foundry Cluster, Udyambag, Belagavi - 590008* *Papers are invited from the LIS professionals on the following main theme* *MAIN THEME :* “School Libraries in Digital Age “Coscolidia” *SUB THEMES :* Sub-themes include but not limited to the following: Ø Innovations in School Libraries; Ø Developing Reading Skills; Ø Impact of Digital Technology; Ø School Library Housekeeping Activities and Services; Ø Management of e-Resources; Ø Digital Learning Space; Ø Digital Literacy; Ø Library Space, Finance and Human Resource Management; Ø Best Practices in School Libraries and New Initiatives; Ø School Library Standards. *SUBMISSION OF PAPERS :* · Full paper in CD or by e-mail and a hard copy of the same must reach us on or before the last date. · Paper specifications are:- MS-Word 2007 format and also a pdf file of the same, Font Face:- Times New Roman, Font Size:- 14 (For headings, addresses, affiliations) and 12 (For abstract and text) Indentation:- Justified, Line spacing:- 1, Margin:- 1 inch on all sides and a maximum of 10 A-4 pages using APA Style of citation. · Tables or figures need to be incorporated in the text at appropriate places and numbered serially. · Authors of accepted papers will be communicated through e-mail. · Authors are requested to submit a full paper through an e-mail attachment to coscolidia(a)gmail.com or pgtadasad(a)gmail.com *PUBLICATION OF CONFERENCE VOLUME :* Conference proceedings will be published with ISBN Number on the inaugural day of the Conference. Only selected and papers recommended for inclusion in the volume by the “Editorial Committee” will be included. The paper will be subjected to a blind review and plagiarism check *IMPORTANT GUIDELINES :* · All manuscripts should be unpublished original work. The author (s) will have to sign a copyright declaration form · An author can contribute more than one paper. However, an author will present only once throughout the Conference and for any one of his/her contributed articles. · Paper should have Title, Author/s name, Affiliation with complete address and E-mail address of authors, Abstract maximum of one paragraph and list of main Keywords. *THE PROGRAMME :* The conference will include plenary sessions, invited and contributed papers, poster sessions, product presentations, panel discussions and an exhibition. A series of parallel sessions will be held offering delegates a wide range of in depth presentations by leading experts. *TARGET AUDIENCE:* Library and Information Science professionals working in different types of schools in India, LIS professionals, Research scholars, students, all stakeholders interested in LIS activities. *REGISTRATION FEE:* Individual: Rs. 1500.00 Research Scholars and Retired Professionals: Rs. 750 Students: Rs. 500.00 (Kit without conference proceedings) Accompanying family member: Rs. 500.00 (Kit without conference proceedings) Registration fee includes conference kit with conference materials, working lunch/dinner, refreshment, etc. Kindly send your completed registration form along with registration fee in the form of Demand Draft drawn in favor of *“Director, BET’s Global Business School”, Payable at Belagavi *to: *The Organizing Secretary, Librarian, Bharatesh Education Trust’s Global Business School, B. C. 188, Old P. B. Road, Belagavi -590016* *IMPORTANT DATES :* Last date for submission of full papers with registration fee: 25.4.2016 Acceptance of full paper for presentation: 30.4.2016 Last date for Registration: 30.4.2016 Spot Registration: Available on prior intimation *CONFERENCE DATES : *12th and 13th May, 2016 *ACCOMMODATION :* Accommodation may be arranged for the outstation participants if request is sent atleast seven days before the Conference and in that case participants will have to bear the charges. A list of Hotels with tariff and phone numbers will be provided on request and the participants are advised to book the hotels in advance. *FOR MORE DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT :* Mr. Bharat B. Alasandi Organizing Secretary Librarian, Bharatesh Education Trust’s Global Business School B. C. 188, Old P. B. Road, Belagavi -590016 Phone: 0831-2421513 Mob: 9686190253 *JOINT ORGANIZING SECRETARIES :* o Dr Nagaraj, National Institute of Education, Mysore o Naveed Bankapur, IT Coordinator, Jain Heritage School, Belagavi *Two Day National Conference on School Libraries in Digital Age “Coscolidia”* *On * *12th - 13th May, 2016* *Registration Form * Name: ________________________________________________________________________ Designation: ___________________________________________________________________ Department: ___________________________________________________________________ Institution: ____________________________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Phone: ____________________________ Mobile: ___________________________ E-mail: ___________________________ Payment Details: Rs. …………. Bank ……………………………….. DD no. ………………. Date ……………………. Are you presenting a paper? Yes No If ‘Yes’, pls furnish the title of the paper to be presented ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (Demand Draft should be drawn in favor of *“Director, BET’s Global Business School’ *Payable at Belagavi) Signature: ………………………………………….. Name: ………………………………………………. Date: ………………………………....................... -- Prof. P. G. Tadasad Professor and Chairman Department of Library and Information Science, University Nodal Officer RUSA and Coordinator Legal Cell Karnataka State Women's University, Jnanashakti, Torvi Vijayapura 586108 Tel: 08352 229012 (O); 08352 240021 (O); 08352 272 436 (R); Mobile: 09448180973 (M) E-mil: pgtadasad(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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Job Opening for Information Management Trainees
by anand bandi 19 Apr '16

19 Apr '16

Dear Moderator,Kindly post the requirements on your forum. "The National Institute of Fashion Technology, Govt.of India, looking for fresh MLISc Candidates to be recruited as "Information Management Trainee" (Two Positions) for a period of one year. It is an opportunity for the freshers to work in automated and cloud based Library environment. Those who are interested to apply, required to be completed their MLISc from the Library and Information Science Departments of Indian Universities, who conduct 2 year integrated regular programmes and others need not to apply. The selected professionals will be paid a stipend of Rs 10000=00 per month. The candidates can send their application on the mailing address furnished below or may send their respective C.V via e-mail. The lost date for submitting the application is 15/05/2016. The short listed candidates will be called for the interview subsequently. No TA/DA be paid for attending the interview. Dr. A.N.BandiHead, Resource CentreNIFT Campus,Institutional Area,Plot No. 15, Sector-4,Kharghar,Navi Mumbai-410 210dr.anbandi(a)gmail.com7715833561

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Reg:- BSc Nursing Pathology Question papers
by Naveen. KS 19 Apr '16

19 Apr '16

Dear Professionals, We need RGUHS- BSc NURSING ( PATHOLOGY ) 2012 to 2015, Question papers, If any body have this please send to my mail id.It's very urgent. -- Thanks Naveen K.S Chief Librarian, Subbaiah Institute of Medical Sciences, Shimoga. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Refresher Course at Bharathidasan University
by DrSuruli Nathi 18 Apr '16

18 Apr '16

*Distinguished Professional Colleagues* Greetings from Bharathidasan University We are happy to inform that the Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathidasan University along with UGC-HRDC is organizing UGC Refresher Course in Library and Information Science during *20.05.2016 to 09.06.2016*. The theme of the refresher course is “Library Management, Education and Research: Past, Present, and Future”. The Scope of the program includes: v Classical Schools of Library and Information Systems and their relevance v Information Processing and retrieval systems v Scholarly Information and Scholarly communication v Librametrics; Bibliometrics; Scientometrics; Informetrics; Webometrics; Altmetrics etc. v University and College library Services v NAAC& NBA parameters v Library Collection Management in Hybrid Environment v LIS Research-need of the Hour v LIS Education; National & International Trends v Digital Libraries and Web Technologies v Training on DSpace, Koha, NewGenLib, Library Website Designing v Reference Management Systems; Research Information Systems *Features:* Ø The program includes blend of lectures, Presentations, Demonstrations, Tutorials and Hands on Training. Ø Air Conditioned, Smart Classroom facilities with sophisticated systems with internet access in WI-FI enabled environment. Ø Hygienic Accommodation will be provided. Eligible LIS faculty members and professionals from Higher Education Institutions are welcome to Apply. The application details can be downloaded from the below Website Address: http://www.ugchrdcbdu.org/docs/new_application.pdf *For Further Clarification if any Please Contact:* *Dr. S. Srinivasa Ragavan,* Professor & Head, Department of Library & Information Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli- 620 024. *Email:* bdulib(a)gmail.com *Mobile:* 094869-16358 -- With regards Dr. T. M. Surulinathi M.com, MLIS, M.Phil., Ph.D, PGDCA, HDNCC, CGT Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science Bharathidasan University Trichy - 620 024 Mobile No: 9943653068 http://surulinathi.webnode.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CFP
by Mailing List Admin 18 Apr '16

18 Apr '16

5Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 04:51:01 +0000 From: K.S. Raghavan <ksragav(a)hotmail.com> Recent technological developments have enabled ready access to more information and data than can be comprehended and managed effectively. Ontology is an important knowledge organization tool and has a crucial role to play in capturing, organizing, representing and assigning meaning to information, data and knowledge. However, even after three decades of research, ontology development remains within the realm of research and has not entered the daily professional activity of librarians and information professionals. Ontology promises to enable intelligent Web applications, but such intelligent applications do not seem to have invaded the public and business domains. Many papers on ontology are merely descriptive - describing an ontology, ontology construction process, or a prototype application; there has been insufficient effort to draw out lessons and derive fundamental principles. This special issue of LIBRES seeks to identify such lessons and principles related to ontology development and application, and to suggest a direction for ontology research in the field of Information Studies. Papers that focus on issues and challenges in building large-scale ontologies, representing complex semantic constructs in languages like OWL, merging ontologies as well as successful designs for systems and experiments in the use of ontologies in knowledge management, information retrieval and knowledge discovery are sought. The special issue will also seek to bridge the gap between perceptions of the LIS community and ontology engineers to suggest a way forward. Critical papers on ontology editors - both commercial and open source software - will also be considered for publication. All submissions will be peer-reviewed. Deadlines: - Submission of title & abstract for preliminary review: May 15, 2016 - Submission of full paper for review: June 30, 2016 Author guidelines can be found at: http://libres-ejournal.info/author-guidelines/ LIBRES is a peer-reviewed open-access journal, published by Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information. It was previously published by Curtin University (Australia), Department of Information Studies. LIBRES is indexed by ISA, LISA, EBSCO, Scopus and Cabells. Guest editors for the special issue of LIBRES: Dr. Kavi Mahesh (drkavimahesh(a)gmail.com<mailto:drkavimahesh@gmail.com>) Dr K. S. Raghavan (ksragav(a)hotmail.com<mailto:ksragav@hotmail.com>) Centre for Knowledge Analytics & Ontological Engineering (KAnOE), PES University, Bangalore, India K. S. Raghavan Visiting Scientist Centre for Knowledge Analytics & Ontological Engineering (KAnOE) PES University 100 Feet Ring Road, BSK 3rd Stage Bengaluru 560085

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Suppliers for Shelf Label Holder
by Manavta Jugeshh 16 Apr '16

16 Apr '16

Dear Professional friends, Kindly suggest vendors for school Library, who provide *Shelf Label Holders *, for Wooden Book Racks. Regards Manavta Jugeshh Librarian Bal Bharati Public School, Brij Vihar, Ghaziabad, U.P. http://manavtaj.wix.com/elibraryofbalbharati http://bbpslibrary.blogspot.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Trainee vacancy at IRMA Anand Gujarat
by Saurabh Prajapati 15 Apr '16

15 Apr '16

Dear LIS forum Moderator, May I request you to post following message on LIS forum: Institute of Rural Management Anand invites applications for the post of Library Trainee at its Ravi J. Matthai Library. *Educational Qualification:* Should possess a first-class Masters Degree in Library and Information Science from a recognized university. Candidates appearing for final year exam of Master of Library and Information Science (MLISc) can also apply. However, their final selection will be subject to their final year result. *Desirable Criteria:* Good Communication Skills in English, Basic working knowledge of IT and IT related applications used in libraries, LIBSYS will be an added advantage. *Selection:* Selection of the candidates will be done through written test and interview. *Stipend:* A consolidated monthly stipend of Rs.12,000/- shall be offered to the selected candidates. *Age:* Below 26 years *Number of Vacancies: 2* Interested candidates only who meet the above mentioned requirements with respect to qualification may apply online by *01st May, 2016*. The written test will be in English. Candidate should be ready to work in shift-duties/rotating weekly-off. *Last Date to apply Online:* 01 May 2016 Please visit: https://www.irma.ac.in/careers/careers.php Saurabh Prajapti Deputy Librarian | Ravi J Matthai Library Institute of Rural Management Anand +91 2692 221671 | +91 2692 221674 https://www.irma.ac.in https://www.irma.ac.in/article.php?menuid=55 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call For Papers: TIFR-BOSLA National Conference on "Future Librarianship: Innovation for Excellence" (NCFL- 2016) during 22-23 April, 2016.
by Dr. Mallikarjun Angadi 15 Apr '16

15 Apr '16

Dear Moderator, Please share the following conference details among the forum members. Dear Professionals !! Scientific Information Resource Centre, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Colaba, Mumbai in collaboration with Bombay Science Librarians’ Association (BOSLA), Mumbai is organising a National Conference on "Future Librarianship: Innovation for Excellence" (NCFL- 2016) during *22-23 April, 2016. * The conference will have invited theme based addresses by experts, paper presentations by authors and panel discussions by eminent practitioners in LIS discipline. Sub-themes include but not limited to: Digital Libraries Harnessing Web Resources Library Technologies and Trends Library Resource Sharing, Networking and Consortia Copyright ad IPR Scientometrics and Webometrics Human Resource Management PAPER SUBMISSION: Original contributions based on practice/theory/research related to the theme are invited for presentation. All papers will go through a process of review and accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Papers should not normally exceed 5,000 words or 16 double-spaced pages, including tables, diagrams, etc. Also, each paper should contain an abstract, upto ten keywords, body of the paper, conclusion and references. The paper should also contain the author's name, organisation and E-mail address. The format and the references of the paper should be as per the NCFL 2016 Paper Template which can be downloaded from Conference Website. Please note that only the accepted papers from authors who register for this conference will be included in the Conference Proceedings. The manuscript should be in the MSWORD format and can be send to ncfl2015.mumbai(a)gmail.com on or before *20th March, 2016 * *Last Date for Registration: 8th April 2016* *Last Date for Paper Submission: 20th March 2016* *Registration Fees:* *Rs.2000/-* *Concessional Fees for Students / Full-time Research Scholars :* *Rs.1500/-* Please visit the website http://bosla2013.wix.com/bosla to know more about this event. *Contact Details:* Dr. R. Prabakaran Organising Secretary, NCFL- 2016 Head, Scientific Information Resource Centre (SIRC) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Homi Bhabha Road Colaba, Mumbai 400 005 (T) 022-22782230 Tel: 91-22-22782230 Mobile: 9969190888 Email: praba(a)mailhost.tifr.res.in; Conference Website: http://bosla2013.wix.com/bosla ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Mallikarjun Angadi, Ph.D Deputy Librarian Commonwealth Fellow (University of East London, UK) Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Deemed University) P.B.No.8313,V. N. Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai – 400 088 Ph : 91-22-2552 5284 (off) Fax : 91-22-2552 5050 E-mail : mallikarjun(a)tiss.edu, mallikarjun.angadi(a)gmail.com <http://www.tiss.edu> URL : http://www.tiss.edu Blog : http://mallikarjunangadi.wordpress.com ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: YouTube videos demonstrating the installation of DSpace.
by Shamprasad Pujar 15 Apr '16

15 Apr '16

Dear All, You may please find links to YouTube videos demonstrating the installation of DSpace on Ubuntu Linux server. FYI Regards, S M Pujar Deputy Librarian IGIDR, Mumbai ===================== ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Hilton Gibson <hilton.gibson(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 3:18 PM Subject: YouTube videos demonstrating the installation of DSpace. Hi All, I have uploaded some videos to YouTube to demonstrate the installation of DSpace. See below. 01 - Install Ubuntu server operating system: https://youtu.be/C43R7XS2DlI 02 - Prepare the Ubuntu server operating system for the installation of DSpace: https://youtu.be/nNc_lUHl2dI 03 - Installation of DSpace onto the prepared Ubuntu server operating system: https://youtu.be/CyW6j5J3Rzg Enjoy and please let me know of problems. Regards Hilton Gibson Stellenbosch University Library http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-208X -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian in Grade ‘A’ in Reserve Bank of India (RBI/Bank)
by Subhodip Bid 15 Apr '16

15 Apr '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian in Grade ‘A’ in Reserve Bank of India (RBI/Bank) No. of Post: 6 (UR: 4; OBC: 2) Eligibility Criteria: (I) Educational Qualifications (as on 01/04/2016): Essential: (i) Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Commerce/Science and (ii) Master's Degree in ‘Library Science’ or ‘Library and Information Science’ of a recognized University/ Institute. Desirable: (i) Diploma in ‘Computer Applications’ from a recognized University or Institute (ii) Qualified in the national level test (NET/SLET/SET) conducted by the UGC or any other agency approved by the UGC (iii) Short term/ crash course on content management viz., Joomla, Drupal, etc. (II) Experience (as on 01/04/2016):Three years' professional experience in a library under Central/ State Government/ Autonomous or Statutory organization/ PSU/ University or Recognized Research or Educational Institution, or any major automated library. (III) Age (as on 01/04/2016): Between 21 and 30 years (candidates must have been born not earlier than 02/04/1986 and not later than 01/04/1995). For more details https://opportunities.rbi.org.in/Scripts/bs_viewcontent.aspx?Id=3156 -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Moving from subscription-based system to different models
by G Mahesh 15 Apr '16

15 Apr '16

Dear Members, Science Europe (www.scienceeurope.org) has just released the briefing paper “Open access business models and current trends in the open access publishing system”. (Available at: http://www.scienceeurope.org/uploads/PublicDocumentsAndSpeeches/SE_Briefing…) Apparently, the Science Europe Road map contains a clear objective “to move from subscription-based ‘reader-pays’ system to different models for research publications.” The briefing paper presents some of the recent trends and developments, as well as various business models currently in use which aim to facilitate the transition to OA. It also highlights expected benefits and underlines remaining challenges. The short 10 page paper discusses the following five points, benefits and challenges of each: 1. Adding open access requirements to subscription costs 2. Accelerating the transition through offsetting models 3. Capturing key data and need for transparency 4. The variety of business models in the evolving scholarly communication landscape 5. Accelerating the transition of an outgrown publishing system For those of us who are particularly involved licensing journals, this is worth a read. Regards, G. Mahesh Disclaimer ________________________________ Information contained and transmitted by this email is proprietary to NISCAIR and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If this is a forwarded message, the content of this email may not have been sent with the authority of the Company. If you are not the intended recipient, an agent of the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering the information to the named recipient, you are notified that any use, distribution, transmission, printing, copying or dissemination of this information in any way or in any manner is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please delete this mail & notify us immediately at itd(a)niscair.res.in ________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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First ILA council meeting
by shabahat husain 14 Apr '16

14 Apr '16

Dear Colleagues, At the outset, i wish to thank all library professionals in the country for supporting my candidature for ILA President ship. As you are already aware, there is lot to be done still for our profession, despite of best efforts of all my predecessors.We are all thankful to them. However, all that i can assure you is that this newly formed council will do its best to address the problems being faced by the libraries and librarians in India. In the process, i need the support of all my professional friends and colleagues. I am glad to inform you that after taking over charge as the President of ILA on 1st April, 2016, the first council meeting has been fixed on 1st may 2016. The agenda of the meeting has been prepared after long discussions with my colleagues. I wish you may go through the same and point out if some more items may be added for discussion under any other item.In fact i would very much appreciate if you could e mail the Problems and also their possible solutions. Soon we will create a discussion forum on the Dynamic website of ILA, where we can meet as and when required. AGENDA: 1. Constitution of Executive Committee. 2. Constitution of Sectional Committees and appointment of their Chairpersons. 3. Problems of librarians and Library profession. 3.1 Accreditation of Library Science Courses 3.2 Appointments and Promotions of Librarians 3.3 Inter-changeable qualifications for appointment as Librarians/Teachers of Library Science. 3.4 Establishment of Indian Institute of Library and Information Science as recommended by NKC. 3.5 Strengthening the Public Library Network from National level to Local Level. 3.6 Parity of Scale of Pay and retirement age of librarians with teachers. 3.7 U.G.C. scheme of minor /major research projects. 3.8 Introduction of LIS subjects in the curriculum of Under Graduate Courses. 4. Any other item with the permission of the Chair. with profound Thanks Yours Sincerely Prof Shabahat Husain President, Indian Library Association A/40-41.flat No. 201 Ansal Buildings, Dr. Mukherjee Nagar Delhi- 110009 E.Mail: shabahat12(a)rediffmail.com Present Address: Chairperson, Deptt. of Library & Information Sc. Ex-Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences Ex-University Librarian A.M.U.Aligarh (U.P.) 202002 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Opening for Library management Trainee position, NIFT, Mumbai
by anand bandi 13 Apr '16

13 Apr '16

"The National Institute of Fashion Technology, Govt.of India, looking for fresh MLISc Candidates to be recruited as "Information Management Trainee" (Two Positions) for a period of one year. It is an opportunity for the freshers to work in the totally automated and Cloud based Library environment. Those who are interested to apply need to be from the Library and Information Science Departments of Indian Universities, who conduct 2 year integrated regular programmes and others need not to apply. The selected professionals will be paid Rs 10000=00 stipend per month. The candidates can send their application on the mailing address furnished below or may send their respective C.V via e-mail. The lost date for submitting the application is 15/05/2016. The short listed candidates will be called for the interview subsequently. No TA/DA will be paid to the candidate for attending the interview. Dr. A.N.BandiHead, Resource CentreNIFT Campus,Institutional Area,Plot No. 15, Sector-4,Kharghar,Navi Mumbai-410 210

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Required a rare document
by ajeemsha s 13 Apr '16

13 Apr '16

Dear Friends One of our library staffs required a rare document which is out of copyright period. The title of the document is "A PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE PLANTS OF ANDAMAN ISLANDS" BY J.S. GAMBLE dated back 1903. The URL is http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002000481 If anyone have access to the above document kindly mail to librarian(a)jntbgri.res.in Ajeemsha.S Librarian, JNTBGRI Palode, Trivandrum-695562 Ph-09961853343 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Survey of mathematicians
by Subbiah Arunachalam 13 Apr '16

13 Apr '16

You might wish to help with this survey. I received it in the mail. < https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1r4LBUJk1VF9e4Dl4aXgS4fW-O8HR9yz1cqmXdzz0Cj… > 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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Using FOSS to add "Ask the Librarian" chat support to your Koha OPAC
by Indranil Das Gupta 13 Apr '16

13 Apr '16

Dear all, At the recently concluded National Koha Conclave (Feb 17 - 18, 2016), one of the "Koha Wishlist" items discussed was that of adding a chat facility to Koha. Chris Cormack, the original developer of Koha had replied that the Free Software i.e. Mibew (pronounced as: My-beau) messenger may be used to add the chat capability to the OPAC. Last weekend, I decided to try out Mibew and implement this. I'm happy to report that it has worked out very nicely. I've blogged about how you can add it on your server here - http://blog.l2c2.co.in/index.php/2016/04/11/mibew/. Sharing this so that more people may find the information useful. Also if anyone wants to test how it works, without installing Mibew, contact me off-list, I will be happy to help. regards, -idg -- Indranil Das Gupta L2C2 Technologies Phone : +91-98300-20971 IRC : indradg on irc://irc.freenode.net Twitter : indradg -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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COSCOLIDIA -2016 – “National Conference on School Libraries in Digital Age”
by Bharat Alasandi 12 Apr '16

12 Apr '16

To, All School Managements, Principals and School Librarian’s Sir/Madam, Sub: COSCOLIDIA -2016 – “National Conference on School Libraries in Digital Age” Education is vital and more importantly school education has vital role to play in developing nascent leaner into a good productive learners in digital age. Many digital media and devices are making a beeline to induce the digital learning. The challenges for schools are to see all children’s are smart learners along with digital learning methods and resources. Today there are many good schools with state of art facilities in India giving important many aspects of learning. There are even great school libraries seen within the schools as one of the important centers. It is School Libraries which act as a nascent center for elementary resources useful for budding learners and open to the new world of understanding and learning. The school library provides a model for quest for learning and building knowledge and confidence in seeking and processing information. Making this first ever event for School LIS professionals and school managements to meet and share knowledge and expertise from participating school library professionals. The focus of the school libraries is now on digital content. Hence the concern for librarians of these days should be to redefine the role of school Libraries in reaching out the right information to the right user at a right time. The national Conference is being organized on 12th and 13th May 2016 jointly by Bharatesh Education Trust’s Global Business School Belagavi, Jain Heritage School (JGI) Belagavi and Journal of Library Development (JLD) In Belagavi, Karnataka. We have enclosed a e-brochure for your reference, we look forward to the team of people from your school and the Library faculty members to be part of the conference by sharing your experiences and contributing in the form of a write-up in a standard format to the conference proceedings adding value to school Library literature. We therefore request you all to be part of the school library conference and share your ideas through articles give a new thought to young learners. Take part in the conference, it is a podium to hear you, Thanking you, Yours faithfully, -- 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Soft Skills CDs / DVDs
by sheeba jasmine 12 Apr '16

12 Apr '16

Dear Friends, We are looking for CDs / DVDs on "Soft Skills" for our students (Diploma, Graduate and Post Graduate levels). Kindly suggest the availability of such CDs/ DVDs produced by reputed institutions. with regards,Dr. Sheeba Jebaseeli JasmineInformation & Documentation OfficerCIPET Chennai

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Vacancies at MVJ college of Engineering, Bangalore
by Mailing List Admin 12 Apr '16

12 Apr '16

Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 07:57:46 +0000 (UTC) From: Mumtaz Khan <khanmain(a)yahoo.com> Dear Sir MVJ College of Engineering, Bangalore requires following Library Professionals for their information Center. Salary is not a constraint to the right candidate. Interested candidates may send their resume to the following mail id at the earliest. khanmain58(a)gmail.com Detailsof the posts: Chief Librarian: Qualification and Experience requiredFirst orSecond class Master of Library Science or equivalent from a recognizedUniversity with a minimum of 3 years experience in a reputed organization.Preference will be given to candidates with science back ground and workingexperience in Engineering College. Deputy Librarian: Qualification and Experience required First or Second class Master of Library Science or equivalent from a recognized University with a minimum of 2 years experience in a reputed organization. Preference will be given to candidates with science background and working experience in Engineering College. Assistant Librarian:Qualification and Experience required First or Second class Bachelor of Library Science or equivalent from a recognized University. Preference will be given to candidates with science back ground andsome working experience in an academic institution Library Assistant: Qualificationand Experience required, 2 posts (Male candidates only) First or Second class Diploma in Library Science or equivalent. Preference will be given to candidates with some working experience in an academic institution. Mumtaz Khan

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National Workshop on Koha: An intensive hands on training from 20th to 22nd April, 2016 at NMIT, Bangalore
by Mailing List Admin 12 Apr '16

12 Apr '16

Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 (UTC) From: Gangadhar KC <gangadhar67(a)yahoo.com> Dear Professionals, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology,Bangalore is organizing 3 Day National Workshop on Koha: An intensive hands ontraining from 20th to 22nd April,2016 at NMIT, Bangalore. Resource Persons: Prof. ARD Prasad, Head, DRTC, Bangalore Mr. Gopalakrishna, Librarian, BMS Instituteof Technology, Bangalore Registration Fees of Rs. 2000/- or Rs. 2,500/-(with Accommodation) is to be paid by cash or Demand Draft / Cheque drawn on anynationalized bank in favour of Principal, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, payable at Bangalore & must reach the workshop coordinatorbefore 16th April,2016 Interested persons can confirm their participationby registering their details online at http://goo.gl/forms/KtH7gWIQT1 Address for further Communication: Mr. K.C.Gangadhar Workshop Coordinator Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology Yelahanka, Bangalore-560 064 Email : library(a)nmit.ac.in; gangadhar67(a)yahoo.com Ph.: 080-22167882; Mob.; 8123381280 Gangadhar K.C. Senior Librarian Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology P.B.No.6429, Yelahanka, Bangalore-560 064. Ph:080-22167882, Cell:8123381280

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Urgent - Article required
by sheeba jasmine 12 Apr '16

12 Apr '16

Dear Friends, One of our Research Scholar urgently requires the following article. If anyone having access to this article, may kindly send the article. Title: Hobbing - A renewed method for producing moulds and dies Author:Aleksei HobemägiJournal name:Materials Processing Technology Vol.No., Issue:V42, Issue 4 Period:May 1994 Page:p.421-430Link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0924013… Thanks with regards,Dr. Sheeba JasmineCIPET

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Congratulations to Dr. Jagtar Singh
by Khushpreet Singh Brar 11 Apr '16

11 Apr '16

Respected Sir Hearty congratulations to Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor, Department of Library & Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala for taking charge as head of University Library. Respected Sir, in your able guidance the university library will achieve new heights. Regards Khushpreet Singh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Students Colloquium-4
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 11 Apr '16

11 Apr '16

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research & Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE Post Bangalore, 560 059 COLLOQUIUM - 4 (2015 2017) "PLAGIARISM: A STUDY" ABSTRACT Plagiarism has become a disease and has been on the rise due to many factors. One of the prominent factor is the availability of scientific information on Internet. There are no common acceptance on the concept of plagiarism. There are varied aspect of plagiarism which are still vague in some aspect. The time pressure and the demand to keep up with producing noteworthy scientific information as well as the availability of colossal amount of literature is resulting in academic dishonesty, rampant publication and demeaning scholarship. While academic community is still coping up with what to consider as plagiarism and where to draw the line, it is essential to educate and spread awareness about plagiarism in order to salvage ethical scholarship. In this colloquium we shall discuss the notion of plagiarism in scholarship, the various facets of plagiarism, legalities concerning plagiarism, some cases, the tools and techniques for detecting plagiarism, the need of educating which calls for librarians' role, discuss issues, means and ways to avoid plagiarism. The sub-topics of this colloquium and the corresponding speakers are as follows: TOPICS SPEAKERS 1. Introduction Alovi Zhimomi 2. Types of Plagiarism with examples. Sagar Gajbe 3. Cases of Plagiarism. Dipanwita Das 4. Plagiarism detection tools (Commercial Software). Srinivas Gurrala 5. Plagiarism detection tools (Open Source Software). Shiva Shankar Mahato 6. Plagiarism and the role of librarians. Kanu Chakraborty 7. Summary and conclusion. Vandana Date: 13-04-2016 Time: 2 p.m. Venue: DRTC (Room G-16), ISI Bangalore. All are cordially invited. 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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Final Call for Full Chapter:Digitizing the Modern Library and the Transition from Print to Electronic
by Raj K Bhardwaj 11 Apr '16

11 Apr '16

Dear Sir/Madam I hope this e-mail finds you well! Currently, I am in the process of editing a forthcoming publication entitled “Digitizing the Modern Library and the Transition from Print to Electronic <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.igi-2Dglobal.com_pu…>” to be published by IGI Global, an international publisher of progressive academic research. I would like to take this opportunity to cordially invite you to submit your work for consideration in this publication. I am familiar with your research interests and expertise in the area of book and I am certain that your contribution on this topic and/or other related research areas would make an excellent addition to this publication. Please visit *http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2007* <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.igi-2Dglobal.com_pu…> for more details regarding this publication and to submit your work. You can also find detailed manuscript formatting and submission guidelines at http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.igi-2Dglobal.com_pu…>. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you very much for your consideration of this invitation, and I hope to hear from you by May 30, 2016 In case of any problem to upload the paper on e-Editorial Discovery platform please send the full paper at: raajchd(a)gmail.com Best wishes, *Sincerely yours,* Dr. Raj Kumar Bhardwaj Deputy Librarian, Nalanda University, Rajgir, Bihar -803116 (India) E-mail: raajchd(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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5 Day state level Workshop on Software Basics for file creation and management
by Usman Karassery 11 Apr '16

11 Apr '16

Kindly forward the Workshop intimation to all Library professional for information 5 Day state level Workshop on Software Basics for file creation and management on 18th to 22nd April, 2016 at College of Engineering Thalassery, Kerala. Registration Fee: 2000 (TEQIP Institutions) 500 (Other institution) Last Date : 15- 04- 2016 *For more Details* http://library.cethalassery.in/images/Announcement/brochure__Application_fo… http://cethalassery.ac.in/images/News/brochure__Application_form1.pdf Usman koya P.T Librarian College of Engineering Thalassery Ph. 09846974035 -- 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 Links Digest
by Koteswara Rao Mamidi 10 Apr '16

10 Apr '16

Dear Dr. Francis, For quite some time I am seeing postings from 'LIS Links' included in Lis-Forum. I do not understand why NCSI should post the postings of another discussion forum like 'LIS Links' which itself is a discussion forum with nearly 20,000 members? Who really owns the news / information? Today there are many such discussion forums available to LIS professionals. Going by the standard of postings on LIS Links, it is better for NCSI to operate independently. This is my personal opinion and being a friend of late shri T B Rajasekhar I do not want LIS-Forum to deviate from its original goal. Dr. M. Koteswara Rao Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 02:02:55 +0000 Subject: LIS Links Digest From: noreply+feedproxy(a)google.com To: mk-rao(a)hotmail.com LIS Links Digest LIS Links Digest Union HRD Minister Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani Launches ISBN Portal: http://isbn.gov.in E.Ramesh Elected 2nd time as General Board Memebr to DELNET New Delhi Call Papers for Library Research World" 3rd issue June, 2016 Vacancies of Librarian in the Government of Telangana Regarding Book Loss Recovery Need Help for WEB OF SCIENCE Three Day National Workshop On Koha: An Open-Source Library Management Software (OSLMS) in Ranchi, Jharkhand Two Days Library Workshop on "D-Space" at Ma'din Polytechnic College, Malappuram Union HRD Minister Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani Launches ISBN Portal: http://isbn.gov.in Posted: 09 Apr 2016 02:35 AM PDT ISBN, Now a Click Away! The Union Minster of Human Resource Development Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani launched a portal for registration and allotment of International Standard Book Number (ISBN) at a function held in New Delhi.on 7th April 2016. Please See The WEBSITE For More Details for ISBN Portal: http://isbn.gov.in/ Press Information Bureau ,Government of India,Ministry of Human Resource Development http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=138686 E.Ramesh Elected 2nd time as General Board Memebr to DELNET New Delhi Posted: 09 Apr 2016 01:56 AM PDT Dear All, I am feeling happy to share with you that I, E. Ramesh, Sr Librarian, JBREC., Hyderabad, 2nd time Elected as General Board Member to DELNET New Delhi's Biennial (two year term) elections 2016-2018. I thank one and all in this election process and I need your co operation for ever. E.Ramesh Sr Librarian http://jbrec.edu.in/ http://jbrec.edu.in/facilities_library.php Call Papers for Library Research World" 3rd issue June, 2016 Posted: 09 Apr 2016 01:24 AM PDT Respected Madam/Sir, We are pleased to inform you that with the joint efforts of the like-minded librarians we have started a Journal titled “Library Research World” It is a peer-reviewed, bi-annual journal indexed in IIJIF with ISSN 2454-3586 in print format. “Library Research World” is an exclusive Library and Information Science based journal without any commercial interest. The journal is our endeavour to provide an opportunity to research scholars and library professionals for publishing research papers. We hope that your Department of Library and Information Science will subscribe this journal and also spread awareness among research scholars and research professionals about the same. Further details of the journal are attached for your perusal. Waiting for your positive response Regards Vacancies of Librarian in the Government of Telangana Posted: 08 Apr 2016 04:00 AM PDT Telangana Residential Educational Institutions Societies - 2016 The Government of Telangana has announced recruitment of junior lecturers, principals, degree college lecturers, librarians, staff nurse, TGTs, PGTs and various other posts in Gurukulams (Residential Educational Institutions). There are 2444 vacancies in various Gurukulams to be filled in TSPSC (Telangana State Public Service Commission) in 2016. Following are details of vacancies: 1) Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society: 758 posts. The details are as follows: Principal - 12 posts Trained Graduate Teachers: 560 posts Physical Education Teachers: 79 posts Art / Music Teachers: 52 posts Librarian: 34 posts Staff Nurse : 18 posts 2) Residential Education Institutions Society (School Education): 313 posts Junior Lecturers (Inter): 6 posts PG Teachers: 136 posts Trained Graduate Teachers: 74 posts Physical Education Teachers: 22 posts Art / Craft / Music Teachers: 43 posts Staff Nurse: 32 posts 3) Mahatma Jyothiba Phule BC Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society: 307 posts Principal: 7 posts PG Teachers: 83 posts Trained Graduate Teachers: 99 posts Physical Education Teachers: 16 posts Art Teachers: 28 posts Staff Nurse: 16 posts Junior Lecturers (Inter): 22 posts Degree College Lecturers: 36 posts 4) Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society: 436 posts. Junior Lecturers: 41 posts Librarians: 26 posts PG Teachers: 40 posts Trained Graduate Teachers: 271 posts Physical Directors: 6 posts Physical Education Teachers: 33 posts Art / Craft / Music Teachers: 19 posts 5) Minority Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society: 630 posts. Principal: 70 posts Trained Graduate Teachers: 350 posts Physical Education Teachers: 70 posts Staff Nurse: 70 posts Craft / Art / Music Instructors: 70 posts Regarding Book Loss Recovery Posted: 08 Apr 2016 03:39 AM PDT Dear Professionals, Myself from NIELIT Agartala (www.nielit.gov.in).We have finalised the list of the defaulter for this year. Few queries regarding adjustment of book loss: 1) Which amount we should consider regarding calculation of book loss? The amount mentioned in the Accession Register or The current market price of the book. 2) In the list, few books are there which are out of print or out of syllabus now. What should we do in this case? 3) Actually we are collection caution deposit at the time of admission. Although we are not issuing books normally beyond the value of security deposit but in some emergency very few such books were issued. What should we do those who exceeded the value of caution deposit? -Prasanta Kumar Nath Librarian Need Help for WEB OF SCIENCE Posted: 07 Apr 2016 10:51 PM PDT Dear Professionals, I am doing part time PhD in the area is Scientometrics. I collected data for the period of 1989-2015 and analysed by using HISTCITE. Total records 39,092. I want to upload to Histcite each 500 record as individual Plain text (Notepad) without missing records in the output. Please Help me. Three Day National Workshop On Koha: An Open-Source Library Management Software (OSLMS) in Ranchi, Jharkhand Posted: 03 Apr 2016 11:11 PM PDT National Workshop On KOHA An Open-Source Library Management Software (OSLMS) 20-22 May, 2016 Jointly Organized by Jharkhand Information & Library Association, Ranchi & International Research & Development Association, Ranchi Venue: Ramanujam Institute of Technology, Kokar, Ranchi The… Time:May 20, 2016 at 10am to May 22, 2016 at 5pm Location:Ramanujam Institute of Technology, Near Matriprerana Eye Hospital, Opposite: Prabha Kiran Apartment,Chuna Bhatta, Kokar, Ranchi City/Town:Ranchi Website or Map:http://www.jilaranchi.org.in Phone:Co-Ordinators:Shri Basanta Kumar Das, Mob: +91 94313 59491 Shri Sanjay Kumar Karn, Mob: +91 94311 04313 Dr. Bharat Bhushan, Mob: +91 98353 76044 Organizing Secretary: Mr. Shiva Prakash, Mob: +91 94311 09820 Export to Outlook or iCal (.ics) Two Days Library Workshop on "D-Space" at Ma'din Polytechnic College, Malappuram Posted: 22 Mar 2016 03:29 AM PDT For Online Registration click here Time:May 28, 2016 at 9:30am to May 29, 2016 at 3pm Location:Malappuram Street:Melmuri City/Town:Malappuram Website or Map:http://www.madinpoly.com Phone:9142376236 Export to Outlook or iCal (.ics) This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now You are subscribed to email updates from LIS Links Digest. 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Fw: [IFLA-L] Alan Hopkinson
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 10 Apr '16

10 Apr '16

It is very sad to see the news of Prof. Alan Hopkinson's demise.http://mdx.academia.edu/AlanHopkinson He was very active in international librarianship, also in mentoring budding young professionals from developing world.May his departed soul rest in peace. ---------- Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, Manager, University Library Collections and Information Services, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, www.kaust.edu.sa On Sunday, April 10, 2016 8:57 AM, Knock Douglas (KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST) <douglas.knock(a)NHS.NET> wrote: Please see sad news about Alan below. Alan was a long-standing ILIG committee member and, as Ian says, very active in the international arena prior to his stroke. He always had amazing energy and enthusiasm as well as a passion for supporting colleagues. He continued to attend ILIG committee meetings and events after his stroke and will be sorely missed. Doug Sent from my Windows PhoneFrom:IAN JOHNSON (0616285) Sent:‎09/‎04/‎2016 14:05 To:IFLA List (ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr) Subject:[IFLA-L] Alan Hopkinson It is with great sadness that I have to inform you that Alan Hopkinson died on 7th April. Alan was for many years Chairman of the permanent UNIMARC Committee and of the UDC consortium. He was regularly involved in development projects throughout the world until almost completely paralysed by a stroke about 2 years ago. Although there had recently been some small signs of improvements in his condition, he died peacefully in his sleep a few days ago. Professor Ian Johnson,Chief Editor, IFLA/De Gruyter series: 'Global Studies in Libraries and Information'Aberdeen, Great Britain Phone: +44 1224 740785Mobile: +44 7719 859239Skype: ian.m.johnson45 Sent from Yahoo Mail. Get the app

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National Workshop on Koha:an intensive hands on training from 20th to 22nd April, 2016 at NMIT
by Gangadhar KC 09 Apr '16

09 Apr '16

Dear Professionals, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology,Bangalore is organizing 3 Day National Workshop on Koha:an intensive hands ontraining from 20th to 22nd April,2016 at NMIT, Bangalore. Resource Persons: Prof. ARD Prasad, Head, DRTC, Bangalore Mr. Gopalakrishna, Librarian, BMS Instituteof Technology, Bangalore Registration Fees of ₹ 2000/- or ₹2,500/-(with Accommodation) is to be paid by cash or Demand Draft / Cheque drawn onanynationalizedbank in favour of ‘Principal, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology’payableat Bangalore &must reach theworkshopcoordinator before 16thApril,2016 Participants can confirm their participationby registering their details online at http://goo.gl/forms/KtH7gWIQT1 Address for further Communication: Mr. K.C.Gangadhar Workshop Coordinator Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology Yelahanka, Bangalore-560 064 Email : library(a)nmitac.in; gangadhar67(a)yahoo.com Ph.: 080-22167882; Mob.; 8123381280

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Congratulations to Archana Kulakarni
by Elan Ramesh 09 Apr '16

09 Apr '16

Dear All I am happy to inform u that Bandlaguda, Chandrayangutta,Hyderabad Aurora’s Scientific Technological & Research Academy's LIBRARIAN Archana Kulakarni had been elected as GENERAL BODY MEMEBR to DELNET - NEW DELHI's bienneal (2016-2018) elections by unanimously from ‪#‎Telangana‬, one among three members. we all wish her the best and successful in her endeavors. With regards E.Ramesh Sr Librarian jrec.edu.in/ http://jbrec.edu.in/facilities_library.php Genral Body Member - DELNET New Delhi

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Librarians, OA and scholarly communication
by Subbiah Arunachalam 09 Apr '16

09 Apr '16

Friends: Here is a very good paper on librarians, OA and scholarly communication based on a survey. I found it useful. Hope you would too. <http://www.istl.org/16-winter/refereed4.html>. Best. 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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ISBN PORTAL AT http://isbn.gov.in/
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 08 Apr '16

08 Apr '16

http://isbn.gov.in/ Government of India Ministry of Human Resource Development 07-April-2016 18:24 ISTUnion HRD Minister Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani Launches ISBN Portal ISBN, Now a Click Away! The Union Minster of Human Resource Development Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani launched a portal for registration and allotment of International Standard Book Number (ISBN) at a function held in New Delhi today. The Union Minister said that the ISBN portal has been created in a short period of time, to facilitate publishers as well as the authors to register forISBN online. This interactive automated system would provide fast and efficient services in a stipulated time frame to the Publishers and Authors as well.She added that after the feedback from the publishers, a mobile app in the regional languages would also be launched in order to reach out to more and more publishers and authors across the country. She hoped that the publishers and authors from small towns would also be benefited from this initiative. To address the problem of free download of works of authors from the internet, she assured the book writing fraternity that the issue will be discussed with the concerned ministries including DeitY which will be shared with the states.Prof. Narendra Kohli, eminent author was the Guest of Honor on the occasion. Speaking about the ISBN he said that in present times, ISBN has become an important part of publishing sector. He further said that this online system is a good initiative towards providing enhanced accessibility to the publishers and authors.Shri Amish Tripathi, well-known author was the Chief Guest on the occasion. He said that, “ISBN gives an identity to a book. If you do not have it, the bookshops will not sell it.” He observed that ISBN is free in India unlike other countries like US and UK where publishers need to pay huge money for its registration. He further added that ISBN was manual till now and since it is online from today, it will help publishers from different parts of the country to get registration done easily and will save their time also.Earlier, Smt. Aparna Sharma, Joint Secretary (BP & CR) welcomed the guests and informed that ISBN Portal is a part of Government’s e-governance initiative for streamlining the process of registration and make it user friendly.Dr Rita Chowdhury, Director, NBT, India proposed the vote of thanks. She hoped that through this user friendly system, the publishers and authors would find it easy to register for ISBN.BACKGROUNDRaja Rammohun Roy National Agency for ISBN, (Book Promotion and Copyright Division), under Department of Higher Education had organized the event for launch of ISBN portal. ISBN is a unique number used to identify monographic publications. Displayed in barcode format, ISBN is a 13 character identification allotted by International ISBN Agency based in UK through the National ISBN Agency. It provides access to bibliographic data bases used by the book industry and libraries to provide information. Raja Ram Mohan Roy National Agency for ISBN is responsible for ISBN registration in the country and is affiliated to UK based International Agency. The ISBN Nos. are allotted free of cost. Over a period of time with the growth of the publishing industry and awareness about ISBN, the request for ISBN has increased exponentially. Efforts have been made from time to time to streamline the operations of the agency which caters to the requirement of the applicants of the entire country. In this direction an attempt is being made by designing the ISBN online portal http://isbn.gov.in to further streamline the operations. The ISBN portal seeks to completely automate the process of seeking application, their examination and allotment of ISBNs. The developed software has several modules – users’ registration, online application submission, ISBN generation which includes ISBN generation request from the National Agency to the International Agency at UK. The automation process also seeks to maintain inventory as well as process the data that will be provided by the users. There will be doing away with receipt of hard copy of any document unless considered appropriate for establishing the identity of the applicant and for confirming the book publishing activity. Taking forward the Government’s ambitious Digital India campaign, the Ministry of Human Resource Development’s endeavor will ensure: ease of registration, enhanced accessibility, wider transparency, trust and credibility and greater efficiency for the book writing fraternity in the country.*******GG/DS/RT/isbn Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, President, Telangana Library Association Member, Advisory Board, National Library, KolkataUGC-Emeritus Fellow (2009-11) Professor in Library and Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad (super-annuated). Formerly Director, UGC-Academic Staff College (2006-8). Formerly President of Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS) and Association of British Scholars (AP Chapter) .

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Regarding Internet Broadband Connection
by Hemanta Gogoi 08 Apr '16

08 Apr '16

Sir/Madam Greetings of the day...!!!! We need your kind suggestions regarding Internet broadband connection in our college.. We are having the Internet under NMEICT through BSNL....but the service is very pathetic.. So we want a new broadband with our limited budget. So please suggest any service provider for our college.Our college is having UGC 12B 2F certificate and under UGC NERO.. Sincerely Hemanta Gogoi Librarian, Chaiduar College Gohpur, Biswanath-784168 Assam -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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REQUEST FOR CIRCULATE TO FORUM
by BASANTA KUMAR DAS 07 Apr '16

07 Apr '16

Respected Sir, Please circulate this in your forum member for wide circulation. Jharkhand Information & Library Association (JILA) with IRDA is organising 3 days (20-22 May 2016) Open Source Library Management Software at KOKAR, Ranchi. pl visit our website for details : www.jilaranchi.org.in. -- BASANTA KUMAR DAS IGNOU RANCHI BLOG:bkdasignou.blogspot.com http://mylibrary-basanta.blogspot.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Please Help Share arXiv.org Survey with Users
by Subbiah Arunachalam 07 Apr '16

07 Apr '16

Dear academic and research librarians; Kindly share this with physicists, astronomers, astrophysicists, mathematicians, mathematical biologists, etc. Best wishes. Subbiah Arunachalam From: Oya Rieger <oyr1(a)cornell.edu> Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 14:33:19 -0400 To: ARXIV-SUPPORT-UPDATES-L <arxiv-support-updates-l(a)list.cornell.edu> Dear Colleagues, As noted in our recent update, 2016 is the 25th anniversary of arXiv, an important milestone. We are engaged in a series of vision-setting activities and, as part of this process, we are implementing a user survey to help us improve arXiv and clarify future directions for the service in a way that best serves the user community: Click here to start arXiv survey: https://cornell.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_brM4ULfjHGClNJj We need your help in reaching out to the user community. Please share the link far and wide and encourage scientists, researchers, and students to complete the survey. If you or your institution is active on social media please post the link freely. The survey will close on April 27. The responses we gather will help us plan the future for arXiv and continue to provide a service that is based on actual user needs and experiences. With appreciation, Oya Oya Y. Rieger, Ph.D. Associate University Librarian arXiv Program Director Scholarly Resources & Preservation Services Cornell University Library

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SALIS awards - announcements - Reg
by Dr. R. Balasubramani 07 Apr '16

07 Apr '16

Dear All, Greetings from SALIS. SALIS invites application /nominations from the members of LIS community for the following SALIS awards for the year 2015. 1. Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra National Best Librarian Award (National Level Award) (Sponsored by Late Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT Madras) 2. AutoLib-Tamil Nadu Best Librarian Award (Sponsored by AutoLib Software System, Chennai) 3. AutoLib-Tamil Nadu Best Young Librarian Award (below 40 years) (Sponsored by AutoLib Software System, Chennai) 4. SALIS - A.N.Marappan Memorial National Best Young Librarian Award (below 40 years) (National Level award) Sponsored by Dr.A.M.Venkatachalam, Librarian, KSR College of Technology, Tiruchengodu. 5. SALIS - S.M.Venkidusamy Memorial Best Public Librarian Award” (State Level award) Sponsored by S.V.Kumudham (W/o Dr.A.M.Venkatachalam), Secretary, Namathu Bharatham Foundation, Athani, Erode Dist, TN. A committee constituted by the President, SALIS will select a suitable candidate for each award among the nominations/applications received strictly based on the criteria fixed for the award. If suitable candidates are not found for the award, the committee will nominate deserving LIS professionals strictly based on the criteria fixed for the award. All the awards will be presented during the the inaugural function of the two day SALIS 2016 - National Conference on Creativity, Innovation and Transformation in Libraries to be held on 8th July 2016 at K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu. All the awards include a silver memento, shawl and citation. Last date for the receipt of application/nomination is 10.06.2016. Application forms can be downloaded from www.salis.in Application form can also be obtained by sending an e-mail to salis_info(a)yahoo.co. in with the subject name as “Application form for SALIS Awards" www.salis2016.wordpress.com -- Dr.A.M.Venkatachalam Organizing Secretary, SALIS 2016 & Librarian K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology (Autonomous Institution) KSR Kalvi Nagar Tiruchengode - 637215, Tamil Nadu, India. Phone : 04288-274741-44, Extn.400,404,401 Fax : 04288-274745 Mobile : 9994250222 E-Mail : ksrctsalis16(a)gmail.com Web : www.ksrct.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2nd CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS
by Swati Bhattacharyya . 06 Apr '16

06 Apr '16

*2nd CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS* *Proposal Submission Deadline: April 30, 2016* *Changing the Scope of Library Instruction in the Digital Age* edited by Dr. *Swati Bhattacharyya (Librarian, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta) and Dr. K. Rama Patnaik* *(Librarian, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore)* *Introduction* Library instruction originates from Readers’ Advisory Service/User Education and Outreach Service. Earlier, this service aimed to educate users on identifying authentic information quickly and efficiently. However, the scope of this service has enhanced considerably in recent years. Besides, library instruction service is increasingly viewed as part of classroom teaching and thus, teaching is an important component. Current digital age is impacting the contents and delivery of instructional service in many ways. Instructional sessions not only describe various features of a resource, but these sessions also bring issues like the ethical use of information, copyright, value of open knowledge. Librarians are required to help users to learn the use of citation management tools, data visualization tools etc. The new paradigm of education – blended and online education – requires that learners are supported by library instructions in virtual mode. The library instruction in virtual mode is also useful for those who want to learn at their pace. The designing of learning objects for an instructional session – either in face-to-face mode or virtual mode – requires the understanding of Instructional Design and other related areas. Increasingly, library instructions are integrated into classroom activities, and it implies that such programs should be based on contemporary teaching philosophies. Given these changes, the knowledge of the Instructional Librarian on the contents of resources is required to be supplemented by the knowledge of how to create effective instructions. An instructional session has a significant teaching component. The familiarity/knowledge of learning models, teaching philosophy, instructional design, the use of technology, and communication contribute to developing effective library instructions. That the new/additional knowledge is required in this regard is evident from the job description of many positions for Instructional/Reference Librarians. *Objective of the Book* The book aims to report cases of library instructions developed in different contexts. The book aims to capture the large canvass of theoretical frames used from teaching, learning, instructional design, technology use, and communication in this regard. Practical experience with regards to challenges faced in designing instructions for wide range of users, in terms of age group, educational level, disciplines will also be reported. Library instruction is an area which is not taught but learnt on job. The goal of the book is to provide a platform for facilitating that learning from others’ experience and viewpoints. *Target Audience* The target audience of this book will be librarians who are engaged fully or partly with the design of library instructions and imparting those instructions to learners. Specialists in the areas of instructional design, communication in virtual media – they can examine the cases and contribute to this area further. This book will also be helpful for the entry level librarians who aim to pursue a career of Instructional Librarian. *Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:* The chapters will be divided, broadly, in four areas: (A) Theoretical foundation/framework of designing library instructions Papers in this area will devote to the theoretical frameworks from learning models, teaching principles, instructional design, technology use, communication, library and information science and other areas, as applicable, for designing library instructions. (B) Cases of library instructions Papers in this area will report actual cases of designing and offering library instructions. The cases may target specific age group (child/adult), social groups (international students/migrants/learners from underprivileged groups), learners of different academic programs (primary education/secondary education, tertiary education), disciplines specific issues (humanities, social science, physical science and others). (C) Managing library instruction sessions Papers that will address issues related to managing library instructions sessions will be accommodated here. The issues may be challenges in integrating instruction sessions in classroom activities, inter-personal relationship. (D) Instructional Librarian – professional issues A wonderful contribution from established and senior Instructional Librarians will be how they prepared themselves to meet the challenges of this task, in the evolving library scenario, particularly in the technology enriched education system for last couple of years. Besides, reflections on how the LIS education can accommodate this area in view of the new landscape emerging from digital age, both from practitioners and academics, will be an important value addition to the book. *Submission Procedure* Potential contributors are invited to submit a 2-3 page chapter proposal (approximately 2000 words) to the Editor by April 30, 2016 detailing the background, motivations and structure of the proposed chapter. The proposals can be submitted to http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2148 Authors will be notified in short order as to the status of their proposals and sent organizational guidelines. Full chapters should be at least 8,000-9,000 words in length and are due on July 30, 2016. Final revised chapters are due on October 30, 2016. All chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. *Important Dates* *April 30, 2016:* Proposal Submission Deadline *May 20, 2016:* Notification of Acceptance *July 30, 2016:* Full Chapter Submission *September 30, 2016:* Review Results Returned *October 30, 2016*: Revised Chapter Submission from Chapter Authors *November 30, 2016:* Final Acceptance Notification *Publisher* This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), an international academic publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. IGI Global specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2017. Inquiries may be sent to: Dr. Swati Bhattacharyya Librarian, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Email: swra2017igi(a)gmail.com Swati Bhattacharyya, Ph.D. Librarian Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Joka, Diamond Harbor Road Kolkata - 700104 India Phone: 91-33-2467-8300 (Bus extn: 416; Res extn: 106) Library: http://library.iimcal.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Suggestions for language lab our library
by G.K.MANJUNATH 06 Apr '16

06 Apr '16

dear Friends, We are planning to set up a language lab in our library to enable our members to learn foreign languages specifically French, German, Russian and Spanish, to begin with. In view of this we seek your suggestions regarding authentic products and institutions who have published interactive CDs/DVDs which can be copied on to our LAN server so that we could give 24 x 7 access from the campus network. Members visiting the library will be provided with headphones. If any of you are using such materials, please furnish the following details : Title Institution (developers ) Language Publisher Year * Any other relevant details. thanks, Dr.G.K.Manjunath Chief Librarian Indira Gandhi Inst of Development Research Film City Road Santosh Nagar Goregaon(East ) MUMBAI - 400 065 India Phone: 022-28416528 email: gkm(a)igidr.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Papers for JLICT, Vol 5, No1 (January to June 2016) ISSN: 2278 –3482
by Dr Mange Ram 06 Apr '16

06 Apr '16

Call for Papers for JLICT, Vol 5, No1 (January to June 2016) ISSN: 2278 –3482 The Journal of Library and Information Communication Technology (JLICT) ISSN: 2278 –3482 is a peer-reviewed journal (half yearly) is published by editorial board of JLICT. Journal of Library and Information Communication Technology (JLICT) cover all areas of library science related with ICT. The journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence, and will publish: • Original articles in basic and applied research • Case studies • Critical reviews, surveys. We invite you to submit your manuscript(s) to: jlict2012(a)gmail.com Format for Submission the papers: Font: times new roman, Size: 12 and in single space with linked references (APA Style) as examples are given below: References/Bibliographies: 1. Book: Kidder, T. (1981). The soul of a new machine. Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Frank, R. H., & Bernanke, B. (2007). Principles of macro-economics (3rd ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. 2. Edited Book: Gibbs, J. T., & Huang, L. N. (Eds.). (2001). Children of color: Psychological interventions with culturally diverse youth. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 3. Article/Papers: Ku, G. (2008). Learning to de-escalate: The effects of regret in escalation of commitment. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 105(2), 221-232. Sanchez, D., & King-Toler, E. (2007). Addressing disparities consultation and outreach strategies for university settings. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 59(4), 286-295. 4. Journal article from a subscription database (no DOI): Colvin, G. (2008, July 21). Information worth billions. Fortune, 158(2), 73-79. Retrieved from Business Source Complete, EBSCO. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com 5. Magazine article, in print: Kluger, J. (2008, January 28). Why we love. Time, 171(4), 54-60. 6. Newspaper article, no author, in print: As prices surge, Thailand pitches OPEC-style rice cartel. (2008, May 5). The Wall Street Journal, p. A9. 7. Corporate author, author as publisher, accessed online: Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2000). Tasmanian year book 2000 (No. 1301.6). Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Author. Retrieved from http://www.ausstats .abs.gov.au /ausstats/subscriber.nsf /0/CA2568710006989... $File/13016_2000.pdf *The article may be send to the following e-mail address only upto 30th April 2016 only jlict2012(a)gmail.com Editor in Chief Dr. P. P. Rawat, ,Chief Librarian (Retd), SGPGI, Lucknow (UP) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancies at MVJ college of Engineering, Bangalore
by Mumtaz Khan 06 Apr '16

06 Apr '16

Dear Sir MVJCollege of Engineering, Bangalore requires following Library Professionals fortheir information Center. Salary is not a constraint to the right candidate.Interested candidates may send their resume to the following mail id at theearliest. khanmain58(a)gmail.com Detailsof the posts: Chief Librarian: Qualification and Experience requiredFirst orSecond class Master of Library Science or equivalent from a recognizedUniversity with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a reputed organization.Preference will be given to candidates with science back ground and workingexperience in Engineering College. Deputy Librarian: Qualificationand Experience requiredFirst orSecond class Master of Library Science or equivalent from a recognizedUniversity with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a reputed organization.Preference will be given to candidates with science back ground and workingexperience in Engineering College. Assistant Librarian:Qualification and Experience requiredFirst orSecond class Bachelor of Library Science or equivalent from a recognizedUniversity. Preference will be given to candidates with science back ground andsome working experience in an academic institution Library Assistant: Qualificationand Experience required, 2 posts (Males only)First orSecond class Diploma in Library Science or equivalent. Preference will be givento candidates with some working experience in an academic institution. M A Khan

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EIFL Public Library Innovation Award, for Public libraries improving people's lives: please share
by Dr. Susmita Chakraborty 06 Apr '16

06 Apr '16

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jean Fairbairn <jean.fairbairn(a)eifl.net> Date: 4 April 2016 at 21:09 Subject: [IFLA-L] New EIFL Public Library Innovation Award, for Public libraries improving people's lives: please share To: ifla-l <ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr> Dear IFLA Community - We’re sharing information about our new EIFL Public Library Innovation Award - for Public libraries improving people’s lives. We are seeking excellent services that tackle issues included in the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, for example, health, employment, agriculture, education, climate change, and others. - The call is open to all public libraries in developing and transition economy countries. - The prize is US$1,500, and wide publicity through EIFL’s international network. - The deadline is May 15. - For further information about the award and how to apply, see* - * http://bit.ly/1Tn552f We are trying to reach as many public libraries as we can - and so we are hoping you can help us extend our reach by sharing this announcement as widely as possible. Thank you - and also, thanks for all your help in sharing our past grant and award calls. Warm regards *Jean Fairbairn* Communications Manager EIFL - Electronic Information for Libraries - www.eifl.net Email: jean.fairbairn(a)eifl.net ; Skype: jean.fairbairn1 Follow EIFL on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/eIFL.net>, Twitter <https://twitter.com/eIFLnet>, LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/eifl.net> and RSS <http://www.eifl.net/rss/eifl_all.xml> View EIFL photos and videos on Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/eifl/> , Vimeo <https://vimeo.com/user24224712> and YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/user/eiflnet> -- With regards, *Susmita Chakraborty* *Recent Book: *Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship, IGI-Global, USA, 2014 at *http://www.igi-global.com/book/collaboration-international-comparative-librarianship/75483 <http://www.igi-global.com/book/collaboration-international-comparative-libr…>* Assistant Professor, Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc, University of Calcutta, India Commonwealth Fellow 2015 (University College London, UK) *Secretary**, Standing Committee, Education & Training Division, IFLA * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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March 2016 : ILA Newsletter
by Dr. Rajesh Bhardwaj 05 Apr '16

05 Apr '16

Dear Friends The March 2016 issue of ILA Newsletter has been published by Indian Library Association which is available here <https://ilaindia.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/2016_march_ila-newsletter.pdf>. The previous issues of ILA Newsletter may also be referred from http://ilaindia.net or direct from here. <https://ilaindia.wordpress.com/newsletter-of-ila/> You are requested to provide the professionals news, current emerging issues, and relevant articles for forthcoming ILA Newsletter. 1. Report of about 100 words with one snap of organised Seminar, Conference, Training & Workshop; 2. Book publications, or highly Impact Factor research outputs or just concluded projects; 3. Announcement for admissions, educational up gradations; 4. Technological innovations, research & development; 5. Any other LIS field related news, please send to Editor: pro(a)ilaindia.net You are also welcome to make constructive suggestions and offer feedback for betterment of ILA Newsletter. Thanks and Regards Dr. Rajesh Kr. Bhardwaj -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Ranking of Indian Institutes by MHRD
by vinod mishra 05 Apr '16

05 Apr '16

Dear All, Ranking of Educational institutes of India by MHRD. Please find here the details analysis and report. Seems MHRD is in learning stage for drawing authentic conclusion/ranking. For details please click : http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/nirf_booklet_FINAL_02_04_1… Thanking You. -- 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/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation to participate in National Workshop on Building Institutional Repository and Website/Blog – DSpace and WordPress during June 06-10, 2016 at NIT Rourkela, Odisha.
by Bhojaraju Gunjal 04 Apr '16

04 Apr '16

*Greetings from NIT Rourkela!* *Dear Colleagues,* It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL) of National Institute of Technology Rourkela is organizing the *“National Workshop on Building Institutional Repository and Website/Blog – DSpace and WordPress”* to be held in NIT Rourkela, Odisha from *June 06**-10, 2016*. This workshop is Five full days of technical sessions and hands-on practice on *DSpace* and *WordPress*. We invite you and your colleagues to participate in this workshop. *Target audience: *Workshop is intended for Library and Information Science Professionals and LIS students. Registration is limited to 30 participants. For more details about the workshop refer: http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/images/events/elpes4.pdf We look forward to meet you in the workshop. With Best regards, Yours sincerely, *Dr.Bhojaraju Gunjal* Chairman, ELPES-4, Head & Deputy Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha–769008 Phone:+91-661-2462101 <callto:+91-661-2462101> library(a)nitrkl.ac.in *Connect with BPCL: Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/bpcl.nitrkl> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/BPCL_NITR> | Google+ <https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CentralLibraryNITR/> | Blog <http://library-nitrkl.blogspot.in/> | * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NIRF - India Ranking 2016
by Dr. Sandeep Bhavsar 04 Apr '16

04 Apr '16

The Ministry of Human Resource and Development on Monday released a list of top 10 educational institutions in the country under the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) – a first-of-its-kind indigenous ranking framework. As per the NIRF list for engineering institutions, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras ranks first, followed by IIT Bombay and IIT Kharagpur. For management studies, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore beats IIM Ahmedabad to rank number one. Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani released the ‘India Rankings 2016’ on Monday at Vigyan Bhawan. Fulltext : http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/iit-madras-jnu-university-of-hyderaba… -- Warm Regards Dr. Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian *Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (AUTONOMOUS)* L Napoo Road | Matunga (CR) | Mumbai- 400 019. Tel: 022-2419 8377 | Mob: 9870 18 9999 Library Portal*: http://elearn.welingkar.org/infowe <http://elearn.welingkar.org/infowe>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Conference on "School Libraries in Digital Age”
by Bharat Alasandi 04 Apr '16

04 Apr '16

Dear Sir/Madam, On 12th and 13th May, 2016, Bharatesh Education Trust’s Global Business school, Belagavi, Jain Heritage School, Belagavi and Journal of Library Development are jointly organizing two days National Conference on “School Libraries in Digital Age” at Jain Heritage School (JGI) Belagavi, Karnataka. Bharatesh Education Trust’s Global Business School is part of the Golden Jubilee celebrating charitable trust. It is affiliated to Rani Channamma University, Belagavi, approved by AICTE, Accredited by NAAC and an ISO 9001:2008 certified institute. Our institute has been ranked as the Top B-School in North Karnataka by AIMA-Business Standard and among the top 150 in India by The Week magazine. Since its inception in 2009, the institute has remained at the forefront in being industry-centric through its pedagogical practices, industry-institute events, seminars, workshops, conferences, etc. Continuing with this tradition, we have jointly organized a “National conference for School Libraries” on 12th and 13th May, 2016. Please go through detailed brochure for more details. Kindly forward this in your friends and professsionals circle hence it should be reached to maximum people. Thanks & Regards -- 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need a small help from SOUL 2 users
by Vimal Kumar V. 04 Apr '16

04 Apr '16

Dear SOUL 2 users, I request SOUL 2 users to send me few records in regional language script (e.g. Hindi/Tamil/Kannada etc.,Unicode). Make use any Unicode input editor for data entry, https://www.google.com/inputtools/try/ We found some problems with exported records in regional language from SOUL 2. Its a great help from your side to confirm the problem. Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Technical Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blogs: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.in http://dspacegeek.blogspot.in http://moovandan.blogspot.in <http://moovandan.blogspot.in> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- 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. Jagtar Singh
by Dr. A.T. Francis 02 Apr '16

02 Apr '16

Dear all, Hearty congratulations to Dr. Jagtar Singh for being taking charge of University Librarian, Panjabi University.I would like to know the administrative set up in Panjabi University.Is the librarians and library science teachers are one category there, similar to that of medical education?If that is the situation, it is a scientific and needed change in all universities.This will ensure strong professionalism and imparting the required practical knowledge to the students as well as librarians/teachers. 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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Vacancy for “Library Trainees” at Vikram Sarabhai Library, IIM Ahmedabad
by Mallikarjun 01 Apr '16

01 Apr '16

Apologies for cross postings Dear All, Vikram Sarabhai Library, Indian Institute of ManagementAhmedabad is looking for fresh post-graduatesin Library and Information Science to serve as “Library Trainees” purely ontemporary basis for one year. For detail advertisement, please click the following linkhttp://www.iima.ac.in/library/public/download/Trainee_Advertisment_2016.pdf Apply Online http://www.iima.ac.in/library/trainee_recruitment.html For more information about Vikram Sarabhai Library,IIMA visits the following linkhttp://www.iima.ac.in/library/ RegardsH. Anil Kumar, Ph. D.Librarian and Head NICMANIndian Institute of Management, Ahmedabadlibrarian(a)iima.ac.in !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!! Mallikarjun Dora Sr. Professional AssistantVikram Sarabhai LibraryIndian Institute of Management, AhemadabadGoogle Scholar Profile !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!!

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For repository managers
by Subbiah Arunachalam 01 Apr '16

01 Apr '16

A useful site for repository managers: <http://ukcorr.org/2016/03/31/technology-words-for-repository-managers/>. 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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Application are invited for the post of Library Professional Trainee in Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISER Bhopal)
by Subhodip Bid 31 Mar '16

31 Mar '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Library Professional Trainee in Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISER Bhopal) No. of Post: 4 Educational Qualification: Master of Library and Information Science ( M.Lib.I.Sc.) with at least 55% marks or equivalent, obtained after graduation. Desirable Qualification and Experience: Knowledge of Computer Applications, Library Management Software (ex. KOHA, NewGenLib, LibSys etc.) Pay Scale: INR Rs.15,000/- per month Age Limit: 26 years as on last date of application. For more details https://iiserb.ac.in/ALL-UPLOAD/VACANCY/GA-DIGITAL/libarary-trainee.pdf https://iiserb.ac.in/ALL-UPLOAD/VACANCY/GA-DIGITAL/libarary-trainee-form.do… -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The changing voice of the librarian - Taylor & Francis finds out
by Segon, Shafina 31 Mar '16

31 Mar '16

Taylor & Francis explores the changing role of librarians in India through interviews in a new project, 'Library Voices'. In response to the evolving digital climate, there is a clear shift in the role and responsibilities of the librarian. In a series of interviews<http://www.tandf.co.uk/libsite/libraryVoices/asia/>, librarians at: South Asian University; Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH); Indian Social Institute; Delhi Technological University; Jawaharlal Nehru University and National Institute of Technology (NIT) Patna provide Taylor & Francis with their perspectives on the multi-faceted role of the librarian. These interviews introduce the digital librarian as "educator," "knowledge navigator" and as the central point for virtual social interaction. The way librarians are interacting with users now extends beyond the library's physical space. Social media and library websites were pinpointed, during the interviews as being the most common tools for user engagement and for increasing awareness of the library's products and services. Use of social media in the library, according to Abdulah Amudabin, Librarian, South Asian University also serves a different purpose - to connect patrons not only with librarians but also with each other. Librarians also play a critical role in helping users spend less time researching and more time finding and reading the content. In a climate of digital change, where information can be accessed from a number of sources, Dr Gaur, Jawaharlal Nehru University, highlights how one of the key challenges facing librarians is to "to change their ways of working and [provide] the information" to adapt to the new role, as a, "knowledge navigator" to assist the researcher in acquiring the relevant information. http://www.researchinformation.info/news/news_story.php?news_id=2115 There is a clear teaching element attached to the role of the librarian who is, "not only providing books and journals, but [is] teaching the teachers, students and even the public," as stated by Abdulah Amudabin, Librarian, South Asian University. Some of the librarians featured offer a structured and detailed information literacy program. A key concern is to support research outputs at the institutions and often librarians run training courses on plagiarism, reference management and online resource tools available at the library. As well as identifying and filtering content for their users and teaching patrons how to use the many resources offered, librarians are looking at the different ways that users access their research. Rameshwar Dayal explains that the majority of users are, "using the library online either through the computers or using their mobile device." In response to this need, the Indian Social Institute are planning to launch their own mobile app. Librarians are continually adapting the services they offer to meet the technological needs of their researchers. As Rameshwar Dayal at Indian Social Institute goes on to say, "Time is changing and technology is growing very fast. In this fast moving world, we have to connect with our users and act according to change." As Dr Mahesh Sign comments, "Earlier librarians were the custodians of reading material, but now librarians are the key contacts for any academic institute which disseminates information." Dr Ramesh C. Gaur, Librarian, Jawaharlal Nehru University attributes the main change in the evolving role of the librarian to the need to offer more "personalized services rather than the physical services." It is clear from these interviews that the librarian's role is expanding to cater to digital demands. Watch the video interviews to explore how librarians in India are reacting to the new trends in digital librarianship.<http://www.tandf.co.uk/libsite/libraryVoices/asia/> Many thanks to: Abdulah Amudabin, Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur, Shri Rama Kant Shukla, Nasreem Begum, Rameshwar Dayal and Dr. Mahesh Singh for taking the time to be interviewed. Many thanks Shafina Segon Head of Marketing, South Asia Journals & Online Resources -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Kerala Library Association-Kottayam Region -Annual General Meeting and Talk on Research Report Writing
by Vimal Kumar V. 31 Mar '16

31 Mar '16

Dear Friends, Kerala Library Association Kottayam Region cordially invite all library Professionals, KLA members, LIS Students and well wishers to attend talk on CAPACITY BUILDING IN THE PREPARATION OF RESEARCH REPORTS and Annual General Meeting. Speaker: Dr. K.P. Vijayakumar Former Head Dept. of Library and Information Science University of Kerala Date: 5th April 2016 (Tuesday), 10.45 am Venue: Seminar Hall, Mahatma Gandhi University Library Details at https://klaweblog.wordpress.com/ Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Secretary, KLA-Kottayam Region Technical Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blogs: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.in http://dspacegeek.blogspot.in http://moovandan.blogspot.in <http://moovandan.blogspot.in> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sale of Damaged Bound Journals & VHS tapes (Video Cassettes)
by Dr. Rajesh Bhardwaj 31 Mar '16

31 Mar '16

Dear Professionals The FSM Library has 1. (80) Eighty - damaged bound journals and magazines. 2. (163) One hundred sixty three - VHS tapes (Video Cassettes). As per the FSM Library “Policy and Process to write off/ weed out the damaged and unwanted documents” point no. 4 “Disposal of Weeded out documents”, the FSM library offers you to collect any document/s for your institutional use at a token charge of Rs.10.00 (ten rupees) per unit/volume. If interested, you may review and select the document/s as per your requirement. The offer is on first-come-first-served basis and valid up to 25th April, 2016. Fore details please visit http://www.fsm.ac.in/tenders.html, refer serial no. 13 & 14. Regards Librarian FORE School of Management New Delhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Rome (Italy): Call for Papers: Special Track on Metadata & Semantics for Open Repositories, Research Information Systems and Data Infrastructures MTSR 2016
by Imma Subirats 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Special Track on Metadata & Semantics for Open Repositories, Research Information Systems and Data Infrastructures MTSR 2016 ** Aim and Scope ** The sharing and re-use of research information is becoming an increasingly important aspect of scientific activity. Text publications are traditionally the main way of publishing research output and challenges still exist for their optimal recording and dissemination. Scientific communities increasingly recognise the immense significance of storing, discovering, processing, preserving and re-using data sets as well as other types of research objects like workflows and software. Furthermore, Public Sector Information, potentially valuable for research purposes, is provided openly by governments although not always in forms that enable re-use. Metadata is a critical factor in this area, actually providing the means to promote black-box digital files to discoverable and re-usable objects. Rich metadata about research output needs to be recorded and disseminated, including contextual and provenance information (for example, relationships of publications and data sets with people, organisations, funding information, facilities and equipment). For certain use cases, metadata needs to be uniformly accessed across research domains, to foster collaboration and re-use of data sets among different disciplines and vertical communities. However, the recording and utilisation of domain-specific information is also significant in many circumstances. A range of open research and technical issues have to be addressed towards these goals, while it is also recognised that international harmonisation on standards and technologies is of critical importance. The aim of this Special Track is to serve as a forum for experts to present recent results and experiences, establish liaisons with other groups and reflect on the state-of-the-art of metadata and semantic aspects of open repositories, research information systems and data infrastructures. ** Topics ** Topics include but are not limited to contributions dealing with the following issues: * Metadata, knowledge representation and relevant standards in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures * Semantic interoperability and information integration in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures * Application of semantic web technologies in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures * Data infrastructures (e.g. scientific data, public sector information) * Contextual and provenance metadata in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures * Metadata interoperability for data infrastructures across disciplines * Metadata quality in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures * Mechanisms, tools and infrastructures for shared services in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures * Digital preservation workflows and mechanisms and impact on metadata * Value-added services based on open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures ** Important dates ** * May 15th 2016: Paper submission deadline * June 30th 2016: Acceptance/rejection notification * July 10th 2016: Camera-ready papers due * November 22th-25th 2016: Conference at Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Rome, Italy) ** Submissions ** Interested authors can submit to EasyChair (https://easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?key=35520254.WZiwH12oSYOWyECx) The following types of presentation are invited: * full papers (12 pages) reporting complete research * short papers (6 pages) presenting ongoing or preliminary research Papers should be original and not previously submitted to other Conferences or Journals. All submissions will be reviewed on the basis of relevance, originality, importance and clarity following a double-blind peer review process. Submitted papers have to follow the LNCS proceedings formatting style and guidelines. Authors of accepted papers will be asked to register to the Conference and present their work in the form of either oral presentation or poster presentation. The Conference welcomes Workshops and Tutorial on any issues concerning the main themes of MTSR such as metadata, ontologies, semantic Web, knowledge management, software engineering and digital libraries. ** Publication ** The submissions to the Special Track will be reviewed by at least two members of the Program Committee. Accepted papers will be published Proceedings will be published by Springer in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) book series (http://www.springer.com/series/7899) CCIS is abstracted/indexed in DBLP, Google Scholar, EI-Compendex, Mathematical Reviews, SCImago, Scopus. CCIS volumes are also submitted for the inclusion in ISI Proceedings. Revised and extended versions of best papers will be published in selected international journals, including the International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies (Inderscience) the Program: Electronic library and information systems (Emerald), and the International Information & Library Review (Taylor & Francis) (list incomplete). ** Special Track Chairs ** * Imma Subirats, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Italy) * Nikos Houssos, RedLink (Greece) For your intention to submit a paper, or any other inquiry, contact track chair via imma.subirats(a)fao.org. ** About MTSR'16 ** The 10th Metadata and Semantics Research Conference will be hosted by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations from 22 to 25 November, 2016. MTSR'16 aims to bring together scholars and practitioners that share a common interest in the interdisciplinary field of metadata, semantics, linked data and ontologies. ** Still in preparation ** *** Special Track Program Committee *** * Sophie Aubin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France * Thomas Baker, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea * Hugo Besemer, Wageningen UR Library, The Netherlands * Gordon Dunshire, University of Strathclyde, UK * Jan Dvorak, Charles University of Prague, Czech Republic * Siddeswara Guru, University of Queensland, Australia * Keith Jeffery, Keith G Jeffery Consultants, UK * Nikolaos Konstantinou, University of Manchester, UK * Jessica Lindholm, Malmö University, Sweden * Paolo Manghi, Institute of Information Science and Technologies-Italian National Research Council (ISTI-CNR), Italy * Brian Matthews, Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK * Joachim Schöpfel, University of Lille, France * Kathleen Shearer, Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), Germany * Jochen Schirrwagen, University of Bielefeld, Germany * Birgit Schmidt, University of Göttingen, Germany * Chrisa Tsinaraki, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Italy * Yannis Tzitzikas, University of Crete and ICS-FORTH, Greece * Marcia Zeng, Kent State University, USA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dr. A. Gopikuttan - Retirement on superannuation
by Saji S Nair 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Dear All, Dr. A. Gopikuttan, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kerala is retiring from service after a career that spanned over two decades. A function to felicitate this soft-spoken teacher who has inspired thousands of LIS professionals is scheduled. Date: 2 April 2016 Time: 2 pm Venue: Senate chamber of University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. Dr. A Gopikuttan: a profile Dr. Gopikuttan had his BLISc and PhD from University of Kerala and MLISc from Madurai Kamaraj University. Prior to joining as faculty member in the DLIS, University of Kerala, he was a librarian in Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram. He has more than 34 years of service as teacher as well as professional librarian. His areas include public library system, scientometrics and library automation. He held various positions as Head of DLIS, Director of School of Communication and Library Science, Hon. Director of University Institute of Technology, Chairman of Board of Studies, Member of academic council and Senate of the University, Nodal Officer of Anti-ragging Cell and so on. Phone: 0471 2308034 Email: agopikuttan(a)yahoo.co.in Thanks and regards *--------------------------------- * *Dr. Saji S. Nair * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Library & Information Services Division *I* Regional Cancer Centre Medical College Campus *I* Thiruvananthapuram - 695011 *I **Kerala* *I **INDIA* 91 471 2522225 (*O*) *I* 91 471 2394252 (*R*) *I* 09446014130 (*Mob*) Email: sajikalliyoor(a)gmail.com *I* sajisnair(a)rcctvm.gov.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application are invited for the post of Scientific Officer: D in Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata
by Subhodip Bid 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Scientific Officer: D in Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata No. of Post*: *Scientific Officer D: (OBC:01) Reserved for PWD (VH) Pay Band & Grade Pay : Scientific Officer D: Rs.15600-39100+ AGP : Rs. 6600 *Essential Qualification: * 19 years post qualification experience with minimum 50% marks in B.Sc + atleast 60% marks in BLI'S or equivalent diploma OR 13 years'post qualification.experience with minimum 50% rnarks in B'Sc(H) +at least 60% marks in BLlS or equivalent diploma OR 13 years' post qualification experience with minimum 50% marks in B'Sc + minimum 60% marks in MLIS *Desirable Qualification: (i)Ph.D (ii) PGDCA* For more details http://www.saha.ac.in/web/portal/applications/vacancy/file/28_3_2016_New.pdf -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Conference on Indian Legal System
by Chidananda M 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Dear Professionals, JSS Law College, Mysuru is organising a National Conference on Indian Legal System: Emerging Dimensions scheduled on 26 and 27 April 2016. Library professionals/ research scholar/ students are invited to participate and contribute the papers under the sub theme “Information Resources for Legal Research”. For further details, please click this conference website http://jsslcmys.wix.com/conference or send your request to chidanandammlisc(a)gmail.com to get the conference brochure. - Regards - Chidananda M Librarian JSS Law College, Kuvempunagar, Mysuru Mob-9945836820 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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A kind request to forward the workshop information to all LIS Professionals
by Dr.Mallikarjun Bachalapur 29 Mar '16

29 Mar '16

To, LIS Forum Dear Moderator, Kindly forward the Workshop intimation to all Library professional for information Two days National Workshop on Trends in Research and Publications on 12th and 13th April, 2016 at BLDEACET, Vijayapur About Institute: Vachana Pitamaha Dr. P.G. Halakatti College of Engineering & Technology, Bijapur is a premier technical institute located in Northern part of Karnataka on a scenic stretch of land spread over 20 acres in Bijapur. BLDE Association started this esteemed college in year 1980 as a private Institute. The Institute is the result of the BLDE Association’s recognition of the need for quality technical education in the country. To achieve this objective, it has striven hard to create an environment and infrastructure that enables it to produce qualified, practical engineer who are ready to face the challenges in the industries. The college is affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belgaum. The college is recognized by AICTE New Delhi and the 5 Programmes have been accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi during the year 2015. At present institute is offering 8 UG programmes and 7 PG programmes in Engineering along with MCA & MBA programmes. Six departments are recognized as Research Centres by VTU, Belgaum to offer Ph.D. and M.Sc. Engg. (by research) programmes. Library and Information Centre: The Central Library functions as the primary information resource centre, and repository of all printed and e-resources for teaching and research activities at the institute. The Library occupies an area of 3000 Sq.m an independent block and it caters to the information needs of the students and faculty members of the institute. It has more than 85,000 volumes of books, 100 technical journals. Library is subscribing E-Resources viz, Elsevier Science Direct, Springer, Taylor and Francis, IEEE, ACSE, ProQuest and Knimbus through VTU Library Consortia. Department of Mechanical Engineering: The Mechanical Engineering department established in 1980 with an intake of 40, the present intake is 180. The UG Programme is accredited by NBA. The department is a recognized VTU Research center and also runs 3 Post graduate programmes. The Department has fifty-two dedicated Faculty and around 600 students. The department has enough infra-structure required to cater the needs of mechanical engineering degree aspirants. The department laboratories are well equipped and updated regularly. Recently, two new laboratories, Computer Aided Modeling and Analysis Laboratory and CIM & Automation Laboratory, are added. Many laboratories of the department have facilities to carry out research work in the specialized fields like I. C. Engines, Heat Transfer, Material Science, Computational and Numerical study of mechanical systems, etc. The department has high end soft-wares like SOLID EDGE, CATIA, ANSYS, MS NASTRAN (University Bundle), CADEM and many more. For the ongoing project, department has received Research Grant of Rs 17.94 Lakhs from VTU and 20 Lakhs from VGST. The department has also received grants from AICTE under MODROBS Theme of the workshop: We are experiencing change in the teaching-learning process with the impact of technology. eLearning, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC), Open Courseware and other technological tools has reduced the distance between information resources and resources needed for learning process. This is true in academic research and publication process also. The technological tools available to access information resources, organizing resources, reference management, statistical analysis, report writing, etc., has made the research and publication process more interesting. Further, these technological tools act as supporting outfits in adhering to publication etiquettes and in managing academic integrity. However, the effective use of these web technological tools demands soft skills, research skills, resource management skills and exposure to IT skills. Keeping these requirements, this workshop is designed to introduce technological tools that supports research & publications activity. Objective: The workshop intends to bring together the faculty members and research community on a common platform to create an environment to move ahead in research & publication using technology. In this effort the workshop aims to introduce the technological tools, discuss on current trends and best practices in research & publications. Subject Covered in the workshop : Sessions Subject Covered Day-01 Date: 12/04/2016 Session 1 Plagiarism in Research & Publication Session 2 Tools to detect plagiarism – Viper & Plagiarism Checker Session 3 Etiquettes in Research & Publication Day-02 Date: 13/04/2016 Session 4 e-Resources for Research in Engineering and Management Session 5 References & Reference Management Systems Session 6 Hands on Experience using TURNITIN Anti Plagiarism Software Expected Outcome: This hands on experience ensures that the participants will have answers to the following questions 1. What is Plagiarism ? 2. What are the different tools available to detect plagiarism ? 3. How to acknowledge the content referred, borrowed or used in research? 4. What is reference style? Which reference style is to be followed? 5. Principles and Practice of report writing? Participants Focused : 1. Academicians 2. Research Scholars 3. Journal Editorial and Publishing Team 4. Students of master Degree Programmes 5. Library Professionals Resource Persons : Subject experts in the field Registration Fee: Participation Fees : Rs 300/- Students/Research Scholars : Rs 200/- DD in favour of The Principal, BLDEACET, Vijayapur payable at Vijayapur Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided on request in BLDEACET Hostel. Contact Persons: Dr.M.M.Bachalapur Chief Librarian, BLDEACET Mob: 97400 16911 Email: bachalapur(a)gmail.com Prof. S.B.Koulagi HOD, Mechanical Engineering, BLDEACET, Mob: 9448972112 Email: koulagisb(a)gmail.com Dr.G.V.Patil R&D Coordinator, BLDEACET, Mob: 9480384436 Email: Gsyarnal68(a)yahoo.co.in ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Dr. M M Bachalapur Ph.D Librarian BLDEA'S Dr.P.G.Halakatti College of Engineering and Technology Ashram Road, VIJAYAPUR-586103 Mob: 9740016911 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reg:- Dental Material Question papers
by Naveen. KS 29 Mar '16

29 Mar '16

Dear Professionals, We need RGUHS- BDS 2014 June DENTAL MATERIAL Question papers, If any body have this please send to my mail id.It's very urgent. -- Thanks Naveen K.S Chief Librarian, Subbaiah Institute of Medical Sciences, Shimoga. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The changing voice of the librarian - Taylor & Francis finds out
by Segon, Shafina 29 Mar '16

29 Mar '16

Taylor & Francis explores the changing role of librarians in India through interviews in a new project, 'Library Voices'. In response to the evolving digital climate, there is a clear shift in the role and responsibilities of the librarian. In a series of interviews<http://www.tandf.co.uk/libsite/libraryVoices/asia/>, librarians at: South Asian University; Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH); Indian Social Institute; Delhi Technological University; Jawaharlal Nehru University and National Institute of Technology (NIT) Patna provide Taylor & Francis with their perspectives on the multi-faceted role of the librarian. These interviews introduce the digital librarian as "educator," "knowledge navigator" and as the central point for virtual social interaction. The way librarians are interacting with users now extends beyond the library's physical space. Social media and library websites were pinpointed, during the interviews as being the most common tools for user engagement and for increasing awareness of the library's products and services. Use of social media in the library, according to Abdulah Amudabin, Librarian, South Asian University also serves a different purpose - to connect patrons not only with librarians but also with each other. Librarians also play a critical role in helping users spend less time researching and more time finding and reading the content. In a climate of digital change, where information can be accessed from a number of sources, Dr Gaur, Jawaharlal Nehru University, highlights how one of the key challenges facing librarians is to "to change their ways of working and [provide] the information" to adapt to the new role, as a, "knowledge navigator" to assist the researcher in acquiring the relevant information. There is a clear teaching element attached to the role of the librarian who is, "not only providing books and journals, but [is] teaching the teachers, students and even the public," as stated by Abdulah Amudabin, Librarian, South Asian University. Some of the librarians featured offer a structured and detailed information literacy program. A key concern is to support research outputs at the institutions and often librarians run training courses on plagiarism, reference management and online resource tools available at the library. As well as identifying and filtering content for their users and teaching patrons how to use the many resources offered, librarians are looking at the different ways that users access their research. Rameshwar Dayal explains that the majority of users are, "using the library online either through the computers or using their mobile device." In response to this need, the Indian Social Institute are planning to launch their own mobile app. Librarians are continually adapting the services they offer to meet the technological needs of their researchers. As Rameshwar Dayal at Indian Social Institute goes on to say, "Time is changing and technology is growing very fast. In this fast moving world, we have to connect with our users and act according to change." As Dr Mahesh Sign comments, "Earlier librarians were the custodians of reading material, but now librarians are the key contacts for any academic institute which disseminates information." Dr Ramesh C. Gaur, Librarian, Jawaharlal Nehru University attributes the main change in the evolving role of the librarian to the need to offer more "personalized services rather than the physical services." It is clear from these interviews that the librarian's role is expanding to cater to digital demands. Watch the video interviews to explore how librarians in India are reacting to the new trends in digital librarianship.<http://www.tandf.co.uk/libsite/libraryVoices/asia/> Many thanks to: Abdulah Amudabin, Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur, Shri Rama Kant Shukla, Nasreem Begum, Rameshwar Dayal and Dr. Mahesh Singh for taking the time to be interviewed. Many thanks Shafina Segon Head of Marketing, South Asia Journals & Online Resources -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application are invited for the post of Graduate Library Associate in Central Power Research Institute, Govindpura, Bhopal
by Subhodip Bid 29 Mar '16

29 Mar '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Graduate Library Associate in *Central Power Research Institute**, *Govindpura*, **Bhopal* No. of Post: 01 Emoluments : Rs.16000 pm + HRA as applicable Maximum age limit: 28Years Tenure of the position: One year For more details http://www.cpri.in/download.php?file3=Application_GLA_Bhopal_English_16-3-1… -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application are invited for the post of Librarian, Deputy Librarian, Information Scientist, Professional Assistant, Library Assistant and Library Attendant in Central University of Jammu (CUJ)
by Subhodip Bid 28 Mar '16

28 Mar '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Librarian, Deputy Librarian, Information Scientist, Professional Assistant, Library Assistant and Library Attendant in Central University of Jammu (CUJ) No. of Post*: *Librarian :(UR:1) ; Deputy Librarian: (UR:1); Information Scientist: (UR:1); Professional Assistant: (UR:1); Library Assistant: :(UR:1) and Library Attendant: [UR:2, PwD (VH):1, OBC:1] Pay Band & Grade Pay : Librarian : Rs.37400-67000 + AGP : Rs. 10000 Deputy Librarian: Rs.15600-39100+ AGP : Rs. 8000 Information Scientist: Rs.15600-39100+ GP : Rs. 5400 Professional Assistant: Rs.9300-34800+ GP : Rs. 4200 Library Assistant: Rs.5200-20200+ GP : Rs. 2000 Library Attendant: Rs.5200-20200+ GP : Rs. 1800 For more details http://cujammu.ac.in/5000_media/marquee/Employment_Notification_No_15%20Non… -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application are invited for the post of Technical Assistant in CGCRI (CSIR), Kolkata
by Subhodip Bid 28 Mar '16

28 Mar '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Technical Assistant in CGCRI (CSIR), Kolkata No. of Post*: *OBC-02, SC – 01 Pay scale: Rs.9, 300 – Rs. 34,100 with GP of Rs. 4,200. *Essential Qualification: *1st Class B. Sc with B. Lib. Science OR 1st Class Diploma in Electrical/Mechanical/Civil/Instrumentation/Computer/Electronics/Chemical of 3 years full time duration (2/2.5 years full time duration in case of lateral admission) or its equivalent after 10+2 in Science Stream OR 1st Class B.Sc. (Sci.) with one year full time Professional qualification or 1 year experience in the relevant discipline from a recognized Institute/ Organisation. Age limit: Not exceeding 28 years as on 30/04/2016 (Relaxation available as per GOI Rules) For more details: http://www.career.iicb.res.in/cgcri/index.php?VacCd=5 -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call to join International Association of School Librarianship (IASL)
by S.L. Faisal 27 Mar '16

27 Mar '16

Dear Professionals, Please consider joining IASL, the International Association of School Librarianship (http://www.iasl-online.org/) This association has been in existence since 1971 and seeks to advocate for and promote the case of school libraries and librarianship around the world as we regard this as a highly effective means of helping children. More information about the association may be found here (http://www.iasl-online.org/about/organization/vision.html) The main advantages of membership are: 1. Stimulating professional development and learning through online discussions with international colleagues and researchers 2. An excellent annual conference held in a different part of the world each year, an opportunity for hearing about international ideas and cutting-edge research in the field 3. Supporting colleagues in developing areas around the world 4. Research publication, School Libraries Worldwide and an online newsletter and Facebook page. The link to apply for membership of IASL may be found here: http://www.iasl-online.org/application.html For your interest, during calendar year 2015, the IASL website http://www.iasl-online.org had 37,571 unique visitors (81% first-timers) who generated 111,176 total page views. The 2016 conference will be held at Meiji University in Tokyo, Japan from 22 to 26 August. Please consider attending. The conference website is http://iasl2016.org and the conference theme is “A school library built for the digital age”. We welcome all school librarians and school library researchers to join us for this stimulating event. Kind regards, Members of the IASL Board _______________________________________________ iasl-link mailing list iasl-link(a)mlahq.org http://www.mlahq.org/mailman/listinfo/iasl-link ********************************************************** Thank you S.L.Faisal Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom Thiruvananthapuram-695 004 Kerala, India Mobile: +91 9447699724 http://slfaisal.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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One week programme means how many days?
by vinod mishra 26 Mar '16

26 Mar '16

Dear all, I need clarification on one week programme means for how many days 5/6/7, because as per ugc for API score one week programme is require. Is there any clarification? Thanking you

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Prof. D. Shivalingaiah, the New VC of KSOU, Mysuru - Congratulations!
by Manjunath K 25 Mar '16

25 Mar '16

Dear Professionals, Being doctoral student of Prof. Shivalingaiah, I too join our professionals to wish my guide all the best in his new responsibilities. His visible contributions started from Mangalore University itself. He brought many changes in Mangalore university admn. He followed strict guidelines of on-time submission of progress reports, fee and submission of thesis of his students. He ensured that all his students respect the rule of university. He took care the post submission task of evaluation and completion of award process without losing time. Like in Mangalore and Tumkur Universities, I am sure my guide will bring visible improvements in KSOU also. KSOU has already underwent turbulent times, caught in whirlpools and govt. Axe on distance education. I pray let the almighty give him full energy to stand against whirlpools and bring KSOU to its normal track. Once again I wish him all the best. Manjunath -------------- Dr. Manjunatha, K |Chief Librarian| T.A. Pai Management Institute| Manipal - 576104| Udupi Dist.| Karnataka| India| |Ph: 0820-2701105(Off), 2575161 (Res) | e- manjunath(a)tapmi.edu.in ; manjunathak(a)gmail.com | http://www.manjunathakeralapura.weebly.com ------------ -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Hariharan Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 10:18 PM To: bas(a)library.iisc.ernet.in; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Prof. D. Shivalingaiah, the New VC of KSOU, Mysuru - Congratulations! It is a very good news for all of us. On behalf of SALIS I extend our congrats and wishes to Prof Shivalingaiah Hariharan SALIS Sent from my iPhone > On 13-Mar-2016, at 11:50 pm, bas(a)library.iisc.ernet.in wrote: > > Dear All, > > It is a great feeling to know that Prof. D. Shivalingaiah, Registrar of Tumkur University, has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Mysore. He has assumed charge on Friday, 11th March 2016. > > Prof. D. Shivalingaiah has held many academic and administrative positions at Mangalore and Tumkur Universities before being appointed as the VC of KSOU. A simple, unassuming, honest, and down to earth person, Prof. Shivalingaiah may be the youngest VC of KSOU. Incidentally, he was also a student of Prof. V.G. Talwar, former VC of Mysore University, another stalwart in the profession. This may the first time that both the Guide and his Researcher in the LIS Profession have risen to the position of importance in the University System. > > After obtaining Master's Degree in Library and information Science from Bangalore University in 1985, Prof. Shivalingaiah worked briefly at the NIMHANS, and later joined the Mangalore University as a Documentation Officer In 1987. His other teaching and administrative positions include the following: > > He was appointed as a Reader, in the Department of Library and Information Science Mangalore University in the year 1995 and in the year 2003, he was appointed as the Professor of Library and Information Science at the Mangalore University and he also served as the Chairman of the Department during Jan 2006 to Dec 2007. His honesty, integrity and able administrative capabilities got him several other positions of importance such as the Deputy Registrar ( on Deputation) 1996 to 2005; Special Officer 2005, Registrar Evaluation at Mangalore University. He was appointed Registrar of Tumkur University in November 2009 and held that position till he became the VC of KSOU. He has also held the positions of Acting VC, Dean faculty of Science & Technology, and Honorary Professorship at the Tumkur University. > > Though Prof. Shivalingaiah has many achievements to his credit, few important ones include: > > Implementation of Gnanasangama, Smart Key - ICT initiatives of Higher Education, Dept., Govt. Karnataka > > Creation of good ICT facilities by setting up high-end servers such as web server, mail server, antivirus server, digital library server, University management software server and online journal server. > > Tumkur University was the first University to implement UGC Ph.D. Regulations (minimum standards and procedures for the award of Ph.D. > Degree) in 2009 > > Instrumental in getting recognition to the University Under Section 12(b) of the UGC Act, 1956 > > Initiation of 73 skill development programmes under Modular Employability Skills Programme of Directorate General of Employment and Training (DGET), Govt. of India. > > Successfully installed CCTV Cameras in the University Campus for security measures and effective management of Administration > > The Action taken to implement SAKALA and Transparency Affiliation process has been recognized and appreciated by the Govt. vide letter No.ED 94 Praka 2014 dated 29th March, 2014. Other Universities in the State have been informed to adopt Tumkur University Model. > > As a very modest person, Prof. Shivalinagiah is loved and respected by one and all for his personality and achievements. I am sure that under his able leadership, the KSOU will raise to greater heights in its achievements and bring in a positive change in quality of education and research. > > My hearty congratulations to Prof. Shivalingaiah. > > > With Regards, > Puttabasavaiah. > > > ########################################## Puttabasavaiah Deputy > Librarian JRD Tata Memorial Library Indian Institute of Science > Bangalore - 560012 India. > E-mail: bas(a)library.iisc.ernet.in > Phone: 91-80-22932610 Mobile: 09448744814 > ############################################ > > -- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Raise your voice to save academic librarianship
by Ramesh C Gaur 25 Mar '16

25 Mar '16

Dear Professional Colleagues, Wishing you a very Happy Holi. Holi is the festival of colours. These colours have different shades. Some you may like, some you may not. Similarly, our life also has different colours. Let me give you some glimpses of various issues in academic librarianship, currently our profession is passing through. As an estimate, about 57% of Librarians' positions in Indian Universities are lying vacant. As per my understanding some of the major reasons for this are as follows: 1. Reluctance of University administration in filling up the positions. Many time, they believe that library can be managed without a librarian or with the help of junior staff. 2. Misconception about the changing role of libraries. Many believes that now everything is digital, so no need of librarians. 3. Lack of availability of eligible candidates. This is mainly due to following : (i) Large experience requirement as per current recruitment rules. Candidates should have 18 years experience as Assistant Librarian/ college librarian or 13 years experience as Dy. Librarian in a college/university. Many of the Universities are still not using the revised experience criteria of having three years experience as Dy. Librarian in 9000 AGP. Many are not aware of it, as it is given under CAS. (ii) API score: As per UGC regulation 2010, the candidates should possess 400 API score for the post of Librarian. Many of the categories in the API format are not as per the profile of the Librarian. (iii) Capping on API score: As per revision to UGC regulation 2010, UGC has put capping on API score. The API score in category III have following capping: (a) 30% of the cumulative API score or actual API points in category (A) whichever is less (b) 25% of the cumulative API score or actual API points in category (B) whichever is less (c) 20% of the cumulative API score or actual API points in category (C) whichever is less (d) 10% of the cumulative API score or actual API points in category (D) whichever is less (e) 15% of the cumulative API score or actual API points in category (E) whichever is less After applying above capping sometime a person who is having total API score of about 600 in category(III), may not able have admissible 400 API score. So with capping it is/will be very difficult to have many eligible candidates. 4. Many of the applicants do not know how to properly list out their research and publication contributions. Many times all documents in support of the API claims are not enclosed. 5. Lack of understanding of API point system is also one of the problem 6. Besides, API scores, there is lack of parity instruments of experience requirement. For example, for selection of a Professor in University, experience requirements are as follows: Minimum 10 years experience in PG teaching and/or research in a University including guiding research in teaching level. So as per the above, an Assistant Professor is eligible to become a Professor with 10 years experience. However, one needs 18 years experience as Assistant Librarian to be eligible to apply for University Librarian. 7. As per my understanding even a teacher working in a private college or institution, or in government on contract or ad-hoc is being given full consideration in terms of eligibility. But a Library professional working in a private institution or on other designations is not considered at most of the places. 8. There are number of other problems within the profession also. Surely we need quality intake and also need to see the demand and supply position of Library professionals. Do we really need so many the distance learning course? I understand that above issues are major reasons for this current state of vacant positions of librarians in Indian Universities. Due to above about 57% of the University Librarians positions are occupied by either Professors or other non-teaching senior officials and justification given for such situation is that suitable Librarians are not available. I do not agree with that. During my interaction with the young library professionals, I see a number of talented professionals fully deserving and competent to take up such positions. However, due to complications of experience requirement, API score and also reluctance from the University administration they have been denied their due place. This is happening because we are not raising our voice against such anomalies. I am writing this with a request to all Library professionals and Library Associations to raise their voice to fight such problems. This is very important to save this profession. I suggest, everyone should write to HRD minister on a Post Card to remove API score for Librarian and also to reduce experience requirements from 18 years to 10 years in Assistant Librarian or equivalent grade. Wishing all the very best. Happy holi Regards. ************************************ Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) University Librarian & Chair- ETD 2015 India Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) New Meharuli Road, New Delhi - 110067 Tele +91-11-26742605, 26704551 Fax : +91-11-26741603 Email: rcgaur(a)mail.jnu.ac.in ;rcgaur66(a)gmail.com URL: www.jnu.ac.in Brief Profile:http://lib.jnu.ac.in/Ramesh_C_Gaur -- 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] Request LIS Schools.
by Manjunath K 24 Mar '16

24 Mar '16

Dear Prof. Laxman Rao and prof. Amudhavalli, As per my data collection over decades on LIS research, the following Universities have produced PhDs in LIS in India since 1950s. There could be some more universities that may be offering LIS course without producing any PhD till 2014. The list may be updated with missing universities if any. slno University 1 Alagappa University, Karaikudi 2 Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 3 Amravati University, Amaravathi 4 Andhra University, Waltair 5 Anna University, Chennai 6 Annamalai University, Annamalainagar 7 Avinashilingam Deemed Univ For Women, Coimbotore 8 Awadesh Pratap Singh University,Rewa 9 Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow 10 Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi 11 Banasthali University, Jaipur 12 Bangalore University,Bangalore 13 Berhampur University,Berhampur 14 Bhagalpur University,Bhagalpur 15 Bharathidasan University,Tiruchirappalli 16 Bhavnagar University,Bhavnagar 17 Bhoj Open University, Bhopal 18 Birla Institute of Technology,Ranchi 19 Bundelkhand University,Jhansi 20 Cochin University of Sci & Tech,Ernakulam 21 Dayalbagh Educational institute, Agra 22 Dr Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar 23 Dr. B. R. Ambedkar(fomer Agra) Univ,Agra 24 Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Open Universiry, Ahmedabad 25 Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University,Aurangabad 26 Gauhati University,Gauhati 27 Gujarat University, Ahemedabad 28 Gujarat Vidyapeeth,Ahemedabad 29 Gulbarga University,Gulbarga 30 Guru Ghasidas University,Bilaspur 31 Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 32 Hemchandracharya North Gujarat Univ, Patan 33 Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University 34 Indian Institute of Technology,Delhi 35 Indira Gandhi National Open Univ.,New Delhi 36 Jadavpur University,Kolkata 37 Jamia Milia Islamia,New Delhi 38 Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 39 Jiwaji University,Gwalior 40 Karnatak University, Dharwad 41 Karnataka State Women University, Bijapur 42 Karunya University, Coimbotore 43 Kerala Unniversity,Tiruvananthapuram 44 KSKV Kachchh University, Bhuj - Kachchh 45 Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra 46 Kuvempu University,Shimoga 47 Lalith Narayan Mithila University,Darbanga 48 M.S University of Baroda, Baroda 49 Madhya Pradesh Bhoj(open) University, Bhopal 50 Madurai Kamaraj University,Madurai 51 Maharastra University, Anandavalli 52 Maharshi Dayanand University,Ajmer 53 Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot gramodaya Viswvidyalaya, Chitrakoot 54 Makhanlal Chaturvedi Rashtriya Patrakaria Viswavidyalaya,Bhopal 55 Mangalayatan University, Aligarh 56 Mangalore University, Mangalore 57 Manipur University,Imphal 58 Mizoram University, Aizawl 59 Mohanlal Sukhadia University,Udaipur 60 North Eastern Hill University,shilong 61 Orissa Univ of Agri Sci & Tech, Bhubaneswar 62 Osmania University,Hyderabad 63 Pt Ravishankar Shukla University,Raipur 64 Pt Sunderlal University, Bilaspur 65 Punjab University,Chandigarh 66 Punjabi University, Patiala 67 Rabindra Bharathi University, Kolkata 68 Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner 69 Ranchi University,Ranchi 70 RTM Nagpur University,Nagpur 71 S N D T Women's University, Mumbai 72 Sambalpur University,Sambalpur 73 Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University,Amaravati 74 Saurashtra University,Rajkot. 75 SGB Amravati University,Amaravathi 76 Shivaji University, Kolhapur 77 Shri J J Tibarewala University,Chudela 78 Sri Krishnadevaraya University,Anantpur 79 Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalaya,Tirupati 80 Sri Venkateswara University,Tirupati 81 Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University,Nanded 82 Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth,Pune 83 University of Allahabad: Allahabad 84 University of Burdwan, Burdwan 85 University of Calcutta, Kolkata 86 University of Calicut, Kochi 87 University of Delhi, Delhi 88 University of Jammu, Jammu 89 University of Kashmir, Srinagar 90 University of Kerala, Tiruvananthapuram 91 University of Kolkata, Kolkata 92 University of Lucknow, Lucknow 93 University of Madras, Chennai 94 University of Mumbai, Mumbai 95 University of Mysore, Mysore 96 University of Patna, Patna 97 University of Pune, Pune 98 University of Rajasthan, Jaipur 99 Utkal University, Bhubaneswar 100 Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University, Kota 101 Vidhyasagar University, Vidyasagar 102 Vikram University, Ujjain 103 Vinayaka Missions University, Salem 104 Yashvantrao Chavan Maharastra Open University, Nashik Total Manjunath -------------- Dr. Manjunatha, K |Chief Librarian| T.A. Pai Management Institute| Manipal – 576104| Udupi Dist.| Karnataka| India| |Ph: 0820-2701105(Off), 2575161 (Res) | e- manjunath(a)tapmi.edu.in ; manjunathak(a)gmail.com | http://www.manjunathakeralapura.weebly.com ------------ -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Prof. N. Laxman Rao. Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 8:22 PM To: yahoogroups; yahoogroups; yahoogroups; Lis-forum; Badan Barman; amudhavalli Alagusundaram Subject: [LIS-Forum] Request Helo friends Prof Amudha want to have the list of LIS schools in India. If any one has, please send the list or url to her address or put in the groupthanks Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, President, Telangana Library Association Member, Advisory Board, National Library, KolkataUGC-Emeritus Fellow (2009-11) Professor in Library and Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad (super-annuated). Formerly Director, UGC-Academic Staff College (2006-8). Formerly President of Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS) and Association of British Scholars (AP Chapter) . On Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 20:09, amudhavalli Alagusundaram <aamudh(a)gmail.com> wrote: Dear prof Rao garu May I know if I can get a list of LIS schools in India? Thanks Amuda

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Computers in Libraries 2016- Presentations and Videos
by Dr. Sandeep Bhavsar 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

Respected All Have a look at the Presentations and Videos of Computers in Libraries 2016 Presentations : http://computersinlibraries.infotoday.com/2016/Presentations.aspx Videos : http://computersinlibraries.infotoday.com/2016/Video.aspx Interesting Topics !!! -- Warm Regards Dr. Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian *Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (AUTONOMOUS)* L Napoo Road | Matunga (CR) | Mumbai- 400 019. Tel: 022-2419 8377 | Mob: 9870 18 9999 Library Portal*: http://elearn.welingkar.org/infowe <http://elearn.welingkar.org/infowe>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: [CODATA-international] CODATA International Training Workshop in Big Data for Science, Beijing, China; 4-17 July 2016
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

FYI- sorry for cross postings From: CODATA-international [mailto:codata-international-bounces@lists.codata.org]On Behalf Of Simon CODATA Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 1:13 PM To: CODATA International <codata-international(a)lists.codata.org> Subject: [CODATA-international] CODATA International Training Workshop in Big Data for Science, Beijing, China; 4-17 July 2016 Applications are invited from early career researchers as well as from research leaders and managers of research institutes from countries with developing or emerging economies to participate in the CODATA International Training Workshop in Big Data for Science, Beijing, 4-17 July 2016. Participation for successful applicants will be financially supported, thanks to a grant from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Applications should be completed on the attached form, providing all the requested information and an academic CV. Completed applications should be submitted to both the addresses below by the deadline of 00.00 UTC on 18 April 2014: - Dr. Simon Hodson, Executive Director, CODATA: simon(a)codata.org - Ms. LI Chang, CODATA-China Secretariat: lichang(a)cnic.cn Workshop Objectives In today’s data-rich world, streams of digital data are being generated from science facilities and myriad sensors (telescopes, video cameras, traffic monitors, magnetic resonance imaging machines, and biological and chemical sensors monitoring the environment etc). Combined with the increasing ability for large-scale storage, communication and analysis, the Data Revolution presents major opportunities for science. The Science International Accord on ‘Open Data in a Big Data World’ http://www.icsu.org/science-international/accord highlights the most important issues to be addressed if these benefits are to be realized. These include the Open Data imperative, the need to maintain the scientific self-correction and the ethical constraints which must be respected. Equally important is the need for open global participation in the benefits of the Data Revolution. Systemic capacity building and targeted training in Big Data and data science are essential if this is to be achieved in countries with emerging or developing economies. Building data science capacity in countries with developing and emerging economies (in part through promoting technical training in data science, in data management and in the implications of Big Data for science) is an important part of CODATA’s strategy. The training program offered aims to engage participants with a number of facets of data science and data management in the Big Data age. Topics include, but are not limited to, interdisciplinary applications of open research data, data intensive research, data management policies, cloud computing, visualization, analytics and data infrastructure development in the Big Data Age. Through a mix of theoretical study, workshop and practical sessions as well as field visits, the organizers aim to help participants develop a deeper expertise in the latest Big Data technologies for scientific discovery. The CODATA International Training Workshop in Big Data for Science shares the objectives and much of the content of the CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Summer Schools http://www.codata.org/working-groups/research-data-science-summer-schools and is partnering with that initiative. Applications are invited from: - early career researchers with an interest in data science, and - research leaders and managers of research organisations who are interested in putting on a similar short course at their home institution or with partners in their country. A number of activities will be organized involving elite Chinese scientists, in order to promote knowledge sharing and to develop opportunities for future exchanges and collaboration. Participants will benefit also from visits to a number of leading research institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). In these visits, participants will have the opportunity to learn from the scientific approach, management expertise, knowledge development and practical application that characterize activities at CAS institutes working at the frontiers of research. Furthermore, the program will promote interaction and exchange of knowledge between experts and participants and among participants who will benefit greatly from exchanges with colleagues for a variety of academic and national backgrounds. On 7-8 July, the International Society for Digital Earth http://www.digitalearth-isde.org/ is convening the 6th Digital Earth Summit http://www.isde2016summit.org/ a major event involving many international experts and in which CODATA is playing an important role. Participants in the training workshop will also benefit from participation in the Digital Earth Summit. For further information, course content and eligibility requirements see http://www.codata.org/news/105/62/CODATA-International-Training-Workshop-in… CODATA China International Training Workshop in 2014 http://www.codata.org/events/workshops/workshops-2014/big-data-science-trai… CODATA China International Training Workshop in 2014 on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1027719727262936.1073741832.10228… ___________________________ Data Science Journal, Call for Papers: Advances in Data Modelling and Knowledge Representation for Research Data, deadline 31 March 2016:http://datascience.codata.org/ Call for Nominations for CODATA Officers and Executive Committee Members: Deadline 1 April 2016: http://www.codata.org/news/101/62/Call-for-Nominations-for-CODATA-Officers-… CODATA International News and Discussion List: http://lists.codata.org/mailman/listinfo/codata-international_lists.codata.… ___________________________ Dr Simon Hodson | Executive Director CODATA | http://www.codata.org E-Mail: simon(a)codata.org | Twitter: @simonhodson99 | Skype: simonhodson99 Blog: http://www.codata.org/blog Diary: http://bit.ly/simonhodson99-calendar Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96 | Tel (Cell): +33 6 86 30 42 59 CODATA (ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology), 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE This message and its contents including attachments are intended solely for the original recipient. 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LIS Links Digest for March, 21, 2016
by Badan Barman 21 Mar '16

21 Mar '16

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Report on 'Book Talk in LIS' by Sri. L.J. Haravu
by Sunil MV 21 Mar '16

21 Mar '16

Dear LIS Friends, Greetings from MyLISA Mysuru! “Case study approach makes library managers more effective decision makers” - L.J. Haravu, editor of ‘Case Studies for Teaching Library Management’ 'Teachers of Library and Information Science will find the case study method useful in training students and in library management. Typical problem situations faced in libraries cannot be taught theoretically and therefore the Case Method is used. The Case Method can also be used by library managers in effective decision making as it will involve staff at all levels in a democratic manner to address problems related to personnel, that related to users of the library, threats from external competition, particularly from the Internet, and so on' thus said Sri. L.J. Haravu. Sri. L.J. Haravu, Former Senior Manager of Library & Documentation Services, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) was talking about the book titled, “Case Studies for Teaching Library Management” authored by N.G. Satish and Anil Takalkar published by Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management (KIIKM), Hyderabad, and edited by him, on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysuru. He was was the invited speaker for Mysore Librarians & Information Scientists Association (MyLISA)’s ‘Book Talk in Library Science Series’. He spoke of the why and what of case studies, how a case is should be presented by teachers and advantages of using this method in involving students in analysis and discussion in problem solving. The role of teachers and students in the use case studies in was presented. A hypothetical Case Study published in the book about the resistance of faculty members in a college to hold on to text books denying students access to these was opened for discussion leading to lively discussion followed by suggestions for solution to the problem presented in the case study. The talk was well received and audience enjoyed the case discussion during the session. Earlier Dr. P. Sarasvathy, Secretary, MyLISA welcomed the gathering the introduced the speaker. Dr. M. Chandrashekara, President, MyLISA presided over the function. Dr. Chandrashekara summarized the talk and highlighted the importance of case method of teaching in Library and Information Science. For more information please visit http://mylisamysore.weebly.com/ Regards, -- Dr. Sunil M.V. Librarian Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD) No. 1, Chamundi Hill Main Road, Siddharthanagar Post, Mysore - 570 011, INDIA Mobile: 99864 39832 | Telephone: 0821-2429722 Extn: 3006 * Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this e-mail* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Best Wishes to Prof. D. Shivalingaiah
by chandrashekara m 20 Mar '16

20 Mar '16

Dear Professionals, It is very good news to all that Dr. D. Shivalingaiah, Professor of Department of Library and Information Science, Mangalore University has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Mysuru. He is the second Vice-Chancellor from our LIS profession. It is really overwhelming that Prof. V.G. Talawar and Prof D. Shivaligaiah were served at Mangalore University and fortunately both of them have taught me during my BLISc at Mangalore University. Dr. D. Shivalingaiah did his PhD under the able guidance of Prof. V.G. Talawar, Vice-Chancellor of Reva University, Banagaluru and former Vice-Chancellor of University of Mysore (Fortunately I also did my research under Dr.V.G.Talawar). He is a sincere, honest, hardworking and dedicated academician and able administrator. I am sure that under his able leadership, the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) will raise to greater heights in imparting quality education and research to the needy. On behalf of all LIS Professionals, I extend hearty congratulations & best wishes to Prof. D. Shivalingaiah. Regards Dr. Chandrashekara M. Professor Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysuru - 570 006 Phone - Off : (0821) 2419398/ Cell : 9448600970

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Gentle reminder: Call for chapter proposal
by Swati Bhattacharyya . 20 Mar '16

20 Mar '16

*CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS* *Proposal Submission Deadline: March 30, 2016* *Changing the Scope of Library Instruction in the Digital Age* edited by Dr. *Swati Bhattacharyya (Librarian, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta) and Dr. K. Rama Patnaik* *(Librarian, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore)* *Introduction* Library instruction originates from Readers’ Advisory Service/User Education and Outreach Service. Earlier, this service aimed to educate users on identifying authentic information quickly and efficiently. However, the scope of this service has enhanced considerably in recent years. Besides, library instruction service is increasingly viewed as part of classroom teaching and thus, teaching is an important component. Current digital age is impacting the contents and delivery of instructional service in many ways. Instructional sessions not only describe various features of a resource, but these sessions also bring issues like the ethical use of information, copyright, value of open knowledge. Librarians are required to help users to learn the use of citation management tools, data visualization tools etc. The new paradigm of education – blended and online education – requires that learners are supported by library instructions in virtual mode. The library instruction in virtual mode is also useful for those who want to learn at their pace. The designing of learning objects for an instructional session – either in face-to-face mode or virtual mode – requires the understanding of Instructional Design and other related areas. Increasingly, library instructions are integrated into classroom activities, and it implies that such programs should be based on contemporary teaching philosophies. Given these changes, the knowledge of the Instructional Librarian on the contents of resources is required to be supplemented by the knowledge of how to create effective instructions. An instructional session has a significant teaching component. The familiarity/knowledge of learning models, teaching philosophy, instructional design, the use of technology, and communication contribute to developing effective library instructions. That the new/additional knowledge is required in this regard is evident from the job description of many positions for Instructional/Reference Librarians. *Objective of the Book* The book aims to report cases of library instructions developed in different contexts. The book aims to capture the large canvass of theoretical frames used from teaching, learning, instructional design, technology use, and communication in this regard. Practical experience with regards to challenges faced in designing instructions for wide range of users, in terms of age group, educational level, disciplines will also be reported. Library instruction is an area which is not taught but learnt on job. The goal of the book is to provide a platform for facilitating that learning from others’ experience and viewpoints. *Target Audience* The target audience of this book will be librarians who are engaged fully or partly with the design of library instructions and imparting those instructions to learners. Specialists in the areas of instructional design, communication in virtual media – they can examine the cases and contribute to this area further. This book will also be helpful for the entry level librarians who aim to pursue a career of Instructional Librarian. *Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:* The chapters will be divided, broadly, in four areas: (A) Theoretical foundation/framework of designing library instructions Papers in this area will devote to the theoretical frameworks from learning models, teaching principles, instructional design, technology use, communication, library and information science and other areas, as applicable, for designing library instructions. (B) Cases of library instructions Papers in this area will report actual cases of designing and offering library instructions. The cases may target specific age group (child/adult), social groups (international students/migrants/learners from underprivileged groups), learners of different academic programs (primary education/secondary education, tertiary education), disciplines specific issues (humanities, social science, physical science and others). (C) Managing library instruction sessions Papers that will address issues related to managing library instructions sessions will be accommodated here. The issues may be challenges in integrating instruction sessions in classroom activities, inter-personal relationship. (D) Instructional Librarian – professional issues A wonderful contribution from established and senior Instructional Librarians will be how they prepared themselves to meet the challenges of this task, in the evolving library scenario, particularly in the technology enriched education system for last couple of years. Besides, reflections on how the LIS education can accommodate this area in view of the new landscape emerging from digital age, both from practitioners and academics, will be an important value addition to the book. *Submission Procedure* Potential contributors are invited to submit a 2-3 page chapter proposal (approximately 2000 words) to the Editor by March 30, 2016 detailing the background, motivations and structure of the proposed chapter. The proposals can be submitted to http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2148 Authors will be notified in short order as to the status of their proposals and sent organizational guidelines. Full chapters should be at least 8,000-9,000 words in length and are due on July 30, 2016. Final revised chapters are due on October 30, 2016. All chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. *Important Dates* *March 30, 2016:* Proposal Submission Deadline *April 20, 2016:* Notification of Acceptance *July 30, 2016:* Full Chapter Submission *September 30, 2016:* Review Results Returned *October 30, 2016*: Revised Chapter Submission from Chapter Authors *November 30, 2016:* Final Acceptance Notification *Publisher* This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), an international academic publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. IGI Global specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2017. Inquiries may be sent to: Dr. Swati Bhattacharyya Librarian, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Email: swra2017igi(a)gmail.com Swati Bhattacharyya, Ph.D. Librarian Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Joka, Diamond Harbor Road Kolkata - 700104 India Phone: 91-33-2467-8300 (Bus extn: 416; Res extn: 106) Library: http://library.iimcal.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Urgent: Articles required
by Lata Suresh 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

Dear professionals, Anybody who can help me out to get these articles for our research study ? We are facing some technical issues with JSTOR hence unable to access. These articles are urgently required please. Many thanks in anticipation. Regards Lata Suresh S. No. Article 1. · Frank Tuzzolino and Barry R. Armandi *A Need-Hierarchy Framework for Assessing Corporate Social Responsibility*ACAD MANAGE REV January 1, 1981 6:121-28; 2. A Systems Paradigm of Organizational Adaptations to the Social Environment Rich Strand *The Academy of Management Review* Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan., 1983), pp. 90-96 3. Converting Social Problems into Business Opportunities: The New Meaning of Corporate Social ResponsibilityPeter F. Drucker *California Management Review* Vol. 26, No. 2 (WINTER 1984), pp. 53-63 4. Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance Philip L. Cochran and Robert A. Wood *The Academy of Management Journal* Vol. 27, No. 1 (Mar., 1984), pp. 42-56 5. The Corporate Social Policy Process: Beyond Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Corporate Social Responsiveness Edwin M. Epstein *California Management Review* Vol. 29, No. 3 (SPRING 1987), pp. 99-114 -- *Best wishes and regards* *LATA SURESH* M.A, MLISc, MPhil, ADIET, (PhD) Commonwealth Professional Fellow-U.K. Head- Knowledge Resource Centre, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) (Ministry of Corporate Affairs-GOI) Plot No. P 6, 7 & 8, Sector 5, IMT Manesar, District Gurgaon (Haryana), INDIA - 122 050. Phone: +91 124 2290183 | Mobile: +91 9911126706| Email: hoc-krc(a)gov.in, suresh.lata(a)gmail.com *New Delhi Office: * *2nd Floor, Paryavaran Bhawan* *CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003, India* -- *Best wishes and regards* *LATA SURESH* M.A, MLISc, MPhil, ADIET, (PhD) Commonwealth Professional Fellow-U.K. Head- Knowledge Resource Centre, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) (Ministry of Corporate Affairs-GOI) Plot No. P 6, 7 & 8, Sector 5, IMT Manesar, District Gurgaon (Haryana), INDIA - 122 050. Phone: +91 124 2290183 | Mobile: +91 9911126706| Email: hoc-krc(a)gov.in, suresh.lata(a)gmail.com *New Delhi Office: * *2nd Floor, Paryavaran Bhawan* *CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003, India* -- *Best wishes and regards* *LATA SURESH* M.A, MLISc, MPhil, ADIET, (PhD) Commonwealth Professional Fellow-U.K. Head- Knowledge Resource Centre, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) (Ministry of Corporate Affairs-GOI) Plot No. P 6, 7 & 8, Sector 5, IMT Manesar, District Gurgaon (Haryana), INDIA - 122 050. Phone: +91 124 2290183 | Mobile: +91 9911126706| Email: latasuresh.iica(a)gmail.com *New Delhi Office: * *2nd Floor, Paryavaran Bhawan* *CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003, India* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New book release
by Murari Tapaswi 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

A book "Library Landscape of Future" is released in a grand programme under the Chairmanship of Prof. S. Seetharama (former Head, DRTC, Bangalore), early Marth 2016 by the Library and Information Science Academy, Aurangabad. This is a commemoration volume in the honour of Prof. G.S. Katti, a teacher of many students at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathawada University, Aurangabad and consists of research papers in English(44) and in Marathi(6) besides a few reminiscences of Prof. G.S.Katti. The research papers written by eminent professionals spread all over India are grouped under Knowledge Management, Future libraries and Information Services, 1. ICT to Web Technologies, 2. Information Literacy Skills and Lifelong Learning, 3. Scientometrics, Informetrics and Webometrics, 4. Information use, User studies and User Education 5. Dr. S. R. Ranganathan and Five Laws, 6. Ergonomics and Green Libraries, 7. Challenges for the LIS Professionals in new Generation, and 8. Library Services and Reading Culture. This could be obtained for your library from the Library and Information Science Academy, Aurangabad (e-mail: lisaaurangabad(a)hotmail.com) The cost of the book of 568 pages is Rs.1000.00. Kindly consider its purchase. Regards, - Tapaswi डॉ. मुरारी तपस्वी,४, सिंगबाळ बिल्डींग, टोंका, करंझाळे, 403002 गोवा, भारत Dr. Murari Tapaswi, 4 Singbal Bldg, Tonca, Caranzale, 403002 Goa, India फोन/ Phone: 0832-2462953; 9763341967 भेट द्या/ visit: http://muraritapaswi.blogspot.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application are invited for the post of Internship Programme in National Library, Kolkata
by Subhodip Bid 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Internship Programme in National Library, Kolkata Category:National Library Interns in language division [Assamese / Bengali / Gujarati / Hindi / Kannada / Malayalam / Marathi / Odia / Tamil / Telugu / Urdu / English] No. of Interns required : 25 Duration : (1) One Year Stipend per month : Rs.18,000/- (Rupees eighteen thousand only) consolidated pay per head. No extra Payment on account of D.A. HRA, Transport Allowance. Lodging and Boarding should be arranged by the selected personnel at his/her own cost. Age limit : Maximum 28 years For more details http://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/nat_lib_stat/pdfs/Intership_Advertisement… http://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/nat_lib_stat/pdfs/Circular%20along%20with… -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: [bod] ETD2016 "Data and Dissertations" Call for Posters for 19th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations
by Dr Ramesh C Gaur 17 Mar '16

17 Mar '16

FYI. Sent from iPad ************************************ Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) University Librarian & Member Program Committee- ETD 2016 Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) New Meharuli Road, New Delhi - 110067 Tele +91-11-26742605, 26704551 Fax : +91-11-26741603 Email: rcgaur(a)mail.jnu.ac.in ;rcgaur66(a)gmail.com URL: www.jnu.ac.in Brief Profile: http://www.jnu.ac.in/Library/RameshCGaur.htm Begin forwarded message: > From: Joachim SCHOPFEL <joachim.schopfel(a)univ-lille3.fr> > Date: 17 March 2016 at 8:37:26 PM IST > To: BOD <bod(a)ndltd.org> > Subject: [bod] ETD2016 "Data and Dissertations" Call for Posters for 19th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations > > For communication via your networks and contacts... > ------------------------------------ > > > CALL FOR POSTERS > > Submission Deadline: 15th April 2016 > > ETD2016 "Data and Dissertations" > 19th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations > > July 11-13, 2016, > University of Lille, France > http://etd2016.sciencesconf.org/ > > ETD2016, the 19th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, will take place from July 11 to July 13, 2016, at Lille. The conference will be hosted by the Humanities and Social Sciences University of Lille and co-organized with the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). > > From 1998 on interested institutions in the United States began meeting annually for what would become a series of symposia on electronic theses and dissertations sponsored by NDLTD and designed to help universities initiate ETD projects. The first symposium was held at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in 1998, and since then, the gatherings have taken place at universities all around the world, with the first European venue being Humboldt University in Berlin, in 2003. More recently, theses conferences were held in Sydney, Aberdeen, Pittsburgh, Cape Town, Hong Kong, Austin, Uppsala, Lima and Leicester. ETD2015 was hosted by the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India from November 4-6, 2015. > > In 2016, the ETD International Symposium series comes for the first time to France. The theme of the conference is "Data and Dissertations", with a focus on the handling of research data produced by PhD students. As the former events of the series, ETD2016 will again provide delegates the unique opportunity to learn from each other, discuss new projects and initiatives, share experiences and good practices from around the world, and provide perspectives for further research and development. ETD2016 is open for university librarians and other information professionals interested in ETD and research data, scientists and scholars in library and information sciences, and LIS students. The conference language is English. > > > Important Dates > ------------------------ > * 15th April 2016 : Submission deadline for posters > * 30th April 2016 : Notification of acceptance > * 11th – 13th July 2016 : Conference at University of Lille (France) > > > Topics > ------------------------ > > Proposals for posters are invited on all relevant topics in the field of electronic theses and dissertations, in particular > > advanced technologies and infrastructures > second generation ETD programs > open science, open access, open repositories > initiatives for better introducing PhD students to new ETD technologies > long-term preservation > identifiers > ETD publishing and embargoes > > Other posters on ETDs can deal with text and data mining, research evaluation (ETDs and CRIS), legal and ethical aspects, semantic enrichment, special collections, digitization programs and national ETD policies. > > The main topic of ETD2016 will be “Data and Dissertations”, with a focus on initiatives, projects and experiences in the field of research data related to ETDs. Some questions for posters: > > how should such research data be handled? > how do PhD students manage their own datasets? > what should be done to improve their data skills? > And there are many other questions, e.g. legal and ethical issues, formats, identifiers, storage and long term preservation, workflows, best practices etc. > > ETD2016 will be a forum to discuss new developments and infrastructures and to provide insights and perspectives for further progress, in the global framework of open data and open science. > > We invite participants who want to present a poster at ETD2016 to submit an English abstract between 400 and 500 words. The abstract should clearly deal with the problem/goal, the applied methodology, and anticipated results. The abstract should also include the title of the poster, name(s) of the author(s), and full address information. Each submitted abstract will be reviewed in double-blind by at least two members of the program committee. > > Abstracts for posters must be submitted on the conference website. Authors will be notified of the program committee's decision by end of April 2016. This notice will be accompanied by further guidelines and recommendations. > > We look forward to see you in Lille. > > Sincerely, > > J. Schöpfel > Program Committee > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BOD" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bod+unsubscribe(a)ndltd.org. > To post to this group, send email to bod(a)ndltd.org. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/a/ndltd.org/group/bod/. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/ndltd.org/d/msgid/bod/1225609728.5305529.145822…. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/a/ndltd.org/d/optout.

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[URGENT] Major DSpace security vulnerability affecting all XMLUI sites
by vinod mishra 17 Mar '16

17 Mar '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul Go <pgo(a)iit.edu> Date: Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 7:48 PM Subject: [dspace-community] Fwd: [URGENT] Major DSpace security vulnerability affecting all XMLUI sites To: dspace-community(a)googlegroups.com We just got this emailed directly to us. I've seen no chatter on the DSpace list. Is this real or no? Paul Go Systems Librarian / Library Technology Manager Paul V. Galvin Library Illinois Institute of Technology 35 West 33rd Street Chicago, IL 60616 312.567.7997 pgo(a)iit.edu Driving Innovation through Knowledge and Scholarship ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: DuraSpace Security <security(a)dspace.org> Date: Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 8:47 AM Subject: [URGENT] Major DSpace security vulnerability affecting all XMLUI sites To: DuraSpace Security <security(a)dspace.org> Hello, The DSpace Committers team has been notified of a major security vulnerability affecting all sites that use the XMLUI (DSpace versions 1.5.x, 1.6.x, 1.7.x, 1.8.x, 3.x, 4.x and 5.x). JSPUI sites are unaffected by this vulnerability. If exploited, this vulnerability may allow an anonymous user to view any file on your filesystem that is accessible to the Tomcat user account. By default, this may include your dspace.cfg file (and all related DSpace configurations) as well as any operating system files that are readable by the Apache Tomcat user account. The Committers team is working rapidly to patch this vulnerability in the DSpace XMLUI codebase and release security fixes for 3.x, 4.x and 5.x versions. We expect 3.x, 4.x and 5.x security releases (and patches) to be made publicly available on Monday, March 21st. In the meantime, we have quick fixes available at the bottom of this email which will ensure your site is not vulnerable to these attacks. (Please pass them along to the individual who manages your DSpace.) We ask that you please keep this information confidential and avoid posting questions to our public DSpace mailing lists. In order to protect DSpace sites, we will not be disclosing any further details of the vulnerability until the security releases/patches are available. If you have any questions or concerns, we’ve set up a security(a)dspace.org email address which can be used to privately contact the DSpace Committers and DuraSpace staff. The quick fix options can be found below. Please apply one of them to your site immediately. Because of the nature of this vulnerability, we also recommend changing any passwords (or secure information) that appear in your DSpace configuration files (e.g. database connection passwords). Sincerely, Tim Donohue (on behalf of the DSpace Committers) Tech Lead for DSpace Quick Fixes for XMLUI Vulnerability We HIGHLY RECOMMEND applying one of the following “quick fixes” to your production site immediately. These quick fixes are designed to block all known attack paths and may be left in place until you are able to upgrade to one of the forthcoming DSpace security releases. Because of the nature of this vulnerability, we also recommend changing any passwords (or secure information) that appear in your DSpace configuration files (e.g. database connection passwords). We have three quick fixes available, based on your local DSpace setup. You only need to choose ONE. Apache Web Server Quick Fix (for sites that run an Apache Web Server in front of Tomcat) NGINX Web Server Quick Fix (for sites that run an NGINX Web Server in front of Tomcat) DSpace XMLUI Sitemap Quick Fix (for sites that simply run Tomcat or another Java servlet container) If you have any questions or concerns about these quick fixes, please email security(a)dspace.org. These quick fixes are all considered production-ready, and have already been applied to DSpace sites managed by various DSpace Committers. Option #1: Apache Web Server Quick Fix For any sites that use Apache in front of Tomcat, you can block all affected URLs at the Apache level using "mod_rewrite". This does not actually fix the problem in DSpace, but it does block access to the vulnerable URLs (until you are able to upgrade). For example: # Temporary block using Apache + mod_rewrite # This redirects all vulnerable URLs to /error # (which doesn't exist and throws a 404 response) RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^/+themes/.*:.*$ /error [R=permanent,L] # If your DSpace XMLUI URL starts with "/xmlui", you should use this instead: # RewriteRule ^/+xmlui/+themes/.*:.*$ /xmlui/error [R=permanent,L] After putting these rules in place, you should be able to simply reload Apache to apply these changes to your site (e.g. sudo service apache2 reload). Be sure to apply this fix for both HTTP and HTTPS URLs, if your site responds to both. To verify the quick fix is working, visit a URL like: http://[dspace.url]/themes/Reference/test:url (Be sure to test both HTTP and HTTPS). The URL should be redirected to [dspace.url]/error/ and a Page Cannot be Found response returned. As long as this occurs, the quick fix was successful. Option #2: NGINX Web Server Quick Fix For any sites that use NGINX in front of Tomcat, you can block all affected URLs from NGINX. This does not actually fix the problem in DSpace, but it does block access to the vulnerable URLs (until you are able to upgrade). Add this to your server or location directive: rewrite ^/+themes/.*:.*$ /error permanent; # If your DSpace XMLUI URL starts with “/xmlui”, you should use this instead: # rewrite ^/+xmlui/+themes/.*:.*$ /xmlui/error permanent; Then run nginx configtest followed by reload. To verify the quick fix is working, visit a URL like: http://[dspace.url]/themes/Reference/test:url (Be sure to test both HTTP and HTTPS). The URL should be redirected to [dspace.url]/error/ and a Page Cannot be Found response returned. As long as this occurs, the quick fix was successful. Option #3: XMLUI Root Sitemap Quick Fix If you are NOT using Apache or NGINX, it is also possible to block all affected URLs within the DSpace XMLUI root sitemap itself. Similar to the above fixes, this can be done while the DSpace site is up-and-running. Simply find the root sitemap (usually at [dspace]/webapps/xmlui/sitemap.xmap) and add the following:   <map:match pattern="themes/**:**"> <map:redirect-to uri="{request:contextPath}/error" permanent="yes"/> </map:match>   <map:match pattern="themes/*"> <map:read src="themes/{1}"/> </map:match> The change will take effect immediately. Any of the vulnerable URLs will be redirected to "/error" (which doesn't exist in DSpace, and will cause DSpace to simply return a 404 Page Not Found error). To verify the quick fix is working, visit a URL like: http://[dspace.url]/themes/Reference/test:url (Be sure to test both HTTP and HTTPS). The URL should be redirected to [dspace.url]/error/ and a Page Cannot be Found response returned. As long as this occurs, the quick fix was successful. If you plan to rebuild/redeploy your DSpace in the near future (prior to your next upgrade), you also should ensure this quick fix is copied into your source code at [dspace-src]/dspace-xmlui/src/main/webapp/sitemap.xmap (or [dspace-src]/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp/sitemap.xmap if you are using overlays). That way any future rebuilds and redeploys do not accidentally overwrite these changes. -- 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. -- 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/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Please see the IASLIC News Letter
by Ravindra Mendhe 17 Mar '16

17 Mar '16

Dear LIS Professionals Good Morning! Kindly click on the below link and see page no. 3. http://www.iaslic1955.org.in/fckeditor/userfiles/file/iaslic%20newsletter%2… It is very good and informatics News Letter for LIS Professionals. Thanking you, Sincerely, Ravindra Mendhe Jalgaon ( Maharashtra) ISKCOM 2016 - Conference Website http://iskcom.nmims.edu/ website: http://ravindramendhe.weebly.com/ https://sites.google.com/site/ravindramendhe/ http://ravindra4474.wix.com/ravindralibrary http://circular.lislinks.com/ http://www.scoop.it/t/iskcom/ Conference Website http://iskcom.nmims.edu/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: PKP LOCKSS | Public Knowledge Project
by Shamprasad Pujar 17 Mar '16

17 Mar '16

Dear Members, This could be useful for preserving the content of OJS journals hosted by different institutions in India. You may please see the below mail for more details. Regards, Shamprasad Pujar Deputy Librarian IGIDR, Mumbai ======================================== ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Hilton Gibson <hilton.gibson(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 2:51 PM Subject: PKP LOCKSS | Public Knowledge Project PKP has developed a Private LOCKSS Network (PLN) to digitally preserve OJS journals. The LOCKSS program offers decentralized and distributed preservation, seamless perpetual access, and preservation of the authentic original version of the content. The PKP PLN ensures that journals that are not part of the Global LOCKSS Network, which primarily preserves content from larger publishers and vendors, or an existing PLN, which preserve small numbers of OJS journals hosted by member libraries, can be preserved using the LOCKSS program. For additional details about the PKP PLN, see the high level overview (an early discussion document). https://pkp.sfu.ca/pkp-lockss/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Links Digest, March 16, 2016
by Badan Barman 16 Mar '16

16 Mar '16

Respected Mailing List Subscribers, Kindly find herewith the LIS Links Digest for March, 16, 2016. Job Vacancies 1. Vacancy of Jr Professional Assistant and Library Attendant in University of Hyderabad Web: http://lislinks.com/profiles/blogs/jr-professional-assistant-library-attend… 2. Vacancy of Librarian in University of Mysore, Mysore Web: http://lislinks.com/profiles/blogs/appointment-of-librarian-and-director-as… Seminars / Conferences / Workshops 1. One Day National Workshop on Fundamentals of Thesis Writing Web: http://lislinks.com/events/one-day-national-workshop-on-fundamentals-of-the… 2. Two days workshop on Self Empowerment for Research Scholars through Digital Tools Web: http://lislinks.com/events/two-days-workshop-on-self-empowerment-for-resear… Discussions / Forum / News 1. ISI Kolkata North East Program Web: http://lislinks.com/forum/topics/isi-kolkata-north-east-program 2. DSSSB Finally declared Final Result for the Post Code 02/13 Web: http://lislinks.com/forum/topics/dsssb-finally-declared-final-result-for-th… 3. Regarding joining of librarians through DSSSB Web: http://lislinks.com/forum/topics/regarding-joining-of-librarians-through-ds… 4. Injustice Done by DSSSB Against Qualified Candidate- Librarian Web: http://lislinks.com/forum/topics/injustice-done-by-dsssb-against-qualified-… Regards, Badan Barman, Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science, Gauhati University Guwahati-781014, Assam, India. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Are you facing any problem after upgrading your DSpace?
by vinod mishra 16 Mar '16

16 Mar '16

Dear All, Please refer the below document if you are upgrading your old DSpace to latest and facing some problem like deletion of items, community etc. and any indexing related issues. http://mishravk.com/dspace/ Thanking You. -- 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/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Prof. Shivalingaiah- The New Vice-Chancellor of KSOU
by vasappa gowda 16 Mar '16

16 Mar '16

With a request to the moderator to publish Dear all,I am very happy to inform that our LIS professional Prof. D Shivalingaiah is appointed as the Vice- Chancellor of Karnataka State Open University, Mysore. I am very proud and happy to say that he is my PhD guide. He is a very hard working, committed academician. He started his career as an Assistant Librarian at Mangalore University. Soon after his PhD from Mangalore University, he joined as a Reader and the as Professor in the Dept, of LIS at Mangalore University, he has also worked as Deputy registrar, special officer and Regustrar(Evaluation at Mangalore University. He has brought lot of administrative changes in the Mangalore University. Recognising the administrative skills, the Govt. of Karnataka has appointed him as the registrar of Tumkur University and he has worked as the registrar for 8 years. The Govt of Karnataka again appointed him as the Vice Chancellor of KSOU, Mysore. It is an additional feather to his cap. The KSOU is facing lot of problems and I am sure because of the administrative experience, Prof. Shivalingaiah will definitely handle the issues and solve them and bring the name and fame to the University. I join hands with my professional friendly and I pray almighty to give him strength to handle the issues successfully. Karnataka State College Librarians Association, Bangalore and Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu Library Association, Mangalore specially congratulates him and wishes him all the best for his new assignment.With regards Dr. VASAPPA GOWDA, MCom, MLISc, PGDCA, PhDSELECTION GRADE LIBRARIAN, BESANT EVENING COLLEGE, MANGALORE-575 003, KARNATAKA STATE,INDIA.Ph (0824) 2491204(O) (0824) 2453109(R)Mob: 09448150365

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OSS - Koha - Invite for Bits and Bytes Lecture Series
by Ishwar Goudar 16 Mar '16

16 Mar '16

Dear Professional Friends, You are cordially invited to attend the following lecture organized by Karnataka State Library Association (KALA), NCSI-Net Foundation and SRELS. Title: Library Automation using OSS - Koha SPEAKER: Mr. Gopalakrishna, Librarian, BMS Institute of Technology & Management, Bangaluru . PLACE: Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore - 560 010 DATE & TIME: Friday March 18, 2016 at 6.15 p.m. ABSTRACT: Koha, a world's first truly free Open Source Integrated Library Management System. It is fully featured, scalable for all types and sizes of libraries. Widely used world over including more than 1000 Indian Libraries, Koha supports branch libraries, transfer of items from one branch to another, Search or Retrieve via URL (SRU), full MARC21 and UNICODE, Z39.50, RFID, Discovery tools and CMS to some extent. Koha requires a server running Perl 5.10 or later; MySql 5, Zebra 2.0.22 or greater, and a Webserver preferably Apache2 before installation. It is designed to be used with the support of 3rd party paid support company by spending a nominal amount or by libraries with in-house IT support. Installation can be done using any one of the installation methods viz GIT (Version Control) for developers, Package (Standard) and tarball installation methods. Data migration can be done using MARC Edit application which requires data in text or excel format. With MySql update query knowledge one can port current transactions also from legacy software. One can manage Koha at zero maintenance charges on standard installations. Above all Koha has strong community support like Mailing Lists, IRC etc. While recently version Koha 3.22 has has many advanced features, few Indians are also working towards its development especially adding features useful for Indian Libraries. Few commercial supporters, apart from doing installation, data migration are also offering low cost shared cloud hosting of Koha. One can also take help from Librarian like Mr. Gopalakrishna, who is a self made Koha expert and has helped many libraries in installing and configuring OS LMS Koha on operating systems like UBUNTU. I am sure that many Librarians will get inspired to adopt Koha by attending this lecture. We can also have discussion on issues like customisation, data migration, etc. Regards, Dr. I.R.N. Goudar On behalf of Office Bearers of KAKA, NCSI-NET and SRELS "Access E-Resources for Academic and Research Excellence" *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Adjunct Professor, Mangalore University - 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 Tel: 080-23215510 Mob: 91+9611165781 (If not reachable pl try land line) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 15 Mar '16

15 Mar '16

Helo friends Prof Amudha want to have the list of LIS schools in India. If any one has, please send the list or url to her address or put in the groupthanks Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, President, Telangana Library Association Member, Advisory Board, National Library, KolkataUGC-Emeritus Fellow (2009-11) Professor in Library and Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad (super-annuated). Formerly Director, UGC-Academic Staff College (2006-8). Formerly President of Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS) and Association of British Scholars (AP Chapter) . On Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 20:09, amudhavalli Alagusundaram <aamudh(a)gmail.com> wrote: Dear prof Rao garu May I know if I can get a list of LIS schools in India? Thanks Amuda

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OA and Chinese Academy of Sciences
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 15 Mar '16

15 Mar '16

From: "Subbiah Arunachalam" <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, March 14, 2016 10:40 pm All the more than 100 institutes under the Chinese Academy of Sciences have set up institutional repositories and more than 650,000 research papers have been deposited in these IRs as on 14 March 2016. Best. Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009

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Bits and Bytes Lecture Series: Library Automation using OSS - Koha
by Shivaram Gowda 15 Mar '16

15 Mar '16

Dear Members, You are cordially invited to attend the following lecture organized by Karnataka State Library Association (KALA), NCSI-Net Foundation and SRELS. Title: Library Automation using OSS - Koha SPEAKER: Mr. Gopalakrishna, Libraian, BMS Institute of Technology & Mgmt., Bangalore . PLACE: Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore - 560 010 DATE & TIME: Friday March 18, 2016 at 6.15 p.m. Abstract: Koha is one of the truly free open source, web based, Integrated Library Management Softwares, widely used in small and large libraries of all types throughout the world. Supports branch libraries, transfer of items from one branch to another, Search or Retrieve via URL (SRU), full MARC21 and UNICODE, Z39.50, RFID, Discovery tools and CMS to some extent. Koha requires a server running Perl 5.10 or later; MySql 5, Zebra 2.0.22 or greater, and a Webserver preferably Apache2 before installation. It is designed to be used with the support of 3rd party paid support company or by libraries with in-house IT support. Installation can be done using any one of the installation methods viz GIT (Version Control) for developers, Package (Standard) and tarball installation methods. Data migration can be done using Marc Edit application which requires data in text or excel format. With MySql update query knowledge one can port current transactions also from legacy software. One can manage KOHA at zero maintenance charges on standard installations. Above all Koha has strong community support like Mailing Lists, IRC etc. with warm regards Shivaram BS Treasurer, KALA - -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Papers
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 15 Mar '16

15 Mar '16

From: K.S. Raghavan ksragav(a)hotmail.com Sent: Tuesday, March 8, 2016 9:08 AM Recent technological developments have enabled ready access to more information and data than can be comprehended and managed effectively. Ontology is an important knowledge organization tool and has a crucial role to play in capturing, organizing, representing and assigning meaning to information, data and knowledge. However, even after three decades of research, ontology development remains within the realm of research and has not entered the daily professional activity of librarians and information professionals. Ontology promises to enable intelligent Web applications, but such intelligent applications do not seem to have invaded the public and business domains. Many papers on ontology are merely descriptive - describing an ontology, ontology construction process, or a prototype application; there has been insufficient effort to draw out lessons and derive fundamental principles. This special issue of LIBRES seeks to identify such lessons and principles related to ontology development and application, and to suggest a direction for ontology research in the field of Information Studies. Papers that focus on issues and challenges in building large-scale ontologies, representing complex semantic constructs in languages like OWL, merging ontologies as well as successful designs for systems and experiments in the use of ontologies in knowledge management, information retrieval and knowledge discovery are sought. The special issue will also seek to bridge the gap between perceptions of the LIS community and ontology engineers to suggest a way forward. Critical papers on ontology editors - both commercial and open source software - will also be considered for publication. All submissions will be peer-reviewed. Deadlines: Submission of title & abstract for preliminary review: May 15, 2016 Submission of full paper for review: June 30, 2016 Author guidelines can be found at: http://libres-ejournal.info/author-guidelines/ LIBRES is a peer-reviewed open-access journal, published by Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information. It was previously published by Curtin University (Australia), Department of Information Studies. LIBRES is indexed by ISA, LISA, EBSCO, Scopus and Cabells. Guest editors for the special issue of LIBRES: Dr. Kavi Mahesh (drkavimahesh(a)gmail.com<mailto:drkavimahesh@gmail.com>) Dr K. S. Raghavan (ksragav(a)hotmail.com<mailto:ksragav@hotmail.com>) Centre for Knowledge Analytics and Ontological Engineering (KAnOE), PES University, Bangalore, India K. S. Raghavan Visiting Scientist Centre for Knowledge Analytics and Ontological Engineering (KAnOE) PES University 100 Feet Ring Road, BSK 3rd Stage Bengaluru 560085

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Students Colloquium-3
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 15 Mar '16

15 Mar '16

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research & Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE Post Bangalore, 560 059 COLLOQUIM - 3 (2015 2017) Intellectual Property Rights A Debate ABSTRACT Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) has been a subject of intense discussion. On one side, IPR brings value to ensure that innovators are rewarded for their intellectual creations and on the other sides, it is argued that it is against free expression and exchange of ideas. IPR dispute has involved the fun-damental trade-off between this two arguments. It brings a dilemma as how to balance artistic and entrepreneurial incentives with the interest of the larger community of users in a free unhindered exchange of ideas and product. There is a criticism that aggressive protection schemes of IPR re-gime goes beyond any possibility of creativity by others. So in recent times, the question arises as does it promote the progress of science and useful arts or promotes the unnecessary government monopoly. In this debate, we are going to discuss the issues of IPR and whether we still need it in a knowledge and technology age or should we do away with it. This will shed light on a critical reassessment of IPR. In this colloquium the speakers are as follows: Moderator Kanu Chakraborty Group 1 Shiva Shankar Mahato Gurrala Srinivas Dipanwita Das Group 2 Alovi Zhimomi Sagar Gajbe Kumari Vandana Date: 16-03-2016 Time: 2 p.m. Venue: DRTC (Room G-21), ISI Bangalore. All are cordially invited. 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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Photocopier that translates
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 15 Mar '16

15 Mar '16

This is pretty wild - your photocopier doing your translation! "Xerox, however, has done something interesting: its photocopiers are literally like Google Translate IRL. A new service from the company called Xerox Easy Translate lets you scan a document and it’ll plop out the other end in a different language." http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2016/03/10/photocopiers-basically-google-t… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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OA and young (and not-so-young) doctors
by Subbiah Arunachalam 15 Mar '16

15 Mar '16

Friends: I recommend this blog post from a young doctor to all doctors, medical researchers and medical librarians: < http://kpurshouse.blogspot.in/2016/03/open-access-where-did-all-doctors-go.… >. 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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Prof. D. Shivalingaiah, the New VC of KSOU, Mysuru - Congratulations!
by bas＠library.iisc.ernet.in 14 Mar '16

14 Mar '16

Dear All, It is a great feeling to know that Prof. D. Shivalingaiah, Registrar of Tumkur University, has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Mysore. He has assumed charge on Friday, 11th March 2016. Prof. D. Shivalingaiah has held many academic and administrative positions at Mangalore and Tumkur Universities before being appointed as the VC of KSOU. A simple, unassuming, honest, and down to earth person, Prof. Shivalingaiah may be the youngest VC of KSOU. Incidentally, he was also a student of Prof. V.G. Talwar, former VC of Mysore University, another stalwart in the profession. This may the first time that both the Guide and his Researcher in the LIS Profession have risen to the position of importance in the University System. After obtaining Master's Degree in Library and information Science from Bangalore University in 1985, Prof. Shivalingaiah worked briefly at the NIMHANS, and later joined the Mangalore University as a Documentation Officer In 1987. His other teaching and administrative positions include the following: He was appointed as a Reader, in the Department of Library and Information Science Mangalore University in the year 1995 and in the year 2003, he was appointed as the Professor of Library and Information Science at the Mangalore University and he also served as the Chairman of the Department during Jan 2006 to Dec 2007. His honesty, integrity and able administrative capabilities got him several other positions of importance such as the Deputy Registrar ( on Deputation) 1996 to 2005; Special Officer 2005, Registrar Evaluation at Mangalore University. He was appointed Registrar of Tumkur University in November 2009 and held that position till he became the VC of KSOU. He has also held the positions of Acting VC, Dean faculty of Science & Technology, and Honorary Professorship at the Tumkur University. Though Prof. Shivalingaiah has many achievements to his credit, few important ones include: Implementation of Gnanasangama, Smart Key - ICT initiatives of Higher Education, Dept., Govt. Karnataka Creation of good ICT facilities by setting up high-end servers such as web server, mail server, antivirus server, digital library server, University management software server and online journal server. Tumkur University was the first University to implement UGC Ph.D. Regulations (minimum standards and procedures for the award of Ph.D. Degree) in 2009 Instrumental in getting recognition to the University Under Section 12(b) of the UGC Act, 1956 Initiation of 73 skill development programmes under Modular Employability Skills Programme of Directorate General of Employment and Training (DGET), Govt. of India. Successfully installed CCTV Cameras in the University Campus for security measures and effective management of Administration The Action taken to implement SAKALA and Transparency Affiliation process has been recognized and appreciated by the Govt. vide letter No.ED 94 Praka 2014 dated 29th March, 2014. Other Universities in the State have been informed to adopt Tumkur University Model. As a very modest person, Prof. Shivalinagiah is loved and respected by one and all for his personality and achievements. I am sure that under his able leadership, the KSOU will raise to greater heights in its achievements and bring in a positive change in quality of education and research. My hearty congratulations to Prof. Shivalingaiah. With Regards, Puttabasavaiah. ########################################## Puttabasavaiah Deputy Librarian JRD Tata Memorial Library Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560012 India. E-mail: bas(a)library.iisc.ernet.in Phone: 91-80-22932610 Mobile: 09448744814 ############################################ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Bias in library search results
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 14 Mar '16

14 Mar '16

http://matthew.reidsrow.com/articles/173 This long article is worth reading. It shows how algorithms used behind search engines relied upon by librarians (Proquest etc) are biased and results could be misleading. Honestly I did not understand much of it, but I feel biased indexers are playing mischief. Dr P Vyasamoorthy Secretary General - Indian Society of U3As 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Telangana LL 040-27846631 / Mobile: 9490804278 The idea that women are inferior to men is absurd. When a man is born of a woman, how can he be superior and she inferior. [Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev] -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation for Bid for ETD 2017
by Dr Ramesh C Gaur 13 Mar '16

13 Mar '16

Hi! I am pleased to inform you that the NDLTD Conference Standing Committee is now accepting bids to host the 20th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, ETD 2017. Please submit your bid by e-mail to Ramesh C Gaur (rcgaur66(a)gmail.com) NDLTD Conference Standing Committee -Chair, by May 31, 2016. Bids will be reviewed by the NDLTD Conference Standing Committee and a recommendation will be presented to the Board at its next meeting scheduled to be held on July 10, 2016 at ETD 2016 at Lille, France. You will be notified shortly after the meeting as to whether or not your bid was successful. The last symposium was held recently in New Delhi, India (ETD 2015). Some previous symposia were held in Leicester, UK (ETD 2014), Hong Kong (ETD 2013); Lima, Peru (ETD 2012); Cape Town, South Africa (ETD 2011); Austin, Texas, USA (ETD 2010); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (ETD 2009); Aberdeen, Scotland (ETD 2008); Uppsala, Sweden (ETD 2007) Quebec City, Canada (ETD 2006), Sydney Australia (ETD 2005); Lexington, Kentucky, USA (ETD 2004), and Berlin, Germany (ETD 2003).The first meeting was held in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, in June 1998. Please note that should your institution be chosen to host ETD 2017 you will have the full support and help of the NDLTD Conference Standing Committee in preparing for the symposium. The conference planning handbook will also be available to the Local Organizing Committee. Potential bidders are encouraged to contact Ramesh C Gaur, Chair or any other member of the Conference Standing Committee early in the process of preparing their bid to express interest and receive guidance. (http://www.ndltd.org/a/ndltd.org/ndltd/directory/committees-and-working-gro…) The following information should be included in your institution’s bid: ➢ Rationale for hosting the conference. ➢ Your institution's involvement in ETD’s, past, present and future. ➢ The inclusion of a suggested conference theme and related sub-themes is not essential but will strengthen your bid. ➢ Dates: Please include proposed conference dates and explain your choice. Please also indicate if dates are flexible. ➢ Venue: • Geographic location • Travel – how to get there • Detailed information on conference facilities, i.e.,. number and size of conference room • Availability of Internet access in conference rooms ➢ Conference organization: • Level of logistical and financial support from host institution • Detailed information on conference support personnel • Detailed information on technical support personnel • Distribution of responsibility for conference organization • Capacity to record some/all of the conference on video (optional) • Committed sponsors, if any, and level of expected funding, if known • Accommodations: o Type o Cost • Access to conference venue • Proposed Social Activities • Tourist information, including nearby restaurants, local attractions Bidders are encouraged to attend ETD 2016 in France. Your participation can help in gathering more information about the organization of the symposium. Please feel free to ask for any further information / clarification. regards ramesh ************************************ Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) University Librarian & NDLTD Conference Standing Committee -Chair Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) New Meharuli Road, New Delhi - 110067 Tele +91-11-26742605, 26704551 Fax : +91-11-26741603 Email: rcgaur(a)mail.jnu.ac.in ;rcgaur66(a)gmail.com URL: www.jnu.ac.in Brief Profile:http://lib.jnu.ac.in/Ramesh_C_Gaur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian : Glossary of Library & Information Science
by Salman Haider 13 Mar '16

13 Mar '16

*Librarian : Glossary of Library & Information Science * <http://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2016/03/librarian-glossary-of-libr…> http://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2016/03/librarian-glossary-of-libr… New entry in the Glossary of Library & Information Science <http://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2015/04/glossary-of-library-inform…> in Librarianship Studies & Information Technology <http://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/> Blog provides an exhaustive definition of a Librarian and 10 Infographics about the Librarian highlighting their duties, functions, roles, responsibilities, worth and importance, with interesting facts and figures. *Librarian <http://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2016/03/librarian-glossary-of-libr…>* ➨ A librarian <http://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2016/03/librarian-glossary-of-libr…> is a person who is in charge of or works professionally in a library and is responsible for its management and services. Librarian takes care of the library and its resources. Typical job of a librarian includes managing collection development and acquisitions <http://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2015/05/acquisitions-glossary-libr…> , cataloging <http://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2015/05/cataloging-glossary-librar…>, collections management, circulation <http://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2015/06/library-circulation-glossa…>, and providing a range of services, such as reference, information, instruction, and training services, etc. Librarians are trained in library and information science and are engaged in providing library services, usually holding a degree in library science. In the United States, the title Librarian is reserved for persons who have been awarded the ALA-accredited Master of Library and Information Science <http://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/p/master-of-library-and-informatio…> or MLIS <http://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/p/master-of-library-and-informatio…> degree or certified as professionals by a state agency. In a small library, such as a school library a single librarian may be responsible for managing the overall functions of the library but big libraries, such as a large academic library may have much staff to carry out different functions of the library depending on their qualifications, expertise, and functional specializations, e.g. acquisition librarian, archivists, cataloging librarian, electronic resources librarian, metadata librarian, reference librarian, serials librarian, systems librarian, etc. Based on the type of the library served, librarians may be classified as a school librarian, academic librarian, special librarian, etc. The increasing role of technology in libraries has a significant impact on the changing roles of librarians. A 21st-century librarian is required to be very much updated of technological changes. New age librarians are making greater use of emerging technologies in the library management and services to make it more popular and useful among the patrons. New age librarians are not mere bookworms, they are high-tech information professionals, and clever communicators, helping patrons dive in the oceans of information available in books and digital records. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... (Visit below link to read complete article) Read now complete article: http://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2016/03/librarian-glossary-of-libr… Salman Haider <http://salmanhaider.blogspot.com> www.google.com/+SalmanHaider www.facebook.com/SalmanHaiderAuthor https://twitter.com/metadataexpert -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for full text articles
by Binod Yadav 13 Mar '16

13 Mar '16

Dear friends/Professionals, Please provide the full text of the following articles. 1. Reconstruction of Femur Length from its Fragments <https://scholar.google.com/scholar?oi=bibs&cluster=4572318171976319643&btnI…>. RU Babu, R Sadashiv, J Kiran - *Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology*. 2013; 7(2), 168-171. 2. Role of Estimation of Total Length of Femur from its Fragments on Medico-legal Cases <https://scholar.google.com/scholar?oi=bibs&cluster=10232078547514893854&btn…>. A Mahajan, APS Batra, J Kaur, BS Khurana - *Indian Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology*. 2011; 9(3) 3. An Osteometric Analysis of Adult Human Femurs <https://scholar.google.com/scholar?oi=bibs&cluster=6181982189650209282&btnI…>. A Singh, M Nagar - *Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology*, 2013. 4. Femur length from femoral fragments: Regression equations for fragments of unknown sex- A regional study. *Indian journal of forensic medicine and toxicology*. 2015, 9 (2). Yours, -- Binod Kumar Yadav Senior Librarian B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan, Nepal Phone: +97725525555 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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One-Day Workshop on “AICTE RECOMMENDED E-RESOURCES ACCESS THROUGH GATEWAY PORTAL”
by Vivek Yadav 12 Mar '16

12 Mar '16

*One-Day Workshop on “AICTE RECOMMENDED E-RESOURCES ACCESS THROUGH GATEWAY PORTAL”* *http://www.lisportal.com/en/workshop/77-one-day-workshop-on-aicte-recommended-e-resources-access-through-gateway-portal <http://www.lisportal.com/en/workshop/77-one-day-workshop-on-aicte-recommend…>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Links Digest
by Badan Barman 12 Mar '16

12 Mar '16

Respected Mailing List Subscribers, Kindly find herewith the LIS Links Digest for March, 12, 2016. Job Vacancies 1. Library and Information Officer Vacancy in Centre for Enviroment Education (CEE), Ahmedabad Web: http://lislinks.com/profiles/blogs/library-and-information-officer-vacancy-… 2. Requirement for Library counsellors at Algorhythms Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Web: http://lislinks.com/profiles/blogs/requirement-for-library-counsellors-at-a… 3. Librarian Vacancy in Ballapur Institute of Technology, Ballarpur, Chandrapur, Maharashtra Web: http://lislinks.com/profiles/blogs/librarian-vacancy-in-ballapur-institute-… Seminars / Conferences / Workshops 1. National Workshop on Information Literacy & Scholarly Publication Web: http://lislinks.com/events/national-workshop-on-information-literacy-schola… Regards, Badan Barman, Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science, Gauhati University Guwahati-781014, Assam, India. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulations to the University's new Vice Chancellor
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 12 Mar '16

12 Mar '16

From: "Chikkamanju Nayak" <chikkamanjumlisc(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, March 11, 2016 9:19 am I would like to congratulate Professor Shivalingaiah sir, he has currently Registrar of Tumkur University has been appointed as who was today announced as the Karnataka State Open University's new Vice Chancellor after the Prof. M.G.Krishnan. It great pleasure to express Library and Information Science Professional occupied the Karnataka State Open University Vice-Chancellor post by Prof. Shivalingaiah Sir, This new position is better suited your talent and skills. You were too good for this place! Congratulations and all the best for the future success. From Chikkamanju Research scholar Dos in Library and Information Science, Managagangothri, University of Mysore-570006

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Vacancy of Librarian in DON BOSCO COLLEGE, PANJIM GOA
by Vivek Yadav 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

Vacancy of Librarian in DON BOSCO COLLEGE, PANJIM GOA http://www.lisportal.com/en/short-term-jobs-walk-in-interview/73-vacancy-of… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy of – Assistant Librarian-IIM Visakhapatnam Last Date- March 16, 2016
by Vivek Yadav 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

Vacancy of – Assistant Librarian-IIM Visakhapatnam Last Date- March 16, 2016 http://www.lisportal.com/en/short-term-jobs-walk-in-interview/71-vacancy-of… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Links Digest
by Badan Barman 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

Job Vacancies 1. Librarian Post in Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) Web: http://lislinks.com/profiles/blogs/karnataka-psc-jobs-for-librarian 2. Assistant Librarian post at Shri Ram Murti Smarak , International Business School, Lucknow Web: http://lislinks.com/profiles/blogs/l-asst-librarians-post-at-shri-ram-murti… 3. Librarian post at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow Web: http://lislinks.com/profiles/blogs/librarian-post-at-iim-lucknow 4. Requirements of Librarian, Library Assistant at DPS Society Web: http://lislinks.com/profiles/blogs/librarians-library-asst-post-at-dps-ghaz… 5. Librarian at GD Goenka Public School, Greater Noida Web: http://lislinks.com/profiles/blogs/librarian-at-gd-goenka-publis-school-gre… 6. Library Officer at Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad Web: http://lislinks.com/profiles/blogs/library-officer-at-centre-for-environmen… 7. Librarian, Professional Assistant (Library), Semi Professional Assistant (Library), Library Attendant Vacancy in Hans Raj College, University of Delhi, Delhi Web: http://lislinks.com/profiles/blogs/librarian-professional-assistant-library… 8. Multi-Tasking-Staff (MTS) Library Vacancy in PGDAV, University of Delhi, Delhi Web: http://lislinks.com/profiles/blogs/multi-tasking-staff-mts-library-vacancy-… 9. Project Officer (PO) and Junior Project Officer (JPO) Recruitment in IIT, Kharagpur Web: http://lislinks.com/profiles/blogs/recruitment-in-iit-kharagpur 10. Assistant Librarian required in Gujarat Forensic Science University (GFSU), Gandhinagar Web: http://lislinks.com/profiles/blogs/recruitment-in-gfsu-gandhinagar Seminars / Conferences / Workshops 1. National Workshop on Information Literacy & Scholarly Publication Web: http://lislinks.com/events/national-workshop-on-information-literacy-schola… 2. Seminar on Health Infoscape: Health Information for Librarians Web: http://lislinks.com/events/kerala-library-association-invitation-health-inf… Discussions / Forum / News 1. Active Service Spent on Pursuing Research Degree (Ph.D) May Be Counted as Teaching Exp. for Direct Requirement / Promotion Web: http://lislinks.com/forum/topics/active-service-spent-on-pursuing-research-… 2. Cutting- edge technology in library services Web: http://lislinks.com/forum/topics/cutting-edge-technology-in-library-services 3. VAT in ebook Web: http://lislinks.com/forum/topics/vat-in-ebook 4. Request for an Online Survey: Strategic capacity planning for hybrid library environment Web: http://lislinks.com/forum/topics/request-for-an-online-survey 5. Unable to View, Serached Books in Koha OPAC & Staff Client Web: http://lislinks.com/forum/topics/unable-view-serached-books-in-koha-opac-st… 6. Call for Proposal for Book Chapter to “Law Libraries and the Transition to Digital Resources” Web: http://lislinks.com/forum/topics/call-for-proposal-for-book-chapter 7. List of proposed Refresher Courses, Orientation Programme, Short Term Courses and additional courses for the year 2016-17 Web: http://lislinks.com/forum/topics/list-of-proposed-refresher-courses-orienta… Regards, -- Badan Barman, Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Gauhati University, Guwahati-781014, Assam, India. Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/+BadanBarman Twitter: https://twitter.com/badanbarman Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/badanbarman?v=wall&ref=ts -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarianship: An introduction by Chowdhury G. G
by Sanjeev Jain 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

Book Must read to LIS Professionals http://www.flipkart.com/librarianship-complete-introduction-english/p/itmdy… Librarianship: An introduction by Chowdhury G. G Every profession needs an introductory text to its core body of knowledge. This definitive textbook is the most up-to-date introduction to the profession of librarianship for students and new entrants to the profession available. It is also the first to give a complete overview of all aspects of professional librarianship in the 21st century, and to offer authoritative analysis of modern libraries and librarianship. Key areas covered include: libraries and information services: evolution or revolution? information resources and services information organization and access library and Information users and society library technologies library and information management LIS education and training. Each chapter in this user-friendly text features clear learning aims and objectives and a list of revision questions to test and consolidate knowledge and understanding. Readership: Mapping onto course content for library and information studies in the US, UK and Australasia, this textbook also supports CILIP's Body of Knowledge and provides a single source of introductory explanations of library and information concepts for students. It is also the quintessential primer for new professionals. http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=046176#table-of-contents-tab -- Thanks & Regards, _______________________________ संजीव कुमार जैन / Sanjeev Kumar Jain -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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First call: Library instructions in the digital environment - call for chapter proposal
by Swati Bhattacharyya . 10 Mar '16

10 Mar '16

Dear moderator, Please post the message as given below: Swati Bhattacharyya, Ph.D. Librarian Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Joka, Diamond Harbor Road Kolkata - 700104 India Phone: 91-33-2467-8300 (Bus extn: 416; Res extn: 106) Library: http://library.iimcal.ac.in *CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS* *Proposal Submission Deadline: March 30, 2016* *Changing the Scope of Library Instruction in the Digital Age* edited by Dr. *Swati Bhattacharyya (Librarian, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta) and Dr. K. Rama Patnaik* *(Librarian, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore)* *Introduction* Library instruction originates from Readers’ Advisory Service/User Education and Outreach Service. Earlier, this service aimed to educate users on identifying authentic information quickly and efficiently. However, the scope of this service has enhanced considerably in recent years. Besides, library instruction service is increasingly viewed as part of classroom teaching and thus, teaching is an important component. Current digital age is impacting the contents and delivery of instructional service in many ways. Instructional sessions not only describe various features of a resource, but these sessions also bring issues like the ethical use of information, copyright, value of open knowledge. Librarians are required to help users to learn the use of citation management tools, data visualization tools etc. The new paradigm of education – blended and online education – requires that learners are supported by library instructions in virtual mode. The library instruction in virtual mode is also useful for those who want to learn at their pace. The designing of learning objects for an instructional session – either in face-to-face mode or virtual mode – requires the understanding of Instructional Design and other related areas. Increasingly, library instructions are integrated into classroom activities, and it implies that such programs should be based on contemporary teaching philosophies. Given these changes, the knowledge of the Instructional Librarian on the contents of resources is required to be supplemented by the knowledge of how to create effective instructions. An instructional session has a significant teaching component. The familiarity/knowledge of learning models, teaching philosophy, instructional design, the use of technology, and communication contribute to developing effective library instructions. That the new/additional knowledge is required in this regard is evident from the job description of many positions for Instructional/Reference Librarians. *Objective of the Book* The book aims to report cases of library instructions developed in different contexts. The book aims to capture the large canvass of theoretical frames used from teaching, learning, instructional design, technology use, and communication in this regard. Practical experience with regards to challenges faced in designing instructions for wide range of users, in terms of age group, educational level, disciplines will also be reported. Library instruction is an area which is not taught but learnt on job. The goal of the book is to provide a platform for facilitating that learning from others’ experience and viewpoints. *Target Audience* The target audience of this book will be librarians who are engaged fully or partly with the design of library instructions and imparting those instructions to learners. Specialists in the areas of instructional design, communication in virtual media – they can examine the cases and contribute to this area further. This book will also be helpful for the entry level librarians who aim to pursue a career of Instructional Librarian. *Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:* The chapters will be divided, broadly, in four areas: (A) Theoretical foundation/framework of designing library instructions Papers in this area will devote to the theoretical frameworks from learning models, teaching principles, instructional design, technology use, communication, library and information science and other areas, as applicable, for designing library instructions. (B) Cases of library instructions Papers in this area will report actual cases of designing and offering library instructions. The cases may target specific age group (child/adult), social groups (international students/migrants/learners from underprivileged groups), learners of different academic programs (primary education/secondary education, tertiary education), disciplines specific issues (humanities, social science, physical science and others). (C) Managing library instruction sessions Papers that will address issues related to managing library instructions sessions will be accommodated here. The issues may be challenges in integrating instruction sessions in classroom activities, inter-personal relationship. (D) Instructional Librarian – professional issues A wonderful contribution from established and senior Instructional Librarians will be how they prepared themselves to meet the challenges of this task, in the evolving library scenario, particularly in the technology enriched education system for last couple of years. Besides, reflections on how the LIS education can accommodate this area in view of the new landscape emerging from digital age, both from practitioners and academics, will be an important value addition to the book *Submission Procedure* Potential contributors are invited to submit a 2-3 page chapter proposal (approximately 2000 words) to the Editor by March 30, 2016 detailing the background, motivations and structure of the proposed chapter. The proposals can be submitted to http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2148 Authors will be notified in short order as to the status of their proposals and sent organizational guidelines. Full chapters should be at least 8,000-9,000 words in length and are due on July 30, 2016. Final revised chapters are due on October 30, 2016. All chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. *Important Dates* *March 30, 2016:* Proposal Submission Deadline *April 20, 2016:* Notification of Acceptance *July 30, 2016:* Full Chapter Submission *September 30, 2016:* Review Results Returned *October 30, 2016*: Revised Chapter Submission from Chapter Authors *November 30, 2016:* Final Acceptance Notification *Publisher* This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), an international academic publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. IGI Global specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2017. Inquiries may be sent to: Dr. Swati Bhattacharyya Librarian, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Email: swra2017igi(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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Research Methodology Course in Besant Evening College, Mangalore
by vasappa gowda 10 Mar '16

10 Mar '16

Dear Sir/Modarator,There will be a UGC sponsored three day intensive Research Methodology Workshop at Besant Evening College, Mangalore during 25-27 April, 2016. Eminent researchers in Social Science discipline are the resource persons for the workshop. The workshop covers 'starting from how to start the research till report writing and submission of the report'. There will be practical sessions for analysis of data through SPSS. This is the golden opportunity to all the researchers in social sciences. There are limited seats. The interested participants are requested to enroll themselves at the earliest. Priority will be given on first come first serve basis. The brochure and the registration form are attached herewith. Please upload the attachments in the LIS Forum. With regards Dr. VASAPPA GOWDA, MCom, MLISc, PGDCA, PhDSELECTION GRADE LIBRARIAN & Workshop Convenor BESANT EVENING COLLEGE, MANGALORE-575 003, KARNATAKA STATE,INDIA.Ph (0824) 2491204(O) (0824) 2453109(R)Mob: 09448150365

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Application are invited for the post of Librarian in Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIML)
by Subhodip Bid 10 Mar '16

10 Mar '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Librarian in Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIML) *Educational Qualification:* First class Master’s Degree in Library/Information Science or Associateship in information science. Candidates having Doctoral degree in Library Science will be preferred. Exceptionally deserving candidates with Doctoral Degree in Library Science can be considered for higher Pay Band of Rs.37400-67,000/-+ Grade Pay of Rs.9500/- *Experience:* Minimum 10 years inline experience at executive level in an Academic/Research Institution of repute. Preference will be given to the applicants who have been associated with the development of Libraries in technical/management subjects and also who have sound knowledge and practical experience of managing a state-of-art library in a highly automated, integrated and networked environment. *Pay Scale:* *INR* Rs.15600-39100 + Grade Pay Rs.8000 *Age Limit:* Below 50 Years. For more details: http://www.iiml.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Detailed-ad-PS-PA-Libraria… -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Last few days left to register for the Elements of Effective Librarianship at BITS Pilani, Rajasthan
by I C Bandi 10 Mar '16

10 Mar '16

Dear Moderator, Please post the following message in LIS Forum for the benefit to the LIS professionals in India. Thanks and Regards Ishappa Bandi Dy.Librarian, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan ________________________________________________________________________________ Dear All, Last few days left to register for the Elements of Effective Librarianship LDP workshop at BITS Pilani, Rajasthan in association with MANLIBNET from 8-9 April 2016. The main objective of this workshop is to equip librarians with: 1. New skills on content development that are crucial for providing the need based library services to the users. 2. Desired techniques so that they can develop the customer centric library services. 3. Marketing and promotional acumen for effective delivery of library services. 4. The necessary skills to develop the team and to make the library as a vibrant place. For more information and online registration, you can visit the website http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/ldp2016 THE REGISTRATION FEE: Rs. 2000/- (Rupees Two Thousand Only) ACCOMMODATION: Rs. 1000/-per day on a shareable basis at Institute's guest house between the two occupants i.e. Rs. 500/-per day, per head. LAST DATE FOR REGISTRATION: 15th March 2016 With best wishes and warm regards, ********************************** Ishappa C Bandi Dy.Librarian BITS Pilani Campus, Vidya Vihar, Pilani-333031, Rajasthan, India Phone: 01596 51 5372/5331, Mobile:09982073556 Email: ishappa.bandi(a)pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in or icbandi(a)yahoo.co.in, http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/Pilani/pilaniLibrary/ContactUs

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Kerala Library Association - Invitation - Health Infoscape: Health Information for Librarians
by Sriram V 10 Mar '16

10 Mar '16

Dear All, The Kerala Library Association is happy to invite you to attend the programme “Health Infoscape: Health Information for Librarians” on March 12th, 2016 (Saturday) at 10.00 am. The event will be held at DLIS Hall, Department of Library and Information Science, Kerala University Library Buildings, Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram. Session – 1: What the doctor says? Dr. T. K. Padmanabhan, KIMS Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, Session – 2: A Healthcare volunteer’s perspective. Smt. Rahelamma Augustine, Former Dy. Librarian i/c, KUL, Thiruvananthapuram. Session – 3: An Information Specialist speaks. Dr. V. Vishnu, Librarian cum Information Officer, R.C.C., Thiruvananthapuram. Please join us for lunch thereafter. For more details please visit http://wp.me/p26wSV-xD 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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Invitation to attend National Conference at MyDLIS
by chandrashekara m 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

Dear Professionals, You are cordially invites to the Inaugural Function and participation of the National Conference on Bridging the Digital Divide: Open Source and Open Access Movement organized by Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysuru(Funded under UGC-SAP DRS II). Inauguration by: Prof. K. Chidananda Gowda, Former Vice-Chancellor, Kuvempu University. Key-note by: Dr. H.S. Siddamallaiah, Visiting Professor, Mahasarakham University, and Former Principal Librarian, NIMHANS, Bangalore Presided by: Prof. K.S. Rangappa, Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore, Mysuru Date: 11th March 2016 Time: 10.30 AM Venue: B.M. Shree Auditorium, Near DLIS, Manasagangotri, Mysuru Further details Contact: Prof. Mallinath Kumbar Co-ordinator, UGC-SAP (DRS – II) Phone : 0821-2419377/9844355929 Regards Dr. Chandrashekara M. Professor & Chairman Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysuru - 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419398 / 9448600970

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Fwd: Vacancy of two Assistant Professor in Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi – Last Date-10th April, 2016
by Vivek Yadav 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

Vacancy of Librarian in Indian Institute of Management , Lucknow *http://www.lisportal.com/en/jobs/69-vacancy-of-librarian-in-indian-institute-of-management-lucknow-last-date-31st-march-9-2016 <http://www.lisportal.com/en/jobs/69-vacancy-of-librarian-in-indian-institut…>*

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MyLISA Book Talk on Saturday, March 19, 2015 @ 3:00 PM
by Sunil MV 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

Dear LIS Forum Members, Greetings from MyLISA Mysuru! MyLISA cordially invite you for 'Book Talk in Library Science Series' on Saturday, March 19, 2016; 3:00 PM at Conference Hall, Department of Library and Information Science, Manasagangotri, University of Mysore, Mysuru. This month the Book Talk will be delivered by Sri. L.J. Haravu on his edited book "Case studies for teaching library management" authored by Sri. N.G. Satish & Sri. Anil Takalkar. The book was published by Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management (KIIKM). The book focus on case studies, in general, and use of cases in LIS Education, in particular. It also touch upon the value of case study method in teaching and training students & practicing librarians. Requesting you to make it convenient to attend the talk. *Brief Profile of the Speaker Sri. L.J. Haravu: * Sri. L.J. Haravu started his working life as a teacher of Mathematics, but soon turned to Library and Information Science as a career and profession, in which subsequently he has many firsts to his credit. He pioneered the application of computers to library and information management in India, and the development of India's first and only open-source library management system - NewGenLib. His expertise has been used by international organizations, such as UNESCO, FAO, and IDRC-Canada. His book 'Library Automation: Design, Principles and Practice' published by Allied is popular among library and information professionals. His interest in creative writing was like a dormant shoot, ready to sprout when conditions were favourable. Retired life in Mysore, India, and the company of people who view life through a wide-angled lens, has been the trigger for his creative writing begun a few years ago, first with short middles, then poems and stories that were privately circulated to a few friends and relatives. Encouragement from friends that these should be published has resulted as a book "Eavesdropping: A Collection of Short Stories and Poem" published by PartridgeIndia in 2014. With regards, Sunil M.V. Vice President, MyLISA Mysuru -- Dr. Sunil M.V. Librarian Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD) No. 1, Chamundi Hill Main Road, Siddharthanagar Post, Mysore - 570 011, INDIA Mobile: 99864 39832 | Telephone: 0821-2429722 Extn: 3006 * Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this e-mail* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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books and journals
by Subhash Khode 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

Dear professionals Our institute is going to be university and started some new programs. I needs books and journals for Architecture and Forensic science. If you have list of books and journals, kindly send to me. Dr. Subhash Khode Librarian SVITS, Indore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New Release - Book - Paradigms of Stock Inventory in Libraries (ISBN 9789381979853)
by Sanjeev Jain 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

Dear All LIS professionals, Book "Paradigms of Stock Inventory in Libraries (ISBN 9789381979853)" is available to procure on Flipkart. Link is below: http://www.flipkart.com/paradigms-stock-inventory-libraries-english/p/itmeg… About The Book: The book is acomprehensive presentation covering the philosophy of stock verification, the process of stock taking and stock rectification in libraries. In my opinion,this book probably one would be surprised a Book on SV in this digital era. To find its worthiness acquire, read offer your feedback. Author’s Profile:Dr. A.Y.Asundi, former, Professor & Chairman,Department. Library and Information Science, and also In-charge IT CentreBangalore University, Bangalore, has a rich blend of experience as practitionerand an accomplished teacher for morethan four and a half decades in the country. A Ph.D. from Gulbarga University, didresearch in Library Classification. He has also imbibed expertise inInformation Technology and taught to MCA, MBA and MIEB programmes. Hisexperience has blend of traditional and modern knowledge of LIS. He hassuccessfully guided 8 Ph. Ds. He was a Member of the Core Committee of CDC ofUGC for the preparation of LIS Curriculum and was responsible for thepreparation of the Status Report. He has Ten books to his credit, and nearly200 Papers. He has completed 4 Research Projects. He is also member of the AdvisoryPanel of IFLA/SIG on LIS Education in Developing Countries. Thanks & Regards, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Examples from Indian Libraries for IFLA Booklet on United Nations Agenda 'Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development'
by Dr. Susmita Chakraborty 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

*Dear LIS Professionals,* IFLA is going to publish a booklet todocument how the libraies are contributing towards SDG. Many countries have already sent their examples but examples from India are still very few. We need examples of Indian libraries/knowledge organisations working towards SDG. PLEASE send examples ASAP. *List of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)* · Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere · Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture · Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages · Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all · Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls · Goal 6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all · Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all · Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all · Goal 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation · Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries · Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable · Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns · Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts* · Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development · Goal 15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss · Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels · Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development Best regards, Susmita Chakraborty (sccudlis(a)gmail.com) *Secretary**, Standing Committee, Education & Training Division, IFLA* Assistant Professor, Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc, University of Calcutta, India * Member**, Standing Committee, RSCAO, IFLA * * Editor: IFLA SET Bulletin * Facebook: *https://www.facebook.com/susmita.India* <https://www.facebook.com/susmita.India> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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February 2016 : ILA Newsletter
by Dr. Rajesh Bhardwaj 08 Mar '16

08 Mar '16

Dear Friends The February 2016 issue of ILA Newsletter has been published by Indian Library Association which is available here <https://ilaindia.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/2016_february_ila-newsletter1.…>. The previous issues of ILA Newsletter may also be referred from http://ilaindia.net or direct from here. <https://ilaindia.wordpress.com/newsletter-of-ila/> You are requested to provide the professionals news, current emerging issues, and relevant articles for forthcoming ILA Newsletter. 1. Report of about 100 words with one snap of organised Seminar, Conference, Training & Workshop; 2. Book publications, or highly Impact Factor research outputs or just concluded projects; 3. Announcement for admissions, educational up gradations; 4. Technological innovations, research & development; 5. Any other LIS field related news, please send to Editor: pro(a)ilaindia.net You are also welcome for your constructive suggestions and feedback for betterment of ILA Newsletter. Thanks and Regards Dr. Rajesh Kr. Bhardwaj -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CFP
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 08 Mar '16

08 Mar '16

From: "K.S. Raghavan" <ksragav(a)hotmail.com> Date: Fri, March 08, 2016 9:23 am Call-for-papers for a special issue of LIBRES e-journal (http://libres-ejournal.info/) Topic: Ontology Development and Application: Issues and Lessons Learnt Recent technological developments have enabled ready access to more information and data than can be comprehended and managed effectively. Ontology is an important knowledge organization tool and has a crucial role to play in capturing, organizing, representing and assigning meaning to information, data and knowledge. However, even after three decades of esearch, ontology development remains within the realm of research and has not entered the daily professional activity of librarians and information professionals. Ontology promises to enable intelligent Web applications, but such intelligent applications do not seem to have invaded the public and business domains. Many papers on ontology are merely descriptive - describing an ontology, ontology construction process, or a prototype application; there has been insufficient effort to draw out lessons and derive fundamental principles. This special issue of LIBRES seeks to identify such lessons and principles related to ontology development and application, and to suggest a direction for ontology research in the field of Information Studies. Papers that focus on issues and challenges in building large-scale ontologies, representing complex semantic constructs in languages like OWL, merging ontologies as well as successful designs for systems and experiments in the use of ontologies in knowledge management, information retrieval and knowledge discovery are sought. The special issue will also seek to bridge the gap between perceptions of the LIS community and ontology engineers to suggest a way forward. Critical papers on ontology editors both commercial and open source software will also be considered for publication. All submissions will be peer-reviewed. Deadlines: - Submission of title & abstract for preliminary review: May 15, 2016 - Submission of full paper for review: June 30, 2016 Author guidelines can be found at: http://libres-ejournal.info/author-guidelines/ LIBRES is a peer-reviewed open-access journal, published by Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information. It was previously published by Curtin University (Australia), Department of Information Studies. LIBRES is indexed by ISA, LISA, EBSCO, Scopus and Cabells. Guest editors for the special issue of LIBRES: Dr. Kavi Mahesh (drkavimahesh(a)gmail.com) Dr K. S. Raghavan (ksragav(a)hotmail.com) Centre for Knowledge Analytics & Ontological Engineering (KAnOE), PES University, Bangalore, India K. S. Raghavan Visiting Scientist Centre for Knowledge Analytics & Ontological Engineering (KAnOE) PES University 100 Feet Ring Road, BSK 3rd Stage Bengaluru 560085

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National Workshop on Metadata Standards: Retrospective Conversion, Preservation and Migration scheduled to be held @ INFLIBNET Centre during May 16-18, 2016
by Miteshkumar Pandya 08 Mar '16

08 Mar '16

Dear Professionals, INFLIBNET Centre is going to conduct National Workshop on Metadata Standards: Retrospective Conversion, Preservation and Migration during May 16-18, 2016. Only few theoretical lectures to understand basics of metadata standards will be taken and all practical aspects of retrospective conversion will be demonstrated. Following topics will be covered in the workshop: - Introduction to metadata and metadata standards; - Fundamentals of retrospective conversion (Theory); - Installation and configuration of ISISMARC, MarcEdit; - Retrospective conversion of Books and Journal Articles using MarcEdit and ISISMARC; - Use of XL2XML utility developed by INFLIBNET Centre; - Conversion of multi-lingual bibliographic data; - Verification/ Validation of MARC records; - Conversion of journals articles data into CCF and MARC21 format; - CCF to MARC21 conversion; - MARC21 to Excel; and - Copy cataloguing For more details about workshop and registration please click on the below link. http://inflibnet.ac.in/forthcoming/Metadata_bro.pdf Warm regards Miteshkumar Pandya Scientist - B (Library Science) Information and Library Network Centre Infocity, Gandhinagar - 382007 Gujarat, India (O) +91-79-23268294 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Book "Paradigms of Stock Inventory in Libraries (ISBN 9789381979853)" is available to procure on Flipkart
by Sanjeev Jain 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

Dear All LIS professionals, Book "Paradigms of Stock Inventory in Libraries (ISBN 9789381979853)" is available to procure on Flipkart . About The Book: The book is acomprehensive presentation covering the philosophy of stock verification, the process of stock taking and stock rectification in libraries. In my opinion,this book probably one would be surprised a Book on SV in this digital era. To find its worthiness acquire, read offer your feedback. Author’s Profile:Dr. A.Y.Asundi, former, Professor & Chairman,Department. Library and Information Science, and also In-charge IT CentreBangalore University, Bangalore, has a rich blend of experience as practitionerand an accomplished teacher for morethan four and a half decades in the country. A Ph.D. from Gulbarga University, didresearch in Library Classification. He has also imbibed expertise inInformation Technology and taught to MCA, MBA and MIEB programmes. Hisexperience has blend of traditional and modern knowledge of LIS. He hassuccessfully guided 8 Ph. Ds. He was a Member of the Core Committee of CDC ofUGC for the preparation of LIS Curriculum and was responsible for thepreparation of the Status Report. He has Ten books to his credit, and nearly200 Papers. He has completed 4 Research Projects. He is also member of the AdvisoryPanel of IFLA/SIG on LIS Education in Developing Countries. Thanks & Regards, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Talks on "Life as Software Engineer" and "Final year CS projects" on Monday, 14th Mar 2016 at 5.45 p.m.
by Mohan Hr 06 Mar '16

06 Mar '16

Dear all, Pl. find the invite for a session with two talks -- "Life as Software Engineer" and "Final year CS projects" on Monday, 14th Mar 2016 at 5.45 p.m. by Dr. Jey Veerasamy, Director of Center for Computer Science Education & Outreach, CS Teaching Faculty, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Formal invite at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2016/mm-160314-life-sw-engineer-cs… Pre-registration at https://goo.gl/UO9H5P is a must. As seats are limited, pl. register early. Confirmation will be sent by Saturday 12th Mar 2016. With regards HR Mohan Vice Chair, IEEE Madras Section Chair, IEEE CS & PCS and IPP, CSI ========== INVITE ========== IEEE Madras Section IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Professional Communication Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Young Professionals, Madras Chapter Women in Engineering, IEEE Madras Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter Cordially invite you for a session with two talks covering Life as Software Engineer and Final year CS Projects: How to select a meaningful final year project? by Dr. Jey Veerasamy Director of Center for Computer Science Education & Outreach, CS Teaching Faculty, University of Texas at Dallas, USA On Monday, 14th Mar 2016 at 5.45 p.m. At Seminar Hall, IEEE Madras Section Office, Room No. 3, ISTE Professional Centre Gandhi Mandapam Road, Chennai - 600 025 Contact: 044 - 24423939 or ieeemas(a)gmail.com Program: 5.45 p.m.: Tea & Fellowship 6.15 p.m.: Talks 8.00 p.m. : Dinner About the talks: Life as Software Engineer: How was a typical day for Software Engineer in 1990 vs. now? Focus has shifted from coding to integration of components. Working with incomplete knowledge, learning something every day and jack-of-all-trades seem to be the new norm. However a typical day for software engineer seems to be quite different in India vs. USA. Final year CS projects: How to select a meaningful final year project? While we want to be appealing & practically useful, we also want it to be achievable. The speaker will explain how CS department in UT Dallas approaches this issue and makes all parties happy. About the speaker: Dr. Jeyakesavan Veerasamy works as Director of Center for Computer Science Education & Outreach and also as Teaching Faculty in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas, USA. Prior to joining UT Dallas in August 2010, he worked in US wireless telecom software industry (Nortel & Samsung) for 16 years & taught online courses in several colleges for 11 years in parallel. Center for CS Education & Outreach offers 100s of coding camps & clubs to school students in Dallas area - it is one of the nation's largest CS Outreach programs run by any university. 1000s of school students benefit from these programs every year. Center also conducts technical workshops for UT Dallas students and professionals. After returning to academia to focus on teaching, Dr. Jey travels to India regularly to conduct technical lectures & workshops and share US experience with Indian students. He has the suitable material for school students as young as 2nd standard kids and all college students. Now, his colleagues and his students have started to travel to India to teach as well. He is an alumnus of College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai and completed his master and research at the University of Texas at Dallas, USA. To facilitate logistics, please pre-register at https://goo.gl/UO9H5P ========== END OF INVITE ========== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICDL 2016
by Shantanu Ganguly 06 Mar '16

06 Mar '16

*ICDL 2016* *SMART FUTURE* *Knwoledge Trends that will Chnage the World* *14-16 December 2016 | IHC, New Delhi, India* Predicting the future, better preparing for the future, taking actions to apply this knowledge to create the future – these are the three strategic objectives of Smart Future. This mega event ICDL 2016 will uncover the processes related to these issues. Having the strategic knowledge about the key trends that will shape our future might enable us to achieve success and it may make a difference in the world – innovate, create, discover or fix something that would touch millions. In simple terms, we are fast passing through the digitization era and entering into knowledge society. Knowledge of possible trends is essential in order to prepared to manage present risks and would decision-making by converting challenges into opportunity in the future. While deeper understanding on the trends that will shape the future is 50%, the other half is about taking actions, designing innovations, formulating plans, and crafting strategies, tactics, and collaboration to shape the desired future. This is true on personal, organizational, national and global levels. Smart Future: Knowledge Trends that will Change the World conference at ICDL 2016, will not only create a roadmap to guide us through what is coming next, but also tell us how to prepare ourselves for new challenges and opportunities. It will suggest how to manage the key trends to improve our life in future. Read the background paper at < http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl /pdf/ICDL_BackgroundPaper/> If you are interested in shifting your worldview and creating new possibilities for yourself, then become a Game Changer of the Future by participating in this ICDL 2016. Visit us for the ICDL 2016 website at < http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/> ICDL 2016 invites original submissions focusing on the theme of the conference Smart Future: Knowledge Trends that will Change the World. For more details you may visit our website at <http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl /call-for-paper.php> All the best for your Smart endeavours…. With best regards *Shantanu* ==================================== *Dr Shantanu Ganguly* *M.Sc, M.LibSc, MBA, PGDCA, PhD* Fellow and Associate Editor (World Digital Library) Knowledge Management Division TERI India Habitat Center Complex Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110003 Tel: 011-24682100 (Extn 2762) Email: shantanu.ganguly(a)teri.res.in ----------------------------------------------------------------- A-67, Chittaranjan Park, First Floor New Delhi-110019 Tel (R): 011-26272596 (M): 9811330235 Email: sganguly67(a)gmail.com, sg.knowledgemanagement(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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Int Nat Women's Day Celebration - Cordially invited -
by Arunachalam Hariharan 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

Dear Professional Colleagues, We are happy to inform you that SALIS is going to celebrate the International Women's Day on 8th March 2016 at Shri Krishnaswamy College for Women, Anna Nagar, Chennai between 5.00 PM - 7.30 PM. We are going to honour and felicitate all the women LIS professionals on that Day. All the Women LIS professionals are cordially invited to participate in the function. LIS Professionals (Men) are also invited for the function. Women LIS Professionals are requested to confirm your presence on or before 7th March by giving/sending the following information: Name:DOB:Designation:Institutional Address:Qualification:Experience:Highlight only if any significant achievements in your career E-mail:Cell: Contact Persons/Email: Mrs. Indumathi: 9940240440, 9841601903 Mrs. Geetha : 9443800622E-mail: indumathirajan(a)gmail.comCopy to: salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in Thanking you, Int Nat Women's Day Celebration Committee Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) 32G, Sabari Nagar Extension, Mugalivakkam Chennai - 600 125 India hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com www.salis.in 044-22522327, 09841601903 Vasippoam Nesippoam ( Let us Read and Love books) - a mass movement by SALIS

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Seminar on Modern Trends in Library Profession on 5th March 2016 in KAU]
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 04 Mar '16

04 Mar '16

From: "Dr. A.T. Francis" <francisaloor(a)yahoo.com> Date: Thu, March 3, 2016 9:38 am Dear Library Professionals,Kerala AgriculturalUniversity (KAU) &Â Academic LibraryAssociation (ALA) are jointly organising aÂ Seminar onÂ Modern Trends inÂ Library ProfessionÂ on 5thMarch 2016; 2-5pmÂ at KAU Central Library, Thrissur â 680 656.Â Qualified Librarians can attend.Â No Registration Fee.Â For registration and details contact:Dr. A.T. Francis, University Librarian,KAU; 9496839409;Â Mr. P.A. Pradeep, General Secretary, ALA: 9995087645;Â Ms. V.S. Swapna, Organising Secretary:9446434149 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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Request for Papers
by Dr Mange Ram 04 Mar '16

04 Mar '16

Dear Friends & Professionals > > Our research scholar required following papers for their research work. > Kindly arrange the following papers on my email address: > mram721(a)rediffmail.com > > Thanking anticipation > > Dr M Ram > > > 1. L.P. Gite & B.G. Yadav (1990), Optimum handle height for a push-pull > type manually operated dryland weeder; Ergonomics 33 (12), 1487-1494; > Taylor and franis online, access option > http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00140139008925348 > > 2. L.P. Gite (1991), Optimum handle height for animal drawn mould board > plough; App. Ergonomics; sciencedirect.com > http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleListURL&_method=list&_Artic… > > 3. K.N. Dewangan, C. Owary, R.K. Datta (2008), Anthropometric data of > female farm workers from north east India & design of hand tools of the > hilly region, Int. Journal of Ind. Engg., sciencedirect.com > http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169814107001746 Dr.Mange Ram Deputy Librarian & Incharge Central Library Dayalbagh Educational Institute Deemed University), Dayalbagh Agra-5 (UP)INDIA Mail: mram72ster(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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National Seminar on Development and Trends in Social Sciences Research and Information Sources, 11 March 2016 at Punjabi University, Patiala
by HPS Kalra 04 Mar '16

04 Mar '16

The Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala is organizing an ICSSR-sponsored National Seminar on Development and Trends in Social Sciences Research and Information Sources on 11 March 2016. The Inaugural Session of this Seminar would be held in the Senate Hall of the University on 11 March 2016 at 10:30 am. Dr. M. Rajivlochan, Professor, Department of History, and Director, IQAC, Panjab University Chandigarh would deliver the keynote address. Dr. Jaspal Singh, Vice Chancellor, Punjabi University, Patiala would preside. On request from many students and library professionals, the registration fee for participation in this seminar has been waived off. A certificate of participation would be issued to all registered participants. For further details contact: Dr. H.P.S. Kalra, Seminar Director at 0175-3046179, and 3046180 or hpskalra(a)gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Harinder Pal Singh Kalra Professor, Department of Library and Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002 Punjab INDIA. Tel: +91-175-304-6179, 6180 (work) Email: hpskalra(a)gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Application call for librarian (UGC)
by hai...........me V＠hida.. 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

Application invited for Librarian(UGC) at Farook College. Qualified person need apply within one month from date of notification. The application form can be downloaded from college website. Site:http://www.farookcollege.ac.in/main/newspage.asp?news_id=271 -- With Regards Vahida Beegam.T Research Scholar Calicut University vahooo822(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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Application are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian in Assam Public Service Commission (Assam PSC)
by Subhodip Bid 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian in Assam Public Service Commission (Assam PSC) *Educational Qualification:* Candidates Should have Passed Bachelor of Library & Information Science (B.Lib & I.Sc) or Master of Library and Information Science (M.Lib & I.Sc) from any recognized University. (b) In case of candidates having degree of bachelor Library and information Saence (B.Lib & I.Sc) Certificate or Diploma in Computer shall be essential. Age Limit: 21-38 years. *Pay Scale:* *INR* Rs.8000-35000 + Grade Pay Rs.4300/- Last date for application is: *1st April 2016* *Application Form:* http://apsc.nic.in/Direct%20Recruitment%20Form.pdf SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- 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 Thippeswamy swamy 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

Dear Professionals Plz send me soft copy of this below mentioned link, if you have. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40368-014-0136-x http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40368-014-0145-9 http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25306148 http://jpepsy.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/10/16/jpepsy.jsv094.ful… Thanks & Regards Thippeswamy. T. S. MLISc, M.Phil, MBA, K-SET(2013 & 2014), Ph.D(Reg.) Asst. Librarian M S Ramaiah Dental College Bangalore - 560054 thippeswamy08(a)gmail.com 9481474791 -- 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 Subhash Khode 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

d Respected professioanls I need this paper for me . Survey on tacit knowledge use in the R&D of Japanese companies <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=653503&searchWit…> M. Shirabe <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=%22Authors%…> ; K. Niwa <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=%22Authors%…> ; S. Okuda <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=%22Authors%…> ; H. Ootsuji <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=%22Authors%…> Innovation in Technology Management - The Key to Global Leadership. PICMET '97: Portland International Conference on Management and Technology <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=4876> Year: 1997 Pages: 554 - 557, DOI: 10.1109/PICMET.1997.653503 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.1997.653503> IEEE Conference Publications Dr. Subhash Khode Librarian SVITS, Indore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian in Indian Maritime University, (Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata )
by Subhodip Bid 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian in Indian Maritime University, (Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata) No. of Post: 05 posts (UR-4, OBC-1) Pay Band: Rs15600-39100 + GP For more details http://imu.edu.in/index.php?prod_id=130 -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Elements of Effective librarianship - A two- day Librarian Development Programme (LDP) from 8-9 April 2016 at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan
by girish kunkur 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

Dear LIS Professional As communicated to you earlier, I am pleased to inform you again that the the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani in association with Management Libraries Network (MANLIBNET) is organizing a Two- Day Librarian Development Programme (LDP) "Elements of Effective Librarianship" from 8-9 April 2016 at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan. In this hyper-connected society, the users expectations from the library are very different than what they were about a decade ago. If we don't care and adapt to their needs then there would be a void between librarians and users.This implies acquiring cutting edge knowledge on how to achieve this and learn the necessary skills to bring in the desired changes in our libraries. The main objective of this workshop is to equip librarians with: 1. New skills on content development that are crucial for providing the need based library services to the users. 2. Desired techniques so that they can develop the customer centric library services. 3. Marketing and promotional acumen for effective delivery of library services. 4. The necessary skills to develop the team and to make the library as a vibrant place. Since maximum 50 participants will be registered on a first come-first served basis, an early registration will certainly ensure your place in the participation list. For more information and online registration, you can visit the website http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/ldp2016 THE REGISTRATION FEE: Rs. 2000/- (Rupees Two Thousand Only) ACCOMMODATION: Rs. 1000/-per day on a shareable basis at Institute's guest house between the two occupants i.e. Rs. 500/-per day, per head. LAST DATE FOR REGISTRATION: 15th March 2016 For more details, you can also contact me at the address given below With regards Giridhar Kunkur Librarian and Unit Chief, Publications and Media Relations Unit Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani Pilani Campus Vidya Vihar Pilani 333031, Rajasthan, India Phone: +91 1596-515241 Fax: +91 1596 244183 Email: giridhar.kunkur(a)pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in<mailto:giridhar.kunkur@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in> University Website:http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/ Library Website: http://library.bits-pilani.ac.in<http://library.bits-pilani.ac.in/> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reg :- Previous years Dental Material Question papers need.
by Naveen. KS 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

Dear Professionals, We need RGUHS BDS Previous years ( 20013 to 2014) *Dental Martial * Question papers, If any body have the papers kindly send to my mail id.*naveen.ks100(a)gmial.com <naveen.ks100(a)gmial.com> * -- Thanks Naveen -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Survery for Research
by pradipbhadreswardas＠gmail.com 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Dear Sir/Madam, As a part of my Research work, I am herewith appending my Survey form. Kindly spare your 10 minutes to fill in the form. It will make me to do my research work smoothly. With best regards, Yours sincerely, Pradip Das Dear Sir/Madam, I Pradip Das soliciting your participation in a brief, online survey on "An Analytical Study of Knowledge Management (KM) in Organization and its impact on Libraries " For my research work, I would like to identify the Impact of KM on library, on role of librarian etc. The survey will take approximately 10 minutes of your time. Your participation is entirely voluntary and kept in confidential. But your participation will contribute to the growth of knowledge in this area. Thanks a lots for your kind response in advance. I've invited you to fill out the form An Analytical Study of Knowledge Management (KM) in Organization and its Impact on Libraries . To fill it out, visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cSVcB-WaF7Q1kRlBVTZ63ZoBuDEaR13aRTmnXcT00g… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CSI Day Celebrations on 6th Mar 2016
by Mohan Hr 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Dear all, Pl. find the invite for the CSI Day celebrations on 6th Mar 2016 with sessions such as ICT Quiz, Student Project Presentation and Awards Presentation. The formal invite is at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2016/mm-160306-csi-day.pdf To facilitate logistics, please pre-register with an email to csimds(a)vsnl.com, bhaskarank(a)gmail.com or SMS to 9841031680 or 9445420096 With regards HR Mohan Chair, IEEE CS & PCS ========== INVITE ========== Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Professional Communication Society, Madras Chapter Cordially invite you for CSI DAY CELEBRATIONS On Sunday, 6th Mar 2016 at 9.45 a.m. At Seminar Hall, CSI Education Directorate, Taramani, Chennai – 600113 (Landmark: 4th Cross Street, Opp. to Indira Nagar MRTS; the street where Dharmambal Women’s Polytechnic is located in the corner and Opp. MGR Film City and Mat Science Inst.) Mr. K. Bhaskaran, Chairman, CSI Chennai Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, IEEE CS & PCS Program ======= 09.45 a.m. Tea & Fellowship 10.15 a.m.: ICT Quiz 11.00 a.m.: Students Project Presentatio 12 noon: Awards Presentation 12.30 p.m.: Lunch About CSI Day =========== 6th March 1965 was the day of formation of the Computer Society of India as a Society. A brief background of the society which has been mentored and nurtured by several stalwarts down the years is given here. The seed for the Computer Society of India (CSI) was first sown in the year 1965 with a handful of IT enthusiasts who were part of a computer user group and felt the need to organize their activities across the country. They also wanted to share their knowledge and exchange ideas on what they felt were in a fast emerging sector. The purposes of the Society are scientific and educational, directed towards the advancement of the theory and practice of computer science and information technology. Today the CSI takes pride in being the largest and professionally managed association of and for IT professionals, academic and student community in India. The organization has grown to an enviable size of 100,000 strong members consisting of professionals with varied backgrounds including Software Developers, Scientists, Project Managers, CIOs , CTOs & IT Vendors to just name a few, Faculty and Students of CSE & IT streams. It has over 70 chapters all over the country and serves the academic & student community through its network of over 500 student branches and around 800 institutional members. CSI has affiliations with a number of international societies with similar interest such as IEEE, IEEE CS, ACM, SCS, BCS, CSSL to name a few. CSI represents India in IFIP – International Federation for Information Processing, a society that represents IT Societies from 56 countries/regions, covering five continents with a total membership of over half a million. CSI also plays a leading role in SEARCC – South East Asian Regional Computer Confederation, a forum of national information technology professional societies in the Asia Pacific region. To facilitate logistics, please pre-register with an email to csimds(a)vsnl.com, bhaskarank(a)gmail.com or SMS to 9841031680 or 9445420096 ========== END OF INVITE ========== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Papers for JLICT, Vol 5, No1 (January to June 2016) ISSN: 2278 –3482
by Dr Mange Ram 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Call for Papers for JLICT, Vol 5, No1 (January to June 2016) ISSN: 2278 –3482 The Journal of Library and Information Communication Technology (JLICT) ISSN: 2278 –3482 is a peer-reviewed journal (half yearly) is published by editorial board of JLICT. Journal of Library and Information Communication Technology (JLICT) cover all areas of library science related with ICT. The journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence, and will publish: • Original articles in basic and applied research • Case studies • Critical reviews, surveys. We invite you to submit your manuscript(s) to: jlict2012(a)gmail.com Format for Submission the papers: Font: times new roman, Size: 12 and in single space with linked references (APA Style) as examples are given below: References/Bibliographies: 1. Book: Kidder, T. (1981). The soul of a new machine. Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Frank, R. H., & Bernanke, B. (2007). Principles of macro-economics (3rd ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. 2. Edited Book: Gibbs, J. T., & Huang, L. N. (Eds.). (2001). Children of color: Psychological interventions with culturally diverse youth. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 3. Article/Papers: Ku, G. (2008). Learning to de-escalate: The effects of regret in escalation of commitment. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 105(2), 221-232. Sanchez, D., & King-Toler, E. (2007). Addressing disparities consultation and outreach strategies for university settings. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 59(4), 286-295. 4. Journal article from a subscription database (no DOI): Colvin, G. (2008, July 21). Information worth billions. Fortune, 158(2), 73-79. Retrieved from Business Source Complete, EBSCO. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com 5. Magazine article, in print: Kluger, J. (2008, January 28). Why we love. Time, 171(4), 54-60. 6. Newspaper article, no author, in print: As prices surge, Thailand pitches OPEC-style rice cartel. (2008, May 5). The Wall Street Journal, p. A9. 7. Corporate author, author as publisher, accessed online: Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2000). Tasmanian year book 2000 (No. 1301.6). Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Author. Retrieved from http://www.ausstats .abs.gov.au /ausstats/subscriber.nsf /0/CA2568710006989... $File/13016_2000.pdf *The article may be send to the following e-mail address only upto 10th April 2016 only jlict2012(a)gmail.com Editor in Chief Dr. P. P. Rawat, ,Chief Librarian (Retd), SGPGI, Lucknow (UP) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Two-Days Hands-on Graphic Design Workshop at Chennai on 12-13, Mar 2016
by Mohan Hr 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

Dear all, Pl. find the announcement reg. a two-days hands-on workshop on "Graphic Design" at Chennai during 12-13, Mar 2016. The brochure can be seen at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2016/ws-160312-graphic-design.pdf As the seats are limited to 30, pl. register early. With regards HR Mohan Chair, IEEE CS & PCS, IPP CSI http://infoforuse.blogspot.in https://www.facebook.com/mohan.hr.524 ================ ANNOUNCEMENT ==================== IEEE Madras Section has initiated a new Entrepreneurship & Innovation Committee this year to encourage IEEE members to indulge in Entrepreneurship & Innovation. As a part of the initiative, we plan to host activities throughout the year which are focused at entrepreneurship, skill development & innovation. IEEE Madras Section Entrepreneurship & Innovation Committee in association with IEEE Madras Young Professionals is hosting a 2-Day Hands-on Graphic Design Workshop. The Workshop is co-sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Chennai Chapter & IEEE Professional Communication Society Chennai Chapter. Topics to be covered: 1. Graphic Design Basic (Color | Typography | Elements) 2. Photoshop Tools 3. Poster Designing Basics 4. Importance of Design Aesthetics 5. Hands-on Activity 6. IEEE Visual Identity Guidelines 7. Mini-Design Contest Venue: Chargebee Office, SP Infocity, #40, M.G.R Salai, Chennai, TN, 600096, India. Date: 12, 13 March 2016 Terms: Every participant must bring their own laptop with Photoshop CS5 or higher version (Trial Version is also fine) installed in it prior to the workshop. We will NOT be providing Photoshop Software during the training session. Registration Fee IEEE Member: INR 800 Non IEEE Member: INR 1200 Registration fee includes refreshments, lunch and a registration kit. Participants who complete the course of the workshop successfully will receive a certificate. Only 30 seats available. Register at https://in.explara.com/e/graphic-design-workshop--ieee-madras-section For any queries drop an email to Aravindhan A - aravindhan(a)computer.org. Do follow IEEE Madras Section Facebook Page for further event updates. Regards, Nivas Ravichandran Entrepreneurship & Innovation Committee IEEE Region 10 Young Professionals Coordinator -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application are invited for the post of Apprentices in Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre (DESIDOC), Delhi
by Subhodip Bid 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Apprentices in Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre (DESIDOC), Delhi Essential Qualification: (i) A Degree in Library & Information Science from recognized University/ Institute (ii) Diploma in Library Science (Two Years) from recognized University/Institute No. of posts: 23 [13 for essential qualification (i) and 10 for essential qualification (ii)] *Stipend:* *INR* Rs.3542-4984/- For more information: http://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo/whatsnew/desidoc-26022016.doc -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application for the post of Library Assistant at SKIT,Bangalore-90
by nag naga raja 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

Dear Moderator, Please put this advertisement on the LIS-forum. Application is invited from the suitable candidates for the following post vacant at Sri Krishna Institute of Technology, Bangalore-560090. •Name of the post: Library Assistant. •Number of post: One •Required qualification: Diploma in Library Science OR B.L.I.Sc (PG not required) •Salary: Depending on Qualification and experience. Interested candidates may send their resumes by e-mail to nag.kcb(a)gmail.com, before 27.02.2016. A.Nagaraja Librarian SKIT A.Nagaraja Librarian Sri Krishna Institute of Technology Hesaraghatta Road Chikkabanavara Post Bangalore - 560090 -- 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] Increasing Scholarly Meetings and Decreasing Scholarship: Needs Discussion
by Ishwar Goudar 28 Feb '16

28 Feb '16

Dear Professionals, Dr. Vasanth has made an interesting observation about innumerable number of Conferences/Seminars being organised especially in the area of LIS. While his comments about mediocre scholarly outcome of such events is matter of concern, we also need to consider the positive aspects. These events give an opportunity especially for young professionals to think, write and develop communication skills. Unfortunately many organisers accept all papers submitted many a times even the ones received on the day of the event, without even going through the papers once. We are more interested to bringout volume and get it released during the inaugural session. It is a Win Win situation for both paper presenters and organisers as both can claim good API Score. But most disappointing matter is that presenters most of the time get 2-5 minutes for presentation. Many a times authors get the credit without even making presentation due to lack of time. By providing more time say 10-15 minutes, we will not only justify their efforts, but such a step will motivate them to write quality papers to the extent possible. I have seen mixed types of seniors, few as Chairs of sessions discourage the presenters by interrupting and passing only negative remarks. I appreciate those who encourage especially youngsters and advise them appropriately to come out with better papers in future. Yes, Dr. Vasanth is right in pointing out that we have very less publications in quality and well known journals. Inspite of having hundreds of LIS Schools in the country, each of the hundreds of faculty member having at least 5 research scholars at any point of given time, we are not in a position to produce quality papers. On the other side not all practicing professionals are doing better. But there are some quality pockets in both categories, who do good teaching and provide quality service. Profession has to bank on these pockets both for quality publications and service. Our Associations, grown in big number these days should also look into the matter of giving thrust for the image of the profession by advocating quality teaching, research and practice, apart from helping their members to get their due status and respect from Government and their employers. Many colleges pay a meagre salary of 5000-10000 for Library professionals with MLIS and treat them like clerks. The post of University Librarian is a Staturay post, but still 90% of posts are vacant in the country for many years. We, Professionals and Teachers of LIS pull each others legs and also within our respective categories. We try to work in isolation, which is not a good sign. We forget that unless there is a demand for practiceners, demand for teachers will never go up and vice versa. Few examples: Few teachers create problems for research students just because he or she is student of another teacher, just because of difference of opinion,without bothering about the merit of the Theses. Just because one wants to head the library, professionals oppose extension of superannuation age to 62 years (without even caring for his own case), which is in mess especially in Karnataka. This year a number of seats have not been taken by students in few library schools. May be one day this situation if left like this, our schools will vanish, which is detrimental to both teachers and practiceners. Time and again I keep suggesting the consorted effort, supporting each others cause for the better status of our LIS community, which probably may result in quality publications too. Regards, "Access E-Resources for Academic and Research Excellence" *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Adjunct Professor, Mangalore University - 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 Tel: 080-23215510 Mob: 91+9611165781 (If not reachable pl try land line) On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 2:43 PM, Vasanth <gooche_1981(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: > Dear Sir/Madam, > Thereis an upsurge in the recent past in organizing number of > conferences/seminarsand workshops (scholarly meetings) in LIS domain. Is > this the same in other subjectof knowledge? May be partly true givethe > fact that many of the conferences/seminars and workshops are funded > orsponsored by the UGC or some other agencies. Scholarly meetings are the > placesto exchange ideas, place for debate, place for listening to the > luminaries ofthe field, place for finding new friends, and opportunities > for touring. All theseare one or the other way beneficial and refreshing, > the larger question is, doesall this scholarly meetings helping in showing > new ways of looking at oursubject or adding something substantial to the > existing knowledge? > > > Morethan 115 conference/seminar/workshop announcements have been made in > the LISForum in 2015. This is really staggering. At the mean time if we > look at thenumber of papers published in core LIS journals from India, > there is a gloomy pictureFor instance, only 13 research papers have been > published in 5 LIS core journals(JASIST, IPM, Journal of Documentation, > Library and Information Research andScientometrics) in 2015. Of the 13 > articles 11 of them have been published inScientometrics only. There are no > articles contributed from an Indian in eitherJASIST or Journal of > Documentation. > > > Dothe conferences proceeding or seminar volumes publish good research > papers? Wemust also introspect ourselves in this front as well. Most of the > time because ofinvisible reasons conference volumes carries articles of not > much verve. Manyof the conference and seminar volumes would be full of > articles written byeither editorial committee members or the organizing > committee. Conferences and seminars have become a space to spend leisurely > time. In many conferences participants show very little interest in > intellectual deliberations and seen absent from the venue itself. This > would nothelp us in any way to intellectually strengthen the subject. > Though there is huge increase in number of scholarlymeetings that are > being held across India, there is also a sharp declinein scholarship. We > must halt and think a bit to bring back the intellectualglory that has been > lost since Ranganthan’s departure. > > ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju > N.GFGC-Periyapatna Mysore(Views are personal) >

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Application are invited for the post of Librarian in National Book Trust, New Delhi
by Subhodip Bid 26 Feb '16

26 Feb '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Librarian in National Book Trust, New Delhi Essential Qualification: (i) A Degree in Library Science or its equivalent from a recognized university. (ii) 05 years’ working experience as Library Assistant or Professional Assistant in the revised PB Rs.5200- 20200 + GP Rs.2800/- in a library. Age Limit:30 years No. of posts: 01 (UR) Pay Band: – Rs.9300-34800 with AGP of Rs.4600 http://www.nbtindia.gov.in/writereaddata/attachment/friday-february-26-2016… -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Paper Submission Date Extended - MyDLIS UGC-SAP Conference
by N.S. Harinarayana 26 Feb '16

26 Feb '16

Dear Professional, The last date for the paper submission date for the National Conference on Bridging the Digital Divide: Open Source and Open Access Movement held at the Department of Library and Information Science of the University of Mysore, Mysuru to be held on March 11-12, 2016 has been extended to March 3, 2016. The papers may be sent to the email mydlis.ugcsap(a)gmail.com. The last date has been extending owing to the request of the potential authors. There will not be further extension anymore. The papers will be reviewed and the selected papers will be sent The acceptance status intimation for the submitted authors will be communicated within 48 hours of their paper submission. For more details on the Conference visit: http://www.uni-mysore.ac.in/sites/default/files/content/ugc_sap_bruochre_1.… . For any clarification contact Prof. Mallinath Kumbar, Coordinator, UGC-SAP DRS II on his mobile 984435592 or the undersigned. With regards, ---------------------------- N..S. Harinarayana Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 9751533380 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Condolence on the demise of Prof. J. L. Sardana
by Dr. A.T. Francis 26 Feb '16

26 Feb '16

Dear Library Professionals, The sad demise of Prof. J.L. SARDANA, Former Head, Department Library & Information Science, University of Delhi is a great loos to the LIS profession. He had contributed much to the profession. I had met him several times, the last was at the time of FID Conference & Congress in Delhi in during 1998. The Academic Library Association and library professionals in Kerala Agricultural University pay home to him. With regards, 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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Application are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian and Library Assistant in National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore, Karnataka
by Subhodip Bid 26 Feb '16

26 Feb '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian and Library Assistant in National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore, Karnataka Assistant Librarian: Essential Qualification: Master’s Degree in Library Science/Information Science/Documentation Science with atleast 55% of marks or its equivalent grade where the grading system is practiced and consistently good academic record with knowledge on computerization of library work experience in library in ICT and database management Desirable: A Ph.D degree in library science/ information science/ documentation science or allied science. Age Limit:35 years Pay Band: – Rs.9300-34800 with AGP of Rs.4200 Library Assistant: Essential Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree from a recongnized university with at least 55% marks or its equivalent Desirable: Experience of not less than one year in library/accounts/ data entry and record maintenance. Age Limit: Below 25 Years. Pay Scale : Rs. 5200-20200 GP Rs. 1900 For more details http://naac.gov.in/docs/Recruitment%20rule-%202016.pdf -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CFP
by K.S. Raghavan 26 Feb '16

26 Feb '16

Call-for-papers for a special issue of LIBRES e-journal (http://libres-ejournal.info/) Topic: Ontology Development and Application: Issues and Lessons Learnt Recent technological developments have enabled ready access to more information and data than can be comprehended and managed effectively. Ontology is an important knowledge organization tool and has a crucial role to play in capturing, organizing, representing and assigning meaning to information, data and knowledge. However, even after three decades of research, ontology development remains within the realm of research and has not entered the daily professional activity of librarians and information professionals. Ontology promises to enable intelligent Web applications, but such intelligent applications do not seem to have invaded the public and business domains. Many papers on ontology are merely descriptive - describing an ontology, ontology construction process, or a prototype application; there has been insufficient effort to draw out lessons and derive fundamental principles. This special issue of LIBRES seeks to identify such lessons and principles related to ontology development and application, and to suggest a direction for ontology research in the field of Information Studies. Papers that focus on issues and challenges in building large-scale ontologies, representing complex semantic constructs in languages like OWL, merging ontologies as well as successful designs for systems and experiments in the use of ontologies in knowledge management, information retrieval and knowledge discovery are sought. The special issue will also seek to bridge the gap between perceptions of the LIS community and ontology engineers to suggest a way forward. Critical papers on ontology editors – both commercial and open source software – will also be considered for publication. All submissions will be peer-reviewed. Deadlines: - Submission of title & abstract for preliminary review: May 15, 2016 - Submission of full paper for review: June 30, 2016 Author guidelines can be found at: http://libres-ejournal.info/author-guidelines/ LIBRES is a peer-reviewed open-access journal, published by Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information. It was previously published by Curtin University (Australia), Department of Information Studies. LIBRES is indexed by ISA, LISA, EBSCO, Scopus and Cabells. Guest editors for the special issue of LIBRES: Dr. Kavi Mahesh (drkavimahesh(a)gmail.com) Dr K. S. Raghavan (ksragav(a)hotmail.com) Centre for Knowledge Analytics & Ontological Engineering (KAnOE), PES University, Bangalore, India K. S. Raghavan Visiting Scientist Centre for Knowledge Analytics & Ontological Engineering (KAnOE) PES University 100 Feet Ring Road, BSK 3rd Stage Bengaluru 560085 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SAD NEWS
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 26 Feb '16

26 Feb '16

SAD NEWS SRI M L NARASIMHA RAO , SECRETARY KRISHNA DEVARAYA LIBRARY, HYDERABAD had passed away on 12 Feb 2016. His contribution for public libraries is highly appreciable. He had run the library for more than 50 years as secretary and was active in promotion of public libraries. He was clas fellow of my father, A person of par excellence. I adored him and yet to see such committed person who worked for professionon behalf of my self and Telangana Library Association, I condole the death of Prof Sardana, Pray God to rest his soul in peace Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, President, Telangana Library Association Member, Advisory Board, National Library, KolkataUGC-Emeritus Fellow (2009-11) Professor in Library and Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad (super-annuated). Formerly Director, UGC-Academic Staff College (2006-8). Formerly President of Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS) and Association of British Scholars (AP Chapter) .

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National Workshop on Metadata Standards: Retrospective Conversion, Preservation and Migration scheduled to be held @ INFLIBNET Centre during May 16-18, 2016
by Miteshkumar Pandya 25 Feb '16

25 Feb '16

Dear Prodessionals, INFLIBNET Centre is going to conduct National Workshop on Metadata Standards: Retrospective Conversion, Preservation and Migration during May 16-18, 2016. Following topics will be covered in the workshop: - Introduction to metadata and metadata standards; - Fundamentals of retrospective conversion (Theory); - Installation and configuration of ISISMARC, MarcEdit; - Retrospective conversion of Books and Journal Articles using MarcEdit and ISISMARC; - Use of XL2XML utility developed by INFLIBNET Centre; - Conversion of multi-lingual bibliographic data; - Verification/ Validation of MARC records; - Conversion of journals articles data into CCF and MARC21 format; - CCF to MARC21 conversion; - MARC21 to Excel; and - Copy cataloguing Only few theoretical lectures to understand basics of metadata standards will be taken and all practical aspects of retrospective conversion will be demonstrated. For more details about workshop and registration please click on the below link. http://inflibnet.ac.in/forthcoming/Metadata_bro.pdf Warm regards Miteshkumar Pandya Scientist - B (Library Science) Information and Library Network Centre Infocity, Gandhinagar - 382007 Gujarat, India (O) +91-79-23268294 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Participation & Papers for ICDL 2016
by Nihal Alam 25 Feb '16

25 Feb '16

ICDL 2016 SMART FUTURE Knwoledge Trends that will Chnage the World 14-16 December 2016 | IHC, New Delhi, India Predicting the future, better preparing for the future, taking actions to apply this knowledge to create the future – these are the three strategic objectives of Smart Future. This mega event ICDL 2016 will uncover the processes related to these issues. Having the strategic knowledge about the key trends that will shape our future might enable us to achieve success and it may make a difference in the world – innovate, create, discover or fix something that would touch millions. In simple terms, we are fast passing through the digitization era and entering into knowledge society. Knowledge of possible trends is essential in order to prepared to manage present risks and would decision-making by converting challenges into opportunity in the future. While deeper understanding on the trends that will shape the future is 50%, the other half is about taking actions, designing innovations, formulating plans, and crafting strategies, tactics, and collaboration to shape the desired future. This is true on personal, organizational, national and global levels. Smart Future: Knowledge Trends that will Change the World conference at ICDL 2016, will not only create a roadmap to guide us through what is coming next, but also tell us how to prepare ourselves for new challenges and opportunities. It will suggest how to manage the key trends to improve our life in future. Read the background paper at < http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/pdf/ICDL_BackgroundPaper/> If you are interested in shifting your worldview and creating new possibilities for yourself, then become a Game Changer of the Future by participating in this ICDL 2016. Visit us for the ICDL 2016 website at < http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/> ICDL 2016 invites original submissions focusing on the theme of the conference Smart Future: Knowledge Trends that will Change the World. For more details you may visit our website at < http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/call-for-paper.php> All the best for your Smart endeavours…. Regards, Nihal Alam RA, TERI -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian, Professional Assistant andSemi Professional in Maulana Azad Library, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh
by Subhodip Bid 25 Feb '16

25 Feb '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian, Professional Assistant andSemi Professional in Maulana Azad Library, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh No. of Post: Assistant Librarian: 1HH, Professional Assistant: 1VH, 1NH, 1OH and Semi Professional: 1HH, 2OH Pay Scales: Assistant Librarian : Rs15600-39100 + GP RS6000 Professional Assistant : Rs9300-34800 + GP Rs4200 Semi Professional : Rs5200-20200 + GP Rs2800 For more details http://amuregistrar.com/ads/1-2016_VH_OH_HH.pdf -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata MOB. NO. - 08820604794 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application are invited for the post of Deputy Librarian, Curator and Assistant Librarian in Maulana Azad Library, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh
by Subhodip Bid 25 Feb '16

25 Feb '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Deputy Librarian, Curator and Assistant Librarian in Maulana Azad Library, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh No. of Post: Deputy Librarian: 3, Curator : 1 and Assistant Librarian: 9 Pay Scales: Deputy Librarian: Rs15600-39100 + GP Rs8000 Curator: Rs15600-39100 + GP Rs7600 Assistant Librarian: Rs15600-39100 + GP RS6000 For more details http://amuregistrar.com/ads/2_2016.pdf -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Increasing Scholarly Meetings and decreasing Scholarship: Some Thoughts
by Vasanth 24 Feb '16

24 Feb '16

Dear Sir/Madam, Thereis an upsurge in the recent past in organizing number of conferences/seminarsand workshops (scholarly meetings) in LIS domain. Is this the same in other subjectof knowledge? May be partly true givethe fact that many of the conferences/seminars and workshops are funded orsponsored by the UGC or some other agencies. Scholarly meetings are the placesto exchange ideas, place for debate, place for listening to the luminaries ofthe field, place for finding new friends, and opportunities for touring. All theseare one or the other way beneficial and refreshing, the larger question is, doesall this scholarly meetings helping in showing new ways of looking at oursubject or adding something substantial to the existing knowledge? Morethan 115 conference/seminar/workshop announcements have been made in the LISForum in 2015. This is really staggering. At the mean time if we look at thenumber of papers published in core LIS journals from India, there is a gloomy pictureFor instance, only 13 research papers have been published in 5 LIS core journals(JASIST, IPM, Journal of Documentation, Library and Information Research andScientometrics) in 2015. Of the 13 articles 11 of them have been published inScientometrics only. There are no articles contributed from an Indian in eitherJASIST or Journal of Documentation. Dothe conferences proceeding or seminar volumes publish good research papers? Wemust also introspect ourselves in this front as well. Most of the time because ofinvisible reasons conference volumes carries articles of not much verve. Manyof the conference and seminar volumes would be full of articles written byeither editorial committee members or the organizing committee. Conferences and seminars have become a space to spend leisurely time. In many conferences participants show very little interest in intellectual deliberations and seen absent from the venue itself. This would nothelp us in any way to intellectually strengthen the subject. Though there is huge increase in number of scholarlymeetings that are being held across India, there is also a sharp declinein scholarship. We must halt and think a bit to bring back the intellectualglory that has been lost since Ranganthan’s departure. ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N.GFGC-Periyapatna Mysore(Views are personal)

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Hurry!!!Early Bird Registration Extended:International Conference on Big Data & Knowledge Discovery from 9th 11th Mar ch , 2016 at Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, K arnataka
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 24 Feb '16

24 Feb '16

Dear Friends, We are happy to announce a spectrum of international experts agreed to deliver keynote lectures besides a good number of authors will be presenting a papers in this emerging area of knowledge. Invited and plenary speakers: http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ Please note that the early bird registration is extended to 1st March, 2016. An early registration will ensure your place in the participation list of this very important event. http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icbk/registration Participants will be exposed to the latest developments through lectures and demonstrations with collaboration from ICSU-CODATA, Paris, ICSU-WDS- Tokyo, RDA, Flipkart, IBM-Watson Group, CDAC, GMR among others. Registration are open!!! Thanks & Regards ICBK2016 Team Documentation Research and Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, 560059 Website: http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icbk -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian, Technician (Library & Information) and Multitasking (Library) in National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand
by Subhodip Bid 24 Feb '16

24 Feb '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian, Technician (Library & Information) and Multitasking (Library) in National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand Assistant Librarian: Essential Qualification: Master’s Degree in Library Science/Information Science/Documentation Science or an equivalent professional degree with CGPA of 6.5 in 10 point scale or at least 60% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and a consistently good academic record with superior knowledge of computerized library service. (ii) Qualifying in the national level test conducted for the purpose by the UGC or any other agency approved by the UGC. (iii) However, candidates, who are or have been awarded Ph.D. degree in accordance with the University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations 2009, shall be exempted from the requirement of the minimum eligibility condition of NET / SLET / SET for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Librarian Desirable: PG Diploma in Library Automation and Networking or PGDCA or equivalent. Age Limit:PWD–Open (45 years), PWD–OBC(48 years)& PWD–SC/ST(50 years) Pay Band: – Rs.15600-39100 with AGP of Rs.6000 Technician (Library & Information): Matric with at least 60% marks and ITI Certificate of 2 year’s duration in appropriate trade OR Senior secondary (10+2) from a recognized board and ITI Course of one year or higher duration in appropriate trade OR Bachelor’s Degree in Library & Information Science, B. Lib. Information Science/ B. Lib. Science from a recognized University/Institute. Age Limit: Below 27 Years. Pay Scale : Rs. 5200-20200 GP Rs. 2000 Multitasking (Library): i)SSC (X)with proficiency in Typing,Computer Word Processing and Spread Sheet.ii)Diploma or Certificate in Library Science from ITI from recognized Institute/University Pay Scale : Rs. 5200-20200 GP Rs. 1800 For more details: Assistant Librarian: http://www.nituk.ac.in/jobs/Advt.%20No.5%20-%20Special%20Recruitment%20Driv… Technician (Library & Information) and Multitasking (Library): http://www.nituk.ac.in/jobs/Advt.%20No.7%20%20Advertisemnet%20for%20Non-Tea… -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application are invited for the post of Library Clerk In Central Institute of Hindi, Agra
by Subhodip Bid 23 Feb '16

23 Feb '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Library Clerk In Central Institute of Hindi, Agra Pay Scale : Rs. 5200-20200 GP Rs. 1900 Essential: i)Intermediate or equivalent from a recognised institution. ii) Certificate in Library Science from a recognised institution Desirable: Adequate experience of Hindi/English Typing. Number of Post: 01 For more details http://khsindia.org/images/khs%20advt%201-2016%20for%20teaching%20and%20non… http://khsindia.org/images/Application_Form_for_Admin_Posts_-2016.pdf -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Workshop on Open Source Software for Library Management at IIT Kharagpur
by Hemanta Kumar Biswal 23 Feb '16

23 Feb '16

Dear Sir/Madam, It is our great pleasure to inform you that Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is going to organise Six day “NationalWorkshop on Open Source Software for Library Management (OSSLM 2016)” during 13-18 June 2016. Important Workshop Dates: Workshop Date: 13-18 June, 2016 Early Bid Registration: On or before 15th April, 2016 Late Registration: Between 16th April to 10th June, 2016 Spot Registration: Not Allowed For details please visit: http://www.library.iitkgp.ernet.in/sites/osslm16/index.html With Regards, Librarian Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur INDIA-721302

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Two day Workshop on “Copyright Limitations and Exceptions of Libraries and Archives” on 4th and 5th of March 2016 at NLSIU, Bangalore.
by Cun . 23 Feb '16

23 Feb '16

*Dear Moderator,* *Kindly announce the below mentioned workshop announcement in the Lis -Forum platform for the benefit of the Colleagues.* *Dear Professional Colleagues,* * Sub:* *Two day Workshop* on “*Copyright Limitations and Exceptions of Libraries **and Archives*” on *4th* and *5th* of March *2016* at NLSIU, Bangalore. *Greetings from National Law School of India University, Bangalore* The Ministry of HRD Chair on Intellectual Property Rights and the Centre for Intellectual Property Rights Research and Advocacy (CIPRA) of National Law School of India University, Bangalore is organizing Two day Workshop on “Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives” on 4th and 5th of March 2016 at International Training Centre, NLSIU, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore. We have the pleasure in inviting you to participate in the said Workshop or by deputing the interested participants of your Organization, at the earliest by *26th Feb. 2016*. The Program details and the registration process are enclosed herewith for your reference. With regards, -- Mr. C U Navalgund Librarian National Law School of India University Shri Narayan Rao Melgiri Memorial National Law Library P.B.No <http://p.b.no/>. 7201., Nagarbhavi, Bangalore - 560 242 (Old: 560 072) Karnataka, India Tel : 080-22729259 ; Fax : 91-080-32160534 ; Mobile: 09731155384 Web site: http://www.iprlawindia.org, www.nls.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Assistant Librarian
by Paramjit Singh 23 Feb '16

23 Feb '16

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, UTTARAKHAND Temporary Campus – Govt. ITI, Srinagar (Garhwal), Uttarakhand [Advt.No.5/2016; Date: 21/02/2016] Assistant Librarian <http://www.nituk.ac.in/jobs/Advt.%20No.5%20-%20Special%20Recruitment%20Driv…> 01 VH (LV) <http://www.nituk.ac.in/jobs/Advt.%20No.5%20-%20Special%20Recruitment%20Driv…> PB-3: `15,600-39,100/-with AGP `6,000/- <http://www.nituk.ac.in/jobs/Advt.%20No.5%20-%20Special%20Recruitment%20Driv…> -- Thanks & Regards *Singh, Paramjit * *Librarian * +91 9968 308970 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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Promoting open science
by Subbiah Arunachalam 22 Feb '16

22 Feb '16

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/cfos-nst020516.php Nudging science toward openness AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE <http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/cfos-nst020516.php#>L <http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/cfos-nst020516.php#> The $1,000,000 Preregistration Challenge <http://cos.io/prereg>, launched one month ago by the Center for Open Science (COS), is testing how addressing scientists' incentives can elicit new behaviors and improve the reproducibility of published research. 1,000 researchers will earn $1,000 each for publishing the results of preregistered research. "We needed a way to catch the attention of busy, practicing scientists," says David Mellor, Project Manager at COS, "to nudge them toward a small change in their workflow that could have a big impact." Preregistration increases the credibility of statistical tests by having scientists specify details of their research plans in advance of conducting a study. That planning produces clear confirmatory tests of research hypotheses. This is distinct from exploratory analysis in which the scientist uses data to discover new hypotheses that could then be tested later. Both methods of research are important, and preregistration clarifies which is which. "In the complexity of doing research, it can be easy to blur the line between generating and testing hypotheses with data. The difference matters because if we are not careful, using statistical inference with exploratory analysis risks making 'discoveries' that are really just random noise in the data," said Courtney Soderberg a statistical consultant at COS. "No one has ever conducted a nearly worldwide competition to encourage more robust research practices." said Jolene Esposito, Project Manager at COS. "For this to succeed, we needed to build a process that is easy to use and supports a wide variety of research approaches across scientific disciplines." The Preregistration Challenge was designed with input from scientists in many domains, including biomedical, social, behavioral, and environmental sciences. This way, the Preregistration Challenge provides tools for supporting research planning addressing the key issues that are common across many scientific disciplines. "So far, a majority of the scientists entering the competition are psychologists," says David Mellor, "which is not too surprising, given the attention these issues have received in that field. Preregistration is already seen in psychology as a way to address some of their reproducibility challenges. However, reproducibility issues are not isolated to only one field, so we are engaging researchers from more domains to preregister their research. We've had several entrants from political and biomedical science, and we want to encourage more." When scientists enter a preregistration into the competition, they choose whether to make it public immediately, or embargo it for up to four years. Preregistrations must be made public by the time the study is published to be eligible for the $1000 award. "So far, over 60% of researchers are choosing to submit public preregistrations," says Sara Bowman, Project Manager at COS. "A frequently heard concern in the field is the fear of being scooped by a competitor. Researchers may be recognizing that by preregistering publicly they are establishing a time-stamped certification of when the idea occurred, establishing their priority." To be eligible for the award, each preregistration is reviewed for completeness and rule compliance. Though not as thorough as a complete peer review process, there were early concerns that this would slow down the natural pace of scientific investigations. "Reviewing each preregistration is definitely one of the riskier aspects of this competition," says David Mellor. "We could not allow this to slow down the pace of work in a researcher's lab, but we had to have a way to make sure prizes will only be awarded to research with sufficiently detailed plans. We've committed to providing reviews in 10 business days or less, and so far have been able to keep that to about 1-3 days." This is the first time that a large number of preregistrations will be done outside of clinical trials, where it is required by law. This will give the scientific community an unprecedented opportunity to evaluate its effectiveness. "There's limited empirical data out there about how preregistration really affects the basic sciences," says Courtney Soderberg. "This will be the first time that we can really measure its effect on researchers and on the reproducibility of science." The Preregistration Challenge is built on top of the Open Science Framework <https://osf.io/>, a free scholarly commons maintained by COS. Researchers use the OSF for preregistration, project and collaboration management, and archiving of data, materials, and code. COS also supports a variety of services that nudge incentives toward more open and reproducible research such as badges <https://osf.io/tvyxz/wiki/home/> to acknowledge open research practices, the TOP Guidelines <http://cos.io/top> for journals and funders to promote transparency, and Registered Reports <https://osf.io/8mpji/wiki/home/>- a publishing model in which peer review occurs prior to conducting the study. "I love working on the cutting edge of improving science," says Mallory Kidwell, Project Coordinator at COS. "Our services aim to meet scientists where they are, providing tools to facilitate greater efficiency in their work while also making their science better." Results of the first preregistered studies in the Preregistration Challenge are expected in late 2016, and all 1000 awards are expected to be administered by the end of 2018. ### Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system. Please spread the word. -- 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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How to build a low cost book Scanner for the digitization project
by Vimal Kumar V. 22 Feb '16

22 Feb '16

Dear Friends, Here is a very informative website to give detailed information about how to build low cost book scanners. http://www.diybookscanner.org Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Technical Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.in http://moovandan.blogspot.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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European math database
by Subbiah Arunachalam 20 Feb '16

20 Feb '16

I am sure the Matscience and CMI faculty and students are aware of this site: <https://eudml.org/> EuDML makes *248,140* documents searchable. Of those, *223,722* full-texts are indexed and *13,269* were made accessible to print disabled users. Document types are as follows: *242,514* articles from *317* journals *2,249* individual contributions from *71* edited books *3,377* monographs *747* volumes from *295* multi-volume works Regards. 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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Approach to achieving for 100% Open Access by Universities
by Pandurang Konnur 19 Feb '16

19 Feb '16

Dear Friends, Hear is a great road map to go on to 100% Open Access by our Country! Please look at the success Story of Association of Dutch Universities: The Association of Dutch Universities (VSNU) is presenting an E-zine today on the successful Dutch approach to achieving open access. The Dutch universities are working together to make scientific articles freely accessible to everyone. Big steps have been taken towards 100% open access, which has been recognized and applauded in the international academic community. In this publication, fifteen milestones are highlighted, as well as the definition of open access, the role of publishers, the process of negotiations with publishers, and the critical factors for success in the unique Dutch approach. http://www.magazine-on-the-spot.nl/openaccess/eng/ Unfortunately our Indian Association of Universities is struggling to organise only VC's Meetings in different places in order to provide holiday enjoyment to VCs and their families. Neither our Union Government MHRD is keen on these aspects nor our sleeping State Governments! Best Regards, *Dr. P. V. Konnur* *Director Prasaranga,* *Adviser, VTU Consortium,* *Visvesvaraya Technological University,* *Belagavi - 590 018* Present Res: # 1075, "*Ganga Nivas*" 5th 'A' Main, Ist stage, IInd Phase, Gokul, Bangalore- 560 054 Karnataka State, (India) Mobile : 09449679737 E-Mail : pvkonnur(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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Fw: Fwd: Egyptian Knowledge Bank
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 19 Feb '16

19 Feb '16

After Qatar's initiative to provide access to subscribed e-resources to its residents (http://www.qnl.qa/find-answers/online-resources) now Egypt has initiated this. From: LIBLICENSE <liblicense(a)GMAIL.COM> >Date: February 18, 2016 at 7:01:24 AM GMT+3 >To: <LIBLICENSE-L(a)LISTSERV.CRL.EDU> >Subject: Egyptian Knowledge Bank >Reply-To: LibLicense-L Discussion Forum <LIBLICENSE-L(a)LISTSERV.CRL.EDU> > > From: ElHassan ElSabry <elhassan(a)aucegypt.edu> >Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 18:28:50 +0900 > >Dear List Members, > >The Egyptian government have recently launched a website under the >name of "Egyptian Knowledge Bank". The State Information Service >claims it to be the biggest digital library in the world. It provides >access "free of charge" to Egyptian citizens (categorized to four >groups: researchers, students, children & general readers) to a >multitude of resources including e-journals, textbooks, k-12 >curricula, educational videos, and many other things. It also includes >a platform to manage journals published by university departments. The >list of 26 content providers include Elsevier, Springer-Nature, Sage, >Wiley, Wolters Kluwer, Emerald, OUP, CUP and the Royal Society of >Chemistry, among others like Cengage learning. > >The website (www.ekb.eg) is only accessible using an Egyptian IP >address and the National ID card number is required to create account. >It does have the disadvantage of content being mostly in English >(especially for the "non-researcher" categories of citizens). However, >for many Egyptian researchers it is of great help. Many of them use to >suffer from the poor level of access provided at their home >institutions. > >Following Liblicense-L for sometime, I do not often see posts from >members coming from developing countries. So, I am not sure how well >represented they are. But I would appreciate feedback from any one >interested. I want to know if you are aware of similar experiences >(even on a smaller scale) with other developing countries. Egypt has >the population of about 90 millions and its research landscape >includes 25 public universities, about 30 public research institutes >with over 110,000 of active researchers (headcount, not FTE) and about >a million university students (both undergraduate & postgraduate). > >If your interested in more details about the project, you can check my >post on the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) 's Backchannels >blog. >( http://www.4sonline.org/blog/post/some_thoughts_on_the_egyptian_knowledge_b… >) > > >Thank you in advance. > >ElHassan ElSabry >Doctoral Candidate >Science, Technology & Innovation Policy Program >National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan >

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Application are invited for the post of Library Asstt. In Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
by Subhodip Bid 19 Feb '16

19 Feb '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Library Asstt. In Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Contractual& Consolidated salary (Rupees Per month): Rs18,000/- Qualification: B.Lib./XIIth with 45% marks plus two years of experience of working in library related work. Number of Post: 01 For more details http://jmi.ac.in/upload/advertisement/jobs_advt27_2016february12.pdf -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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How to get journal articles for free?
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 18 Feb '16

18 Feb '16

After news on sci-hub as a kind of illegal source for fetching journal articles, here is one more paper listing 5 little known or little used sources. This article briefly explains how sci-hub works. I have tried researchgate, academia, google scholar with good success. I am unable to figure our reddit structure / organisation. Otherwise that may prove to be a good source. Anyone ready to de-mystify Reddit for me?!? https://medium.com/@aarontay/5-alternative-ways-to-get-scholarly-material-9… Dr P Vyasamoorthy 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Telangana LL 040-27846631 / Mobile: 9490804278 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian in Sri Venkateswara Vedic University (SVVU), Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
by Subhodip Bid 18 Feb '16

18 Feb '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian in Sri Venkateswara Vedic University (SVVU), Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh Pay Band: – Rs.15600-39100 with AGP of Rs.6000 Qualification: a)Must have Master degree in Library science/Information, Science/Documentation science (or) any equivalent degree with minimum 55% marks (or) its equivalent grade from an institution recognised by the UGC/ any State Govt./ Govt. of India. b)Must have studied Sanskrit either as a language or one of the subjects in degree level. c)Must have Knowledge in Computer application d)Must have passed National Eligibility Test (NET) (or) other Accredited Test like SLET/SET in Library Science e) Persons having Ph.D Degree as on notification date shall be exempted from NET/ SLET/SET. Number of Post: 01 OC (W) Age Limit: 40 years For more details http://www.svvedicuniversity.ac.in/RM16_notification_IV.pdf -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- 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 Vimal Kumar V. 18 Feb '16

18 Feb '16

Dear Friends, If you dont mind, help me to find full text of following article. Shehu, G. S., Ashir, A. M., & Eleyan, A. (2015, May). Character recognition using correlation & hamming distance. In Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), 2015 23th (pp. 755-758). IEEE. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=7129… Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Technical Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.in http://moovandan.blogspot.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Invitation for the 6th Ashok Jambhekar's Memorial Lecture at IIC on 26 February 2016
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 18 Feb '16

18 Feb '16

On Wednesday, 17 February 2016, 15:00, Jitender Sharma <jitendersharmaji(a)gmail.com> wrote: Dear All, I am happy to inform you that Dr Kavita Sharma, President, South Asian University, New Delhi would be delivering the Ashok Jambhekar Memorial Lecture on Friday, February 26, 2016 on the topic Intellectual Heritage of the Walled City: Window to a Lost World. The venue would be Conference Room-1, Indian International Centre, 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodi Estate, New Delhi 110003. Tea/Coffee will be served at 5 p.m. and the lecture will start at 5:30 p.m. sharp. Please treat this email as an invitation to the programme. Regards, -- Jitender SharmaLibrarianJaipuria Institute of Management NoidaA-32A, Sector - 62Noida -201309Tel: 0120-4638300-01 Extn. 322Mob:09899695953 E-mail: jitender.sharma@jaipuria.ac.injitendersharmaji@gmail.com, jitendersharmaji(a)yahoo.com Treasurer - MANAGEMENT LIBRARIES NETWORKAssociate Editor - Journal of Library Management

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Articles to Read -- 2016-02-17
by Mohan Hr 17 Feb '16

17 Feb '16

Dear all, You may find these articles interesting 7 tips for writing help content that delights customers What is Code Modernization? 28 Beautiful Quotes About Libraries Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms 10 Mistakes to Avoid to Make Open Source More Secure 12 Chrome Extensions That Can Jazz Up Your Browser Experience Worldwide mobile penetration reaches 100% for the first time – Ericsson The Secret of Airbnb’s Pricing Algorithm First name, middle name, surname... real name? Timeline: the history of gravity You can access these articles at http://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2016/02/articles-to-read-2016-02-17.html Your feedback is welcome Access the date wise archives of Feb 2016 "Articles to Read" posts at http://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2016/02/articles-to-read-archives-of-posts-in… With regards HR Mohan IITM 1976 BTME Chair, IEEE CS & PCS and IPP, CSI http://hrm-infoforuse.blogspot.in http://infoforuse.blogspot.in https://www.facebook.com/mohan.hr.524 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Affected Library or Affected Society?
by subhayu dan 16 Feb '16

16 Feb '16

Calgary cops have thrown the book at alleged members of a drug trafficking ring, accused of plying their trade outside the main downtown library branch and other public spots in the core. Police have charged 29 people with 128 charges after two separate police operations in the downtown core targeting sales of crystal meth, morphine, and in one of 30 seizures, fentanyl. In response to public complaints, investigators launched their first operation in December, focusing on the 17 Ave. S.W. corridor where dealers were spotted in the shadow of family restaurants along the popular strip. The first phase led to seven arrests, on charges ranging from drugs, to stolen property, to outstanding warrants. Last month, the operation moved to the 7 Ave. corridor, targeting dealers at the Central Library, Olympic Plaza and area restaurants. District 1 Insp. Cliff O’Brien said while the sweep targeted low-level, hand-to-hand dealers, the aim is to make the downtown a more comfortable destination for business people and families. “This is taking place sometimes in broad daylight, in front of families, and in front of people going to work, or going to read a book at the library,” he said. “We also saw a spike in the violence that was taking place in some of these high drug trafficking areas.” Calgary Public Library CEO Bill Ptacek lauded police on the operation he said ensures libraries remain safe gathering places for families. “Calgary’s Central Library is an integral part of Calgary’s downtown,” he said. “Like all of our 18 community libraries, it is designed to offer a safe community place that provides library services for all Calgarians within a respectful environment where lawful, civil behaviour is expected.” The second phase of the drug blitz collared 22 people, who are now facing 81 drug and criminal code charges. More than half of those arrested had been previously known to police, and O’Brien said 13 of those arrested have already been released. So far, investigators have been unable to link the downtown drug dealers to ongoing city-wide violence linked to organized crime. While admitting the arrests may not halt the activity, O’Brien said he hopes it will prompt downtown dwellers to let police know when they see drug deals going down. “I know that other people will eventually come and take their place — we get that,” he said. “What we’re hoping to do is have the public call us when they see suspicious activity. “Hopefully it sends a message to drug traffickers that what they’re doing and the violence and the crime that comes with that is unacceptable.” http://calgaryherald.com/news/crime/calgary-police-drug-blitz-targets-downt… Shubhau Dan Library In Charge Future Institute of Engineering and Management Kolkata - 700150 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Postitions @ TIFR CAM, Bengaluru
by TIFR CAM Library 16 Feb '16

16 Feb '16

Namaskars, Positions are open @ TIFR CAM, Bengaluru. For more details please visit: http://www.math.tifrbng.res.in/career/advt012016 Regards, Veena -- -------------------------------------------------- Library TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics Phone: 91-80-66953757 Post Bag No. 6503, Sharada Nagar, Fax: 91-80-66953799 Chikkabommasandra, GKVK Post, URL: http://math.tifrbng.res.in Yalahanka New Town, Bangalore-560 065 Bharat -------------------------------------------------- "Every duty is holy and devotion to duty is the highest form of the worship of God." - Swami Vivekananda -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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"Article Needed"
by Chandru G K 16 Feb '16

16 Feb '16

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16 Feb '16

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Articles to Read -- 2016-02-15
by Mohan Hr 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

Dear all, You may find these articles interesting Why the White House Wants to Spend $19 Billion on Cyber-Security Reframes, rethinks and bold calls: 16 speakers share ideas at TEDGlobal>London 5 Brilliant Ways in Which NRIs Are Helping People in Rural India with Just a Few Phone Calls! 8 Mental Habits the Most Successful People Learn to Break 10 Job Skills You'll Need in 2020 10 terrifying uses of artificial intelligence Making Artificial Organs with a Cotton Candy Machine Sustainable materials The crazy world of connectivity expected in 2016 An FBI Agent Shares 9 Secrets to Reading People You can access these articles at http://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2016/02/articles-to-read-2016-02-15.html Your feedback is welcome Access the date wise archives of Feb 2016 "Articles to Read" posts at http://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2016/02/articles-to-read-archives-of-posts-in… With regards HR Mohan IITM 1976 BTME Chair, IEEE CS & PCS and IPP, CSI http://hrm-infoforuse.blogspot.in http://infoforuse.blogspot.in https://www.facebook.com/mohan.hr.524 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: formation of Federation of library associations in India
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

On Monday, 15 February 2016, 16:28, Vinod Kumar Mishra <vinod_librarian(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: Sorry for delay in response as i was out of station. The issues raised by Prof. L Rao. is a heart burning truth and at present condition if i will be given responsibility to restructure the pay scale of library professionals than will never make it more than pay band 3 (PB3) including mine. I always believe we must return back more to the community in lieu of what we are getting from it but my view is our contribution to the society is not up to the mark. Library is a kind of social service but we are focused in our own development without much bother about the real applications of the events we organize like conferences, workshop etc. I am not happy at all when my any of the paper accepted in events because i know it will be accepted, i stopped attending any events as participants/paper presenter since 5/6 years because the platforms are not made for knowledge transfer its only for networking, meeting, enjoying etc. You can check the timings given to participants for presenting the paper and the timing spent on entertainment, inaugural, eating etc and judge the focused area. People are busy in getting projects by making fanciful proposals to the government and it dies without any much output. I agree there is no need of Librarian and other higher position's as i feel more comfortable under the In-chairmanship of any professor and they guided me a lot even though they are non LIS professionals because of which i could do something better for the concern Institute. Do not understand the logic of many associations except event organization as said my Prof. Rao. One best example is NDL projects which must be headed by LIS professional but PI/Co-PI are from computers. If i have to given two reference of great library professional from India than its only one Dr. Ranganathan comes in mind and for second mind does not work Why? LIS professionals must make their mind setup and thinking level similar to the other recognized community like faculty, engineers, doctors etc. We need to change and coordinate at each and every level i believe each one will be benefited but problem is many are lacking the patience of coordination and ethics and i may not be the exception. Only top level LIS professionals can do the same and bring all LIS professionals in one common platform and rest will follow i hope so........ On Fri, 12 Feb 2016 20:59:55 +0530 "Prof. N. Laxman Rao." wrote > greetings from Hyderabad this message may be lengthy, I will be grateful if every one read AND REACT PLEASE I am happy that second Indian Public Library Conference is going to be orgnised by NASSCOM FOUNDATION with the support of the Gates Milindi Foundation, Conferences do help to discuss the status and throw some ideas for improvement of the public libraries. It is a known fact that public libraries are neglected in the country in spite of the fact that 20 States (RRRLF website needs to update in the context of formation of new State of Telangana, which has act) have public library act. The reasons may be many but the status never changing. The National level associations are unable to take up the public library issues. Further, the national associations are only organizing the Annual conference once in a year with the support of some or other organisations /Institutions? There is an urgent need to make the publications of these associations more qualitative rather than accepting every article sent for the conference. The articles are accepted to make either money or improve the attendance? Even we know some of the conference are organised for money making like milch cows? Now many National Associations have come up with their own agenda. Every one conducts the conferences. Now number conferences are being conducted in a big way due to support being given by the UGC or other organisations. RRRLF is being headed by a person who hardly bothers for public library development, Our Telangana Library Association sent a proposal to organise a National conference on public libraries but no response in spite of the fact that I spoke the DG, who happened to be old friend of mine. We have a ministry to look after the public libraries at Central Level but hardly any change comes due to lack of dynamic leadership at various levels. There is also lack of coordination between various organisations to promote the public libraries in the country.It is a known fact that there are no toilets even for women in many public libraries in spite of the fact that Honorable Prime Minister was vociferously pleading for the toilets every where. earlier i pleaded with the Director, NML but his response was not satisfactory. It is a known fact that Canadian Library Association which was formed in 1946 is getting dissolved after it s Annual conference in June 2016 and going to form CANADIAN FEDERATION OF LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS (http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2016/02/organizations/canadian-library-associa…) A developed country had taken a radical changes to make the library related activity and enhance the facilities and improve the library services. Can we get some lessons with the decision of Canadian Library Association? Now the time had come for cooperated activity among the Associations and do something for the libraries at every level specially for public libraries. We also know the status of university and college libraries is also pathetic. there are many universities in India where the post of librarian is vacant. It is a fact that books will survive in spite the development of digital media. Still we need to take care of the growth of libraries and use the technology for improvement of the libraries which play an important role in KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY. Let all of join together and make an effort to see the growth of libraries, Budding professionals are totally unhappy with many seniors due to the limited support cum sympathy to the libraries. I request the seniors and who bother for teh libraries and think of doing something? During the 2 nd IPLC. some time may be spared to think of plans to enhance / revive library movement in India.Should we think fo formation of federation like Canada or any thing else is possible? It is my sincere submission to all the LIS professional friendsProf Laxman Rao, NagubandiPresident, Telangana Library Association Member, Advisory Board, National Library, KolkataUGC-Emeritus Fellow (2009-11) Professor in Library and Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad ( super annuated)formerly Director, UGC-Academic Staff College (2006-8)formerly President, Association of British Scholars ( AP Chapter) and Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science.ADDRESS: Plot No A-194, Ravindra Nagar,Habsiguda HYDERABAD- 500007. Mobile: 094937 01565 and 09573897599 With regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library, NIT Rourkela, Mob:91+9439420860 91+6612462103 (O) email: vinod_librarian(a)rediffmail.com : mishravk79(a)gmail.com Website: http://mishravk.com/ | Get your own FREE website, FREE domain & FREE mobile app with Company email. | Know More > |

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Request for the articles
by Binod Yadav 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

Dear Professionals, Please provide the full text of given articles. 1. Reconstruction of Femur Length from its Fragments <https://scholar.google.com/scholar?oi=bibs&cluster=4572318171976319643&btnI…>. RU Babu, R Sadashiv, J Kiran - *Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology*. 2013; 7(2), 168-171. 2. Role of Estimation of Total Length of Femur from its Fragments on Medico-legal Cases <https://scholar.google.com/scholar?oi=bibs&cluster=10232078547514893854&btn…>. A Mahajan, APS Batra, J Kaur, BS Khurana - *Indian Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology*. 2011; 9(3) 3. An Osteometric Analysis of Adult Human Femurs <https://scholar.google.com/scholar?oi=bibs&cluster=6181982189650209282&btnI…>. A Singh, M Nagar - *Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology*, 2013. 4. Femur length from femoral fragments: Regression equations for fragments of unknown sex- A regional study. *Indian journal of forensic medicine and toxicology*. 2015, 9 (2). Looking forward to your cooperation. Thanking you in anticipation. -- Binod Kumar Yadav Senior Librarian B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan, Nepal Phone: +97725525555 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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TISS PGDLIM: Admission Notification
by Anand Dodamani 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

Dear All, Greetings. TISS invites applications for admission to Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Library and Information Management (PGDLIM). Last date for submission of application is 10th July, 2016. For more information please visit: http://www.admissions.tiss.edu/ Regards, Anand Dodamani TISS, Mumbai -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Applications are invited for the post of Graduate Apprentice in Library science in National Remote Sensing Centre(NRSC), Hyderabad
by Deepika Khanna 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

Dear Professionals, Applications are invited for the post of Graduate Apprentice in Library science in National Remote Sensing Centre(NRSC), Hyderabad Qualification: - Bachelor's Degree + First class degree in Library science/Library and Information science. Stipend : - 5000/- Per month Number of posts: 2 Important dates: 15.2.2016 to 6.3.2016 For More details : www.nrsc.gov.in -- Regards, Deepika Khanna Library Assistant -A National Remote Sensing Centre Indian Space Research Organization Dept. of Space; Govt. of India Shadnagar, Solipur Hyderabad-509216(Telangana State) Mobile : 9291368703 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Students' colloquium
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research & Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE Post Bangalore, 560 059 COLLOQUIM - 4 (2015 2017) Library Automation: A Critical Analysis ABSTRACT Today library automation is by far the most commonly used term to describe the mechanization of library housekeeping operations, such as acquisition, cataloguing, circulation, serial control, etc. using the computers. The aim is to provide an efficient and speedy access to information, reduced cost and improved control and management of library operations. In this colloquium, we will discuss the basics of library housekeeping operations, various modules and the need of automatizing the library operations. We will discuss some of the popular open source (e.g., Koha, NewGenLib, Evergreen and openBiblio) and commercial (e.g., SOUL, Voyager, Libsys, Virtua) software tools along with their comparative analysis. We will also discuss the changing dimensions of library automation and the challenges involved in implementing the automation systems. This colloquium is organized as follows: Introduction : Sagar Gajbe Modules of library operations and functionalities: Shiva Shankar Mahato Library automation systems: trends and standards : Gurrala Srinivas Open source tools and a comparative analysis : Kanu Chakraborty Commercial tools and a comparative analysis : Vandana Changing dimensions of library automation : Alovi Zhimomi Conclusion : Dipanwita Das Date: 17-02-2016 Time: 2 p.m. Venue: DRTC (Room G-21), ISI Bangalore. All are cordially invited. 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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Application are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian in Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bangalore
by Subhodip Bid 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian in Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bangalore Pay Band: –Rs.5,200-20,200/, with GP Rs.2400/- Qualification: A University degree with Diploma in Library Science Number of Post: 01(UR) Age: 30 years For more details http://www.cpri.in/download.php?file3=Advertisement_01-2016_06-02-16.pdf -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KCLA National Conference-Avail Video Conferencing Mode
by jasim s 14 Feb '16

14 Feb '16

Kerala College Librarians’ Association (KCLA) in association with Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) is providing an opportunity through "National Conference on Best Practices and Innovations in Library and Information Centres" to ventilate the innovations, courses and best practices which are implemented and succeeded in your library. Those who cannot participate the conference in person can avail interactive video conferencing facility. Professionals who wish to present a paper in the Conference but cannot attend in person or through video conferencing can send their papers to organisers, which will be presented on behalf of them. For both of these options, prospective participants should remit registration fees of Rs. 1000. There will be cash prizes for the significant innovations and best practices. Participants can avail duty leave. More information at http://kcla2016.weebly.com/ Important dates: Last date of registration and receiving presentations: February 17, 2016 Conference dates: 18, 19, 20 February 2016 Venue: Marian College, Kuttikkanam P.O., Peermade, Idukki District, Kerala-685531 Registration can be done online at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ro2Y3BFBsfNSfiM377_hdNF0IbmLPYYclmZ4iFIO8_… Looking forward to meet you at Kuttikkanam on 18th February 2016, Team KCLA Jasimudeen s Kerala -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Papers for JLICT, Vol 5, No1 (January to June 2016) ISSN: 2278 –3482
by Dr Mange Ram 14 Feb '16

14 Feb '16

Call for Papers for JLICT, Vol 5, No1 (January to June 2016) ISSN: 2278 –3482 The Journal of Library and Information Communication Technology (JLICT) ISSN: 2278 –3482 is a peer-reviewed journal (half yearly) is published by editorial board of JLICT. Journal of Library and Information Communication Technology (JLICT) cover all areas of library science related with ICT. The journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence, and will publish: • Original articles in basic and applied research • Case studies • Critical reviews, surveys. We invite you to submit your manuscript(s) to: jlict2012(a)gmail.com Format for Submission the papers: Font: times new roman, Size: 12 and in single space with linked references (APA Style) as examples are given below: References/Bibliographies: 1. Book: Kidder, T. (1981). The soul of a new machine. Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Frank, R. H., & Bernanke, B. (2007). Principles of macro-economics (3rd ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. 2. Edited Book: Gibbs, J. T., & Huang, L. N. (Eds.). (2001). Children of color: Psychological interventions with culturally diverse youth. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 3. Article/Papers: Ku, G. (2008). Learning to de-escalate: The effects of regret in escalation of commitment. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 105(2), 221-232. Sanchez, D., & King-Toler, E. (2007). Addressing disparities consultation and outreach strategies for university settings. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 59(4), 286-295. 4. Journal article from a subscription database (no DOI): Colvin, G. (2008, July 21). Information worth billions. Fortune, 158(2), 73-79. Retrieved from Business Source Complete, EBSCO. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com 5. Magazine article, in print: Kluger, J. (2008, January 28). Why we love. Time, 171(4), 54-60. 6. Newspaper article, no author, in print: As prices surge, Thailand pitches OPEC-style rice cartel. (2008, May 5). The Wall Street Journal, p. A9. 7. Corporate author, author as publisher, accessed online: Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2000). Tasmanian year book 2000 (No. 1301.6). Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Author. Retrieved from http://www.ausstats .abs.gov.au /ausstats/subscriber.nsf /0/CA2568710006989... $File/13016_2000.pdf *The article may be send to the following e-mail address only upto 10th April 2016 only jlict2012(a)gmail.com Editor in Chief Dr. P. P. Rawat, ,Chief Librarian (Retd), SGPGI, Lucknow (UP) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Undifferentiated Personal Names in RDA Cataloging
by Salman Haider 14 Feb '16

14 Feb '16

*Undifferentiated Personal Names in RDA Cataloging <http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/2014/02/undifferentiated-p…>* http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/2014/02/undifferentiated-p… Undifferentiated Personal Names in Resource Description and Access (RDA) Cataloging Rules: guidelines, best practices, and examples *Contents of the new RDA Blog <http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com> post:* - What is a Name Authority Record for Person - What is an undifferentiated Name Authority Record - What is the latest best practice on undifferentiated Name Authority Record - Maintenance of existing undifferentiated records - Examples of maintenance of undifferentiated Name Authority Records - RDA attributes to create a unique authorized access point for the person being established - Questions and Answers *Read now complete article:* http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/2014/02/undifferentiated-p… *Salman Haider* Librarian (Cataloging) https://plus.google.com/+salmanhaider https://www.facebook.com/salmanhaiderauthor https://twitter.com/metadataexpert -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Making IRs work
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Feb '16

14 Feb '16

Here is a book on institutional repositories and it is open access. < http://www.against-the-grain.com/2016/02/atg-book-of-the-week-making-instit… > Happy reading. 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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Researcher illegally shares millions of science papers free online to spread knowledge - ScienceAlert
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 13 Feb '16

13 Feb '16

I located this interesting news about sci-hub where almost all research papers are available for free download in http://paper.li/esukhdev/1309342686 <http://paper.li/esukhdev/1309342686> "Sukhdev's daily information dose". If many librarians start using this source will article requests in lis-forum come down drastically? =============== Researcher illegally shares millions (45 m) of science papers free online to spread knowledge . Welcome to the Pirate Bay of science. FIONA MACDONALD 12 FEB 2016 106.1k A researcher in Russia has made more than 48 million journal articles - almost every single peer-reviewed paper every published - freely available online. And she's now refusing to shut the site down, despite a court injunction and a lawsuit from Elsevier, one of the world's biggest publishers. For those of you who aren't already using it, the site in question is Sci-Hub, and it's sort of like a Pirate Bay of the science world. It was established in 2011 by neuroscientist Alexandra Elbakyan, who was frustrated that she couldn't afford to access the articles needed for her research, and it's since gone viral, with hundreds of thousands of papers being downloaded daily. But at the end of last year, the site was ordered to be taken down by a New York district court - a ruling that Elbakyan has decided to fight, triggering a debate over who really owns science. http://www.sciencealert.com/this-woman-has-illegally-uploaded-millions-of-j… URL for sc-hub http://sci-hub.io/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL LIBRARIANS NETWORK (ILN) - Hurry Two days left
by Kishor Satpathy 13 Feb '16

13 Feb '16

CALL FORPARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONALLIBRARIANS NETWORK (ILN) Dear colleagues, Want to build yourprofessional network and learn about librarianship around the world? Love theidea of professional travel but just don’t have the budget? The InternationalLibrarians Network (ILN) is for you. ILN pleased to announce the next round of thispopular program will commence in March 2016. The ILN peer mentoring program is a facilitated programs aimed athelping librarians develop international networks. Participating in the ILNbrings wider professional awareness, an international perspective to your work,new ideas, and increased professional confidence. We know this because many ofour participants tell us – and we’ve had over 3500 librarians from 120countries taken part so far. Peer mentoring helps professionals develop partnerships and grow theirnetwork. The ILN uses a model where all participants are treated as equals whohave valuable experiences to share. This means that partners are not placedinto established mentor/protégé roles, but rather are encouraged to view theirpartnership as a way to learn from each other; all are mentors and all areprotégés. So why participate in a peer mentoring program? Peer mentoring can allow you to: 1. rediscover your own valuable skillsby sharing your experiences with your partner 2. learn a different perspective on yourprofession 3. build your network 4. reinvigorate the passion your career 5. develop your professional skills Applications for the next round of partnerships programi.e from March 2016 are beingaccepted now and close at midnight on Monday15 February 2016 - just twoday away! . Numbers arelimited, so apply early to ensure you don’t miss out. This email is to remind you. If you have already applied for theprogram, please ignore this email. Participationin the program is free and open to anyone working or studying in libraries andtheir related fields. The only requirements are an internet connection, Englishfluency, one hour each week to communicate with your partner, and a willingnessto share and learn with colleagues around the world. If you've enjoyed your participation in the last round, why not sign upfor another partner, and continue building an international professionalnetwork. Tell your colleagues about the program as well, and get the benefitsof shared professional development. You can find out more about how the program works here: http://interlibnet.org/how-the-program-works/ Or you can explore our Frequently Asked Questions here: http://interlibnet.org/frequently-asked-questions/ Applications can be submitted online here: http://interlibnet.org/apply-for-the-iln/ If you have additional questions about the program, please don'thesitate to contact us at contact(a)interlibnet.org / ksatpathy(a)gmail.com . Thanks & Regards, Dr. Kishor Satpathy ILN Ambassador- India NIT Silchar

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Articles to Read -- 2016-02-13
by Mohan Hr 13 Feb '16

13 Feb '16

Dear all, You may find these articles interesting Entrepreneurship: Kamal Rajini Analogy : Entrepreneur vs Intrapreneurs Human Resources Management: 10 signs it's time to let an employee go Science & Tech: Data sharing: An open mind on open data Science & Tech: Five things that happen to your body in space InfoTech: The chips are down for Moore’s law Research: Does it take too long to publish research? Everipedia: The Wikipedia Competitor for the People Finance: Explained in 5 charts: How Indian banks' big NPA problem evolved over years InfoTech: Sports: Super Bowl 50 smashes data records with 10.1TB flying across Wi-Fi InfoTech: Privacy: What are four of the top social media networks doing to protect children? Read them at http://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2016/02/articles-to-read-2016-02-13.html Your feedback is welcome Date wise archives of Feb 2016 "Articles to Read" posts at http://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2016/02/articles-to-read-archives-of-posts-in… With regards HR Mohan IITM 1976 BTME Chair, IEEE CS & PCS and IPP, CSI http://hrm-infoforuse.blogspot.in http://infoforuse.blogspot.in https://www.facebook.com/mohan.hr.524 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on Sustainable Management of Indigenous Knowledge - A North East Perspective
by Nihal Alam 13 Feb '16

13 Feb '16

*Workshop on Sustainable Management of Indigenous Knowledge - A North East Perspective* Date: 1-3 Mar 2016 Location: Mizoram University, Tanhril, Aizawl, Mizoram Greetings from TERI, New Delhi ! We are happy to inform you that TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) North-East and Indira Gandhi Center for the Arts (IGNCA) is organizing a three day workshop on “Sustainable Management of Indigenous Knowledge: a North East Perspective” during 1 - 3 March, 2016 at Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram. Mizoram University has joined us as the Knowledge Partner in this workshop. The objective of the workshop is to understand the management and preservation of traditional cultural knowledge and expressions. Further to this, the workshop would highlight and share unique and invaluable knowledge practiced by the indigenous people for folklore and cultural management. Workshop is expected to raise research interests among the students, academicians, practitioners and policymakers in indigenous traditional knowledge. The workshop is open for 80 participants (first-come-first-basis) with knowledge and interest in cultural resource management. In this connection, may we request you, to depute researchers or participants and contribute in this thought provoking workshop. For further detail visit our website: http://www.teriin.org/index.php?option=com_events&view=details&sid=857&Item… Regards, Nihal Alam RA, TERI Mobile 9311305823 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NISCAIR Training Programme on "Design and Development of Digital Libraries using Dspace - Advance"
by Mohd. S Ansari 12 Feb '16

12 Feb '16

Dear Members, CSIR - NISCAIR, New Delhi is organizing a short-term training programme on "Design and Development of Digital Libraries using Dspace - Advance". Dates: February 29 - March 04 2016. Venue: CSIR - NISCAIR, 14 Satsang Vihar Marg, Special Institutional Area, New Delhi - 110 067. Course fee: Rs. 4800/- (without accommodation) and Rs. 6900/- (with accommodation). DSpace is an Open Source Digital Repository creation Software. It has all the features/ facilities required for creating Institutional Repository / Digital Library. The training programme is a practical oriented training programme. It covers installation of Linux and manual installation of Dspace latest version on linux followed by Hands-on DSpace Administration, Customization, Advance features, Migration of data from older Dspace version to latest Dspace version etc. The course fee without accommodation include Course kit, boarding lunch, two times tea. The course fee with accommodation include Course kit, boarding lunch, two times tea and transport facility from guest house to training venue and back. The seats are available on first-cum-first-serve basis. The details about the programme and application form are available on NISCAIR website www.niscair.res.in. Those interested may please contact Head, Education and Training Division Phone: 011-26863617/26567818 / Email: training(a)niscair.res.in<http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum>). Regards, M. S. Ansari CSIR - NISCAIR Disclaimer ________________________________ Information contained and transmitted by this email is proprietary to NISCAIR and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If this is a forwarded message, the content of this email may not have been sent with the authority of the Company. If you are not the intended recipient, an agent of the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering the information to the named recipient, you are notified that any use, distribution, transmission, printing, copying or dissemination of this information in any way or in any manner is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please delete this mail & notify us immediately at itd(a)niscair.res.in ________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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