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Automation of School LIbrary
by vikash singh 04 Feb '15

04 Feb '15

Dear Fellow Members, I would like to automate my school Library having collection of around 16000+ books, 3000+ Text Books, Collection Of CD's DVD'd, eBook and Periodicals, 94+ Magazines/periodicals, 170+ Daily Newspapers and 1000 Users and around 150 Daily circulation. Kindly suggest me a Excellent Integrated Library Automation Software along with your valuable reviews, experiences and suggestions for the same. Waiting for your valuable responses. With Regards, Vikash Kumar Singh (Librarian) Koderma Contact No. 7766929265 Email Id vikash2417(a)rediffmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on Shodhganga and Anti-Plagiarism Software (iThenticate/Turnitin)
by Susan Mathew 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

Sir, Please post this message University Library, Cochin University of Science & Technology in collaboration with UGC INFLIBNET is organizing a *Regional Workshop * *on Shodhganga and Anti-Plagiarism Software (iThenticate/Turnitin) *" *on **09th February, 2015 **. The programme will start at** 9.30 am**.* Faculty members, Research scholars and Library Professionals are requested to participate in the workshop by registering their respective name online using the link http://goo.gl/forms/ZHz2o8MFLd *Registration is Free * *Venue: Photonics Department Auditorium* *Contact:* Dr.C.Beena University Librarian(i/c) Cochin University of Science & Technology Cochin 22 09947878848 ul(a)cusat.ac.in beenacherukuth(a)gmail.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Susan Mathew K*., PhD *Assistant Librarian Sr scaleUniversity LibraryCochin University of Science & TechnologyCochin 682022* *Kerala,South India* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Requestedto post the message
by Shreyasi Parikh 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

Moderator is requested to post this message: The Institute intends to take few Library Trainees / Professional Assistants for the Knowledge Management Center (KMC) for its campuses located at Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Bengaluru. The educational qualifications required are *Masters Degree in Library Science (M. Lib.) with sound knowledge of Computer and Net surfing*. The duration of the programme is one year. *No. of Trainees required:* Paldi Campus - 3 (Three), PG Campus, Gandhinagar – 3 (Three) and R & D Campus, Bengaluru - 1 (One). Interested candidates are hereby informed to submit their updated resume / bio-data latest by *20th February, 2015* to the Head, Resource Centre, Knowledge Management Center, National Institute of Design, Paldi, Ahmedabad 380 007 in a sealed envelope. As an advance copy, kindly submit it by e-mail to: *kmc[at]nid [dot]edu*. Followings are the details of the appointment: 1. During the period of training, you will be paid a stipend of Rs.10,000/- per month. You will not be entitled to any other allowances or facilities or benefits. 2. You are expected to work conscientiously and diligently and devote yourself to acquire skills and knowledge during your term of training at the Institute. You will have to observe and comply with all rules and regulations of the Institute for the time being in force. 3. You will devote your whole time and attention exclusively to the training at the Institute and you will not engage yourself to work for any other persons, institutions or company whatsoever nor do any occupation for gain without prior permission of the Institute in writing. 4. During the period of training at the Institute, you will not secure or try to secure any other post or scholarship without prior permission of the Institute in writing. 5. Your hours of attendance and holidays will be regulated to suit the training programme and will be as prescribed from time to time. 6. You should not, without the prior permission of the appropriate authority, absent yourself from the Institute. You will be allowed to avail of casual / sick leave, such leave will not be given more than three days at a time and will be calculated at the rate of one day for one and half months of attendance i.e. 2 days for three months period. In case of further absence, the stipend awarded to you for the particular month will be proportionately deducted. Casual / sick leave shall not be accumulated and leave not availed of during any particular year shall expire at the end of that year. However, you will be allowed to avail casual leave to prevent hardship when you are obliged to remain absent for some unforeseen and emergent reason and for which under other circumstances stipend would have deducted for the days absent. 7. While undergoing training at the Institute you will observe all safety regulations and see that no damage to the Institute’s property is caused. In case, it is found that you have caused any damage to the property of the Institute, you hereby agree to reimburse or make good the damage caused. Any decision regarding the extent of your liability on such account will be at the discretion of the Institute. 8. It is expressly understood between the parties that the On-the-job Training Programme does not establish any relationship of employer and employee between the Institute and yourself. 9. The Institute will be entitled to discontinue the training programme without assigning any reasons thereof, if in the opinion of the Institute, your progress is not satisfactory or your continuance in the Institute is deemed undesirable. 10. The training programme shall come to an end on expiry of the training period automatically. You shall not have any right to claim any regular / contractual job on completion of training with the Institute. Thanks -- Dr. Shreyasi K. Parikh Head, Knowledge Management Center (KMC) National Institute of Design Paldi, Opp. Museum AHMEDABAD - 380007 Tel. No. : 079-26629749 (Direct) 079 .26629 500/600, Extn 749 (O) http://www.nid.edu/ If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing; Love what you are doing; And believe in what you are doing. ~ Will Rogers -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IASLIC R C Gupta Endowment Lecture (27)
by Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

INDIAN ASSOCIATION OFSPECIAL LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION CENTRES (IASLIC) P-291,CIT Scheme, No. - 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata -- 700 054 Ph: 033 2362 9651; E-mail: iaslic.india(a)gmail.com. Website: http://www.iaslic1955.org.in The 27th IASLIC- R C Gupta Endowment Lecture 2014 will be held at the Seminar Room of IASLIC, Kolkata on Monday, the 16thFebruary, 2015 at 6.30 P.M. PROGRAMME Topic: Management of Human Resources ProvidingInformation for Knowledge Speaker: Dr Arun Kumar Sinha, Senior VicePresident ( IR & HRD ) & Head, World Class Manufacturing Cell, JayaShree Textiles, Rishra and Vikram Woollens,Gwalior.Units of Aditya Birla Group Date & Time: 16th February 2015, Monday at 6.30P.M. Venue: Seminar Hall, IASLIC, P-291, CIT Scheme, No. 6M, Kankurgachi,Kolkata -54 Mr G C Talukdar, Former Chief GeneralManager and CEO, Hindustan Cables Ltd, Rupnarayanpur, West Bengal has kindly consented to preside over theprogramme. You are cordially invited to participate inthe programme. Place:Kolkata Prof PijushkantiPanigrahi Date: 28th January,2015 General Secretary | ==========================================================================================================পীযূষকান্তি পাণিগ্রাহী Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Professor , Dept of Lib and Inf Science, 3rd Floor Asutosh Building, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, panigrahipk11(a)gmail.com, (M) : +91 94342 43522. General Secretary, Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC), P-291, CIT Scheme No 6M , Kankurgachi, Kolkata – 700 054, India; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin ; | | | -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reminder: Prof A Neelameghan Memorial Lecture on 4th Feb15
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: Ravichandra [mailto:ikrrao@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 10:21 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science #702, Upstairs, 42nd Cross, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560010 in Association with Centre for Knowledge Analytics & Ontological Engineering (KAnOE) PES Institute of Technology http://www.kanoe.org and Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies cordially invitesyou to Prof. A. Neelameghan Memorial Lecture (1)(2015) on Character and Organization of Knowledge Society by Padma Shri Prof. M. Anandakrishnan Chairman, Board of Governors Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur at 9.30 AM on 4th February 2015 Prof. D. Jawahar Pro-Chancellor, PES University presides Guest of Honor: Prof. K. N. B. Murthy Vice-Chancellor, PES University Venue: TechPark Seminar Hall, PES University, Ring Road, BSK 3rd Stage, Bangalore 85 Programme: Wednesday, 4th February, 2015 9:30 - 9:45 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks 9.45 - 11.00 AM Lecture 11.00 - HIGH TEA Padma Shri Dr. M. Anandakrishnan, former Vice-Chancellor of Anna University, is currently the Chairman of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur. He has had a long and distinguished career including Dean and Professor at IIT-Kanpur, Science Counsellor at Embassy of India, Washington-DC, USA, Deputy Director in the Centre for Science and Technology for Development, United Nations and Secretary, UNACAST. He serves on numerous boards and university bodies and has been awarded the Padma Shri by the President of India and the Order of Scientific Merit by the President of Brazil. He holds a BE from Madras University and MS and PhD from University of Minnesota, USA. He has published over a hundred journal papers and has delivered numerous keynote lectures across the globe. Registration for the Event: Who can attend? Computer science faculty and students, knowledge management professionals, library & Information professionals and students of LIS, Information Architects, Web Designers; Faculty and students of PESIT or other engineering colleges (from any department) as well as professionals from the industry. Registration is free of cost, but all participants must register well before the event. How do I register? Please fill out the on-line form at http://kanoe.org/workshopregistration.html (Kindly note if you are registering for both the days with regard to the event of Ranganathan Memorial Lecture,there is no need for the separate registration for this event). ________________________________ I K Ravichandra Rao Professor (Retd.) Washleigh Manor, Apt. # 102 No. 8, Rustum Bhagh Road Bangalore 560017 Tel (91)-(80)-2526-4768 Mobile (91)-(80)-94490-64768 e-mail ikrrao(a)hotmail.com<mailto:ikrrao@hotmail.com>, ravichandra.rao(a)gmail.com<mailto:ravichandra.rao@gmail.com>, ikr(a)isibang.ac.in<mailto:ikr@isibang.ac.in> Web http://www.isibang.ac.in/~ikr ________________________________

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Reminder: Dr. S. R. Ranganathan Memorial Lectures (18)(2015)
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: Ravichandra [mailto:ikrrao@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 10:06 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science #702, Upstairs, 42nd Cross, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560010 in association with KAnOE: Centre for Knowledge Analytics and Ontological Engineering http://www.kanoe.org<http://www.kanoe.org/> and Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies invites you to Dr. S. R. Ranganathan Memorial Lectures (18)(2015) on Digital Libraries: Redefining Boundaries and Perceptions by Dr. David Bainbridge, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science University of Waikato, New Zealand at 9.30 AM on 3rd February 2015 Dr. M. Anandakrishnan Chairman, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur & Chairman, Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies presides Venue: TechPark Seminar Hall, PES University, Ring Road, BSK 3rd Stage, Bangalore 85 Programme: Tuesday, 3rd February, 2015 9:30 - 9:45 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks Lecture 1: 9.45 - 10.45 AM Music Digital Libraries-A Progression 10.45 - 11.15 AM TEA Lecture 2: 11.15 AM - 12.45 PM Mega and Mini DLs-Two sides of the same coin? 12. 45 - 2:15 PM LUNCH Lecture 3: 2.15 - 3.45 PM My Digital Library-What can Digital Libraries do for Me! David Bainbridge is an associate professor of Computer Science at the University of Waikato in New Zealand where he leads the New Zealand Digital Library Research Project, which produces the open source digital library software Greenstone. His research interests include multimedia content analysis, software engineering, and human computer interaction in addition to digital libraries. He has published widely in these areas, including the book How to build a digital library (2010), with colleagues Witten and Nichols, now into its second edition. He graduated with a Bachelors of Engineering in Computer Science from Edinburgh University, UK as the class medalist, and undertook his PhD in the area of Optical Music Recognition at Canterbury University, New Zealand as a Commonwealth Scholar. Registration for the Event: Who can attend? Computer science faculty and students, knowledge management professionals, library & Information professionals and students of LIS, Information Architects, Web Designers; Faculty and students of PESIT or other engineering colleges (from any department) as well as professionals from the industry. Registration is free of cost, but all participants must register well before the event. How do I register? Please fill out the on-line form at http://kanoe.org/workshopregistration.html Dr. Kavi Mahesh Professor and Dean of Research, Director, KAnOE - Centre for Knowledge Analytics and Ontological Engineering, PES University, Bangalore Phone: +91 98452 90073 With regards Yours sincerely I K RAVICAHNDRA RAO ________________________________ I K Ravichandra Rao Professor (Retd.) Washleigh Manor, Apt. # 102 No. 8, Rustum Bhagh Road Bangalore 560017 Tel (91)-(80)-2526-4768 Mobile (91)-(80)-94490-64768 e-mail ikrrao(a)hotmail.com<mailto:ikrrao@hotmail.com>, ravichandra.rao(a)gmail.com<mailto:ravichandra.rao@gmail.com>, ikr(a)isibang.ac.in<mailto:ikr@isibang.ac.in> Web http://www.isibang.ac.in/~ikr __________________________________

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Talk on Reading by e-reading (ഇനി വായന ഇ-വായന)
by Vimal Kumar V. 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Dear Friends, On behalf of Kerala Library Association, Kottayam Region I cordially invite you to a talk on 'Reading by e-reading' (ഇനി വായന ഇ-വായന). Key Speaker: V.K. Adarsh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._K._Adarsh) About the talk: Information technology has opened up new vistas of reading experience. Authors and readers can find various outlets for publishing and reading. This talk aims to explain opportunities and challenges offered to conventional publishers, authors and readers through new publishing outlets like e-books, blogs and social media. About the speaker: Technology writer, author, columnist and social media evangelist. He has been writing columns in leading Malayalam dailies, online media (ബ്ലോഗ്‌ ഭൂമി) http://blogbhoomi.blogspot.in. The Government of Kerala has recognised his contribution to the Science-Technology journalism and awarded him with the State Award for Science Literature 2009. Time and Date: 10.30 AM, 6 February 2015 Venue: Seminar Hall, Mahatma Gandhi University Library All are welcome -- Vimal Kumar V. Secretary, KLA Kottayam Region 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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Article request
by shashi bhat 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Dear Friends,One of our faculty needs the following article for his research purpose. If any one of you have access to the following article, kindly arrnge to send. J Assoc Physicians India. 2014 Apr;62(4):324-8. Water pipes and E-cigarettes: new faces of an ancient enemy. Dagaonkar RS, Udwadi ZF. With Regards, Mrs. Shashikala K Librarian, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Constituent College of Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalore - 575018. Ph: 0824-2204572, 2204963 (ext.-234) Res: 0824-2202133 Mob: +919448869047. -- 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 Najeeb Koottil Vattamannathodi 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Dear All Can anybody help me in getting this article Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18433347#> 2008 Apr;4(4):453-61. doi: 10.1517/17425255.4.4.453 . Olopatadine 0.2% ophthalmic solution: the first ophthalmic antiallergy agent with once-daily dosing. Abelson MB <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Abelson%20MB%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=t…> 1, Gomes PJ <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Gomes%20PJ%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tru…> . With regards *Muhammed Najeeb. V* *Librarian, Health Science Library Ministry of National Guard King Abdulaziz Medical City najeebmankada(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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10th International CALIBER 2015 (Deadline Extended till February 6, 2015)
by saroj panda 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2.02.2015 Dear All, The final deadline for submitting full paper for the 10th International Convention on "Innovative Librarianship: Adapting to Digital Realities" has been extended until *Friday, Feb. 6*, 2015. The conference is scheduled to take place on March 12-14 at Himachal Pradesh University Library & IIAS, Shimla, INDIA. -- With regards, Saroj kumar Scientific & Technical Assistant - I (LS) INFLIBNET Centre Infocity, Gandhinagar - 382007 Tel: 079-23268243 Mob: 09723115671 Email: saroj(a)inflibnet.ac.in, saroj4kumar(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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Book Publication
by Sujatha H R 01 Feb '15

01 Feb '15

I request you to publish this for the benefit of the Professionals. Dear All, This is to inform that the Book "Exploiting Electronic Information Sources" has been published on September 2014. Product Details: Author: Dr Sujatha H. R Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic PublishingYear : Sept 2014ISBN: 978-3-659-35079-5 For more information Please visit: http://www.amazon.com/ Exploiting-Electronic-Information-Fisheries-Sciences/dp/3659350796/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422805290&sr=8-1&keywords=exploiting+electronic+information+sources Dr Sujatha H.R Librarian (Selection Grade) Sri Venkataramana Swamy College Bantwal-574211, Karnataka, India E-Mail:hrsujatha@yahoo.com Mob:919164560894 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Cfp -ETD2015India www.etd2015india,in
by Ramesh C Gaur 01 Feb '15

01 Feb '15

Hi! I am pleased to inform you that Central Library, Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU), New Delhi, India in collaboration with Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD.ORG) USA and INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, India is hosting ETD2015:18th International Symposium on Theses and Dissertations on a theme "Evolving Genre of ETDs for Knowledge Discovery" during 4-6 November, 2015 at JNU Convention Centre, New Delhi, India. It will provide delegates with the unique opportunity to network, share experiences and discuss current good practices from around the world, enabling researchers and practitioners to chart a future course of action. ETD 2015 is the key international conference to attend in order to stay abreast of developments and trends in electronic theses and dissertations initiatives around the world. This is an exciting opportunity to share your knowledge and experience with the larger ETD community. ETD conference is first time being organized in Indian Sub-continent, so this is the great opportunity for librarians, IT Professionals, Students, researchers and academicians in the region. The conference and pre-conference workshop will have presentations from the best in the Industry. More details regarding the ETD 2015 may be had from the given below URL: www.etd2015india.in Some important dates regarding submissions / registration are also given below Submissions: Abstract Submission Deadline: March 31, 2015, 11:59 PM, India Time (GMT + 05:30) Acceptance Notification: April 15, 2015 Full Paper Submission Deadline: July 31, 2015, 11:59 PM, India Time (GMT + 05:30) Proposal For Poster Presentation: July 31, 2015, 11:59 PM, India Time (GMT + 05:30) Notification of Acceptance for Poster Presentation: August 15, 2015 Camera Ready Deadline: August 31, 2015, 11:59 PM, India Time (GMT + 05:30) Registration: Registration opens: January 1, 2015 Early Bird Registration closes: August 31, 2015 Registration closes: October 15, 2015 On behalf of ETD 2015 International Conference Programme Committee, I request your kind participation in the form of submission of paper/poster and also your kind presence in the event. Please feel free to ask for any further information. I also request you all to circulate it to all concerned for wider publicity and participation. With best regards Yours sincerely, (Ramesh C Gaur) Chair-ETD 2015 Programme Committee ************************************ Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) University Librarian 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 -- 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 Vinay Kumar Sharma 01 Feb '15

01 Feb '15

Dear Professionals, I am looking for following articles. It would be great help if any one can get me. 1. S. D. Birch, S. Ramadhyani, and J. T. Pearson. “Analysis of passenger Thermal Comfort in An Automobile under Severe Winter Conditions,” ASHRAE Transactions 1991; Vol 97, pt.1 2. Burch, S.; Ramadhyani, S.; and Pearson, J. 1991, “Analysis of Passenger Compartment Thermal Comfort in an Automobile Under Severe Winter Conditions,” ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 97, Part 1. 3. Burch, S.; Ramadhyani, S.; and Pearson, J. 1991, “Analysis of Passenger Compartment Thermal Comfort in an Automobile Under Severe Winter Conditions,” ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 97, Part 2 4. Ivanov, M., Berezutski, V., Usenko, N., & Kotova, N. (2013). Enthalpies of mixing in liquid alloys of iron with the lanthanides. International Journal of Materials Research, 104(9), 849–857. doi:10.3139/146.110943 5. Lu, F., Wang, F., Gao, W., Huang, X., Zhang, X., & Li, Y. (2013). Aqueous soluble boron nitride nanosheets via anionic compound-assisted exfoliation. Materials Express, 3(2), 144–150. doi:10.1166/mex.2013.1110 6. Gervasio, M. T., & DeJong, G. F. (1992). A Completable Approach to Integrating Planning and Scheduling. In Artificial Intelligence Planning Systems (pp. 275–276). Elsevier. Retrieved from http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/B9780080499444500409 7. Frankl, K., Beenken, J., & Marquardt, W. (2012). Integrated Scheduling and Control of Continuous-Time Blending Processes. In Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (Vol. 31, pp. 1090–1094). Elsevier. Retrieved from http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/B9780444595065500493 8. Gorla, R. S. R. (2006). Numerical Investigation of Unsteady Flow in a Low Pressure Turbine. International Journal of Turbo and Jet Engines, 23(1), 1–14. doi:10.1515/TJJ.2006.23.1.1 9. Filsinger, D., Frank, C., & Scha¨fer, O. (2005). Practical Use of Unsteady CFD and FEM Forced Response Calculation in the Design of Axial Turbocharger Turbines (pp. 601–612). ASME. doi:10.1115/GT2005-68439 10. Traussnig, A., Petutschnig, H., Ennemoser, A., Stolz, M., & Tizianel, M. (2014). Vehicle Thermal Management Simulation Method Integrated in the Development Process from Scratch to Prototype (No. 2014-01-0668). Warrendale, PA: SAE International. Retrieved from http://www.sae.org/technical/papers/2014-01-0668 11. Riddington, J. (1984). THE INFLUENCE OF INTIAL GAPS ON INFILLED FRAME BEHAVIOUR. ICE Proceedings, 77(3), 295–310. doi:10.1680/iicep.1984.1185 12. Macleod, I. (1973). ANALYSIS OF SHEAR WALL BUILDINGS BY THE FRAME METHOD. ICE Proceedings, 55(3), 593–603. doi:10.1680/iicep.1973.4691 13. Abate, A., & Stafford Smith, B. (1981). ANALYSIS OF NON-PLANAR SHEAR WALL ASSEMBLIES BY ANALOGOUS FRAME. ICE Proceedings, 71(2), 395–406. doi:10.1680/iicep.1981.1888 Thanks & regards Vinay Kumar Sharma Librarian Sarath Engineering and Technology N.H. - 08, Nr. Chiloda Himatnagar-383125 Gujarat -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy (temporary post) for Assistant Librarians Temporary
by HELP LIBRARY 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

Applications are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian at Health Education Library for People, Tardeo, Mumbai. This is a temporary vacancy The candidate should possess excellent communication and administrative skills and should be able to get along well with people. Freshers may apply.Candidates from Mumbai only please apply. Interested candidates may apply with full details of their Educational Qualification/Experience and post applied for to helplibrary(a)gmail.com Ms.Anjoo Chandiramani, Health Education Library for People, Ashish, 5th Floor, Tardeo end of Bombay Central Bridge, Tardeo, Mumbai - 400034. 65952393/65952394 Email : www.healthlibrary.com <http://www.giveindia.org/Donatefromigivepage.aspx> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post of LIBRARIAN.
by Joseph Zacharia 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

Muthoot Institute of Technology & Science (MITS) Varikoli P O Puthencruz, Ernakulam looking for an experienced person as LIBRARIAN preferably former experience in Technical Library. Salary will not be a constraint for right candidate. Apply to hr.mits(a)muthootgroup.com Joseph Zacharia 9947997767 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: [Asis-l] The winners of the InfoShare awards for 2015
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

On Friday, January 30, 2015 5:09 PM, Selenay Aytac <Selenay.Aytac(a)liu.edu> wrote: Dear Colleagues, On behalf of all our fellow officers of the Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG-III http://www.asis.org/SIG/iii.html) of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), we are pleased to announce the winners of the InfoShare awards for 2015. Information professionals from developing countries, where the cost of ASIS&T membership would be a burden, are eligible to receive one year of membership. SIG-III officers vote on a roster of candidates nominated by ASIS&T colleagues or others. These memberships are funded by monies raised at the International Reception during the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. 2014 was a very successful year for the reception in Seattle and we are thrilled to be able to offer memberships to 5 outstanding professional candidates and 2 student candidates: Professional members Dwaymian Brissette, Jamaica Elsabé Olivier, South Africa Olufunmilayo Iyabo Fati, Nigeria Shima Moradi, Iran Vesna Vuksan, Serbia Student members Amjid Khan s/o Lakhkar Khan, Pakistan Jiban K. Pal, India Please welcome these new members into the ASIS&T community! You can learn more about the InfoShare program at the SIG-III web site: ( http://www.asis.org/SIG/iii.html) Kindest regards, Selenay Aytac and Christine Hagar InfoShare SIG-III ASIS&T Dr. Selenay Aytac Associate Professor LIU Post B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library 720 Northern Blvd Brookville NY 11548 516 299 3443 ________________________________________ Asis-l mailing list Asis-l(a)asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asis-l -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Precaution before availing RFID solutions for Library
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

Dear All, Please find here some simple tip to keep yourself safe before availing RFID solutions for the library, i observed some malpractices may trap you in future in such a way that you will become bound to purchase their RFID solutions only. Please read the tip at : http://mishravk.com/2015/01/rfidcard/ Thanking You. 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Walk in interview at IGIDR, Mumbai for a temporary vacancy in the library. Interview date Feb 26, 2015
by G.K.MANJUNATH 30 Jan '15

30 Jan '15

Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai ( IGIDR) invites application from suitable candidates for a temporary post of 'Library Assistant / Trainee'. In this regard, a walk-in interview has been arranged on Feb 26, 2015 at 2.00 pm in the institute. Details : Name of the post : Library Assistant / Trainee Number of post : 1 ( One ) Age : 25 years as on Dec 31, 2014. Qualification : M.L.I.Sc (55% and above) Experience : 0- 6 months Salary : Rs,l35OO/- pm (Consolidated, All inclusive) Period of appointment : 8 months Venue & Date for the interview : IGIDR, (Admin. Conference) on Feb 26, 2015, at 2.00 pm Candidates who like to attend the interview are requested to bring their resumes mentioning two references. Also, they are required to bring all the original testimonials (starting from lOth standard) with a set of photocopy. Candidates shall attend the interview at their own expense. The selected candidate is expected join for duty latest by March 5, 2015. How to reach IGIDR ( Transport details ) http://oii.igidr.ac.in/training/transport.php How to reach IGIDR ( Road Map) http://oii.igidr.ac.in/training/map.jpg thanks, G.K.Manjunath, PhD 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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NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACADEMIC LIBRARY MANAGEMENT
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 30 Jan '15

30 Jan '15

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: "jayarajan p" <jayarajan45(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, January 29, 2015 2:06 pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pleased to bring to the attention of university and college library professionals, and teachers, researchers and postgraduate students in library and information science, that the Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University, Tirur, Malappuram Dt, Kerala will be organizing a National Conference on Academic Library Management on 9-10 March 2015. Leading professionals from India will be taking part in the Conference as resource persons and leading sessions. Those interested in attending the Conference are requested to send their nominations as early as possible. Since the number of seats will be limited, intending participants are encouraged to send their details first e-mail to tkrashi(a)gmail.com, followed by the completed form. P. Jayarajan Library Advisor Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University

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Pharma review
by narayanare gowda 30 Jan '15

30 Jan '15

Herein i am requesting one of uor faculty member needed Pharma Review This journal Published by Kongposh Publication From Delhi I need in that page no.118 please scan this page and send us immediately. Thanking you, with RegardsR E NarayanaLibrarianVivekananda College of PharmacyDr.Rajakumar Road.Rajajinaga 2nd Stage,Bangalore-55Ph:9538282067,9844604326,08023576370 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for full text Article
by Supritha Shetty 29 Jan '15

29 Jan '15

Dear Professionals, If you have access to the following article could you please send it to me. 1.Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1993 May;(290):151-6. The management of soft-tissue problems associated with calcaneal fractures. Levin LS1, Nunley JA.]2. Librarian K.S.Hegde Medical Academy Deralakatte -575018 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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AICTE Approval Process Handbook
by ambika ashok 29 Jan '15

29 Jan '15

Dear Professional Friends, AICTE has released their approval process handbook for 2015-16. The handbook can be found at the below link for downloading the same. http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/ApprovalProcessHandbook2015… can find library related information from page no.118 to 127.This is for your kind information. Regards, Ambika C.A. Librarian K.S. School of Engineering and Management -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Repositories Conference Update: OR2015 Proposal Deadline Extended
by Imma Subirats 28 Jan '15

28 Jan '15

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 28, 2015 A message from the Open Repositories 2015 Conference organizers Indianapolis, United States. The final deadline for submitting proposals for the Tenth International Conference on Open Repositories (@OR2015Indy and #or2015) has been extended until Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. The conference is scheduled to take place June 8-11 in Indianapolis and is being hosted by Indiana University Bloomington Libraries, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library and Virginia Tech University Libraries. The theme this year is "LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD: OPEN REPOSITORIES AT THE CROSSROADS". You may review the call for proposals here: http://www.or2015.net/call-for-proposals/ . * Submit your proposal here: https://www.conftool.com/or2015/ by Feb. 6, 2015 * We look forward to seeing you at OR2015! Imma Subirats ------------------------------------------------------------- Information Management Officer OPCC, FAO of the United Nations Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153 Rome (Italy) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Articles request
by janet lobo 28 Jan '15

28 Jan '15

Dear Professional colleagues, Attached please find the articles list, please go through it and if available in your Library, please forward to me. With Kind regards, Dr Janet Dotty Lobo Librarian Fr Muller Knowledge Centre Mangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation - lecture 3rd and 4th Feburary 2015 at TechPark Seminar Hall PES University
by SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE 28 Jan '15

28 Jan '15

Dear Moderator: Kindly announce the following invitation to the benefit of the lis-forum members. Thanking you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for LIbrary Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Ph: 080-23305109 ---- 3rd February 2015 Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science #702, Upstairs, 42nd Cross, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560010 and Centre for Knowledge Analytics & Ontological Engineering (KAnOE) PES Institute of Technology in *association with * Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies *Cordially invite you to the * Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Memorial Lectures (18)(2015) on Digital Libraries: Redefining Boundaries and Perceptions by Dr. David Bainbridge Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science University of Waikato, New Zealand *at 9.30 am * *on Tuesday the 3**rd* *February 2015 * Dr. M. Anandakrishnan Chairman, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Technology; Kanpur & Chairman, Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies *presides * *•* Prof. K. N. B. Murthy Vice-Chancellor PES University Prof. Kavi Mahesh Dean of Research PES University ------ *4th February 2015* Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science #70Z, Upstairs, 4Znd Cross, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560010 and Centre for Knowledge Analytics & Ontological Engineering (KAnDE) PES Institute of Technology in *association with * Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies *Cordially invite you to the * *Prof. A. Neelameqhan Memorial Lecture (1)(2015) *on *Character and Organization of* *Knowledge Society **by * Prof. M. Anandakrishnan Chairman, Board of Governors Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur *at 9.30 am * *on Wednesday the **4th **February 2015 * Prof. D. Jawahar Pro-Chancellor, PES University *presides * *•* Prof. K. N. B. Murthy Vice-Chancellor PES University Prof. Kavi Mahesh Dean of Research PES University Prof. V. Krishnamurthy Registrar PES University Prof. K. S. Raghavan Member Secretary SRELS *•* Venue: TechPark Seminar Hall PES University, Ring Road, BSK 3rd Stage, Bangalore-85 *PES * UNIVERSITY Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science #702, Upstairs, 42nd Cross, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560010 and Centre for Knowledge Analytics & Ontological Engineering (KAnOE) PES Institute of Technology in *association with * Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies *Cordially invite you to the * Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Memorial Lectures (18)(2015) on Digital Libraries: Redefining Boundaries and Perceptions by Dr. David Bainbridge Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science University of Waikato, New Zealand *at 9.30 am * *on Tuesday the 3**rd* *February 2015 * Dr. M. Anandakrishnan Chairman, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Technology; Kanpur & Chairman, Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies *presides * *•* Prof. K. N. B. Murthy Vice-Chancellor PES University Prof. Kavi Mahesh Dean of Research PES University Prof. V. Krishnamurthy Registrar PES University Prof. K. S. Raghavan Member Secretary SRELS *•* Venue; TechPark Seminar Hall PES University, Ring Road, BSK 3nl Stage, Bangalore-85 *PES * UNIVERSITY Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science #70Z, Upstairs, 4Znd Cross, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560010 and Centre for Knowledge Analytics & Ontological Engineering (KAnDE) PES Institute of Technology in *association with * Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies *Cordially invite you to the * *Prof. A. Neelameqhan Memorial Lecture (1)(2015) *on *Character and Organization of* *Knowledge Society **by * Prof. M. Anandakrishnan Chairman, Board of Governors Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur *at 9.30 am * *on Wednesday the **4th **February 2015 * Prof. D. Jawahar Pro-Chancellor, PES University *presides * *•* Prof. K. N. B. Murthy Vice-Chancellor PES University Prof. Kavi Mahesh Dean of Research PES University Prof. V. Krishnamurthy Registrar PES University Prof. K. S. Raghavan Member Secretary SRELS *•* Venue: TechPark Seminar Hall PES University, Ring Road, BSK 3rd Stage, Bangalore-85 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IFLA/ekz LIS Student Paper 2015
by Dr. Susmita Chakraborty 27 Jan '15

27 Jan '15

Requesting every LIS student to go through the award requirements at the URL http://www.ifla.org/set/student-paper-award This award may help a student to attend IFLA WLIC 2015 at Cape Town. With regards, *Susmita Chakraborty* *----------------------------------------------------------* Assistant Professor, Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc, University of Calcutta, India *Formerly, Deputy Librarian, Indian Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology Shibpur* *Prof. S B Ghosh Festschrift Volume:* 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…>* ------------------------------------------------ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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PROF KC SAHU- expired today morning
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 27 Jan '15

27 Jan '15

Dear Professional friends It is with the deep sense of shock and sorrow to know about sad demise of Prof. Kailash C. Sahoo on today(Tuesday) about 5.15 A.M. at Bhubaneswar. He was born on 22nd July 1947 at Jagatsinghpur Distt.(Odisha). He was retired as a Professor and Head of DLIS and Dean, School of Information Studies, Dr. H.S. Gour University Sagar(M.P.) in 2010.He is a good friend and was a good teacher in LIS. I join other friends to condole his death and pray almighty to give peace to his soul Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Alternate sources to Google on health / medicine
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 26 Jan '15

26 Jan '15

What many Information Scientists dealing with health /medicine have been facing all along, has been succinctly explained here. How to convince our readers (or for that fact the doctor his patients) that all that they read on the Web is not final , nor debated, tested or verified? http://www.vox.com/2014/9/8/6005999/why-you-should-never-use-dr-google-to-s… 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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CFP -- CSI & IEEE CS Supported events by Vel Tech Univ at Chennai in Feb 2015
by Mohan Hr 25 Jan '15

25 Jan '15

Dear All, Computer Society of India Chennai Chapter and IEEE Computer Society Madras Chapter are supporting the following THREE events that are being organized and hosted by Vel Tech University, Chennai. - *International Conference on Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing :: **On 5-7 Feb 2015 at Hotel Hilton, Chennai * - *Two days' Workshop for Networking Business Incubators & Knowledge Driven Entrepreneurs :: On 6-7, Feb 2015 at Hotel Hilton, Chennai* - *5th International Engineering Project Competition & Exhibition :: On 23-24 Feb 2015 at the Vel Tech University Campus in Avadi, Chennai.* Please participate in these events and get benefited. Member benefits are available wherever applicable. The PDF version of this CFP is available at: http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2015/veltech-univ-events.pdf For additional info, please contact: P. Chandra Kumar, Assistant Professor & TS to Founder - President, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science & Technology, No. 42, Avadi-Vel Tech Road, Avadi, Chennai-600062, Tamil Nadu, India Tele Fax: 044 26840605 :: Mobile: 09600040254 :: Email ID: veltech(a)vsnl.com With regards HR Mohan President, CSI, Chair, IEEE CS Madras *International Conference on Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing :: **On 5-7 Feb 2015 at Hotel Hilton, Chennai * Vel Tech Dr RR & Dr SR Technical University, Chennai is organizing an important conference with innate focus on *Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing*. *With the support of DST, DRDO, Computer Society of India, **IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) *and a host of high learning institutions, this event is being organized by Vel Tech University and ESCI - The Institution of Engineers (India) at Chennai during *5 -7 February, 2015*. Contents of this event have immense relevance to engineering institutions and technical universities. Many international experts (Germany, France, USA, Taiwan & Canada) and Indian experts (DRDO, CSIR, IITs, NITs, ARAI, IEI, IISc, BARC and ISRO) would be speaking at the event. In essence, about 400 plus delegates comprising user groups from academia and industries in aerospace, automotive, biomedical, electronics, mechanical, metallurgy and tooling are expected at this event. Conference proceedings are being brought out by *Springer International* with *Dr.Ing. Andreas Gebhardt, Dean, University of Applied Sciences, Aachen as the Chief Editor*. For Participation, please visit http://veltechuniv.edu.in/icam3d/index.php *Two days' Workshop for Networking Business Incubators & Knowledge Driven Entrepreneurs :: On 6-7, Feb 2015 at Hotel Hilton, Chennai* Vel Tech -Technology Business Incubator TBI (Funded by DST) is organizing two days workshop for *Networking Business Incubators & Knowledge driven Entrepreneurs* with the support from DST (NSTEDB), Computer Society of India, IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) during 6th & 7th February 2015 at Hotel Hilton, Chennai. The targeted outcomes of this Workshop are: 1. To Showcase Technology Innovation as a Pathway for Entrepreneurship & 2. Leverage Disruptive Technology for a Future in Entrepreneurial Endeavors We expect Administrators of TBIs and the incubatees registered under NSTEDB/MSME centres located in various parts of India would be participating. We invite faculties/Students to Participate. For details, please visit http://www.veltechtbi.com/event4.html *5th International Engineering Project Competition & Exhibition :: On 23-24 Feb 2015 at the Vel Tech University Campus in Avadi, Chennai.* The exhibit will have 160 innovative projects and bring together Technical institutions across the globe and create a forum to share students' technical prowess. This VISAI 2015 is supported by Quest Global, EDS Technologies, Computer Society of India, IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS). VISAI forum invites Innovative Projects in the following streams - Mechanical Stream: Mechanical, Aeronautical, Automobile, Civil &allied - Electrical Stream: Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation & allied - Computing Stream: CSE, IT, Computer Applications & allied - Biochemical Stream: Bio-Medical, Biotech, Chemical & allied Three best projects in each stream will be selected for Awards and Prizes. We have declared a prize money Rs.1,00,000 for the winners. Projects will also be awarded for best performances under the categories like Best Interdisciplinary Project, Best Innovation, Best Teamwork, Best Display and Best Design. There will also be Consolation Prizes and Surprise Gifts, 40 Innovative Projects will be identified in 2 phases. Please provide wide publicity for this international project competition among your students & research scholars so that good quality projects are submitted from your institution before the deadline. For Guidelines to participate, pl. visit http://veltechuniv.edu.in/VISAI2015/index.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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welcome to ONE DAY SEMINAR ON INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES at Mahbubnagar, Telangana
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 24 Jan '15

24 Jan '15

welcome to ONE DAY SEMINAR ON INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES Jointly organised by TELANGANA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION andZILLA GRANTHALAYA SAMSTA, MAHBUBNAGAR, TELANGANA STATE onON 8 FEBRAURY, 2015 AT ZGS, MAHBUBNAGAR Dear friends TELANGANA LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONJOINTLY WITH ZILLA GRANTHALAYA SAMSTHA, MAHBUBNAGAR, TELANGANA STATE is organizinga one day seminar on INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES on Sunday, February8, 2015 at Conference Hall, WITH ZILLA GRANTHALAYA SAMSTHA, MAHBUBNAGAR,TELANGANA STATE. The inauguration of the program will be at 10.am and theprogram will go till 5 pm. The program will have a meeting, felicitations tothe personalities worked for the cause of public libraries, informal talk onconsolidation of library resources, services and technologies for the benefitof the citizens especially through public libraries. It will be followed bylectures on innovative technologies that can be and are being used forproviding quality library services to our reach every one. All the library professionals and those interested in publiclibraries and consolidation of library services and resources are invited tojoin this one day seminar. Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Member, Advisory Board, National Library, KolkataPresident, Telangana Library Association. Mobile: 9493701565. email: naglaxman(a)yahoo.com, naglaxman(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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Re: [LIS-Forum] No vacancy for LIS professionals in govt first grade degree colleges
by Koteswara Rao 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

This question should be addressed to the concerned ministry in Karnataka. On 23 Jan 2015 16:00, Naveen Kammar <naveen.kammar(a)gmail.com> wrote: Why there is No single post for lis professionals in Karnataka first grade degree colleges out of 1289 posts called for -- Naveen Kammar Dharwad +91-9742938979 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SALIS 2015 - National Conf on Advancement in Library and Information Science & Technology - Announcement - reg
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: "Arunachalam Hariharan" <hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com> Date: Fri, January 23, 2015 2:11 pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Conference on Advancement in Library and Information Science & Technology: Challenges and Opportunities (ALIST 2015) Date: July 10 - 11, 2015 Organized by Central Library, BS Abdur Rahman University, Chennai And Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science About the Conference The term Library Science is often referred as Librarianship, Library Studies, Documentation, Information Science and Library and Information Science (LIS). It is an interdisciplinary field that applies the concepts, practices, methods, techniques, applications and tools of other subjects such as education, mathematics, statistics, economics, psychology, management, linguistics, philosophy, IT, etc., for selecting evaluating, acquiring, organizing, storing, preserving information resources in print and electronic formats and disseminating to the users worldwide for learning, teaching and research using various channels such as intranet, internet, web, email, mobile and social networking tools. Acquisition, classification, cataloguing, organization, documentation and management of information System and services are the core areas of LIS in the past as wells in the present. The Information explosion and the revolution in IT in this digital world made tremendous impact and changes in the traditional core activities and services of LIS in terms of how information is acquired, organized, retrieved, preserved and disseminated. In the recent past, LIS uses the technologies and tools of computer, communication, electronic, database, barcode, RFID, network, wireless, web, digital, cloud, media and mobile technologies, Expert system, AI , E-publishing, etc for Information Storage and Retrieval (ISR) and also the principles and practices of modern management including KM for the managing the information systems, servcies and resources. LIS embraced these technologies to provide timely and high quality information services to the users of Google generation in the knowledge society whenever and wherever they are. These technologies thrown many challenges and also employment opportunities in LIS and also in other fields to LIS professionals which resulted many advancements and developments in LIS. The LIS professionals have to update their knowledge and skills in the aforesaid areas not only to cope up with the fast developments in the digital world but also use the opportunities for the betterment of their lives. Conference Objectives The conference is intended to provide a forum for LIS professionals to discuss, deliberate and exchange knowledge and ideas about the advancement in LIS. The objectives are to discuss the: Advancements and developments in LIS Explorations and innovations in LIS New functions and innovative services of Libraries Changes that are required in Education, Research and Training New roles of LIS professionals Challenges and career opportunities in LIS Professional skills Themes and Sub-Themes I. Libraries and Society & Social Responsibility New vision, mission and policy for creating knowledge society Information to all - Freedom of access - Right to Information Widening Access: Information rich and poor - the haves and the have-nots Social, political, ethical and cultural context of Libraries Information/Knowledge Society Integration of Libraries and Media Changes, challenges and opportunities in Public, Academic, R & D, Corporate-Media, Museum and Special Libraries Green Libraries - Open Library 2. LIS Education, Research and Training for the Future Advances LIS and Librarianship Fission - Fusion of subjects - convergence of technologies with LIS New Areas for LIS Education, Training and Research to meet the digital challenges Information Work place- Digital Humanities- Social Media Tools Semantic IRS and Web- Search Engines-Information behavior on the Web Citation studies-Scientometrics Digital Libraries-Open Source Software Technology 3. Innovative Library Services Redefining the traditional Library services Virtual Community services Collaborative Campus Service National Shared service Knowledge based library services Integration of Social Networking Tools and Digital Media Commons Information Literacy Programmes 4. Technology Enabled Library Services Bits to Bigdata- Web data mining- Storage and accessibility Knowledge Discovery Tools- Web and Linked data Integration of next generation social media tools-Web service Web enabled cloud Library system and services Email and SMS integrated services Mobile Services E-resource access and management 5. Exploration- Innovation and New Roles in LIST New Avenues and Convergence: Psychology-Behavior Science-Education-Statistics- Marketing-Law-Management IT-DBMS-Information Architecture-AI and Expert System Media Common E-commerce- Outsourcing Event Management KM-IPR and Copyrights-Plagiarism-RTI Web editors - Meta data creators- aggregators 6. Collection Development and Resource sharing Policy for Print and E-resources â accessibility and preservation Collection to content relevant - Availability to Accessibility New approached for ILL, Document Delivery and Resource Sharing - consortia Networking and Collaboration: People- library - institutions- Regional-National â International 7. Challenges and Opportunities Challenges and constrains of : budget - infrastructure - physical space Lack of skilled manpower - training Birth and death of new technologies -Convergence of technologies Information explosion - availability and quality of resources and services Deployment of other professionals 8. Management and Capacity Building Professional Skill Development Modern Management - Principles, Techniques and Practices - KM Skills- Stress and Time Management Evidence-based library and information practice (EBLIP) Best and New Practices and Process, ISO and TQM Submission of Papers Original and unpublished papers on the conference themes (but not limited to!) are invited for presentation at the conference. Papers will be accepted only after strict review by the Editorial Committee. Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings with ISBN. Selected papers may be published in SALIS journals. Author Guidelines The full paper in word file (with an abstract not exceeding 200 words and at least 3 keywords) should be submitted as an e-mail attachment to alist2015(a)gmail.com. Paper should not exceed 6 pages (line space: 1.5, font size: 12, font: Times New Roman, Reference style: APA). Important Dates Submission of full-paper 30.04.2015 Communication of Acceptance 15.05.2015 Last date for Registration 31.06.2015 Papers will not be accepted without registration fee. Conference Websites www.bssauniv.ac.in www.salis2015.wordpress.com www.salis.in Target Participants Librarians, Information professionals, LIS Teachers, Students and Research scholars. Accommodation The delegates will be provided accommodation in the University hostel on sharing basis against an advance payment of Rs.500/- on first cum first served basis. In case of non-availability of rooms in the hostel, accommodation will be arranged in the nearby hotels on extra payment. Participants can also make their own arrangements for accommodation at hotels available at Tambaram and Chennai. Transport The University is located in the outskirts of Chennai city on the G.S.T. Road, (Chennai-Trichy National Highway) 7 km from Tambaram, 2 km from Vandalur Railway Station, 17 km from the International Airport and 35 K.M from Central Railway station. Being adjacent Address for Correspondence Dr. P. PANNEERSELVAM Organizing Secretary, ALIST2015 Librarian B.S.Abdur Rahman University G S T Road, Vandalur Chennai â 600048 Tamil Nadu, India. Phone: 044-22759207 Fax: 044-22750250, Mobile: 0 9940614272 E-Mail: alist2015(a)gmail.com Web: www.bsauniv.ac.in & The President, General Secretary & SALIS GC

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SALIS Awards for the year 2014 - Announcements - reg
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: "Arunachalam Hariharan" <hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com> Date: Fri, January 23, 2015 2:11 pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear all, SALIS invites an application/nominations from the members of LIS community for the following SALIS 2014 awards . 1. Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award (National Level Award) (Sponsored by Late Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT Madras) 2. AutoLib-Tamilnadu-Best Librarian Award (Sponsored by AutoLib Software System, Chennai) 3. AutoLib-Tamilnadu-Best Young Librarian Award (below 40 years) (Sponsored by AutoLib Software System, Chennai) 4. A.N.Marappan Memorial National Best Young Librarian Award (below 40 years) (National Level award) Sponsored by Dr.A.M.Venkatachalam,Senior Librarian, KSR College of Technology, Tiruchengodu 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 awardees will be presented memento, shawl and citation during the two day SALIS 2015- National Conference on "National Conference on Advancement of Library and Information Science & Technology: Challenges and Opportunitiesâ on 10th July 2015 during the inaugural function. Last date for the receipt of application/nomination is 30.3.2015. Application forms will be made available for download at www.salis.in. You may also send a mail to salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in for receiving the application by mail with the subject name as 'Application for SALIS Awards". All the details of the awards, eligibility, instructions, application form, etc are available at SALIS website @ www.salis.in The filled-in application form along with the supported documents ( hard copies ) should be sent by post only to: The President SALIS 32G, 2nd Main Road Sabari Nagar Extension, Mugalivakkam Chennai - 600 125 Eligibility Criteria: 1. Applicant should be a citizen of India. 2. The applicant should be a working library professional who holds at least Bachelors degree in library science or its equivalent. 3. Interested professionals should apply in the prescribed application form only 4. Senior professionals can also nominate deserving candidates using the prescribed application. 5. The application form can be obtained from the SALIS office or downloaded from the SALIS website. Downloaded application as per instructions given should reach SALIS office on or before 30.3.2015 6. A committee constituted by SALIS will scrutinize the received application/nomination forms from eligible candidates and select one applicant for each award based on the criteria set for the award. If suitable candidate for each award is not found, the committee will nominate eligible candidate for the award strictly based on the criteria for the award. 7. Please note that application with documentary evidence will be accepted only in hardcopy. Softcopy of the application will not be accepted. 8. The decision of the committee constituted by SALIS, to select the candidate for the award is final. 9. Award Committee has the right to post-pone or cancels the award for any unavoidable reason. 10. All correspondence should be addressed to the â The President, 32G, 2nd Main Road, Sabari Nagar Extension, Mugalivakkam, Chennai â 600 125 with best regards Founder President, President, General Secretary and SALIS Governing Council Vasippoam Nesippoam ( Let us Read and Love books) - a mass movement by SALIS

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No vacancy for LIS professionals in govt first grade degree colleges
by Naveen Kammar 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

Why there is No single post for lis professionals in Karnataka first grade degree colleges out of 1289 posts called for -- Naveen Kammar Dharwad +91-9742938979 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for fulltext article
by Mamtha's Gmail 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

Dear professional friends, One of our postgraduate student requires the following reference . Kindly please provide a copy of this article if available in your library. 1) Brook I, Bethesda. Aerobic and anaerobic bacteriology of adenoids in children:comparison between patients with chronic adenotonsillitis and adenoid hypertrophy. *Laryngoscope 1981;91:377-382*. -- -- *Thank you & Regards* *Mrs Mamatha P. Kumar* *Chief Librarian* *Central Library* *Yenepoya University* *Yenepoya University **|** University Road, Deralakatte **|** Mangalore 575018 **|** Karnataka **|* * India*T: +91 824 22046668/69/70 *|* Extn 310 *|*F: +91 824 2204667 *|* www.yenepoya.edu.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Happy National Lifelong Learning Week! |
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

Interesting article showing how to inculcate reading habit in school kids. Author says just make small children see adults and others walk with books or read them in their vicinity. ========== Happy National Lifelong Learning Week! Posted on January 22, 2015 by Mark Condon in Avid Readers, Community Involvement, Unite for Literacy Actually, it’s National Book WEEK…er MONTH…Wait,…What? Well, actually, this week it’s both of those! Today is the third week of National Book MONTH. That makes it National Book WEEK. We recognize Books like this because they add value to to lives of every child and adult. It’s as simple as that and well worth a celebration. The benefits book reading provides to school-age children are well-documented in decades of research. Book reading enhances vocabulary in ways no other activity can. It gives children an understanding about places, people, topics and ideas that serves them well throughout their lives. Reading quality books enhances writing ability, too. While educators, librarians, parents and others who care about the well-being of kids want them to read well, too often this inexhaustible resource for personal growth and skill building often fades into the undulating light of video games, TV and movies. Why might that be? The problem here is that we all (virtually ALL) have been wholly focused on getting our kids to read well for school. We’re so narrowly focused on that achievement that we forget that after kids finish school, the time left to read for the sheer enjoyment is, on average, about 60 years. That’s 60 years of enjoyment, learning, reflection, growth, connection and fulfillment. Yes. THAT’s why we should want kids to learn to read books well! It’s to ensure that learning doesn’t end when youngsters are handed a diploma or certificate. I haven’t heard many people talk about this, nor emphasize it. Perhaps this lack of dialogue and focus is why fewer and fewer kids engage with self-selected books once they are beyond formal schooling. Perhaps we neglected to tell them that reading isn’t just another school subject, but a valuable, ENJOYABLE skill… a gift for life. Consider the damage that is being done TO reading achievement by us ONLY focusing ON reading achievement. No, really. Consider it. Why do so many people HATE math? Math is a universal language that captures and embodies a way to think and communicate about numerical patterns of life and relationships that create clarity and order. Math provides an elegantly logical way of exploring life. Do you recall ever being involved in a lesson that focused upon that power and joy that mathematics offers us? I sure wasn’t. I think we’re doing the same thing to reading and to the language we use to share our lives with each other by utterly ignoring the importance of ensuring that our culture is focused upon raising not just academic readers, but avid readers. Children need to SEE everyone carrying books around and reading them. Kids need to interact with older readers about what they are reading and why they are reading it. Business people, professionals and public servants could get involved to help children come to know how adult readers select and reject books based upon their personal whims for extending their learning and their personal interests in exploring life. If we actually did that, National Book Week would be called National Learning Week and everyone would take the day off and march down the streets holding their favorite books high in the air in joyful celebration of lifelong learning. Lifelong learning. Now, that’s something worth celebrating! http://about.uniteforliteracy.com/2015/01/happy-national-lifelong-learning-… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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TAPMI Manipal hosts MANLIBNET 2015 Conference on May 7-9, 2015 at Manipal -- Call for Papers
by Manjunath K 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

Dear Admin please post the following conference detail on forum. Good Afternoon Professional colleagues. As you are aware, MANLIBNET 2015 conference will be hosted by TAPMI Manipal on May 7-9, 2015 at Manipal. You are welcome you to Manipal for paper presentation and active participation in the MANLIBNET 2015 conference. For complete information about conference, Pl see the website: http://www.manlibnet2015.weebly.com the s/c of conference brochure and registration form is attached. Core Theme of Conference: "Managing Library and information Systems in the Digital world: Challenges and Opportunities". Sub Themes (in digital world). 1. Managing Resources, 2. Managing Technology, 3. Managing Services, 4. Managing People, 5. Managing Finance, 6. Managing User expectations, 7. Managing IPR, ST and other legal issues, 8. Potential of social media and other networks, Regn Fee and other details, Please the website: http://manlibnet2015.weebly.com {if the link is not opening, please copy the link and paste it on your browser}. You can submit research paper on any of the sub themes. Plan your trip to Manipal for presentation and active participation in conference. Airport: Mangalore is nearest airport to Manipal (70 Kms). IA & Jet airways are available from Mumbai and Bangalore Rly stn: Udupi is the nearest railway station (5 Kms) from Manipal and it connects to all major cities in the country. Bus Stand: Daily Luxury Coach (Volvo/multi-axle/a-c sleeper) Private and Govt Buses are running from Udupi to Bangalore, Hyderabad, Goa, Mumbai etc. Travel and other details are provided in the conference website I look forward to meet you in Manipal. Kindly forward this mail to other library professionals in your contact. With regards, Manjunath -------------- Dr. Manjunatha K Chief Librarian T.A. Pai Management Institute| PB.No.9 Manipal - 576104, Udupi Dist., Karnataka, India Ph: 0820-2701105(Off), 2575161 (Res) e- manjunath(a)tapmi.edu.in<mailto:manjunath@tapmi.edu.in> ; manjunathak(a)gmail.com<mailto:manjunathak@gmail.com> http://www.manjunathakeralapura.weebly.com<http://www.manjunathakeralapura.weebly.com/> ------------ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dr. S. R. Ranganathan Memorial Lectures (18)(2015)
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: Ravichandra [mailto:ikrrao@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 10:06 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science #702, Upstairs, 42nd Cross, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560010 in association with KAnOE: Centre for Knowledge Analytics and Ontological Engineering http://www.kanoe.org<http://www.kanoe.org/> and Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies invites you to Dr. S. R. Ranganathan Memorial Lectures (18)(2015) on Digital Libraries: Redefining Boundaries and Perceptions by Dr. David Bainbridge, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science University of Waikato, New Zealand at 9.30 AM on 3rd February 2015 Dr. M. Anandakrishnan Chairman, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur & Chairman, Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies presides Venue: TechPark Seminar Hall, PES University, Ring Road, BSK 3rd Stage, Bangalore 85 Programme: Tuesday, 3rd February, 2015 9:30 - 9:45 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks Lecture 1: 9.45 - 10.45 AM Music Digital Libraries-A Progression 10.45 - 11.15 AM TEA Lecture 2: 11.15 AM - 12.45 PM Mega and Mini DLs-Two sides of the same coin? 12. 45 - 2:15 PM LUNCH Lecture 3: 2.15 - 3.45 PM My Digital Library-What can Digital Libraries do for Me! David Bainbridge is an associate professor of Computer Science at the University of Waikato in New Zealand where he leads the New Zealand Digital Library Research Project, which produces the open source digital library software Greenstone. His research interests include multimedia content analysis, software engineering, and human computer interaction in addition to digital libraries. He has published widely in these areas, including the book How to build a digital library (2010), with colleagues Witten and Nichols, now into its second edition. He graduated with a Bachelors of Engineering in Computer Science from Edinburgh University, UK as the class medalist, and undertook his PhD in the area of Optical Music Recognition at Canterbury University, New Zealand as a Commonwealth Scholar. Registration for the Event: Who can attend? Computer science faculty and students, knowledge management professionals, library & Information professionals and students of LIS, Information Architects, Web Designers; Faculty and students of PESIT or other engineering colleges (from any department) as well as professionals from the industry. Registration is free of cost, but all participants must register well before the event. How do I register? Please fill out the on-line form at http://kanoe.org/workshopregistration.html Dr. Kavi Mahesh Professor and Dean of Research, Director, KAnOE - Centre for Knowledge Analytics and Ontological Engineering, PES University, Bangalore Phone: +91 98452 90073 With regards Yours sincerely I K RAVICAHNDRA RAO ________________________________ I K Ravichandra Rao Professor (Retd.) Washleigh Manor, Apt. # 102 No. 8, Rustum Bhagh Road Bangalore 560017 Tel (91)-(80)-2526-4768 Mobile (91)-(80)-94490-64768 e-mail ikrrao(a)hotmail.com<mailto:ikrrao@hotmail.com>, ravichandra.rao(a)gmail.com<mailto:ravichandra.rao@gmail.com>, ikr(a)isibang.ac.in<mailto:ikr@isibang.ac.in> Web http://www.isibang.ac.in/~ikr __________________________________

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Prof A Neelameghan Memorial Lecture on 4th Feb15
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: Ravichandra [mailto:ikrrao@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 10:21 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science #702, Upstairs, 42nd Cross, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560010 in Association with Centre for Knowledge Analytics & Ontological Engineering (KAnOE) PES Institute of Technology http://www.kanoe.org and Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies cordially invitesyou to Prof. A. Neelameghan Memorial Lecture (1)(2015) on Character and Organization of Knowledge Society by Padma Shri Prof. M. Anandakrishnan Chairman, Board of Governors Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur at 9.30 AM on 4th February 2015 Prof. D. Jawahar Pro-Chancellor, PES University presides Guest of Honor: Prof. K. N. B. Murthy Vice-Chancellor, PES University Venue: TechPark Seminar Hall, PES University, Ring Road, BSK 3rd Stage, Bangalore 85 Programme: Wednesday, 4th February, 2015 9:30 - 9:45 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks 9.45 - 11.00 AM Lecture 11.00 - HIGH TEA Padma Shri Dr. M. Anandakrishnan, former Vice-Chancellor of Anna University, is currently the Chairman of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur. He has had a long and distinguished career including Dean and Professor at IIT-Kanpur, Science Counsellor at Embassy of India, Washington-DC, USA, Deputy Director in the Centre for Science and Technology for Development, United Nations and Secretary, UNACAST. He serves on numerous boards and university bodies and has been awarded the Padma Shri by the President of India and the Order of Scientific Merit by the President of Brazil. He holds a BE from Madras University and MS and PhD from University of Minnesota, USA. He has published over a hundred journal papers and has delivered numerous keynote lectures across the globe. Registration for the Event: Who can attend? Computer science faculty and students, knowledge management professionals, library & Information professionals and students of LIS, Information Architects, Web Designers; Faculty and students of PESIT or other engineering colleges (from any department) as well as professionals from the industry. Registration is free of cost, but all participants must register well before the event. How do I register? Please fill out the on-line form at http://kanoe.org/workshopregistration.html (Kindly note if you are registering for both the days with regard to the event of Ranganathan Memorial Lecture,there is no need for the separate registration for this event). ________________________________ I K Ravichandra Rao Professor (Retd.) Washleigh Manor, Apt. # 102 No. 8, Rustum Bhagh Road Bangalore 560017 Tel (91)-(80)-2526-4768 Mobile (91)-(80)-94490-64768 e-mail ikrrao(a)hotmail.com<mailto:ikrrao@hotmail.com>, ravichandra.rao(a)gmail.com<mailto:ravichandra.rao@gmail.com>, ikr(a)isibang.ac.in<mailto:ikr@isibang.ac.in> Web http://www.isibang.ac.in/~ikr ________________________________

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Deadline Approaching: 2016 Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program (Syamili)
by Syamili C 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

The Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program This program provides early career development and continuing education for library and information science professionals from countries with developing economies. It is jointly sponsored by IFLA and the Online Computer Library Center, Inc (OCLC). To date, the program has welcomed 75 library and information science professionals from 38 countries. Program overview Up to five individuals are selected each year for participation in this intensive four-week Fellowship program based at OCLC's headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, USA. The program gives Fellows opportunities to meet with leading information practitioners and explore topics including information technologies, library operations and management, and global cooperative librarianship. The Fellows visit many libraries, cultural heritage institutions and library organizations. The Fellows also observe OCLC's governance structure in action, gaining insight into issues affecting the global library cooperative. Fellows give presentations about their home countries and libraries and discuss real-world solutions to the challenges facing libraries today. The Fellows translate their learning and experiences into specific professional development plans that guide their continued growth as well as their personal contributions to their home institutions and country of origin. · Application Deadline: 13 February 2015 · Selection: March - July 2015 · Announcement: August 2015 · Program Dates: April - May 2016 Program guidelines The Fellowship Program is for library and information science professionals who are in early stages of career development and from countries with developing economies. Eligibility is limited to those who are from a qualifying country, have a degree in library or information science obtained within the past five years, and have at least three years, but no more than eight years, of library or information science experience. These and other qualifications are explained in detail in the Program Guidelines. Interested candidates should read the guidelines (available in PDF and Wordformat) and, if qualified, complete and submit the application (available in PDFand Word format) by the specified due date. Sponsorship opportunities The organizations that sponsor the Fellowship Program are seeking additional sponsorships from other interested organizations. More information about sponsorship is available from George Needham, Vice President, OCLC Global and Regional Councils. General inquiries Contact Nancy Lensenmayer, Program Director, OCLC Education and Professional Development. View online: http://www.ifla.org/node/9332 --------------------------- Thanking You, Syamili Research Scholar Dept. of Library & Information Science Pondicherry University -- 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 - Two Day Workshop on WordPress, 14-15 February 2015 at Thiruvananthapuram
by Sriram V 21 Jan '15

21 Jan '15

Dear All, KLA Centre for Professional Development (KLA-CPD) announces its 8th training programme, a Two Day Workshop on WordPress, on February 14 and 15, 2015. The programme will be held at the KLA Centre for Professional Development (KLA-CPD), on the premises of KLA Head Quarters, Thiruvananthapuram. About WordPress: WordPress is a free & open source platform for developing websites, blogs and content management systems. https://wordpress.com/ Who can participate: Working Library Professionals, LIS Students and Researchers in LIS. Venue: Room No. 36, 2nd Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana, Thiruvananthapuram-695 002. Kerala Date & Time: February 14 & 15, 2014; 10.00 am to 5.00 pm Resource Persons: Shri S. L. Faisal (Kendriya Vidyalaya, Tvpm), Shri V. Sriram (CDS, Tvpm) and Shri Binu K. John (MBCET, Tvpm) Training mode: Demonstration and Hands on sessions Course Fee: Rs 1000/- (includes study kit, working lunch, tea and snacks) Number of seats: 10 (Ten) only Registration: On first come first served mode. Online Registration: click here Last date for registration: 09/02/2015 or until all seats are occupied, which ever is earlier ——————————————————————————– Registration fee must be paid through bank transfer mode or as a Demand Draft Demand Draft should be drawn in favour of Kerala Library Association, payable at Thiruvananthapuram. Kindly send it to Mr. V. Sriram, (Treasurer, KLA), DBRA-80, Cliff House Road, Kowdiar P.O., Thiruvananthapuram – 695003 or By fund transfer to: Name: Kerala Library Association A/c No. 67061603692 IFSC Code: SBTR0000292 Bank Name: State Bank Of Travancore Branch Name: KUOC Trivandrum Branch Address: Kerala University PO, Thiruvananthapuram – 695034 —————————————————————————— Registration will be confirmed only after the receipt of the prescribed fee All communications will be primarily through e-mail. For more details: Shri N. Parameswaran & Shri N. Sukumaran Nair, Coordinators, KLA-CPD Mob:09387822201/09447213155 (npwaran49@yahoo.co.in/sukukla@yahoo.com) Mr Sriram V., Mob: 09447251892 Mr S. L. Faisal., Mob: 09447699724 Kindly forward this to all those who are interested to attend. Thanks and Regards, V. Sriram Treasurer, KLA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Find In-Depth Articles on Google with a URL Trick
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 21 Jan '15

21 Jan '15

Find In-Depth Articles on Google with a URL Trick 165,78618 Whitson Gordon If your Google search just isn't returning the quality content you want, this little URL trick might find more in-depth articles on the subject you're searching for. Alex Chitu at Google Operating System recently discovered that Google has a section for "in-depth articles", from which it features longer posts from sites like the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Wired, The Economist, and more. It only seems to work in the US, and it only pops up sometimes—but you can manually bring it up by adding this to the end of your search URL: &tbs=ida:1&gl=us It doesn't work all the time, and it's certainly a bit limiting, but it's worth a shot if Google just isn't giving you the kind of results you want. Find In-Depth Articles | Google Operating System Source URL: Images are useful http://lifehacker.com/find-in-depth-articles-on-google-with-a-url-trick-167… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad Demise of Mr V L Kalyan: Condolence Meeting
by shivaram gowda 21 Jan '15

21 Jan '15

Dear Members A condolence meeting to condole the sad and untimely death of Mr V L Kalyan(Retired Librarian, BEL, Bangalore), who passed away on 9th Jan 2015, will be held on 24th January 2015 at 5.30 pm at Institute of Information Studies,702,Upstairs,42nd cross,3rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010. On behalf of KALA I request all the fellow professionals and members of KALA to join us to pray for the departed soul. With warm regards IH Jahagirdar Secretary Karnataka State Library Association Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Refresher Course in LIS @ Calicut University
by Dr. K M Haneefa 20 Jan '15

20 Jan '15

Dear All, The UGC Academic Staff College, University of Calicut is conducting a three-week Refresher Course in Library and Information Science from 10th February to 2nd March 2015. Applications, duly approved by the Principal/Head of the College/Department concerned, are invited on the prescribed form from eligible and interested candidates. TA and DA will be given to the participants as per UGC rules. For more details and application form, visit the Calicut University ASC website at <http://www.ugcasccalicut.info/> . ASC Phone Number: 0494-2407351. Dr. Mohamed Haneefa K. Assistant Professor Dept. of Library & Information Science University of Calicut, Kerala, India Phone (Office) :+91-494-2407286 Mobile No. 09895622811 E-mail ID: dr.haneefa(a)gmail.com Dept. Blog:http://cudlisc.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Calling for Papers: Open Knowledge in Agricultural Development (OKAD)
by Imma Subirats 20 Jan '15

20 Jan '15

Progress in science and technology can only be achieved by building upon a community knowledge base. This is as true for agricultural development as for anything else. However, current technical, financial, legal and cultural barriers can make it difficult to access and use existing agricultural knowledge. Open Knowledge initiatives that promote free, unrestricted access to research, data, software and learning materials promise to further accelerate agricultural development, reduce hunger and poverty, and improve food security in less economically developed countries. The Open Knowledge in Agricultural Development (OKAD) article collection will be a platform for authors to share their original research findings, initiatives, case studies, perspectives and opinions relating to Open Knowledge initiatives within all areas in the context of agriculture, agri-food and agro-biodiversity. We encourage the submission of articles on topics including, but not limited to: * E-infrastructure for agricultural development * Publishing and communicating scientific knowledge * Open access, open data and open educational resources * Dissemination, metrics and impact assessment * Development of open source software, applications and platforms * Policy and socio-economic issues * Non-digital Open Knowledge initiatives More information at http://f1000research.com/article-collections/okad -- Open up your knowledge and contribute to OKAD -- Dates: The OKAD collection will be launched on February 23rd 2015 and will be open to contributions indefinitely. Authors who wish to have their articles published as part of the launch should submit their article by February 2nd 2015. Discounts & waivers: All articles submitted before the launch date will be free to publish. Articles submitted after this date will receive a 20% discount off the standard article processing charge. F1000Research welcomes a wide range of studies, including small research notes, null results, replications, refutations, traditional research articles, reviews, opinion pieces, method articles, and software tools (see our author guidelines for details about each article type). In line with F1000Research's publication model, all articles submitted to this collection will be transparently reviewed by invited experts after publication; articles that pass peer review will become highly visible through indexing in major bibliographic databases. If you have any questions, please email research(a)f1000.com. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DSpace@GIPE: Digital Library of GIPE
by GIPE PUNE 20 Jan '15

20 Jan '15

Dear All Greetings from the GIPE Library! GIPE Library has developed its Digital Library "DSpace@GIPE" that is accessible from http://dspace.gipe.ac.in You will be pleased to know that the Digital Library houses more than 15500 documents from the year 1680 onwards. More and more number of documents will be added to the Digital Library in coming future. You are welcome to use the digital library and download any document of your subject interest by registering yourself at http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/register We welcome your valuable feedback / suggestions to improve the Digital Library service. Thanks and Regards Nanaji Shewale (Ph D) Librarian and Administrator - DSpace@GIPE Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics B M C C Road, Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411004 (India) T: 91 20 25679940 (Direct) T: 91 20 25654288, 25650287 Ext 401 http://www.gipe.ac.in http://dspace.gipe.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Repositories 2015: proposal submissions due January 30, 2015
by Imma Subirats 20 Jan '15

20 Jan '15

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2015 The deadline for main conference and interest group proposal submissions and scholarship programme applications is January 30, 2015. The Tenth International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2015 <http://www.or2015.net/>, will be held on June 8-11, 2015 in Indianapolis (Indiana, USA). The organizers are pleased to invite you to contribute to the program. This year's conference theme is: LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD: OPEN REPOSITORIES AT THE CROSSROADS OR2015 is the tenth OR conference, and this year¹s overarching theme reflects that milestone: Looking Back/Moving Forward: Open Repositories at the Crossroads. It is an opportunity to reflect on and to celebrate the transformative changes in repositories, scholarly communication and research data over the last decade. More critically however, it will also help to ensure that open repositories continue to play a key role in supporting, shaping and sharing those changes and an open agenda for research and scholarship. OR2015 will provide an opportunity to explore the demands and roles now expected of both repositories and the staff who develop, support and manage them - and to prepare them for the challenges of the next decade. We welcome proposals on this theme, but also on the theoretical, practical, organizational or administrative topics related to digital repositories. We are particularly interested in: 1. SUPPORTING OPEN SCHOLARSHIP, OPEN SCIENCE, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE ONLINE 2. MANAGING RESEARCH (AND OPEN) DATA 3. INTEGRATING WITH EXTERNAL SYSTEMS 4. RE-USING REPOSITORY CONTENT 5. EXPLORING METRICS AND ASSESSMENT 6. MANAGING RIGHTS 7. DEVELOPING AND TRAINING STAFF 8. BUILDING THE PERFECT REPOSITORY Submissions that demonstrate original and repository-related work without these themes will be considered, but preference will be given to submissions which address them. KEY DATES * 30 January 2015: Deadline for submissions * 27 March 2015: Submitters notified of acceptance to general conference * 10 April 2015: Submitters notified of acceptance to Interest Groups * 8-11 June 2015: OR2015 conference SUBMISSION PROCESS * General Conference: <http://www.or2015.net/call-for-proposals/#submission> * DSpace Interest Group: <http://www.or2015.net/dspace-ig/> * EPrints Interest Group: <http://www.or2015.net/eprints-ig/> * Fedora Interest Group: <http://www.or2015.net/fedora-ig/> SUBMISSION SYSTEM: <https://www.conftool.com/or2015/> PDF format is preferred for submissions. CODE OF CONDUCT: <http://www.or2015.net/code-of-conduct/> SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME: <http://www.or2015.net/scholarship-programme/> PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS * Holly Mercer, University of Tennessee * William J Nixon, University of Glasgow * Imma Subirats, FAO of the United Nations contact: <or15-program-chairs(a)googlegroups.com> LOCAL HOSTS * Indiana University Bloomington Libraries * University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library * Virginia Tech University Libraries contact: <or2015(a)indiana.edu> CONFERENCE WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA * website: <http://or2015.net/> * twitter:@OR2015Indy and #or2015 * Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/or2015> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Publish Your Article in Journal of Library and Information Services
by Shankar Dhande 20 Jan '15

20 Jan '15

Journal of Library and Information Services *ISSN 2347-8993 **journaloflibraryandinformationservices*.*weebly.com <http://weebly.com>*/ The Journal of Library and Information Services is quarterly national Journal for Library and information Professionals practical approach to research, this publication committed to scholarly, empirical and theoretical research based article that have been highly impactful on the subject knowledge. The aim of the journal is to share ideas and thought among various Library Professionals. Articles are inviting for the Journals. *Call for Papers* It has wide scope for library and Information science research to publish article in JLIS. Original research Papers articles on new invention, Survey and Case studies on Library and Information Science are invite for publication. *Submission Requirements* 1. Submitted work must be Original work. 2. Submitted paper without prior approval from editor, publisher author should not publish in other Publication. 3. Author should sent only electronic copy of paper Microsoft word attachments file via E-mail: vaidyanathlibrary(a)gmail.com, shankardhande07(a)gmail.com 4. Text should be in Times New Roman Styles with font size 12 pts. 5. Use APA Styles for Citations. *Important Dates*: Paper should reach up to 30 January 2015, Publication for Jan*-Mar 2015 Issue* of JLIS *journaloflibraryandinformationservices*.*weebly.com <http://weebly.com>*/ *Title: JOURNAL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES* *Publisher*: Vaidyanath College Library Parali Vaijanath Dist Beed. (M. S.) *Editor in Chief*: Prof. S. A. Dhande Librarian Vaidyanth College Parli Vaijanath Dist Beed. (M. S.) Mob. 9404152951*.* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CFP & CFR -- International symposium in honour of Dr Ravi Ravindran during 12-13 March 2015 at Bangalore
by Mohan Hr 20 Jan '15

20 Jan '15

Dear all, Pl. find the Call For Papers and Call For Registration in the International Symposium in honour of Dr Ravi Ravindran (http://www.ravisymposium.org/ravindran.html) The symposium is aimed at knowledge sharing on the applications of OR in multiple criteria decision-making, analytics, healthcare delivery systems, supply chain engineering and project management. The event is jointly organised by ORSI, IIMM, IIITB, CSI and RIMSR. The important dates: Submission of extended abstract [maximum of 1000 words excluding title/cover page and references] - 31/01/2015; Acceptance-communication - 07/02/2015; and Final paper Submission - 25/02/2015. For more details please visit the conference website http://www.ravisymposium.org. Alternatively you are welcome to contact: Dr M Mathirajan (+919945668905) or Mr. Ganesh Kumar (+919739011141) With regards HR Mohan CFP & CFR ========= Operational Research Society of India, Bangalore Chapter (ORSI-BC), the Indian Institute of Materials Management Bangalore Branch (IIMM), Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore, Computer Society of India (CSI) and Rangnekar Institute of Management Studies and Research (RIMSR, Bangalore) are jointly sponsoring an "International symposium in honour of Dr Ravi Ravindran" during 12-13 March 2015, at Sathish Dhawan Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Dr. Ravi Ravindran is a recognised teacher, researcher, leader of the Enterprise Integration Consortium at Penn State Univerisity. He has guided 28 students through their Ph.D. programs and numerous others for Masters Studies. His textbooks are widely used in many Universities in USA and in India. The aim of the symposium is to create a platform to facilitate knowledge sharing on the applications of OR in multiple criteria decision-making, analytics, healthcare delivery systems, supply chain engineering and project management. Distinguished academicians, practitioners and researchers from around the world have been invited to participate. About 10 invited talks by leading academician and practitioners known for thought leadership (from (India and abroad) are planned (please refer the symposium website www.ravisymposium.org for more details on this) We invite research papers from academicians and practitioners on OR and Supply Chain engineering (For a list of conference topics, please refer the attached conference poster or the conference website:http://www.ravisymposium.org) Applications, Case studies, review and discussion papers on these topics and related areas are most welcome. The important dates: Submission of extended abstract [maximum of 1000 words excluding title/cover page and references] - 31/01/2015; Acceptance-communication - 07/02/2015; and Final paper Submission - 25/02/2015. The Call for Papers and the Specification for Abstracts can be found in the website. A few students pursing PhD in the area of OR and its applications are allowed to participate without registration fee on a first-cum-first registration basis. For this the interested student should submit the registration form along with an appropriate certificate for claiming his/her PhD studentship working in the area of OR and its applications. On behalf of the organisers of this international event, we request you to participate by contributing a research paper. Also request you to disseminate the conference-announcement to your professional-friends and peers and encourage them to participate by contributing a research paper. For more details please visit the conference website http://www.ravisymposium.org. Alternatively you are welcome to contact: Dr M Mathirajan (+919945668905) or Mr. Ganesh Kumar (+919739011141) Regards Dr M Mathirajan Prof S Sadagopan Prof C Rajendran IISc-Bangalore IIIT-Bangalore IIT-Madres -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Announcement of (Diamond Jubilee) 60th Indian Library Association (ILA) International Conference.
by Dr. Rajesh Bhardwaj 20 Jan '15

20 Jan '15

Dear Friends It is my pleasure to announce that the (Diamond Jubilee) 60th Indian Library Association (ILA) International Conference will be held at A C Joshi Library, Panjab University, Chandigarh from 8th to 10th April 2015. The Theme of the Conference is " Embedded Librarianship and Technological Challenges of the Digital Age" . The paper for conference proceeding may please be addressed to Dr. B. Ramesha through email to ila2015conf(a)gmail.com More details can be had from ILA website http://ilaindia.net 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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School Librarian - DPS International Gurgaon
by nikesh 19 Jan '15

19 Jan '15

DPSI Gurgaon is Looking for School Librarian,preferably candidates living in Gurgaon/ Delhi-NCR. *Qualification/Experience :* Candidates must be a Post Graduate in Library and Information Science (MLIS) with minimum 1 yr of experience in an International School (preferably IB Curriculum ), excellent communication skills and experience in Integrated Library Systems. Apply with your updated CV within 7 days Send your application to gurpreet.kaur(a)dpsiedge.edu.in *Nikesh Narayanan *I Discovery Service Engineer (India) *EBSCO* Information Services India Pvt. Ltd., 301-303 Ansal Chamber - II 6, Bhikaji Cama place New Delhi - 110 066 Mobile: +918130995687 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad Demise of Mr V L Kalyan: Condolence Meeting
by shivaram gowda 19 Jan '15

19 Jan '15

Dear Members As you are aware Mr. V L Kalyan (RetiredLibrarian, BEL, Bangalore), who passed away on 9th Jan 2015. Karnataka StateLibrary Association (KALA)in collaboration with Sarada Ranganathan Endowmentfor Library Science (SRELS), is organizing a meeting to condole the demise ofthis great professional. Venue: Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), #702,Upstairs, 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore-560 010 Date & Time: 24th January 2015 at 5.30pm All the members of the KALA and professional colleagues are requested toattend the meeting. With warm regards IH JahagirdarSecretaryKarnataka State Library AssociationBangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CALIBER 2015 : Call for Papers (DEADLINE - 31st January 2015)
by saroj panda 19 Jan '15

19 Jan '15

Hurry up to participate or submit your paper at the 10th International CALBER 2015 on "Innovative Librarianship: Adapting to Digital Realities" (*DEADLINE - 31st January 2015*). Pre Conference Tutorials Registration will close on *February 25*, so don't be late and register as soon as possible to grab a seat at your favourite Pre-Conference Tutorials. v Bibliometrics and Research Performance Measurement of Indian Universities v Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism in Research Date and Venue Convention Date: *March 12-14, 2015* Venue: Himachal Pradesh University Summer Hill, Shimla-171005 and Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Rashtrapati Nivas, Shimla 171005 For registration and other details please visit our website at http://inflibnet.ac.in/caliber2015/register.php -- With regards, Wishing you and your family members a heartiest Happy New Year 2015! Saroj kumar Scientific & Technical Assistant - I (LS) INFLIBNET Centre Infocity, Gandhinagar - 382007 Tel: 079-23268243 Mob: 09723115671 Email: saroj(a)inflibnet.ac.in, saroj4kumar(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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KM Book - reg
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 19 Jan '15

19 Jan '15

From: "munusamy natarajan" <m_natarajan(a)hotmail.com> Date: Mon, January 19, 2015 2:09 pm KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: CHALLENGES AND APPLICATIONS By Dr. M. NATARAJAN, Senior Principal Scientist Ex-Head, Education and Training Division Editor J S I R, NISCAIR, NEW DELHI. TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION 1. Knowledge Management - Introduction KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES 2. Implementation of knowledge management strategies 3. Exploring the mechanisms for accelerating knowledge capture among CSIR laboratories 4. Knowledge management in hybrid libraries KNOWLEDGE ORGANISATION AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT 5. Knowledge organisation and access management for e-journals 6. Roles of libraries and publishers in knowledge access and management 7. Role of librarians as knowledge managers in digital environment 8. Knowledge dissemination mechanism: issues and challenges 9. Preservation of digital information and its implications 10.Digital preservation of cultural heritage information and its implications 11. Developing scalable information architecture for managing the knowledge repositories KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT TOOLS 12. Portal as a tool for knowledge management synchronization 13. Exploring the business process re-engineering: national science librarys experience KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER 14. Knowledge sharing through intranet 15. Exploring knowledge sharing in an academic environment 16. Exploring the world of knowledge sharing and its implications 17. Exploring knowledge transfer among CSIRs Knowledge Resource Centres KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENTS ROLE AND APPLICATIONS 18. Role of libraries in the knowledge economy era 19. Exploring knowledge mapping in library environment KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND DIGITAL LIBRARIES / INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES 20. Impact of open source solutions to libraries 21. Content management in Institutional Repositories: Prospects and problems 22. Collection development in institutional repository: A case study of NISCAIR 23. Human Resource Development for Content management in digital environment in India. 24. Knowledge Management perspectives in E-Learning 25. Knowledge Mobilisation through E-learning / Virtual learning 26. Implications of Intellectual Property Issues in E-learning 27. Exploring the world of Knowledge Management: Its implications in higher education 28. Organisational learning: Role of Knowledge Management 29. Applying Knowledge Management practices in higher education 30. A Scientometric analysis of Knowledge Management journals KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT - CHALLENGES 31. Exploring Knowledge Innovation Culture: Role of Library and Information centres 32. Knowledge Management: Challenges and opportunities 33. Implications of Knowledge Management tools in Library & Information centres 34. Emerging issues in digital asset management The art of archiving 35. Digital curation: a new knowledge base for research WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS TO KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 36. Customer relationship management (CRM): Enhancing social network and services to users of the library 37. Safeguarding the digital contents: Digital Watermarking 38. Web 2.0 and Knowledge Management 39. Innovative use of cloud computing in library and information centres This book is intended for students taking knowledge management courses at the higher education level as well as practitioners who have not taken such courses. It will also be useful for a range of scholars, students, faculty and professionals in information science, library science, management science and other disciplines. Also this would act a useful source for the knowledge managers and for the Management institutions where management courses are conducted within and outside India. This book hasbeen written to set a new standard for KM books. The reader will find a tight, integrated flow of topics from chapter to chapter. Specifically, each chapter is well organized, with topics flowing logically within each section and each chapter, having thorough explanations and complete coverage of each topic that is introduced, and drawing on a solid theoretical base. Beyond these features, the most engaging quality of the book is the combination of experience and enthusiasm that the author brings to the subject: the insights, the resonant examples, the lively language, and the occasional touch of humor. The book is an invitation to students to embark on an exciting and rewarding learning adventure. This book was released during the i-KOAL 2015 (International conference on knowledge organization by academic libraries) organized by Library Professionals Association (LPA) and / with Manipal University (MU), at jaipur on 2nd Jan 2015 by Honble Technical Education Minister Mr Kalicharan Saraf with Dr Sancheti President of MU and Dr Kumkum Garg Dean, FoE, MU. Please Contact: ESSESS Publications Ltd, Ansari Road, DaryaGanj Govind Lane, New Delhi 2. Ph: 011-23260807 & 9810536663 011-41563334 E-mail: info@essessreference@com 530p. Rs. 2000/- Dr M NATARAJAN M.Sc., B.L.I.S., A.D.I.Sc., P.G.D.C.A.,P.G.D.H.E., P.G.D.E.A.S., M.B.A., Ph.D. Senior Principal Scientist,(Retd) National Inst Of Science Comm and Information Resources (NISCAIR) Dr K S Krishnan Marg New Delhi - 110 012. INDIA.and Ex-Editor, JSIR. Member SHRM, President, Library Professional Association, New Delhi.

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Postition @ TIFR CAM, Bengaluru
by TIFR CAM Library 19 Jan '15

19 Jan '15

Namaskars, Position is open @ TIFR CAM, Bengaluru. For more details please visit: http://math.tifrbng.res.in/career/libraryassistant012015 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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Webinar on IR as a necessary campus investment
by Subbiah Arunachalam 17 Jan '15

17 Jan '15

Friends: You might wish to register for a one-hour webinar on IRs as a necessary investment. The Repository Today: A Necessary Campus Investment Fri, Jan 23, 2015 12:30 AM - 1:30 AM ISTLet’s face it: library budge ts haven't gotten any better over the past few years. In fact, many have continued to decline. Yet investment in IRs and scholarly communication is on the rise, and the number of institutional repositories worldwide, at institutions of all shapes and sizes, continues to climb. Why is that? More and more colleges and universities have come to recognize that the IR is an essential part of any campus infrastructure, and an indispensable library service. The IR is part of core campus strategies for institutional funding and visibility, student learning and recruitment, and research. Join us to learn how libraries can position the IR as a necessary campus investment. Drawing from the Digital Commons community of nearly 400 institutions, the webinar will share data and examples of necessary IR services and their real-world impact on all corners of campus: faculty, students, centers and departments, and the institution as a whole. We encourage you to invite stakeholders from outside the library who would like to understand the myriad ways that an IR connects to the campus mission. Presented by Irene Kamotsky, Director of Strategic Initiatives, bepress Digital Commons. You can register at < https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5105547422875243010>. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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An interesting ad for a librarian in USA
by S Krishnan 17 Jan '15

17 Jan '15

I found this interesting Krishnan (ex. National Chemical Lab) ________________________________ Collection Strategist Librarian University Library of the University of California, Davis The University Library of the University of California, Davis, seeks a dynamic, innovative Collection Strategist librarian to participate in forming a new and forward-thinking Collection Strategies Department. This is an exciting opportunity to assist in creating an environment of evidence-based collections acquisition, management and review. With primary responsibility to lead and coordinate the development of vital format-agnostic University Library collections, the position contributes to budget planning; collaboratively designs models that promote and sustain content acquisitions, access, archiving and preservation; participates in system-wide planning and consortial resource selection and evaluation; and contributes to national efforts to acquire shared content. Salary: Associate Librarian to Librarian ($60,684 -$81,474) For additional details and information on how to submit an online application, please visit http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/about/jobs/ ________________________________ Disclaimer: This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and confidential and subject to the policy statement of the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India. You may review the policy at http://www.ncl-india.org/files/TermsAndConditions/WebmailDisclamer.aspx -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Professional Development Programme
by Shantanu Ganguly 17 Jan '15

17 Jan '15

(TERI) Knowledge Management Division, is organizing a workshop on “Professional Development Programme (PDP) for Information Professionals 2015 on “Managerial Core Competency Development” from 17-19 February, 2015 at TERI, India Habitat Center, New Delhi. For more details click on below url: http://www.teriin.org/library/teri_lib/Teri_Library.html With best regards *Shantanu* ==================================== *Shantanu Ganguly, M.Sc, M.LibSc, MBA, PGDCA, **PhD* Fellow and Area Convenor 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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A new open science reviewing tool
by Subbiah Arunachalam 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Friends: Here is an interesting development from Harvard that helps researchers to discuss their work online. Indian researchers, especially the younger lot, might wish to try. Academic librarians can alert their users to this new tool. Arun < http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/scholarly-life/taking-open-access-to-a-new-leve… > Taking Open Access to a New Level Posted Wednesday, 14 January 2015 Inspired by the growing Open Access publishing movement, PhD candidates Erik Bauch and Georg Kucsko have developed Open Rev., an innovative online platform that enables users to engage in open, interactive discussion of scholarly works. Operating independently of outside publishers, the free tool inspires a review technique Bauch and Kucsko call “collaborative annotation,” offering an online community where scholars can upload papers and pose specific questions or notes to their peers. “Up until now scientific discussions usually occurred at conferences, in journal club, or in hallways on the way to lunch,” explains Bauch. “With Open Rev. we are trying to motivate people to take some of these discussions online and share their knowledge with the whole scientific community.” The project took flight after Bauch and Kucsko, both physics scholars, were awarded a Spark Grant through the Harvard Initiative for Teaching and Learning (HILT). They soon after received second prize at this year’s Bridge@HGSE Education Innovation Pitch Competition. The duo has since tested the tool with great success amid students and instructors in the physics department at Harvard, creating a space to share notes and ideas beyond the classroom. Since its inception, the platform has evolved substantially and now boasts a number of unique features. While the purpose of the endeavor is to inspire open, public debate, users are also afforded the option to create closed groups—ideal for classes, study groups, or discussion sections. Open Rev. differs from the average online forum in that reviewers are equipped with the ability to reinforce textual comments with imagery, sketches, and LaTeX, a commonly used markup tool for scientific publications with complex coding and formulas. By providing an interactive PDF viewer, comments can also be directly linked to the relevant passage in the text. The site also facilitates the process of cross-referencing, making it easy for users to link to specific passages in other works. Open Rev. officially launched in August and now hosts approximately 500 active users, with more than 1,500 posted comments. While the site remains focused on scientific research, its creators have no qualms with the idea of opening it up to other disciplines. For now, however, Bauch and Kucsko are intent on building a continuously evolving scientific knowledge base for the modern scholar. “We hope that via such archiving of scientific discussions,” says Bauch, “we will increase global scientific collaboration and provide valuable knowledge to future generations of researchers.” -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian vacancy@Cochin Refineries School
by Vimal Kumar V. 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Dear Friends, Cochin Refineries School, a Senior Secondary School affiliated to CBSE, New Delhi and managed by Cochin Refineries Educational Aid Society. CRS requires Librarian on contract basis. No. of Vacancies : 01 Salary : Rs.15,000/- consolidated Age Limit: Not exceeding 35 years as on 1 st June, 2015 How to apply Application in the prescribed format duly filled in with full details of qualification, experience, contact address and Phone No., should be sent in an envelope super scribed as "Application for the post of __________, to the above postal address. Last date for receipt of completed application is 07th February , 2015 The Principal, Cochin Refineries School, Ambalamukal 682 302, Ernakulam District, Kerala Email: admin(a)cochinrefineriesschool.ac.in (Apply by post only) Phone: 91-0484 - 2823512 http://cochinrefineriesschool.ac.in/sitemanager/homeFiles/CRS%20ADVT%202015… -- 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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Kerala Library Association - Two Day Workshop on WordPress, 14-15 February 2015 at Thiruvananthapuram
by Sriram V 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Dear All, KLA Centre for Professional Development (KLA-CPD) announces its 8th training programme, a Two Day Workshop on WordPress, on February 14 and 15, 2015. The programme will be held at the KLA Centre for Professional Development (KLA-CPD), on the premises of KLA Head Quarters, Thiruvananthapuram. About WordPress: WordPress is a free & open source platform for developing websites, blogs and content management systems. https://wordpress.com/ Who can participate: Working Library Professionals, LIS Students and Researchers in LIS. Venue: Room No. 36, 2nd Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana, Thiruvananthapuram-695 002. Kerala Date & Time: February 14 & 15, 2014; 10.00 am to 5.00 pm Resource Persons: Shri S. L. Faisal (Kendriya Vidyalaya, Tvpm), Shri V. Sriram (CDS, Tvpm) and Shri Binu K. John (MBCET, Tvpm) Training mode: Demonstration and Hands on sessions Course Fee: Rs 1000/- (includes study kit, working lunch, tea and snacks) Number of seats: 10 (Ten) only Registration: On first come first served mode. Online Registration: click here Last date for registration: 09/02/2015 or until all seats are occupied, which ever is earlier ——————————————————————————– Registration fee must be paid through bank transfer mode or as a Demand Draft Demand Draft should be drawn in favour of Kerala Library Association, payable at Thiruvananthapuram. Kindly send it to Mr. V. Sriram, (Treasurer, KLA), DBRA-80, Cliff House Road, Kowdiar P.O., Thiruvananthapuram – 695003 or By fund transfer to: Name: Kerala Library Association A/c No. 67061603692 IFSC Code: SBTR0000292 Bank Name: State Bank Of Travancore Branch Name: KUOC Trivandrum Branch Address: Kerala University PO, Thiruvananthapuram – 695034 —————————————————————————— Registration will be confirmed only after the receipt of the prescribed fee All communications will be primarily through e-mail. For more details: Shri N. Parameswaran & Shri N. Sukumaran Nair, Coordinators, KLA-CPD Mob:09387822201/09447213155 (npwaran49@yahoo.co.in/sukukla@yahoo.com) Mr Sriram V., Mob: 09447251892 Mr S. L. Faisal., Mob: 09447699724 Kindly forward this to all those who are interested to attend. Thanks and Regards, V. Sriram Treasurer, KLA -- 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 Research Paper Writing in Library and Information Science on 6th & 7th February, 2015
by Bharat Alasandi 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Dear Sir/Madam, Greetings from Bharatesh Education Trust's Global Business School, Belgaum!!! Our institute has been active in organizing Industry-relevant programs since inception. Continuing with this tradition, we have organized a two-day National Workshop on “Research Paper Writing in Library and Information Science” on 6th & 7th of February, 2015. We are please to inform you that, eminent scholar Prof. C.R. Karisiddappa has kindly consented to be the Key note speaker for the workshop and the resource persons are from Management and Library and Information Science domain. Please find the attached e-brochure of the National Workshop. We solicit your participation in this workshop and request you to forward the same to your known, associates, research scholars and delegates for reference & participation in the Workshop. Kindly let us know if any more information is needed in this 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 Information Regarding Medical Library Staff Positions - reg.
by Manjunath Ealiger 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Dear Professionals, I am working in Medical Library since from four years. Now I want know the *Recruitment Rules * of Librarian and Other Post of Library as per* Medical Council of India (MCI) *norms/rules. I request the professionals to clarify this question. yours, Manjunath Ealiger -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Articles request
by janet lobo 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Dear Sir/Madam, One of our PG Student needs the following Journal articles. If it is available please arrange to send the articles. 1.Thyroid.2011 Apr;21(4):355-60 Low normal or high normal thyrotropin target levels during treatment of hypothyroidism:a prospective,comparative study 2.Clin Endocrinol (oxf). 2002 Nov;57(5):577-85:Psychological well being in patients on 'adequate' doses of l-thyroxine:results of a large ,controlled community-based questionnaire study 3.Thyroid.1998 Nov 8(11):1029-31 Serum creatine kinase levels in overt and subclinial hypothyroidism 4.Acta Neurol Scand. 2004 Jul;110(1):59-66.cognitive and affective status in mild hypothyroidism and interactions with L-thyroxine treatment 5 .Clin Biochem.2011 Oct:44(14-15):1214-7 Dyslipedemia in subclinical hypothyoidism in an indian population 6.Clin Biochem.2013 Mar;46(4-5):341-5 Reference range of thyroid function(FT3,FT4 and TSH) among Indian adults 7.Semin Thromb Hemost. 2013 Mar;39(2):153-60. With Kind regards Dr Janet Dotty Lobo LIBRARIAN Fr Muller Knowledge Centre, Mangalore -- 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 “Knowledge Management in Libraries and Information Centers (KMLIC-2015)” on 18th – 19th March, 2015.
by Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Under the UGC-Special Assistance Programme (SAP DRS-I) is going to organize a National Conference on “Knowledge Management in Libraries and Information Centers (KMLIC-2015)” on 18th – 19th March, 2015. *Introduction* Knowledge Management (KM) is an influential tool for promoting uniqueness, realizing and re-engineering the various aspects of day-to-day activities of an organization. Knowledge Management is a new research area which is developing very rapidly. In the current knowledge economy, the survival of organization depends on how good it manages the knowledge to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. Information professionals should also evolve and adopt the knowledge environment by implementing knowledge management in their field. Knowledge management represents an opportunity by entrusting new roles and responsibilities for libraries and LIS professionals. LIS professionals have to gain new skills and involve themselves effectively in knowledge management practices to become relevant to their organisations to enable them to have a competitive edge for employment to people from other industries. The ultimate purpose of KM is to increase the effectiveness and sustainability of organizations, particularly in case of libraries and information centers. Although the concept of KM originated in the business field, but in practice it has now spread to the non-profit sector as well. Libraries as non-profit making organisations, improve their communication both horizontally and vertically thus promoting a sharing culture. It is for the same implications that the conference is being organised to pool up both the knowledge and experiences of the professionals working in the areas of KM and discuss the tools of managing the assets of knowledge. The conference is enveloping mostly on the various facets of Knowledge Management and its application in Libraries and Information Centers, thrived particularly with the following objectives: - To create awareness and provide a platform for exchange of ideas concerning tacit and explicit knowledge - To share knowledge and skills among academicians/ LIS professionals/ other knowledge based professionals working in private and public sector. - To understand knowledge management tools and their usage in KM initiatives. - To provide an opportunity to share innovative ideas and plans in the areas of KM. - To identify suitable initiatives in implementing KM in the library and information centers. *About AMU* Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), established in 1920, A.M.U. is one of the oldest central government funded universities in India. It was evolved out of the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College (MAO College), which was set up by the great visionary and social reformer, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in 1877. From its very inception, it has kept its door open to the members of all communities and from all corners of the country and the world. It occupies a unique position amongst universities and institutions of higher learning in the country. The main campus of AMU is located in the city of Aligarh. Quite recently, the University has been ranked among the best educational institutions in India. According to Times Higher Education Asia Ranking 2014, AMU has ranked 3rd among all Universities in India. It Ranked 50th among top 100 institutions of higher learning in BRICS grouping-2014 and 5th in The Week-Hansa Research (Best Universities Survey) 2014. *About Department* The foundation of the Department of Library Science was laid way back in 1950-51 with the introduction of a 'Certificate Course in Library Science,' by the then University Librarian, (Late) Padmashree Prof. S. Bashiruddin, who later on introduced a full time ‘Bachelor of Library Science' course in 1958-59 with full time Lecturers for the first time in the country. Subsequently, 'Master of Library Science' was introduced in1970-71 and Ph.D in 1990-91. A special feature of the revised syllabi is the emphasis on Information Technology and hands-on training on a number of library automation software packages. A well-equipped computer lab supports the revised syllabi with Internet facility. The seminar library of the department is the first fully automated library of the university. The teachers of the department have also received training in Information Technology within the country and also abroad. Presently the department is headed by the chairman Prof. Shabahat Husain, who has been recently conferred with the Prof. S.P Narang Research Promotion Award by Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS). The department has had the distinction of completing a number of DST and UGC major research projects by designing and developing L.I.S. Subject Gateway (*www.lisgateway.com <http://www.lisgateway.com>*), I.T. Subject Gateway (*http://www.itsubjectgateway.info/ <http://www.itsubjectgateway.info/>)* and E-Learning portal (*http://lislearning.in/ <http://lislearning.in/>*). As a Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Prof Shabahat Husain developed ‘Social Science Cyber Library’(*www.socsccybraryamu.ac.in <http://www.socsccybraryamu.ac.in>*), inaugurated by His Excellency Shri Pranab Mukherjee on 27.12.2013 as a part of inaugural programme of XXXVII Social Science Congress held from 27th to 31st December 2013. The Social Science Cyber Library which is first of its kind in the whole world is being used in 63 countries so far. Under the UGC’s Programme, the Department was awarded Special Assistance Programme SAP (DRS-I) in the financial year 2013-2014 for five years. The theme of the project is Knowledge Management with Prof.Shabahat Husain as its Coordinator and Dr. Naushad Ali.P.M as its Dy. Coordinator. The conference is one of the components of the project which is organised in the area of knowledge management and the strategies of organizing and capturing the knowledge in libraries and information centers. *Who should participate?* The conference would provide opportunities to meet and hear from library professionals, leaders and information scientists in all types of environments particularly from libraries and information centers, some of the categories are: - Academic fraternity in teaching, learning and research - Library and information science professionals - Information technology professionals - Research scholars and students - Information scientists - All stakeholder’s of knowledge management *Call for Papers* KMLIC-2015 welcomes submissions of research and scientific papers, case studies, working papers, etc. related to all aspects of Knowledge Management particularly based on the themes and sub themes of the conference. The paper submitted should have been neither published anywhere nor kept under consideration for publication. All papers will go through a review process and accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings/Edited Book. The papers should be submitted in soft form as an email attachment to: *kmlic.dlis(a)gmail.com <kmlic.dlis(a)gmail.com>* *Author’s Guidelines* The text of paper should be written in MS word, format with A4 size, 1.25 margins (Top, Bottom, Left & Right), 12 font size, Times New Roman, 1.5 line space. The Paper must be written in English and should not exceed 5000 words, with an abstract of 300 words. The style of formatting the article citation and references is APA Style of referencing. *Main Theme: Knowledge Management in Libraries and Information Centers* *Conference Sub-themes* *E-Learning:* - Innovative Pedagogies - Social Networking Technologies and e-learning - Learning Content and Metadata Standards - Peer to Peer Learning - E-learning and Business Models - LMS and CMS Systems - Digital Reading, Content Discovery, Content Navigation, Best Practices, etc. in e-learning. *Knowledge Management:* - KM Strategies and Implementations - Knowledge sharing and collaboration - Knowledge Management Practices - Models for Knowledge Management - Web 2.0 tools for Knowledge Management - Knowledge Management systems - Tools and Technology for Knowledge Management - Inter-organizational Knowledge Management *Open Access and Open Repositories:* - Open Access Resources and Open Access Softwares - Open Access Repositories - Issues concerning Open Access - IPR and Institutional Repositories *Issues concerning with Libraries and Information Centers:* - Innovative Library Services - Management of e-resources - Copyright - Plagiarism - Digital Rights Management - Digital Technologies and Social Media - Information Literacy *Conference Timeline* The Last Date of Submission of Abstracts: 05th February, 2015 Notification of the acceptance of Abstracts: 15th February, 2015 The Last Date of Submission of Papers: 25th February, 2015 *Conference Date: 18th – 19th March, 2015* *Registration Fees* *Category Without accommodation With accommodation* (Including breakfast and dinner) For Students and Research Scholars: Rs. 1000/- Rs. 2000/- For working Professionals: Rs. 1500/- Rs. 2500/- For Sponsored Professionals: Rs. 2500/- Rs. 3500/- The Registration Fee will include conference kit, conference proceeding, meals, refreshment, etc. Accommodation will be provided to the out station delegates in the University Guest House. The duly filled-in Registration Form along with Demand Draft (DD) in favour of *“Organizing Secretary KMLIC-2015”* payable at AMU, Aligarh, may be sent on the following address on or before 10 th March 2015. *Prof. Shabahat Husain*, Organizing Secretary, Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh - 202002. E-mail ID: *shabahat12(a)rediffmail.com <shabahat12(a)rediffmail.com>* Mobile No.: +91-9412177121 *Organizing Committee* Patron: *Lt. Gen (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah* (Vice Chancellor, AMU, Aligarh) Organizing Secretary: *Prof. Shabahat Husain* (Chairman, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) Convener: *Dr. Naushad Ali P.M* (Associate Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) Conference Director: *Prof. Jagtar Singh* (Head, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University Patiala) Rapporteur General: *Dr. M. Masoom Raza * (Associate Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) Committee Members: *Mr. S. Mustafa K.Q. Zaidi* (Associate Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) * Dr. Sudharma Haridasan* (Associate Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) *Dr. Nishat Fatima* (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) *Dr. Mehtab Alam Ansari* (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) *Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq* (Guest Teacher, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) *Dr. Shazia Khan* (Guest Teacher, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) *National Advisory Committee* Dr. Ashu Shokeen (Kurukshetra University and ILA President) Dr. B.S Nigam (MCRP Vishvavidyala, Bhopal, Noida Campus, Noida) Dr. D.V. Singh (Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra) Dr. Gayas Makhdumi (Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi) Dr. H. N. Prasad (Banaras Hindu University) Dr. I.V. Malhan (Central University of Himachal Pradesh) Dr. Jagdish Arora (Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Prof. Jagtar Singh (Punjabi University, Patiala) Prof. M.P.Satija (Guru Nanak Dev University) Prof. N. Laxman Rao (Osmania University) Prof. N.R. Satyanaraina (BBAU, Lucknow) Dr. Nabi Hasan (IIT Delhi) Prof. P.B. Mangla (Tagore National Fellow, Govt. of India, Ministry of Culture) Dr. P.R. Goswami (Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) Dr. R. K. Chadha (Parliament Library) Dr. Ramesh Gaur (Jawaharlal Nehru University) Prof. S. R.Vara Lakshmi (Andhra University) Prof. S.M.Shafi (University of Kashmir) Prof. S.P. Singh (University of Delhi) Dr. Sangeeta Gupta (University of Jammu) Dr. Shalendra Kumar (University of Delhi) Dr. Tariq Ashraf (South Campus, University of Delhi) Prof. Wajih A. Alvi (IUST Awantipora, Kashmir) Dr. Yogendra Singh (IIT, Roorkee) *For further queries and details please feel free to contact:* Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq Department of Library and Information Science Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh - 202002 E-mail ID: naikoomuzamil(a)gmail.com Mobile: +91-8979249718 *Venue:* *Department of Library and Information Science* *Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P* *202002* Conference blog: www.kmlic2015.wordpress.com Best _____________________________ *Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq* Department of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh, U.P., India - 202002 Cell No. : +91-8979249718 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request
by RAKESH SINGH Bisen 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

*Dear All,* *Pl. send this article for research purpose:* *Cell Host and Microbes, 15, 1-2 (2014)* -- RAKESH SINGH BISEN LIBRARY OFFICER & NODAL OFFICER CSIR-IIIM Canal Road Jammu-180 001 bisen.iiim(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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UNESCO-UNAOC MILID Yearbook 2015: Call for Papers
by Jagtar Singh 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Dear Professional Colleagues, Proposals are now being sought for articles to be published in the 2015 Yearbook on media and information literacy and intercultural dialogue. The MILID Yearbook is a peer reviewed academic publication and a joint initiative of the UNESCO-UNAOC University Cooperation Programme on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue. The cooperation programme was launched in 2011 within the framework of the UNESCO university twinning programme (UNITWIN). The MILID university network now consists of 14 universities from all regions of the world. MILID Yearbook 2013 and 2014 published in cooperation with the Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research (NORDICOM). The objectives of the Yearbook are to: · Strengthen and deepen the knowledge concerning MILID on global, regional and national levels including in the frame on human rights and democracy · Widen and deepen the knowledge concerning MILID · Widen and deepen the collaboration and exchange between the partner universities on media and information literacy · Visualize and stimulate research and practices within as well as outside the UNITWIN Network in the field of MILID while promoting a more holistic perspective The theme of the 2015 Yearbook is, *“Media and Information Literacy: Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.”* In the year 2000, governments and development partners all over the world agreed on global eight development targets called the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). 2015 is a pivotal year as it marks the end of the period during which the MDGs are to be reached and the year in which new global development targets are to be set. These new targets are referred to as the Post 2015 Sustainable Development Goals. This process is in its highest gear with ongoing debates and consultative meetings/initiatives globally both online and offline. While much progress has been made, achievement of the MDGs has been mixed across counties. *Key Sub-themes:* a. Governance, citizenship and freedom of expression; b. Access to information and knowledge for all citizens; c. Development of media, libraries, Internet and other information providers; d. Education, teaching, and learning – including professional development; e. Linguistic and cultural diversity as well as intercultural and interfaith dialogue; f. Women, children and youth, persons with disabilities and other marginalised social groups; g. Health and wellness; h. Business, industry, employment and sustainable economic development; i. Agriculture, farming, wildlife protection, forestry and natural resources conservation as well as other areas. All articles submitted must be linked to one of the sub-themes above. Special attention should be given to the intercultural dimensions of these areas. Papers should engage the reader to understand media and information literacy beyond their home country or professional area of competence. The focus of the papers should be on the theme “Media and Information Literacy: Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.” All papers must demonstrate a connection with at least three of the following components: 1. Yearbook theme and sub-themes 2. Global Alliance for Partnership on MIL (GAPMIL) Framework and Plan of Action 3. Content includes research findings, theories, or reflects learned experience and best practices in either application of MIL, teaching or curriculum design 4. Topic is of global interest and lends to increase visibility for the MILID Yearbook 5. Author’s academic or professional leadership in the field The Yearbook will contain articles from MILID university network (called partners or member universities) as well as experts or practitioners outside of the network. Equal value is placed on both groups. The centrality of information and communications to development is irrefutable. The MILID Yearbook will provide a case for media and information literacy (MIL) as a tool for open and inclusive sustainable development. It will draw on research findings, theories and practices of MIL, and development focusing on the theme and sub-themes of the Yearbook. *Please assure that the proposal for your article is received via email no later than 23 January 2015. *Please note that you may author the article yourself or you may work with colleagues within your university or outside your university to write an article. You are the lead person for assuring that we have a paper from your university or region. Please give this your highest priority so that this Yearbook may be a positive accomplishment for our MILID group. More information @ http://milunesco.unaoc.org/unesco-unaoc-mil-intercultural-dialogue-call-for… Authors will be notified of acceptance by 06 February 2015. Authors should be prepared to submit a full article by 06 March 2015. Length: 3,000 to 5,000 words (approximately 10-13 pages double-spaced) Please use the APA Style for the purpose of articles. Proposal submission form attached. Email proposals to: jagtardeep(a)gmail.com Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002 (India) Please address questions to Jagtar Singh jagtardeep(a)gmail.com, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala (India), Alton Grizzle, a.grizzle(a)unesco.org, UNESCO, Paris (France), Sin Joan Yee, sjoan.yee(a)usp.ac.fj, University of South Pacific (Fiji), or Sherri Hope Culver shculver(a)temple.edu Temple University (USA), Center for Media and Information Literacy. *Proposal Submission Form* *Important Dates and Information* All articles and submissions must be in English. Abstracts for proposed articles must be submitted by 23 January 2015. Authors will be notified of acceptance by 06 February 2015. Authors should be prepared to submit a full article by 06 March 2015. Final papers: 3,000 to 5,000 words (approximately 10-13 pages double-spaced) *Email this form to jagtardeep(a)gmail.com <jagtardeep(a)gmail.com> by 23 January 2015. * *Name:* *Title:* *Email:* *Phone: * *Organization:* *BIO: (no more than 100 words)* *Topic:* LINK TO WHICH SUB-THEME (See Guideline) I understand and agree to meet the deadlines noted at the top of this document if my abstract is selected for the 2015 MILID Yearbook. Signature: Print name: -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IMF Data, now Open Access
by Shamprasad Pujar 15 Jan '15

15 Jan '15

Dear All, IMF has introduced a new platform to provide open access (Free) to all its data sets. The data sets include: International Financial Statistics, Balance of Payment Statistics, Government Finance Statistics, and Direction of Trade Statistics. IMF will run both systems (the old eLibrary and the new dissemination system) in parallel for three months to help transition users to the new platform. The new platform may be accessed at: http://data.imf.org Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: ++91-22-2841 6547 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar at JNU on 28th Jan. 2015 Hurry up for Registration
by Ramesh C Gaur 15 Jan '15

15 Jan '15

New Millennium LIS Professionals National Seminar on Transforming UNIVERSITY Libraries: JNU Leading the way Date: January 28, 2015 at 9:00 A.M Venue: Auditorium-I, Convention Centre, JNU Supported by Concept Note: The role of university library systems over a decade has undergone varied diverse changes. The university libraries have had to compete with the “world wide web” and IT savvy users to get the eyeball attention. These libraries, are not only started opening 24X7 physically but also making the available, all resources, at a touch of the key 24x7. In the University Library Systems, JNU is leading the way with modern, advanced services available round the clock not in campus but anywhere, anytime through the virtual world. The message has been loud and clear to the library leaders that transformation of university libraries is essential to deliver a fast, simple and systematic services through various tools to integrate all of the library’s’ diverse resources. The National Seminar intends to showcase and launch the services and tools recently initiated in the university library as a role model. In this series it includes New JNU Library website; Web Scale Discovery Solution; Athens Cloud based Access Gateway and Launch of Website of ETD 2015: 18th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations. i. The new JNU Library website has been designed on a open source and with attractive appearance, updated content, more functionality and usability with modern library world services integration. ii. The JNU Library through its dynamic design of “single search box” of Discovery Services intends to bring patrons back, to the library, as their first point of call for their information needs. The traditional tools provided by the library to search various library databases, catalogues and other electronic resources, all of which are in different silos and have totally uncommon characteristics leading to underutilized usage of library resources, among other challenges. Similarly, the Athens cloud solution adopted by JNU will ensure that all the patrons of JNU can now have access to virtually every subscribed information resource on their finger tips from the comfort of their homes or any other part of the world. iii. JNU library will be organising ETD 2015: 18th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, which is an international symposium and a platform for gathering of current and future researchers and practitioners in the area of Electronic Theses and Dissertations. This event will be held in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Campus, New Delhi, India during 4th - 6th November 2015 with a theme “Evolving Genre of ETDs for Knowledge Discovery”. It is a unique event, first time to be organised in India. The event will provide an international forum where professionals and practitioners will deliberate upon the challenges and problems which they encounter while setting up ETD Archives. Tentative Programme Time Programme 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Registration 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Welcome Address and Introduction to the Seminar Dr Ramesh C Gaur, University Librarian Inaugural Address Prof. S K Sopory, Vice-Chancellor, JNU Special Address by Guest of Honor Prof. Dr. Jaspal Singh Sandhu, Secretary, University Grants Commission Launch of i. New JNU Library Website; ii. ETD 2015: 18th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations Website (etd2015india.in); iii. Ebsco Discovery Service and Open Athens Service at JNU Vote of Thanks Deputy Librarian, JNU 11:00 AM – 11:15 A.M High Tea 11:15 AM – 12:30 PM Session-1 Topic: Discovery Services in Academic Libraries Session Chair: Dr Ramesh .C Gaur, University Librarian, JNU 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Speaker-1 - Dr Ramesh C Gaur, JNU Topic: Impact of Discovery Service on Usage of Resources @ JNU 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM Speaker2 - Dr. R. Samyuktha, Pondicherry University Topic: Web-Scale Discovery Services: Google-like Search experience 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Discussants 1 - Dr Sanjeev Kumar, Director of NRC of NIFT Discussants 2 - Dr Rajendran, SRM University Discussants 3 - Dr S K Bose, IISER Discussants 4 - Dr Narender Kumar, University of Delhi Discussants 5 - Dr Vardhrajan, University of Hyderabad Discussants 6 - Mr Shaji John, Vice President EBSCO Information Services Pvt Ltd 12:15 AM - 12:30 PM Question and Answers 12:30 AM – 1:30 PM Session-2 Panel Discussion 12:30 AM – 1:30 PM Panel Discussion on: Resource Sharing and Setting of local consortia among academic libraries of Delhi & NCR Panelist -1 Prof Dinesh Singh, VC, University of Delhi/ Representative/University Librarian Panelist -2 Dr Kavita A Sharma, President, SAU or Representative/ Librarian Panelist -3 Prof Talat Ahmad, VC, JMI or Representative/University Librarian Panelist -4 Prof Nageshwar Rao, VC, IGNOU or Representative/University Librarian Panelist -5 Prof Shyam Mennon, VC, AUD or Representative/University Librarian Panelist -6 Prof Anil K Tyagi, VC, GGSIU or Representative/University Librarian Panelist -7 Prof Ranbir Singh, VC, NLU or Representative/University Librarian Panelist -8 Prof R K Shevgonkar, Director, IIT or Representative/ Librarian Panelist - 9 Prof M C Misra, Director, AIIMS or Representative/Librarian Panelist -10 Dr G M Aazi, VC, Jamia Hamdard or Representative/ Librarian Panelist -11 Prof Chandrima Shaha, NII or Representative/Librarian ***Confirmation is awaited*** 1:30 PM – 2:15 P.M Lunch 2:15 P.M - 3:45 PM Session-3 Topic: Remote Access Services in Academic Libraries Session Chair: Dr Gayas Makhdumi, Jamia Millia Islamia 02:15 AM - 02:30 AM Speaker-1 - Dr Parveen Babbar, JNU Topic: Remote Access to E-Resources Anytime Anywhere 02:30 PM - 03:45 PM Discussion Chair: Dr Ghaisas, Pune University Discussants 1-: Prof Jaideep Sharma, IGNOU Discussants 2- : Dr.Namita Khot, University of Kolhapur Discussants 3- : Dr. Chandra Mouli, Andhra University Discussants 4-: Dr Debal C Kar, Ambedkar University, Delhi Discussants 5-: Dr.Mayank Trivedi , MS University Baroda Discussants6: Dr.Bijayalakshmi Rautaray, KIIT University Bhuvneshwar Discussants7: Dr. Rishi Tiwari, Bimtech, NOIDA 03:45 AM - 04:00 PM Question and Answers 4:00 PM- 4:15 PM High Tea 4:15 P.M - 5:15 PM Session-4 Topic: E-Resource Services in Academic Libraries Session Chair: Dr.Rajib Bandopadhyay Jadhavpur University 04:15 PM - 05:15 PM Discussants 1-: Sh. Subhash Deshmukh, Indraprastha University, Delhi Discussants 2-: Dr Sanjay Kumar Gulati, Barkatullah University Discussants 3-: Mr Prabhakaran, TIFR Discussants 4-: Dr Tariq Ashraf, University of Delhi Discussants 5-: Dr Nabi Hassan, IIT, Delhi Discussants 6-: Dr Manorama Tripathi, JNU Discussants 7: Dr. Sanjay Kataria, JIIT, NOIDA 5:15- 5:30 PM Concluding Remarks by Dr Ramesh C Gaur, University Librarian, JNU Registration The conference is open to all Library and Information Science professionals. The academicians/researchers interested in modern libraries and librarianship may also attend. There is no registration fee. Registration is restricted to only 200 participants on "first-cum-first serve basis". Registration is mandatory. Only 200 participants on first-cum-first served basis will be registered. Please use the below link for registration: https://www.signupforms.com/registrations/3838 For any further information please feel free to contact: Dr. Ramesh C Gaur University Librarian, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Articles request
by janet lobo 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Dear Sir/ Madam, One of our student needs the following Journal articles. If it is available please send the articles at the earliest. 1. The cytologic diagnosis of Mycobacterium kansasi tuberculosis by fluorescence microscopy of Papanicolaou-stained specimens, TH. KÜPPER, K. WEHLE, S. MARZAHN andP. PFITZER, Cytopathology, Volume 6, Issue 5, pages 331–338, October 1995 2. Morphological study of bacteria of the respiratory system using fluorescence microscopy of Papanicolaou-stained smears with special regard to the identification of Mycobacteria sp.TH. KÜPPER1, U. STEFFEN2, K. WEHLE1,G. RICHARTZ1 and P. PFITZER, Cytopathology, Volume 6, Issue 6, pages 388–402, December 1995 3. Kupper T, Wehle K, Pfitzer P: Fluorescence microscopy of papanicolaou-stained preparations. Acta Cytol 1994, 38:641 4. Braunstein H. Adriano SM. : Fluorescent stain for tubercle bacili in histologic sections: Diagnosis efficiancy in granulomatous lesions of lymph nodes> Am J Clin Pathol 1961, 36:37-40 Thanking You, With Kind Regards, Dr Janet Dotty Lobo Librarian Fr Muller Knowledge Centre Mangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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TISS is looking for LIBRARIAN
by Anand Dodamani 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Dear All, Apologies for cross-posting. Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai has invited applications from eligible and interested candidates for the position of Librarian. TISS was established in 1936 and is a deemed university fully funded by the University Grants Commission, Government of India. TISS has a well established library system which also offers academic programmes like MLISc, PGLIM and Ph.D. So it is looking for an experienced and dynamic librarian who can guide and take its library services and teaching programmes to new heights. The last date for application is *31st January, 2015.* *For more information, please visit* *http://www.tiss.edu/lefttop/jobs-tenders/faculty-positions-1 <http://www.tiss.edu/lefttop/jobs-tenders/faculty-positions-1> * With best regards, Anand Dodamani -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MyDLIS Golden Jubilee Special Lecture - 4
by chandrashekara m 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Dear Professionals, MyDLIS (Department of Studies in Library and Information Science) University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore, and MILAN (Mysore University Information and Library Science Alumni Network) cordially invite you to the MyDLIS Golden Jubilee Celebrations 2014-15 Special Lecture -4 on “Web Scale Management and Discovery” by: Dr.H.S. Siddamallaiah Visiting Professor, Faculty of Informatics, Mahasarakham University, Thailand, and Former Principal Librarian and Information Officer NIMHANS, Bangalore, India Chief Guest: Prof. K.A. Raveesha Professor of Botany Director, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) University of Mysore, Mysore Date: January 19, 2015 Time: 11.30 AM Venue: Seminar Hall, MyDLIS, Manasagangotri, Mysore Prof. M. Chandrashekara Chairman, DLIS, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore - 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419398; Mob: 9448600970 Sri N.V. Sathyanarayana President, MILAN -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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245 - Title Statement - MARC to RDA Mapping
by Salman Haider 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

245 - Title Statement - MARC to RDA Mapping <http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/2015/01/245-title-marc-rda…> MARC 21 Title Statement 245 tag and subfields with corresponding RDA Rules http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/2015/01/245-title-marc-rda… Salman Haider www.google.com/+SalmanHaider -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for fulltext article
by Mamtha's Gmail 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Dear professional friends, One of our faculty members requires the following reference . Kindly please provide a copy of this article if available in your library. Ibrahim RM <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Ibrahim%20RM%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=t…> 1, Seniour SH <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Seniour%20SH%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=t…> , Sheehab GI <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Sheehab%20GI%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=t…> *Recycling of calcium sulphate dihydrate.* Egypt Dent J. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9497665> 1995 Jul;41(3):1253-6. -- *Thank you & Regards* *Mrs Mamatha P. Kumar* *Chief Librarian* *Central Library* *Yenepoya University* *Yenepoya University **|** University Road, Deralakatte **|** Mangalore 575018 **|** Karnataka **|* * India*T: +91 824 22046668/69/70 *|* Extn 310 *|*F: +91 824 2204667 *|* www.yenepoya.edu.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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meeting of STATE LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS IN INDIA
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

dear friends There are 26 State Library Associations in the country. These Associations meet at their state level and do work for promotion of libraries especially public libraries, Many Associations are unable to do much work due to several limitations especially finances.We all know the value of public libraries in the present day environment. They have to play an important role in making access to knowledge / information to every one to make every citizen to make use of knowledge for the benefit of themselves and Society. The year 2015 had been declared by IFLA and UN as the year of access to knowledge for development. Public Libraries have to do a lot for the country and people by working with new spirit and zeal to provide access to knowledge. The experienced professionals have to guide and helpthe public libraries in making them as most resourceful. The Associations have to do a lot for promotion of libraries and consolidation of resources and activities as well as use of technology. Every one knows the value of public libraries both in pre and post independent India. Government is able to give lot of facilities for the cause of public libraries. we have RRRLF and National Mission for Libraries. Unfortunately, the state library associations have no chance to play their role in State and central Government activities / levels. It is high time for all state library associations to work hard for promotion of public libraries. we should guide and support Governments in their promotional activities especially in consolidation and use of Technology. There are many issues that needs to be sorted out to promote the public libraries including building a bridge between public libraries and other libraries as most of other libraries are also run with public funding. To make an consorted effort by all these associations for promotion and cause of libraries especially for public libraries we should join together and form a Federation of State Library Associations. In March 2015, the UP Library Association is organising two day conference and let representatives of all State Library Associations meet at the conference venue to plan and make strategies? I think it is right time for the state associations to put the plans in front of State and Central Governments as well as the appropriate agencies. We should also invite the ILA. IASLIC. pl write the details of president and secretary with email id to make future communications. If the president or secretary of the State Associations donot see this mail, I request other professionals friends to bring this mail to their notice.this may be treated as essential.let us join our hands to bring the library services accessible to every citizen and enrich them. best regards Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Member, Advisory Board, National Library, KolkataPresident, Telangana Library Association. UGC-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) . ADDRESS: Plot No A-194, H No 1-8-10/1, Ravindra Nagar, Habsiguda, HYDERABAD- 500007. Mobile: 9493701565. email: naglaxman(a)yahoo.com, naglaxman(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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Kerala Library Association publishes new Book “Information Technology Interfaces in Libraries and Information Centres”
by Sriram V 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Dear all, Kerala Library Association has published a book titled “Information Technology Interfaces in Libraries and Information Centres”. The contents of this book comprise of selected papers of the National Seminar on "New Information Technology in Libraries and Information Centres" held during July 2013 at Thiruvananthapuram. Papers are from the following themes: 1. Evolving models of libraries and information centres in the new millennium 2. Social media in libraries 3. Cloud computing and libraries 4. Recent developments in software applicable to libraries 5. E-reading and E-devices 6. Library designing in the digital era 7. Human resource development in the digital context 8. Technology interfaces for public libraries. Please visit https://klaweblog.wordpress.com/2015/01/07/kla-publishes-new-book-informati… for more details about the book. Title: Information Technology Interfaces in Libraries and Information Centres ISBN: 978-81-927778-0-1 Price: Rs. 600/- For Institutions and KLA Life Members: Rs. 420/- For others: 480/- How to purchase a copy? Send your order indicating total copies and your complete postal address and mobile / phone numbers. Attach a Demand Draft drawn in favour Kerala Library Association payable at Thiruvananthapuram for price of the book + Rs.50/- (courier charges) Address for sending the orders: Dr. A. Gopikuttan (President, KLA) Dept. of Library and Information Science Kerala University Library Building Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram - 695034 Kerala or Online payment: Payment can also be remitted online by fund transfer to: Kerala Library Association S. B. A/c 67061603692 IFSC Code: SBTR0000292 State Bank of Travancore, KUOC Branch Thiruvananthapuram Please email the transaction details with full contact address and mobile / phone number to kla.org(a)gmail.com Thanks and Regards, V. Sriram Treasurer, KLA Mob: +91 9447251892 Email: vsrirams(a)gmail.com <https://vsrirams.wordpress.com/> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Design Thinking for Libraries
by Sandeep Bhavsar 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

*IDEO’s toolkit for libraries is live!* Aarhus Public Libraries are pleased to announce the release of the Design Thinking Toolkit for Libraries. The toolkit can be used by any front-line library staffer to adapt to library users’ changing needs. *Design thinking for libraries* Chicago Public Libraries and Aarhus Public Libraries worked with design company IDEO to find out how design thinking methods might best be adapted and applied to a library context. The final result is a comprehensive new resource for any library leader or staff member hoping to advance their library by using human-centered design methods. Learn more and download the toolkit here: http://designthinkingforlibraries.com/ *What can I use it for?* The toolkit guides you through Design Thinking so you can start coming up with solutions to everyday challenges within the library. Design thinking, or human-centered design, is all about starting with people — the users that visit your library. IDEO have been using similar methods to envision new products, services, spaces, and experiences in other business areas. IDEO created this toolkit specifically for the library setting in close cooperation with the project teams in Chicago and Aarhus. *More information* The toolkit comes in two parts: the *toolkit guide*, and the accompanying *activities workbook*. If you don’t have much time then download the *”At-a-Glance-Guide”* which introduces how you might get started using design thinking over the course of one day. The toolkit is created with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – The Global Libraries initiative. Learn more and get the toolkit here: http://www.designthinkingforlibraries.com *For more information please contact* Director of Citizens’ Services and Libraries, Rolf Hapel, +45 8940 9300, hapel(a)aarhus.dk Library Transformer Sidsel Bech-Petersen, +45 5157 6462, sibp(a)aarhus.dk -- Warm Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian *Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research* 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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CFP-Final: National Conference on Emerging Trends & Techniques for Electronic Resource Management in Libraries: Issues & Challenges on February 13-14, 2015 at Rourkela
by Bhojaraju Gunjal 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

*Call for Papers - Final : Submission date extended to January 19, 2015* *Subject: Invitation to attend National Conference on Emerging Trends & Techniques for Electronic Resource Management in Libraries:* *Issues & Challenges on February **13-14, 2015** at Rourkela* Greetings from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela, *Dear Sir/Madam/Friends,* It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL) of National Institute of Technology Rourkela is organizing the “*National Conference on Emerging Trends & Techniques for Electronic Resource Management in Libraries: Issues & Challenges*” on *February **13-14, 2015* in association with SLA-Asia and SLP. This conference is the second event under the series “*Empowering Library Professionals to Empower Society (ELPES)*”. The main objectives of this conference are: - Awareness and importance of electronic resources; - Familiarization with the different ways of accessing electronic content; - Acquaint with the review activities associated with e-resources; - Examine copyright and licensing implications for scholarly communication; - An opportunity to develop ideas, strategies and policies for e-resource management (ERM); - Equip participants with skills for collection development and management of e-resources both theoretical and practical; - To discuss the issues and challenges faced during ERM cycle; - To adopt best practices for enhancing usage of e-resources. We request you and your colleagues to participate and contribute a paper for this conference. And also help us to spread this message among library & information science professionals, information scientists, knowledge managers, students & scholars. Kindly register at the earliest to avail campus accommodation as we have limited number of rooms available. For Call for papers and other details please visit: http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/events/elpes2/ and http://library-nitrkl.blogspot.in/ ***Important Dates:* *Extended date of submission of paper* *Last date of submission of paper* *January 19, 2015* *January 09, 2015* *Last date of accepted Notification* *January 25, 2015**Conference Date**February 13-14, 2015* **Looking forward to meet you at NIT Rourkela. ** *Encl: Invitation and Poster* With Best regards, Yours sincerely, *Dr.Bhojaraju Gunjal* Organizing Secretary, ELPES-2 *Connect with BPCL: Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/bpcl.nitrkl> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/BPCL_NITR> | Google+ <https://plus.google.com/u/0/114839086094720039070/> | Blog <http://library-nitrkl.blogspot.in/>** |* ************************************************************************************************************* *Dr.Bhojaraju Gunjal* * Ph.D, MLISc, PGDLAN | Endeavour Research Fellow (Victoria University, Australia)* *Head, Central Library,* ** *Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL),* ** *National Institute of Technology Rourkela,** **769008, **Odisha. INDIA. * *Tel (Off): +91 (0) 661-2462101 <%2B91%20%280%29%20661-2462101> | Cell: +91 9040511891 | E-mail: Bhojaraju.G(a)gmail.com <Bhojaraju.G(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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Senior citizens set up book bank to help college students in Chennai - The Times of India
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Very good initiative by senior citizens (read: pensioners) in Chennai. One good thing that I noticed is that student need not return the books. I spoke to Prof V Chandrashekar who is the man behind this project. He is a part of Senior Citizens Group of Basant Nagar in Chennai. This SCA has over 50 members, average age is 75+. They engage themselves in welfare activities for poor senior citizens and the needy. REcently they distributed blankets to those sleeping on pavements. They do not accept cash donations but donations in kind are welcome. About the free book bank service he comments: "Books represent Sarasawati. We should not sell Saraswati (old books must be given away and not sold to make money)". Well, I am inviting him to join sss-global so that we may hear more about their activities. =========== Senior citizens set up book bank to help college students in Chennai Divya Chandrababu,TNN | Jan 13, 2015, 09.53 PM IST CHENNAI: A group of senior citizens in Chennai have set up a book bank to help college students who are in need of textbooks but cannot afford to buy them. The Senior Citizens Group in Besant Nagar collected over 1,000 books so far. The group has appealed to individuals to donate old college textbooks and reference material. Students who are in need can show their identity cards and collect the books they want. "We will give more than one book based on their requirement. The students need not return the books," said one of the members of the group. "We also request colleges to collect as many books as they want if they want to distribute them to their students," he added. The senior citizens carry out the social work using their pensions. Interested students can contact V Chandrasekhar at 9884224480. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Senior-citizens-set-up-book… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Senior citizens learn to edit Wikipedia in the Czech Republic « Wikimedia blog
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Comments for lis-forum & U3A subscribers: GIven below is a news item showing how a Czech project motivating senior citizens to contribute to wikipedia has been successful. This is also an example to see how libraries can help Third Age Learning / U3A. Please See link below for graphs and images that are missing in the reproduced portion. Lis-forum is text only - hence this approach. ==== Senior citizens learn to edit Wikipedia in the Czech Republic BY VOJTĚCH DOSTÁL ON JANUARY 12TH, 2015 Senior citizens learn to edit Wikipedia in special classes held in Prague’s Municipal Library “Senior citizens class photo” by Pavla Pelikánová, licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0. Logo for the “Senior Citizens Write Wikipedia” program Logo by Dominik Matus, licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0. When we announced that we were starting a Wikipedia outreach program aimed at senior citizens, the response was mixed. “Do they even know how to work with computers?” our colleagues asked. Indeed, while more than 10,000 students have participated in Wikipedia education programs worldwide in the last four years, there have only been a few small-scale senior citizen education programs. This low Wikimedia outreach towards senior citizens is bewildering. Many of them are retired and thus have more free time than their younger student counterparts. Moreover, they are often well-educated and can contribute articles on a range of topics. Most importantly, senior citizens in developed countries are increasingly computer literate. The aim of this blog post is to shed light on what may be the next big thing in the Wikimedia education movement. Challenges Although we had extensive know-how from our university education program, we realized that the senior education program could not just copy what we learned from students. First, senior citizens do not regularly visit classrooms every day, as university students do. We needed to establish partnerships with institutions that could replace the schools – municipal libraries, senior citizen learning centers and third-age universities proved to be the most valuable. Facebook ads targeted people aged 55 or older; women that were between 55 and 65 years old interacted most with these ads. Facebook graph by Vojtěch Dostál, under CC-BY-SA-4.0. Moreover, we needed to find a way to tell senior citizens about our project, so that they could take part in it. We came up with several promotional strategies: some were successful and some not-so-good. Leaflets distributed and e-mails sent out in large quantities were among the least efficient. Featuring our project in the library and senior center newsletters were key to our success. In addition, promotional talks and introductory lectures on Wikipedia to an audience of senior citizens were quite effective: crucially, these were given by professor Jan Sokol (also a Czech Wikipedian), a prominent figure who was able to attract large crowds. Age-targeted ads on Facebook were also a promising way of reaching out to senior citizens who use the Internet, and especially engaged women aged 55 to 65. Finally, we knew we needed to establish well-organized, regular courses and be as patient and helpful as possible. By designing a course curriculum with approximately 10-12 hours divided into several weekly lessons, we ensured that our participants had enough time to first understand Wikipedia, then learn to discuss and work in a sandbox — and finally edit and write articles. Inevitably, this was time-consuming for the instructor (and program leader) but it led to superior results, as described in the next section. Outcomes Three separate weekly classes were held for the senior citizens of Prague, each in a different part of the city. A total of 37 participants registered to the course extension on Czech Wikipedia (although some of them did not finish the courses). A brief visit to their user pages reveals how valuable these participants are as Wikipedians – most of them have a college education, speak various languages, and some of them are former researchers. Weekly edits by participants to articles (orange), compared to all other pages (blue). Edit graph by Vojtěch Dostál, under CC-BY-SA-4.0. Not only did they learn how Wikipedia works and how to edit it, but they already started working on it. Of 201,912 bytes added by the participants in total, 84,828 bytes were made on pages in the main namespace. Some of the participants even created their first articles – a total of 18 new articles were written. About half of the registered senior citizens still continue to edit (i.e. edited in December 2014 after their course ended at the end of October). This retention rate is superior to that of most university education programs, where success rate of new editor recruitment has been estimated as 3% for the US/Canada Education program. Future directions As a pilot, the program exceeded our expectations. We demonstrated that it is perfectly possible to run a senior citizen education program and had good results with retention. Promotion to our target group was the biggest challenge – this may get easier once word spreads to more senior citizens, as they talk to each other about this successful program. We would like to continue with these efforts and scale up the project, if we can get more funding. Our participants often want to keep meeting in real life to improve their grasp of Wikipedia. They want to practice writing articles and gradually become independent editors. Among other things, we try to help them by creating lists of articles which they can easily start or edit. By organizing similar courses in cities other than Prague, the number of participants is likely to increase. We already have interested libraries in regional towns and cities of Moravia who wish to hold lessons for their senior citizens. The “Senior Citizens Write Wikipedia” project is funded by an IEG grant and runs under the patronage of Wikimedia Czech Republic. The program leader is Vojtěch Veselý, who can be contacted on a Wikipedia discussion page or by e-mail. Vojtěch Dostál, Wikimedia Czech Republic http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/12/czech-senior-citizens-learn-to-edit/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad Demise of V L Kalyan - KALA Should organize a Condolence Meeting immediately
by Pandurang Konnur 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Pandurang Konnur" <pvkonnur(a)gmail.com> Date: Jan 10, 2015 9:49 PM Subject: Sad Demise of V L Kalyan - KALA Should organize a Condolence Meeting immediately To: "LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: Friends, It is most shocking news to hear the sad demise of Mr.Kalyan. A Good friend for all of us and most renowned professional. His tenure in BEL and DRTC Libraries is highly remembered by his clientele. His involvement in the professional activities was experienced by most of us. He never posed as a leader any time, but loved to work as a volunteer in most of our professional activities. His tenure as a General Secretary of KALA is most memorable period in the history of KALA. What is really worrying to most of us is that, the young professionals who need to carry the flag of the profession need to show their responsibility and commitment to the profession. We know that the new generation librarians are most intelligent and knowledgable, but they need to work for uniting the professionals and project the profession to the society as an inevitable tool for the society. This role need to be played by the KALA. Now I request the KALA to organize a Condolence Meeting immediately possibly in Central College for the sad demise of Sri.Kalyan. KALA should remember the service rendered by Kalyan while he was its Secretary. Let us set a good tradition to our young Librarians and communicate them the services rendered by the senior professionals who have departed from us. Hope KALA will do this job at an earliest. Thanks, Sent from my iPad Best Regards, Dr.P V Konnur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MURTY'S INITIATIVE TO TAKE INDIAN CLASSICAL LITERATURE TO GLOBAL STAGE
by Ragaavendra R 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

MURTY'S INITIATIVE TO TAKE INDIAN CLASSICAL LITERATURE TO GLOBAL STAGE On Thursday, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen will be inaugurating a series of books in New Delhi which is, arguably, unlike any set of works published before. For, Sen will be launching the first five books of the Murty Classical Library of India (MCLI), set up at Harvard to publish English translations of ancient Indian classical texts, not only from Sanskrit but a host of Indian vernacular languages, from Bengali to Telugu to Hindi to Kannada. The books, five of which will be published every year for the next hundred years, will offer readers around the world and in India access to unique works that one would otherwise find difficult to find in a library, let alone a book store. For instance, among the first works being released is Therigatha, an anthology of poems in Pali written by the first Buddhist women which might well be the oldest examples of women's writing. "I started this (MCLI) four years ago, when I was in Harvard University. In Harvard, for example, if you want to learn classics, they teach you only Greek and Latin. Our question was why only these, why not old Tamil poetry or Punjabi play or Malayalam text? So, now, we're doing these translations and making them available to people in India and the US," Rohan Murty, who had donated $5.2 million along with his family to launch MCLI, had told Business Standard earlier. Murty did his PhD in computer science from Harvard University and had recently taken leave from the university to spend a year as executive assistant to his father and Infosys founder Narayana Murthy. "This is the first time this is being done with Indian texts - people are used to seeing Greek and Latin texts, now they will start seeing books in ancient Tamil, Hindi and other Indian languages," he said. Murty was clear that though there would be some works in Sanskrit the focus would be on the vernacular languages. REF LINK:http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/indian-classi… Best Regards, Raghvendra R The information contained in this electronic message and in any attachments to this message is confidential, legally privileged and intended only for use by the person or entity to which this electronic message is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify the sender and system manager by return email and delete the message and its attachments and also you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this electronic transmission or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not represent those of the Company or bind the Company. Any commitments made over e-mail are not financially binding on the company unless accompanied or followed by a valid purchase order. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail Scanner, and is believed to be clean. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.jubl.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Commissioning of India's first rural high-speed broadband network
by Saji S Nair 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

Dear All, India’s first hi-speed rural broadband network (national optical fibre network, NOFN) under the Digital India Programme has been commissioned in Idukki district of Kerala. Through this, Idukki with a large tribal and rural population becomes the first district in the country to have all its gram panchayats connected through NOFN. NOFN is the largest rural connectivity project of its kind in the world. It seeks to link each of the 2.5 lakh grama panchayats of India through broadband optical fibre network. It is is expected to facilitate broadband connectivity to over 600 million rural citizens of the country over its completion. It will enable the grama panchayats to have 100 Mbps of bandwidth, thereby facilitating the delivery of various e-Services and applications including e-health, e-education, e-governance and e-commerce in the future. In the first phase, NOFN shall be extended to cover 50,000 grama panchayats and the remaining 2 lakh is expected to be covered in a phased manner by 2016. Read the full story at: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/idukki-gets-first-hi… regards -- Saji S. Nair Assistant Librarian Library & Information Services Division Regional Cancer Centre Medical College Campus Trivandrum - 695011 Kerala, INDIA ----------------------------------------------------------- 91 471 2522225 (O) 91 471 2394252 (R) 09446014130 (Mob) Email: saji(a)rcctvm.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Not qualified UGC NET even after scoring Qualifying Marks
by Apurba J Majumder 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Strange!!!! UGC NET December 2013 Qualifying Mark : 60.57 (UR) My friend scored exactly the same marks, still she is not NET Qualified in the result sheet. Roll No: 20590129 Name: Rosy Chakraborty How is it possible? What to do now? ****************************** Apurba Jyoti Majumder Assistant Librarian Rabindra Library (Central Library) Assam University. Dargakona Silchar- 781011 Cell No: 09435268733* www.aus.ac.in We care for tomorrow: Save a tree...please do not print this e-mail unless you really need. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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One day National Seminar on "Promoting the Use of Libraries in the Internet era" on 10 February 2014 at Punjabi University, Patiala.
by HPS Kalra 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

One Day National Seminar on "Promoting the Use of Libraries in the Internet era" is being organized by the Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala on 10 February 2014. Registration fees: Rs. 500/- (payable in cash on the spot) includes lunch, session tea and Certificate. Director of the Seminar: Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor & Head, Department of Library & Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala. Tel: 0175-3046179 Sub-themes: · Internet and its use in different types of libraries and library services · Users and use of libraries in the Internet era · Information literacy and its role in promoting use of libraries · Information seeking behaviour · Virtual Reference Service a tool · Role of library and information professionals (LIPs) in the changing scenario · Competencies and skills for LIPs · Library building and new technology Call for papers: The above sub-themes are just indicative and contributions are invited on any topic related with the theme. Kindly avoid generic presentations and submit research papers, articles, case studies, best practices, review papers, and project reports and . The closing date for contributing a paper is 31 January 2015. Kindly send your brief CV along with your paper and a PPT also at the following email address: jagtardeep(a)gmail.com Plagiarism Alert: Contributors are advised to abide by strict academic ethics with respect to acknowledgment of original ideas from others. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration Form Name: Designation: Organization: Complete Address: Tel. (Off): Cell Phone: E-mail: (Signature of the Applicant) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICSSR-NASSDOC Sponsored 3 days national Workshop on “Web Discovery Tools and Services” on 16-18 March 2015.
by Vijayakumara 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Dear all, It's my pleasure to inform you that, in collaboration with Indian Council of Social Science Research, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi, BIT-Mesra is conducting 3 days national workshop on “Web Discovery Tools and Services” on 16-18 March 2015. This workshop will create awareness among the participants on availability of various Web Discovery Tools and its services. The program will also focus to develop competitive skills and techniques for social scientist/ scholars/librarians on Web Discovery Tools and Services. There will be no registration fee for participants, Outstation participants will get free accommodation, no TA/DA will be provided by us, participants has to make their own arrangements. The workshop is limited to 30 participants, so we will accept the application on first cum first basis, along with the professional background. The last date to receive the filled registration form is 20th February 2015. Hereby I am enclosing workshop registration form for your needful. If you need any more information kindly contact the Workshop Director, (:0651-2276675 librarian(a)bitmesra.ac.in Thanking you__ Vijayakumar M. MSc., MCA., Ph.D., UGC-NET. Central LibraryBirla Institute of Technology, A Technical University Mesra, Ranchi- 835215, India Tel:0651-2276675 Fax:0651-2275401http://www.bitmesra.ac.in/-*- || Thank you for considering the environment before printing -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Late V.L.Kalyan - Great organiser.
by D.V. Patwardhan 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Sorry to read that Sri V.L.Kalyan is more. He was Hon.Secretary of KALA during 1992-93 during which period I has close association with him as I was Joint Secretary. His tenure was a "golden period of KALA" as remarked by my friend Dr.K.N.Prasad, SRELS, for which I too agree with him. We were able to hold monthly lectures which served as platform for exchange of ideas/ discussions for Library professionals. There was no LIS-Forum to communicate among librarians. Hence, we fixed lectures for three consecutive months and mailED one invitation to all KALA members through snail mail.This went on for 4/5 years. Even then Librarians too were responding and attending lectures on first Tuesday of every month. Now, concept of monthly lecture is totally forgotten. National Library Week (in association with dept. of Public Libraries, Karnataka) and special lectures were held with pomp and grandeur. A stamp in the name of Dr.S.R.Ranganathan was released during a function held at G.P.O.in 1992 with former Vice-President Sri B.D.Jatti as Chief Geust. Sri V.L.Kalyanwalked to Newspapers officer offices of Deccan Herald, The Hindu,etc. to get the lecture announcement get published in "Today's egagement" section of newspapers on first Tuesdays of every month. I rarely found such a dedicated Hon.Secretary of KALA afterwards. Sri V.L.Kalyan was a librarian of par excellence and good organiser. My his soul rest in peace. d.v.patwardhansr.librarianGlobal Academy of Technology -- 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 in Vol 4, Issue No. 2 of 'International Journal of Information Research (ISSN: 2249-8273)'.
by Shriram Pandey 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Dear LIS Professionals, Greetings! I am very pleased to inform all of you that with the help of our esteemed editorial board members and reviewer committee, 'International Journal of Information Research (ISSN 2249-8273)' has been released its Vol. 3, Issue 4 of 2014. I am glad to invite you to submit your article for the Vol 4, Issue No. 2 of 'International Journal of Information Research (ISSN: 2249-8273)'. The International Journal of Information Research is a peer-reviewed print as well as open access scholarly journal, and it is being published quarterly by the 'Society for Scholarly Publishing and Open Access Resources (SPOARS)'. This is a print as well as an open access journal for library, information and management (LIM) professionals. In this journal articles, reviews, proceeding papers, and news items, etc are published. SUBMISSION OF PAPER Authors are requested to submit their manuscripts by email attachment to [editorijir(a)gmail.com] or can use online platformhttp://www.spoars.org/journal/online_submission. Access full-text articles: http://www.spoars.org/journal/ Thank you. Warm regards, Prof. H. N. Prasad, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Information Research Department of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U.P.) PIN -221 005 (India) Contact No. +91- 9415336709 (Mob.) Email ID: editorijir(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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Workshop on Knowledge Analytics in Corporate Sector - Reminder
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

From: Ravichandra <ikrrao(a)hotmail.com> Date: Mon 12/29/2014 10:18 AM Workshop on Knowledge Analytics in Corporate Sector (TEQIP-II/COE Sponsored), Tue, 13 January 2015 Venue: Tech Park Seminar Hall, PES Institute of Technology Who can attend? The workshop should be of interest to students, and teachers of Computer science, knowledge and Information management professionals, Faculty and students of PESIT and other engineering colleges as well as professionals from the industry. Registration is free of cost, but all participants must register online well before the event. How to register? To register for a KAnOE Workshop, please goto http://kanoe.org/workshopregistration.html and click appropriate button. Venue: Tech Park Seminar Hall, PES University, BSK 3rd Stage, Bangalore 560085. AGENDA: Tuesday, 13 January 2015 9:30 - 09:50 : Registration and Welcome 9:50 - 10:00 : Opening Remarks by Dr. I. K. Ravichandra Rao, Visiting Scientist, KAnOE 10:00 - 11:20 - Mr. N. V. Sathyanarayana, CEO and Managing Director, Informatics Ltd., Bangalore - Analytics in Information Industry 11:20 - 11:40 - Coffee break 11:40 - 1:00 - Dr. K. K. Chowdhury, Professor, SQC and OR Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore - Analytics in Industrial Quality Control 1:00 - 2:00 - Lunch 2:00 - 3:30 - Dr. J. K. Suresh, Designated Partner, KenAble Consultants, LLP., Bangalore - Analytics in Knowledge Management 3:30 - Tea For any queries, please write to ontology(a)pes.edu Director Centre for Knowledge Analytics and Ontological Engineering PES Institute of Technology Bangalore 560 085.

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Sad demise of Kalyan sir
by Ranjan Kumar Barik 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

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Invitation: Book Fair at Visva Bharati Library, Santiniketan from January 21 to 24, 2015
by Ajay Kum Sharma 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Dear All Visva Bharati Library Network, Santiniketan is organizing a book fair at its Central Library premises from January 21 to 24, 2015 (10.00 am to 8.00 pm). All institutes and book lovers are cordially invited. More than 20 leading publishers and suppliers are participating in the book fair. -- Thanks and regards. अजय कुमार शर्मा Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian & In-charge, Cheena Bhavana Library & Additional charge, Hindi Bhavana Library Visva Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235, Bolpur, Birbhum, West Bengal Email: ajaysharma.lib(a)visva-bharati.ac.in Mobile No.: +91 9735111064 Web: http://www.absla.org/ajay.html Web Blog: http://www.blogger.com/home?pli=1 *********************************************************** 1. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg 2. Join today LIS-Forum mailing list http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum *********************************************************** You can’t change the past but you can change the future, always remember to recycle... -- 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] Sri V L Kalyan..
by Dr. Poornima Narayana 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Dear Professionals It's indeed a shocking and sad news to learn about Sri Kalyan's untimely demise. Apart from being a thorough professional to the core he was a very good human being and friendly by nature. He was a very good orator too which all of us experienced at various forums and panel discussions. Me and my colleagues at CSIR NAL convey our deepest condolences to his bereaved family. May his soul rest in eternal peace. Regards Poornima Narayana -- Dr. Poornima Narayana +91-80-25086080(W) Fulbright Scholar +91-80-26682781 (R) Head, ICAST poornima.narayan(a)gmail.com National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL) Bangalore 560017 INDIA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Understand the QS Ranking methodology, Join the first QS event in India
by Sethi, Manik (ELS-DEL) 11 Jan '15

11 Jan '15

Dear Patron, Greetings! QS Quacquarelli Symonds ,The producer of the widely respected QS World University Rankings and QS University Rankings: Asia is organizing their first event in India "QS in Conversation 2015" QS in Conversation is a roundtable where University leaders from around the world , gather and dicuss about key trends of higher education in their specific areas of interest . This event also gives an oppurtunity to know the indepth methodology of QS ranking framework , and what are the key indicators. www.Scopus.com<http://www.Scopus.com> , World's leading abstract & Index database of Elsevier, supplies data which is used as research impact indicator in QS rankings with 20% weightage. Elsevier is the research partner of "QS in Conversation 2015", and key representatives from Elsevier shall be presenting at the event. Date - 2nd to 4th February 2015 Venue - Raddison Blu Hotel, Noida (Delhi NCR) Event Website - http://www.qsinconversation.com/india-2014/ Thanks & Regards, Manik Sethi Marketing Manager - South Asia Elsevier - Research Solutions Sales -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Change/Migrate/Implement Open Source Library Automation Software
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 11 Jan '15

11 Jan '15

Dear All, Its my pleasure to inform you that i have taken one initiative to get the information from those libraries which is not yet automated or willing to change the existing automation software to another open source library management software. The information collected will be shared among the Experts available at http://mishravk.com/experts/ so that either desired library professionals or experts available near your library can contact/visit for the above matter. Library professionals are requested to visit the below link and fill your details so that your library automation related requirements can be fulfilled by Library professionals at least/negligible cost. http://goo.gl/forms/RmPh1g6Irr Vinod Kumar Mishra Assistant Librarian NIT Rourkela -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad news for Mr. VL Kalyan sir
by Gopi Krishnamurty 11 Jan '15

11 Jan '15

I kn Very well Mr. Dr Kalyan Sir personally. Great human and good teacher in LIS Filed . I pray God to rest his soul in peace. Gopala k City Central Library.CTA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library and Information Science News
by Dr. Badan Barman 11 Jan '15

11 Jan '15

Library and Information Science News Send a text message <JOIN LLINKS> to 9220092200 10/1/2014 News Government of Odisha, Department of Higher Education pleased to assign the Examination Duties & Other Assignment to Librarians. More: http://goo.gl/X3zBhi Jobs Professional Assistant, Junior Professional Assistant & Library Attendant Post in University of Hyderabad. Last Date: 30/1/2015. More: http://goo.gl/16h6ut Librarian Vacancy at Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai. Last Date: 31/1/2015. More: http://goo.gl/OtgUeO Librarian Selection Grade and Grade I (Deputation Basis) Jobs in AIIMS, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Last Date:14/2/2015. More: http://goo.gl/er5aGJ Events 5 Days Training Workshop on Open Source Integrated Library Management Software Koha 3. Dates: 2-6/2/2015. Location: ISI Kolkata. More: http://goo.gl/h7XVHI National Conference on Contrivance of Academic Libraries in Digital Era. Dates: 6-7/2/2015. Location: Ujjain, MP. More: http://goo.gl/acKAQM National Conference on Emerging Trends & Techniques for E-Resource Management in Libraries. Dates: 13-14/2/15. Location: Rourkela. More: http://goo.gl/GWx9TW Two-day International Seminar on Changing Role of the Librarian in the Era of KM. Dates: 20-21/2/2015. Location: New Delhi. More: http://goo.gl/L24nuc National Seminar on Role of LIS Professionals in Developing Info. Literacy Skills. Dates: 19-20/3/15. Location: Alagappa University. More: http://goo.gl/whqkF1 MANLIBNET 2015. Dates: 7-9/5/2015. Location: Manipal, Karnataka. More: http://goo.gl/yQDGxT Call for Articles Journal of Information Management (JIM) invites articles for publication. Last Date: 30/1/2014. More:http://goo.gl/TbfW7R Regards, Dr. Badan Barman, Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Gauhati, 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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Sad demise of Mr. VL Kalyan
by Ishwar Goudar 11 Jan '15

11 Jan '15

Dear Professional Colleagues, A good friend of many of us Shri V.L. Kalyan passed away around 5 PM on 9th Jan 2015. It is learnt that he was admitted to Ramaiah Hospital on 8th evening probably due to heart attack. I learnt about this sad demise only around 9.15 PM, Only few friends, who learnt about this news bit early and who stayed near to his house could get the opportunity to pay last respects to the departed soul personally as the body was taken around 10 PM to a his village near Dharwad for last rites. He served as Head, Technical Information Centre at BEL, Bangaluru for long period. He was General Secretary of Karnataka State Library Association for a long period and was professionally active even after retirement by way of delivering invited lectures in Seminars/Conferences, IGNOU contact classes, etc. He was very friendly and jolly person, who contributed a lot the professional development. Let us pray the Almighty to give Strength to his family to bear the loss. Let his soul rest in peace. Regards, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser Bangalore University Library, Jnana Bharathi Campus BANGALORE - 560056, India - 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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Sad demise of Dr. V L Kalyan, Former Library Head, Tic (D&E), Bharat Electronics Ltd. Bangalore
by Ravindra Mendhe 10 Jan '15

10 Jan '15

Dear Professionals I knew Dr. V.L.Kalyan, Former Head, Tic (D&E), Bharat Electronics Ltd. Bangalore, personally. He was our National conference 2014 conference chairperson and he was stay at shirpur dist Dule ( Maharashtra). He was the good adviser for new LIS Professionals. Let us we pray god to give Strength to his family to bear the loss. Let his soul rest in peace. regards Ravindra M. Mendhe Jalgaon ( Maharashtra) India ------------------------------------- I knw Dr Kalyan personally. Great human and good frnd. I pray God to rest his soul in peace. Laxman Rao ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Ishwar Goudar" <goudarishwar(a)googlemail.com> Date: Jan 10, 2015 10:41 AM Subject: [LIS-Forum] Sad demise of Mr. VL Kalyan To: "lis-forum" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: "francis jayakanth" <francis.jayakanth(a)iimb.ernet.in> Dear Professional Colleagues, A good friend of many of us Shri V.L. Kalyan passed away around 5 PM on 9th Jan 2015. It is learnt that he was admitted to Ramaiah Hospital on 8th evening probably due to heart attack. I learnt about this sad demise only around 9.15 PM, Only few friends, who learnt about this news bit early and who stayed near to his house could get the opportunity to pay last respects to the departed soul personally as the body was taken around 10 PM to a his village near Dharwad for last rites. He served as Head, Technical Information Centre at BEL, Bangaluru for long period. He was General Secretary of Karnataka State Library Association for a long period and was professionally active even after retirement by way of delivering invited lectures in Seminars/Conferences, IGNOU contact classes, etc. He was very friendly and jolly person, who contributed a lot the professional development. Regards, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser Bangalore University Library, Jnana Bharathi Campus BANGALORE - 560056, India - 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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National Conference on "Knowledge Management in Libraries and Information Centers" (KMLIC-2015), Date: 18th – 19th March, 2015
by Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq 10 Jan '15

10 Jan '15

Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Under the UGC-Special Assistance Programme (SAP DRS-I) is going to organize a National Conference on “Knowledge Management in Libraries and Information Centers (KMLIC-2015)” on 18th – 19th March, 2015. *Introduction* Knowledge Management (KM) is an influential tool for promoting uniqueness, realizing and re-engineering the various aspects of day-to-day activities of an organization. Knowledge Management is a new research area which is developing very rapidly. In the current knowledge economy, the survival of organization depends on how good it manages the knowledge to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. Information professionals should also evolve and adopt the knowledge environment by implementing knowledge management in their field. Knowledge management represents an opportunity by entrusting new roles and responsibilities for libraries and LIS professionals. LIS professionals have to gain new skills and involve themselves effectively in knowledge management practices to become relevant to their organisations to enable them to have a competitive edge for employment to people from other industries. The ultimate purpose of KM is to increase the effectiveness and sustainability of organizations, particularly in case of libraries and information centers. Although the concept of KM originated in the business field, but in practice it has now spread to the non-profit sector as well. Libraries as non-profit making organisations, improve their communication both horizontally and vertically thus promoting a sharing culture. It is for the same implications that the conference is being organised to pool up both the knowledge and experiences of the professionals working in the areas of KM and discuss the tools of managing the assets of knowledge. The conference is enveloping mostly on the various facets of Knowledge Management and its application in Libraries and Information Centers, thrived particularly with the following objectives: - To create awareness and provide a platform for exchange of ideas concerning tacit and explicit knowledge - To share knowledge and skills among academicians/ LIS professionals/ other knowledge based professionals working in private and public sector. - To understand knowledge management tools and their usage in KM initiatives. - To provide an opportunity to share innovative ideas and plans in the areas of KM. To identify suitable initiatives in implementing KM in the library and information centers. *About AMU* Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), established in 1920, A.M.U. is one of the oldest central government funded universities in India. It was evolved out of the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College (MAO College), which was set up by the great visionary and social reformer, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in 1877. From its very inception, it has kept its door open to the members of all communities and from all corners of the country and the world. It occupies a unique position amongst universities and institutions of higher learning in the country. The main campus of AMU is located in the city of Aligarh. Quite recently, the University has been ranked among the best educational institutions in India. According to Times Higher Education Asia Ranking 2014, AMU has ranked 3rd among all Universities in India. It Ranked 50th among top 100 institutions of higher learning in BRICS grouping-2014 and 5th in The Week-Hansa Research (Best Universities Survey) 2014. *About Department* The foundation of the Department of Library Science was laid way back in 1950-51 with the introduction of a 'Certificate Course in Library Science,' by the then University Librarian, (Late) Padmashree Prof. S. Bashiruddin, who later on introduced a full time ‘Bachelor of Library Science' course in 1958-59 with full time Lecturers for the first time in the country. Subsequently, 'Master of Library Science' was introduced in1970-71 and Ph.D in 1990-91. A special feature of the revised syllabi is the emphasis on Information Technology and hands-on training on a number of library automation software packages. A well-equipped computer lab supports the revised syllabi with Internet facility. The seminar library of the department is the first fully automated library of the university. The teachers of the department have also received training in Information Technology within the country and also abroad. Presently the department is headed by the chairman Prof. Shabahat Husain, who has been recently conferred with the Prof. S.P Narang Research Promotion Award by Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS). The department has had the distinction of completing a number of DST and UGC major research projects by designing and developing L.I.S. Subject Gateway (*www.lisgateway.com <http://www.lisgateway.com>*), I.T. Subject Gateway (*http://www.itsubjectgateway.info/ <http://www.itsubjectgateway.info/>)* and E-Learning portal (*http://lislearning.in/ <http://lislearning.in/>*). As a Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Prof Shabahat Husain developed ‘Social Science Cyber Library’ (*www.socsccybraryamu.ac.in <http://www.socsccybraryamu.ac.in>*), inaugurated by His Excellency Shri Pranab Mukherjee on 27.12.2013 as a part of inaugural programme of XXXVII Social Science Congress held from 27th to 31st December 2013. The Social Science Cyber Library which is first of its kind in the whole world is being used in 63 countries so far. Under the UGC’s Programme, the Department was awarded Special Assistance Programme SAP (DRS-I) in the financial year 2013-2014 for five years. The theme of the project is Knowledge Management with Prof.Shabahat Husain as its Coordinator and Dr. Naushad Ali.P.M as its Dy. Coordinator. The conference is one of the components of the project which is organised in the area of knowledge management and the strategies of organizing and capturing the knowledge in libraries and information centers. *Who should participate?* The conference would provide opportunities to meet and hear from library professionals, leaders and information scientists in all types of environments particularly from libraries and information centers, some of the categories are: - Academic fraternity in teaching, learning and research - Library and information science professionals - Information technology professionals - Research scholars and students - Information scientists - All stakeholder’s of knowledge management *Call for Papers* KMLIC-2015 welcomes submissions of research and scientific papers, case studies, working papers, etc. related to all aspects of Knowledge Management particularly based on the themes and sub themes of the conference. The paper submitted should have been neither published anywhere nor kept under consideration for publication. All papers will go through a review process and accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings/Edited Book. The papers should be submitted in soft form as an email attachment to: *kmlic.dlis(a)gmail.com <kmlic.dlis(a)gmail.com>* *Author’s Guidelines* The text of paper should be written in MS word, format with A4 size, 1.25 margins (Top, Bottom, Left & Right), 12 font size, Times New Roman, 1.5 line space. The Paper must be written in English and should not exceed 5000 words, with an abstract of 300 words. The style of formatting the article citation and references is APA Style of referencing. *Main Theme: Knowledge Management in Libraries and Information Centers* *Conference Sub-themes* *E-Learning:* - Innovative Pedagogies - Social Networking Technologies and e-learning - Learning Content and Metadata Standards - Peer to Peer Learning - E-learning and Business Models - LMS and CMS Systems - Digital Reading, Content Discovery, Content Navigation, Best Practices, etc. in e-learning. *Knowledge Management:* - KM Strategies and Implementations - Knowledge sharing and collaboration - Knowledge Management Practices - Models for Knowledge Management - Web 2.0 tools for Knowledge Management - Knowledge Management systems - Tools and Technology for Knowledge Management - Inter-organizational Knowledge Management *Open Access and Open Repositories:* - Open Access Resources and Open Access Softwares - Open Access Repositories - Issues concerning Open Access - IPR and Institutional Repositories *Issues concerning with Libraries and Information Centers:* - Innovative Library Services - Management of e-resources - Copyright - Plagiarism - Digital Rights Management - Digital Technologies and Social Media - Information Literacy *Conference Timeline* The Last Date of Submission of Abstracts: 30th January, 2015 Notification of the acceptance of Abstracts: 05th February, 2015 The Last Date of Submission of Papers: 20th February, 2015 *Conference Date: 18th – 19th March, 2015* *Registration Fees* *Category Without accommodation With accommodation* (Including breakfast and dinner) For Students and Research Scholars: Rs. 1000/- Rs. 2000/- For working Professionals: Rs. 1500/- Rs. 2500/- For Sponsored Professionals: Rs. 2500/- Rs. 3500/- The Registration Fee will include conference kit, conference proceeding, meals, refreshment, etc. Accommodation will be provided to the out station delegates in the University Guest House. The duly filled-in Registration Form along with Demand Draft (DD) in favour of *“Organizing Secretary KMLIC-2015”* payable at AMU, Aligarh, may be sent on the following address on or before 10 th March 2015. *Prof. Shabahat Husain*, Organizing Secretary, Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh - 202002. E-mail ID: *shabahat12(a)rediffmail.com <shabahat12(a)rediffmail.com>* Mobile No.: +91-9412177121 *Organizing Committee* Patron: *Lt. Gen (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah* (Vice Chancellor, AMU, Aligarh) Organizing Secretary: *Prof. Shabahat Husain* (Chairman, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) Convener: *Dr. Naushad Ali P.M* (Associate Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) Conference Director: *Prof. Jagtar Singh* (Head, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University Patiala) Rapporteur General: *Dr. M. Masoom Raza * (Associate Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) Committee Members: *Mr. S. Mustafa K.Q. Zaidi* (Associate Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) * Dr. Sudharma Haridasan* (Associate Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) *Dr. Nishat Fatima* (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) *Dr. Mehtab Alam Ansari* (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) *Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq* (Guest Teacher, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) *Dr. Shazia Khan* (Guest Teacher, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) *National Advisory Committee* Dr. Ashu Shokeen (Kurukshetra University and ILA President) Dr. B.S Nigam (MCRP Vishvavidyala, Bhopal, Noida Campus, Noida) Dr. D.V. Singh (Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra) Dr. Gayas Makhdumi (Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi) Dr. H. N. Prasad (Banaras Hindu University) Dr. I.V. Malhan (Central University of Himachal Pradesh) Dr. Jagdish Arora (Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Prof. Jagtar Singh (Punjabi University, Patiala) Prof. M.P.Satija (Guru Nanak Dev University) Prof. N. Laxman Rao (Osmania University) Prof. N.R. Satyanaraina (BBAU, Lucknow) Dr. Nabi Hasan (IIT Delhi) Prof. P.B. Mangla (Tagore National Fellow, Govt. of India, Ministry of Culture) Dr. P.R. Goswami (Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) Dr. R. K. Chadha (Parliament Library) Dr. Ramesh Gaur (Jawaharlal Nehru University) Prof. S. R.Vara Lakshmi (Andhra University) Prof. S.M.Shafi (University of Kashmir) Prof. S.P. Singh (University of Delhi) Dr. Sangeeta Gupta (University of Jammu) Dr. Shalendra Kumar (University of Delhi) Dr. Tariq Ashraf (South Campus, University of Delhi) Prof. Wajih A. Alvi (IUST Awantipora, Kashmir) Dr. Yogendra Singh (IIT, Roorkee) *For further Queries and details please feel free to Contact:* Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq Department of Library and Information Science Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh - 202002 E-mail ID: naikoomuzamil(a)gmail.com Mobile: +91-8979249718 *Venue:* *Department of Library and Information Science* *Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P* *202002* Best _____________________________ *Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq* Department of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh, U.P., India - 202002 Cell No. : +91-8979249718 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Sad demise of Mr. VL Kalyan- recently I met him in Mangalore
by Manjunath K 10 Jan '15

10 Jan '15

It is really a sad news. Recently, I had met him in a conference recently organized by Besant College, Mangalore. He was very active person and made his presence noticeable with his valuable remarks and advice to college librarians. Our life is a "Jatakaa Bandi", Vidhi is its "saaheba/owner" and he decides our journey. I pray for peaceful life of departed life. Personalities don't' die... they live in friends' heart and memories. We lost a good professional friend and an expert in our field. Manjunath -------------- Dr. Manjunatha K Chief Librarian T.A. Pai Management Institute| PB.No.9 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 Ishwar Goudar Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2015 4:13 AM To: lis-forum Cc: francis jayakanth Subject: [LIS-Forum] Sad demise of Mr. VL Kalyan Dear Professional Colleagues, A good friend of many of us Shri V.L. Kalyan passed away around 5 PM on 9th Jan 2015. It is learnt that he was admitted to Ramaiah Hospital on 8th evening probably due to heart attack. I learnt about this sad demise only around 9.15 PM, Only few friends, who learnt about this news bit early and who stayed near to his house could get the opportunity to pay last respects to the departed soul personally as the body was taken around 10 PM to a his village near Dharwad for last rites. He served as Head, Technical Information Centre at BEL, Bangaluru for long period. He was General Secretary of Karnataka State Library Association for a long period and was professionally active even after retirement by way of delivering invited lectures in Seminars/Conferences, IGNOU contact classes, etc. He was very friendly and jolly person, who contributed a lot the professional development. Let us pray the Almighty to give Strength to his family to bear the loss. Let his soul rest in peace. Regards, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser Bangalore University Library, Jnana Bharathi Campus BANGALORE - 560056, India - 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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Sad demise of Mr. V.L.Kalyan
by Ashok Asundi 10 Jan '15

10 Jan '15

Dear Professional friends, It is a shocking news to hear that Mr.V.L.Kalyan is no more. One of the very active professional and a very humble professional passed away on 9th Jan 2015 after a brief illness. Mr. Kalyan was very affectionate friend to not only to me and my family but as well to all professionals in the state and admired by his students in IGNOU for which he has been an academic counsellor for more than a decade. He served in various organisations like in ITC, Bharat Electronics for a very long time and after retirement he was library advisor at Indian Statistical Institute for two years. Very active in all professional conferences and seminars and has also served as a resource person for CEP. He was also Gen Secretary of KALA and actively associated with Dept. of Public Libraries. The profession is poorer by his demise and we pray almighty to his soul rest in peace and convey our heartfelt condolenses to his bereaved family. It is a bad period for the profession as we lost four veterans in the span of nearly a month. Prof. A.Y.Asundi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad demise to Prof V Kalyan
by Ambika M 10 Jan '15

10 Jan '15

Dear Library professionals, Morning I heard the sad news that Prof. V Kalyan is no more. We lost a very good resource person. Great loss for Library community. Let his soul rest in peace. -- Thanks and regards *Ambika M* Librarian SAMS Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ISI-CODATA International Training Workshop on Big Data
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

======================================================================= ISI-CODATA International Training Workshop on Big Data 9th to 20th March 2015 Indian Statistical Institute (ISI),Bangalore, India & International Council for Science: Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), Paris, France Venue: Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre. ========================================================================== CODATA and the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) - along with other partners - will convene an International Training Workshop on Big Data. This will continue the emerging series of International Training Workshops which CODATA is seeking to establish with a variety of partners. Recent training workshops have been held in Beijing, China and in Nairobi, Kenya. The International Training Workshop will take place at the Indian Statistical Institute in Bangalore, India on 9-20 March 2015. Objective: The intensive, two week residential course has as its objective to train early and mid-career data professionals in using latest technology and techniques in Big Data management and its exploitation. Eligible Participants The workshop is targeted at early and mid-career data professionals. The definition is deliberately flexible to allow candidates from a variety of backgrounds to make a case. However, doctoral students, post-doctoral researchers, young faculty members and early career data experts, data managers etc are the target group. Ideal candidates will have some experience as data managers, data encoders, metadata managers, archivists, data exploitation personnel, analysts, data publishers or similar roles. Data experts that help policy makers in data related policies are also included. Scholarships Students from SAARC countries and from other countries in South and Southeast Asia will be welcome. A limited number of scholarships supporting accommodation and travel may be available. Further announcements will be made, however, interested parties should send a brief CV as soon as possible to Simon Hodson <execdir(a)codata.org> and Devika Madalli <devika(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in> and you will be contacted about scholarship opportunities. Subjects Covered Introduction What is Big Data? What are its features? Big Data Storage formats scaling Tools and techniques for handling Big Data Standards for Big Data Semantics for Big Data organization and retrieval Data models and services Domain based data Open Government Data Big Data Licensing: access, use, reuse modalities Data and text mining Approaches to structured and unstructured data Case studies, Big data projects and alliances Data Publishing ========================================================================== Important Dates: Application Deadline: 20/01/2015 Selection Notification Deadline: 31/01/2015 Registration Deadline: 10/02/2015 For further information and updates please visit this website: drtc1.isibang.ac.in/bdworkshop ========================================================================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for fulltext article
by Mamtha's Gmail 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

Dear professional friends, One of our faculty members requires the following reference . Kindly please provide a copy of this article if available in your library. Imberty A <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Imberty%20A%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tr…> 1, Hardman KD <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Hardman%20KD%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=t…> , Carver JP <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Carver%20JP%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tr…> , Pérez S <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=P%C3%A9rez%20S%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor…> . Molecular modelling of protein-carbohydrate interactions. Docking of monosaccharides in the binding site of concanavalin A Glycobiology (1991) 1 (6): 631-642 -- *Thank you & Regards* *Mrs Mamatha P. Kumar* *Chief Librarian* *Central Library* *Yenepoya University* *Yenepoya University **|** University Road, Deralakatte **|** Mangalore 575018 **|** Karnataka **|* * India*T: +91 824 22046668/69/70 *|* Extn 310 *|*F: +91 824 2204667 *|* www.yenepoya.edu.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Walk-in-Interview for Project Assistant at CSIR-NISCAIR
by G Mahesh 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

A Walk-in-Interview for Project Assistant in Library Science will be held on 20 January 2015 at CSIR-NISCAIR. Details are available at : http://www.niscair.res.in/Downloadables/Advt-ProjAsst-6Jan15.pdf G. Mahesh 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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Big data and eScience - Panel discussion on 12th Jan 2015 at RRI - A gentle reminder
by Meera B. M. 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

Dear Friends I have pleasure in inviting you all to a half day event on the most upcoming hot topic “Big data and eScience” on 12 th January, 2014. This is an event to mark the “Golden Jubilee Celebrations” of the “Department of Library Science” – University of Mysore. The details of the event are given below. Organisers: Department of LIS, University of Mysore MILAN – Mysore University Information and Library Science Alumni Network Raman Research Institute Nature of the event: Panel Discussion Panelists: Dr. Abhinanda Sarkar Associate Dean and Director of Research MYRA School of Business, Mysore Dr. Sharma Chakravarty Professor, Computer and Engineering department, University of Texas, Arlington, USA Dr. Jayanth Haritsa Senior Professor SERC, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Dr. Shiv Sethi Professor, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore (Program Anchor: Prof. Shalini Urs) Venue: Venue: Auditorium, Raman Research Institute, C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Banglaore - 560080 Date: 12 th January 2015 Time : 3 PM High Tea : 5 PM (We look forward for an RSVP to meera(a)rri.res.in ) For more details – Please visit: http://milan-mysore.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DLISC-MILAN-RRI-FlyerA4.… We welcome all the professionals to share the joy of meeting and learning -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IndusTree: CXO PowerTalks @ MYRA (14) - Air Marshal Ramesh Rai, VM | January 09, 2015 | 11:30am
by deepa＠isim.ac.in 08 Jan '15

08 Jan '15

IndusTree: CXO Power Talk (14) "Training for Leadership -- the Air Force Way" by Air Marshal Ramesh Rai, VM Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief HQ Training Command, Indian Air Force Date: Friday, January 9, 2015 Time: 11:30 to 12:30 pm Venue: Athena Auditorium, MYRA Talk Summary Air Marshal Ramesh Rai, V M was commissioned as a fighter pilot on December 9, 1976. He flew GNat and Jaguar aircraft in the initial years and subsequently commanded a Jaguar Squadron. He is an Experimental Test Pilot and Cat ‘A’ Flying Instructor with approximately 4,500 hours of flying to his credit. He is the recipient of the Suranjan Das Trophy and Chief of Air Staff (CAS) Trophy for standing first in test pilots courses and for being best in flying. He has held important command and staff appointments at Air Head Quarters as Joint Director, Air War Strategy Cell, Director, Air Staff Requirements and as our Defence Attache at the Embassy of India in Tel Aviv, Israel. Later, he commanded Advance HQ at Kolkata and Air Force Station, Bidar. The high mark of his tenure at Air Force Station Bidar was the induction of the HAWK Aircraft in the Indian Air Force, wherein he pioneered the Training System on this Advanced Jet Trainer. He served as Senior Air and Administration Staff Officer of Maintenance Command at Nagpur, and was the Chief Instructor (Air) at Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, prior to elevation to the Rank of Air Marshal on June 1, 2012. He served as Senior Air Staff Officer of Central Air Command before taking over as Air Officer Commanding in-Chief, Training Command. He was commended by Air Office Commander–in-Chief, Eastern Air Command and Chief of Air Staff for his flying skills and devotion to duty. He was awarded with Vayu Sena Medal by the President of India on January 26, 1999 for his Distinguished services to the nation. You are cordially invited For more information please visit http://www.myra.ac.in/events Questions? Please email office(a)myra.ac.in call +919535423333 Thanks and Regards, Deepa Jaganath Executive Assistant International School of Information Management, Mysore & MYRA School of Business, Mysore. Phone: +91 9535423333 Email: office(a)myra.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vijay Anand, Makhanlal Chaturvedi national University of Journalism and Communication.
by Vijay Anand 08 Jan '15

08 Jan '15

Respected Sir/Madam, HAPPY NEW YEAR I am pursuing research leading to PhD on "Designing of an e-learning model for supplementing Library and Information Science education programmes" from Gauhati University, Guwahati (Assam). I shall be grateful to you, if you kindly fill the questionnaire and return back the same. Please answer all the questions and make suggestion if any. If possible kindly submit your response as soon as possible. Your feedback will also helpful for me to find out the validity and reliability of the questionnaire. The link of questionnaire is : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xNqmkBFm-vMxvLwUyLZAocKeXk5jjKCzLEghw9kqGQ… Thank you for your assistance in this regard Yours Sincerely Vijay Anand, Research Scholar, DLIS, Gauhati University, Head Library and Faculty, DLIS Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication, Noida Campus anandwarm(a)gmail.com (M) 9868770579 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Greetings from MILAN, Mysore.
by Mohamed Minhaj 07 Jan '15

07 Jan '15

Dear Professional Colleagues, Greetings from MILAN (Mysore University Information and Library Science Alumni Network). For those of you who are not familiar with MILAN, kindly note, MILAN is an Alumni Association of Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, which was formed on June 24th, 2014 by the alumni during the inaugural event of the golden jubilee celebrations of the department. During this alumni meet, a fifteen member Executive Committee was also formed. The Executive Committee has chalked out several events as part of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations. To know more details about MILAN and its events, please visit MILAN’s website – *www.milan-mysore.org* <http://www.milan-mysore.org/>. Also, to get regular updates about MILAN and to get connected with other alumni members, please visit and like our Facebook page - *www.facebook.com/milan.mysuru <http://www.facebook.com/milan.mysuru>* We will be very happy to receive from you any facts / stories / photographs that you would like us to upload on our Facebook page pertaining to your experience at the department. Also, do send us information about your achievements/recognitions/awards so that we could share it with other members of MILAN family through our website / facebook. Finally, would like to remind you about one of the upcoming event that MILAN is organising in collaboration with Raman Research Institute(RRI), Bangalore. Please mark your calendars for Monday, 12th January 2015 for the Panel Discussion on " Big Data and eScience" to be held at RRI at 3 PM. Thanks and Regards, Mohamed Minhaj Webmaster - MILAN -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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InSight Special Lecture (18) on "Everyday Discipline and a Good Lifestyle for the New-Age Manager" by Dr. M A Saleem, I.P.S., Commissioner of Police, Mysuru | January 8, 2015 | 5:00 pm
by deepa＠isim.ac.in 07 Jan '15

07 Jan '15

Insight: Special Lecture Series (18) "Everyday Discipline and a Good Lifestyle for the New-Age Manager" by Dr. M A Saleem, I.P.S. Commissioner of Police Mysuru City Date: Thursday, January 8, 2015 Time: 5:00 to 6:00 pm Venue: Athena Auditorium, MYRA Talk Summary Each day has 24 hours of equivalent length but every hour is not created equal, in the sense that different people contribute to their work differently in different parts of the day. Yet a disciplinary approach to each day will add value to our work, our system, our body and mind. Dr. Saleem, IPS, Police Commissioner, Mysuru City is here with us to give some insights of how discipline in everyday life can lead to productive work. About the Speaker Dr. M. A. Saleem, Commissioner of Police, Mysuru City, hails from a town near Bangalore and has a brilliant academic record. He has a Degree in Commerce, a Master’s in Police Management and a Doctorate Degree in Traffic Management from Bangalore University in 2010. He was selected through the All India Civil Service Examination to the Indian Police Service (IPS), Karnataka Cadre. His contribution towards society is humongous. He has brought in a massive change in the traffic system. He is a person with rich professional experience that has already added value to the citizens of Mysuru. He has held prime positions in his profession across the state. His contribution to the Public and Police force shows the intensity and the quality of his work. He has a long list of awards that stand testimony to his diligence and commitment to his profession. The list is beyond any that can be generated here. He has established functional Help Lines like "AASARE" for the aged; "SPANDANA" for women; "MAKKALA SAHAYAVANI" for children; introduced Simputers for Traffic Enforcement; “Safe Routes” for school-going children and many such for the betterment of the public as a whole. We are enthralled by it. His most important message has been “Life is also like traffic at times it does get jammed. Patience is the answer to it. Everything falls in place when you think peacefully”. We look forward to sharing his learning & experiences and to apply them diligently to our everyday lives. You are cordially invited For more information please visit http://www.myra.ac.in/events Questions? Please email office(a)myra.ac.in call +919535423333 Thanks and Regards, Deepa Jaganath Executive Assistant International School of Information Management, Mysore & MYRA School of Business, Mysore. Phone: +91 9535423333 Email: office(a)myra.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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BIG DATA - Panel Discussion on 12th Jan 2015
by Ishwar Goudar 07 Jan '15

07 Jan '15

Dear Professionals, A Panel Discussion on interesting topic BIG Data has been organised by MILAN, MyDLIS, University of Mysore (Golden Jubilee Event) in collaboration with Raman Research Institute. On behalf of the organisers I cordially invite you for the program and also request you forward this mail to other friends interested. Panel Topic: Big Data Venue: Raman Research Institute, CV Raman Avenue, Sadashivnagar, Bangalore Date and time: 12th Jan 2014, 3.00 PM.(Monday) Anchor: Prof. Shalini Urs, DLIS and ISIM, UoM, Foundar Chair, MYRA School of Business Panelists: Dr. Abhinanda Sarkar, MYRA School of Business Dr. Sharma Chakravarthy, University of Texas Dr. Jayanth Haritsa, SERC, IISc Dr. Shiv Sethi, RRI For more details and Flyer please visit: http://milan-mysore.org/ RSVP: Dr B M Meera, Librarian, Raman Research Institute C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar P O Bangalore 560 080 Ph: 09480836045 Regrads - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser Bangalore University Library, Jnana Bharathi Campus BANGALORE - 560056, India - 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) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sathya <sathya19(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 2:42 PM Subject: BIG DATA - Panel Data 12th Jan 2015 To: Ishwar Goudar <goudarishwar(a)googlemail.com> Cc: V G Talawar <vgtalawar(a)gmail.com>, Rajendra Babu < hrajendra.babu(a)gmail.com>, Govindareddy Kaniganahalli Venkatareddy < gk46345(a)gmail.com>, Ananda Byrappa <anand.byrappa(a)gmail.com>, A Y Asundi < ashokasundi(a)rediffmail.com>, "K.N. Prasad" <kadaba.n.prasad(a)gmail.com>, Meera B M <meera(a)rri.res.in>, Nagappa B <nagappa.b(a)tcs.com>, Hosamani Satishkumar <sshosamani5454(a)gmail.com>, "Sunil M.V" <sunilmv(a)sdmimd.ac.in>, Dr Francis Jayakanth <francis.jayakanth(a)iimb.ernet.in>, Jahagirdar Iqbal < jagirih(a)gmail.com>, jahagirih(a)gmail.com, Shivaram <shivaram(a)nal.res.in> Dear KALA friends On behalf of MILAN (Mysore University Information and Library Science Alumni Network) and MyDLIS ( Department of LIS, Mysore University), I have pleasure in inviting you all to Panel Discussion on Big Data hosted by Raman Research Institute. Please see the information attached. Spread this message among all your professional colleagues and friends and extend the invitation to them. Thanks *Sathya * *N.V. Sathya Narayana* *Informatics (India) Ltd, Bangalore. India. * *www.informindia.co.in <http://www.informindia.co.in>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request
by SRINIVAS VEMULA 07 Jan '15

07 Jan '15

Good Afternoon, Kindly anyone help me to get the following article as required by our one of the faculty. Doug McEacherna (1976), The mode of production in India, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Volume 6, Issue 4, pp 444-457, 1976 Thanks in advance for your help. Regards, Srinivas Vemula TISS Campus, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad - 500 030 email: libraryth(a)tiss.edu http://www.campus.tiss.edu/ Ph: 040-2401 7701/02/03 Extn. 225 (off) Mobile: 09885016274 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free NET Coaching in Library & Information Science in Thrissur, Kerala organised by ALA and KLA in St. Thomas' College, Thrissur
by Dr. A.T. Francis 07 Jan '15

07 Jan '15

The AcademicLibrary Association (ALA) and Kerala Library Association (KLA) are jointlyorganizing Free NET Coaching in Library & Information Science for the June 2015Examination. Classes will be held at St. Thomas College (STC), Thrissur, Kerala during Sundaysand holidays. The classes will start on 18th January 2015, Sunday. This is the 4thCoaching Programme conducted in Thrissur, the 1st one was held in KeralaAgricultural University (KAU) and the 2nd and 3rd in STC.A good number of professionals have already cleared NET through this coaching. Fore more details and registration contact: Dr. A.T. Francis, Head, Library, College of Horticulture,KAU, President, ALA,President, KLA Thrissur Region & CourseDirector: 9496839409; francislaoor(a)yahoo.com or Shri. K. Rajendran, Chief Librarian,Kerala Sahitya Akademy & Secretary, KLA Thrissur Region: 9446637555 or Sri. P.A. Pradeep, Librarian, College of DairyScience & Technology & General Secretary, ALA:9995087645 or Smt. V.S. Swapna, Treasurer, ALA:9446434149. Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY College of Horticulture Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Registration is Closed
by Arup Raychaudhury 06 Jan '15

06 Jan '15

Sorry, registration is closed for 5 Days Training Workshop on open source integrated library management software Koha 3. Date: 2-6 February 2015 Venue: Indian Statistical Institute Librray 203 B.T. Road Kolkata 700108 -- Arup Raychaudhury -- 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 YASHWANT G KANADE 05 Jan '15

05 Jan '15

Dear Moderator, Could you please arrange to broadcast this message among the members? One of our student need this article. Managing the Media in an Era of Round-the-Clock News: notes from India's first tele-war Daya Kishan Thussu Journalism Studies Volume 3, Issue 2, 2002, pages 203-212 With Regards -- YASHWANT G KANADE SGO / LIBRARIAN Library and Information Sciences 1st Floor, B Wing Division of Biological Sciences Indian Institute of Science BENGALURU - 560012, Karnataka, INDIA kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in; ceslib(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in Phone: 080-22932786 -- 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 'Contrivance of Academic Libraries in Digital Era Vikram University, Ujjain on 6th and 7th February, 2015
by Anil Singh 05 Jan '15

05 Jan '15

You are cordially invited to participate in the Two days National conference on 'Contrivance of Academic Libraries in Digital Era' NCCALDE-2015 organized by School of Studies in Library & Information Science,Vikram University, Ujjain on 6th and 7th February, 2015. Please grace the event by contributing research paper or active participation. Theme - 'Contrivance of Academic Libraries in Digital Era' Academic libraries are the essential companion of Educational journey and have a mission to act as dynamic instrument of quality teaching, learning and research. Academic libraries today are facing the challenges of ever growing, continuum, infinite, dynamic and multidimensional growth of knowledge, price rise of publications, shrinking budgets, increasing cost of maintenance of collection, shortage of space and trained manpower on one hand and the challenges to fulfill the varied demands of end users in networked environment on the other hand. Thus, there is an urgent need for the contrivance of Academic libraries in digital era, so as to make it, a SMART borderless library providing value added information services and round the clock access to global information resources with a single click. Dr Sonal Singh Convener - NCCALDE 2015 School of Studies in LIS Vikram University, Ujjain (MP) 456010 Phone - 0734- 2510326, Mob - 08989218671 Email- drssonal(a)rediffmail.com, For details see the brochure at this link http://www.vikramuniv.net/userfiles/libraray-conf1115.pdf http://www.isst.org.in/Brochure_ujain.pdf -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reminder : Two-Day National Workshop on Research Methodology and Academic Writing 29-30 January, 2015.
by Kuldeep Matieda 05 Jan '15

05 Jan '15

Dear Sir/Madam INFLIBNET is organizing two days training programme on Research Methodology and Academic Writing during 29th to 30th January 2015. The objective of this workshop is to introduce the modern ways of conducting literature research, use of discovery tools and databases, use of reference management software such as Myendnoteweb, Mendeley and data analytical tool such as SPSS in analysing the research data. The Workshop will help the participants in applying proper research methodology and improving their analysis by applying various statistical techniques using popular software. The course aims to improve the research skills and competence among the researchers by strengthening their knowledge as well as improving researchers technical writing skill, etc. *Resource Persons* The resource persons are eminent IT / Computer / LIS Scientists /professionals and experts of the country including: · Dr. Gopakumar V, University Librarian, Goa University · Dr. Usha Munshi, Librarian, INSA, New Delhi · · Dr Neerja A Gupta, Principal, Bhavan’s Sheth R A College of Arts and Commerce, Ahmedabad · Sh. Manoj Kumar K Scientist-D, INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar · *Venue * The Workshop will be conducted at Information and Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET Centre), An IUC of University Grants Commission, Infocity, Gandhinagar-382007, Gujarat, India. *Workshop Fee* The registration fee is Rs. 3371/-(Approx) per person without accommodation and Rs. 5618/- (Approx) with accommodation (* The amount is inclusive of Service Tax at the Rate of 12.36% ). It covers the cost of workshop kit containing course materials, breakfast, lunch and dinner during the training period. The payment should be made through Demand Draft in favour of INFLIBNET Centre payable at Gandhinagar along with filled-in registration form. Fee is nonrefundable and non-adjustable. *Registration for Workshop* The application for admission to the workshop should be submitted in the enclosed prescribed form/online to INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar on or before 31st December, 2014. ( extended to 10th January 2015 ) -- *Kuldeep Matieda* *Project Officer (LS) INFLIBNET Centre* *Infocity, Gandhinagar - 382007* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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18 Libraries Every Book Lover Should Visit In Their Lifetime
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 05 Jan '15

05 Jan '15

From: "Ashok Asundi" <ashok_asundi(a)yahoo.com> Date: Sat, January 3, 2015 6:45 pm Dear Professionals, If youlove books, libraries are some of the most spectacular buildings in the world.Tocelebrate these monumentally important buildings, weâve complied a list of themost magnificentÂ libraries on the planet.From alibrary hidden in the forests of Beijing to one in Egypt that was designed likea sundial, these are the libraries that all book lovers should visit in theirlifetime.Â 1. TheAdmont Library in Admont, AustriaÂ Locatedin the foothills of the Alps, this beautiful library is the second largestmonastery library in the world.Â The library hall was designed in the lateBaroque styleÂ by the architect Joseph Hueber in 1776 with a nearly 230-foot-longhall that containsÂ 200,000 volumes.Theceilings were painted by Bartolomeo Altomonte and show the stages of humanknowledge, up to the high point of Divine Revelation.Â Â https://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/18-libraries-every-book-lover-142900208.html With best views on world's best libraries. Prof. A.Y.Asundi

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Article request
by Najeeb Koottil Vattamannathodi 04 Jan '15

04 Jan '15

Dear All I will be thankful to you if you can help me in getting this article J Nucl Med. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=PET%2FCT+with+18F-FDG-Labeled+Auto…> 2014 Jul 3;55(8):1267-1272. [Epub ahead of print] PET/CT with 18F-FDG-Labeled Autologous Leukocytes for the Diagnosis of Infected Fluid Collections in AcutePancreatitis. Bhattacharya A <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Bhattacharya%20A%5BAuthor%5D&cauth…> 1, Kochhar R <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Kochhar%20R%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tr…> 2, Sharma S <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Sharma%20S%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tru…> 3, Ray P <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Ray%20P%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&c…> 4, Kalra N <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Kalra%20N%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true…> 5, Khandelwal N <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Khandelwal%20N%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor…> 5, Mittal BR <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Mittal%20BR%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tr…> 3. Regards *Muhammed Najeeb. V* *Librarian, Health Science Library King Abdulaziz Medical City Riyadh, POB 22490, KSA + -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Actionable Social information to the palm of your hand
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 04 Jan '15

04 Jan '15

How technology is helping the visually-impaired access libraries at Delhi University Source: Dnaindia on 2015-01-02 07:13:18 Recently, Delhi University installed a special technology to help visually-impaired students. Please tell us something about it One of the biggest challenges faced by the visually-impaired, both students and teachers alike, is print access. They find it very difficult to access libraries. This recent technology, which is part of the “Inclusive Print Access Project’, can be used to scan library books and convert the text to speech. Thus visually-impaired students can access any book in the library without human help. How does this technology work? A camera scanner which is mounted on a stand is attached to a computer equipped with headphones. All the student has to do is place the book (only English language) under the scanner and keep turning the pages while the computer translates the text into speech. There are also options like dictionary, bookmarking etc. available to help students. A 200 page book takes approximately half an hour to be scanned, after which the students can share the audio file with others. Tell us something about your work in the past Our organisation filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against the Punjab National Bank in 1999 against the denial of promotions to all visually-impaired employees from stenographers to officers. As a result, a number of such employees can now become officers in banks across the country. We also filed PILs against Indian Railways, Reserve Bank of India and other corporations for non-observance of the reservation scheme mandated under the Persons With Disabilities Act. How would you describe the current scenario for disabled persons? We have definitely moved ahead as compared to where we were. When I was studying, there was no facility to access study material; I was also turned down by a principal for a teaching job because of my disability. Now the situation is much better as different academic and professional organisations give special focus to inclusion. However, a lot of work still needs to be done because when you talk of equality and inclusion, even 99% is not enough. It has to be 100%. So where are we lagging behind? As with most other issues in our country, we have laws, legislations, policies etc. in place but the implementation is lacking. Also the attitude of looking at disability as a negative factor in a person needs to change in order to promote inclusiveness and independence. Nowadays, nothing much can be done without technology, and the lack of it in rural areas is a major impediment towards inclusion of disabled people in the mainstream. http://www.myspark.info/news-read/how-technology-is-helping-the-visually-im… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Assistant at LPSC, Thiruvananthapuram
by Vimal Kumar V. 04 Jan '15

04 Jan '15

Name of Post : Library Assistant Number of Vacancies : 1 Posts Location : Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Educational Qualification : Graduate Degree with Masters Degree in Library Science / Library & Information Science How to Apply : Interested and eligible candidates may apply online for Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre Recruitment-2015 on or before last date of online application 13.01.2015 Apply Online & Detailed advertisement for Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre – LPSC Recruitment 2015 Library Assistant http://recruit.lpsc.gov.in/common/advt.jsp -- Vimal Kumar V. 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: Lecture at 3.00 pm n 12th Jan. at JNU Library
by Ramesh C Gaur 03 Jan '15

03 Jan '15

Central Library Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Cordially invites you to the 23rd Library Lecture Series and Outreach Programme Topic: "Libraries and Development: On the Agenda" Speaker Ms. Lynne M. Rudasill Associate Professor, Global Studies Librarian , University Library University of Illnios, at Urbana-Champaign rudasill(a)illinois.edu Chairperson: Dr. R K Sharma, Librarian, UN Information Centre for India and Bhutan Date: Monday, 12th January 2015 at 3.00 pm Venue : Committee Room, Central Library, JNU About the talk : International library organizations are most well-known for the venues in which they hold their conferences, but there is much more going on behind the scenes. Several of these associations, frequently considered non-governmental or civil society organizations, work to create change in the way that information is accessed, disseminated, and used throughout the world. With a focus on the development framework that will soon replace the Millennium Development Goals promulgated by the United Nations, I will explore and describe less visible activities, their success or lack of success, and what we might need to do to keep libraries and information science relevant in our information rich world. I will pay particular attention to the work of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and its efforts to get libraries on the development agenda. About the Speaker : Lynne Rudasill, Associate Professor, University Library, is the Global Studies Librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She also oversees the development of resources and collections in political science, U.N. serial publications, and the European Union Studies Center in her association with the International and Area Studies Library there. Her research is focused on the dynamics of scholarly communication including grey or fugitive literature and the impact and future of open access publications. She has taught courses in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois on social science research and resources as well as teaching in the undergraduate Department of Global Studies. As Chair of the Professional Committee of the IFLA Governing Board she has a deep understanding of the impact of that organization on information policies and sustainable development.. ************************************ Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) University Librarian 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop Announcement-Corrigendum
by Arup Raychaudhury 03 Jan '15

03 Jan '15

Dear Moderator, Kindly re-post the following announcement. Corrected download link and included Date. Regards Arup Raychaudhury ======================================================================= Indian Statistical Institute Library, 203 BT Road, Kolkata 700108 is organizing 5 Days Training Workshop on open source integrated library management software Koha 3. Date: 2-6 February 2015 Scope 1.Introduction to Linux, installation of Ubuntu, understanding Ubuntu file system layout, creation of user and group, basic commands. 2.Basics of MySQL 3.Installation and Configuration of Koha 4.Introduction to MARC21 & Z39.50 5.Basics of RDA 6.Introduction of different modules of Koha including Acquisition & Serial Control 7.Web 2.0 facilities like tagging, comment, social sharing and RSS feeds & Reports 8.System Management & Basic customization Registration Fee 1.Sponsored Delegates : Rs. 2000/- (without Accommodation) inclusive of all taxes. 2.Students/Self Sponsored : Rs. 1000/- (without Accommodation) inclusive of all taxes. The fee covers the workshop kit, course materials, lunch and tea. The number of participants is restricted to 20 and enrollment will be strictly on a first-come-first-served basis. The last date for Registration January 27, 2015. Mode of Payment Payment can be made in the form of demand draft or bankers cheque in favor of Indian Statistical Institute payable at Kolkata. You may email your completed Registration Form http://www.isical.ac.in/~library/downloads/koha.doc) to ashispal(a)isical.ac.in Contact Shri Ashis Kumar Pal Associate Scientist & Workshop Coordinator Library, Documentation and Information Science Division INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE 203 B.T. Road Kolkata 700108 33-25752109 ashispal(a)isical.ac.in -- Arup Raychaudhury -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Experts in Open Source Solutions for Libraries
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 02 Jan '15

02 Jan '15

Dear all, This is with reference to my previous initiative at ( https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1d7iVy3J2UhudYMLshPrgYcAFkei4O04QeXD5gJG3tc… ) to collect the name of Experts in Open Source Software from various corners of the Country. So now you can find the details of the experts and avail their assistance near your regions. Please let me know any corrections and contact them about the solutions and the problems. The database of experts is available at: http://mishravk.com/experts/ Thanking You. 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 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Book Review of "Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship" -- A Professor S.B. Ghosh Festschrift Volume, published in IFLA Asia & Oceania Section Newsletter, December 2014
by Puna Das 02 Jan '15

02 Jan '15

Dear Colleagues, Greetings and Happy New Year 2015! I am pleased to inform you that a book review has been published in the IFLA Asia & Oceania Section Newsletter, December 2014 issue, available at http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/asia-and-oceania/newsletters/dec-_2014.pdf… for book titled "Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship" which is a Professor S.B. Ghosh Festschrift Volume. This issue also contains an obituary "A Bright Star from the Horizon of Library and Information Science Falls: A Tribute to Professor A. Neelameghan (Jul 1926 – Jul 2014)" [http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/asia-and-oceania/newsletters/dec-_2014.pdf…] Professor A. Neelameghan contributed two chapters in the above-mentioned book and was also an Editorial Adviser to this book. With Best Regards Anup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MyDLIS Golden Jubilee Celbrations- 2014-15
by chandrashekara m 02 Jan '15

02 Jan '15

Dear Professionals, MyDLIS (Department of Studies in Library and Information Science), Manasagangotri, Mysore, and MILAN (Mysore University Information and Library Science Alumni Network) In collaboration with Raman Research Institute, Bangalore Organizes MyDLIS Golden Jubilee Celebrations 2014-15 Event “Big Data and eScience : A Panel Discussion” Date: January 12, 2015 Time: 3.00 PM Venue: Raman Research Institute, Bangalore Panelists: 1. Dr. Abhinanda Sarkar, Associate Dean and Director of Research, MYRA School of Business, Mysore 2. Dr. Sharma Chakravarty, Professor, Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Texas, Arlington. 3. Dr. Jayant Haritsa, Senior Professor, SERC, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 4. Prof. Shiv Sethi, Professor, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore Anchor: Prof. Shalini R Urs, Professor, MyDLIS, and Executive Director, ISiM, University of Mysore, Mysore You are cordially invited “Come and join the conversation” Please visit: http://milan-mysore.org/ Prof. M. Chandrashekara Chairman, DLIS, University of Mysore Manasagangotri, Mysore. Off. Ph: (0821) 2419398/9448600970 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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One-day National Workshop on DSPACE
by Dr. R. Balasubramani 02 Jan '15

02 Jan '15

Dear Professionals Greetings from Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathidasan University. Thanks for your overwhelming response for the *UGC sponsored One-day National Workshop on DSPACE: AN OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE FOR DIGITAL LIBRARY INITIATIVES* on 10th January 2015. Since we have planned for limited participants herewith we are closing our Registration by today (02.01.2015) for the workshop. Thanks for your response and support. Dr. S. Srinivasaragavan Conference Director Dr. R. Balasubramani Dr. B. Jeyapragash Organizing Secretaries Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathidasan University, Trichy. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy of Project Assistant in the Library of CSIR-NIO, Goa
by Satyaranjan Sahu 02 Jan '15

02 Jan '15

CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa requires one temporary staffs (Project Assistants II) for its library. The selection will be based on the walk-in-interview. But to avoid the unnecessary travel, the interested candidates would like to send their resume in advance to assess their suitability. Kindly go through the detailed advertisement below before sending the resume at satya(a)nio.org . Name of the position: Project Assistant -II Number of positions: 1 (One) (advertised under one science projects for library: http://itg.nio.org/public/public.nsf/TSAdisplay?OpenForm&UID=07BEBBD8A9879E… Consolidated Stipend per month: Rs. 16000/- Tenure - 12 months Maximum age as on date of interview: 28 yrs Essential qualification: Master Degree in Library & Information Science (MLIS) Desirable: Knowledge of computer application in library & information services Job requirement: To assist in different information services (classification, cataloging, indexing, data migration, data validation, digitization, etc.) in the field of oceanography - a multi-disciplinary science subject. The job requires the ability to understand the science topics, use of vocabulary control tools and sometimes to work independently by inferring the needs of the organization. Posting at: Goa Date and time of interview: 23/01/2015 10:00 AM Place of interview: NIO Dona Paula, Goa-403004 NOTE: General conditions at http://www.nio.org/index/option/com_vacgoa/task/show/title/Goa/tid/6/sid/28… Selected candidates may get the accommodation based on the availability & distance at nominal cost. धन्यवाद सादर - सत्य Thanking you Regards - Satya -------------------------------------------- सत्यरंजन साहु/ Satya Ranjan Sahu वैज्ञानिक एवं पुस्तकालय मुख्य/Scientist & Head of Library सीएसआईआर - राष्ट्रीय समुद्र विज्ञान संस्थान/ CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography दोना पाउला/ Dona Paula, गोवा/ Goa भारत/ India - 403 004 Phone: 0832-2450275 (O); Fax-91-(0)832-2450601 -------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop Announcement
by Arup Raychaudhury 02 Jan '15

02 Jan '15

Indian Statistical Institute Library, 203 BT Road, Kolkata 700108 is organizing 5 Days Training Workshop on open source integrated library management software Koha 3. Scope 1.Introduction to Linux, installation of Ubuntu, understanding Ubuntu file system layout, creation of user and group, basic commands. 2.Basics of MySQL 3.Installation and Configuration of Koha 4.Introduction to MARC21 & Z39.50 5.Basics of RDA 6.Introduction of different modules of Koha including Acquisition & Serial Control 7.Web 2.0 facilities like tagging, comment, social sharing and RSS feeds & Reports 8.System Management & Basic customization Registration Fee 1.Sponsored Delegates : Rs. 2000/- (without Accommodation) inclusive of all taxes. 2.Students/Self Sponsored : Rs. 1000/- (without Accommodation) inclusive of all taxes. The fee covers the workshop kit, course materials, lunch and tea. The number of participants is restricted to 20 and enrollment will be strictly on a first-come-first-served basis. The last date for Registration January 27, 2015. Mode of Payment Payment can be made in the form of demand draft or bankers cheque in favor of Indian Statistical Institute payable at Kolkata. You may email your completed Registration Form (http://www.isical.ac.in/~library/koha.doc) to ashispal(a)isical.ac.in Contact Shri Ashis Kumar Pal Associate Scientist & Workshop Coordinator Library, Documentation and Information Science Division INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE 203 B.T. Road Kolkata 700108 33-25752109 ashispal(a)isical.ac.in -- Arup Raychaudhury -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Send JOIN LLINKS to 9220092200 to Join SMS Based LIS Links Services
by Dr. Badan Barman 01 Jan '15

01 Jan '15

Respected forum members, Firstly, wish all of you a very happy and prosperous new year 2015. Secondly, I want to inform all of you that LIS Links stated a brand new SMS based service, which is unique of its kind. LIS Links new SMS based service is know as LLINKS (should be pronounced as L Links). To join this group which is free of cost, you are kindly requested to send JOIN LLINKS to 9220092200. To know about this service you can consult our FAQ at: http://lislinks.com/lis-links-sms New Address Dr. Badan Barman, Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Gauhati, Guwahati-781014, Assam, India Mobile: +919864205166 Email: badanbarman(a)dlisgu.in Website: http://www.gauhati.ac.in, http://www.dlisgu.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Paper request
by Subhash Khode 01 Jan '15

01 Jan '15

respected Professional friends I need following paper for my research paper which is in progress. Pengshan Yuan; Yongqin Tan, "The model of tacit knowledge sharing and the importance of library in the course," *Software Engineering and Service Science (ICSESS), 2011 IEEE 2nd International Conference on* , vol., no., pp.412,414, 15-17 July 2011 Subhash Khode Librarian Mahakal Institute of Technology Ujjain -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: The Intransigenc of STM Publisher
by Siva Shankar Kimidi 01 Jan '15

01 Jan '15

Dear Moderator: I wish all LIS professional friends "A Happy and Proseperous NEW YEAR" Kindly post this: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: The Intransigenc of STM Publisher A few commercial publishers dominate provision of access to scientific and technical information sought after by researchers around the world. Increasing subscription prices of journals at rates higher than general inflation caused librarians to think of forming consortia, but publishers started selling online journals as bundles, and libraries ended up with many journals their researchers have very little use for. Scientists and librarians adopted open access, but publishers came up with hybrid journals and article processing charges to beat any adverse effect on their profits caused by the fast-spreading open access movement. We compare the steps taken by scientists and librarians in the West to reclaim ease of access to research findings with what is happening in India. We end with a few suggestions. full text article - http://insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/PINSA/Vol80_2014_5_Art03.pdf Regards Siva IIT HLibrary 99080 35478 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New LIS website
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 01 Jan '15

01 Jan '15

Dear All, Its my pleasure to announce my new website at http://mishravk.com/ which is dedicated to Library and Information science profession. I am trying to develop a platform which may be useful to keep you update mainly in the application of new tools and technology in Library profession for professional development and to strengthen the library and society. Please keep me suggesting for any updates and improvements. http://mishravk.com/ Thanking You and Best wishes for the New year 2015! Vinod Kumar Mishra Assistant Librarian NIT Rourkela -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Resource Description & Access (RDA) & RDA Blog History Timeline
by Salman Haider 31 Dec '14

31 Dec '14

*Resource Description & Access (RDA) & RDA Blog History Timeline <http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/p/rda.html>* Compilation of Important Dates in the History and Development of Resource Description & Access (RDA) & RDA Blog. Contribute in the further development of this RDA History Timeline <http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/p/rda.html> by suggesting important dates in the history of RDA <http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/p/rda.html> and RDA implementation in libraries <http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/search/label/RDA%20IMPLEME…> around the world. For example you can suggest a date when your library implemented RDA Cataloging, or any date which is important to be noted in the Resource Description & Access (RDA) History <http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/p/rda.html>. Suggestions should by accompanied with proper reference sources, from which the information could be verified/cited. Salman Haider www.google.com/+SalmanHaider -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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VIRTUAL LEARNING SET TO BE REALITY IN GOVT COLLEGES
by Ragaavendra R 31 Dec '14

31 Dec '14

VIRTUAL LEARNING SET TO BE REALITY IN GOVT COLLEGES The popularity of online courses and virtual learning all over the world seems to have caught the imagination of the Department of Collegiate Education (DCE) in the State as well. As many as seven government first grade colleges in Bengaluru are part of a tentative list of colleges selected for a pilot 'Virtual Class Programme' in the State. These video lectures on a variety of topics are aimed at supplementing the already available resources like libraries and laboratories. In all, about 100 colleges with at least three colleges in each district will be selected for the programme. It will be extended to all colleges in the State depending on the response. At present, the department is in the process of collecting and recording lectures on a number of subjects recommended by a group of experts. The department already has a bank of as many as 600 lectures and more are being downloaded and recorded. The topics of these lectures range across subjects such as commerce, management, history, economics, physics, chemistry, mathematics, botany, environment science, spoken English and fundamentals of computers to name a few, said Govinde Setty, a nodal officer from DCE, supervising the project. Officials claim that virtual classes will go a long way in helping students especially in times when there is a shortage of faculty or for self study. Not so expensive Information officer of DCE, N Ramesh Reddy said, "Funds required for the project in each college is very less. The content is freely available online from where we have downloaded them, while others are being recorded. This will be uploaded on a computer from where they can be transfered to a pen drive. Besides, we will also try to make them available on smart phones through WiFi. Each college requires around Rs 25,000 for the project," he said. Sandhya M, a final year student from Maharani Arts, Commerce and Management College said the concept of virtual learning would be an additional tool that will greatly help in her studies. Pilot Plan Maharani Arts, Commerce and Management College; Maharani Science College for Women; Government Arts College (all situated around KR Circle); RC College of Commerce and Management, Basaveshwara Circle; government first grade colleges in Vijayanagara, KR Puram and Yelahanka are the seven colleges selected for the pilot plan, Setty said. REF LINK:http://www.deccanherald.com/content/450569/virtual-learning-set-realit… Best Regards, Raghvendra R The information contained in this electronic message and in any attachments to this message is confidential, legally privileged and intended only for use by the person or entity to which this electronic message is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify the sender and system manager by return email and delete the message and its attachments and also you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this electronic transmission or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not represent those of the Company or bind the Company. Any commitments made over e-mail are not financially binding on the company unless accompanied or followed by a valid purchase order. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail Scanner, and is believed to be clean. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.jubl.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC SPONSORED NATIONAL SEMINAR IN LIBRARY SCIENCE 02-03 JANUARY, 2015 , St. Mary’s College, Thrissur, Kerala - Programme
by Dr. A.T. Francis 31 Dec '14

31 Dec '14

UGC SPONSORED NATIONAL SEMINAR ON SKILLS APPROACH TO INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY FOR INFORMATION PROBLEM SOLVING (SICTIPS2015) 02-03JANUARY, 2015 Department of Library and InformationScience St. Mary’s College (SMC), Thrissur, Kerala PROGRAMME Day 1: Friday, 02nd January 2015 9.30 – 10.45 am: TECHNICALSESSION 1: Theme: Open access and its impact on library Chairperson: Smt.SuganthyR, Librarian, CMS College of Education Coimbatore 9.30 am: ThemePresentation: Dr.VeerankuttyChalatayakkot, CUSAT9.50 am – 10.45: Paperpresentations & Deliberations 11.00 am: INAUGURAL SESSION Invocation:College Choir Welcome: Dr. Sr.Jacintha C.C., Principal, SMC Inauguration: SriC.N. Balakrishnan Hon. Minister for Cooperation,Kerala Presidential Address: Adv.Therambil Ramakrishnan, MLA, Thrissur Key Note Address: Prof.A Srimurugan (Rtd.), Madurai Kamaraj University Felicitations:- : Sri K.Rajendran, Secretary, KLA, Thrissur : Sri C AbdulRazak, University Librarian (Rtd.), KAU : Smt. BetsyChacko, Member, Library, Advisory Committee, SMC Vote of Thanks : Sr. JollyVarghese U, Librarian, SMC National Anthem 12 – 1 pm: INVITED TALK: Dr. A.T. Francis, Kerala AgriculturalUniversity, Thrissur 2–3.30 pm: TECHNICAL SESSION 2: Theme: User Pattern of the Age Chairperson: Antoo K.D., Prajothi Nikethan College2.00 pm: ThemePresentation: RajalekshmiR, CUSAT2.20 pm: Paperpresentations and Deliberations 4.00 pm: Visit– Libraries Day 2: Saturday, 03rd January 2015 9.30 -11.00am: TECHNICAL SESSION 3: Theme: Library and ICT Environment Chairperson: Sr. Reetha K.L., Librarian, Vimala College,Thrissur9.30 am:Theme Presentation: Sri.Humayoon Kabeer, Librarian, Govt. College, Calicut9.50 am :Paper presentations and deliberations 11.30- 1.00 pm: TECHNICAL SESSION 4Theme: 21st Century Librarian-Highly Skilled in ICT Chairperson: Rev.Fr. John Neelamkavil CMI, Librarian,DVK Bangaluru Theme Presentation: Dr.Susan Mathew, CUSAT11.50 : Paper presentations and deliberations 2- 3.15 pm: TECHNICAL SESSION 5 Theme: Librarian a good Teacher and a PRO Chairperson: Smt. Devi P, Librarian,SIMET, College of Nursing, Kannur Theme Presentation: Smt.Vineetha Davis, Librarian, St. Aloysius College, Elthuruthu2.15 pm: Paper Presentations andDeliberations 3.30-4.30pm: VALEDICTORYSESSION Report Presentation : Rapporteur General Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY College of Horticulture Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article request
by shashi bhat 31 Dec '14

31 Dec '14

Dear Professional friends, One fo our faculty needs the following article for her research purpose. Any one of you have access to the article, kindly arrange to send me. Plastination: An attempt for oral specimen Vidya M *, Nanda Prasad, Hemanth M, Shakil M Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 2009, Vol.3 (2) PP 39-40 With Regards, Mrs. Shashikala K Librarian, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Constituent College of Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalore - 575018. Ph: 0824-2204572, 2204963 (ext.-234) Res: 0824-2202133 Mob: +919448869047. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The OA policy of the Gates Foundation
by Subbiah Arunachalam 31 Dec '14

31 Dec '14

Friends: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced its open access policy which will require all fundees to make their papers open access IMMEDIATELY on publication without any embargo. Also fundees are expected to deposit their papers in a specified repository. Please see: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/General-Information/Open-Access-… http://www.scidev.net/global/publishing/news/gates-open-access-policy.html Arun BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION OPEN ACCESS POLICY The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committed to information sharing and transparency. We believe that published research resulting from our funding should be promptly and broadly disseminated. We have adopted an Open Access policy that enables the unrestricted access and reuse of all peer-reviewed published research funded, in whole or in part, by the foundation, including any underlying data sets. As of January 1, 2015 our Open Access policy will be effective for all new agreements. During a two-year transition period, publishers will be permitted to apply up to a 12 month embargo period on the accessibility of the publication and its underlying data sets. This embargo period will no longer be allowed after January 1, 2017. Our Open Access policy contains the following elements: 1. *Publications Are Discoverable and Accessible Online.* Publications will be deposited in a specified repository(s) with proper tagging of metadata. 2. *Publication Will Be On “Open Access” Terms.* All publications shall be published under theCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Generic License <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/> (CC BY 4.0) or an equivalent license. This will permit all users of the publication to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and transform and build upon the material, including for any purpose (including commercial) without further permission or fees being required. 3. *Foundation Will Pay Necessary Fees.* The foundation would pay reasonable fees required by a publisher to effect publication on these terms. 4. *Publications Will Be Accessible and Open Immediately.* All publications shall be available immediately upon their publication, without any embargo period. An embargo period is the period during which the publisher will require a subscription or the payment of a fee to gain access to the publication. We are, however, providing a transition period of up to two years from the effective date of the policy (or until January 1, 2017). During the transition period, the foundation will allow publications in journals that provide up to a 12-month embargo period. 5. *Data Underlying Published Research Results Will Be Accessible and Open Immediately.* The foundation will require that data underlying the published research results be immediately accessible and open. This too is subject to the transition period and a 12-month embargo may be applied . -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Science reports India's OA policy
by Subbiah Arunachalam 31 Dec '14

31 Dec '14

Friends: Earlier this week, we saw the news story on the DST-DBT mandatory OA policy that appeared in Nature. Now Science has also carried the news. Please see < http://news.sciencemag.org/asiapacific/2014/12/india-s-major-science-funder… >. The important question now is: When will other funding agencies in India come up with a similar (or even better) mandatory OA policy? Please write to UGC, DRDO, DAE, Dept of Space, ICMR, and other agencies investing taxpayers' money on R&D and request them to adopt an OA policy as soon as possible. CSIR-URDIP, Pune, has already set up Science Central, a central repository that would harvest papers deposited in institutional repositories of all institutions under DST and DBT. Science Central is similar to CSIR Central which harvests all repositories of CSIR labs. We are indebted to URDIP for this service. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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One Million Preprints and Counting
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Dec '14

30 Dec '14

Friends: Hear from the horse's mouth about what motivated Paul Ginsparg to set up arXiv, the preprint server to make research papers in physics open as they were, so to say, born, and how arXiv grew to expand to math, computer science and even biology < http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/41677/title/Q-A--One… >. arXiv, the preprint server was born before the Internet and today it boasts more than a million preprints. Hats of to you Paul. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad Demise of Dr Velaga Venkatappaiah
by Aragonda L Moorthy 30 Dec '14

30 Dec '14

Dear Moderator, Kindly circulate the News A well know Librarian Dr Velaga Venkatappaih, one of the active members of the Library Movement in Andhra Pradesh, expired on 29 December 2014 with heart attack. He was a reputed public librarian and retired as Secretary, Zilla Grantahalaya Samstha. His contributions to the cause of libraries especially for public libraries and enriching Telugu literature in LIS is phenomenal. He was also member of RRRLF. He started the Prof Kaula international prize and was also Secretary of Kaula Foundation. He wrote Model Public Library Act. He is well known for his hard work and work in public library movement. He published many papers and authored many books. His death is a great loss to the libraries especially for public library movement. We pray the Almighty to give Strength to his family to bear the loss, Let his soul rest in peace. Dr AL Moorthy, Former Director-DESIDOC & Chief Consultant (Inf Sci), BrahMos Aerospace, Hyderabad Centre, Adj: DRDL Rear Gate, Kanchanbagh PO, Hyderabad-500058 Ph: (O) 040-24087058; Mob: 09951212000 -- 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 YASHWANT G KANADE 30 Dec '14

30 Dec '14

Dear Sir, Could you please broadcast the following request? One of our research scholar is required following article. With Regards Moore, I.D., Gessler, P.E., Nielsen, G.A. & Peterson, G.A. (1993) Soil attribute prediction using terrain analysis. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 57, 443. Thanks & regards, Sandeep Pulla Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science >>> Bangalore 560012 India -- YASHWANT G KANADE SGO / LIBRARIAN Library and Information Sciences 1st Floor, B Wing Division of Biological Sciences Indian Institute of Science BENGALURU - 560012, Karnataka, INDIA kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in; ceslib(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in Phone: 080-22932786 -- 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] NEW YEAR GREETINGS from Dr. Manjunatha, and Welcome To MANLIBNET 2015 CONFERENCE AT TAPMI, Manipal
by Manjunath K 30 Dec '14

30 Dec '14

Thank you Dr. Murthy for your best season's greetings. I too take this opportunity to wish all my professional colleagues on "New Year" I wish let 2015 be full of actions and result in rewarding experiences. MANLIBNET 2015 conference will be held on May 7-9, 2015 at TAPMI Manipal. The core theme is "Managing library and information Systems in the digital world: Challenges and Opportunities" the subthemes are Managing Resources, Managing technology, managing services, managing people and networks focusing on current trends. I invite you all to this conference for active participation and paper presentation. The brochure is in press and will be sent to you soon. The brochure and other details will be uploaded soon on TAPMI as well as MANLIBNET websites. Again wishing you a happy and prosperous New Year Manjunath -------------- Dr. Manjunatha K Chief Librarian T.A. 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The duration of the flight will be 12 months. So, tighten your seat belt. * *The next stop-overs will be = Health, Love, Joy, Harmony, Well-Being and Peace. Wish the following menu to be served during the flight: A Cocktail of Friendship A Supreme of Health A Gratin of Prosperity A Bowl of Excellent News A salad of Success A Cake of Happiness All accompanied by bursts of laughter. I and my Family Wish you and your family an enjoyable trip on board of flight ✈ 2015.* Dr AL Moorthy, Former Director-DESIDOC & Chief Consultant (Inf Sci), BrahMos Aerospace, Hyderabad Centre, Adj: DRDL Rear Gate, Kanchanbagh PO, Hyderabad-500058 Ph: (O) 040-24087058; Mob: 09951212000 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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International Conference on Building Knowledge Centres
by Kaustav Saha 30 Dec '14

30 Dec '14

International Conference on Building Knowledge Centres January 1-2 , 2015 At NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, Karkala, Karntaka 1st January 2015 Prof. K.S .Raghavan, Visiting Scientist, Knowledge Analytics and Ontological Engineering, PESIT, Bangalore, will deliver key note address Guest of Honour Professor Bhim Dhoj Sresta, Head, LIS, Tribuvan University, Nepal DR Wathmednel Seneviratn, Librarian, Open University, Srilanka 11.45 AM 12.30 PM Invited talk Prof Famida Handy -- Invited Talk 12.30 to 1.30 PM Technical Session-1 2.00 PM 2.30 PM Invited Talk Prof. Bhim Dhoj Sresta 2.30 PM t0 3.30 PM Technical Session-II 2nd January, 2015 93.0 AM to 10.00 AM Prof. I.K Ravichandra Rao, Invited Talk 10.00 AM to 111.AM Technical Session- III 11.00 AM to 11.30 AM Invited TalkProf. K. Chandrasekaran, Prof of Computer Science,NITK, Suratkal 11.45 AM 12.15 PM Invited talk Dr. M.Krishnamurthy, DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute 12.15 to 1.00 PM Technical Session 1.45 to 2.15 Invited Talk Dr. Khaiser Muneebulla Khan, Professor, Dept of LIS, Mangalore Univesity 2.15 to 2.45 PM Invited Talk- Professor Edwin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 2.45 PM 3.15 PM Invited Talk- Dr. M.K Bhandi , University Librarian, Mangalore University 3.30PM 4.50 PM Panel discussion Moderattor: Dr.Khaiser Muneenulla Khan Panelists : Dr. Wathemenel Sereniatne Prof. Mahesh Mudol Prof. Bhim Dhoj Sresta Dr. M.K .Bhandi, Librarian, Mangalore University Dr. Gopa Kumar, University Lirbarian, Goa University Dr. M.Krishnamurthy,DRTC, Indian Statistical Insitute Dr.Shivanda Bhat, Manipal University -- With regards, Kaustav Saha Bangalore -- 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 “Research Paper Writing in Library and Information Science”
by Bharat Alasandi 30 Dec '14

30 Dec '14

Dear Sir/Madam, Greetings from Bharatesh Education Trust's Global Business School, Belgaum. Our institute has been active in organizing Industry-relevant programs since inception. Continuing with this tradition, we have organized a two-day National Workshop on “Research Paper Writing in Library and Information Science” on 6th & 7th of February, 2015. *National Workshop on * *“Research Paper Writing in Library and Information Science” * It is necessary that a sound knowledge of research methodology is essential for undertaking any research activity or study. Statistics and data analysis methods are playing a major role in any research. Research methodology is systematic and organized effort to investigate a specific problem encountered in the work setting, which needs a solution. Library and information science profession is not exception from research, hence the professionals should always get involved in research activity. The outcome of the research should come out in the form of report with systematic findings. To keep pace with recent advancement in Library and Information Science, all the professionals have to be well versed with the latest developments in library science through research methodology. Keeping in view the importance of research for Library and Information science this workshop has been organized which will help to gain the knowledge and provide the platform to discuss and dialogue over the new dimensions in the field of LIS. *About Bharatesh Education Trust’s Global Business School* Bharatesh Education Trust’s Global Business School was established in the academic year 2009-10. It imparts quality education, inculcates professional skills among the aspiring youngsters and makes them exemplary business leaders. Students and faculties involved in quality research & consultancy. The school intends to set global standards for industry and community in order to bring social transformation. The BET’s Global Business School is accredited by NAAC with ‘*B*’ grade. It is also an ISO 9001:2008 certified institution, which aims to develop students with the right knowledge, skills and attitude to fit into the needs of the society to execute roles in the corporate world and contribute towards community development. Institute promotes Industry interaction with organizations of similar interest in order to develop global competency among students and ensure industry ready professionals. *Aims and Objectives of the workshop* This workshop is intended to provide participants research ability and help to develop research skills. The workshop’s intension is to have a cohesive mix of lecturing and practical skills. *Objectives* - Imbibe capacity to write a research paper and its publication - To equip participants conceptualize the hypothesis, design of research theme and to write a research proposals - To provide the platform for discussion on the methodological requirements of Research - To expose to the SPSS statistical analysis skills. *Areas covered* Research Methodology in Research Paper writing Research Design, literature review, Research methods, Formulation of Hypothesis Data collection tools Statistical Analysis with SPSS Different structures of the research papers and submission guidelines *Resource Persons* The resource persons are eminent professionals and experts in the field of Research Methodology, Library and Information Science and Management. *Target Participants* Library and Information Science Professionals Knowledge Management Professionals Library and Information science students *Duration: *2 days The workshop schedule shall be mailed to participants *Venue: *Bharatesh Education Trust’s Global Business School, B.C. 188, Old P.B. Road, Belagavi *Registration fee* The registration fee is Rs. 1100/- (Eleven hundred Rupees) for Professionals& Research Scholars, and 750/- (Seven hundred and fifty Rupees) for students. It covers the cost of workshop kit, training materials, breakfast, lunch, tea and snacks. The payment may be made in the form of Demand Draft or cheque in favor of *Director, BET’s Global Business School* payable at Belgaum. Participants may also avail the facility of NEFT using the following details. Bank Name: Bank of India, Branch: Fort Road, Belgaum SB A/C No: 110010110004415 IFSC Code: BKID0001100 *Accommodation* Accommodation will be provided as per request at an additional cost or list of hotels with tariff shall be mailed based on request. *Application* The application for admission to the workshop may be submitted to Director, Bharatesh Education Trust’s Global Business School, Belgaum on or before 31 st January, 2015. *Workshop Advisor* *Dr. Vinayak M. Bankapur* Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science Rani Channamma University, Belagavi *For further Information please contact* *Dr. Govind Welling* Director Bharatesh Education Trust’s Global Business School B.C. 188, Old P.B. Road, Belagavi Phone: 0831-2421513 *co-ordinators * *Dr. A.R. Rotti* Professor Bharatesh Education Trust’s Global Business School B.C. 188, Old P.B. Road, Belagavi Phone: 0831-2421513 *Mr. Bharat B. Alasandi* Librarian Bharatesh Education Trust’s Global Business School B.C. 188, Old P.B. Road, Belagavi Phone: 0831-2421513, Mob: 9686190253/9986135406 Please forward the same to your known, associates, research scholars and delegates for reference & participation in the Workshop. Kindly let us know if any more information is needed in this 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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NEW YEAR GREETINGS
by Aragonda L Moorthy 30 Dec '14

30 Dec '14

DEAR FRIENDS *The Boarding on Flight ✈ 2015 has been announced .* *Our luggage should only contain the best souvenirs from 2014. Leave the bad and sad moments in the garbage. The duration of the flight will be 12 months. So, tighten your seat belt. * *The next stop-overs will be = Health, Love, Joy, Harmony, Well-Being and Peace. Wish the following menu to be served during the flight: A Cocktail of Friendship A Supreme of Health A Gratin of Prosperity A Bowl of Excellent News A salad of Success A Cake of Happiness All accompanied by bursts of laughter. I and my Family Wish you and your family an enjoyable trip on board of flight ✈ 2015.* Dr AL Moorthy, Former Director-DESIDOC & Chief Consultant (Inf Sci), BrahMos Aerospace, Hyderabad Centre, Adj: DRDL Rear Gate, Kanchanbagh PO, Hyderabad-500058 Ph: (O) 040-24087058; Mob: 09951212000 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reg: Project Assistants opening in IIT Hyderabad
by Siva Shankar Kimidi 30 Dec '14

30 Dec '14

Dear Sir: Season's greetings and good morning !!! Kindly post the below Project Assistants announcement in LISForum. Thank you very much Sir. Best regards Siva Shankar Kimidi IIT Hyderabad --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear All: Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad announced 02 positions for ‘Project Assistants’ to work in IITHLibrary <http://library.iith.ac.in/>. For more details kindly browse the link <http://www.iith.ac.in/recruitment/pdf%20files/Requirement%20of%20Project%20…> Best Regards, Siva -- Regards Siva Shankar K Mob: +919908035478 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Professional Development Programme (PDP) at TERI - KM Division
by Shantanu Ganguly 30 Dec '14

30 Dec '14

Dear Professional: In an era of Knowledge-Based Economy, knowledge remains an essential service, yet organizations are cutting costs and more and more information professionals are struggling to demonstrate their true value. The core skills and capabilities required by Information professionals are changing by the day. In today's context, information professionals are expected to communicate constantly within their organization, their clienteles, and integrate themselves into new areas, build key and productive relationships, and pro-actively demonstrate their value. Information professionals need to justify their value and become pro-actively involved in the most effective way possible. Realizing these facts, it become outmost important for informational professionals to excel current and recent challenges in this dynamic knowledge society. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) is organizing a workshop on *“Professional Development Programme (PDP) for Information Professionals 2015 on “Managerial Core Competency Development” from 17-19 February, 2015 at TERI, India Habitat Center, New Delhi.* For more details click on below url: http://www.teriin.org/library/teri_lib/Teri_Library.html <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teriin.org%2Flibrary%2Fteri_…> You are requested to kindly attend or nominate one candidate from your esteemed organization for the same before 30th January 2015. With best regards *Shantanu* ==================================== *Shantanu Ganguly, M.Sc, M.LibSc, MBA, PGDCA, **PhD* Fellow and Area Convenor 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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Congrats to Dr chakravarthi. New director of RRRLF
by naglaxman 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

Hi frnds I join every professional in the country along with members of Telangana Library Association to congratulate Dr Chakravarthi on the occasion of his taking over as DG of RRRLF. We wish him all success in his new job. Hope the public libraries will see a new direction and enhanced growth under his leadership. God bless him and strengthen him to serve more to people of this country under the leadership of Sri MODI JI. LAXMAN RAO On Dec 28, 2014 11:38 AM, "P. S. Mukhopadhyay" <psmukhopadhyay(a)gmail.com> wrote: -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Mission on Libraries: Disseminating Knowledge for the Developing Societies
by Bidyarthi Dutta 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

Call For Paper: 2nd Announcement UGC Sponsored Two Day National Seminar March 12-13, 2015 Organised by *Department of Library and Information Science* Vidyasagar University Midnapore – 721 102 West Bengal, India Sub Themes - Public Library Networking in India - Public Librarianship in India - Role of National Informatics Centre Network (NICNET), India - Role of Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF) - Role of National Knowledge Commission (NKC) - Role of National and Regional Level Library Associations - Creation of National Virtual Libraries of India (NVLI) - Setting up of NML Model Libraries - NML and Public Libraries - NML and Future of Higher Education in India - Recommendations of Different Education Commissions of India and NML - NML and Future of Different Library System We invite articles on the above-mentioned sub-themes. Full paper in MS-Word 2007 format and of maximum 3000 words using APA Style of citation in CD or by e-mail and a hard copy of the same must reach us on or before Friday, January 23, 2015. An edited volume will be published with the selected articles presented in the seminar along with some invited papers. Important dates: Deadline for sending abstract (400-500 words): January 10, 2015; Notification of acceptance of paper: January 15, 2015; Deadline for sending full paper: January 23, 2015; The papers to be submitted must follow the specifications as listed below:- 1. Format: MS-Word 2007 2. Font: Calibri (Body) 3. Font size-Title: 16 4. Font size-Author(s), Address(es) and Affiliation(s), Abstract (400-500 words) and Keywords: 14 5. No. of keywords: 7-10 6. Font size-Main text: 12 7. Indentation: Justified 8. Line spacing: 1.5 9. Margin: 1 on all sides 10. Maximum word limit: 4000 11. Reference style: APA The authors are hereby requested to clearly mention the sub-theme in the abstract. Authors of accepted papers will be communicated through e-mail. The abstract and full paper should be sent to the following address: vudlisseminar2015(a)gmail.com *N.B* *I) All manuscripts should be unpublished original work.* II) An author can contribute more than one paper. However, paper presentation by an individual author would preferably be only once throughout the seminar and for any one of his/her contributed articles. III) The author/authors should provide their name/names, address of the institution along with telephone no., fax no. and e-mail ID. -- Dr. Bidyarthi Dutta Asst. Professor Department of Library & Information Science Vidyasagar University Midnapore-721 102 West Bengal India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seeds distributed through public libraries
by Subbiah Arunachalam 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

Public libraries not just for lending and reading books. They are also places where you can get seeds (in the US). Says Cindy Conner: "Public libraries have begun to add seeds to their offerings and you will find more seed libraries as part of public library programs than any other venue." < http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/seed-libraries-zbcz1412.as… > Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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OA to culture
by Subbiah Arunachalam 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

Friends: Although this is a forum for ALL of library and information science, I guess most members are academic librarians interested in STEM and teachers of LIS; public librarians constitute a very small percent of the members. But thankfully special libraries do provide access to what we expect from public libraries. I have enjoyed the benefits of such catholicity of interest of special libraries for a long time. I wish to draw your attention to some great art made openly available. < http://www.openculture.com/2014/12/the-tate-digitizes-70000-works-of-art.ht… >. This site also points to other OA art collections: The British Library Puts 1,000,000 Images into the Public Domain, Making Them Free to Reuse & Remix <http://www.openculture.com/2013/12/british-library-puts-1000000-images-into…> The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 400,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use <http://www.openculture.com/2014/05/the-met-puts-400000-high-res-images-onli…> The National Gallery Makes 25,000 Images of Artwork Freely Available Online <http://www.openculture.com/2013/06/the_national_gallery_makes_25000_images_…> LA County Museum Makes 20,000 Artistic Images Available for Free Download <http://www.openculture.com/2013/03/la_county_museum_makes_20000_artistic_im…> Then, of course, we have DPLA, Europeana, and Internet Archive. There are many only we can digitize all of their collections and make them openly available to the world ... .... Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad demise of three Professional veterans
by Ashok Asundi 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

Dear All LIS Professionals It is painful to inform you that in the last few days we have lost two well known professional veterans. They are Sri D.N.Nagaraja Rao, Sri T.V. Venkataramanaiah and Dr. Velaga Venkatappaiah. Sri Nagaraja rao served at Mysore in NIE and Ramakrishna School and has been doing free consultancy to many young professionals. Despite his age and unable to walk steadily, he seldom missed any LIS conference and would cherish the proceedings. Has always loved the profession and has also excelled in CDS/ISIS Micro version and has build databases on some rare items. I had an opportunity visit his house at Mysore and saw a good personal library. He was 82 years old. Sri Venkataramanaiah, Ret. (VRS) Dy. Librarian, Bangalore University, Bangalore was a close associate of Sri B.S. Keshavan. Sri Venkatamanaiah worked in National Library of India and was associated with the National Bibliography of Indian Literature compiled under the able editorial leadership of Sri Keshavan. A scholar in Kannada Literature, served the University ardently and built a collection of Kannada Works in Bangalore University known as "Karnatakana" which provided scholars all material under one roof. He has many compilations to his credit. Brought out many bibliographic tools and India Book House assigned work to compile a bibliography of their publications. Sri Venkatamanaiah has compiled works on Idioms on more than two hundred subjects. For example idioms on Bhatki, Jnana, Marriage and so on. I used to get his works on gratis and I have about 100 of them with me. It is treasure house of kannada works and for this tremendous work he was given a commemoration as "SUKTI RATNAKAR". We have lost a great librarian cum kannada scholar. He had a great personal respect, he took VRS because he was abused by a Student at Bangalore University during his service, and the authorities that be then did not make efforts to retain him and let him go. He was 82 years old. Recently I got a message from Dr. Karisiddappa that Dr. Velega Vekatappaiah has passed away. Dr. Velaga an expert in Public Lbrary system and has authored many books in Telagu to popularise the LIS through regional language. Dr Venkatappaiah has also revised in 1994 the model public library Act, first brought out by DR.SRR. He was also closely associated with Prof. PN Kaula and has been looking after his Endowments very well. He was 82 it is very sad hear the demise of these three veterans with whom I had a very close contact and relations and I knew them very well personally. I pray Almighty on behalf all professional fraternity, to their souls to RIP. With profound regards to the departed souls. Prof. A.Y.Asundi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Nature blog covers India's OA policy
by Subbiah Arunachalam 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

A Nature blog has reported the OA policy of DBT and DST. Please see < http://blogs.nature.com/indigenus/2014/12/india-unveils-new-open-access-pol… >. Let us hope other funding agencies, research institutions and universities follow the example of DBT and DST. Arun -- 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] EPW publishes the research paper of a Librarian
by Puna Das 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

Dear Dr. Bhattacharyya, Greetings! With the rapid advancement of open access to knowledge due to a strong global open access movement, things are changing very fast. Patnaik (author of this paper) is probably aware of recent developments with respect to rights retention by the authors through the “SPARC Author Addendum to Publication Agreement” (available at www.sparc.arl.org/sites/default/files/Access-Reuse_Addendum.pdf ). This instrument is nowadays used widely across the world to grant license-to-publish (LTP) to the publishers, and retaining copyrights by the authors or their funding/ affiliating institutions. Authors are now empowered to deny any copyright transfer to commercial publishers, rather insist on signing an LTP with the publishers. “DBT and DST Open Access Policy: Policy on Open Access to DBT and DST Funded Research”, approved and finalized in December 2014, is also supportive to the cause of retention of copyrights by the authors. UNESCO just launches an Open Access Curricula for researchers and librarians (available at http://bit.ly/1xb0Pti) This licensing aspect is discussed in great details in a module of this open access curricula. Interested researchers can take a note of this. Patnaik may offer an updated scenario after examining the “SPARC Author Addendum to Publication Agreement”, “DBT and DST Open Access Policy” and “UNESCO Open Access Curricula for Researchers and Librarians”. Her findings will be completely different than what is presented in this paper. With Best Regards Anup ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 14:15:07 +0530 From: "Swati Bhattacharyya ." <swati(a)iimcal.ac.in> To: "lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, MANLIBNET-india(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [LIS-Forum] EPW publishes the research paper of a Librarian Economic & Political Weekly - popularly known as EPW and a prestigious journal from India has recently published a research paper of Dr. K. Rama Patnaik - the Librarian of IIM Bangalore. Please refer to the issue published in December 20, 2014. Sincerely, 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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Koha latest 3.18.1 Livdvd (easykoha.iso)
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

Dear All I have just uploaded Koha latest version 3.18.1 livedvd (easykoha.iso) at: https://sourceforge.net/projects/vkmkoha/files/ How to install on dual booting (Windows and Linux): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mg8h394E28 Please Feel free to contact for any help. 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on Knowledge Analytics in Corporate Sector]
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

From: Ravichandra <ikrrao(a)hotmail.com> Date: Mon 12/29/2014 10:18 AM Workshop on Knowledge Analytics in Corporate Sector (TEQIP-II/COE Sponsored), Tue, 13 January 2015 Venue: Tech Park Seminar Hall, PES Institute of Technology Who can attend? The workshop should be of interest to students, and teachers of Computer science, knowledge and Information management professionals, Faculty and students of PESIT and other engineering colleges as well as professionals from the industry. Registration is free of cost, but all participants must register online well before the event. How to register? To register for a KAnOE Workshop, please goto http://kanoe.org/workshopregistration.html and click appropriate button. Venue: Tech Park Seminar Hall, PES University, BSK 3rd Stage, Bangalore 560085. AGENDA: Tuesday, 13 January 2015 9:30 - 09:50 : Registration and Welcome 9:50 - 10:00 : Opening Remarks by Dr. I. K. Ravichandra Rao, Visiting Scientist, KAnOE 10:00 - 11:20 - Mr. N. V. Sathyanarayana, CEO and Managing Director, Informatics Ltd., Bangalore - Analytics in Information Industry 11:20 - 11:40 - Coffee break 11:40 - 1:00 - Dr. K. K. Chowdhury, Professor, SQC and OR Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore - Analytics in Industrial Quality Control 1:00 - 2:00 - Lunch 2:00 - 3:30 - Dr. J. K. Suresh, Designated Partner, KenAble Consultants, LLP., Bangalore - Analytics in Knowledge Management 3:30 - Tea For any queries, please write to ontology(a)pes.edu Director Centre for Knowledge Analytics and Ontological Engineering PES Institute of Technology Bangalore 560 085.

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Open Acess, Open Science, Open Data...yes they are cool! But, what next??
by Sri Amudha Sankar 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

Dear Colleagues, Here's something new and interesting!! Keep reading! How do we find if our works all that had been made open for wider accessibility really had better impact in the society? That's where altmetrics come into the scene by tracking scholarly impact beyond h-index or journal impact factor or other traditional metrics we are using already! Impactstory is a researcher-run non-profit, funded by the NSF. They’ve created a website that compiles all the citations, downloads, tweets, Mendeley bookmarks, and so on for all of your research products... articles, data sets, slides, software, etc. It’ll also pull in your new products automatically, and send you email alerts whenever any of your products has a new impact. It’s a great way to stay up-to-date on your research impact, and discover research impact you didn’t even know you had! Here are some example Impactstory profiles: 1) https://impactstory.org/CarlBoettiger <https://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimpactstory%2Eorg%2FCar…> 2) https://impactstory.org/SridharGutam <https://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimpactstory%2Eorg%2FSri…> . If you’re interested, you can sign up for a free 30-day trial here: https://impactstory.org/signup <https://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimpactstory%2Eorg%2Fsig…> I'm an Impactstory Advisor! So feel free to contact me further! Best, Sri Amudha S, Research Scholar, Dept of Library and Information Science, Pondicherry University. Mob : 91-9443936630. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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RRRLF got New Director
by P. S. Mukhopadhyay 27 Dec '14

27 Dec '14

Dear All My heart-felt congratulations to Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty who took over the charge of Director-General, Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF) under Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India on 16.12.2014. Dr. Chakraborty has an excellent professional career and served the famous Bose Institute, Kolkata as Librarian from July 2000 to December 2014. He implemented a series of user-centric library services and initiated the first ever open source software based server cluster (fusing Koha, DSpace, and Joomla in an interactive software platform) in the Bose Institute, Kolkata way back in 2010. Alongside the professional duties, Dr. Chakborty is also enthusiastically engaged in professional development activities. He served the IASLIC as General Secretary from 2007 to 2010, worked as Standing Committee Member of Genealogy and Local History Section of IFLA and visited NIH Bethesda, Maryland, USA as Fulbright Scholar during 2005-2006. Despite his extremely busy schedule for the last ten years, Dr. Chakraborty sincerely served almost all Library schools in West Bengal in the capacity of guest lecturer, visiting faculty, resource person and keynote speaker. We do hope for a new dimension in country-wide public library services by RRRLF under the able leadership of Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kalyani, Kalyani - 741 235 (WB), India ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UNESCO launches Open Access Curricula for Researchers, Librarians and Library Science Schools
by Puna Das 26 Dec '14

26 Dec '14

UNESCO launches Open Access Curricula for Researchers, Librarians and Library Science Schools 19.12.2014 - Communication & Information Sector Within the overall framework of UNESCO Strategy on Open Access to scientific information and research and to take forward UNESCO’s leadership role in diffusing knowledge amongst its Member States, UNESCO has developed a set of manuals to facilitate capacity building of library and information professionals and researchers. The development of the modules has been undertaken very carefully and the development process covered diverse opinion in the subject area, and in consultation with more than 50 experts to include diversity and expertise from the developing south. The OA curricula developed by UNESCO includes a set of customized modules which can be easily be fitted with the educational needs of different OA stakeholders and can be integrated with any sensitization programmes of OA. The curricula for Library and Information Science Professionals entitled "Open Access for Library Schools", consists of four course modules. An Introductory Module aims at sensitizing the library community about the history, evolution, forms and impact of OA within the domain of scholarly communication environment and covers issues related to rights management, IPR and advocacy. The remaining three modules cover subject areas of OA Infrastructure, Resource Optimization and Interoperability and Retrieval. These sections give insights into the features, types, maintenance and standardization of OA resources, information retrieval/storage software and highlight the role of the new dimension of web-enabled resources such as e-journals, e-repositories and ICTSs. The curricula for researchers entitled "Open Access for Researchers" addresses OA issues within the community of research scholars. The modules cover the subject areas of Scholarly Communications, Concepts of Openness and Open Access, Intellectual Property Rights and Research Evaluation Metrics. The first four modules have been developed to nurture researchers with an elaborate understanding of the genesis, objectives, processes, types and existing limitations of OA scholarly communication, which include insights into the issues related to IPR, the methods and limitations of the process of peer reviewing and the concepts and roles of E-journals, databases, ICTs, OSS and other OERs. The final and fifth Module entitled "Sharing your Work in Open Access" provides a step-wise guideline for researchers about the process and options available for publishing their research work. These curricula were developed after undertaking two detailed capacity building need assessment studies of librarians and researchers on Open Access. A multi-stakeholder expert meeting was organized in New Delhi, where 23 experts participated to finalize the curriculum. Two online consultations were also held to substantiate the expert meeting, which helped UNESCO to outline the content for each of the curriculum and provided a framework to develop modules. The curricula were developed with the help of Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), New Delhi of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL). The curricula will soon be available for download. Currently, copies can be requested by writing to UNESCO’s OA programme. Source: www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-f… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Are you really Expert in LIS/softwares? then spend 2 minutes!!!
by Puna Das 26 Dec '14

26 Dec '14

Hi Experts, You are also requested to register your expertise with DLNetSA (Digital Library Network of South Asia) for greater South Asian visibility at http://dlnetsa.info/expert-registration/. Best Regards Anup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das http://anupkumardas.blogspot.in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------------------------------------- On Tue, 16/12/14, lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 141, Issue 20 To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Date: Tuesday, 16 December, 2014, 11:22 AM 1. Are you really Expert in LIS/softwares? than spend 2 minutes !!! (Vinod Kumar Mishra) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: 15 Dec 2014 07:23:57 -0000 From: "Vinod Kumar Mishra" <vinod_librarian(a)rediffmail.com> To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Are you really Expert in LIS/softwares? than spend 2 minute!!! Message-ID: <20141215072357.26121.qmail(a)f5mail-224-155.rediffmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear all, I am trying to make strong group of people who can support in the Implementation of New tools and technology (especially open source solutions) in the Library and Information centers at Various corners of the country and abroad also on no profit no gain basis, i.e. Only TA/DA and honorariums as per Government/Concern Institute Rules. If you have experience in handling and implementation of such software's like Koha, Joomla, DSpace, Drupal, Newgenlib, Greenstone, Wordpress etc than please provide your data in the form linked here. The provided data will be broadcasted on the various forums ans social networking websites so that people can reach the concern experts for any assistance. http://goo.gl/forms/tmYmkroNfN Vinod Kumar Mishra Assistant Librarian NIT Rourkela 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation for Nominations: Best Practices in Public Libraries System in India
by Puna Das 26 Dec '14

26 Dec '14

The India Public Libraries Conference 2015 (IPLC): Invitation of Best Practices Dates: March 11-12, 2015 Venue: India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India Organizers: Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF); PRATHAM; Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF); NASSCOM Foundation; The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) www.iplc.in IPLC 2015: Invitation of Best Practices Applications are invited from public libraries run by the government, communities, civil society and others in India that are doing good works innovatively in public library management in areas of – content and services, better management of resources, citizen engagement, library staff development, new methods, applications and strategies, use of technology including digital library initiatives, partnership development and in other ways that have served the citizens, communities, local agencies and others better. Public libraries best practices are invited on best applications, methods, framework, strategies, and policy and programme areas including digital library initiatives that have and can impact public library functioning in India towards positive transformation. Last Date for Nomination: 31st January 2015 About IPLC: The India Public Libraries Conference (IPLC) 2015 is a multi-stakeholder engagement that seeks to convene and engage librarians and library stakeholders including policy makers to dialogue and share experiences and lessons in public libraries in India. It seeks to arrive at a broad understanding of challenges and opportunities of how public libraries in India are and can contribute in overall development of communities with value added services, and collaboratively build a shared vision for the future as community oriented knowledge and resource centres of the 21st century. This stems from our recognition of Public Libraries playing a vital role in the lives of individuals and their communities. For generations, the local libraries have acted as a vehicle for access to knowledge, ideas and information and as democratic services open and available to anyone. The public library is not only a trusted and recognised feature of the local area; it is also a remarkable national asset and network. Identifying Best Public Library Practices: An IPLC 2015 Objective One of the objectives of the India Public Libraries Conference (IPLC) 2015 is to identify, encourage and document best practices in public libraries on the basis of above parameters. Invited and selected best practices will be documented, shared in IPLC 2015 workshops and will be showcased in the IPLC 2015 Exhibition. Download Public Library Best Practices Concept Note: http://iplc.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Best-Practices-Concept-Note.pdf Download Public Library Best Practices Application Form: http://iplc.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Application-Form.docx Further Details: Secretariat C/O – Digital Empowerment Foundation House 44, Second & Third Floor, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi – 110016, India Tel: +91-11-26532786 / 26532787 Fax: +91-11-26532787 Email: iplc2015(a)gmail.com, iplc(a)gmail.com, namita(a)defindia.net www.iplc.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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India's OA policy
by Subbiah Arunachalam 25 Dec '14

25 Dec '14

Friends: Please see < http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/APPROVED-OPEN-ACCESS-POLICY-D… > for the official (mandatory) OA policy of DBT and DST of India. You may spread the word. Regards. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reminder: Three days training programme on Bibliometrics and Research Output Analysis during 7th January-9th January 2015
by Roma 24 Dec '14

24 Dec '14

Respected Members, INFLIBNET is organizing three days training programme on *Bibliometrics and Research Output Analysis* during 7th January 2015 to 9th January 2015. The programme will give the participants sound overview of bibliometric methods, performance indicators and tools & techniques related to bibliometric analysis and mapping. It will provide awareness about the most commonly used data base, how to build -up relevant indicators and how to interpret the data. Special emphasis will be given to indicators used in research evaluation. *Resource Persons* The lecturers are prominent researchers, scientists/professors in the field of bibliometrics. They also have an extensive experience with the application of bibliometric analysis in a research evaluation. *Venue* The Training programme will be conducted at Information and Library Network Centre, An IUC of University Grants Commission, Infocity, Gandhinagar-382007, Gujarat, India *Fee* The registration fee is Rs. 3000.00 (Rupees three thousand only) per person without accommodation and Rs. 5,000.00 with accommodation (four days three nights). Please visit following link for more information: *Brochure:* http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/forthcoming/bibliometric_brochure_jan2015.pdf *Registration form:* http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/forthcoming/bibliometric_regform_jan2015.pdf For participation and more information please do contact kruti(a)inflibnet.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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READING E-BOOKS BEFORE BEDTIME MAY DISRUPT BODY CLOCK
by Ragaavendra R 24 Dec '14

24 Dec '14

READING E-BOOKS BEFORE BEDTIME MAY DISRUPT BODY CLOCK Use of a light-emitting electronic device such as e-books in the hours before bedtime can adversely impact sleep, overall health, alertness and the circadian clock, a new study has found. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) compared the biological effects of reading a light-emitting electronic device (LE-eBook) compared to a printed book. "We found the body's natural circadian rhythms were interrupted by the short-wavelength enriched light, otherwise known as blue light, from these electronic devices," said Anne-Marie Chang, corresponding author, and associate neuroscientist in BWH's Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders. "Participants reading an LE-eBook took longer to fall asleep and had reduced evening sleepiness, reduced melatonin secretion, later timing of their circadian clock and reduced next-morning alertness than when reading a printed book," Chang said. Previous research has shown that blue light suppresses melatonin, impacts the circadian clock and increases alertness, but little was known about the effects of this popular technology on sleep. The use of light emitting devices immediately before bedtime is a concern because of the extremely powerful effect that light has on the body's natural sleep/wake pattern, and may thereby play a role in perpetuating sleep deficiency. During the two-week inpatient study, twelve participants read LE-e-Books on an iPad for four hours before bedtime each night for five consecutive nights. This was repeated with printed books. The order was randomised with some reading the iPad first and others reading the printed book first. Participants reading on the iPad took longer to fall asleep, were less sleepy in the evening, and spent less time in REM sleep. The iPad readers had reduced secretion of melatonin, a hormone which normally rises in the evening and plays a role in inducing sleepiness. Additionally, iPad readers had a delayed circadian rhythm, indicated by melatonin levels, of more than an hour. Participants who read from the iPad were less sleepy before bedtime, but sleepier and less alert the following morning after eight hours of sleep. ers, laptops, cell phones, LED monitors, and other electronic devices, all emitting blue light. The study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. REFERENCE LINK: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/449343/reading-e-books-bedtime-may.html Best Regards, Raghvendra R The information contained in this electronic message and in any attachments to this message is confidential, legally privileged and intended only for use by the person or entity to which this electronic message is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify the sender and system manager by return email and delete the message and its attachments and also you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this electronic transmission or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not represent those of the Company or bind the Company. Any commitments made over e-mail are not financially binding on the company unless accompanied or followed by a valid purchase order. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail Scanner, and is believed to be clean. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.jubl.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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GAFAnomics: New Economy, New Rules
by Dr Francis Jayakanth 23 Dec '14

23 Dec '14

Dear All, Season's greetings. Just wanted to draw your attention to a very interesting study called GAFAnomics. GAFAnomics explains how Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon have evolved and decodes their visions on a strategic framework developed by Fabernovel. For details, visit, http://www.fabernovel.com/gafa/ With best wishes for the new year, Francis IIMB Library ******************************************* Disclaimer *************************************************** This email message, its content and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the originally intended addressee(s) and may be legally privileged and /or confidential. If you have received this email in error or otherwise, please delete it and contact the originator immediately. You should not copy or forward it on or otherwise use the contents, attachments, or information in any way without the express permission of the originator. Any such unauthorized use or disclosure may be unlawful. -- 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 janet lobo 23 Dec '14

23 Dec '14

Dear Sir/Madam, WISH YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. One of our PG need the following Journal article. If it is available please send it at the earliest. Journal Name: Molecular oral Microbiology (old name:Oral Microbiology and Immunology)Volume 10,Issue 6,pages 382-384, December 1995. Article title: Distribution of biotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Authors:M. J. Avila-Campos1,*, M. A. R. Carvalho2 andF. ZelanteThanking You, With Kind Regards, Dr Janet Dotty Lobo Librarian Fr Muller Central Library Mangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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EPW publishes the research paper of a Librarian
by Swati Bhattacharyya . 23 Dec '14

23 Dec '14

Economic & Political Weekly - popularly known as EPW and a prestigious journal from India has recently published a research paper of Dr. K. Rama Patnaik - the Librarian of IIM Bangalore. Please refer to the issue published in December 20, 2014. Sincerely, 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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CONGRATULATIONS
by Prince Agashe 23 Dec '14

23 Dec '14

*CONGRATULATIONS**...* *To* *Dr.** Vijaykumar N. Mulimani * Dear All Professionals, I would like to inform all the library professionals that *Mr. Vijaykumar N.Mulimani Librarian, Sangameshwar College, Solapur * has been awarded with Ph. D. degree in Library and Information Science by Solapur University. The Subject of research was ‘ *Quality of Service and User satisfaction in* *Public libraries of Maharashtra: An Evaluative Study’* . ’The research was carried out under the Guidance of * Dr. Suresh. S. Jange, Deputy Librarian, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga,Karnataka.* Best Wishes to you from me & my family We wish you to continue more on research for the betterment of LIS profession. -- *Prince Ajaykumar T. Agashe* *Librarian* *Matru Sewa Sangh Institute of Social Work* *W H C Road, Bajaj Nagar- NAGPUR - 440010.* *(M) 8007391295* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Two-Day National Workshop on Research Methodology and Academic Writing. 29-30 January, 2015
by Kuldeep Matieda 23 Dec '14

23 Dec '14

Respected Sir/Madam INFLIBNET is organizing two days training programme on Research Methodology and Academic Writing during 29th to 30th January 2015. The objective of this workshop is to introduce the modern ways of conducting literature research, use of discovery tools and databases, use of reference management software such as Myendnoteweb, Mendeley and data analytical tool such as SPSS in analysing the research data. The Workshop will help the participants in applying proper research methodology and improving their analysis by applying various statistical techniques using popular software. The course aims to improve the research skills and competence among the researchers by strengthening their knowledge as well as improving researchers technical writing skill, etc. *Resource Persons* The resource persons are eminent IT / Computer / LIS Scientists /professionals and experts of the country including: · Dr. Gopakumar V, University Librarian, Goa University · Dr. Usha Munshi, Librarian, INSA, New Delhi · · Dr Neerja A Gupta, Principal, Bhavan’s Sheth R A College of Arts and Commerce, Ahmedabad · Sh. Manoj Kumar K Scientist-D, INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar · *Venue * The Workshop will be conducted at Information and Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET Centre), An IUC of University Grants Commission, Infocity, Gandhinagar-382007, Gujarat, India. *Workshop Fee* The registration fee is Rs. 3371/-(Approx) per person without accommodation and Rs. 5618/- (Approx) with accommodation (* The amount is inclusive of Service Tax at the Rate of 12.36% ). It covers the cost of workshop kit containing course materials, breakfast, lunch and dinner during the training period. The payment should be made through Demand Draft in favour of INFLIBNET Centre payable at Gandhinagar along with filled-in registration form. Fee is nonrefundable and non-adjustable. -- *Kuldeep Matieda* *Project Associate (LS) INFLIBNET Centre* *Infocity, Gandhinagar - 382007* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: OPEN ACCESS POLICY OF DBT AND DST, GOVT. OF INDIA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 22 Dec '14

22 Dec '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dr. T. Madhan Mohan <madhan.dbt(a)nic.in> Date: Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 5:42 AM Subject: OPEN ACCESS POLICY OF DBT AND DST, GOVT. OF INDIA To: Shahid Jameel <jameelshahid(a)gmail.com>, K VijayRaghavan DBT < vijay.dbt(a)nic.in> Cc: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com>, hirwani < hirwani(a)urdip.res.in>, Brakaspathy <rbpathy(a)nic.in>, Suman Mallik < sumanmallik(a)cdri.res.in>, Anubha Sinha <anubha.1290(a)gmail.com>, Girish Chandra Pandey <pandey.gc(a)nic.in>, DBT e-Noticeboard < noticeboard.dbt(a)lsmgr.nic.in> Dear All, We are very much glad in sharing with you all that the Hon'ble Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences has approved the Open Access Policy of DBT and DST. A copy of the approved OAP is enclosed for your reference. We from DBT and DST take this opportunity to thank you one and all for your time and efforts spent on evolving such an important Policy for the nation. I am sure the free, open and digital access of scientific research will ensure percolation of cutting edge research at a rapid pace into higher education curricula, thereby raising the standard of technical and scientific education in the country. This in turn, will foster a richer research culture. Thank you very much once again, With best regards, Madhan -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Register for Professional Development Programme from 17-19 February, 2015@TERI
by Nihal Alam 22 Dec '14

22 Dec '14

*Professional Development Programme (PDP) for Information Professionals 2015 on "Managerial Core Competency Development" from 17-19 February, 2015* In an era of Knowledge-Based Economy, knowledge remains an essential service, yet organizations are cutting costs and more and more information professionals are struggling to demonstrate their true value. The core skills and capabilities required by Information professionals are changing by the day. In today's context, information professionals are expected to communicate constantly within their organization, their clienteles, and integrate themselves into new areas, build key and productive relationships, and pro-actively demonstrate their value. Information professionals need to justify their value and become pro-actively involved in the most effective way possible. Realizing these facts, it become outmost important for informational professionals to excel current and recent challenges in this dynamic knowledge society. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) is organizing a workshop on *"Professional Development Programme (PDP) for Information Professionals 2015 on "Managerial Core Competency Development*" from *17-19 February, 2015* at *TERI**, India Habitat Center, New Delhi*. *Some of the selected rational outcome which will enhance the capabilities of the participants to:* - Develop effective communication skills to interact with the user community; - Inculcate entrepreneurship and project management skills; - Create value added and customized knowledge and information services; - Develop problem-solving and critical analytical skills; - Ability to build partnerships and alliance amongst alike communities; - Improve library management skills; Facilitate the development of information literacy skills; - Inculcate infopreneurial attitude among the LIS professionals towards sustainability; - Bridging the gap, what is preached and what is practiced in the Libraries. The workshop programme as well as course contents have been developed in guidance with eminent subject experts to promote continuous improvement of core competency skills of the participants. The resource persons will comprise of experts from within TERI as well as outside. The pedagogy of this programme will be: - Lectures by eminent faculty members and experts, - Presentations and exercises and case-based discussion - Situation analysis and hands on activities The course has been developed content rich which primarily focuses on guidance to implementation of best practices. *Who should attend?* If you are a mid-level manager or supervisor, currently managing libraries or Information resources or the knowledge centres and looking for a stepping out to excel through skills, expertise and core competencies then this programme is right for you. *Registration: * To allow such rich and useful interactions, the number of participants will be limited to *30 drawing participants from various arrays of library science professionals*. The registration fee for the participants will be *Rs 2000*, the transportation and lodging cost will be borne by the participants. For more details click on URL http://www.teriin.org/library/teri_lib/Teri_Library.html. You are requested to kindly attend or nominate one candidate from your esteemed organization for the same before *30th January 2014*. Regards, *Nihal Alam* Research Associate Library and Information Centre, Knowledge Management Division TERI, Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi -110003 Tel: 2468 2141, 2468 2100 or 2468 2111 (extn) 2758 Fax: 2468 2144 or 2468 2145, Mobile: 91 93-11-305823 Email: nihal.alam(a)teri.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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article request
by Najeeb Koottil Vattamannathodi 22 Dec '14

22 Dec '14

Dear All Please help me in getting these articles · Quality control of validity of data collected in clinical trials <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0277537989904215> · *European Journal of Cancer and Clinical Oncology, Volume 25, Issue 8, August 1989, Pages 1241-1247* · K. Vantongelen, N. Rotmensz, E. Van Der Schueren · 191 Quality assurance in clinical trials: a necessary evil for all of us? <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167814001803327> · *Radiotherapy and Oncology, Volume 58, Supplement 1, January 2001, Page S56* Regards *Muhammed Najeeb. V* *Librarian, Health Science Library,NGHA Riyadh, POB 22490, KSA najeebmankada(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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Appointed as Assistant Librarian
by Gireesh Kumar TK 22 Dec '14

22 Dec '14

Dear Professional friends It is my pleasure to share with my professional friends that I have been appointed as Assistant Librarian at Central University of Kerala,Kasaragod, Kerala. Thanks and regards Gireesh Kumar T K, BLISc, MLISc, UGC NET (JRF), First LIS Links Scholar Assistant Librarian Central University of Kerala Tejaswini Hills,Periye (Post), Pallikkare (Via), Kasaragod (District) Kerala - 671316 INDIA Website: http://www.cukerala.ac.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Artcle request
by shashi bhat 22 Dec '14

22 Dec '14

Dear friends, One of our faculty needs the following article for the research purpose. Any one of you have access to this article, kindly arrange to send. The Indian Spice Turmeric Delays and Mitigates Radiation-Induced Oral Mucositis in Patients Undergoing Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer: An Investigational StudyAuthers: - Suresh Rao, - Chetana Dinkar, - Lalit Kumar Vaishnav, - Pratima Rao, - Manoj Ponadka Rai, - Raja Fayad, - and Manjeshwar Shrinath Baliga Journal : Integrative Cancer TherapiesLink: http://ict.sagepub.com/content/13/3/201.full.pdf+html With Regards, Mrs. Shashikala K Librarian, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Constituent College of Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalore - 575018. Ph: 0824-2204572, 2204963 (ext.-234) Res: 0824-2202133 Mob: +919448869047. | | | | | | | | | | | Sign InSign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or My Tools. Sign In | | | | View on ict.sagepub.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | | | With Regards, Mrs. Shashikala K Librarian, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Constituent College of Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalore - 575018. Ph: 0824-2204572, 2204963 (ext.-234) Res: 0824-2202133 Mob: +919448869047. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Correct Coding of ISBN in MARC21 field 020 in RDA & AACR2 Cataloging with Examples
by Salman Haider 21 Dec '14

21 Dec '14

*Correct Coding of ISBN in MARC21 field 020 in RDA &AACR2 Cataloging with Examples <http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/2014/12/correct-coding-of-…>* Several years ago the definition of $z of the 020 (International Standard Book Identifier) was expanded—it is now used for “structurally invalid” ISBNs (those that are too short, too long, wrong check digit, etc.) and also for “application invalid” ISBNs (ISBNs for a manifestation that would be described in a different bibliographic record)... Read complete post on RDA Blog>> <http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/2014/12/correct-coding-of-…> Salman Haider -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KLA offers 2 Day Workshop on KOHA, 10 – 11 Jan. 2015
by Sriram V 21 Dec '14

21 Dec '14

Dear all, *Kerala Library Association Centre for Professional Development (KLA-CPD)* announces its 7th training programme, a *Two Day Workshop on KOHA*, the Open Source Library Management Software, on* January 10 and 11, 2015*. The programme will be held at the KLA Centre for Professional Development (KLA-CPD), on the premises of KLA Head Quarters, Thiruvananthapuram. *Who can participate:* Working Library Professionals, LIS Students and Researchers in LIS. *Venue:* Room No. 36, 2nd Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana P.O., Thiruvananthapuram-695 002. *Date & Time:* January 10 & 11, 2014; 9.30 am to 5.00 pm *Resource Persons:* Shri Arun V R (KSCSTE, Tvpm) and Shri Ashkar K (Mathrubhumi, Tvpm) *Training mode*: Demonstration and Hands on sessions *Course Fee*: Rs 1000/- (includes study kit+software CD/DVD, working lunch, tea and snacks) *Number of seats*: 10 (Ten) only *Registration*: On first come first served mode. *Online Registration:* Click here <http://wp.me/p26wSV-rI> *Last date for registration:* 05/01/2015 or until all seats are occupied, which ever is earlier ——————————————————————————–- Registration fee must be paid through* bank transfer mode *or as a* Demand Draft* *Demand Draft *should be drawn in favour of *Kerala Library Association*, payable at *Thiruvananthapuram. *The DD must be send to Mr. V. Sriram, (Treasurer, KLA), DBRA-80, Cliff House Road, Kowdiar P.O., Thiruvananthapuram – 695003 or By fund transfer to: Name: Kerala Library Association A/c No. 67061603692 IFSC Code: SBTR0000292 Bank Name: State Bank Of Travancore Branch Name: KUOC Trivandrum Branch Address: Kerala University PO, Thiruvananthapuram – 695034 —————————————————————————— Registration will be confirmed only after the receipt of the prescribed fee *All communications will be primarily through e-mail.* *For more details:* Shri N. Parameswaran & Shri N. Sukumaran Nair, Coordinators, KLA-CPD Mob:09387822201/09447213155 (npwaran49@yahoo.co.in/sukukla@yahoo.com) *Mr Sriram V*., Mob: 09447251892 *Mr S. L. Faisal., *Mob: 09447699724 Thanks and Regards, V. Sriram Treasurer, KLA Mob: +91 9447251892 Email: vsrirams(a)gmail.com Blog: https://vsrirams.wordpress.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Semi Professional Assts. job vacancy at AMU Centre at Mallapuram, Kerala, Aligarh Muslim University
by Vimal Kumar V. 20 Dec '14

20 Dec '14

Semi Professional Assistants job vacancy has been advertised at Aligarh Muslim University Centre, Mallapuram, Kerala, eligible candidates required to apply through prescribed application format on or before 31.12.2014. *Employer Address:* The Deputy Registrar (Selection Committee), Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002, Uttar Pradesh, India *URL:* http://www.amuregistrar.com/ads/4_2014.txt *Required Skills:* Having done B.A./B.Sc./B.Com. with B.Lib. Science or one year Post Graduate Diploma in Library Science may also apply *Required Experience: * Must be able to prepare Catalogue cards in English/Urdu Typewriting *Required Education: * Should have done M.A./M.Sc/ M.Com. with B.Lib. Science OR one year Diploma in Library Science -- 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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Vacancy of Deputy Librarian & Librarian at NIT, Surat (Gujarat)
by Mukesh Anand 20 Dec '14

20 Dec '14

Hon'ble Members, There is Vacancy of Deputy Librarian & Librarian Post at NIT Surat Brief detail is followed Librarian - 01 Post Open PB – 4 (Rs.37,400– 67,000) with Grade Pay of Rs.10000/ Age - Below 55 Years Dy. Librarian - 01 Post - SC PB – 3 (Rs.15,600- 39,100) with Grade Pay of Rs.8000/ Age - Below 45 Years Last Date - 05 January, 2014 Fore More Information Visit 1. www.svnit.ac.in 2. Click Jobs@SVNIT on Home Page 3.Click Vacancy (No./E/Advt./14-15/3749/ dtd24/11/2014) for Advertisement & Application Form Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand Library & Information Assistant National Academy of Indian Railways Vadodara, Gujarat -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy IIT Roorkee
by Paramjit Singh 19 Dec '14

19 Dec '14

Librarian for details see http://www.iitr.ac.in/administration/uploads/File/position%20/2014/advnonte… -- Thanks & Regards *Lr. Paramjit Singh* *Librarian * +91 9911270778 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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Article
by BNPRADHAN＠CUO 19 Dec '14

19 Dec '14

Dear Colleague, One of our faculty need the following article. Kindly send the same if available. Chlorophyll Fluorescence: A Probe of Photosynthesis In VivoAnnual Review of Plant Biology Vol. 59: 89-113 (Volume publication date June 2008) DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.59.032607.092759 Neil R. Baker http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev.arplant.59.032607.0927… -- धन्यवाद सादर - विजय Thanking you Regards - Bijay ********************************************** *बिजयानंद प्रधान* ବିଜୟାନନ୍ଦ ପ୍ରଧାନ *Bijayananda Pradhan, M.Sc., MLISc., UGC-NET, *Ph.D (Pursuing) *सेंट्रल यूनिवर्सिटी ऑफ़ उड़ीसा* *Central University of Orissa* *कोरापुट -७६४ ०२०* *Koraput-764 020* e-mail: ncsipradhan(a)yahoo.com Ph : 09437491428, 06852-288207 ********************************************** *P **Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.* *“A library is a place where a person can go and return empty handed, still carrying a lot of things with him”* Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New step towards improved library services
by chitra s 19 Dec '14

19 Dec '14

Dear professionals It gives me immense pleasure to inform you that St. Joseph's college for women, Alappuzha, Kerala successfully implemented biometric access and attendance management system in college library. This system enables access control, automated gate entry and report management via smart card as well as fingerprint recognition. This is mainly intended to save the time of users and to obtain a detailed report of library usage. We, the Josephians, regard it as a big leap as we celeberate our Diamond Jubilee Year and lay foundation for a well equipped research centre. Regards Chitra S Librarian St. Joseph's College for Women Alappuzha -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: A talk on 'Changing Role of Libraries & Librarians: Experience of Drexel University Libraries' by Mr. Jay Bhatt at IIT Gandhinagar on 23rd Dece, 2014 at 10.30am
by aditya karn 19 Dec '14

19 Dec '14

Aditya Ranjan Center for Library and Information Science. Central University of Gujarat. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: aditya karn <adityakarn118(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 1:11 PM Subject: Fwd: A talk on 'Changing Role of Libraries & Librarians: Experience of Drexel University Libraries' by Mr. Jay Bhatt at IIT Gandhinagar on 23rd Dece, 2014 at 10.30am To: tinku karn <tinkukarn05(a)gmail.com> Aditya Ranjan Center for Library and Information Science. Central University of Gujarat. Dear All, Greetings from IIT Gandhinagar Library !!! It is with great pleasure, we invite you to a following talk by Mr. Jay Bhatt, Liaison Librarian ( Engineering Discipline) from Drexel University Libraries, USA who is currently travelling in Gujarat and will be visiting IIT Gandhinagar on 23rd December, 2014. This talk is being arranged as an invited talk by an International Speaker under the umbrella of MALIBNET LECTURE SERIES. *Program Details* Topic : *Changing Role of Libraries & Librarians: Experience of Drexel University Libraries* Speaker : Mr. Jay Bhatt, Liaison Librarian ( Engineering Discipline) from Drexel University Libraries, USA Date & Time : 23rd December 2014 (Tuesday) from 10.30 am to 12.00 noon Venue : Shed 5, Room No. 202 Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar VGEC Campus, Chandkheda Ahmedabad 382424 Contact No. : 09328474224 / 079-3245 4368 / 098259 21864 How to Reach : http://www.iitgn.ac.in/contact.htm <http://www.iitgn.ac.in/contact.htm> *Brief Bio:* Mr. Jay Bhatt, M.S. (Electrical), M.S. (Instructional design), M.L.I.Sc., from Drexel University and M. Ed. from Penn University is at present Liaison Librarian with Drexel University, US. Jay Bhatt is responsible for building library collections in engineering subject areas, outreach to faculty and students, and teaching information and research skills to faculty and students in Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and related subject areas. He provides individual and small group consultations to students, instructional sessions to specific classes, online research support in both face to face and distance learning programs, and workshops for specialized research areas. Jay is actively involved with the Engineering Libraries Division of the American Society for Engineering Education. He experiments with innovative applications of web 2.0 to enhance information awareness among faculty and students. Jay has published and presented papers extensively in the area of information literacy for engineering students. In 2014, he received Drexel University Libraries' Exceptional Service Award and the Learning Partner Award from Drexel's School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems. He has been very active with professional associations like SLA, ASEE and others. We once again coordially invite & request you to make it convenient to attend this program. We also request you to kindly bring along your professional colleagues who would be interested in listening to & interacting with Mr. Jay. It would be nice, if you could kindly confirm your participation in the above program by filling this form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1TzIFxVLjbpYfRrtf9Q3EZRRKBOF8pwCePi_ztMPdrL…> . Looking forward to seeing you on 23rd Decemebr 2014 Kumbar & Staff -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. T. S. Kumbar Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar V G E Complex Chandkheda, Visat-Gandhinagar Highway, Ahmedabad 382 424* |* Gujarat | INDIA Tel: + 91-79-32454368 Email: tskumbar(a)iitgn.ac.in | tskumbar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.iitgn.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post advertised for University Librarian & Deputy Librarian at SNDT Women's University Mumbai
by vrushali r rane 19 Dec '14

19 Dec '14

Dear Moderator Please announce on LIS forum. Applications are invited for the post of University Librarian and Deputy Librarian at SNDT Women's University. Please check website for details. www.sndt.ac.in Vrushali RaneSNDT  -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Workshop - Dspace - Bharathidasan University
by Dr. R. Balasubramani 18 Dec '14

18 Dec '14

Dear LIS Professionals, Greetings from Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathidasan University I feel great pleasure in inviting you to UGC sponsored one day National Workshop on DSpace: An Open Source Software for Digital Library Initiatives , 10th January 2015 WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES The objectives of the workshop is - To know about Open Source Software and its applications in Libraries - To provide background knowledge on Institutional Repositories/Digital libraries/ETDs - To know about Dspace work flow, Installation and customization of DSpace - To develop Digital Collection - To offer hands on experience in using Dspace Software Target Group Library and Information Science Professionals, Research Scholars and Students. REGISTRATION FEES LIS Professionals Rs.200/- LIS Students & Scholars Rs.100/- Kindly confirm your participation by sending a mail to bdulib(a)gmail.com on or before January 8, 2015 and Registration can be paid on the spot. *We have only limited seats available (40 Seats) so the Registration will be on first come first serve basis, hurry to confirm your seats. **No TA/DA will be paid to the participants.* Contact DETAILS: Organising Secretaries Dr. R.Balasubramani Dr. B. Jeyapragash Assistant Professors Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli – 620024 e-mail: bdulib(a)gmail.com Cell: 9994889426 & 9944981455 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: [ACQUIS-L] "Libraries as Publishers" ACD Call for Papers on IFLA's Website!
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 17 Dec '14

17 Dec '14

From:Jérôme FRONTY [mailto:jerome.fronty@wanadoo.fr] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 12:04 PM To: ACQUIS-L Subject: [ACQUIS-L] "Libraries as Publishers" ACD Call for Papers on IFLA's Website! Importance: High At the following link: http://conference.ifla.org/ifla81/node/1005 Call for PapersAcquisition and Collection Development Section Theme: Libraries as Publishers IFLA's Acquisitions and Collection Development Section invites you to submit a proposal for its open programme at the 81st IFLA World Library and Information Congress to be held in Cape Town South Africa, 15-21 August 2015. Session themeIn its 2015 Open Programme, IFLA's Section on Acquisitions and Collection Development Section will begin to explore the topic of "Libraries as Publishers" and envisions an expanded version of this topic (including case studies) for its 2016 Satellite Meeting. We are seeking 5-6 thoughtful, high quality papers of 10-15 minutes each, addressing the following types of strategic and overview aspects. The goal is to present this emerging strategic topic in a global setting. We invite librarians and publishers to submit in the following areas: * What is library publishing? What types of libraries are publishing? * Why - what issues are libraries addressing and how are these being solved? * Relationship of library publishing to collection development activities * Content – what is being published? * Business models in use – what types and with what success? How can libraries sustain such efforts financially? * Artifact models - what new formats/entities/things can be published? Submission GuidelinesFull abstracts (in any of IFLA's official languages) of up to 500 words should be submitted for review by members of the Section. The abstracts (and finished presentation) will be original, previously unpublished work. Please submit abstracts as an attachment in MS Word to:Ann Okerson Email: aokerson(a)gmail.com The deadline for submitting a detailed abstract, including title and full author details (name, professional affiliation, postal address, email address) is 28 February 2015.Selection of papers by is based on the abstract, and presenters will be notified whether they have been successful by 1 April 2015. Completed papers must be submitted no later than 1 June 2015. It is understood that authors of successful papers will deliver them in person at the IFLA Congress in Cape Town, at the author's own expense. In accordance with IFLA's Open Access Statement all papers presented at the WLIC 2015 will be available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. Authors of submitted papers will need to sign IFLA’s Author form. The papers and presentations will be made available through the IFLA Library. Important Dates28 February 2015 Submission of abstract 1 April 2015 Notification to authors 1 June 2015 Submission of full text We eagerly look forward to your contributions!Submissions All proposals must be in before 28 February 2015. Please noteAll expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Submit Your OR2015 Proposal: Conference System Now Open
by Imma Subirats 17 Dec '14

17 Dec '14

*Apologies for cross-posting* FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 15, 2014 The Tenth International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2015, will be held June 8-11, 2015 in Indianapolis (Indiana, USA). The organizers are pleased to invite you to contribute to the program. The conference theme is LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD: OPEN REPOSITORIES AT THE CROSSROADS. It is an opportunity to reflect on and to celebrate the transformative changes in repositories, scholarly communication, and research data over the last decade. More critically, however, it will also help to ensure that open repositories continue to play a key role in supporting, shaping, and sharing those changes and an open agenda for research and scholarship. The organizers invite you to review the full call for proposals here: http://www.or2015.net/call-for-proposals/, and to submit your proposal here: https://www.conftool.com/or2015/ by January 30, 2015. There are several different formats provided to encourage your participation in this year's conference, all described on the OR2015 website. CODE OF CONDUCT The Open Repositories Steering Committee is pleased to announce the release of the new OR Code of Conduct http://www.or2015.net/code-of-conduct/. The OR Code of Conduct underscores the OR Conference core value of openness by providing a welcoming and positive experience for everyone, whether they are in a formal session or a social setting, or are taking part in activities online. KEY DATES 30 January 2015: Deadline for submissions and Scholarship Programme applications 27 March 2015: Submitters notified of acceptance to general conference 10 April 2015: Submitters notified of acceptance to Interest Groups 8-11 June 2015: OR2015 conference The conference system is now open and is linked from the conference web site: http://www.or2015.net/ We look forward to welcoming you to Indianapolis! --------------------- Program Co-Chairs Holly Mercer, University of Tennessee William J Nixon, University of Glasgow Imma Subirats, FAO of the United Nations contact: or15-program-chairs(a)googlegroups.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Spot Registration for TMALDEN-2014 at Jain University
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 17 Dec '14

17 Dec '14

Date: Tue, December 16, 2014 10:09 pm To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear All, It gives an immense pleasure to invite you all for the National Conference on "Trends in Management of Academic Libraries in Digital Environment (TMALDEN-2014)" organized by Jain University, Bangalore on 19-20 December 2014. Thanks to all the professional friends for contributing research papers. The conference will be inaugurated by Professor V G Talawar, Vice Chancellor, Reva University; Key note address by Professor, T D Kemparaju, Directorate of Distance Education, Bangalore University; and speech by noted speakers- A Y Asundi, I R N Goudar, Dr. R B Gaddagimath, Dr. Rama Patnaik and V L Kalyan. We also have invited Plenary Speakers- Dr. Gopa Kumar, Librarian, Goa University; Dr. Sreenivas Raghavan, Professor, Bharathiar University and Anand Byrappa, Global Leader, GE India Technology Centre. The Chairpersons for this event are- Dr. Ramaraj Urs, RGIHS; Dr. Nagappa B, Tcs;Dr. Jayaram Naik, Prof. Khaiser Nikham and Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Mysore University. Conference date: 19th & 20th December 2014, Friday& Saturday. Venue:Second Floor Seminar Hall- 3 School of Commerce and Managementk, Bangalore Jain Knowledge Campus, District Fund Road Jayanagar 9th Block, Bangalore- 560 069. Bus Route: 18, 25, 25A, 25B, 25C, 25D, 25E, 25F Alighting Place: Jayanagar 9th Block I will be happy to see and receive you all in Jain University, Namma Bengaluru With Warm Regards, Meeramani N Organizing Secretary- TMALDEN 2014 Librarian Jain University 44/4, District Fund Road Behind Big Bazar, Jayanagar 9th Block Bangalore- 560 069 Ph: 080 43430920 Mob: 9845500343 E-Mail: n.meeramani(a)jainuniversity.ac.in

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Invitation for one day hands on training workshop on " Innovative and Emerging Technology Tools and Techniques for Effective Librarianship" on 24th January 2015 at Kohinoor Business School, Kurla, Mumbai
by Ravindra Mendhe 16 Dec '14

16 Dec '14

*Dear LIS Professionals,* Greeting from Kohinoor Business School!!! On behalf of KBS I feel immense pleasure in inviting you to one day hands on training workshop on *“Innovative and Emerging Technology Tools and Techniques for Effective Librarianship”* to be held on *24th January 2015, at Kohinoor Business School campus, Mumbai"* We all chant the mantra of being “lifelong Learning”, In 21st century librarians must know about Blogs, wikis, Websites, Google apps, twitter, other social networking and web 2.0 technology for operating library of the future generation of Y. I am attaching a detailed brochure for your perusal, Due to the limited registrations we request you to please send the duly filled in registration form and fees at the earliest. I request you to kindly confirm your participation by 12th Jan.2015 Thanks, For details Pl. Contact to ; *Jayashri Mawale* *Librarian* Kohinoor Business School Ph.No. 022 67887700 Email: jayashri.mawale(a)kbs.ac.in http://kohinoor.edu.in/ http://library.kohinoor.edu.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for articles
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 16 Dec '14

16 Dec '14

Dear friends One of our faculty member wants the following articles. Can anybody help me in providing it. 1. Harvard Educational Review - Lipsky and Gartner ( 1996) Inclusion, School Restructuring, and the Remaking of American Society 2. Moving towards Inclusive practices  Burstein, N.; Sears, S.; Wilcoxen, A.; Cabello, B.; Spagna, M Remedial and Special Education, V 25 No. 2 p104-116 Mar 2004 3. A critical and contextual aproach to inlcusive educaiton Perspectives from an indian contextl: International Journal of Inclusive Education.Volume 18, Issue 12, December 2014, pages 1219-1236 Dr GOPAKUMAR V. University Librarian,Goa University Taleigao Plateau, Goa. PIN 403 206 gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com Office Phone: 08326519012 Mobile No: 09447056713 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UNESCO and OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 16 Dec '14

16 Dec '14

Friends Richard Poynder, the British technology writer, recently spoke to Mr Indrajit Banerjee of UNESCO on their policy on open access. Please see < http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/the-open-access-interviews-dr-indraji… > and the more detailed 19-page interview <http://www.richardpoynder.co.uk/UNESCO_Interview.pdf>. Best wishes. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for feedback on Stock Verification, Loss of Books and Weeding out in Libraries.
by Ashok Asundi 16 Dec '14

16 Dec '14

Dear LIS Professionals, I am coming out with a very comprehensive book of SV, Loss of Books and Weeding out policies and procedures in Indian Libraries. It would also be rather a comparative study. I have also collected about 20 documents relating to the above subjects which includes Government orders (State and Central) Recommendations (Associations) and Orders issued by Government departments and so on. In order to make is more realistic and to impress upon the authorities that be, to evolve some policies and procedures especially on Weeding Out (that doesn't exist so far as I know) and also some concrete proposals on other related subjects. I have small number of questions enumerated below. Pl. spare few minutes time to answer them as a feedback to the queries. 1. Do you undertake SV in your library and how frequently? Who is assigned the work. Librarian or the Institution Staff? 2. Do you have Writing off policy. If not how the loss is reckoned. Is library staff held responsible? 3. Do you know the GOI Order (Amendment to Central Finance Code) of 1984. If yes did the same in incorporated in the State and/or Central Finance Rules 4. Do you undertake Weeding of collection? If yes do you have any policy or procedure in this regard.5. If you have weeded in the last 5 years what is the strength and what is procedure to dispose the weeded books or other documents. 6. Do you possess any order or a document recommending or criterion on writing off loss of books (Permissible loss) from your institution's library. 7. Any other information that would like to share and confidence will be maintained in this context. Thanks in anticipation and hope I get a quick reply to my simple queries. Yours Truly Prof.A.Y.AsundiProfessor and Chairman (Ret.)Department of Library and Information Science and Officer in charge, IT CentreBangalore University, Bangalore - 560056.alternative email: shashi.asundi1940(a)gmail.comCell: 9980815468 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: [Asis-l] Nominations for ASIS&T SIG-III InfoShare Membership Award I -- Students (Deadline: December 31, 2014)
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 16 Dec '14

16 Dec '14

On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 12:41 AM, Selenay Aytac <Selenay.Aytac(a)liu.edu> wrote: On behalf of the ASIS&T International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG-III) *** Please excuse cross posting *** Dear Colleagues, The ASIS&T International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG-III) is pleased to announce that for 2015 we will be able to sponsor another group of deserving information professionals from developing countries for complimentary ASIS&T memberships (the financial burden of which would otherwise be prohibitive). We are soliciting nominations of candidates for the InfoShare Membership Award. The award will be given to master and/or PhD students. Please include a one-page curriculum vitae and a one-page description of why this person is deserving of membership, including their willingness to promote ASIS&T within their networks and build relationships between ASIS&T and the national/regional organizations. Awardees will be decided by a vote of the SIG-III officers. All curricula vitae will be kept private, accessible only to SIG-III officers. Each membership award will be for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year if the new member proves to be a strong advocate for ASIS&T in their home country during the course of the year. Awardees will be asked to submit a report on their activities by next year's Annual Meeting, which may include, but are not limited to: a. sharing ASIS&T publications that they receive (the Bulletin of ASIS&T and JASIS&T) with other colleagues b. promoting the SIG-III paper contest among their colleagues c. serving as a contact/coordinator for ASIS&T members traveling to their area who may be able to speak about ASIS&T and information science d. having the ability to strengthen the relationships between ASIS&T and the national/regional organizations, and e. sponsoring lectures on information science topics in their area on behalf of ASIS&T Nominators can mentor the award recipients for the above activities. We look forward to welcoming new members to ASIS&T from across the globe, especially from countries that have never been ASIS&T members or have limited ASIS&T membership. Women, minority, and candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. Please feel free to circulate the Call in your professional networks (e.g., your alma mater listservs, professional contacts at IFLA, OCLC, international organizations, practitioner groups, academic institutions, etc.). Please send your nominations of deserving candidates to Selenay Aytac (selenay.aytac(a)liu.edu) or Christine Hagar (christine.hagar(a)sjsu.edu) The deadline for submitting nominations is December 31st 2014. Thank you! Selenay Aytac and Christine Hagar InfoShare Program, SIG-III, ASIS&T (Visit us at: https://www.asis.org/SIG/iii.html) ________________________________________ Asis-l mailing list Asis-l(a)asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asis-l -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IASLIC Study Circle on 18.12.2014
by IASLIC Kolkata 15 Dec '14

15 Dec '14

*INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF SPECIAL LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION CENTRES(IASLIC)*P-291, CIT Scheme, No. - 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata -- 700 054 Ph: 033 2362 9651 E-mail: iaslic.studycircle(a)gmail.com. Website: http://www.iaslic1955.org.in *323rd * *IASLIC Study Circle Meeting* will be held on *Thursday, the 18th December, 2014* at *6.30 p.m*. in the Seminar Room of the Association. *Dr. Pubalika Bhattacharyya Maitra, *Assistant Professor, Dept of Library and Information Science, University of Calcutta has given consent to deliver lecture on the topic *“**LIS Teaching in University Environment : Challenges and Prospects”.* *Prof. Amitabha Chatterjee*, Former Professor and Head, Dept of Library and Information Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata will preside over the meeting. You are cordially invited to attend the meeting along with your colleagues. Place: Kolkata Mr Mriganka Mondal Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi Date: 01.12.2014 Convener, Study Circle Division General S -- *Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi*, Hony General Secretary, IASLIC, P-291, CIT Scheme No. 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata - 700054 iaslic(a)vsnl.net or iaslic.india(a)gmail.com www.iaslic1955.org.in *Join IASLIC, Contribute to IASLIC, Strengthen IASLIC* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NACLIN 2014 News coverage
by saravanan 15 Dec '14

15 Dec '14

Dear Professional colleagues, We have uploaded articles regarding "17th National Convention on Knowledge Library and Information Networking" jointly hosted by Developing Library Network (DELNET) and French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP) on December 9 which was inaugurated by our former President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. See our website for articles: http://www.ifpindia.org/content/media Thanking you, With regards, Mr. G. Saravanan Librarian Library and Publication Division French Institute of Pondicherry UMIFRE 21 CNRS-MAEE # 11, Saint Louis Street, P.B. No. 33 PUDUCHERRY - 605 001 South India, INDIA Tel : 0091 - 413 – 22 31 661 (direct) Fax : 0091 – 413 - 22 31 605 Mail : saravanan.g(a)ifpindia.org Web Site : www.ifpindia.org Web : http://www.ifpindia.org/saravanan-g ***************************************************************** Please consider the environment before printing this email. Thank you. ***************************************************************** -- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Articles request
by janet lobo 15 Dec '14

15 Dec '14

Dear Sir/Madam, One of our Staff needs the following Journal articles. If it is available in your Library, please send the articles as early as possible. 1. J Am Coll Radiol. 2014 Feb;11(2):176-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2013.05.017. Epub 2013 Jun 28.Bacterial contamination of radiologist workstations: results of a pilot study. 2. Duszak R Jr1, Lanier B2, Tubbs JA3, Ogilvie M3, Thompson-Jaeger S3. 3. Mydriatic efficacy of a cycloplegic spray in the pediatric population. Wesson MD(1), Bartlett JD, Swiatocha J, Woolley T. J Am Optom Assoc. 1993 Sep;64(9):637-40. 4. Comparative study of cyclopentolate drops versus spray in cycloplegia in children]. Chafai A1, Ajdnik S, Lejeune L, Cordonnier M. J Fr Ophtalmol. 2006 Oct;29(8):896-9. 5.Dilation efficacy: is 1% cyclopentolate enough? Hug T1, Olitsky S. Optometry. 2007 Mar;78(3):119-21. 6.Tropicamide 1% Mydriatic Effect: Comparison Between Spray in Closed Eyes and Eye Drops in Open Eyes. Arlindo José Freire Portes, Annamaria Ciminelli Barbosa, Guilherme Laport de Mello, Marcelo Antunes Lopes, and Rachel Simões Cavalcanti.Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2012 28 6 , 632 -635 Thanking you With Kind Regards, Dr Janet Dotty Lobo Librarian Father Muller Knowledge Centre Mangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Are you really Expert in LIS/softwares? than spend 2 minute!!!
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 15 Dec '14

15 Dec '14

Dear all, I am trying to make strong group of people who can support in the Implementation of New tools and technology (especially open source solutions) in the Library and Information centers at Various corners of the country and abroad also on no profit no gain basis, i.e. Only TA/DA and honorariums as per Government/Concern Institute Rules. If you have experience in handling and implementation of such software's like Koha, Joomla, DSpace, Drupal, Newgenlib, Greenstone, Wordpress etc than please provide your data in the form linked here. The provided data will be broadcasted on the various forums ans social networking websites so that people can reach the concern experts for any assistance. http://goo.gl/forms/tmYmkroNfN Vinod Kumar Mishra Assistant Librarian NIT Rourkela 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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People's Archive of Rural India
by Subbiah Arunachalam 15 Dec '14

15 Dec '14

Friends: To know more about PARI (People's Archive of Rural India), the open access multimedia database you may look up http://wp.me/p4xFjk-m0 http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/everyday… http://psainath.org/about-p-sainath/ http://www.ruralindiaonline.org/about/pari-teachers-students/ Best wishes. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Automation in Public Libraries: Need & Importance
by DP Tripathi 14 Dec '14

14 Dec '14

Library Automation in Public Libraries: Need and Importance Public Library is a kind of library which is accessed by general public, funded by public sources and managed by library professionals. Basically public library is supported by taxes, governed by a body or board to serve the public interest, open to all. This kind of library is found throughout the world and is different from school libraries, college or university libraries. This kind of library allows its users to access and use of books, journals, magazines, maps and atlases, reference books etc. under the duty of social obligations. Public Library has different kind of users' category such as Children, Students, House Wives, Senior Citizens, Managers, Doctors, and Lawyers etc. These libraries also provide the same services being provided by any academic or special library. Thus, it becomes necessary to automate this kind of library also. Library Automation is the process which replace the manual work in mechanical way so as to make the work easy and fast. By library automation, the housekeeping operation can be mechanized easily and the bibliographic record can also be utilized by another library. Library automation not only brings the speed & accuracy but also economy and help in providing quick and prompt library services. In general, the importance of library automation will be as: a) Better access to the collection b) Resource sharing with other libraries c) Consistency in the collection d) Help in federated searching e) Removal from clerical and duplicacy work/job f) Accuracy in report generation Thanks, -- ********************* D. P. Tripathi Assistant Librarian Biju Patnaik Central Library NIT Rourkela Odisha - 769008 ********************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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People's Archive of Rural India
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Dec '14

14 Dec '14

Friend's: Today's The Hindu (Chennai Edition, Magazine section, p.2; 14 Dec 2014) carries an article on an excellent initiative - a multimedia archive on Rural India. To be launched on 20 December 2014, this archive "uses cutting edge technology and new forms of storytelling to document and reflect the energies of rural Indians." The archive is fully open access (CC 4.0). The PARI network, founded by Mr P Sainath, began its work of digitization in 2011. They hope to continue the work with crowd sourcing. I did not know about this project till I read about it today. But my impression is it deserves support. Please keep visiting < http://www.ruralindiaonline.org/>. Most members of LIS-Forum are familiar with the use of the Internet, the web and the archiving technology through IRs, PubMed Central, arXiv, the many databases of astronomy and biology, etc. The PARI archive is about (rural) people, their lives and their engagement with the external world. Dame Wendy Hall and her colleagues in the emerging field of Web Science will be very pleased with it. Best wishes. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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