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Launch of Open Access Workflows for Academic Librarians (OAWAL)
by Shamprasad Pujar 06 Mar '14

06 Mar '14

Dear Members, FYI. Details available in the forwarded message. Regards, S M Pujar IGIDR, Mumbai ----------------- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jill Emery <jill.emery(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 6:29 AM Subject: [DIGLIB] Launch of Open Access Workflows for Academic Librarians (OAWAL) To: "diglib(a)infoserv.inist.fr" <diglib(a)infoserv.inist.fr> Given the rapid expansion of open access content both by commercial entities and academic institutions, Graham Stone, University of Huddersfield and Jill Emery, Portland State University have created a wiki/blog encapsulating the major building blocks of open access management in the academic library setting. The intention of OAWAL is that it will be an openly accessible wiki/blog site for librarians working on the management of open access content. We hope that librarians can build on OAWAL to create context sensitive workflows at their given institutions. We are crowdsourcing feedback from the scholarly communication community currently working with open access management to see if these concept overviews are of value and if there are others that should be included. You can find OAWAL at: https://library3.hud.ac.uk/blogs/oawal/ You can submit feedback to this project via the comments sections of the blog or directly via email to Graham Stone G.Stone(a)hud.ac.uk<mailto:G.Stone@hud.ac.uk> or Jill Emery Jill.Emery(a)gmail.com<mailto:Jill.Emery@gmail.com> We also encourage anyone who has existing workflows in place to share these with us in order to help build a repository of OA management examples. We will also be hosting roundtable discussions on this project at ER&L, if attending please join us for this discussion: Introducing OAWAL: crowdsourcing best practices for open access workflows in academic libraries. In: Electronic Resources & Libraries 2014, 16-19 March 2014, AT&T Conference Center Austin, Texas. We hope you find this wiki/blog helpful and we look forward to receiving your feedback. All the best, Graham & Jill -- 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 Mahesh Moolya 06 Mar '14

06 Mar '14

Dear Professionals, If any library holds below mentioned article, Please mail it to me. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2011 Feb;11(1):97-103. doi: 10.1007/s11910-010-0154-y. Lipid storage myopathy. Liang WC1, Nishino I. Thank you, with regards -- Mahesh Moolya Jr. Librarian K S Hegde Medical Academy Dearalakatte Mangalore 575 018 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Roger K. Summit Scholarship
by Mailing List Admin 06 Mar '14

06 Mar '14

Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 09:01:09 +0530 From: Syamili C <syamili1990(a)gmail.com> Dear Friends, The Roger K. Summit Scholarship, awarded annually by ProQuest, was established to honor Dr. Roger K. Summit, the founder of Dialog, a ProQuest business, for his outstanding contributions to the field of information science. The scholarship is open to all LIS students worldwide. The award is the equivalent of US $5,000 and is presented at the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Annual Conference or at a regional location in proximity to the winner. Applicants must be students who are currently enrolled in an accredited library or information science program. The scholarship recipient, who must have demonstrated outstanding interest or performance in electronic information services, is selected based upon the following criteria: Academic achievement Demonstrated interest in electronic information services, based on course work, research, and experience Faculty recommendations Applications will be accepted from February 1 until April 30 Download Application Form<http://www.proquest.com/documents/Roger-K-Summit-Scholarship-Application.ht…> --------------------------- Thanking You, Syamili Research Scholar Dept. of Library & Information Science Pondicherry University

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Re: [LIS-Forum] E-resource management with Koha - Implemented at UoM
by Mailing List Admin 06 Mar '14

06 Mar '14

Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 22:01:10 +0100 From: Ishwar Goudar <goudarishwar(a)googlemail.com> Dear Professionals, I appreciate Mr. V.K. Mishra*s suggestion of ERM using Koha. Yes, we can use Koha for giving access to E-books, with full texts being available at Publishers´ or local server. We at University of Mysore have implemented this idea 3 years back itself and have provided access to full texts of > 18,000 books of four publishers put together viz. Springer, T & F, Wiley and CRC Press. Please search UoM Library OPAC available at http://libcatmysore-koha.informindia.co.in/ Each e-book is accessioned satisfying the audit requirements by using 4 letter prefix different for different publishers, say EBSP..... for Springer. This technique facilitates us to display all Springer book at one go by searching barcode in Advanced search. The main advantage of using LMS like Koha for this application is that one can search all e-books of all publishers including the OA books archived on local server. On the other hand if we depend only on publishers site, we will have to search for books on the subjects of our interest through as many servers as number of publishers, unless we license the access through Aggregators like e-brary. We have given access to full texts only through LAN of the Varsity including WiFi. But any body can reach Contents page of book of his/her choice. Full text access could be extended through remote access using interface like OCLC´s Ezproxy. Koha´s feature of displaying cover page makes this much more user friendly. All publishers are bound to make available the MARC records and the same could be part of our OPAC. Providing full text access to E-books is only a part of ERM. Koha is not a full pledged ERM System like ExLibris´s ALMA or EBSCO´s ERM. A combination of ILS and ERMS will make an ideal system to manage both Print and E-Resources including all house keeping activities and workflows. One day or the other we will have to adopt new system. But definitely KOHA is a wonderful OA-ILS system with many attractive features, which we can adopt easily by all school libraries to public libraries to university libraries, irrespective number of holdings. - - - - - - - - Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Ex. Visiting Professor and Library Adviser Mysore University Library University of Mysore Manasagangotri, MYSORE - 570 006 Ex Scientist 'G' and Head, ICAST, NAL, Bangalore E-mail: goudarishwar(a)gmail.com On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Vinod Kumar Mishra <vinod_librarian(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > Now a days many big libraries are purchasing e-books in their library collections but few neither integrate it with their Library management software nor provide appropriate methods to access the same. Therefore my suggestion is such libraries may use Koha LMS which is wonderful software for automation purpose and making catalogue of such reading materials. > > Since, vendors/Publishers already provide the Marc/Excel record of purchased e-books so it could be directly imported into the Koha without much effort and investment. My live DVD > http://sourceforge.net/projects/vkmkoha/files/ of Koha can be used for installation and i feel that it could be done by library staffs only. if you wish to do the above please feel free to contact and I ensure you to assist from remote place to make the job easy. > > You may also attend our workshop for the above and to learn Koha LMS: > > http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/images/bpcl/workshop/ > > Thanking You. > > > With regards, > Vinod Kumar Mishra, > Assistant Librarian, > (Library In-Charge) > Biju Patnaik Central Library, > NIT Rourkela, > Mob:91+9439420860 > 91+6612462103 (O) > email: vinod_librarian(a)rediffmail.com > : mishravk79(a)gmail.com > --

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Writer Rashmi Bansal inducted into the WAH!( Women Achievers Hall of fame) @MYRA | March 8, 2014 | Invitation
by Shalini Urs 06 Mar '14

06 Mar '14

The Trustees, the Governing Board, the faculty and the students of the MYRA School of Business cordially invite you to the inauguration of Women Achievers Hall of Fame (WAH!) (http://bit.ly/NTKQKJ) ---- Induction of Mrs. Rashmi Bansal Writer, Entrepreneur and a Youth Expert to the WAH!( Women Achievers Hall of fame) @MYRA Chief Guest Mr. H. Vishwanath Honourable Member of Parliament, Government of India and Former Minister for Kannada & Culture, Youth & Sports, Forest, Primary & Higher Education, Government of Karnataka ---- Guest of Honour Mrs. Indrakshi Devi 4th daughter of His Highness late Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, Maharaja of Mysore Mrs. Indrakshi Devi will honour and induct Mrs. Rashmi Bansal into Women Achievers Hall of Fame @ MYRA --- Date & Time: March 8, 2014 | 5:00 pm Venue: Athena Auditorium, MYRA School of Business, Mysore --- Request guests to be seated by 4:45 pm --- Dr.Shalini Urs Chairperson, MYRA School of Business -- Dr. Shalini R.Urs Founder Chairperson MYRA School of Business Near Infosys, Opposite Power Grid Yelwal, Mysore-571130. W : http//myra.ac.in & Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Job Vacancy
by Usha Ramu 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

iNautix, a Bank of New York Mellon Company is looking for LIS professionals for its reputed firm. Job Location : Chennai Requirement We are looking for a Librarian (5 to 8 years experience) for our firm. Please find below the details. - Ability to follow library policies and procedures, and processing new materials - Ability to take care of circulation desk such as processing interlibrary loans and reserves books/journals - Ability to work with computer applications to manage library records, or add new items to the online catalog - Ability to maintain Public Access catalog - Ability to answer employee queries, issue no-dues, etc. - Ability to collect requirements for books/journals consolidate and place orders as appropriate - Ability to maintain library statistics and prepare necessary reports to senior management - Ability to communicate clearly with co-employees and supervisors *About iNautix* *iNautix**, a Bank of New York Mellon Company, *is firmly focused on the financial services industry. Through our products and services we offer global technology solutions to a wide range of financial institutions. Our products are recognized for their reliability, performance, response time, user friendliness, and technical support. iNautix boasts of an open work culture that is enjoyable and rewarding. We are committed to the ideal that this firm can and should be managed so that every employee will be professionally fulfilled. To achieve this goal, we endeavour to operate this firm so that all employees have the opportunity to seek and obtain challenging work and professional growth Contact Person *Mr. Eshwaran Perachi Sankaralingam* E-mail : ESankaralingam(a)inautix.co.in Interested may please forward your Resume/CV to the above mentioned mail id. Regards Usha Ramu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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urgent need of the article
by Pradeep Mohan Dubey 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

Dear moderator, please post this message on lis forum: Sir, We are in urgent need of the following article : Article Title : Estimating rock tunnel Water Inflow-II / by Heuer, Ronald E (Author) Book Title :Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference Proceedingd-2006 Chapter :No. 30 Ground Water Publication date : 01/01/2015 if any library has the above article please email us at the earliest possible. Thanking you with regards, P M Dubey NHPC Library Faridabad Email:pmd101@rediffmail.com Mob 09717043646 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Symposium held at Department of Libray and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh
by Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

Department of Library and Information Science, AMU organised a symposium on "*Modern Trends in Library and Information Services*" on 3rd March, 2014 in the conference hall of faculty of social sciences. The chief guest of the occasion was *Prof. Gabriel Gomez* from Chicago State University, Chicago, U.S.A. In his keynote address, Prof. Gomez conversed about the big data and Information Literacy. He talked about the variety of information literacy skill that needs to be incorporated in the information users and stressed upon the lifelong learning phenomena in the present information society. There is a huge ocean of data available at the finger tips of users and the proficiency in identifying and selecting the relevant content out of the whole sum, is imperative for one and all. *Dr. Naushad Ali. P. M.*, coordinator of the symposium welcomed the guests. In his welcome speech, Dr. Naushad Ali laid emphasis on the existence and validity of the library science profession in the contemporary milieu and the challenges facing the information professionals with regard to the ICT enabled techniques and tools. The symposium was presided over by *Prof. Shabahat Husain*, the Dean, faculty of Social Sciences and Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science. In his presidential remarks, he portrayed the comparative analysis of the historical account of the library science profession and the current scenario of the subject and visualized a comprehensive outlook of the profession and the changes that occurred vis-à-vis the response and reactions from the library and information science professionals. The vote of thanks was presented by *Mr. S. Mustafa Zaidi*, associate professor in the Department of Library and Information Science. The program was encompassed of two technical sessions in which about 15 research papers were presented. Regards: *Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq* Department of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh, U.P., India - 202002 Cell No. : +91-8979249718 Regards: *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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Requesting Article
by kaginelli pampapati 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

Dear Professionals, Kindly send me the following article as early as possible.  TELEVISION'S IMPACT ON TODAY'S PEOPLE AND CULTURE Please go through the following URL addresshttp://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/64433496/televisions-impa… Pampapati . K Librarian Jain University Center for Management Studies BangaloreContact No 8904752543 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Education and Libraries - ACRL White Paper
by Dr. Indira Koneru 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

Dear LIS Professionals, Open Education Week <http://www.openeducationweek.org> is a celebration of the global Open Education Movement. Its purpose is to raise awareness about the movement and its impact on teaching and learning worldwide. Libraries can and should support open education. But before libraries do so, it is useful to understand the open education movement as a whole, including some of the key challenges facing both OERs and MOOCs and how libraries are well positioned to help address these challenges. ACRL White Paper "Environmental Scan of OERs, MOOCs, and Libraries: What Effectiveness and Sustainability Means for Libraries’ Impact on Open Education" enables us understand the open education movement and our professional obligation to promote universal, affordable, quality education. Download the white paper and OEW promotional materials from here <http://lisprofessionaldevelopment.blogspot.in/> Regards, Indira --------------------------- Dr. Indira Koneru e-Learning Administrator & Trainer IBS India http://wikieducator.org/User:Indkon -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MHRD - IIT Mumbai Spoken Tutorial Project
by Sandeep Bhavsar 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

Respected All http://www.spoken-tutorial.org/ The Spoken Tutorial project is the initiative of the *'Talk to a Teacher'*activity of the *National Mission on Education *through *Information and Communication Technology (ICT)*, launched by the *Ministry of Human Resources and Development*, *Government of India* and IIT Mumbai *The Spoken Tutorial project is about teaching and learning a particular FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) like Linux, Scilab, LaTeX, PHP & MySQL, Java, C/C++, LibreOffice etc. via an easy Video tool - Spoken Tutorials. Some of the salient features of SELF (Spoken Tutorial based Education and Learning through Free FOSS study) Workshops are as follows. * 1. This distance education method is highly conducive to self-learning. 2. Once one gets started any student or faculty can master the FOSS. 3. *UG, PG or research scholar students and even teachers of Science, IT, Engineering, Commerce, Management, MCA disciplines can learn any of the FOSS. * 4. Typically, the first workshop at any college is of 2 hours duration. Timing at the group's convenience. 5. To start of, any college which is organising the workshop needs to get a computer lab ready with machines that support sound and have internet connectivity. There is no lower or upper limit on the number of participants. This just depends on the number of computers available. For additional participants, laptops if available can be used. 6. The main organiser's computer should have a webcam via which the Spoken Tutorial team can monitor the workshop over Skype. 7. Within a month of the workshop, participants take an assessment test and on clearing it get certificates from Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT Bombay. *As a first step, the organiser typically a faculty member must register on the Spoken Tutorial site and become authorised to request and conduct training workshops in his/her college. The organiser can also identify student volunteers to publicise and help with the workshop. Students have a lot of energy and are very enthusiastic about such activities. Student volunteers get a special certificate, and a T-shirt! They also develop Event management and Project coordination skills. . * *Regards * *Sandeep Bhavsar* B.com, M.Lib.I.Sc SET, M.Phil, American Library Association - FERA 2011 fellow Librarian Dr. V N Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane (W) 400601 Mumbai INDIA Mobile : 9987049099 www.vpmthane.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Become an International Intern or Trainee!!
by Syamili C 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

*International Library and Archives Internship at Longwood Gardens* Longwood Gardens Library and Archives seeks a Library Science or Archival Studies (or equivalent) graduate student or recent graduate to gain experience in the operations and management of a special library and institutional archives. This is a full-time, 12-month position. For more details, click here<http://longwoodgardens.org/education/international-programs/international-i…> Apply Now<http://longwoodgardens.org/education/international-programs/international-i…> --------------------------- Thanking You, Syamili Research Scholar Dept. of Library & Information Science Pondicherry University syamili1990(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Workshop on Management of E-resources in Academic Libraries
by Vijayakumar K P 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

Please post the details of the Workshop in the LIS Forum. Vijayakumar K P Head, DLIS, University of Kerala Trivandrum *National Workshop on* *Management of E-resources in Academic Libraries* *20** - 22 March 2014* *Organized by* *Department of Library and Information Science **University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 034* *Kerala, India* *Introduction* A tremendous shift is taking place in libraries towards purchasing information resources, with a major portion of the budget being allocated to the acquisition of e-resources. As libraries build ever-larger collections of electronic resources, finding ways to manage them efficiently becomes a major challenge. The number of electronic journals, citation databases, and full-text aggregations held by most libraries has grown rapidly. Managing these electronic resources involves providing the library's user with convenient ways to find and access them and providing library staff with the tools to keep track of them. Libraries subscribe to electronic content in a number of different ways. Some publishers offer packages that include many electronic journals, some products may include electronic journals from many different publishers, and libraries acquire some electronic journals individually. Abstracting-and-indexing (A&I) products include citations to articles in journals from many different publishers. And since not everything is in electronic form, print resources cannot be neglected. There are two fundamental aspects to managing electronic resources: 1. The front-end details of delivering the content to library users, and 2. Managing the business details of back-end staff functions related to acquisition, payment, and licensing. But the situation in India is such that many of the library professionals including library mangers are incapable of handling the issue due to their unfamiliarity with the situation. The result is that many of them have to learn the techniques of management of e-resources by trial and error method. It is in this context that the Department of Library and Information Science is organizing a National Workshop on *Management of E-resources in Academic Libraries. * *Objectives of the Workshop* The specific objectives of the Workshop are: - . To make an overview of the diversity of e-resources - . To make the LIS professionals aware of the specific problems involved in the management of e-resources - . To familiarize them with the latest developments in the field, and - . To offer solutions to tackle the central issues with the concepts of the access and management of electronic resources. *Target group* The Workshop is primarily intended for the middle level and senior level library and information professionals of colleges, universities and full time teaching faculty of Library and Information Science schools covering the entire country. The number of participants is restricted to 40. *Resource persons* Resource persons include academicians and seasoned LIS professionals having extensive experience in the field. *Venue and Date * The venue of the Workshop is Department of Library and Information Science. The programme is scheduled during 20 - 22 March 2014. *Registration* The Registration fee is Rs. 250.00. The fee can be paid by demand draft drawn in favour of the Head of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 034. Admission is based on first come first served basis. However, efforts will be made to give representation to maximum number of institutions. *Travel and accommodation* We are in a position to give only to and fro second class train fare to the participants. But they have to make their own arrangements for travel and accommodation. However, the organizers can help in arranging accommodation for participants on payment. The organizers will provide course materials, lunch and light refreshments as part of the Workshop. *Application* Applications can be sent in the prescribed format on or before *12 March 2014 *to: *Dr. Vijayakumar, K. P.* *Head, Dept. of Library and Information Science* * University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 034* *Email: **kpvijayakumar2(a)gmail.com* <kpvijayakumar2(a)gmail.com> Phone: 0471 2308034 *Format of the Application Form* *National Workshop on* *Management of E-resources in Academic Libraries* *20 - 22 march 2014* Name : Designation : Official Address : E-mail : Phone Office : Residence : Mobile : Professional experience : (in years) Nature of Nature of work in : the Library/Specialization Date: Signature -- 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] LibCampBangalore5- Unconference
by Mankad, Manish 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

______________________________________________________________________________ Subject: LibCampBangalore5 Come Join Un-conference to share & learn in an open environment @ Unilever R&D, Bangalore on March 15th ________________________________________________________________________________ Dear LIS Professionals, Bangalore-based Corporate Information Professionals are organizing a LibCampBangalore5 - The 5th Un-conference at Bangalore on March 15th, 2014. All the corporate information professionals are cordially invited to join the event to share, discuss and learn from participants' experience on 'unique initiatives launched by corporate information centers'. Information professionals from GE, Unilever, TCE, Advinus etc., have already signed up for the event. More about the event: Un-conference theme: "Unique initiatives (services, product, tools, etc.) launched by corporate information centers" Venue & Host: Unilever R&D, 64 Main Road, Whitefield, Bangalore 560066 India Date & Duration: Saturday, March 15th 2014; 9.30am to 1.30pm followed by Lunch Take-away: Experience the Un-conference and get to share & learn various unique initiatives of corporates along with some networking opportunities Interested to participate? Please Register at Un-conference website<http://libcampbangalore.pbworks.com/w/page/74946209/LibCampBangalore5> .. The Organizing team is looking forward to meeting you at the 5th Un-conference. Organizing Team: Manish Mankad, Unilever Nandeesha M, SAP Madhuresh Singhal, Advinus Divya MN, TCE Anand Byrappa, GE -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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InTech - Open Access Publisher
by Mukesh - Monitor 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

Dear All InTech is a pioneer and world's largest multidisciplinary open access publisher of books covering the fields of Science, Technology and Medicine. Since 2004, InTech has published 2355 books and 6 journals with the aim of providing free online access to high-quality research and helping leading academics to make their work visible and accessible to diverse new audiences around the world. Read InTech Books and Journals Free anywhere in the World . http://www.intechopen.com/ Thanks and regards Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing - - *Monitor Information Services* ~Booksellers to the Nation~ Hyderabad - 500 029 Website : http://monitorlinks.typepad.com/ Facebook : *http://facebook.com/BooksMonitor <http://facebook.com/BooksMonitor>* Twitter : *http://twitter.com/#!/BooksMonitor*<http://twitter.com/#!/BooksMonitor> -- 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] Librarian & Asst Librarian Vacancy at VTU, Belagaum, Notification Page not found.
by Ishwar Goudar 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

Dear Mr. Manjunath, Thanks for useful information for LIS professionals. Unfortunately the web page concerned Notification is not found, while the page with application form is opening. All other similar Notification pages of VTU are accessible. It would be nice if somebody gives the details of this advertisement in News papers. --------------------------- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Ex. Visiting Professor and Library Adviser Mysore University Library University of Mysore Manasagangotri, MYSORE - 570 006 Ex Scientist 'G' and Head, ICAST, NAL, Bangalore E-mail: goudarishwar(a)gmail.com On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 6:08 AM, Manju. <mmanju92(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Applications are invited in 5 (Five) sets in the prescribed format from > the eligible Indian citizen for the various Teaching Posts in VTU's > Constituent Colleges at Huvinahadagali, Karwar and Raichur . The eligible > Indian Nationals / Origins who are residing abroad may also apply. Detailed > information along with Application format, are available in the University > Website www.vtu.ac.in > > Detailed Notification > *http://vtu.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Notificaiton-HKR.pdf > <http://vtu.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Notificaiton-HKR.pdf>* > > Application Form > *http://vtu.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Appl-form-for-Teaching-Post-HKR-1435.pdf > <http://vtu.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Appl-form-for-Teaching-Post-HKR…>* > > -- > **"Live as if you were to die tomorrow,** > **Learn as if you were to live Forever."** > > > With Regards > Manjunatha.K.S. > Asst. Librarian > AIMS, Bangalore. > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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Appointing Professor/Scientist incharge in the Libraries-reg:-
by librarianhc＠gitam.edu 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

Dear Anil, I Fully agree with your argument, the practice is in vogue when the qualified librarians are not available, now the situation is changed, Well qualified librarians are available and there is no need to keep some body should be as in charge. One thing Mr.Anil one should have capability of handle the issues independently with out depending any body, if this is not there some body will come and sit as in charges With regards Dr.K.Satyanarayana Librarian Knowledge Resource Centre GITAM University, Hyderabad Campus Rudrarum(V) Patancheru( M)Medak-502329 08455-221278 Ksn.gitam(a)gmail.com, librarianhc(a)gitam.edu 09948844503 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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E-resource management with Koha
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

Dear all, Now a days many big libraries are purchasing e-books in their library collections but few neither integrate it with their Library management software nor provide appropriate methods to access the same. Therefore my suggestion is such libraries may use Koha LMS which is wonderful software for automation purpose and making catalogue of such reading materials. Since, vendors/Publishers already provide the Marc/Excel record of purchased e-books so it could be directly imported into the Koha without much effort and investment. My live DVD http://sourceforge.net/projects/vkmkoha/files/ of Koha can be used for installation and i feel that it could be done by library staffs only. if you wish to do the above please feel free to contact and I ensure you to assist from remote place to make the job easy. You may also attend our workshop for the above and to learn Koha LMS: http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/images/bpcl/workshop/ Thanking You. With regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, (Library In-Charge) 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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An excellent intro to OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

Friends: Please share this introduction to open access which was recently sent by Prof. Peter Suber. <http://www.slideshare.net/jelena121/open-access-talk> Best. 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 an article
by Mohanlal E.K 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

Sir/Madam Have a nice day We need the following article for one of our PhD scholar. If it is available pl. send a copy to *lallu2007(a)gmail.com <lallu2007(a)gmail.com>* *Comparison of polymerase chain reaction with virus isolation and haemagglutination assays for the detection of canine parvoviruses in faecal specimens* Mochizuki, M.; San Gabriel, M. C.; Nakatani, H.; Yoshida, M.; Harasawa, R., Research In Veterinary Science. 55(1): 60-63 1993 Thanking you -- *Mohanalal E.K.*Assistant Librarian College of Veterinary and Animal Science Kerala Veterinary & Animal Science Uty. Mannuthy Post, Thrissur Dist. -680 651 Kerala , INDIA *e-mail: lallu2007(a)gmail.com <lallu2007(a)gmail.com>,Ph: +919495464972, 0487 2372148* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian & Asst Librarian Vacancy at VTU, Belagaum, Karnataka
by Manju. 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

Applications are invited in 5 (Five) sets in the prescribed format from the eligible Indian citizen for the various Teaching Posts in VTU's Constituent Colleges at Huvinahadagali, Karwar and Raichur . The eligible Indian Nationals / Origins who are residing abroad may also apply. Detailed information along with Application format, are available in the University Website www.vtu.ac.in Detailed Notification *http://vtu.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Notificaiton-HKR.pdf <http://vtu.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Notificaiton-HKR.pdf>* Application Form *http://vtu.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Appl-form-for-Teaching-Post-HKR-1435.pdf <http://vtu.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Appl-form-for-Teaching-Post-HKR…>* -- **"Live as if you were to die tomorrow,** **Learn as if you were to live Forever."** With Regards Manjunatha.K.S. Asst. Librarian AIMS, Bangalore. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Is there any need of non-professional in-charge in Libraries?
by Anil Singh 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

Dear Friends, In few past years trend has been rising to appoint non-professional head/in-charge of libraries in-spite of having Group 'A' library professionals in the organization. Like Prof-in-charge, scientists-in-charge, officer-in-charge etc and this practice can be seen in universities, autonomous bodies, scientific & research organization or in any other institutions of national importance. It has been seen that if the library is managed by Assistant Librarian (in the pay scale of PB3: 15600-39100 + AGP 6000) or by Deputy Librarian (in the pay scale of PB3: 15600-39100 + AGP 8000 or Rs.37,400 - 67,000 + AGP 9000) than there will be Prof-in-charge or Officer-in-charge who is non-professional to supervise these professional staff which is ridiculous. Even now in some institutions, Prof-in-charge has been appointed in-spite of having Librarian of PB4: 37,400 - 67,000 + AGP 10,000. Let us have a look on the pay scales of civil administrative staff. SDM (Sub-Divisional Magistrate) who is in the pay scale of PB3: 15600-39100 + GP 5400 is overall in-charge of whole Tehsil, whereas District Collector or DM whose pay scales are generally in between PB3: 15600-39100 + GP6600, GP 7600 or PB4: 37,400 - 67,000 + GP8700 (based on the length of service) is administrative head of whole district. Joint Secretaries in the Union Ministries are in the pay scale of 37,400 - 67,000 + GP10000 who plays an important role in policy making. If these officers can work independently, than why not library professional which are getting more pay scales than these administrative staff? Such type of practice demoralises the library professionals and gives the message in society that library professional are inefficient in managing the library independently. It also underestimates the importance of Librarians. Besides having a library committee and its Chairman to supervise and guidance, is there any relevance of non-professional in-charge in Libraries? Feedback and comments are welcome. -- with regards, Anil Singh Assistant Director (LS) Competition Commission of India (CCI) (Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India) 'B' Wing, HUDCO VISHALA, 14, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi - 110066 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LibCampBangalore5
by Mankad, Manish 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

A Gentle reminder for the library community. Can you please circulate this? Regards. Manish Mankad Manager, Technical Information Services T: +91 80 39830958 M: +91 (0) 9741350810 Unilever R&D Bangalore 64, Main Road, Whitefield Bangalore 560066 www.unilever.com<http://www.unilever.com/> | www.facebook.com/unilever<http://www.facebook.com/unilever> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request
by monisha mishra 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

Dear professionals, Pl arrange to get me the following article. Ramana, KV. (2013).Ethics in Medical Education, Practice and Research: an Insight. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 11/2013; 6. With regards. -- *Monisha Mishra* *LibrarianOrissa University of Agriculture & Technology,Bhubaneswar-751003Orissa* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Current e-newsletter
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

Dear All, Please find here link for our recent library e-newsletter and link of workshop. http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/enewsletter/v1n3.pdf http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/images/bpcl/workshop/ Thanking You. With regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, (Library In-Charge) 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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Take Koha Backup and Restore the same without Command
by DP Tripathi 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

Dear colleagues, Take the backup and restore the same in Koha without Command. Download the ISO image from the link given below and install the latest Koha version with an option to take Koha backup & restore with GUI using phpMyadmin. ISO Image: http://librarianguide.in/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Koha-3.14.iso How to take backup & restore video: http://librarianguide.in/library-automation/koha-with-1-command/koha-backup… How to take backup & restore instructions: (PDF File): http://librarianguide.in/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/howtotakebackupandresto… Feel free to write at dptkvs(a)gmail.com Thanks with kind regards, -- ********************* D. P. Tripathi Assistant Librarian Biju Patnaik Central Library NIT Rourkela Odisha - 769008 www.librarianguide.in ********************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Conference on "ROLE OF LIBRARIES IN INDIAN CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT (RLICM-2014)": Call for Paper
by Shriram Pandey 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

National Conference on "ROLE OF LIBRARIES IN INDIAN CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT (RLICM-2014)",April 11-12, 2014,Under joint auspices of Library, University College Of Science, Mohanlal Sukhadia University and Muni GyanSagar Maharaj 25th Initiation Ceremony Committee Shrut Samvardhan Sansthan, Meerut Call for Paper on Following Theme: Ancient manuscripts, a treasure that behold the glorious past of Indian culture are of great research value. But this unique invaluable pool of knowledge is under threat as these manuscripts are disappearing at an alarming rate. As libraries play a vital role in preservation and management of these manuscripts, they need to be revamped completely under latest technological facilities. Though libraries have witnessed drastic changes in past couple of decades, LIS professionals need to open up more broadly to innovative concepts for maximum utilization of its resources and services in digital environment. This conference is an attempt to bring forth all the concerns, innovative ideas and strategies of LIS professionals and managers that aim to make Indian libraries the most promising place. Rediscover the Indian in you in relation with being a part of library that preserves rich heritage of Indian culture. Give feathers to innovative ideas and redefine the "Role of Libraries in Indian Culture and Management" in this digital era. This major theme is further divided into sub-themes as detailed below: >> Indian Manuscripts >> Conservation and Preservation of Indian cultural literature >> Digital projects for heritage >> Digital Preservation, Automation >> Content Creation, Collection development >> Social and cultural networks >> IPR, copyrights >> Knowledge Management >> Human Resource Management, Performance Evaluation >> Change Management, Talent Development >> Leadership and Communication >> Total Quality Management >> Marketing, Case studies, Carbon credit >> IR, Open Access Movement, OSS and Data mining >> Mobile, RFID, ICT and Web technologies >> Information seeking behavior Internet based resources and services. How to Submit Paper Original papers on the above sub-themes or related themes are invited from students, researchers, academicians, LIS professional, managers and interested IT professionals. You are requested to submit an electronic copy of the full length paper in English to the Conference Secretary Dr. P.S. Rajput at rlicm2014(a)gmail.com on or before March 25, 2014. Guidelines for Manuscript Preparation The papers should be based on research surveys, case studies or action plans between 3000-3500 words in length including tables, diagrams, etc. Text should be printed in Times New Roman with font size 12, typed in 1.5 spaces. Text should be typed in A4 paper with standard margins (2.54 cm in all four sides). Also, each paper should contain an abstract, up to ten keywords, body of the paper, conclusion and references. The paper should also contain the author(s) name, title, organization, address, telephone, and E-mail address. All references should be presented according to the APA Style only. All papers submitted shall be subjected to blind review by a technical committee. Based on paper evaluation report, paper shall be accepted for publication/presentation and best written and Best presented Paper Award respectively in below categories each. (A) For academician, professionals etc (B) For Student/Research scholars -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Required Chapter of Books
by LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER SUMANDEEP VIDYAPEETH 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

Our faculty require following Chapter of Books for their research purpose. Job ck. Pathology of leprosy. IN: Hasting Rc, ed. Leprosy. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone; 1994: Page: 193-214 -- Thanking You DIRECTOR, LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRE SUMANDEEP VIDYAPEETH PIPARIYA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for an article
by TIFR CAM Library 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

Namaste, One of the academicians in our Centre needs this article. Could any one kindly help us by sending a copy of the same. Provisional agency in India: Jugaad and legitimation of corruption BEATRICE JAUREGUI American Ethnologist Volume 41, Issue 1, pages 7691, February 2014 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/amet.12061/abstract;jsessionid=F… Thanks & 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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Congratulation...............:)
by Suresh Gp 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

*Dear Sir/Madam and Professional Friends* "Congratulation...............:)" the Bangalore university as announced Ph.D awarded to *K.G Jayarama Naik*, Assistant Professor, DLIS, Bangalore University, his thesis entitle *"A study of Education college libraries in Bangalore University with special reference to use and user study" *under the respective Guidance of *Dr.M.Veerabasavaiah,* Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Bangalore University, Bangalore, Karnataka. *Once again Congratulation............... to Dr.K.G Jayarama Naik* -- @*...,With Best Wishes* *Dr. Ramesha & His **Research scholars* Associate Professor Dept. of Library and Information Science Bangalore University, Jnana Bharathi Campus BANGALORE - 560 056 Phone: Mobile 09481246961 Office Direct: 080 22961401 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Applications are invited for the post of Librarian by Central Institute of Psychiatry, Jharkhand.
by Sri Ramchandra Madar 02 Mar '14

02 Mar '14

Applications are invited for the post of Librarian by Government of India, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Kanke, Ranchi - 834 006, Jharkhand. 1) Post: Librarian, 2) Scale of pay: PB-1, Rs. 5200.00 - 20,200.00, Grade pay - Rs. 2000.00, 3) Qualification: I. Matriculation, II. 02 year experience in library work of indexing etc., III. Typing at 30 words per minutes. 4) Age limit: 25 years ( relaxable for govt. servant up to 5years in accordance with orders issued by the central govt.). 5) Last date: 22.03.2014. 6) For more details visit: *www.cipranchi.nic.in <http://www.cipranchi.nic.in> * Source: The Times of India, Sunday February 24, 2014. -- Regards, Sri Ramchandra Madar ( B.A., M.L.I.Sc.) Librarian, Roohi college of Nursing, Hennur - Bagalur Main Road, Bangalore-562149. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KLA to release "Librarian Logo" at the Women Librarians' Meet 2014, to be held on 08 March 2014 in Thiruvananthapuram
by faisal sl 01 Mar '14

01 Mar '14

WOMEN LIBRARIANS' MEET 2014 ***************************************** Kerala Library Association cordially invites you to the Women Librarians' Meet 2014, to be organized in connection with the International Women’s Day on 8th March 2014, from 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm at Prof. N. Krishna Pillai Foundation Hall, Nandavanam, Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram. Prof. Khyrunnisa A., Writer and Columnist, will inaugurate the Meet. Dr. A. Gopikuttan, President, Kerala Library Association will preside. The event is conceived as an informal get together of women Librarians with an objective to know each other, network and share ideas. Business sessions Session 1: Empowering Women Librarians: Approaches & Attitudes Session 2: Women Librarians’ Network: Some Random Thoughts Tea Break Session 3: Librarianship as a Woman’s Profession Senior Women Library Professionals will be honoured at the function. Registration is free. For more details, invitation letter and online registration please visit, http://klaweblog.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/women-librarians-meet-2014/ Release of the New Librarian Logo *************************************** A "Librarian Logo", designed by Kerala Library Association will be released at the Meet. The logo is a modified version of existing logos/symbols popular in LIS domain. You may copy and distribute it freely. The logo may be used/applied anywhere to represent the Library Profession/Professionals. Printed logo stickers (for fixing on doors, vehicles, etc) will be available for a nominal cost at the Meet. Download the logo from here. http://klaweblog.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/kla-releases-new-logo-for-librari… Thanks and regards S.L.Faisal Member, Executive Committee, KLA Ph.09447699724 Website:http://keralalibraryassociation.org/ KLA Blog: http://klaweblog.wordpress.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Opening for an Assistant Librarian @ ABBS, Bangalore
by Jairaj ＠ ACHARYA 01 Mar '14

01 Mar '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Jairaj" <jairaj(a)acharyabbs.ac.in> Date: 1 Mar 2014 10:52 Subject: Opening for an Assistant Librarian @ ABBS, Bangalore To: <jairajsh(a)gmail.com> Cc: Dear LIS Professionals, *ACHARYA BANGALORE B-SCHOOL (ABBS), BANGALORE has an opening for Assistant Librarian. * No. of Post : One Qualification : MLISc - Preferably Regular Desirable : Knowledge in computer and library automation software Experience : 0-1 - Year and willing to work in shift mode Interested candidates may send their CV through e-mail/post on or before 8thMarch, 2014. E-mail: hr(a)acharyabbs.ac.in jairaj(a)acharyabbs.ac.in Address: HR Department, ACHARYA BANGALORE B- SCHOOL (ABBS), # 3, Andrahalli Main Road, Off. Magadi Road, Bangalore - 560091 Website : www.acharyabbs.ac.in Regards, S. Jairaj Hosamani, Librarian, Acharya Bangalore B-School, # 3, Andrahalli Main Road, Off. Magadi Road, Bangalore - 560091 E-mail : jairaj(a)acharyabbs.ac.in <librarian(a)acharyabbs.ac.in> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library & Information Science as a subject for UPSC
by Gautam Bharti 01 Mar '14

01 Mar '14

Respected Professionals, I would like to know the status of the matter regarding inclusion of Library & Information Science as one of subject for UPSC. If LIS is included in the UPSC so many may be able to write the exam and the subject will also get its due respect and up-liftment. I would like to request all the experts in the field of Library & Information Science to give their opinion on the subject. -- Goutam Kumar Bharti Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya Karimganj, Assam 08399964075 gautamkbharti(a)gmail.com gkbharti2003(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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Guide to OA good practices
by Subbiah Arunachalam 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

If you want to set up an OA repository or promote OA in your institution, you may find this guide useful. < https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PeterSuber/posts/hYDgCY4pJ5H>. Arun Milestone for the guide to good practices for university OA policies<https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PeterSuber/posts/hYDgCY4pJ5H> Posted: 27 Feb 2014 09:30 AM PST "Yesterday the guide to good practices for university open-access policies passed the milestone of 50,000 page views. http://bit.ly/goodoa The guide is based on the experience at Harvard and many other institutions around the world. It has been endorsed by the Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions (COAPI), Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL), Enabling Open Scholarship (EOS), Mediterranean Open Access Network (MedOANet), Open Access Directory (OAD), Open Access Implementation Group (OAIG), Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook (OASIS), Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), and SPARC Europe." -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Library Advocacy Unshushed: Values, evidence, action
by Subbiah Arunachalam 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

Here is an Edx course useful for librarians. My friend Madhan forwarded it to me and I thought I should share it with you all. Arun Library Advocacy Unshushed: Values, evidence, action https://www.edx.org/course/university-torontox/university-torontox-la101x-l… -- Madhan, M Manager, Library and Information Services International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Patancheru, Hyderabad India www.icrisat.org -- 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 Mahesh *Y* 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

Dear Friends, Kindly send the below paper if you have access. i Hamiltonian-laceability of star graphs Page(s):112 - 117Digital Object Identifier : 10.1109/ISPAN.1997.645079<http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISPAN.1997.645079> -- *With Regards* * Mahesh.Y Librarian,Shri Pillappa College of Engineering, Bangalore-89. * *Mob: 09742914677* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Kerala University extended Part-Time Research facility to all regular full time working Library Professionals
by faisal sl 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

Dear All, Once again, the constant and concerted efforts carried out by the Kerala Library Association has become successful. The University of Kerala has extended the Part-Time Research facility to all regular full time working Library Professionals in the State, which was earlier provided only to the regular library staff of Kerala University Library. The Association represented the issue many times and coordinated the efforts to end the injustice towards all working Library Professionals in Kerala. The University has issued the Order No. Ac. E1. B3/2460/2010 Dated 11/02/2014, which reads, “The Vice-Chancellor, University of Kerala has approved , subject to reporting to the Academic Council, the recommendation of the Board of Studies, in Library and Information Science, as endorsed by the Dean,Faculty of Arts, to extend the provision of granting Part-Time PhD Registration to the regular library staff of Kerala University Library having 3 years experience to all regular full-time library professionals working in all University Libraries, affiliated colleges, government departments, R and D establishments, Public sector undertakings, and corporate libraries in Kerala, provided all other eligibility conditions are satisfied.” The order may be downloaded from the KLA website and also from the below given link. http://klaweblog.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/kerala-university-extended-part-t… A notable victory for Kerala Library Association and the entire Librarian fraternity. Thanks and regards S.L.Faisal Member, Executive Committee, KLA & Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom Thiruvananthapuram-695 004 Kerala, India Ph.09447699724 Website:http://keralalibraryassociation.org/ KLA Blog: http://klaweblog.wordpress.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop and Training Program on Discovery Services and J-Gate
by Soji Mathew 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

Informatics (India) Limited, in association with BMS College of Engineering, is pleased to announce a workshop and training program on Discovery Services and J-Gate. The event will be held at the following venue: BMS College of Engineering Auditorium Bull Temple Road, Bangalore Date & Time: March 15, 2014 from 9:30 A.M. onwards The following perspectives will be covered during the event: 1) Introduction to discovery services. 2) Introduction and training on J-Gate family of products. 3) To create a co-operative of libraries of professional colleges in Karnataka for resource sharing. Librarians and researchers of professional colleges in Karnataka are invited to attend the workshop and improve their searching skills. Interested participants may register at the below mentioned link: www.informindia.co.in/BMSDiscoveryEvent (Please note registration is mandatory and free) Regards Swapnil Srivastava Product Marketing Manager | Informatics (India) Limited | swapnil.s(a)informindia.co.in | www.informindia.co.in | Mobile: +91 99720 17067 | -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request to Announce Workshop on Discovery Services
by CHOWDAPPA NARAYANAPPA 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

Dear Moderator, Please announce the following Message on Lis-forum. =================== BMS college of Engineering in association with Informatics is pleased to announce a workshop and training program on Discovery Services and J-Gate. The event will be held at BMS College of Engineering auditorium, Bull Temple Road, Bangalore on March 15thfrom 9:30 A.M. onwards, and would cover the following perspectives: 1) Introduction to discovery services. 2) Introduction and training on J-Gate family of products. 3) To create a co-operative of libraries of professional colleges in Karnataka for resource sharing. Librarians and researchers of professional colleges in Karnataka are invited to attend the workshop and improve their searching skills. Interested participants may register at the below mentioned link: www.informindia.co.in/BMSDiscoveryEvent/ (Please note registration is mandatory and free) Thanks and Regards Dr.N.CHOWDAPPA M.Sc., F.G.S.(Ind)M.Lib.Sc., Ph.D CHIEF LIBRARIAN BMS College of Engineering, Bull Temple Road, Basavanagudi, Bangalore 560 019. (Off) 080-26615657 (Cell) 9980063838 e-mail: ncbmsce(a)yahoo.co.in bmscelibrarian(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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Request for Full text Article
by Mahesh Moolya 27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

Dear Professionals, If any library holds below mentioned article, Please mail it to me. Nat Rev Neurol. 2013 Aug;9(8):455-61. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2013.118. Epub 2013 Jun 25. The spectrum of MOG autoantibody-associated demyelinating diseases. Reindl M1, Di Pauli F, Rostásy K, Berger T. Thank you, with regards -- Mahesh Moolya Jr. Librarian K S Hegde Medical Academy Dearalakatte Mangalore 575 018 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Rethinking Our Professional Identity in the Light of New Responsibilities
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 26 Feb '14

26 Feb '14

You may be knowing this journal. Many case studies and experiences can be found by Science Librarians, how they are embedded, blended and perform the great role of the Library in the Research Enterprise.Journal of eScience Librarianship (JESLIB) is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that advances the theory and practice of librarianship with a special focus on services related to data-driven research in the physical, biological, social, and medical sciences, including public health. J http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/jeslib/ Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on Spatial Information Analytics and Launch of the New Web Site of SRELS Journal of Information Management - reminder
by Mailing List Admin 26 Feb '14

26 Feb '14

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2014 12:51:12 +0530 From: K.S. Raghavan <ksragav(a)hotmail.com> KAnOE's 9th Workshop (http://www.kanoe.org) Workshop on Spatial Information Analytica:s Mathematical Morphological Interpolations and Pattern Recognition and Launch of the New Web Site of SRELS Journal of Information Management by Prof. H. A. Ranganath Former Director of NAAC & former Vice Chancellor of Bangalore University. Prof. K N Balasubramanya Murthy Vice Chancellor, PES University will preside. 28 February 2014 Venue: MCA Seminar Hall, Prof. M. R. Doreswamy Silver Jubilee Complex, PES Institute of Technology, BSK 3rd Stage, Bangalore 560085 A workshop on Spatial Information Analytics: Mathematical Morphological Interpolations and Pattern Recognition is being organized (sponsored under TEQIP-II/1.2.1) by the Centre for Knowledge Analytics and Ontological Engineering (KAnOE) in association with IEEE GRSS Bangalore Chapter and the Systems Sciences and Informatics Unit of the Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore. The Workshop will be conducted by Dr. B. S. Daya Sagar and Dr. Saroj K. Meher of the Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore. Who can attend? The workshop should be of interest to students, and teachers of Computer science, Geographical Information Sciences, 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? Please fill out the on-line registration form at http://kanoe.org/workshopregistration.html K. S. Raghavan Visiting Scientist Centre for Knowledge Analytics & Ontological Engineering (KAnOE) PES Institute of Technology Bangalore 560 085

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World Book Day 2014
by Mukesh - Monitor 26 Feb '14

26 Feb '14

*World Book Day will take place on Thursday 6 March 2014* World Book Day is a celebration! It's a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) it's a celebration of reading. In fact, it's the biggest celebration of its kind, designated by UNESCO <http://www.unesco.org.uk/> as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and marked in over 100 countries all over the world. Libraries may promote the *World Book Day 2014 *on and around World Book Day. Events can take place in the lead-up to, and beyond, the day itself and libraries can run new activities or badge existing activities during the week of World Book Day, including the weekend. Best Wishes Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing - - *Monitor Information Services* *~booksellers to the nation~* Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Opp Deepak Cinema, Narayanguda Hyderabad - 500 029 Website : http://monitorlinks.typepad.com/ Facebook : *http://facebook.com/BooksMonitor <http://facebook.com/BooksMonitor>* Twitter : *http://twitter.com/#!/BooksMonitor*<http://twitter.com/#!/BooksMonitor> -- 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 Library Assistant cum Office Assistant
by beena 26 Feb '14

26 Feb '14

WALK– IN INTERVIEW for Library Assistant cum Office Assistant at Indian Maritime University Qualification: Graduate with three year experience, preferably in any Universities/educational institutions. Desirable: Diploma in Computer Applications and Certificate in Library Science from a recognised University/Five years experience in handling library in any Universities/educational institutions. Salary: Rs 12000/-p.m. Appointment is initially for six months and it may be extended according to the performance of the appointees. Venue: - Indian Maritime University, Cochin Campus, South End Reclamation Area, NH47-A, Near Alexander Parambithara Bridge, Matsyapuri P.O, W. Island, Kochi-682 029. Date of Interview:- 05-03-2014 at 9.30am Website: www.imu.edu.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Cartoons on LIS Profession, education, future etc.
by Basavaraj Kumbar 26 Feb '14

26 Feb '14

Dear Professionals, Greetings of the day. Librarytoday.in is the website for the professionals. It calls for the cartoons related to the profession. The selected Cartoon will be published on Librarytoday.innfor free. Note: file format - jpeg dimension - 486x237 size: 25kb or below You can send the image to editor(a)librarytoday.in -- Regards, *Mr. Basavaraj S. Kumbar* *MLISc. UGC-NET * <http://www.wix.com/basukumbar/basukumbar> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Does Karnataka State College Librarians Association (KSCLA) still Exist?
by Vasanth 26 Feb '14

26 Feb '14

Dear Sir/Madam, This question is lingering in my mind after I had seen the governing members of recently formed FEKLA (Federation of Karnataka Librarians Association). Many of the members featured in the governing council have also been there in the KSCLA governing body. In fact the current president of the KSCLA Dr. Vijay Kumar is also part of this new association. How does this new association different from KSCLA? Surprising that previous president of the KSCLA Dr. Kadadevarmath is now heading the FEKLA and also many of the office bearers of KSCLA under his tenure have also part of this association. This raises some disturbing questions. I leave it there. Why present KSCLA president failed to inform its members about this new association and their role in it? KSCLA has members across the state and has the responsibility to protect the interest of the professionals who have been part of this association. But all of a sudden KSCLA governing body members without any prior discussion in any of the association’s forum have hand-in-glove with the new association. Is this putting an end to KSCLA? KSCLA has collected membership fee from its members, till today we don’t know how many librarians have taken the members and the total membership fee they have collected. KSCLA time and again collected struggling fee from many of its members, it is still clueless how it has been utilized in the interest of the profession. KSCLA has organized many seminars and conferences, with pain it has to be mentioned that many of them have been reduced to provide stage for politicians, swamijis and to do merely felicitations. Academic interests have been put at the back. Again is it time for government college librarians to think for having their own association or work closely with KALA or other national association to protect the interest of the professionals? Views are personal ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N. GFGC-Periyapatna Mysore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free access to expensive journal content in public libraries
by Subbiah Arunachalam 25 Feb '14

25 Feb '14

Would it not be wonderful if one can access for free articles published in expensive scholarly journals in public libraries? Yes, it is happening right now in the UK. When can we in India have such access in our public libraries? Please read this short news story put out by BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-25981183 3 February 2014 Last updated at 01:20 - Print <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-25981183?print=true> - Share <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-25981183#> - Facebook <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-25981183#> - Twitter <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-25981183#> Public libraries get online access to research journalsBy Patrick HowseBBC News, Education reporter [image: Bracknell Library]It is hoped the scheme will increase the use of public libraries Continue reading the main story<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-25981183#story_continues_1>Related Stories - Libraries to store UK web content<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22028738> - Web archive goes live but not online<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25446913> Hundreds of thousands of research journal articles are to be made available on computers in public libraries. The Access to Research initiative will give the public access to articles on health, biological research, engineering and social sciences for the first time. More than 8,000 journals from around the world are included. It is hoped this will encourage more people to use public libraries. The Publishers Licensing Society (PLS) is behind the scheme. It ensures publishers are paid for the copying of extracts of their publications, including digital copies. Several major publishers have signed up to Access to Research, meaning their material will be available free, but only when viewed by computer terminals in public libraries. The PLS says the move will "strengthen the position" of public libraries at a time when they are "under pressure". "It will have an immediate effect in extending access to the great majority of journals for the benefit of everyone in the country," it adds. The technology involved has already been tested by 10 local authorities in 250 public libraries and the initiative will now be extended throughout the UK, initially for a two-year pilot. 'Global knowledge' The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (Cilip) has warmly welcomed the scheme. "Libraries have always been and should remain a beacon for learning and education," said Darren Smart, from Cilip, but he added that there was a need for further action. "With the right reform of copyright laws to reflect the digital age, and investment in the public library service, small businesses, students, researchers and local communities across the country can get the right support for their information needs." Universities and Science Minister David Willetts said Britain's "excellent science and research base is world-renowned and one of our greatest assets". "With less than 1% of the global population, we produce over 6% of global articles," he said, "but this still means the vast majority of global research is not subject to the UK's open access policy. "This will connect people, including students and small businesses, to a wealth of global knowledge, maximising its impact and value." -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KSCLA President's Clarification (FYI)
by Vasanth 25 Feb '14

25 Feb '14

Dear Sir/Madam, After the message "Does KSCLA Still exist?" posted in LIS Forum, the Karantaka State College Librarians Association President Dr. Vijay Rajkumar has clarified over a phone that he has either in his personal capacity or as a president of KSCLA in no way associated with FEKLA (Federation of Karnataka Librarians Association). ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation - SRELS
by SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE 25 Feb '14

25 Feb '14

Dear Moderator: Kindly announce the following invitation to the benefit of the lis-forum members. Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science ***** You are cordially invited to the celebratory function of SRELS Journal publishing going Online! Orgnaized Jointly by Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science and Informatics (India) Limited, Bangalore Launch of the new journal website by Prof. H.A. Ranganath Former Director of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and Former Vice Chancellor of Bangalore University Presided by Prof. K.N. Balasubramanya Murthy Vice Chancellor, PES University Venue MCA Seminar Hall, Prof. M. R. Doreswamy Silver Jubilee Complex, PES University, BSK 3rd Stage, Bangalore 560085 Date & Time: 28th February, 2014,,4:30 pm to 6.30 pm Programme : * Welcome Address - SRELS * Launch of journal website by Prof. H. A. Ranganath, * Presidential Address - Prof. K.N. Balasubramanya Murthy * Address by Mr. N.V. Sathyanarayana, CMD, Informatics * i-Scholar presentation by Informatics * Vote of thanks by Dr. K.N.Prasad, SRELS Please join us for high-tea at 4.30 pm -- 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 25 Feb '14

25 Feb '14

Dear Sir/ Madam, One of our staff need the following Journal article. If it is available in your Library, Please send the article immediately. Spectinamides: a new class of semisynthetic antituberculosis agents that overcome native drug efflux. Richard E Lee & Julian G Hurdle.. et al. Journal Name: Nature Medicine. February 2014; 20(2), p.152-158. 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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Vacancy - Library , Robert Bosch Engineering & Business Solutions, Bangalore
by Emmanuel E (RBEI/ETI) 25 Feb '14

25 Feb '14

Dear Sir, Please circulate to LIS community. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The K-Centre & Information services (Library) invites application for the following vacancy. Position: Technical Assistant (Project Trainee). Nature of Position: On contract, Duration: One year, can be extended based on performance. Organization: Library, Robert Bosch Engineering & Business Solutions Ltd, Bangalore Location: Bangalore Educational Qualification: Diploma in Library & Information Science-D. L. I. Sc (Full Time) or B. L. I. Sc Prerequisite: Fluency in English, Computer: Basic Computer knowledge (Windows 7 & MS Office 2003 or above), Work Experience: Maximum one year experience or no experience. Candidates those who have done their D. L. I. Sc (Full Time) or B. L. I. Sc (Full Time) with one year or no experience can only apply. Interested professional/student can send their resume/CV to: Koni.Ganapathi(a)in.bosch.com<mailto:Koni.Ganapathi@in.bosch.com> Regards Emmanuel -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Three Days FDP at MSRIT Library, Bangalore-Reg
by Bhaskar Reddy M 25 Feb '14

25 Feb '14

Dear Moderator, Kindly publish this for benefit of LIS Professionals. Sir/Madam, We are very happy to inform all the professionals that the *LIBRARY & INFORMATION CENTRE M.S.RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY , BANGALORE *is conducting THREE DAYS FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME on *"PREPARING THE LIBRARY PROFESSIONALS TO FACE THE CHALLENGES OF FLAT WORLD"* Under TEQIP-II . Dates:* 3, 4 &5th April 2014* *FDP Theme:* New Technology, Legal Aspects, Finance, Behavioral, Administrative, Branding, Bench marking and Standards of world, Career improvement and new role in the western nations etc. *Experts* from Infosys Technology, Mysore and University Library Professionals *Target Audience:* Library Professionals from Engineering Colleges, R&D Centres, Universities, Research Scholars and LIS Students. *No. of Participants*: Restricted to 60 only (on first come first serve) *Registration Fee: *Rs.1000/-(Includes Kit, Breakfast, Lunch, Tea and Snacks) *Note:* No TA, DA and Accommodation will be provided. *For further contact* 1.Mr.Shanmuka Gowda.H.S. Deputy Librarian Mob:9743259885 2.Mr.B.Vinod Kumar Assistant Librarian Mob: 9035756919 3.Mr.A.G.Kotreshappa Assistant Librarian Mob: 9845602794 4.Mr.Bhaskar Reddy Assistant Librarian Mob: 9620450297 5.Mr.Shankar Assistant Librarian Mob: 8553533135 Please make your convenient to attend the same. Thanks with Regards, *Mr.S.F.Kattimani,* *Organizing Secretary and Librarian I/C* *M.S.RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY(Autonomous Institute affiliated to vtu, ISO 9001-2000 certfied, NBAAccredited)MSR NAGARMSRIT POSTBANGALORE 560054* *www.msrit.edu/library <http://www.msrit.edu/library> & information centre* *Mob:9886821032(080) 23600822, 23606936 Extn :312* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UNESCO Guidelines to compare Institutional Repository Software
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 25 Feb '14

25 Feb '14

The Guidelines to compare Institutional Repository Software is being published as part of the UNESCO’s Open Access Strategy. It compares the features of the major platforms and is intended to help libraries focus on which features will help facilitate the success of their repository. The current publication compares the five most widely adopted IR platforms: Digital Commons, Dspace, Eprints, Fedora, and Islandora. Jean-Gabriel Bankier and Kenneth Gleason of the bpress contributed to the development of the text. Devika Madalli also contributed to the drafting of the text. For full text and details please visit the URL: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-a… Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Applications are invited for the post of Librarian by The Presidency Group of Institutions, Sira.
by Sri Ramchandra Madar 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Applications are invited for the post of Librarian by The Presidency Group of Institutions, Gurukul, Amarapur Road, Sira - 572 137, Thumkur District, Karnataka. 1) Co- Educational English Medium Day Cum Residential Institutions with a Strength of 4000 Students Located on a 20 Acre Campus in the heart of Sira city, 120km from Bangalore on NH4, Requires Qualified and Experienced Staff. Those fluent in English, looking for long term association with Institution can apply. 2) Post: Librarian, 3) Salary : State Scale, 4) Food and Accommodation will be provided on request, 5) Short listed candidates will be called for interview. 6) Send a hand written application with C.V. and recent passport size photograph within 07 days (before 01.03.2014) To, The Chairman, # 502, 2nd Floor, 60ft.Rd., ' F' Block, Sahakarnagar, Bangalore - 560 092. Mobile: 9886824944. E-Mail: tppsresource(a)gmail.com. Website: www.sirapresidency.org. Source: Deccan Herald, Sunday, February 23, 2014. -- Regards, Sri Ramchandra Madar ( B.A., M.L.I.Sc.) Librarian, Roohi college of Nursing, Hennur - Bagalur Main Road, Bangalore-562149. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Applications are invited for the post of Librarian by Silver Spring International School.
by Sri Ramchandra Madar 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Applications are invited for the post of Librarian by Silver Spring International School, No.41/3, Chikkasandra, Hessargatta Road, Bangalore - 90. E-Mail: silverspringps(a)gmail.com. 1) Post: Librarian with BLISc / MLISc. 2) Contact for appointments: 8095641080. Source: Sunday Times Of India, February 23, 2014. -- Regards, Sri Ramchandra Madar ( B.A., M.L.I.Sc.) Librarian, Roohi college of Nursing, Hennur - Bagalur Main Road, Bangalore-562149. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Applications are invited for the post of Librarian by V.E.S. Model Convent.
by Sri Ramchandra Madar 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Applications are invited for the post of Librarian by V.E.S. Model Convent. 1) Post : Librarian with BLISc. 2) Salary as per scales and is not constraint for deserving candidates. 3) Apply with resume and recent photo before 10/03/2014. 4) Address: V.E.S. Model Convent, Affiliated to CISCE, New Delhi, No.63. Old Sy. No. 195/196, Magadi Main Road, Tavarekere, Bangalore South-562 130. E-Mail: vesmodelconvent(a)gmail.com. Website: www.ves.org.in Source: Deccan Herald, Sunday, February 23, 2014. -- Regards, Sri Ramchandra Madar ( B.A., M.L.I.Sc.) Librarian, Roohi college of Nursing, Hennur - Bagalur Main Road, Bangalore-562149. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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response to FEKLA, Instead of having too many associations, can we strengthen the existing one to be a central body for our profession?
by Manjunath K 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Dear LIS colleagues, I am also series of arguments on FKLA formation. I too agree that we need not to have too many associations for our profession. Instead, we can attempt for making one existing popular Association as national body for our cause. Opening of Associations has become like political parties. If one politician doesn't like the party, he has option to switch to other party or start his own... finally he says that the change is due to demands from his party members. Same pattern we can see in this association development too. Please note, this mail is not against/blame any individual but for a trend. Long back I sent several mails to our discussion forums to make ILA (a nation-wide known association) as national body and have its centres at regional, state, district and local levels... but my mails remained undiscussed. Instead of establishing new Associations, why can't we think of making ILA as central body for negotiating/contacting government authorities for policy related decisions? and has its unit at state and district levels? As ILA has nation-wide strong network and generic in nature to include LIS professionals of all type of libraries, we can think of making it as a strong body for policy making and fight for our profession(instead of reinventing another body). Like many professional associations, ILA can start many scholarly journals to promote academic activities in our profession. For Example,, American Marketing Association, Academy of Management, INFORMS and many other professionals are known for their scholarly journal publications. I strongly believe that it is better to strengthen the existing association and channelize our efforts to bring all the associations under one broad umbrella. Any member of regional/state/local level LIS association can become member of this central body by default. If this central body concept emerges, we can fight for our rights collectively. Since major policy makers are located in Delhi, the ILA's central office can be located in Delhi and state units at state capitals. Again fortunately, the discussion on LIS associations has started, let us join together and have healthy discussions and make ILA as central body for our profession. ILA can operate or function like rotary/lions. 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 Koteswara Rao Mamidi Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2014 3:53 PM To: Ishwar Goudar; lisforum Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS FEDERATION Formed at Bangalore-reg Dear Friends, I have been watching the heated arguments on a controversial issue of LIS federation started by Dr. IRN Goudar. Personally I do not understand why KALA had to take this step without obtaining any consensus of all the stake holders? We already have too many associations and some of them are doing very well (including KALA and TNLA) compared to others which are just 'event managers'. I am also surprised to see that our LIS associations have 'deeply fragmented' to the extent of having a separate 'SC/ST Library Professionals Association' recently in Karnataka? My questions is: 1. Why some people suddenly jump to create new bodies unless the existing bodies are considered a failure or useless? 2. When there is an apex body like the Joint Council of Library Associations in India (JOCLAI) why do we need a separate Federation? 3. Can anyone guarantee that all the LIS associations of the country will join this new Federation? Will 'delhites' agree to this? 4. When ILA has been recognized by GOI to deal with policy issues pertaining to LIS profession will this new federation replace it? 5. People should remember the fate of GOC when the Government representative had withdraw from the committee. 6. Will this new LIS federation in Bangalore can get the approval of GOI in Delhi or bring the proposed changes in the profession? If some people think that we can replicate IFLA at International level they are totally wrong. Over the years we have seen that even after the 4th, 5th & 6th PRCs many of the important anomalies in LIS profession like eligibility criteria, pay scales, UGC projects, promotion rules, retirement age, etc, are still not resolved. The quality of LIS education has fell to its lowest, because we do not have an accredition body. The state of our public libraries is highly deplorable. We are yet to see the benefits of the new national library mission. There are many more long pending issues which needs to be addressed, so let us be content with what we have and if possible work towards improving the functioning of the existing national and state associations (which are always busy conducting seminars and conferences). I fully agree with Dr. Siddamallaiah that there is no need for any LIS federation. India is great country, let us work in a de-centralised manner and not copy others. The views expressed here are my personal. Dr. M. Koteswara Rao Retired Librarian Univ of Hyderabad > Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:42:19 +0100 > From: goudarishwar(a)googlemail.com > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > CC: lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; francis(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; > franc(a)library.iisc.ernet.in; lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS FEDERATION Formed at Bangalore-reg > > Dear Professionals, > > I felt like ignoring the Lis-forum posting by Dr. Shekar about the > formation of Federation of LIS Associations. In the interest of > profession, which has nurtured me for the last 37 years and beyond, > I thought of penning few lines giving some insights in this matter. > > 1. The idea of forming Federation of LIS Associations is fantastic. > There are number of LIS Associations at different levels including > National, State, District and Regional. Again we have sector > /discipline wise associations like University, Special, Academic, > School, Medical, College (Degree), PU College, Engineering, > Management, etc. Some of the associations, at state level include > KALA, AKELPA, Karnataka Medical Library Association, MyLISA, KSCLA, > KASULA, DKKLA, IALA, IPLA (both although India level, more of > Karnataka), KSSC/STLA, SIS Bangalore Chapter and many more. There are > local/state chapters of few National level associations. There are > ways and means to form a Federation of Associations, be it LIS or > otherwise. Dr. Siddamallaiah has specified correct approach / > definition in this matter. > > Following are some questions of mine: Are there any answers by members > of this group? > > - Why only a small group of individuals met and decided on such an > important matter? > - Have they notified for a meeting, official or otherwise to any of > the associations mentioned above? > - Any announcement at least through any of the forums like Lis-forum? > - When they have not done so, why this message through Lis-forum? They > would have communicated the matter among themselves. > - Did all members of GB and Office bearers of the Federation announced > attend the meeting? I am sure > 70% did not attend. > - Have they taken the consent of all of them before announcing their > names in this list? > - Don't you think that this step by few professionals divide the > profession itself? > - Don't you agree that we have sufficient number of association? > Instead of strengthening the existing ones, should we divide the > profession by forming new associations? The announced can''t be a > Federation as they have not followed any acceptable procedure, at the > most it can be another association, created to full fill somebody's > personal interest. > - What is the guarantee that the new association will meet the > aspirations of all the professionals? > - As reacted by one of the LIS faculty member, Can any one appreciate > the following sentences in a welcoming note from a just born > association? > > * ...just finding fault on others and teaching Vedanta through some > forums is very easy ...* > > * ... none of the professional association opens up their mouth > ...* > > *... a Common platform to fight for the real cause ...* (as if all > other associations are fake and not doing anything) > > 2. Among all the associations mentioned above KALA, started by Shri > Devegowda, then DPI and Dr. SRR (initially as MyLA) has stood test of > the time for all these years in spite of few hiccups. Some of us > analysed the KALA situation and struggled to have best and active > members (a blend of senior professionals and young and bubbling > professionals) as GB members and also Office Bearers. We could > convince Prof V.G. Talawar to shoulder the responsibility of KALA as > its President. We co-opted senior and resourceful persons like Prof AY > Asundi, Mr. NV Sathyanarayana, and Dr. KN Prasad as GB members/ or > with some responsibility. KALA in its recent GB meeting held at Reva > University under the Chairmanship of Prof. Talawar decided to go for > federation of all LIS Associations by inviting the office bearers > under the umbrella of KALA, i the strict sense of Federation, not with > the intention of merging or coming in the way of their autonomy. I The > text of the minutes says I quote "It was decided to federate > all/various LIS associations in the State and to have lead role played > by KALA. It was proposed to have meeting of Presidents and Secretaries > of all the associations to discuss the modalities and functioning of > this federation. Mr. Anand T. Byrappa was requested to prepare the > draft for the proposal indicating modalities and functioning of > federation to be discussed in the next GC meeting". > > 3. The KALA GB also decided to have district chapters and > professionals were also identified for all districts, with > representation of university, public and college libraries, etc. . > Concerned persons were consulted and briefed about the move and > official communication is getting ready for circulation. Prof. Talawar > has taken personal interest and has not only been guiding KALA, but is > part and parcel of all its activities and proceedings. Just now KALA > has gone into the hands of strong and dedicated team. > > 4. As I am aware, there is no need to pay any membership fee to become > individual member of any federation . Once any association becomes > member of any federation, naturally members of all of associations > can expect all benefits, unless associations concerned decide to > collect additional membership fees for functioning of Federation. It > all depends upon all members decision. > > 5. Dr. H.P. Shekar, who took the lead to form this Federation, in one > of his Lis-forum posting on 29 Nov 2013, remarked about the Conference > on "Save the Libraries and Librarianship" among many remarks, I quote > "..... thinking to come out of this association and planning to > formulate a standard state level association with the guidance of > eminent personalities in LIS. In this context they approached me > also..... " I don't understand what is the meaning of Standard State > Level Association. If he thinks that none of the existing > associations are useless, then why one should think of federating > useless associations? > > I have enjoyed best part of my professional life all these years and > am retired with full satisfaction. I have kept myself away from any > politics. Yes, I love my profession and that is why this response. > But as Dr. Siddamallaiah has put it, I too don't have any aspirations > of becoming office bearer of any association. Association is bigger > than an individual and profession is bigger than an association. Let > our profession prosper as a main stream of the society. I earnestly > request all professionals including those in the list mentioned by Dr. > Shekar to stay together as partners of this noble profession. Let us > grow collectively. Let us support each other. > > THERE ARE MANY SENIOR PROFESSIONALS COMPARED TO ME. WE ALSO HAVE > YOUNG, KNOWLEDGEABLE AND BUBBLING PROFESSIONALS. PLEASE LEAD THE > PROFESSION IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. > > Regards, > > Dr. I.R.N. Goudar > Ex. Visiting Professor and Library Adviser Mysore University Library > University of Mysore Manasagangotri, MYSORE - 570 006 Ex Scientist 'G' > and Head, ICAST, NAL, Bangalore > E-mail: goudarishwar(a)gmail.com > > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 5:33 AM, Shekar H P <shekarhp(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Dear All, > > > > > > GREETINGS FOR THE DAY....!!! > > > > > > It is good to see the postings of Dr. IRN Goudar and the suggestions > > / opinions expressed by other professional friends across India too. > > > > > > > > I am closely watching the activities of most of the LIS associations > > in India since 23 years. As you all know, none of the association in > > the state / India thinking in this direction (as pointed out by IRN > > Goudar) and raising their voice. It is true that, we cannot ignore > > the share of past Presidents of different LIS associations and their > > teams too. On the other side, Congratulations to S.L.Faisal and his > > team of KendriyaVidyalaya Library professionals who took a lead and > > preparing manual. We should appreciate their effort. > > > > > > > > Hope you all agree with me, just finding fault on others and > > teaching Vedanta through some forums is very easy. But the > > contribution of every individual counts in implementing /achieving these goals and objectives. > > > > > > > > Since most of the associations have their own objectives limited to > > their service environment / platforms like PU Colleges / First grade > > Colleges / Universities etc., it is difficult for them to think > > broadly profession as a whole and concentrating on the Policy issues > > / Procedure/ Decisions etc taking place in the professional field. > > As expressed by one of the senior Professor N. Laxman Rao 'the problems are increasing year after the year. > > Especially now the status and facilities given to academic > > librarians is at stake. One after the other the facilities are being > > removed. It is true that our recognition is going from bad to worse. > > It is high time that the Associations take lead and do something for the profession'. > > > > > > Sri.N.V.Satyanaraya, CMD, Informatics India, also rightly pointed > > out (during the general body meeting of KALA recently) and gave a > > call to all the regional / national LIS professional associations to > > unite under one tree and form a FEDERATION to take lead in the state > > / National level. So that there will be a strength to fight for the > > cause. But even after so many postings / discussions none of the > > professional association opens up their mouth and ready to shoulder the responsibility. > > > > > > Based on these grounds, in the interest of the budding librarians > > and the professional zeal, we are happy to announce that, like > > minded Senior LIS professionals of the State, Office bearers of > > different associations with the representatives (belongs to both > > Govt. and Private college libraries) of PU Colleges, First grade > > Colleges, Universities, Law, Medical, Engineering, B.Ed/TCH, > > Polytechnics, Business Schools, Public Libraries etc. have decided > > to shoulder the responsibility, joined together and formed a > > FEDERATION - An Apex body of LIS professionals in the state and a > > Common platform to fight for the real cause within the state and Govt. of India / UGC as well. > > > > > > > > The first meeting after formation of the FEDERATION was held on 15th February > > 2014at Hasanath Women's College, Shivaji Nagar, Bangalore. > > > > > > > > Name: *FEDERATION OF KARNATAKA LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION (FEKLA)* > > > > > > > > *FOUNDER SECRETARIAT OF THE FEDERATION: (Initially for three years > > 2014-2017)* > > > > > > > > 1. Dr. S.L.Kadadevaramath - President > > > > 2. Mr.M.N.N.Prasad - Sr. Vice President > > > > 3. Dr. Ganapathi Z Shinde - Vice President > > > > 4. Dr. T.Y. Mallaiah - Vice President > > > > 5. Dr. H.P. Shekar - Vice President > > > > 6. Dr. Satish Hosamani - Vice President > > > > 7. Dr. Mallikarjuna Vaddanakeri - Vice President > > > > 8. Dr. B.U.Kannappanavar - General Secretary > > > > 9. Dr. H.R. Sujatha - Joint Secretary > > > > 10. Dr. B.R. Radha Krishna - Joint Secretary > > > > 11. Mr. G.R. Chikkamath - Joint Secretary > > > > 12. Mr. Umesh K Bagewadi - Treasurer > > > > > > > > *EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS:* > > > > 1. Dr. Vijay Rajkumar U.S. > > > > 2. Dr. N.Kotresh > > > > 3. Dr. N.N. Arabagonda > > > > 4. Mr. S.M. Dheeraj > > > > 5. Mrs. D. Sujatha > > > > 6. Mr. B.S Malvad > > > > 7. Mr. S. Shyamasundar > > > > 8. Mr. M.M. Hebballi > > > > 9. Mr. B.P. Bandi > > > > 10. Mr. Rajesh Kumbar > > > > 11. Dr. MallikarjunMulimani > > > > 12. Dr. Vasappagouda > > > > 13. Mr. Gurumurthy > > > > 14. Mr. Guruprasad > > > > 15. Mr. Mallikarjun > > > > 16. Ms. V. Sunitha > > > > 17. Mr. Gurushankaraiah > > > > > > > > The Members of the Federation are preparing the Bi-law, aims and > > objectives of the Federation in detail.Valid Suggestions are welcome > > before the next meeting scheduled on 30.3.2014. The Federation > > requests all the Librarians and Library professional Associations in > > Karnataka to join their hand by becoming members of the federation. > > Individual Life Membership fee would be > > Rs.1000/- only. > > > > > > > > *Please Note:* A delegation is planned to Delhi to submit a > > memorandum to MHRD / UGC on Minor / Major Projects to Librarians and > > FDP during First week of March 2014 (on top priority). > > > > > > > > *SUPPORT US TO SUPPORT U- LET US WORK TOGETHER AS ONE* > > > > > > > > *All Communications may be addressed to:* > > > > Dr. B.U.Kannappanavar, > > > > General Secretary, FEKLA, &Librarian, > > > > Sahyadri College,B.H. Road, > > > > Vidyanagar,Shimogga-577203 > > > > Email: kannappanavar(a)gmail.com > > > > Phone: 09480329897 / 09449070311 > > -- > > *Dr. Shekar H.P.* > > Head, Knowledge Resource Centre > > IBS Business School, > > #231, Near Kengeri Check post > > Mysore Road, Bangalore-560060 > > Karnataka - India > > Ph: (O): 080-66222244 > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by > > MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > > scrubbed... > > URL: > > <http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20140220/ > > 362e0f06/attachment.html> > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by > MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for chapters -Last date -15-March-2014
by P. B. GHANTE 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Dear Professionals, We feel privileged to inform you that we are going to publish Book along with ISBN No. entitled "Contemporary Issues in Library and Information Science" Library and Information Science Professionals are requested to contribute by submitting their original research papers, Surveys, Case Studies for the book on or before 15th March -2014. for more details pl find attached -- *GHANTE PRADIPKUMAR * *LIBRARIAN ,SKNSBS* *MA,M.Lib.& I.Sc.,UGC_NET,SET, M.Phil,DVP,DFP,DCM,GDC&A* *Cell-09403475764* https://sites.google.com/site/meinfolib/ http://www.essessreference.com/servlet/esGetBiblio?bno=625 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUEwdlBzgrE http://ghantepradip.blogspot.in/ http://sknsbs-library.blogspot.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Importance of libraries at a time of austerity
by Subbiah Arunachalam 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS FEDERATION- CAP FOR DISCUSSION-ACTION REQUIRED
by Ishwar Goudar 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Dear Prof. Asundi and all Professional Friends, Thank you Professor, probably you have given a cap for the discussion on the topic of formation of LIS FEDERATION. I have appended (by replying) below your expert views as many professionals would not have seen it. All responses to the discussion initiated by Dr Shekar have given sufficient insight on the issue including definition, structure, purpose, functionality, legality, delayed action by all of us in the matter, not to go for new associations, need for strengthening and sensitising the existing ones, etc. Thank you Dr. Shekar for your first Lis-forum posting resulting into lot of both heated and soothing discussions, both through Lis-forum and private mail exchanges (some of them received by me too). We definitely need to have a Federation at Karnataka state level, as JOCLAI (mentioned by Dr. MK Rao) is at national level. I am just a GC member of KALA not an office bearer. Myself being in Germany right now I will send a mail to all GC members and office bearers of KALA to take necessary steps of inviting office bearers of all state level associations and state level chapters of National Associations. Again I would like to mention again, what Mr Sathyanarayana that this move would be to give the boost for activities of all associations, give voice for Librarians, cooperate each others activities, may be without going for one more registration and definitely not consolidate power with one association. SO FRIENDS LETS US PUT COMBINED EFFORT FOR MAKING OUR PROFESSION MORE MEANINGFUL, EFFECTIVE BY PROVIDING QUALITY SERVICES AND THERE BY AN AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION IN EVERY RESPECT BOTH BY SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT: When I was typing this mail, just now saw postings of Dr. Shekar, Dr. Kannappanavar and Dr. Vasanth Raj. Thanks again Shekar for agreeing to join the initiative to be taken in the formation of Federation of LIS Associations. Whether the office bearers of newly Merged Association (FUCLA) have taken members of their respective associations or not is left to the members of both Karnataka Colleges Librarians Association and KASULA (University Association). Being outsider I can't comment on this matter. Regards, -------------------------- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Ex. Visiting Professor and Library Adviser Mysore University Library University of Mysore Manasagangotri, MYSORE - 570 006 Ex Scientist 'G' and Head, ICAST, NAL, Bangalore E-mail: goudarishwar(a)gmail.com On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 1:13 AM, Ashok Asundi <ashok_asundi(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Dear all professionals, > > I wanted to be kept away from this as it might raise some controversies. > Last time I wrote on Plagiarism, it was relished by few but resented by > many. I know there are some basic flaws in the formation of this Federation. > First it should reflect the Profession and not position (it is named as > Librarians, but not Library.) as we see medical, Bar council Engineers' > associations and as I see it from my little knowledge in forming a group of > 'like minded' people, an Association, a Trust a Society. As seen in the > formation of the Federation, the first thing is a procedural lacuna. When we > form an association, first we call a promoters meeting, then decide on > forming, then we prepare a draft Memorandum of Association, (not Bi-laws as > Mr.Shekar has mentioned - it should be Bye Laws). Then the promoters will > submit a set of documents - Names, designations, occupations, age, addresses > of people (Max. 15) etc., along with the Bye Laws with a prescribed fees to > the Registrar of Societies (not Registrar of Cooperative Societies). After > the Registration process is completed the Registrar will issue you a > Certificate of Registration, then the Promoters/Founders will meet and elect > the office-bearers. This federation has already announced the names of > Office-bearers. I don't see any of this procedure is conformed to or not as > Mr. Shekar states the Bi-laws are under preparation, what is the date of > registration, Registration no., and when promoters met and decided form the > body and the election/nomination/selection of Office Bearers. If the > procedure is not followed and yet to be conformed to, at least the > Memorandum of the Association, there is no locus standi for this Federation > and collection of any membership announcement may lead to be illegal act. > > I wish that all professional should, at this juncture come together, do > brainstorming, discuss their problems (not only on CAS, Scales, but on > status, professional identity etc.) and come to a conclusion to form a > federation in systematic and procedural manner. What happened to some of the > Associations formed with a bang and now almost no news, for instance, Indian > Academic Librarians Association. > > Indian Library profession has lacked proper leadership, and intent to say a > Spade a Spade, and lead all in a homogenous manner. It has been happening > since the days the our first national association was formed. We must learn > lessons from the past and move forward to achieve success and De-accustomize > to the game of divide and rule, which had made this country suffer the > colonial rule for 200 years. One of my close friend in the University would > say often "Only Gandhi's will be shot dead in this Country" and the > fraudulent will make merry. > > I appeal to all professionals to come together and discuss the issues. I > think KALA is a right platform of ours as it has a history of not 25 years > but of nearly 50 years. > > Prof.A.Y.Asundi > Professor and Chairman (Ret.) > Department of Library and Information Science > and Officer in charge, IT Centre, > Bangalore University, Bangalore - 560056. > # 77 3rd Main Road, Prashantanagar, > Bangalore - 560079. Ph: 23287786, 9980815468 > > > > > On Sunday, February 23, 2014 3:14 AM, Ishwar Goudar > <goudarishwar(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > Dear Professionals, > > I felt like ignoring the Lis-forum posting by Dr. Shekar about the > formation of Federation of LIS Associations. In the interest of > profession, which has nurtured me for the last 37 years and beyond, > I thought of penning few lines giving some insights in this matter. > > 1. The idea of forming Federation of LIS Associations is fantastic. > There are number of LIS Associations at different levels including > National, State, District and Regional. Again we have sector > /discipline wise associations like University, Special, Academic, > School, Medical, College (Degree), PU College, Engineering, > Management, etc. Some of the associations, at state level include > KALA, AKELPA, Karnataka Medical Library Association, MyLISA, KSCLA, > KASULA, DKKLA, IALA, IPLA (both although India level, more of > Karnataka), KSSC/STLA, SIS Bangalore Chapter and many more. There are > local/state chapters of few National level associations. There are > ways and means to form a Federation of Associations, be it LIS or > otherwise. Dr. Siddamallaiah has > specified correct approach / definition in this matter. > > Following are some questions of mine: Are there any answers by members > of this group? > > - Why only a small group of individuals met and decided on such an > important matter? > - Have they notified for a meeting, official or otherwise to any of > the associations mentioned above? > - Any announcement at least through any of the forums like Lis-forum? > - When they have not done so, why this message through Lis-forum? They > would have communicated the matter among themselves. > - Did all members of GB and Office bearers of the Federation announced > attend the meeting? I am sure > 70% did not attend. > - Have they taken the consent of all of them before announcing their > names in this list? > - Don't you think that this step by few professionals divide the > profession itself? > - Don't you agree that we have sufficient number of association? > Instead of strengthening the existing ones, should we divide the > profession by forming new associations? The announced can''t be a > Federation as they have not followed any acceptable procedure, at the > most it can be another association, created to full fill somebody's > personal interest. > - What is the guarantee that the new association will meet the > aspirations of all the professionals? > - As reacted by one of the LIS faculty member, Can any one appreciate > the following sentences in a welcoming note from a just born > association? > > * ...just finding fault on others and teaching Vedanta through some > forums is very easy ...* > > * ... none of the professional association opens up their mouth ...* > > *... a Common platform to fight for the real cause ...* (as if all > other associations are fake and not doing anything) > > 2. Among all the associations mentioned above KALA, started by Shri > Devegowda, then DPI and Dr. SRR (initially as MyLA) has stood test of > the time for all these years in spite of few hiccups. Some of us > analysed the KALA situation and struggled to have best and active > members (a blend of senior professionals and young and bubbling > professionals) as GB members and also Office Bearers. We could > convince Prof V.G. Talawar to shoulder the responsibility of KALA as > its President. We co-opted senior and resourceful persons like Prof AY > Asundi, Mr. NV Sathyanarayana, and Dr. KN Prasad as GB members/ or > with some responsibility. KALA in its recent GB meeting held at Reva > University under the Chairmanship of Prof. Talawar decided to go for > federation of all LIS Associations by inviting the office bearers > under the umbrella of KALA, i the strict sense of Federation, not with > the intention of merging or coming in the way of their autonomy. I The > text of the minutes says I quote "It was decided to federate > all/various LIS associations in the State and to have lead role played > by KALA. It was proposed to have meeting of Presidents and Secretaries > of all the associations to discuss the modalities and functioning of > this federation. Mr. Anand T. Byrappa was requested to prepare the > draft for the proposal indicating modalities and functioning of > federation to be discussed in the next GC meeting". > > 3. The KALA GB also decided to have district chapters and > professionals were also identified for all districts, with > representation of university, public and college libraries, etc. . > Concerned persons were consulted and briefed about the move and > official communication is getting ready for circulation. Prof. Talawar > has taken personal interest and has not only been guiding KALA, but is > part and parcel of all its activities and proceedings. Just now KALA > has gone into the hands of strong and dedicated team. > > 4. As I am aware, there is no need to pay any membership fee to become > individual member of any federation . Once any association becomes > member of any federation, naturally members of all of associations > can expect all benefits, unless associations concerned decide to > collect additional membership fees for functioning of Federation. It > all depends upon all members decision. > > 5. Dr. H.P. Shekar, who took the lead to form this Federation, in one > of his Lis-forum posting on 29 Nov 2013, remarked about the Conference > on "Save the Libraries and Librarianship" among many remarks, I quote > "..... thinking to come out of this association and planning to > formulate a standard state level association with the guidance of > eminent personalities in LIS. In > this context they approached me also..... " I don't understand what > is the meaning of Standard State Level Association. If he thinks that > none of the existing associations are useless, then why one should > think of federating useless associations? > > I have enjoyed best part of my professional life all these years and > am retired with full satisfaction. I have kept myself away from any > politics. Yes, I love my profession and that is why this response. > But as Dr. Siddamallaiah has put it, I too don't have any aspirations > of becoming office bearer of any association. Association is bigger > than an individual and profession is bigger than an association. Let > our profession prosper as a main stream of the society. I earnestly > request all professionals including those in the list mentioned by Dr. > Shekar to stay together as partners of this noble profession. Let us > grow collectively. Let us support each other. > > THERE ARE MANY SENIOR PROFESSIONALS COMPARED TO ME. WE ALSO HAVE > YOUNG, KNOWLEDGEABLE AND BUBBLING PROFESSIONALS. PLEASE LEAD THE > PROFESSION IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. > > Regards, > > Dr. I.R.N. Goudar > Ex. Visiting Professor and Library Adviser > Mysore University Library > University of Mysore > Manasagangotri, MYSORE - 570 006 > Ex Scientist 'G' and Head, ICAST, NAL, Bangalore > E-mail: goudarishwar(a)gmail.com > > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 5:33 AM, Shekar H P <shekarhp(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Dear All, >> >> >> GREETINGS FOR THE DAY....!!! >> >> >> It is good to see the postings of Dr. IRN Goudar and the suggestions / >> opinions expressed by other professional friends across India too. >> >> >> >> I am closely watching the activities of most of the LIS associations in >> India since 23 years. As you all know, none of the association in the >> state >> / India thinking in this direction (as pointed out by IRN Goudar) and >> raising their voice. It is true that, we cannot ignore the share of past >> Presidents of different LIS associations and their teams too. On the other >> side, Congratulations to S.L.Faisal and his team of KendriyaVidyalaya >> Library professionals who took a lead and preparing manual. We should >> appreciate their effort. >> >> >> >> Hope you all agree with me, just finding fault on others and teaching >> Vedanta through some forums is very easy. But the contribution of every >> individual counts in implementing /achieving these goals and objectives. >> >> >> >> Since most of the associations have their own objectives limited to their >> service environment / platforms like PU Colleges / First grade Colleges / >> Universities etc., it is difficult for them to think broadly profession as >> a whole and concentrating on the Policy issues / Procedure/ Decisions etc >> taking place in the professional field. As expressed by one of the senior >> Professor N. Laxman Rao 'the problems are increasing year after the year. >> Especially now the status and facilities given to academic librarians is >> at >> stake. One after the other the facilities are being removed. It is true >> that our recognition is going from bad to worse. It is high time that the >> Associations take lead and do something for the profession'. >> >> >> Sri.N.V.Satyanaraya, CMD, Informatics India, also rightly pointed out >> (during the general body meeting of KALA recently) and gave a call to all >> the regional / national LIS professional associations to unite under one >> tree and form a FEDERATION to take lead in the state / National level. So >> that there will be a strength to fight for the cause. But even after so >> many postings / discussions none of the professional association opens up >> their mouth and ready to shoulder the responsibility. >> >> >> Based on these grounds, in the interest of the budding librarians and the >> professional zeal, we are happy to announce that, like minded Senior LIS >> professionals of the State, Office bearers of different associations with >> the representatives (belongs to both Govt. and Private college libraries) >> of PU Colleges, First grade Colleges, Universities, Law, Medical, >> Engineering, B.Ed/TCH, Polytechnics, Business Schools, Public Libraries >> etc. have decided to shoulder the responsibility, joined together and >> formed a FEDERATION - An Apex body of LIS professionals in the state and a >> Common platform to fight for the real cause within the state and Govt. of >> India / UGC as well. >> >> >> >> The first meeting after formation of the FEDERATION was held on 15th >> February >> 2014at Hasanath Women's College, Shivaji Nagar, Bangalore. >> >> >> >> Name: *FEDERATION OF KARNATAKA LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION (FEKLA)* >> >> >> >> *FOUNDER SECRETARIAT OF THE FEDERATION: (Initially for three years >> 2014-2017)* >> >> >> >> 1. Dr. S.L.Kadadevaramath - President >> >> 2. Mr.M.N.N.Prasad - Sr. Vice President >> >> 3. Dr. Ganapathi Z Shinde - Vice President >> >> 4. Dr. T.Y. Mallaiah - Vice President >> >> 5. Dr. H.P. Shekar - Vice President >> >> 6. Dr. Satish Hosamani - Vice President >> >> 7. Dr. Mallikarjuna Vaddanakeri - Vice President >> >> 8. Dr. B.U.Kannappanavar - General Secretary >> >> 9. Dr. H.R. Sujatha - Joint Secretary >> >> 10. Dr. B.R. Radha Krishna - Joint Secretary >> >> 11. Mr. G.R. Chikkamath - Joint Secretary >> >> 12. Mr. Umesh K Bagewadi - Treasurer >> >> >> >> *EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS:* >> >> 1. Dr. Vijay Rajkumar U.S. >> >> 2. Dr. N.Kotresh >> >> 3. Dr. N.N. Arabagonda >> >> 4. Mr. S.M. Dheeraj >> >> 5. Mrs. D. Sujatha >> >> 6. Mr. B.S Malvad >> >> 7. Mr. S. Shyamasundar >> >> 8. Mr. M.M. Hebballi >> >> 9. Mr. B.P. Bandi >> >> 10. Mr. Rajesh Kumbar >> >> 11. Dr. MallikarjunMulimani >> >> 12. Dr. Vasappagouda >> >> 13. Mr. Gurumurthy >> >> 14. Mr. Guruprasad >> >> 15. Mr. Mallikarjun >> >> 16. Ms. V. Sunitha >> >> 17. Mr. Gurushankaraiah >> >> >> >> The Members of the Federation are preparing the Bi-law, aims and >> objectives >> of the Federation in detail.Valid Suggestions are welcome before the next >> meeting scheduled on 30.3.2014. The Federation requests all the Librarians >> and Library professional Associations in Karnataka to join their hand by >> becoming members of the federation. Individual Life Membership fee would >> be >> Rs.1000/- only. >> >> >> >> *Please Note:* A delegation is planned to Delhi to submit a memorandum to >> MHRD / UGC on Minor / Major Projects to Librarians and FDP during First >> week of March 2014 (on top priority). >> >> >> >> *SUPPORT US TO SUPPORT U- LET US WORK TOGETHER AS ONE* >> >> >> >> *All Communications may be addressed to:* >> >> Dr. B.U.Kannappanavar, >> >> General Secretary, FEKLA, &Librarian, >> >> Sahyadri College,B.H. Road, >> >> Vidyanagar,Shimogga-577203 >> >> Email: kannappanavar(a)gmail.com >> >> Phone: 09480329897 / 09449070311 >> -- >> *Dr. Shekar H.P.* >> Head, Knowledge Resource Centre >> IBS Business School, >> #231, Near Kengeri Check post >> Mysore Road, Bangalore-560060 >> Karnataka - India >> Ph: (O): 080-66222244 >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. >> >>

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How to make bootable cd/dvd of livecd or livedvd
by Mahesh Angadi 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

I have downloaded liblivedvdv1.4. However, I am not able to do a bootable cd of it. I tried NERO as well as FreeISOBurner. -- Mr. Mahesh M. Angadi, Librarian, Model College, Dombivli (E). Contact No. 9869120258, (0251) 2470010. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS FEDERATION Formed at Bangalore-reg
by Ishwar Goudar 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Dear Professionals, I felt like ignoring the Lis-forum posting by Dr. Shekar about the formation of Federation of LIS Associations. In the interest of profession, which has nurtured me for the last 37 years and beyond, I thought of penning few lines giving some insights in this matter. 1. The idea of forming Federation of LIS Associations is fantastic. There are number of LIS Associations at different levels including National, State, District and Regional. Again we have sector /discipline wise associations like University, Special, Academic, School, Medical, College (Degree), PU College, Engineering, Management, etc. Some of the associations, at state level include KALA, AKELPA, Karnataka Medical Library Association, MyLISA, KSCLA, KASULA, DKKLA, IALA, IPLA (both although India level, more of Karnataka), KSSC/STLA, SIS Bangalore Chapter and many more. There are local/state chapters of few National level associations. There are ways and means to form a Federation of Associations, be it LIS or otherwise. Dr. Siddamallaiah has specified correct approach / definition in this matter. Following are some questions of mine: Are there any answers by members of this group? - Why only a small group of individuals met and decided on such an important matter? - Have they notified for a meeting, official or otherwise to any of the associations mentioned above? - Any announcement at least through any of the forums like Lis-forum? - When they have not done so, why this message through Lis-forum? They would have communicated the matter among themselves. - Did all members of GB and Office bearers of the Federation announced attend the meeting? I am sure > 70% did not attend. - Have they taken the consent of all of them before announcing their names in this list? - Don't you think that this step by few professionals divide the profession itself? - Don't you agree that we have sufficient number of association? Instead of strengthening the existing ones, should we divide the profession by forming new associations? The announced can''t be a Federation as they have not followed any acceptable procedure, at the most it can be another association, created to full fill somebody's personal interest. - What is the guarantee that the new association will meet the aspirations of all the professionals? - As reacted by one of the LIS faculty member, Can any one appreciate the following sentences in a welcoming note from a just born association? * ...just finding fault on others and teaching Vedanta through some forums is very easy ...* * ... none of the professional association opens up their mouth ...* *... a Common platform to fight for the real cause ...* (as if all other associations are fake and not doing anything) 2. Among all the associations mentioned above KALA, started by Shri Devegowda, then DPI and Dr. SRR (initially as MyLA) has stood test of the time for all these years in spite of few hiccups. Some of us analysed the KALA situation and struggled to have best and active members (a blend of senior professionals and young and bubbling professionals) as GB members and also Office Bearers. We could convince Prof V.G. Talawar to shoulder the responsibility of KALA as its President. We co-opted senior and resourceful persons like Prof AY Asundi, Mr. NV Sathyanarayana, and Dr. KN Prasad as GB members/ or with some responsibility. KALA in its recent GB meeting held at Reva University under the Chairmanship of Prof. Talawar decided to go for federation of all LIS Associations by inviting the office bearers under the umbrella of KALA, i the strict sense of Federation, not with the intention of merging or coming in the way of their autonomy. I The text of the minutes says I quote "It was decided to federate all/various LIS associations in the State and to have lead role played by KALA. It was proposed to have meeting of Presidents and Secretaries of all the associations to discuss the modalities and functioning of this federation. Mr. Anand T. Byrappa was requested to prepare the draft for the proposal indicating modalities and functioning of federation to be discussed in the next GC meeting". 3. The KALA GB also decided to have district chapters and professionals were also identified for all districts, with representation of university, public and college libraries, etc. . Concerned persons were consulted and briefed about the move and official communication is getting ready for circulation. Prof. Talawar has taken personal interest and has not only been guiding KALA, but is part and parcel of all its activities and proceedings. Just now KALA has gone into the hands of strong and dedicated team. 4. As I am aware, there is no need to pay any membership fee to become individual member of any federation . Once any association becomes member of any federation, naturally members of all of associations can expect all benefits, unless associations concerned decide to collect additional membership fees for functioning of Federation. It all depends upon all members decision. 5. Dr. H.P. Shekar, who took the lead to form this Federation, in one of his Lis-forum posting on 29 Nov 2013, remarked about the Conference on "Save the Libraries and Librarianship" among many remarks, I quote "..... thinking to come out of this association and planning to formulate a standard state level association with the guidance of eminent personalities in LIS. In this context they approached me also..... " I don't understand what is the meaning of Standard State Level Association. If he thinks that none of the existing associations are useless, then why one should think of federating useless associations? I have enjoyed best part of my professional life all these years and am retired with full satisfaction. I have kept myself away from any politics. Yes, I love my profession and that is why this response. But as Dr. Siddamallaiah has put it, I too don't have any aspirations of becoming office bearer of any association. Association is bigger than an individual and profession is bigger than an association. Let our profession prosper as a main stream of the society. I earnestly request all professionals including those in the list mentioned by Dr. Shekar to stay together as partners of this noble profession. Let us grow collectively. Let us support each other. THERE ARE MANY SENIOR PROFESSIONALS COMPARED TO ME. WE ALSO HAVE YOUNG, KNOWLEDGEABLE AND BUBBLING PROFESSIONALS. PLEASE LEAD THE PROFESSION IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. Regards, Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Ex. Visiting Professor and Library Adviser Mysore University Library University of Mysore Manasagangotri, MYSORE - 570 006 Ex Scientist 'G' and Head, ICAST, NAL, Bangalore E-mail: goudarishwar(a)gmail.com On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 5:33 AM, Shekar H P <shekarhp(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear All, > > > GREETINGS FOR THE DAY....!!! > > > It is good to see the postings of Dr. IRN Goudar and the suggestions / > opinions expressed by other professional friends across India too. > > > > I am closely watching the activities of most of the LIS associations in > India since 23 years. As you all know, none of the association in the state > / India thinking in this direction (as pointed out by IRN Goudar) and > raising their voice. It is true that, we cannot ignore the share of past > Presidents of different LIS associations and their teams too. On the other > side, Congratulations to S.L.Faisal and his team of KendriyaVidyalaya > Library professionals who took a lead and preparing manual. We should > appreciate their effort. > > > > Hope you all agree with me, just finding fault on others and teaching > Vedanta through some forums is very easy. But the contribution of every > individual counts in implementing /achieving these goals and objectives. > > > > Since most of the associations have their own objectives limited to their > service environment / platforms like PU Colleges / First grade Colleges / > Universities etc., it is difficult for them to think broadly profession as > a whole and concentrating on the Policy issues / Procedure/ Decisions etc > taking place in the professional field. As expressed by one of the senior > Professor N. Laxman Rao 'the problems are increasing year after the year. > Especially now the status and facilities given to academic librarians is at > stake. One after the other the facilities are being removed. It is true > that our recognition is going from bad to worse. It is high time that the > Associations take lead and do something for the profession'. > > > Sri.N.V.Satyanaraya, CMD, Informatics India, also rightly pointed out > (during the general body meeting of KALA recently) and gave a call to all > the regional / national LIS professional associations to unite under one > tree and form a FEDERATION to take lead in the state / National level. So > that there will be a strength to fight for the cause. But even after so > many postings / discussions none of the professional association opens up > their mouth and ready to shoulder the responsibility. > > > Based on these grounds, in the interest of the budding librarians and the > professional zeal, we are happy to announce that, like minded Senior LIS > professionals of the State, Office bearers of different associations with > the representatives (belongs to both Govt. and Private college libraries) > of PU Colleges, First grade Colleges, Universities, Law, Medical, > Engineering, B.Ed/TCH, Polytechnics, Business Schools, Public Libraries > etc. have decided to shoulder the responsibility, joined together and > formed a FEDERATION - An Apex body of LIS professionals in the state and a > Common platform to fight for the real cause within the state and Govt. of > India / UGC as well. > > > > The first meeting after formation of the FEDERATION was held on 15th February > 2014at Hasanath Women's College, Shivaji Nagar, Bangalore. > > > > Name: *FEDERATION OF KARNATAKA LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION (FEKLA)* > > > > *FOUNDER SECRETARIAT OF THE FEDERATION: (Initially for three years > 2014-2017)* > > > > 1. Dr. S.L.Kadadevaramath - President > > 2. Mr.M.N.N.Prasad - Sr. Vice President > > 3. Dr. Ganapathi Z Shinde - Vice President > > 4. Dr. T.Y. Mallaiah - Vice President > > 5. Dr. H.P. Shekar - Vice President > > 6. Dr. Satish Hosamani - Vice President > > 7. Dr. Mallikarjuna Vaddanakeri - Vice President > > 8. Dr. B.U.Kannappanavar - General Secretary > > 9. Dr. H.R. Sujatha - Joint Secretary > > 10. Dr. B.R. Radha Krishna - Joint Secretary > > 11. Mr. G.R. Chikkamath - Joint Secretary > > 12. Mr. Umesh K Bagewadi - Treasurer > > > > *EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS:* > > 1. Dr. Vijay Rajkumar U.S. > > 2. Dr. N.Kotresh > > 3. Dr. N.N. Arabagonda > > 4. Mr. S.M. Dheeraj > > 5. Mrs. D. Sujatha > > 6. Mr. B.S Malvad > > 7. Mr. S. Shyamasundar > > 8. Mr. M.M. Hebballi > > 9. Mr. B.P. Bandi > > 10. Mr. Rajesh Kumbar > > 11. Dr. MallikarjunMulimani > > 12. Dr. Vasappagouda > > 13. Mr. Gurumurthy > > 14. Mr. Guruprasad > > 15. Mr. Mallikarjun > > 16. Ms. V. Sunitha > > 17. Mr. Gurushankaraiah > > > > The Members of the Federation are preparing the Bi-law, aims and objectives > of the Federation in detail.Valid Suggestions are welcome before the next > meeting scheduled on 30.3.2014. The Federation requests all the Librarians > and Library professional Associations in Karnataka to join their hand by > becoming members of the federation. Individual Life Membership fee would be > Rs.1000/- only. > > > > *Please Note:* A delegation is planned to Delhi to submit a memorandum to > MHRD / UGC on Minor / Major Projects to Librarians and FDP during First > week of March 2014 (on top priority). > > > > *SUPPORT US TO SUPPORT U- LET US WORK TOGETHER AS ONE* > > > > *All Communications may be addressed to:* > > Dr. B.U.Kannappanavar, > > General Secretary, FEKLA, &Librarian, > > Sahyadri College,B.H. Road, > > Vidyanagar,Shimogga-577203 > > Email: kannappanavar(a)gmail.com > > Phone: 09480329897 / 09449070311 > -- > *Dr. Shekar H.P.* > Head, Knowledge Resource Centre > IBS Business School, > #231, Near Kengeri Check post > Mysore Road, Bangalore-560060 > Karnataka - India > Ph: (O): 080-66222244 > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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Two Day UGC National Seminar - DLIS - Annamalai University
by Dr. R. Balasubramani 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

*Two Day UGC National Seminar on * *APPLICATION OF QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE INDICATORS FOR EFFECTIVE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES* The Department of Library and Information Science, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamilnadu is organizing the* Two Day UGC National Seminar on APPLICATION OF QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE INDICATORS FOR EFFECTIVE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES* on *28-29 March, 2014* at DLIS, Annamalai University. The Sub-Themes of the Seminar Topic are: 1. Document maintenance, management and standards information extractions and filters. 2. Information management governance - Theories and Models - Best Practices. 3. Intelligent Information management - Pricing models - Information range and impact on inter library collaboration. 4. Electronic information management - Web content management. 5. Knowledge management and knowledge balance sheet. 6. Quantitative and qualitative indicators - components - Dimensions - Applications - Risks in working with indicators - Developing suitable indicators. 7. Quality tests : Reliability, Feasibility and Utility in decision making. Call for Papers Participant are invited to contribute papers for presentation on the above theme and related aspects. The full-text of the paper both hard and sort copy (preferably MS-word attachment) should be submitted to the seminar Director by 3-mail (au_nagarajan(a)yahoo.co.in) and by post mail on or before 10th March 2014 along with Registration form with Demand Draft. Registration fee (includes Seminar Kit, participation certificate, working lunch and refreshment). For Faculty / Librarian & Others ...................... Rs. 600/- *For Research Scholars (full-time basis) &students Rs. 350/- (* should produce evidence from their institution) Accommodation The participants made their own arrangements. However, limited *accommodation is available in our university Guest House* / Hostel on extra-payment. We would help to the participants arrange accommodation at nominal charges on first-come first-serve by twin-sharing basis. *Contact for Registration / Enquiry* *Seminar Director* *Dr. M. Nagarajan* *Professor & Head* *Dept., of Library & Information Science* *Annamalai University* *Annamalainagar - 608 002.* *Mobile : 94434 97604* *e-mail : au_nagarajan(a)yahoo.co.in <au_nagarajan(a)yahoo.co.in>* -- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Leslie on OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Friends: Here is a TEDx talk by Leslie Chan of the Electronic Publishing Trust for Development and Bioline International. I am sure you will find it interesting and useful. It is about schoalrly communication and why we need open access. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fCbZV_iIRs Incidentally, Leslie has come to India four times and conducted workshops/given talks on OA and scholarly communication. He is a great friend of India and the developing world. 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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Great public libraries
by Subbiah Arunachalam 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Friends: Vancouver and Montreal, both in Canada, have the best public libraries in the world, says a recent study carried out by scholars in a German University. Read this news story (from LA Times). Indian libraries and librarians can learn from the experiences of these libraries. Arun Two Canadian cities have world's best public libraries, survey finds December 20, 2013 <http://articles.latimes.com/2013/dec/20>|By Hector Tobar Two *Canadian cities*, Vancouver <http://www.vpl.ca/> and Montreal<http://bibliomontreal.com/>, have the world's best *public library* systems, according to a new survey by German researchers<http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/fileadmin/Redaktion/Institute/Inform…> . Library mavens at the *Heinrich Heine* University in Dusseldorf studied libraries in 31 major *world cities*, from London and *Los Angeles*, and from Shanghai to Sao Paulo, Brazil. Los Angeles finished in the middle of the pack in the ranking (16th), which took into account the wide array of services that libraries provide to their readers, including availability of printed books and digital information. [image: http://articles.latimes.com/images/pixel.gif] Two U.S. *library systems* finished third and fourth: Chicago and San Francisco. And the very bottom of the rankings were London (30th) and Dubai (31st). "Vancouver is a world-class city and we're extremely pleased and humbled to be recognized as a top world-class library," Vancouver's chief librarian Sandra Singh told the Province<http://www.theprovince.com/news/Vancouver+Public+Library+shares+honour+with…>. "It's gratifying to be in such esteemed library company..." The New *York Public Library* system (ranked 9th overall), scored at the top in terms of digital services, while Montreal was judged to have the best physical facilities and book collection. But Dubai scored at the bottom of both categories, with judges saying they were surprised to find a a mere 10 PCs for patrons. "This old-fashioned public library is in stark contrast to the glittering face of Dubai," the report said. The researchers also took into account the library systems' efforts to reach out to readers. The New York and Los Angeles systems were the two most active libraries on Twitter. But the Vancouver library Twitter feed was quite active too. "Short day, long night. Bright night," the library tweeted Friday morning<https://twitter.com/VPL>. "The Winter Solstice Lantern Festival, tomorrow." A recent survey<https://www.vpl.ca/news/details/vpl_no._1_among_world_libraries_ties_with_m…> conducted for the Vancouver library found that 78% of Vancouverites have visited the library in the last year. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Please circulate
by basavaraj kannappanavar 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Please circulate Dear All Greetings of the Day The first meeting after formation of the FEDERATION was held on 15th February 2014at Hasanath Women’s College, Shivaji Nagar, Bangalore, and Discussed in detail and nominated the office bearers as follows. The main Aims and Objectives are restricted to University and Colleges only. I QUIT THE POST OF GENERAL SECRETARY AND IN MY PLACE Mr. M M HEBBALI WILL CONTINUE AS GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE FEDERATION. Name: KARNATAKA STATE UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION (FUKLA) NEW SECRETARIAT OF THE FEDERATION IS AS FOLLOWS 1. Dr. S.L.Kadadevaramath - President 2. Mr.M.N.N.Prasad - Sr. Vice President 3. Dr. Ganapathi Z Shinde - Vice President 4. Dr. T.Y.Mallaiah - Vice President 5. Dr. H.P. Shekar - Vice President 6. Dr. MallikarjunaVaddanakeri - Vice President 7. M M Hebballi - General Secretary 8. Dr. H.R. Sujatha - Joint Secretary 9. Dr. B.R. Radha Krishna - Joint Secretary 10. Mr. G.R. Chikkamath - Joint Secretary 11. Mr. Umesh K Bagewadi - Treasurer EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS: . 1. Dr. N.Kotresh 2. Dr. N.N. Arabagonda 3. Mrs. D. Sujatha 4. Mr. B.S Malvad 5. Mr. S. Shyamasundar 6. Dr. B U Kannappanavar 7. Mr. B.P. Bandi 8. Mr. Rajesh Kumbar 9. Dr. MallikarjunMulimani 10. Dr. Vasappagouda 11. Mr. Gurumurthy 12. Mr. Guruprasad 13. Mr. Mallikarjun 14 Mr. Gurushankaraiah Dr.B U Kannappanavar Selection Grade Librarian, Sahyadri College Library, B H Road, Shimoga-577203 Karnataka, India. Cell: +91 9480329897 -- 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 Supritha Shetty 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Dear Professionals, If any library holds below mentioned article, Please mail it to me. 1. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 2006 Jun;13(2):90-5. Autophagic vacuolar myopathy. Nishino I. Thank you, with regards 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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IASLIC 2014
by IASLIC Kolkata 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

*IASLIC 2014* *IASLIC 26th National Seminar 2014* Theme Roadmap to usher in Knowledge Society Special Interest Group Discussion SIG01 : Social Sciences Information Libraries and Societal Development with special reference to North East India SIG02 : Computer Application in LIS Cloud Computing Applications in LIS *Venue* Department of Library and Information Science, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India *Organising Secretary* *Prof N Lahkar, Professor & Head, * Department of Library and Information Science, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India *Date * *November 25-28, 2014* For Detail Information Cantact: Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi, General Secretary, Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC), P-291, CIT Scheme No 6M , Kankurgachi, Kolkata - 700 054, *iaslic.sem(a)gmail.com <iaslic.sem(a)gmail.com>* -- *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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Do Books Wither Away?' - Discussion at MyLISA
by Vasanth 23 Feb '14

23 Feb '14

Dear Sir/Madam, Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA) as a part of its monthly event has arranged a scholarly discussion on 'Do books wither away?' on 28th February 2014 at 4 pm. Three eminent scholars have been invited for giving their thoughts on the subject. Prof. K. Anantaramu, Professor (Retd), University of Mysore and Dr. Niranjan Vanalli, Professor, Department of Communication and Journalism, and also the Director of Center for Proficiency Development and Placement Service (CPDPS), University of Mysore are the main speakers of the day. Prof. C. Basavaraju, Registrar, University of Mysore will Preside over the function and will present his scholarly views also on the subject. The program venue is Manasa Media Center, Mysore University Library, Manasagangotri, Mysore. All are cordially invited. ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N. PRO, MyLISA Mysore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Formation of "Librarians" Federation
by Ashok Asundi 23 Feb '14

23 Feb '14

Dear all professional fraternity, I wanted to be kept away from this as it might raise some controversies. Last time I wrote on Plagiarism, it was relished by few but resented by many. I know there are some basic flaws in the formation of this Federation. First it should reflect the Profession and not positions (it is named as Librarians, but not Library.) as we see medical, Bar council, Engineers' associations etc., and as I see it from my little knowledge in forming a group of 'like minded' people, an Association, a Trust a Society should have broad base. As seen in the formation of the Federation, the first thing is a procedural lacuna. When we form an association, we call first a meeting of promoters then discuss, decide on forming, then we prepare a draft Memorandum of Association, (not Bi-law as Mr.Shekar has mentioned - it should be Bye Laws). Then one of the promoters will prepare to submit a set of documents - Names, designations, occupations, age, addresses of people (Max. 15) etc., along with the Bye Laws with a prescribed fees to the Registrar of Societies (not Registrar of Cooperative Societies). After the Registration process is completed the Registrar will issue you a Certificate of Registration, then the Promoters/Founders will meet and elect the office-bearers. This Federation has already announced the names of Office-bearers, in this context I want to know whether the Federation is Registered, when and what is the Registration No., and so on. I don't see any of this procedure is conformed to or not as the meeting was held on 15.02.2014 and as Mr. Shekar states the Bi-laws are under preparation, what is the date of registration, Registration no., and when promoters met and decided form the body and the election/nomination/selection of Office Bearers. If the procedure is not followed and yet to be conformed to, without the Memorandum of the Association, there is no locus standi for this Federation and collection of any membership announcement may lead to be illegal act. I would also like to add at this juncture, our Associations are not bound by and not under the Indian Labour Act, 1948 and cannot resort to Agitations and Strikes, only after all means and ways have been gone through, and as a last resort, we may indulge into them, and the cause should be social, as Libraries are social and service institutions and not-for-profit organisations. I wish that all professional should, at this juncture come together, do brainstorming, discuss their problems (not only on CAS, Scales, but on Status, Professional identity etc.) and come to a conclusion to form a federation in a systematic and procedural manner. What happened to some of the Associations formed with a bang and now almost no news, for instance, Indian Academic Librarians Association. Indian Library profession has lacked proper leadership, and intent to say a Spade a Spade, and lead all professionals in a homogenous manner. It has been happening since the days our first national association was formed. We must learn lessons from the past and move forward to achieve success and De-accustomize to the game of divide and rule, which had made this country suffer the colonial rule for 200 years. One of my close friend in the University would say often "Only Gandhi's will be shot dead in this Country" and the fraudulent will make merry. I appeal to all professionals to come together and discuss the issues. I think KALA is a right platform of ours as it has a history of not 25 years but of nearly 50 years. Come and join us, we have a wonderful team now, on my part I will associate myself well for the cause of the profession. With regards, Prof.A.Y.Asundi Professor and Chairman (Ret.) Department of Library and Information Science and Officer in charge, IT Centre, Bangalore University, Bangalore - 560056. # 77 3rd Main Road, Prashantanagar, Bangalore - 560079. Ph: 23287786, 9980815468 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Model agreement for OA journals
by Subbiah Arunachalam 22 Feb '14

22 Feb '14

Here is a model agreement for Open Access journals prepared by Stuart Schieber: < http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pamphlet/2014/02/19/a-model-oa-journal-publica… >. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Are research networking sites really OA?
by Subbiah Arunachalam 22 Feb '14

22 Feb '14

An excellent article on sites such as Academia.edu and why they are not really open access: < http://blogs.lt.vt.edu/openvt/2014/02/21/research-networking-sites-and-open… >. Arun Research Networking Sites and Open Access by PHILIP YOUNG <http://blogs.lt.vt.edu/openvt/author/pyoung1/> posted on FEBRUARY 21, 2014<http://blogs.lt.vt.edu/openvt/2014/02/21/research-networking-sites-and-open…> *The Chronicle of Higher Education*'s Vitae site has a post today titled Should You Share Your Research on Academia.edu?<https://chroniclevitae.com/news/345-should-you-share-your-research-on-acade…>Research networking sites may provide services that researchers value- I don't know because I haven't signed up for any of them- but they do not provide open access. In a recent post, Beyond Elsevier<http://blogs.lt.vt.edu/openvt/2013/12/22/beyond-elsevier/>, I mentioned that Academia.edu has the only copy of this paper<http://www.academia.edu/3588790/Exposing_Scholarly_Information_as_Linked_Op…> I was looking for. While it is readable on the screen, if you click the "Download" button, you are prompted to sign in. This is not an open access paper. Open access does not require signing in or downloading software, and it enables uses beyond reading. The Budapest Open Access Initiative<http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai-10-recommendations> states: By "open access" to [peer-reviewed research literature], we mean its free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself. This paper is essentially being used as bait to sign up new users (if you want do anything other than read a long scroll through small text). Personally, I would not want my work used as an enticement to attract new members to a for-profit site without a business model. We can predict that these sites will find a way to monetize personal information, which raises the question of whether this is a good example for researchers to set for graduate students and future scholars. The marketing pitches of these sites should be taken with more than a few grains of salt. Given the many, many existing institutional and disciplinary repositories that are already providing full open access, their talk of "sharing" and "dissemination" are marketing Kool-Aid. They may not have paywalls, but they do have log-in walls, and those are a barrier for anyone who does not want to trade their privacy for access. Additionally, some of the services treated in a "gee whiz" manner in the *Chronicle* article, such as statistics on views and downloads, have been available in most repositories for years. Academia.edu is hardly the only research networking site (since none of its competitors are mentioned, was there a *quid pro quo*between the *Chronicle* and Academia.edu?). If colleagues in your field are members of different "silos" such as Mendeley or ResearchGate, do you need to join all of them, with their various terms of use and privacy policies? The existence of these silos undermines their claims of "sharing" and "dissemination"- activities that they are clearly not providing on a network level. I hope that those wanting to take advantage of the networking capabilities on these sites will also post their work on the open web, preferably in an institutional or disciplinary repository. The private sector is again in the lead in providing services, though it should be remembered that the privatization of knowledge typically hasn't turned out well (and remember, Mendeley is now owned by Elsevier). Eventually, non-market research networking options will appear and (I hope) disintermediate these private silos. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Insights goes OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 22 Feb '14

22 Feb '14

Friends: Insights, the UKSG journal for info professionals is open access from now on. Please visit <http://uksg.metapress.com/content/122388>. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Positions at NIFT Centres
by skumar_31＠yahoo.com 22 Feb '14

22 Feb '14

Dear ALL National Institute of Fashion Technology advertised positions for Research Asst Resource Centre /Library for its Centres Kannur, Rae Bareli, jodhpur, Mumbai ,Hyderabad etc pl refer the link below : http://www.nift.ac.in/Downloads/adv_7feb.pdf Qualification /Experience : Degree in Library Sc. Certificate / Sp. Course in Computer Applications in library information sc. Two year relevant Experience in Library and Information Sc. Desirable - Basic Understanding of Textiles and Life Style Accessories. Age 25- 35 years thanks Dr Sanjeev kumar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian's Development Programme (LDP), 2014 @ KIIT University, Bhubaneswar
by Gouranga Kumar Padhy 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

KIIT University is going to organize two days Librarian's Development Programme (LDP) on New Age Librarianship: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities. In order to know more please visit the link: http://www.kiit.ac.in/centrallibrary/pdf/LDP-2014.pdf -- *Regards* *Gouranga Kumar Padhy* *Assistant Librarian* *KIIT UNIVERISTY, Bhubaneswar* *BLISc, MLISc(Gold Medal), Mphil(LIS), PGDCA, PhD(Cont...)* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DRTC Students Colloquium (1)
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8TH Mile, Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 DRTC Colloquium (1) Metadata Harvesting: protocols, tools and some success stories In this era of knowledge society providing single platform for resource discovery is of key importance. The collection and gathering of document information from distributed repositories and making a registry for the same is the task of metadata harvester. The repositories act as dispenser of knowledge which communicate with the harvester through transport protocols commonly used of which is OAI-PMH. The protocol helps in the easy flow of the requests and makes available the responses in XML format. The various harvesters like PKP Harvester, jOAI act as facilitator of knowledge, which gather the information provided by various data providers. The metadata standard used in the process is the unqualified Dublin Core, the Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) including others. In the current presentation we shall explain the architectural aspect of the metadata harvesting model and the various protocols associated with it by taking success stories. Lastly, we shall conclude the colloquium by spreading a word regarding challenges and improvements that can be made in this domain. TOPICS SPEAKERS 1.INTRODUCTION Manasa Rath 2.TERMINOLOGIES Tanmay Mondal 3.METADATA STANDARDS Dibakar Sen 4.PROTOCOLS Samhati soor, Anwesha Bhattacharya, Mohit Garg 5. COMPARATIVE STUDY of PROTOCOLS Manash Kumar 6.TOOLS Sandip Das 7.SUCCESS STORIES Shiv Shakti Ghosh 8.CONCLUSION Jayanta Kr.Nayek Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 26th February, 2014 Time: 2.00 pm All are cordially invited. Biswanath Dutta Colloquium Coordinator -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS FEDERATION formed at Bangalore-reg
by Shekar H P 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

Dear Professional Friends, Greetings for the day…and Apology for cross posting...!!! I wanted to respond to the postings made by Dr. IRN Goudar, Dr.Siddamallaiah and other KALA Members on the formation of LIS Federation in Bangalore. 1. I always respect my seniors and my sincere salutes for their valid responses / Comments. It was expected. Even though effort was appreciated by many others, few objections were raised by KALA members only as if thinking that it is one more parallel association with KALA. But it is not. 2. First thing I want to clear that, I am not the founder of this federation as commented in the LIS FORUM postings. I joined the team as a last person on request made by few members of the existing GB. Accepted their invitation, attended the last meeting, the committee assigned me a job to post this message (received from the President and General Secretary of the Federation) in different forums…. I did it with good intension. Following formalities in the formation of a Federation, seeking their concurrence, preparations / homework made etc, may be replied by the General Secretary and others who took initiative from the beginning. For your kind information, Governing council members are all well experienced (more than 20years) knowledgeable and they are able to think before taking any decisions. I request my super seniors not to convey wrong interpretations to the professional friends on me please. 3. Secondly, except KALA, all the other associations in Karnataka, like KSCLA, AKELPA, Karnataka Medical Library Association, KASULA, KSSC/STLA, SIS Bangalore Chapter all are doing their best in the professional activities. Each association is able and stable for fighting with the government. They are doing it and succeeded/benefitted for some extend. And hats off to MyLISA, and its team too for their innovative activities as you all aware. I have very good relation with all these associations and their activities; my sincere appeal to Dr. Goudar and Sunil not to divide us. 4. Thirdly, we respect KALA more. But as a professional, I was not happy with the objectives and activities of KALA. As this has got a statutory power in the state (output?), poor academic Library professionals expects more from the association in the present critical circumstances compare to the past 30plus years. This is not happening. I discussed with few senior members of KALA also but it was in vain. Simple Ex: Discussion on the Formation of a Federation, started in KALA six years ago (as told by Dr. HSS), but still under preparation (as posted by Dr.IRNG). This is KALA. If anybody hurt with this statement, (I am also a member and hurt me too) I am sorry. 5. Fourth, I may be poor in just posting polished statements like Dr. Sunil and few of others, but more interested in putting thoughts into practice. Hurdles always are there and I am of the habit of accepting best ones and converting the criticism into best suggestions. Thanks for the criticisms- created food for fruitful discussion. Lastly, we the like-minded professionals have initiated / created the platform for open discussion with a good intention. Still it is in primary stage. As I knew, the present Governing body is also tentative one. This is the high time. Let all of us sit together, offer suggestions, workout the modalities of formation, bye- law etc. Let anybody take the lead, we will support them. I will be happy to participate without prejudice in any of the professional meeting called by any association in this regard including KALA. Ultimately purpose should be served, help the budding librarians and save the library profession. Once again, my intention is not to hurt any individual or divide an association. Miss understanding is highly regretted. Thanks for the forum once again….!!! -- *Dr. Shekar H.P.* Head, Knowledge Resource Centre IBS Business School, #231, Near Kengeri Check post Mysore Road, Bangalore-560060 Karnataka - India Ph: (O): 080-66222244 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Trainees in Library Science
by dixa gupta 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

Netaji Subhas Institute of Tchnology (An Autonomous Institution under Government NCT of Delhi) invites application for the post of Trainees in Library Science, which are purely on temporary contract basis. Following is the detail:- Number of post:- 06 Educational Qualification:- Two Year Diploma from Meera Bai Polytechnic college delhi or Delhi University full time degree class in a Library Science Remuneration upto Rs. 10000/- Age:- Not exceeding 25 years as on 01.01.2014 Walk-in Interview will be held on 26.02.2014 at 11 am at Central Library, NSIT Regards Dixa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LINKEDIN LAUNCHES PUBLISHING PLAFTORM FOR MEMBERS
by Ragaavendra R 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

Pls circulate. LINKEDIN LAUNCHES PUBLISHING PLAFTORM FOR MEMBERS Professional networking site LinkedIn has opened up a new publishing platform for all its members globally. A move that will help the networking site achieve the goal of becoming a definitive publishing platform for professionals, helping members become better at their jobs by giving them a single destination to consume, create and share relevant professional content. The move, experts feel, is to generate interest among the members and take on other social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. LinkedIn has disclosed that page views had slipped for the second consecutive quarter this year. FOR COMPLETE CONTENT AND REFERENCE LINK: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/smartbuy/linkedin-launches-pub… 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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Regarding FEKLA
by Manjunath h.n 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

Dr. IRN Goudar's View's , Suggestion's, Word by Word Statements Regarding LIS FEDERATION is fantastic and Highly Accurate. Manjunath H N Mysore. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need an article urgently
by Smita Chandra 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

Dear Madam/Sir, We are in urgent need of the following article and would be extremely grateful if a pdf (scanned copy) of the same could please be sent. The article is : Some selected magnetograms of Bombay: 4 February 1872. Indian J Meteorology and Geophysics, 1954, v.5, p.50 This journal is now named as "Mausam: Quaterly Journal of Meteorology, Hydrology and Geophysics". One of our scientists needs the article urgently and we would be extremely grateful if any of you could please help us in any way. Thanking you and with kind regards, Dr. (Ms.) Smita Chandra Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Kalamboli-Panvel Highway New Panvel, Navi Mumbai 410 218 MAHARASHTRA. INDIA Ph.+91-22-27484137 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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requirement (urgent)
by Sharmila Ghosh 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

Dear Moderator please post this "urgent requirement of a young library professional with a masters degree, fluency in written and spoken English (mandatory), well-versed with NewGenLib OSS and special inclinations towards providing reference services and quick access to information - this requirement is for an international school in Gurgaon - write to milaghosh(a)gmail.com with details" Thanks and regards -- *Sharmila Ghosh* +919818742924 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sharmila-ghosh/4/170/7b3 https://www.facebook.com/putul.ghosh.1/notes_my_notes <https://www.facebook.com/notes/sharmila-ghosh/my-publications/1054670562492…> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Do people need libraries in the digital age?
by kiran＠cseindia.org 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

Dear Moderator This article published in The Wall Street Journal, 17 Feb 2014 with the message that "Innovation matters" will be of interest to members of this forum. Please circulate link to the article "Do people need libraries in the digital Age?" published in The Wall Street Journal, 17 Feb 2014. Do people need libraries in the digital Age? can be read at http://on.wsj.com/1oIniqq Thanks Kiran Pandey Programme Director Information Management Centre for Science and Environment New Delhi -110062 India Connect with India Environment Portal Subscribe http://bit.ly/1f0up9o On Facebook http://on.fb.me/1jxAdYQ On Twitter http://bit.ly/1hNlYi6 On Youtube http://bit.ly/18NF2Xg -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: [LISEA] PhD scholarships in health information systems -- at NTU Nanyang Institute of Technology in Health and Medicine
by Mailing List Admin 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 08:43:26 -0800 (PST) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> On Thursday, 20 February 2014, 19:06, "Khoo Soo Guan, Christopher (Assoc Prof)" <chriskhoo(a)PMAIL.NTU.EDU.SG> wrote: Dear colleagues, � This is to alert you to PhD scholarship opportunities in the area of health information systems and health informatics in case you have students who are interested in the health area. � The applicant should have some health/medical academic background or work experience, and interested in health information systems, human computer interaction or user studies. The PhD scholarships are offered by the NTU Nanyang Institute of Technology in Health and Medicine, and is quite generous. � My colleagues and I have a few research projects under this PhD funding scheme. More details of the funding opportunity are available at: http://nithm.ntu.edu.sg/mainprogramme/GraduateProgramme/Pages/Home.aspx � For international applicants, GRE is preferred, but our school can administer a Technical Proficiency Test instead. TOEFL or IELTS scores are needed for applicants whose medium of undergraduate instruction is not in English. Best wishes, chris

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Do people need libraries in the digital age?
by Mailing List Admin 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 16:25:45 +0300 From: najeeb Vattamannathodi <najeebmankada(a)gmail.com> Re: Do people need libraries in the digital age? *16 Reasons Why Libraries and Librarians are Still Extremely Important* http://www.collegeonline.org/library/adult-continued-education/librarians-n… Muhammed Najeeb. V Librarian, Health Science Library National Guard Health Affairs <http://www.ngha.med.sa> King Abdul Azeez Medical City Riyadh, POB 22490, KSA +*966 1 80 11111* (Ext.13343) 00966507339409 vattamannathodimu(a)ngha.med.sa najeebmankada(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: On Hiring: The Ph.D. Needs CPR
by Yalagouda Patil 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

May kindly post it as it could be of interest many colleagues in LIS. Dr.Y.M.Patil Retd. 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LIS FEDERATION Formed at Bangalore-reg
by Shekar H P 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

Dear All, GREETINGS FOR THE DAY....!!! It is good to see the postings of Dr. IRN Goudar and the suggestions / opinions expressed by other professional friends across India too. I am closely watching the activities of most of the LIS associations in India since 23 years. As you all know, none of the association in the state / India thinking in this direction (as pointed out by IRN Goudar) and raising their voice. It is true that, we cannot ignore the share of past Presidents of different LIS associations and their teams too. On the other side, Congratulations to S.L.Faisal and his team of KendriyaVidyalaya Library professionals who took a lead and preparing manual. We should appreciate their effort. Hope you all agree with me, just finding fault on others and teaching Vedanta through some forums is very easy. But the contribution of every individual counts in implementing /achieving these goals and objectives. Since most of the associations have their own objectives limited to their service environment / platforms like PU Colleges / First grade Colleges / Universities etc., it is difficult for them to think broadly profession as a whole and concentrating on the Policy issues / Procedure/ Decisions etc taking place in the professional field. As expressed by one of the senior Professor N. Laxman Rao 'the problems are increasing year after the year. Especially now the status and facilities given to academic librarians is at stake. One after the other the facilities are being removed. It is true that our recognition is going from bad to worse. It is high time that the Associations take lead and do something for the profession'. Sri.N.V.Satyanaraya, CMD, Informatics India, also rightly pointed out (during the general body meeting of KALA recently) and gave a call to all the regional / national LIS professional associations to unite under one tree and form a FEDERATION to take lead in the state / National level. So that there will be a strength to fight for the cause. But even after so many postings / discussions none of the professional association opens up their mouth and ready to shoulder the responsibility. Based on these grounds, in the interest of the budding librarians and the professional zeal, we are happy to announce that, like minded Senior LIS professionals of the State, Office bearers of different associations with the representatives (belongs to both Govt. and Private college libraries) of PU Colleges, First grade Colleges, Universities, Law, Medical, Engineering, B.Ed/TCH, Polytechnics, Business Schools, Public Libraries etc. have decided to shoulder the responsibility, joined together and formed a FEDERATION – An Apex body of LIS professionals in the state and a Common platform to fight for the real cause within the state and Govt. of India / UGC as well. The first meeting after formation of the FEDERATION was held on 15th February 2014at Hasanath Women’s College, Shivaji Nagar, Bangalore. Name: *FEDERATION OF KARNATAKA LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION (FEKLA)* *FOUNDER SECRETARIAT OF THE FEDERATION: (Initially for three years 2014-2017)* 1. Dr. S.L.Kadadevaramath - President 2. Mr.M.N.N.Prasad - Sr. Vice President 3. Dr. Ganapathi Z Shinde - Vice President 4. Dr. T.Y. Mallaiah - Vice President 5. Dr. H.P. Shekar - Vice President 6. Dr. Satish Hosamani - Vice President 7. Dr. Mallikarjuna Vaddanakeri - Vice President 8. Dr. B.U.Kannappanavar - General Secretary 9. Dr. H.R. Sujatha - Joint Secretary 10. Dr. B.R. Radha Krishna - Joint Secretary 11. Mr. G.R. Chikkamath - Joint Secretary 12. Mr. Umesh K Bagewadi - Treasurer *EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS:* 1. Dr. Vijay Rajkumar U.S. 2. Dr. N.Kotresh 3. Dr. N.N. Arabagonda 4. Mr. S.M. Dheeraj 5. Mrs. D. Sujatha 6. Mr. B.S Malvad 7. Mr. S. Shyamasundar 8. Mr. M.M. Hebballi 9. Mr. B.P. Bandi 10. Mr. Rajesh Kumbar 11. Dr. MallikarjunMulimani 12. Dr. Vasappagouda 13. Mr. Gurumurthy 14. Mr. Guruprasad 15. Mr. Mallikarjun 16. Ms. V. Sunitha 17. Mr. Gurushankaraiah The Members of the Federation are preparing the Bi-law, aims and objectives of the Federation in detail.Valid Suggestions are welcome before the next meeting scheduled on 30.3.2014. The Federation requests all the Librarians and Library professional Associations in Karnataka to join their hand by becoming members of the federation. Individual Life Membership fee would be Rs.1000/- only. *Please Note:* A delegation is planned to Delhi to submit a memorandum to MHRD / UGC on Minor / Major Projects to Librarians and FDP during First week of March 2014 (on top priority). *SUPPORT US TO SUPPORT U- LET US WORK TOGETHER AS ONE* *All Communications may be addressed to:* Dr. B.U.Kannappanavar, General Secretary, FEKLA, &Librarian, Sahyadri College,B.H. Road, Vidyanagar,Shimogga-577203 Email: kannappanavar(a)gmail.com Phone: 09480329897 / 09449070311 -- *Dr. Shekar H.P.* Head, Knowledge Resource Centre IBS Business School, #231, Near Kengeri Check post Mysore Road, Bangalore-560060 Karnataka - India Ph: (O): 080-66222244 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Install Koha 3.14 with single command in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
by DP Tripathi 20 Feb '14

20 Feb '14

Dear colleagues! Install Koha 3.14 with single command in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Download and keep the file wherever you wish to keep in the server. (For ex: someone keeps the file at Desktop) then run the following command. Login as root: sudo su (Enter) Enter the password: Run the following command: *root@localhost:/home/library/Desktop# *chmod +x install_koha.sh *root@localhost:/home/libraryDesktop# *./install_koha.sh Ensure that your system is connected with Internet. Follow the Instruction. Add the port 8080 (Listen 8080) when it asks to add and save & close the file. It will install Koha 3.14 in your system. To open the Interface, use the following user id and password. User ID : koha_library Password: (please note down the password from terminal, it appears like 10ImCcKq3QHpfdx7) Enjoy! Feel free to contact at dptkvs(a)gmail.com, if you face any problem. The script is available at www.librarianguide.in also. Thanks, -- ********************* D. P. Tripathi Assistant Librarian Biju Patnaik Central Library NIT Rourkela Odisha - 769008 www.librarianguide.in ********************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Applications are invited for the post of Librarian by State Bank Of India.
by Sri Ramchandra Madar 20 Feb '14

20 Feb '14

Applications are invited for the post of Librarian by State Bank Of India, Central Recruitment and Promotion Department. Advertisement No. CRPD/SCO/2013-2014. 1) Post: Librarian. 2) Qualification: A Bachelor's degree in Library Science or a graduate in any discipline with a Post Graduate degree/ diploma in Library Science from a recognized university. 3) Experience: Minimum 5 years experience in a library of a reputed institution/ University/ College/ Public Sector Undertaking / Bank. 4) Vacancies : 02 (Gen- 02). 5) The detailed advertisement containing post-wise, Category wise, and bank wise vacancies along with eligibility criteria and requisite fees / intimation charges is available on the banks websites. Website : www.statebankofindia.com / www.sbi.co.in. 6) Those desirous of applying for post may submit their application ON-LINE through 'Recruitment' link in banks websites. The ON-LINE registration will be available from 17.02.2014 to 06.03.2014. The last date for cash deposit online / offline is 06.03.2014 & 08.03.2014 respectively. Source : Deccan Herald, Wednesday, February 19, 2014. -- Regards, Sri Ramchandra Madar ( B.A., M.L.I.Sc.) Librarian, Roohi college of Nursing, Hennur - Bagalur Main Road, Bangalore-562149. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LibCampBangalore5- Unconference
by Mankad, Manish 20 Feb '14

20 Feb '14

______________________________________________________________________________ Subject: LibCampBangalore5 Come Join Un-conference to share & learn in an open environment @ Unilever R&D, Bangalore on March 15th ________________________________________________________________________________ Dear LIS Professionals, Bangalore-based Corporate Information Professionals are organizing a LibCampBangalore5 - The 5th Un-conference at Bangalore on March 15th, 2014. All the corporate information professionals are cordially invited to join the event to share, discuss and learn from participants' experience on 'unique initiatives launched by corporate information centers'. Information professionals from GE, Unilever, TCE, Advinus etc., have already signed up for the event. More about the event: Un-conference theme: "Unique initiatives (services, product, tools, etc.) launched by corporate information centers" Venue & Host: Unilever R&D, 64 Main Road, Whitefield, Bangalore 560066 India Date & Duration: Saturday, March 15th 2014; 9.30am to 1.30pm followed by Lunch Take-away: Experience the Un-conference and get to share & learn various unique initiatives of corporates along with some networking opportunities Interested to participate? Please Register at Un-conference website<http://libcampbangalore.pbworks.com/w/page/74946209/LibCampBangalore5> .. The Organizing team is looking forward to meeting you at the 5th Un-conference. Organizing Team: Manish Mankad, Unilever Nandeesha M, SAP Madhuresh Singhal, Advinus Divya MN, TCE Anand Byrappa, GE -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on Spatial Information Analytics and Launch of the New Web Site of SRELS Journal of Information Management
by Mailing List Admin 20 Feb '14

20 Feb '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 12:51:12 +0530 From: K.S. Raghavan <ksragav(a)hotmail.com> KAnOE's 9th Workshop (http://www.kanoe.org) Workshop on Spatial Information Analytica:s Mathematical Morphological Interpolations and Pattern Recognition and Launch of the New Web Site of SRELS Journal of Information Management by Prof. H. A. Ranganath Former Director of NAAC & former Vice Chancellor of Bangalore University. Prof. K N Balasubramanya Murthy Vice Chancellor, PES University will preside. 28 February 2014 Venue: MCA Seminar Hall, Prof. M. R. Doreswamy Silver Jubilee Complex, PES Institute of Technology, BSK 3rd Stage, Bangalore 560085 A workshop on Spatial Information Analytics: Mathematical Morphological Interpolations and Pattern Recognition is being organized (sponsored under TEQIP-II/1.2.1) by the Centre for Knowledge Analytics and Ontological Engineering (KAnOE) in association with IEEE GRSS Bangalore Chapter and the Systems Sciences and Informatics Unit of the Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore. The Workshop will be conducted by Dr. B. S. Daya Sagar and Dr. Saroj K. Meher of the Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore. Who can attend? The workshop should be of interest to students, and teachers of Computer science, Geographical Information Sciences, 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? Please fill out the on-line registration form at http://kanoe.org/workshopregistration.html K. S. Raghavan Visiting Scientist Centre for Knowledge Analytics & Ontological Engineering (KAnOE) PES Institute of Technology Bangalore 560 085

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Request for Full Text article
by Somashekhar Lalasangi 20 Feb '14

20 Feb '14

From Somashekhar Lalasangi Asst librarian Digital Library BLDe University Bijapur Dear All Professionals, The following journal articles are required Kindly help me to get this articles. Case 30-2013 -- A 19-Year-Old Man with Otalgia, Slurred Speech, and Ataxia Tracey A. Cho, M.D., Jeremy D. Schmahmann, M.D., and Mary E. Cunnane, M.D. N Engl J Med 2013; 369:1253-1261September 26, 2013<http://www.nejm.org/toc/nejm/369/13/>DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1214218 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for article
by Varalakshmi R.S.R. 20 Feb '14

20 Feb '14

Dear professional colleagues I am in need of the following article by Sage publications. If anybody have access pl help me providing a copy. If it is through UGC Infonet pl forward the link. Public library use of free e-resources. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science June 2013 45: 103-112 thanks Varalakshmi -- Prof R.S.R.Varalakshmi U.G.C. Emeritus Fellow Dept of Library and Information Science Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 530 003 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Informatics brings 170 Journals on i-Scholar
by Neha Arora 20 Feb '14

20 Feb '14

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Grade Pay of School lIbrraians
by sanjay sethi 20 Feb '14

20 Feb '14

Vide Circular No. DE.(4(9)/47/E-IV/2010/1282 , the order regarding the degradation of Grade Pay of School Librarians from Rs.4600 to Rs. 4200 has been kept in abeyance till further order. Dr Sanjay Sethi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free Online coaching for UGC NET June 2014 Examination
by Thirunavukkarasu TC 20 Feb '14

20 Feb '14

Dear Professionals, In last december www.lisquiz.com conducted free online coaching for UGC NET. and 1427 professionals are participated in that program. Now Free Online coaching for UGC NET June 2014 Examination starts from 21.02.2014 (Exclusive for Library and information Science). Syllabus wise training and mock tests will be conduct on daily / weekly basis. You may already know about www.lisquiz.com. It contains more than 4000 Objective Questions in Mock Test format. And its absolutely Free to everyone. Please visit www.lisquiz.com and give you suggestion and refer your colleagues and students for this training. Best Regards, T.C. Thirunavukkarasu Librarian and Information Assistant Anna Centenary Library Chennai-85 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Applications are invited for the post of Librarian by Navodaya Central School, Raichur.
by Sri Ramchandra Madar 19 Feb '14

19 Feb '14

Applications are invited for the post of Librarian by Navodaya Education Trust's, Navodaya Central School, Mantralayam Road, Navodaya Nagar, Raichur - 584103. 1) Post: Librarian. 2) Salary and perks are not a constraint for deserving candidates. 3) Those interested may send their resumes within seven days ( Before 25.02.2014) to, By Email Address : careers(a)actedu.in / dir.netcentralschool(a)gmail.com. *OR* By Post Address: Academy for Creative Teaching (ACT), # 480, 6th main, H.M.T Colony, Opp. Bus Depot, R.T.Nagar, Bangalore - 560 032. Source: Deccan Herald, Wednesday, February 19, 2014. -- Regards, Sri Ramchandra Madar ( B.A., M.L.I.Sc.) Librarian, Roohi college of Nursing, Hennur - Bagalur Main Road, Bangalore-562149. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Applications are invited for the post of Librarian by Sindhi High School.
by Sri Ramchandra Madar 19 Feb '14

19 Feb '14

Applications are invited for the post of Librarian by Sindhi High School. 1) Post: Librarian. 2) Apply IN PERSON to the Concerned Schools Principals. 3) Address: Sindhi High School, Sponsors: Sindhi Seva Samiti, (affiliated to CBSE, NewDelhi), # 10/7, Kumar Krupa Road, Bangalore - 560 001. PH. 080-22261509, 22282161. Email: shsdtol(a)hotmail.com. & Sindhi High School, Sponsors: Sindhi Seva Samiti, (affiliated to CBSE, NewDelhi), # 33/2A, B, Hebbal, Kempapura, Bangalore - 24, PH. 080 23621393 / 94 Source: Deccan Herald, Wednesday, February 19, 2014. -- Regards, Sri Ramchandra Madar ( B.A., M.L.I.Sc.) Librarian, Roohi college of Nursing, Hennur - Bagalur Main Road, Bangalore-562149. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Applications are invited for the post of Librarian by Diya Academy of Learning.
by Sri Ramchandra Madar 19 Feb '14

19 Feb '14

Applications are invited for the post of Librarian by Diya Academy of Learning. 1) Post : Librarian with MLISc. 2) Address: Diya Academy of Learning , Affiliated to CBSE, NewDelhi, # 70/1 & 71, Kodigehalli Main Road, K.R. Puram, Bangalore - 560 036. Contact : 080 32953468, 9901451041. Email : principal(a)diyaschool.com. Website : www.diyaschool.com. Source: Deccan Herald, Wednesday, February 19, 2014. -- Regards, Sri Ramchandra Madar ( B.A., M.L.I.Sc.) Librarian, Roohi college of Nursing, Hennur - Bagalur Main Road, Bangalore-562149. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The Leadership Formula for Library and Information Professionals
by Arora 19 Feb '14

19 Feb '14

Trainers Network International - a premier Training and Coaching organisation is organising a 2 days workshop entitled "The Leadership Formula for Library and Information Professionals" on 1st and 2nd March 2014 at Defence Colony, New Delhi. The topics being covered are Personal Mastery for inspiration, Wisdom on Leadership from world renown leaders, Mind Engineering to change self limiting beliefs and writing new productive and success programs in the hard disk of our mind. The program would have lots of fun interactive games and activities, videos, presentations from participants and lots more. For online registration and full details are available at: http://nc01.doattend.com. You may feel free to contact the facilitator - CK Arora at +9198108500 or through email: info(a)trainersnetwork.in with regards Sushma Arora Trustee Children Book Trust Library -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Assistant Librarian Vacancy at ISI Bangalore(Reserved for OBC)
by Manju. 19 Feb '14

19 Feb '14

Applications are invited from Indian nationals for the recruitment of following posts in Indian Statistical Institute at Bangalore Centre Name of post No. of position No. of vacancy Vacancy at Pay Band & Grade pay UR SC ST OBC Assistant Librarian (*Reserved for OBC*) 1 - - - 1 Bangalore Centre Rs.15600-39100 with Grade Pay Rs. 6000/- For more details visit here http://www.isibang.ac.in/ Application Details http://www.isibang.ac.in/Advertisements/ISIBC-Recruitment-AssistantLibraria… Application Form http://www.isibang.ac.in/Advertisements/ISIBC-Recruitment-AssistantLibraria… OBC Format http://www.isibang.ac.in/Advertisements/ISIBC-Recruitment-AssistantLibraria… -- **"Live as if you were to die tomorrow,** **Learn as if you were to live Forever."** With Regards Manjunatha.K.S. Asst. Librarian AIMS, Peenya, Bangalore 58 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Connemara Public Library
by Mailing List Admin 19 Feb '14

19 Feb '14

Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 09:48:12 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> Libraries are built, maintained and nurtured around the world. There are academic and scholarly libraries, special libraries for different professions like law and medicine, children's libraries, school libraries, Parliament libraries, and so on. But the most important among them are the public libraries. There is a large variation in the size of public libraries - from the small public libraries in small towns supported by different State Governments in India to the very large Library of Congress and the British Library. These libraries are not only places for people to read books but they perform a variety of other functions. They are centres of community action. And in certain cases they are also examples of great architecture and beautiful buildings. Here is a selection of 25 beautiful libraries. Chennai can be proud to find Connemara Public Library in the list. Visit and enjoy some stunning photographs: <*http://flavorwire.com/280318/the-25-most-beautiful-public-libraries-in-the-world/ <http://flavorwire.com/280318/the-25-most-beautiful-public-libraries-in-the-…>* >. Arun

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Librarians pay scale downgraded in Delhi Govt. Schools
by Anil Singh 19 Feb '14

19 Feb '14

It is unfortunate that Delhi Govt has downgraded the pay scale of school librarians in all the govt. schools of Delhi (Click the Link give below). Earlier they were getting PB2+4600 which was equivalent to TGTs, but now it is PB2+4200 which is at par with PRTs. Such type of anomalies happens in our profession only. Recently CBSE introduced Library science course in CBSE affiliated schools where Librarians have to teach library science courses to class XI students which means they are doing the job of TGTs (Librarian) and as well as PGTs (Teacher). KVS has re-designated their Librarians as TGT (Library science) which are in the pay scale of PB2+GP4600. Now the conclusion is that Delhi Govt. school Librarians will get the pay scale of PRTs and have to perform the duties of TGTs and PGTs. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzaDCDNkA90eOGRNelZvNnR5QlU/edit -- with regards, Anil Singh Assistant Director (LS) Office of the Director General Competition Commission of India (CCI) (Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India) 'B' Wing, HUDCO VISHALA, 14, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi - 110066 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free UGC NET Coaching in Library Science in Thrissur
by Dr. A.T. Francis 19 Feb '14

19 Feb '14

Free UGC NET Coaching in Library Science in Thrissur Kerala Library Association (KLA) and Kerala Academic Library Association (KALA) are jointly organizing free coaching in Library Science for the June and December examinations of the UGC NET. The classes will be held at St. ThomasCollege, Thrissur in Sundays and public holidays up to December 2014. The classes will start on Sunday 23rd. Fore more details and registration contact: Dr. A.T. Francis, Head, Library, College of Horticulture, KeralaAgriculturalUniversity & Coordinator: 9496839409; francislaoor(a)yahoo.com or Sri. K. Rajendran, Chief Librarian, Kerala Sahitya Akademy & Secretary, KLA Thrissur Region: 9446637555 Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY & IT NODAL OFFICER 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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Serious Injustice towards School Librarian in NCT Delhi
by Gautam Bharti 18 Feb '14

18 Feb '14

Respected Knowledgeable friends, There is report from Astt. Director regarding the lowering of Grade Pay from 4600 to 4200 of Librarians in NCT Delhi. Though the Librarians mostly deal with the students from VI to XII, whereas the subject teachers who are teaching from class VI to VIII are considered as TGT with Grade Pay 4600. Then why this kind of injustice is being done towards Librarian? The report has asked even for recovery of amount paid since 1-1-2006 (6th CPC). I think the professional who are on some reputed level should take this matter and guide the school librarians how to tackle this problem. -- Goutam Kumar Bharti Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya Karimganj, Assam 08399964075 gautamkbharti(a)gmail.com gkbharti2003(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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Need NAAC & Academic Autonomy
by Vandana Khandelwal 18 Feb '14

18 Feb '14

Dear all professionalRecently our college has applied for NAAC & Academic Autonomy. I request you all those who have good experience of both committee, please let me know what are the requirement we have to fulfill to achieve A grade and also which way library will be able to get maximum benefits from Academic Autonomy. Thanks & regards Ms. Vandana Khandelwal Librarian MITAOE Pune -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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TISS PGDLIM 2014-15 admissions are open
by Puttaraj Choukimath 18 Feb '14

18 Feb '14

Dear SIr/Madam/Friends, Greetings! Admission for TISS's Post-Graduate Diploma in Digital Library and Information Management (PGDLIM) 2014-15 batch.<http://socialsciencesinfoblog.blogspot.in/2014/02/admission-for-tisss-post-…> warm regards, Puttaraj. -- Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (SS) Periodicals Section, SDTM Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 (Maharashtra) INDIA T: +91-22-2552 5285 (O); Fax: +91-22-2552 5050 E: choukimath(a)tiss.edu; choukimath(a)gmail.com W: http://library.tiss.edu/ B: http://socialsciencesinfoblog.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Paper - National Conference @ Coimbatore
by Mailing List Admin 18 Feb '14

18 Feb '14

Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:28:47 +0530 From: Prabhu lis <prabhumlis(a)gmail.com> DEAR PROFESSIONALS We are organizing the "National Conference on RECENT ADVANCEMENTS IN SCIENCE & HUMANITIES" Library and Information Science also a Major part of this conference, On March 22nd 2014. *Themes* Current Trends in LIS E-Leaning tools, methodology, techniques and services Application of web 2.0, Lib 2.0 and Social Networking Tools for LIS Services Strategies and role of Library Professional for providing Open Access Resources Next Generation Library Services delivery models Essential Skills for Library Professionals Articles will be published in Conference proceedings with ISBN 978-81-920799-0-6. BEST PAPER AWARD WILL BE AWARDED POSTER PRESENTATIONS ARE ALLOWED Kindly send your article with in 23rd Feb 2014 to the following mail ID rash14(a)uit.ac.in Herewith we have attached the conference brochure for your further reference M.Prabhu, B.Com, M.L.I.Sc., M.Phil., (Ph.D.,) Librarian United Institute of Technology G.Koundampalayam, Periyanaickenpalayam Coimbatore 641 021 Mobile: 97 503 999 55 http://uitcentrallibrary.webs.com/ http://anbudanprabhulis.blogspot.com/ http://bdugateway.dreamhosters.com

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Applications are invited for the post of Librarian by St. George College.
by Sri Ramchandra Madar 17 Feb '14

17 Feb '14

Applications are invited for the post of Librarian by St. George College of Management, Science & Nursing. 1) Post: Librarian (Female). 2) Qualification: MLISc. with experience / Freshers may apply. 3) Interested candidates may send resume to, *shaijujohn(a)hotmail.com <shaijujohn(a)hotmail.com>* 4) Address: St. George College of Management, Science & Nursing, Banasavadi, Bangalore - 43. Mob. 9742575774. Source: Deccan Herald, Sunday, February 16, 2014. -- Regards, Sri Ramchandra Madar ( B.A., M.L.I.Sc.) Librarian, Roohi college of Nursing, Hennur - Bagalur Main Road, Bangalore-562149. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulation Dr. Jyoti Bhabal
by Bhupendra Bansod 17 Feb '14

17 Feb '14

Dear Dr Jyoti Bhabal, Hearty congratulations for getting Phd degree from SNDT Women's University, Mumbai on the topic " Academic and Professional Needs of College and University Teachers belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes: Role of the Library" Under the guidance of Dr. Bharati Sen. The study was designed to determine different information sources refer for fulfilling the academic and professional needs of the college and university teachers belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/ ST). It also examined the role of the library in fulfilling these needs of the teachers. This research focused on three aspects i.e. 1) teaching and related activities, 2) research and publications, 3) career advancement. This is very unique topic in LIS and you have been elaborated very impressively. We wish you continue to do research and contribute for the betterment of LIS profession. with best wishes (note Dr. Jyoti Bhabals email id is jyotibhabal(a)gmail.com) -- Bhupendra Bansod, Librarian, PVDT College of Education, SNDT Women's University, Churchgate, Mumbai - 20 Mo. +91 9029092218 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Kendriya Vidyalays to implement New Library Policy and Procedure Manual 2013
by faisal sl 17 Feb '14

17 Feb '14

Dear All, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) is the premier organization in School Education sector in the country administering1094 schools (Kendriya Vidyalayas) and catering more than 11 lakh students (as on 31.01.2013). Since its inception in 1963, Libraries have been given with utmost importance and been considered as integral for the academic excellence of the learners and teachers. In 2011, a national level Committee was formed to assess the status of KV Libraries and to revise the existing Library Policy, to integrate it with the dynamically changing learning environments. The objective was to redesign the entire KV Library System and set new standards and guidelines. Suggestions were invited from all stakeholders including library professionals, administrators and Associations. Meetings were held at different levels. The Members visited many reputed school libraries. They studied the situation in other countries and went through their school library standards and manuals. It was found that, although all KVs having own libraries, physical and intellectual (collection) status varies. After careful deliberations, the Committee brought out a draft proposal in 2012 and that was circulated among all Kendriya Vidyalayas around the country. The suggestions and comments received were considered during the final preparation of the Policy. The document consists of two parts (i) Library Policy and (ii) Procedure Manual. The chapters include (i) Resources (ii) Staffing (iii) Library Management (iii) Library Services and Activities and (vi) Monitoring and Evaluation. The Appendices include Annual Library Activity Plan (ALAP), Model Library Furniture Designs, Suggested Periodicals, Librarians' Diary, etc. The need of recruiting a Library Assistant was stated in the proposal with all details including his/her qualifications and duties and responsibilities. The Committee also proposed to rename the Librarians as TGT(LIS) to bring them into the academic stream and status. There are many more changes in the document to take KV Libraries into global level. KVS has approved the new Library Policy and to recruit Library Assistants in big schools. The renaming of Librarians as TGT (LIS) has also been considered and will be finalized soon. We hope that the New Library Policy and Procedure Manual will reshape the Library scenario in KVs and will set an example for other school systems. At this juncture, on behalf of all KV Librarians and as a Member of the Committee, I would like to appreciate Kendriya Vidyalya Sangathan to take this bold step and congratulate all KV Librarians who shared their time and efforts to make this venture a great success. The Members of KV Librarians Network ( http://kvlibrarians.grou.ps/) deserve special appreciation. I also thank AIKVTA and other professional bodies to support our cause. This was a team effort and all credit goes to KV Librarians around the country. Thanks and regards S.L.Faisal Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom http://librarykvpattom.wordpress.com Thiruvananthapuram-695 004 Kerala, India Ph.09447699724 KV Librarians' Network http://kvlibrarians.grou.ps http://libraryjunction.net http://faceabook.info http://librarysocialconnect.wordpress.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] KV's New Lib. Policy and Procedure Manual 2013, Best Ex. for UGC to Follow
by Ishwar Goudar 17 Feb '14

17 Feb '14

Dear Professionals, Let us congratulate KVS, its authorities and members of the committee concerned and other KV Librarians, specfically Mr. Faisal, who took lot of interest and initiative in bringing out " New Library Policy and Procedures 2013 for KV Schools. This has put all KV Libraries in proper perspective including adoption of ICT for services, status of Librarian, additional staff, good collection building, appropriate furniture and other infrastructure, evaluation of performance, stoppage of unnecessary harassment of librarins, etc. They also conduct high quality Refresher Cources for Librarians by KVS Regional Centres. I had opportunity of addressing this group twice at Mysore. I was really impressed with the program and some of the initiatives they have taken. Some of them want to pursue PhD. Good luck for all those who take further steps in this matter. I hope all KV Librarians take the advantage of these developments and provide quality services for the benefit of school children, who's demands are increasing especially due their prelearnt ICT skills and bring good name to the profession. *UGC and Univ. Librarians May Take a Note:* The KVS has set an example for others, especially many Universities in the country, thousands degree colleges and PU colleges to follow the suit. The UGC should take an initiative in this matter and form a committee (I don't know whether such committee was set up earlier, and if there was one what is the outcome) consisting of: 4-5 Univ Librarians, who have excelled in thier career and have been successful in reshaping their libraries; 1-2 VCs; Director Inflibnet; Administartive and Finance Heads of UGC; 1-2 outside librarians from CSIR and DRDO as they have broughout similar Manual already with Vice Chairman of UGC as its Chairman. This is required as many university libraries are in bad shape due to various reasons like scarcity of staff including nonavailabilty of Univ Librarian, paucity of funds and infrastructure, apathy of management, disinterest of Library staff both towards service and equipmping themselves with ICT skills, step motherly treatment in terms of service conditions, etc. Regards, ---------------------- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Ex. Visiting Professor and Library Adviser Mysore University Library University of Mysore Manasagangotri, MYSORE - 570 006 Ex Scientist 'G' and Head, ICAST, NAL, Bangalore E-mail: goudarishwar(a)gmail.com On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:21 AM, faisal sl <slfaizal(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All, > > Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) is the premier organization in > School Education sector in the country administering1094 schools > (Kendriya Vidyalayas) and catering more than 11 lakh students (as on > 31.01.2013). Since its inception in 1963, Libraries have been given > with utmost importance and been considered as integral for the > academic excellence of the learners and teachers. > > In 2011, a national level Committee was formed to assess the status of > KV Libraries and to revise the existing Library Policy, to integrate > it with the dynamically changing learning environments. The objective > was to redesign the entire KV Library System and set new standards and > guidelines. Suggestions were invited from all stakeholders including > library professionals, administrators and Associations. Meetings were > held at different levels. The Members visited many reputed school > libraries. They studied the situation in other countries and went > through their school library standards and manuals. > > It was found that, although all KVs having own libraries, physical and > intellectual (collection) status varies. After careful deliberations, > the Committee brought out a draft proposal in 2012 and that was > circulated among all Kendriya Vidyalayas around the country. The > suggestions and comments received were considered during the final > preparation of the Policy. The document consists of two parts (i) > Library Policy and (ii) Procedure Manual. The chapters include (i) > Resources (ii) Staffing (iii) Library Management (iii) Library > Services and Activities and (vi) Monitoring and Evaluation. The > Appendices include Annual Library Activity Plan (ALAP), Model Library > Furniture Designs, Suggested Periodicals, Librarians' Diary, etc. > > The need of recruiting a Library Assistant was stated in the proposal > with all details including his/her qualifications and duties and > responsibilities. The Committee also proposed to rename the Librarians > as TGT(LIS) to bring them into the academic stream and status. There > are many more changes in the document to take KV Libraries into global > level. > > KVS has approved the new Library Policy and to recruit Library > Assistants in big schools. The renaming of Librarians as TGT (LIS) has > also been considered and will be finalized soon. We hope that the New > Library Policy and Procedure Manual will reshape the Library scenario > in KVs and will set an example for other school systems. > > At this juncture, on behalf of all KV Librarians and as a Member of > the Committee, I would like to appreciate Kendriya Vidyalya Sangathan > to take this bold step and congratulate all KV Librarians who shared > their time and efforts to make this venture a great success. The > Members of KV Librarians Network ( http://kvlibrarians.grou.ps/) > deserve special appreciation. I also thank AIKVTA and other > professional bodies to support our cause. > > This was a team effort and all credit goes to KV Librarians around the country. > > Thanks and regards > > > > S.L.Faisal > Librarian > Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom > http://librarykvpattom.wordpress.com > Thiruvananthapuram-695 004 > Kerala, India > Ph.09447699724 > > > KV Librarians' Network > http://kvlibrarians.grou.ps > > http://libraryjunction.net > http://faceabook.info > http://librarysocialconnect.wordpress.com > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Announcement - Workshop on Designing & Management of Web Based Library Services
by Mailing List Admin 17 Feb '14

17 Feb '14

Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 19:19:18 +0530 From: jiban(a)isical.ac.in Dear Colleagues, Library, Documentation & Information Science Division of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) will be organizing a five-day Workshop on Designing and Management of Web Based Library Services to be held at DLIS, Mizoram University, Aizawl during 11-15 March 2014. The Workshop is an initiative under the aegis of North-East Development Programme of the Institute. Therefore, the LIS professionals representing various organizations at the North-Eastern Region of India may submit their registration. There will be no registration fee, but the number of participants will be limited to a maximum of 25 (only) on first-come-first-served basis. However, travel expenses, free accommodation, etc. will be provided to the registered participants. Completed registration form must be submitted to the Joint Convener on or before 4 March 2014. A scanned copy of the registration form (duly completed) may be send to: <rkn05(a)rediffmail.com> and CC to: <isilibworkshop(a)gmail.com> The Workshop will be a mix of lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on practices. Interactive sessions with eminent experts will be a great experience, a perfect blend of educational and practical learning. More detail about the registration is available in the Information Brochure (attached in PDF). Regards Jiban K. Pal Library Documentation & Info. Science Division Indian Statistical Institute, 203 B. T. Road, Kolkata - 700108, West Bengal., India. URL: http://www.isical.ac.in/~jiban

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Academic Torrents
by Mailing List Admin 17 Feb '14

17 Feb '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 15:59:12 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> An interesting and useful development: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2014/02/technology/academic-torrents-offers-ne… All researchers in India can take advantage of Academic Torrents. Arun

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Nisarg Mitra starts 'library on wheels'
by noufal＠tatamotors.com 17 Feb '14

17 Feb '14

Dear colleagues: An interesting initiative by Nisarg Mitra, NGO , to nurture science reading habit among students. Hope you may also like to read. KOLHAPUR: Nisarg Mitra, a city-based non-governmental organization (NGO), has started a 'library on wheels' campaign to inculcate the habit of reading science-related books among schoolchildren. The NGO will not only involve schools but also students, parents and school going autrickshaws. Since last week, around 40 autorickshaw drivers were approached to participate in this campaign. Over 70 schools in the city and adjoining areas have also been requested to be a part of the campaign. The aim is to create awareness about the environment, health and science among the school kids below 14 years of age. The NGO has received a good response to the campaign so far. Anil Chougule, the coordinator of Nisarg Mitra, said, "Our aim is to promote the habit of reading science among children. We have approached schools and are also involving autorickshaw drivers ferrying schoolchildren. We requested drivers to find out how many children in their rickshaws are interested in reading books during the commute to school. We received a response from 40 drivers, after which we distributed a set of 10 books to each rickshaw for 15 days without any rent." The NGO has requested schools to select 10 children, who want to read books related to the environment and science. It received a response from 50 city-based schools and 20 schools from the adjoining areas. "We have distributed a set of books to these schools. Along with the books, we also distributed a questionnaire for the children. They can also who participate in a residence camp for science awareness by solving a question paper. The winning 30 students can attend the camp," Chougule said. The basic concept of the NGO is to create awareness about environment, health and science among the school-going kids of age group below 14 years. It has requested the school-rickshaw drivers in the city, to help them reach the children and has received a good response so far. "Our idea was to enhance science reading habit in the children. We are working on the two fronts. At one end, we are involving autorickshaw drivers who transport school children and secondly we have approached schools. We requested drivers to find out how many children in their rickshaws are interested to read books during travel to school. We have received response from 40 drivers and then we distributed a set of 10 books to each rickshaw for 15 days without any rent," said Anil Chougule, coordinator of Nisarg Mitra. The NGO also approached schools and requested them to select 10 children from the premises who want to read books related to environment and science, resulting in response from 50 city-based schools and 20 schools from the adjoined areas. "We have distributed same set of books to the schools. Along with the books, we have also distributed a questionnaire to the children. After book reading those who want to participate in a residence camp for science awareness, will be asked to solve the paper. Winning 30 student entries will be entitled to the camp," Chougule added. Nisarg Mitra has started the drive to celebrate science month and targeting to reach over 700 children to promote the science. The books were selected by the experts and the questionnaire was prepared by the three science teachers. Source: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-02-11/kolhapur/47234311 _1_autorickshaw-drivers-science-awareness-books Noufal.PP Library & Information Services Management Training Centre Tata Motors Jamshedpur Mob:09234607094 LP:0657 6693633 ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** "This e-Mail may contain proprietary and confidential information and is sentfor the intended recipient(s) only. If, by an addressing or transmission error,this mail has been misdirected to you, you are requested to delete this mailimmediately. You are also hereby notified that any use, any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of this e-mail message,contents or its attachment(s) other than by its intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily of the organization. Before opening attachment(s), please scan for viruses." ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Nine-year-old UK girl reads 364 books in seven months
by Jayadev P Hiremath 16 Feb '14

16 Feb '14

LONDON: A nine-year-old voracious reader in the UK has managed to read an incredible 364 books in just seven months. Faith, of Ashley, Cheshire, shuns TV and computer games, preferring to settle down with a Roald Dahl<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Roald-Dahl>or Harry Potter <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Harry-Potter>. Faith developed her love for books at an early age after she was encouraged to read more by teachers at her primary school, 'the 'Daily Express' reported. "Faith says reading is just as stimulating as TV or computer games because you have to use your imagination rather than let the screen conjure it up for you," said Faith's mother, Lauren. "I mostly like books with animals or magic or adventures in them. But my life is not all about books," Faith said. "I do four hours of gymnastics every week, do karate classes, play netball and I'm learning to play the drums," she said. -- Thanks and regards. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jayadev P. Hiremath University Librarian Karnataka State Law University Navanagar, Hubli - 580 001 Tel : +91 836 2222901 Fax : +91 836 2323151 Mob. +91 9886080147 Website : http://www.kslu.ac.in/ E-mail : jayadevh(a)hotmail.com LinkedIn : http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jayadev-p-hiremath/44/12a/2a0 Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/people/Jayadev-P-Hiremath/603802230 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Status of Librarians
by jharavu 15 Feb '14

15 Feb '14

I have been following with interest the threads of postings on the status of librarians. I would like to raise a few fundamental issues. The problem of status seems very specific to Indian librarians. From my experience overseas, this does not seem to be an issue at all. 1. Status to a profession is something that is *given* by a society or community based on the usefulness of the professionals to that society or community; status is not *demanded*. 2. Each profession, vocation, or calling has a distinct role to play in society. The conception that some people are more equal than others, have a higher status or a better status, is an unfortunate distortion, an egocentric distortion that some of us propagate to give it legitimacy. 3. Another unfortunate definition of status that most of us have is that of the salaries we earn. We would all definitely like to earn good salaries and we should strive to make them at par with similar professions to ensure that the same caliber people are available to do justice to the profession. But, just because someone earns less than another no one needs to relate that to status. A mother or grandmother in a family may earn nothing at all, but if she is doing a wonderful job running the home, she will attract status. Good nurses in hospitals are regarded as indispensable because doctors cannot do without them. This even if they earn less than doctors. 4. Good teachers are put on a pedestal by students and their families and very often are remembered by them for life and even helped in ways that money cannot compensate. *A teacher's status arises from what she gives and not what she gets**.* I would again reiterate that every profession should have its status and the right salaries. Sometimes this does not happen. But it will not get corrected just by demanding for it. We need to sow the seeds for it and make it happen. 5. If librarians feel that they don’t have the status they deserve, I think they need to do some serious introspection. I would urge my library friends to ask themselves these questions: How useful have I been today to a student? What can I do to make myself more useful. Are my services relevant to the community today, or am I doing these because they have been done for so many years? When was the last time that I interacted with a faculty member? Do I know what topics are being taught in the various subjects of? Have I found out if the books being bought are useful, and if so how? These are only a few of the questions. There are many more such questions that I am sure you can think of. 6. I think that librarians in India do not interact with their users effectively and regularly. One of the serious problems is the general lack of good communication skills by librarians in India. This alone puts them at a great disadvantage. We are too much involved in the nitty gritty of librarianship (or library science) and not enough with those who need services. 7. One rather obvious symptom of the inferiority complex of librarians is seen in the number of Fetschrifts of librarians. As soon as a librarian retires, his/her junior colleagues take upon themselves to ask for contributions to a Fetschrift. A friendly publisher comes forward to sponsor or publish it. The articles are not necessarily of much value. I wonder, why we seek such satisfaction and recognition. The work you leave behind, the colleagues to whom you provide leadership, the users who remember you is adequate according to me. I wrote a case study for our book on Teaching Library Management using Case Studies. The story is a hypothetical one of how a librarian asking for status was guided by a professor and the actions that the librarian did to raise the status of the library and hence also his status. Though the story is hypothetical, I believe it is not beyond the possible. L J Haravu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Extension of date for submission of papers - National seminar at Bijapur
by Prahalad G Tadasad 14 Feb '14

14 Feb '14

Dear Sir/Madam Owing to the request of fellow professionals and LIS research scholars, the date for submission of full paper for the national seminar on Digital shift: Making libraries relevant for education and research to be held on 6-7 March 2014 at Karnataka State Women's University Bijapur has been extended from 15th February as indicated below *Last date for submission of full paper : 20th February 2014* *Last date for showing interest to submit the paper through mail: 18th February 2014* For more information : pls contact Dr P G Tadasad Organizing Secretary at digitalshift2014(a)gmail.com Thanking you -- Dr P G Tadasad Professor and Chairman Department of Library and Information Science University Librarian (I/C) Special Officer Development Cell Karnataka State Women's University, Jnanashakti, Torvi Bijapur 586108 Tel: 08352 229012 (O); 08352 240021 (O); 08352 272 436 (R); Mobile: 09448180973 (M) E-mil: pgtadasad(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Applications are invited for the post of Librarian by DPS, Whitefield and Mysore Road.
by Sri Ramchandra Madar 14 Feb '14

14 Feb '14

Applications are invited for the post of Librarian by Delhi Public School, Whitefield & New Delhi Public School Mysore Road ( west Bangalore), 1) Post: Librarian. 2) Qualification: BLISc with experience in setting up library and passionate about books. 3) Interested applicant can send in their resume along with a recent photograph within 07 days (On / before18-02-2014) by email / by post. 4) Please indicate the position and branch applied to in the "subject" field of your email. 5) E-Mail: dpswhitefield(a)gmail.com / info(a)dpswestblr.com. 6) If you are sending the resume by post, kindly superscribe the envelope with the position and branch applied for, addressed to, Delhi Public School, Whitefield Survey No.123. Mallasndra Village, Hoskote Taluk, Bangalore - 560 066. & Delhi Public School, Mysore Road ( west Bangalore), Survey No. 41, K.Golahalli Village, Kengeri Hobli, Off Mysore Road, Bangalore - 560 074. Source: The Times Of India, Wednesday, February 12, 2014, Page. 17. -- Regards, Sri Ramchandra Madar ( B.A., M.L.I.Sc.) Librarian, Roohi college of Nursing, Hennur - Bagalur Main Road, Bangalore-562149. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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No doubt librarians are teachers in schools, colleges and universities and scientists in research institutions
by Dr. A.T. Francis 14 Feb '14

14 Feb '14

Dear Library Professionals, Let me reiterate my views on librarians. No doubt librarians are teachers in schools, colleges and universities and scientists in research institutions. They should teach students as well as teachers and do research along with other scientists. Then only students and teachers can do quality education and research. Indirect teaching of all related subjects though libraries is the main task of the libraries and librarians. To effectively do the academic process of teaching, learning and research, it requires class room teaching also by the librarians. All agricultural universities in India is handling a course, named: Library and Information Service (0+1 Credit) for their PG and PhD courses from about 40 years back as insisted by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR, the regulatory body in agriculture similar to UGC in other subjects).Central, Navodhaya and CBSESchools are best example that their librarians are teachers and now they are planning to re-designate the librarians as TGT/PGT. All Govt. of India and Govt.of Kerala research institutions designated librarians as teachers/scientists. Unfortunately, many authorities in India also in Kerala are trying to de-link teaching/research from libraries. This is an anti-social move to be curbed at any cost. We have the primary responsibility to educate the political and administrative authorities about the important role to be played by libraries and librarians. Otherwise the national investment on education and research will be in futile. Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY & IT NODAL OFFICER 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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Course Admission -- DRTC/ISI
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 14 Feb '14

14 Feb '14

Dear Professionals Please see below DRTC/ISI advertisement for MSLIS and JRF(LIS) admissions 2014 We request you to kindly forward this to aspirants and candidates and also to display the information in notice boards your institute/university/department/libraries. Head, DRTC ================================================================= Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore 560059 ADMISSION NOTICE 2014-2015 ========================== Documentation Research & Training Centre, a unit of the Indian Statistical Institute, founded by Late Prof. S. R. Ranganathan is an internationally recognized centre for advanced training and research in this area. The DRTC now offers M.S. Programme in Library & Information Science with the primary objective of preparing the next generation information managers. This new and unique programme offers an ideal blend of courses spanning library science, information technology, knowledge management and quantitative studies. For those with an aptitude for higher studies and research the M.S. Programme provides a solid foundation for Ph.D. programmes. M.S. in Library and Information Science ===================================== ELIGIBILITY ----------- 3-year Bachelors degree in any discipline. Stipend Rs.5000/- per month. DURATION -------- The duration of the Programme is 24 months (2 Years); the programme is offered only at the ISI Bangalore Centre Junior Research Fellowship in Library and Information Science ============================================================= ELIGIBILITY ------------- A consistent good academic record with first or high second class in M.S.(LIS) awarded by the Indian Statistical Institute or Associateship in Documentation and Information Science of the Indian Statistical Institute or NISCAIR/INSDOC or its equivalent degree(such as Master's degree in Library and Information Science from any University) with at least 55% marks in undergraduate programme. All eligible students will receive fellowship Rs.16,000/- per month (Offered at Bangalore). Selection Procedure =================== Selection of candidates is based on merit as judged by their performance in written tests and interviews conducted by the Institute. Past academic record may also be taken into consideration. Due consideration is given to SC/ST/OBC/Physically Challenged candidates for above programme (i.e., excluding Junior Research Fellowship programme). Detailed procedures for selection of the candidates who have been offered Junior Research Fellowships are available in the prospectus. Limited hostel facilities are available. How to apply? ============= Application procedure: --------------------- Candidates from outside India may send an email to dean(a)isical.ac.in with subject Admission 2014-2015 for the application procedure. Candidates in India can apply only ON-LINE through the official website http://www.isical.ac.in/~deanweb. Applicants should read carefully the instructions, Prospectus given in the website before filling in the application form. An applicant must have access to the Internet, an email account, acrobat reader and need to have a digital copy of his/her photo and signature in appropriate format and size (see Prospectus). Application Fee: ----------------- Rs. 500.00 for all applicants in the general category and all applicants for the JRF programmes (irrespective of reservation category), Rs.250.00 for applicants belonging to SC/ST/OBC categories for all programmes excluding JRF programme. Mode of payment: ---------------- The challan generated by the on-line system must be taken to any branch of State Bank of India. The bank will accept only in cash the application fee as given above and bank charges (Rs.40). Incomplete/Improper Application Forms will be rejected. For further queries, prospectus, sample questions etc. visit http://www.isical.ac.in/~deanweb. For any further information about the courses above you may write to: head(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in or visit http://drtc.isibang.ac.in IMPORTANT DATES: =============== On-line Application Starts : 5 February 2014 On-line Application Ends : 6 March 2014 Payment of Application Fee at SBI Branches Starts: 7 February 2014 Payment of Application Fee at SBI Branches Ends: 9 March 2014 ISI Admission Test : 11 May 2014 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CBSE introduces "Library and Information Science" as an Academic Elective Subject in Senior Secondary Schools from 2014-'15
by faisal sl 14 Feb '14

14 Feb '14

Dear All, The CBSE has introduced "Library and Information Science" as an Academic Elective Subject in Senior Secondary Schools from the academic session 2014-'15 in classes XI-XII (Subject Code 079) on pilot basis in some selected schools. See the circular here, http://www.cbseacademic.in/web_material/Circulars/2014/7_LIS.pdf Let me quote from the circular. " One of the important aspects of this elective is to improve the education system for Library and Information Science at school level which may be equivalent to Diploma holders in Library and Information Science.The elective will import some of the basic of L.I.Sc to those who aspire to pursue higher studies in Library and Information Science. The Course is defined with the following objectives: 1. To develop the basic understanding of theory and practical part of Library & Information Science among student 2. To develop knowledge and skill to pursue the subject for higher education in future; and 3. To develop basic skill to work as Library Semi Professional in the Library, if drop out after +2 Level." The Library and Information Science, an academic elective (Code No 079) would nurture the interest of students and expose them to the nuances of skills and approaches required in this field. The elective can be offered by students as one of the four elective subjects and also as an additional elective subject at senior secondary stage in combination with any of the subjects that are already available in the Scheme of Studies of the Board." Detailed Course description for Classes XI and XII is also given in the circular. The minimum qualification for Teachers in Library & Information Science is fixed as Master‟s degree in Library & Information Science (M.L.I.Sc) from a recognised University. Here is a link to the report appeared on Amar Ujala on the subject. http://kvlibrarians.grou.ps/blogs/item/introduction-of-%E2%80%98lis%E2%80%9… *************************************************************** Thanks and regards S.L.Faisal Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom http://librarykvpattom.wordpress.com Thiruvananthapuram-695 004 Kerala, India Ph.09447699724 KV Librarians' Network http://kvlibrarians.grou.ps http://libraryjunction.net http://faceabook.info http://librarysocialconnect.wordpress.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need Urgent Article....
by Jaya Deshmukh 14 Feb '14

14 Feb '14

Dear Library Professionals, One of our faculty member has urgently required the below mentioned article for his study and reference purpose. It would be highly appreciated if one can send the soft/hard copy of this article for his said purpose. *Title : The role of contact angles and contact angle hysteresis in dropwise condensation heat transfer* *Author : A.W. Neumann, A. H. Abdelmessih and A. Hameed* *Voll - 21. Issue -7, Year - : July 1978,* *Pages 947-953* -- Thanks.... From:- Jaimala S. Deshmukh Library In-Charge Mauli College of Engineering and Technology, Shegon -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application Invites qualified and experienced staff for the academic year 2014-2015.
by Sri Ramchandra Madar 13 Feb '14

13 Feb '14

Application Invites qualified and experienced staff for the academic year 2014-2015. 1) Post: Librarian. 2) Salary: 14,000/- Per month, it includes management P.F. and E.S.I. 3) Apply in own hand writing with photo to the Secretary within 07 days. 4) Address: Camlin English School, 6th 'C' Main, 4th Cross, Hampi Nagar( R.P.C. Layout), Bangalore-560104. Source: Deccan Herald, Wednesday, February 12, 2014. -- Regards, Sri Ramchandra Madar ( B.A., M.L.I.Sc.) Librarian, Roohi college of Nursing, Hennur - Bagalur Main Road, Bangalore-562149. -- 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 on 15th to 18th February, 2014.
by Sri Ramchandra Madar 13 Feb '14

13 Feb '14

Walk in Interview on 15th to 18th February, 2014, with credentials to meet expansion plans for the academic year 2014-2015. 1) Post : Librarian. 2) Qualification: As per CBSE norms. 3) Address: Harward International School, CBSE, Affiliated No.830335, Dasanapur, Tumakur Road, Bangalore North - 562 123. Source: The Times of India, Wednesday, February 12, 2014. -- Regards, Sri Ramchandra Madar ( B.A., M.L.I.Sc.) Librarian, Roohi college of Nursing, Hennur - Bagalur Main Road, Bangalore-562149. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Writing by Mr.Anand ....
by Rajashekhar Devarai 13 Feb '14

13 Feb '14

Dear Mr.Anand, Your views on LiS Profession are indeed appreciable. Just like other professionals like nurses, teachers or accountants librarians do have lot of apprehensions about status and images of the profession. It is very simple.... as librarians we always think of what the profession has done for us ... and we rarely think about what we have done for the profession and how we are responsible for its status and image. There are some studies / research by librarians themselves and Sociologists of Professions. It is time all of us be little aware of such studies instead of blind groping and making loose comments. I have summed up some such thoughts in couple of my papers. I have placed here link of one of my papers which would be useful to all who .... who wonder on our image and status in society. It may also be useful to all those who have started a very humiliating series of opinions on 'how librarianship is a dyeing profession' ... at American Library Associations Sub Group ... ' Lis career' on LinkedIn social Network... Here is my link to my paper titled .... Librarianship and the professional model ... a sociological critique ... http://eprints.rclis.org/5826/Best wishesRajashekhar Devarailotus5673(a)yahoo.co.in Sent from Yahoo! Mail for Windows 8 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need Article
by Somashekhar Lalasangi 13 Feb '14

13 Feb '14

from somashekhar lalasangi Asst Librarian Digital Library BLDE University Bijapur I request you to kindly arrange to send this papers as soon as, Below mentioned details, It's very urgent. *Application of Chemokine CXC Motif Ligand 12 as a Novel Diagnostic Marker in Preoperative Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma* Jung Y.Y. · Park I.A. · Kim M.A · Min H.S. · Won J.K. · Ryu H.S. Acta Cytologica 2013;57:447-454 (DOI: 10.1159/000351305) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Five Days Week for primary in KV in from April14
by Mailing List Admin 13 Feb '14

13 Feb '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 13 Feb 2014 07:44:43 -0000 From: subhasish karak <subhasish.karak(a)rediffmail.com> Dear Sir/Madam Last Board of Governance (BOG) meeting of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan the following agendas approved.- 1. Five days week for Primary students (not for teachers). 2. Committee to be formed for the reduction of time for class IX-XII. 3.Library Assistant post to be created for Big schools. 4.Post Librarian is re-designated as TGT(LS) i.e. Trend Graduate Teacher(Library Science) with out any change of pay. 5.Pay scale of DC may be revised for higher one. 6.No discussion for MACP,CPF more to click bellowhttp://www.aikvta.net/bog/ Thanking You Subhasish Karak General Secretary All India Kendriya Vidyalaya Teachers' Association West Bengal

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Fw: [UNIVERS] Applications for Attendance Grants for IFLA Lyon NOW OPEN - Closing February 28 2014
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 13 Feb '14

13 Feb '14

Apologies for cross postings. On Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:05 AM, Janet Fletcher <janet.fletcher(a)unsw.edu.au> wrote: ----------------------- The Academic and Research Libraries Section (ARL), with generous sponsorship by ExLibris and Sage, is offering THREE (3) Attendance Grants for the IFLA Congress in Lyon 2014 to an information professional from each of these regions: • Africa • Latin America • Asia/Pacific region Each grant covers the registration fee of Euro 455 as well as support for travel and/or accommodation up to Euro 700. Applicants must be able to attend the Congress and will be responsible for all other costs associated with Congress attendance. Please see the Conference website for further details about the Congress. The winners will be required to attend the IFLA Awards session to receive their certificates, and also attend the ARL’s Hot Topics session. They will also be required to take part in various publicity events during the conference, such as photo shoots and events organised at the two sponsors’ exhibition stalls. Their essays may be published on the ARL Section blog before the conference. Recipients will be required to write a brief article about their Congress experience (approximately 500 words) for publication on the ARL Section blog within 3 months of the end of the Congress. ELIGIBILITY · Applicants must be eligible to obtain a visa for travel. · Applicants must declare they are able to fund all other costs beyond the grant that are involved in attending the Congress, e.g. all other hotel, travel and subsistence expenses NOT covered by the Grant. · Those who have previously received this Grant (formerly known as Essay Contest) cannot apply again. APPLICATION PROCEDURES Your application will include: (A) A covering letter providing: · your contact details (e.g. name and email address) · short summary of your employment and/or student status First-time IFLA attendees, young professionals, students of Library and Information Studies (LIS) and those working in LIS jobs for the first time will have an advantage in the competition, so make sure you mention this if you belong to one of these categories. (B) A written statement of up to 500 words, on · how attending IFLA will benefit you in a personal and/or professional capacity, with reference to the 2014 theme of the conference · how you intend to apply the benefits that you have outlined in a practical way after the Congress, either for you personally or for the library/information unit you work in. · a budget/cost estimate for travel and hotel up to Euro 700, that would not normally be funded by other grants or your place of work. (C) a declaration that you are able to fund all other costs beyond the Grant when attending the Congress, and that you are eligible to obtain a visa for travel Your application must be received by Friday February 28th, 2014 · All applications will be acknowledged upon receipt. · All applicants will receive notification of award status no later thanMay 1, 2014 Please send your application with your address, telephone number, and email address no later than February 28th, 2014, to Ane Landoy, via attachment in email – ane.landoy(a)ub.uib.no This Attendance Grant is generously sponsored by both ExLibris and Sage We humbly request your support in encouraging applicants to respond by forwarding the information to other list managers, colleagues and other associations. Kind Regards Janet Fletcher Information Co-ordinator Academic and Research Libraries’ Section IFLA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re-degination of KV Librarian
by subhasish karak 13 Feb '14

13 Feb '14

In the recently held BOG meeting of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, New Delhi1.The Librarians of KV are going to be re-designated as Trend Graduate Teacher(Library Science) with out any pay change. It is to mentioned that Librarians of KV are already getting the scale of TGT of other subject.2.Keeping the workload of KV librarians the additional post of Library Assistant is also created for big schools.Here it is to mentioned that KV libraries are one of the finest school library system in India having a collection of 10000-40000. Subscribes daily 6-12 newspapers, 40-60 magazines, 4 NCERT journals and fully barcoded, internet access, and yearly issue ranges from 10000-15000. This is really manageable, and over burdened, to them.The health of them also affected for this super over burdened task. Where as in colleges for 5000 books one librarian, one MTS, for 10000 or more books 2 librarians, one clerk, one MTS is there as per UGC norms.Thank the All India Kendriya VIdyalay! a Teachers Association (AIKVTA) for its continuous effort to achieve this.-Subhasish KarakGeneral SecretaryAIKVTAWest Bengal State Committee -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invite for : ICSU CODATA/World Data System International Conference - SciDataCon 2014
by Usha Munshi 13 Feb '14

13 Feb '14

Please circulate the following via LIS Forum CODATA (ICSU's Committee on Data for Science and Technology) http://www.codata.org and the ICSU World Data System http://www.icsu-wds.org are collaborating to organize a joint conference, *SciDataCon 2014 http://www.scidatacon2014.org <http://www.scidatacon2014.org/> *in New Delhi on 2-5 November 2014. Highlighting the theme of '*Data Sharing and Integration for Global Sustainability*', this will be a major international conference addressing various issues relating to data and international research. Interested professional/Researchers/Scientists may visit the Conference Website for further details. Usha Mujoo Munshi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: papers required
by Mahesh *Y* 13 Feb '14

13 Feb '14

Dear Professional friends, our faculty member need below article for his research purpose. kindly send the below article.. 1) Journal of Solution Chemistry<http://link.springer.com/journal/10953> July 2013, Volume 42, Issue 6<http://link.springer.com/journal/10953/42/6/page/1> , pp 1183-1193 *Kinetics and Mechanism of the Oxidation of 4-Oxo-4-arylbutanoic Acids by N-bromophthalimide in Aqueous Acetic Acid Medium* · N. A. Mohamed Farook<http://link.springer.com/search?facet-author=%22N.+A.+Mohamed+Farook%22> , N. M. I. Alhaji<http://link.springer.com/search?facet-author=%22N.+M.+I.+Alhaji%22> , A. M. Uduman Mohideen<http://link.springer.com/search?facet-author=%22A.+M.+Uduman+Mohideen%22> , G. A. Seyed Dameen<http://link.springer.com/search?facet-author=%22G.+A.+Seyed+Dameen%22> , · Liviu Mitu<http://link.springer.com/search?facet-author=%22Liviu+Mitu%22> ,M. Abshana Begam<http://link.springer.com/search?facet-author=%22M.+Abshana+Begam%22> · 2) Alkaline hexacyanoferrate(III) oxidation of substituted 4-oxo acids: a mechanistic study 1. F. J. Maria Pushparaj1, S. Kannan2, L. Vikram1, Lalitha S. Kumar2, K. S. Rangappa3,* Article first published online: 7 JUL 2005 DOI: 10.1002/poc.968 -- *With Regards* * Mahesh.Y Librarian,Shri Pillappa College of Engineering, Bangalore-89. * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National symposium on citations, Impact Factor and copyright at Sri Sarada College for Women, Tirunelveli
by Vimal Kumar V. 13 Feb '14

13 Feb '14

Dear Friends National symposium on understanding the role of citations, Impact Factor and copyright in research publications. Venue: Sri. Sarada College for Women, Tirunelveli. Date: 14 February 2014. Contact for registration: B. Vijayalakshmi, Librarian, Sri Sarada College for Women Phone-0462-2520129 Download brochure: https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1/1654112_101526348… https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1/1795553_101526348… -- 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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Librarian Vacant in San Academy - Chennai
by Usha Ramu 12 Feb '14

12 Feb '14

San Academy - CBSE school in search of LIS professionals for its reputed campus functioning in two different locations, Velachery and Pallikaranai respectively. Location : Velachery, Pallikaranai Salary : Negotiable Contact Person : Ms. Lola Mobile 9884601111 Email sanacademy09(a)gmail.com Website http://sanacademy.edu.in/ Interested candidates please forward your resume to the above said mail id on or before 24th February 2014. *Thanks & Regards* *Usha Ramu | Librarian | Archaeological Survey of India|Email id : usha.ramur(a)gmail.com <usha.ramur(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] Need a Hard or Soft copies of IGNOU Study Material
by Gulshan Kumar 12 Feb '14

12 Feb '14

On 11 Feb 2014 12:17, "Gulshan Kumar" <gksachdeva30(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Library Professionals !!! > > i need a hard or soft copies of IGNOU study material of B.Lib and M.Lib. > If any one plz. send your consent. Please arrange as soon as possible > > -- > > > > > *.....Thanks & Regards Gulshan Kr. Sachdeva* > *M.No.- +91-9911496696 <%2B91-9911496696>* > > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Training Workshop on "Storage and Retrieval of Legal Information".
by Shivpal Singh Kushwah 12 Feb '14

12 Feb '14

National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal and the National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC)-ICSSR, New Delhi are jointly organizing a training workshop on "Storage and Retrieval of Legal Information". The workshop will be held at NLIU Campus, Kerwa Dam Road, Bhopal, from 8th-10th March 2014. The target group for the participation in training workshop are research scholars, teachers, working professionals, post graduate students from Law, Social Science, Library and Information Science *discipline, *the nominations for this workshop should reach us, by 25 Feb 2014. The selection of candidate for participation will based on first cum need basis. The detail of the workshop is available at our websitehttp:// www.nliu.ac.in/upevent/upevent-main.html. the brochure with all necessary details is also enclosed for your kind perusal and reference. Dr Shivpal Singh Kushwah Dy. Librarian National Law Institute University, Kerwa Dam Road, Bhopal, India Ph. 0755-2696699 (O) 9617383851(M) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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One Day User Awareness Program on “Shodhganga”:A Digital Repository of Indian e-Theses & e-Dissertations
by Umesh M. L. 12 Feb '14

12 Feb '14

Dear Professionals, Department of Library & Information Science & Mysore University Library University of Mysore Jointly Organize "One Day User Awareness Program on “Shodhganga”: A Digital Repository of Indian e-Theses & e-Dissertations" Prof. K. Chidananda Gowda Former Vice Chancellor Kuvempu University Will Inaugurate Mr. Manoj Kumar Scientist-D (CS), UGC-INFLIBNET Center Will Speak On ‘Shodhganga’: A Digital Repository of Indian e-Theses & e-Dissertations Dr. C. P. Ramshesh University Librarian Will Preside All are Cordially Invited Prof. Khaiser Nikam Chairperson / Convener & Faculty Members /Students/ Staff of the Department and Mysore University Library Date: 15/2/14 Venue: Rani Bahaddur Auditorium, BIMS, Manasagangothri, Mysore Time: 11.00 A M Umesha M L Guest Lecturer Department of Library & Information Science University of Mysore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Conference - NCLC-2014 at Dravidian University, Kuppam: Call for participation and papers
by Vimal Kumar V. 12 Feb '14

12 Feb '14

Dear Friends, Central Library, Dravidian University, Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh organise ‘NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LEAD THE CHANGE: INNOVATIVE INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS IN THE DIGITAL AGE ( NCLC-2014)’ on 7th&8th MARCH, 2014. Quality research papers and case studies will be included in Conference Volume having ISBN. Please download the brochure from the following link to see Conference Details, https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6E3iEzJp74uUDFPZzVINFY2WG8 REGISTRATION FEE --------------------------------------- For LIS professionals, On or before 25 February 2014: Rs. 500 Spot Registration: Rs. 600 Retired Professionals/Research Scholars/ Students On or before 25 February 2014: Rs. 300 Spot Registration: Rs. 400 Registration fee includes conference kit, conference volume, breakfast,lunch, dinner, refreshments. IMPORTANT DATES ------------------------------------------------------ Conference Dates : 7&8 March Deadline for full paper submission: 20 February Notification for acceptance: 22nd February Last date for registration: 7 March HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SEMINAR ----------------------------------------------------- Accommodation The delegates will be provided accommodation in the university hostel/guest house on sharing basis against on first cum first served basis at no cost. Access to Kuppam It can be accessed by train / bus. It is on the railway line connectives Bangalore-Chennai at a distance of 105 km from Bangalore and about 250 km from Chennai. It is about 200 km from Tirupati. The nearest Airport is Bangalore. Best paper award NCLC-2014 gives a 'best paper award' to the best paper in the NCLC-2014 conference. Tutorial on Koha Tutorial on 'Koha' for Innovative Information Professionals may be scheduled during the proceedings of the conference at no cost. Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Technical Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.in http://moovandan.blogspot.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ALLOW SEVEN-DAY BOOK FEST AT PALACE GROUNDS: HC
by Ragaavendra R 11 Feb '14

11 Feb '14

Dear Moderator pls circulate. ALLOW SEVEN-DAY BOOK FEST AT PALACE GROUNDS: HC The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the State government to permit the Bangalore Booksellers and Publishers' Association to hold the Bangalore Book Festival for a period of seven days from May 4 at the Bangalore Palace Grounds. Justice A.S. Bopanna passed the order while disposing of a petition filed by the association questioning the decision of the government that permission beyond three days could not be granted for the festival. The court said that the new guidelines - based on which the permission was initially denied for the festival by a single window agency (SWA) while terming the activity as commercial in nature - could not cannot become final unless they are approved by the Supreme Court, where legality of acquisition of the Bangalore Palace and adjoining properties are pending for adjudication. Not precedent Making it clear that this order cannot be a precedent for hosting other events at the Palace Grounds, the court also noticed that the Chief Minister had granted three days for conduct of the book festival after the SWA denied permission. The court also termed the festival as an event connected with the literary world by giving liberty to the government for imposing necessary conditions for controlling traffic and other issues. The association had alleged that the Government was discriminating in grant of permission to hold commercial events at Palace Grounds while pointing out that a few others were given permission from five days to one year to hold such events. REFERECE LINK: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/allow-sevenday-book-fest-at-p… 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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RFID - Library
by SAIACS, Chief Librarian 11 Feb '14

11 Feb '14

Dear Colleagues, We are suggestions to implement security systems and facilitate in circulation and stack verification. In this regards, we would like to invite your suggestions and share your experience. If any of you have done RFID implementations your library, your insights are much appreciated. With kind regards Yesan Sellan, B.Com., MLISc., PGDLAN, UGC-NET Chief Librarian South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies (SAIACS) 363 Dodda Gubbi Cross Road, Kothanur P.O., Bangalore 77, India Phone: 91 80 2846 5235/5344/ 5649, Fax: 91 80 28465412, Mobile: 91-9972348251 <http://www.saiacs.org/> www.saiacs.org Alternative Email: <mailto:yesans@gmail.com> yesans(a)gmail.com ______________________________________ IMPORTANT : This message is intended only for the addressee. It may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original message. Thank you. P Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Activating SMS facility for koha in India
by Mahesh Angadi 11 Feb '14

11 Feb '14

Dear Members, I have installed koha (3.8.6 version) on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS using liblivecd developed by Dr. A. R. D. Prasad. Using postfix, we are able to relay circulation email notices from gmail account. Now we want to provide circulation notices on patrons cellphone in form of SMS. I searched through the mailing list, however, so far I could not get a suitable solution. I could locate file SMS.pm in C4 directory and files like Send.pm, Driver.pm, Test.pm in /usr/share/perl5/SMS directory. Kindly guide me in this reagrad. -- Mr. Mahesh M. Angadi, Librarian, Model College, Dombivli (E). Contact No. 9869120258, (0251) 2470010. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Re : Articles Required
by Naveen. KS 11 Feb '14

11 Feb '14

Dear Professionals, One of Our college student need following articles for her project work, I request you to kindly arrange to send this papers as soon as, Below mentioned details, It's very urgent. *1) **An efficient approach to predict tumor in 2D Brain image using classification techniques.* *Authors :* Deepak, K.S.<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…>; Comput. Sci. & Eng., K.S. Rangasamy Coll. of Technol., Tiruchengode, India ; Gokul, K.<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…>; Hinduja, R.<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…>; Rajkumar, S<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6508256&quer… 2) Malicious URL filtering -- A big data application *Authors:* Min-Sheng Lin<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…>; Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Taipei, Taiwan ; Chien-Yi Chiu<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…>; Yuh-Jye Lee<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…>; Hsing-Kuo Pao<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6691627&quer… -- Thanks Naveen K.S Librarian Amruta Institute of Engineering & Management Sciences,(AIeMS) Bidadi Industrial Zone,Near Toyota Kirloskar Motors, Off Mysore Road. Bangalore -562109 Mob:9480214162 Mail Id : naveen.ks100(a)gmail.com Web: www.aiems.in -- Thanks Naveen K.S Librarian Amruta Institute of Engineering & Management Sciences,(AIeMS) Bidadi Industrial Zone,Near Toyota Kirloskar Motors, Off Mysore Road. Bangalore -562109 Mob:9480214162 Mail Id : naveen.ks100(a)gmail.com Web: www.aiems.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 Naveen. KS 11 Feb '14

11 Feb '14

Dear All Professionals, Our student need below articles, If anybody have access please send me the same. 1) A model of stateful firewalls and its properties, Gouda, M.G.<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> Published in: Dependable Systems and Networks, 2005. DSN 2005. Proceedings. International Conference <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=9904> http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=1467787&contentT… -- Thanks Naveen K.S Librarian Amruta Institute of Engineering & Management Sciences,(AIeMS) Bidadi Industrial Zone,Near Toyota Kirloskar Motors, Off Mysore Road. Bangalore -562109 Mob:9480214162 Mail Id : naveen.ks100(a)gmail.com Web: www.aiems.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Three days Koha workshop at SH College, Thevara, Ernakulam
by Vimal Kumar V. 11 Feb '14

11 Feb '14

Dear Friends, Consider this message as a reminder to LIS community members who like to participate in Koha workshop. Date: 24-26 February 2014. Venue: SH College, Thevara, Ernakulam Registration Fee: Rs. 1500 for working professionals and Rs. 1000 for students and research scholars. Download workshop brochure and registration form from here, https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6E3iEzJp74uYVMydTBVblFwbk0<https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Ffile%2Fd%…> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6E3iEzJp74uZGItUVo5S0ctS00<https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Ffile%2Fd%…> For more details contact with Mr. Biju, Librarian, SH College. Mobile: 91 944614371 Email: bijuvv at shcollege.ac.in -- 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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ARTICLE REQUEST
by Harish Y S 11 Feb '14

11 Feb '14

Dear All Professionals, Our Research scholar need below articles, If anybody have access please send me the same. 1. Filler cement: The effect of the secondary component on the hydration of Portland cement: Part 2: Fine hydraulic binders,Walter A. Gutteridge, John A. Dalziel Cement and Concrete Research, Volume 20, Issue 6, November 1990, Pages 853–861 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0008-8846(90)90046-Z 2. Filler cement: The effect of the secondary component on the hydration of Portland cement: Part I. A fine non-hydraulic filler Walter A. Gutteridge, John A. Dalziel Cement and Concrete Research Volume 20, Issue 5, September 1990, Pages 778–782 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0008-8846(90)90011-L -- Regards Harish Y S Librarian National Institute of Engineering, Manandavadi Road, Mysore-8, Mob - +919886384826 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS Profession: Image Building and Status Upliftment
by Byrappa, Ananda (GE Global Research) 11 Feb '14

11 Feb '14

Dear all, Good to see Dr. IRN Goudar drawing our attention to LIS professional image and comments by other professionals. We all aspire to get great professional image and recognition. Are we getting what we are expecting? I thought of adding some points to the ongoing discussion... Image of any profession is based on what we have done in the past, present performance and hope for the future. LIS has no exception. I can become un-popular by saying this... we - as a profession - deserve the current image/perception/status. It's the result of what we are doing as a profession at large. I guess we all need an introspection... We may have few outstanding professionals in this country. And some of our libraries may be comparable to the best in the world. However, we all know that , our Public libraries are main/mass 'perception' creators of the LIS profession in the society, next comes to academic and last in the line are research, special and corporate libraries. This is in terms of reach, mass appeal and perception creation. Quite a few of us have fancy titles, some libraries have become information/knowledge centers. However, we need to think of re-positing of librarians and libraries at all levels. I read someone commenting... 'Libraries' and 'post offices' in this country have one common thing - both have great potential to serve ...but...taking too much of time to transform and change!...we are struggling to excel and transform as a profession. Some of my thoughts about driving this profession to next level are: 1. 'YOU' OWN THE LIS BRAND : Every LIS professional is a brand ambassador - be good, do good work and feel proud about LIS profession. Earn respect, and create a better perception at your work place, both as an individual and as a professional. And inspire others. 2. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: Every association should have one objective as 'working towards creation of better professional image for LIS profession'. State Level associations to focus in states and ILA/IASLIC/IATLIS can aim at national level. Associations should form a 'Federation' and drive as a 'united team' to accomplish the goals at national level. 3. LIS SCHOOLS - DRIVE THE CHANGE: Need to demonstrate more ownership for the profession, Showcase success stories, drive collaborations, advise professional associations, government and public - BE A CHANGE AGENT We all have a responsibility to make this profession better both for us and also for the next generation. Best Regards, Anand Ananda T.Byrappa Global Leader, Whiteny Knowledge Center Six Sigma Black Belt GE John F Welch Technology Center 122, EPIP, Phase 2, Whitefield Road, Bangalore 560066, INDIA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Profession: Image Building and Status Upliftment
by Ishwar Goudar 11 Feb '14

11 Feb '14

Dear Professionals, I invite others to add additional points or comment on this posting. Our LIS Profession, like others has its own advantages and pitfalls. I feel proud of being a librarian and am satisfied, although my entry into this profession is accidental. Making our profession a noble one depends mainly on our positive attitude/sincerity and to a less extent on our ICT skills. Yes, there are other factors influencing our working environment such as equivalence with our counter parts like teachers, scientists and engineers we serve, in terms of salary, age of superannuation, etc. Some of the issues, we discuss in the forum, although genuine, are beyond our control. While our efforts should continue to make our presence felt in the society, providing effectice and sincere service is the only way to build good image and lift our status. While thorough knowledge of ICT is adavantageous for providing effectice service, it should not become a stubmbling block for our progress. We need not be programmers. Application level knowledge of ICT will suffice. Where there is a will, there is always a way. If we put little effort it should not be a problem for any one of us to adopt to the digital environment. I would like to share with you some of my ideas and suggestions about our LIS Profession based on my observations and experience for the last 37 years in my workimg environment, discussions with professionals/patrons and reading of postings in Lis-forum. Few points may be the ones raised already in Lis-forum. Some of my views can't be generalised. 1. There is need for better understanding and coordination between the LIS teachers and practicing professionals. We should be complementary to each others' activities rather that being competetors for positions or power. 2. While many LIS Schools in the country have changed their syllabus to suit the digital environment, there is dearth of teachers knowledgeable to handle changed syllabus. We need not wait for recruitment of new teachers with IT background, We should improve our skills. Same thing holds good for working librarians. If we hesitate we will never cope up with the new environment. Simply jump at it with all sincereity and attempt to learn skills, we will succeed. 3. Teaching based on professional/practical experience is more effective and vice versa is also true. 4. We need more courses like that of NCSI/DRTC/NISCAIR. Unfortunately the latter ones got into problem. We should go beyond PGDLANS, atleast start part time courses of this kind. 5. We should have a better understanding of developments and service conditions, etc in the country. For example although UGC has clearly recommended the superannuation age as 62 for those professionals drawing UGC scales, number of universities have not adopted this. Is it not our duty to help each others by sharing the information they have along with concerned office orders for having implemented the UGC Recommendations. 6. Let us try to improve the quality of our LIS research activity and avoid duplication in research topics. For example we come across same Ph.D topics by many scholars like "Awareness and usage of e-resources/e-journals.........among Research scholars/Faculty ..... in Universities/Engineering colleges...... in Karnataka/Maharashtra .... Bangalore/Delhi....", same set of objectives and hypotheses with just change in the context. How many of us carry out serious literature search before choosing research topic and also write a good literature review in the Synopsis/Thesis. Many of us mention same standard sources LISA and LISTA and not even many commercial/OA full text databases for which we have access. Same is the case with many other desciplines. This reminds me of a statement by J.Frank Dobie "An average thesis is transference of bones from one graveyard to another". Let us try for not be example for this statement. 7. One of the recent Lis-form posting on " Selection of internal candidates..." resulted in lot of discussion. I have the experience of sitting in a number of top R & D institutions, universities, colleges both in private and public sector. This is not the case always, the other way is also true, inspite of there being an efficient internal candidate, some time they select out side candidate due to various reasons. A number of posts of University Librarians have not been filled. Few library staff in national laboratories are being transferred to other divisions without assigning any reasons and still they want us to keep the libarary open 8-8, or even more. We should discuss these issues and try to find reasons and solutions. 8. Some national laboratories have brought down their library budgets to 10-20 %. Does it mean that we will get everything through Google. It can give access to only abstarct level information of commercial publishers. Unless the open access is totally implemented, we can't afford to reduce our budgets. Thanks to Consortia initiatives. Slowly we have started hearing some moves to cut their size too in terms of budgets and resources. We don't know in what directions our academic and research activities are moving. 9. Just now National Mission on Libraries has been launched by President of India. This is an opportunity for us show the professional strength, rather than that of individuals, irrespective of whether we are professionals from different sectors viz academic, public or special librariy categories. 10. Professional Associations should be more serious about their objectives and business. We need not encourage formation new associations with personal agenda and forget its progress soon after one or two programs, rather strengthen the existing ones. We have seen some associations dying with same speed as they took birth. 11. To the extent possible let us try to adopt standard OS software in all our applications. If we can install and configure the S/W it is good, else let us take help of others or go for some service providers, as it works cheaper compared to commercial ones. Those with expertise, should also try to develop patches to suit typical Indian library applications. 12. We senior professionals should encourage youngsters, and not be jealous about their ICT knowledge. we should make use of their expertise to provide state of the art services, rather developing a psychology that they would impress the authorities and sideline us. We too will get the credit of providing quality services being managers. Infact even today I learn a lot from trainees. Moreover there is no rule that managers should know everything. 13. To the extent possible let us try to adopt standard OS software in all our applications. If we can install and configure the S/W it is good, else let us take help of others or go for some service providers, as it works cheaper compared to commercial ones. Those with expertise, should also try to develop patches to suit typical Indian library applications. 14. Minimum expectations from a LIS professional are - a good collection to suit their patrons requirements, an automated library including house keeping activities, a good library website as a part of institutional site with necessary details of services and resources and links to free and OA resources in the area of interest of his institution. This will help his institution to get better rating in NAAC or similar assessments and there by his recognition in the institute. 15. Above all, a good service provider/reference librarian with human touch is loved by one and all. He can be much more effective with basic knowledge of e-resources and search techniques. 16. Finally, let us congratulate and thank Lis-forum, which has given a wonderful platform for us to discuss the matters of professional interest. I remember my friend and classmate Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar, one of the gems our profession has seen for starting this service and Dr. Francis Jayakanth for continueing service and maintaining it tirelessly for the last so many years. Regards, -- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Ex. Visiting Professor and Library Adviser Mysore University Library University of Mysore Manasagangotri, MYSORE - 570 006 Ex Scientist 'G' and Head, ICAST, NAL, Bangalore Mob: 09611165781 E-mail: goudarishwar(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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Presentation on "Big Data Mining" on Wednesday, 19th Feb 2014 at 6.00 p.m.
by Mohan Hr 10 Feb '14

10 Feb '14

Dear all, Pl. find an invite for a presentation on "Presentation on "Big Data Mining" by Dr. Archana Ramesh, Data Scientist, nPario Inc, USA on Wednesday, 19th Feb 2014 at 6.00 p.m.at CSI Education Directorate, Taramani, Chennai - 600113 The pdf invite is available at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2014/mm-140219.pdf The invite in word doc format is available at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2014/mm-140219.doc To facilitate dinner logistics, pl. pre-register at http://goo.gl/GTzKg By any chance, after registering, if you are not likely to attend, pl. inform us at least ONE day in advance by email to csiprograms(a)csi-india.org so that we can plan the dinner arrangements accordingly. With reagrds HR Mohan Chairman, IEEE CS & PCS and VP, CSI INVITE ========================================== IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Professional Communication Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Technology Management Council, Madras Chapter Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter Cordially invite you to a presentation on "Big Data Mining" by Dr. Archana Ramesh Data Scientist, nPario Inc, USA on Wednesday, 19th Feb 2014 at 6.00 p.m at CSI Education Directorate, Taramani, Chennai - 600113 (Situated in the opposite lane to Indira Nagar MRTS Railway Station. About 100 meters away from the Dharmambal Women's Polytechnic & Opposite to the Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Institute of Hotel Management) Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, IEEE CS & PCS Madras Mr. P. Kumar, Chairman, CSI Chennai Mr. K.V. Rupchand, Chairman, IEEE TMC Programme ======== 5.30 p.m. : High Tea & Fellowship 6.00 p.m. : Presentation 7.45 p.m. : Fruit & Bread About the presentation ================= Data mining when applied to data with a high volume, variety and velocity is a challenging task. Today, data collected by most industrial verticals (advertising, healthcare, genomics) involves billions of records. Typically, use cases involve complex mining operations on this data geared towards creating intelligent applications using this data. In this talk, we will look at big data, the challenges raised by industrial applications of big data and distributed in-database solutions for addressing these challenges. About the Speaker ============== Dr. Archana Ramesh is a data scientist at nPario Inc, USA working towards distributed data science applications. She obtained her PhD from Arizona State University in Computer Science specialized in data mining for large-scale biological network applications. She has several years' experience working with data mining for large datasets in different industries including bioinformatics, health care and online advertising. Registration ========= To facilitate dinner logistics, pl. pre-register at http://goo.gl/GTzKg By any chance, after registering, if you are not likely to attend, pl. inform us at least ONE day in advance by email to csiprograms(a)csi-india.org so that we can plan the dinner arrangements accordingly. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Who Says Libraries Are Going Extinct?
by Shihab Illias 10 Feb '14

10 Feb '14

Dear Friends Good news for Libraries and Librarians. According to PacificStandard magazine reports inAmerica With nearly 2.5 billion materials circulated through more than 16,000 public branches, 2013 was one of the strongest years for libraries in the past decade. And things are looking up. For more log on http://www.psmag.com/navigation/books-and-culture/says-libraries-going-exti… With regards Shihab.I. Librarian Department of Islamic studies University of Kerala -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulations to Dr.Jayaprakash Librarian DM Arts College for obtained Ph.D from Kuvempu University
by Dr.Mallikarjun Bachalapur 10 Feb '14

10 Feb '14

Dear Moderator, Kindly cirulate information to all LIS Professionals. -- Dr. M M Bachalapur Ph.D Librarian Kalpataru Institute of Technology Tiptur-572 201, Karnataka M- 9740016911 PH:08134-251267 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Want to migrate data, implement Koha and Joomla? Please join us from 2-5 May
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 10 Feb '14

10 Feb '14

Dear All, Biju Patnaik Central Library of NIT Rourkela is organizing first National Workshop on "Library Automation (Koha), Content Management System (Joomla) & Data Migration: Challenges and Prospects" from 02-05 May, 2014 under the Series "Empowering Library Professionals to Empower Society (ELPES)-I" . The most peculiarity of this workshop is to provide training to the participants in such a way that they can Implement the same in real environment and the experts from NIT Rourkela library will provide them online/telephonic support up to at least Six month from the date of Workshop. However, professionals are always welcome if they want any support from us. The Details of the Workshop can be found at our Workshop Page at: http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/images/bpcl/workshop/ http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/bpcl/workshop/brochure.pdf http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/bpcl/workshop/form.pdf V.K. Mishra I/C Library & Workshop Convener With regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, (Library In-Charge) 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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Job Vacancies..... Project Manager...... Library Automation....
by Tushar Popat 09 Feb '14

09 Feb '14

Dear Aspirant, Greetings from RapidRadio Solutions Private Limited! We are young, vibrant, and fastest growing company making significant strides in the area of *RFID technology* based products and services. The range of institutions and industries that we potentially could cater is vast, and growing. We are amongst the select few companies in India that has technical expertise in RFID technology and its physics and we focus on design, development, innovation, sourcing, and deployment of RFID hardware solutions. We are eager to expand our team with enthusiastic, motivated, and curious to learn colleagues with library based academic back ground. If you see yourself as a *team player* with a desire to leave a mark in your professional career in an emerging technology company, then here is the opportunity! https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/rapidradio.co.in/viewform?hl=en&formkey=d… (Copy & paste the link in address bar of the explorer) to enable us know a little more about you, in a structured manner, so that we can explore the next steps in paving way for a mutually fruitful relationship. Current openings are for *10 positions in various cities across India*. For more details on the job profile, kindly visit our careers page mentioned below (Job Code - RRLPM01) Our Website: http://www.rapidradio.co.in/careers.html You can also get in touch with us directly at joinus(a)rapidradio.co.in. Thanks once again, and hope you would be part of us, very soon!!! Thanks & Regards Tushar Popat B-404, Satyamev I, Opp. Gujarat High Court, Sarkhej Gandhinagar Highway, Ahmedabad - 380 060 Phone: +91 79 2766 5256 Mob: 081560 86160 Web: www.rapidradio.co.in, http://www.rapidradio.co.in/products.html E-mail: tushar.popat(a)rapidradio.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Source software survey for LIS professionals
by Vimal Kumar V. 09 Feb '14

09 Feb '14

Dear Friends, Please participate in the survey to know Open Source software usage among LIS professionals in India. http://kwiksurveys.com/s.asp?sid=7aqa85ozngde40w300479 Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Technical Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.in http://moovandan.blogspot.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Conference @ Manipal University - Last date for Registration
by Mahabaleshwara Rao 09 Feb '14

09 Feb '14

Dear Sir/Madam, Welcome to National Conference on Management of Modern Libraries (NACML) at SEARCH - The Health Sciences Library and the Dept. of Library and Information Science, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka on 21-22 February, 2014. Kindly note that last date for registration for NACML is 15.2.2014. In view of the overwhelming response for NACML, organizing committee has decided to allow spot registration for those who have registered and confirmed their participationon or before 15.2.2014. Hence, we request you to kindly confirm your participation in NACML on or before 15.2.2014. Please ignore this mail in case you already registered for NACML / confirmed your participation in NACML. Thanks & Regards, Dr. Shivananda Bhat K. Organizing Secretary - NACML KMC Health Sciences Library and Dept. of Library and Information Science Manipal University, Manipal; Ph: 0820 2922358 M: 9448842867 e-Mail: shiva.bhat(a)manipal.edu; shivanandabhatk(a)gmail.com Dr. Mahabaleshwara Rao Joint Organizing Secretary - NACML KMC Health Sciences Library and Dept. of Library and Information Science Manipal University, Manipal Ph: 0820 2922609 M: 9964498288 e-Mail: m.rao(a)manipal.edu; baikadi(a)yahoo.com On Wednesday, 22 January 2014 2:00 PM, Sharmila Ghosh <milaghosh(a)gmail.com> wrote: Dear Dr Bhat / Dr Rao I am a freelance library professional (retired from regular employment) based in Delhi-NCR. I came across this post late and there is no time to prepare a full-length paper. I am interested to participate in this Conference, if I am able to book my travel tickets. I plan to make a short paper (on-spot) if you may permit so. Is it possible to get accommodation in the University Guest House? Kindly confirm Thanks and regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mahabaleshwara Rao <baikadi(a)yahoo.com> Date: Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 12:47 PM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS Conference @ Manipal University To: "LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Dear All, SEARCH – The Health Sciences Library and Department of Library and Information Science, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka is organizing a national conference on “Management of Modern Libraries (NACML) on 21-22 February, 2014 at the Health Sciences Library, Manipal University, Manipal. Conference details are in the below stated mail. You can find more information in the website: http://www.manipal.edu/research/pages/conferences.aspx Last date for submission of paper is 31.1.2014. Thanks& Regards, Dr. Shivananda Bhat K. Organizing Secretary - NACML KMC Health Sciences Library and Dept. of Library and Information Science Manipal University, Manipal; Ph: 0820 2922358 M: 9448842867 mailto:e-Mail%3Ashiva.bhat@manipal.edu; shivanandabhatk(a)gmail.com Dr. Mahabaleshwara Rao Joint Organizing Secretary - NACML KMC Health Sciences Library and Dept. of Library and Information Science Manipal University, Manipal Ph: 0820 2922609 M: 9964498288 e-Mail:m.rao@manipal.edu;baikadi@yahoo.com On Friday, 13 December 2013 5:52 PM, Mahabaleshwara Rao <baikadi(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Dear Moderator, Please arrange to publish the following. Dear Sir/Madam, We are very glad to inform you that SEARCH – The Health Sciences Library and Department of Library and Information Science, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka is organizing a national conference on “Management of Modern Libraries (NACML) on 21-22 February, 2014 atthe Health Sciences Library, Manipal University, Manipal. Objectives· To provide an opportunity to LIS professionals to explore the ways and means to manage the modern libraries where electronic resources are playing a pivotal role in meeting the information needs of the users· To explore, discuss and share ideas and knowledge related to innovative modern library management systems to meet the needs of the changing environmentNACML is being organized as a part of Diamond Jubilee Year Celebrations of Kasturba Medical College, Manipal. You can find more information in the website: http://www.manipal.edu/research/pages/conferences.aspx Looking forward for your participation in NACML. Feel free to contact: The Organizing Secretary NACML KMC Health Sciences Library ManipalUniversity Manipal – 576 104, Karnataka -- Sharmila Ghosh https://www.myparichay.in/profile/100003579518657 https://www.facebook.com/notes/sharmila-ghosh/my-professional-details/10546… https://www.facebook.com/notes/sharmila-ghosh/professional-associations-ach… https://www.facebook.com/notes/sharmila-ghosh/my-publications/1054670562492… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Request for an Article
by Ajay Kum Sharma 09 Feb '14

09 Feb '14

Dear Library Professionals, One of our faculty member has urgently required the below mentioned article for his study and reference purpose. It would be highly appreciated if one can send the soft/hard copy of this article for his said purpose. Article Name: Neel-Darpan: The Image of a Peasant Revolt in a Liberal Mirror Author Name: Ranajit Guha Source Journal: *The Journal of Peasant Studies*, Vol. 2 (No. 1),1974 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: subhayu chattopadhyay <subhayu_india(a)rediffmail.com> Date: Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 11:57 AM Subject: Request for an Article To: "ajaysharma.lib(a)gmail.com" <ajaysharma.lib(a)gmail.com> Dear Mr. Sharma, Please refer to our telephonic conversation regrading of accessing to an article. The details of the article are as follows: Ranajit Guha, "Neel-Darpan: The Image of a Peasant Revolt in a Liberal Mirror," *The Journal of Peasant Studies*, Vol. 2 (No. 1),1974, London. Please accept my sincere thanks for your kind cooperation. Regards Subhayu Chattopadhyay <http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.com/sign…> Get your own *FREE* website, *FREE* domain & *FREE* mobile app with Company email. *Know More >*<http://track.rediff.com/click?url=___http://businessemail.rediff.com/compan…> -- Thanks and regards. अजय कुमार शर्मा Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian & In-charge, Journal Section, Central Library, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235, Bolpur, Birbhum, West Bengal & Webmaster of ABSLA Email: ajaysharma.lib(a)visva-bharati.ac.in Mobile No.: +91 9735111064 Office Land Line: +91 3463 262783 Ext. 220 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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ILA Award Announcement Invitation
by Anil Singh 08 Feb '14

08 Feb '14

Dear Sir, Please put the following award announcement invitation on LIS forum mailing list. 1. ILA-VENDANAIKEE FELLOWSHIP 2. ILA-CD SHARMA AWARD 3. ILA-A G MOTIWALE AWARD 4. ILA-P V VERGHESE AWARD 5. ILA-DR. K PADMA UMAPATHY AND KS UMAPATHY FELLOWSHIP IN LIBRARY & INFO. SCIENCE 6. ILA-Dr. L M PADHYA BEST UNIVERSITY LIBRARY AWARD 7. ILA-Dr. PSG KUMAR LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 8. ILA-GIDWANI-DESHPANDEY BEST ACADEMIC LIBRARIAN AWARD Please send your application to general secretary ILA on the mail ID - ask(a)ilaindia.net <ask(a)ilaindia.net%20> & hard copy to ILA Office latest by 17th February 2014. Further detail can be seen at Indian Library Association Official Website at www.ilaindia.net Thanks & Regards, Vice-President - North Pravin Kr. Choudhary -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Nominations for ILA Awards
by Anil Singh 08 Feb '14

08 Feb '14

Dear Professional Colleagues, Nominations are invited for various ILA awards which would be given at 59th ILA Conference to be held at IIT Roorkee. The details of the awards and nomination form are given at ILA website http://www.ilaindia.net/. Filled-in Nomination form should reach ILA office on the address given below latest by 17th Februray 2014. The General Secretary, Indian Library Association, Flat No 201, A-40/41, Ansal Building, Dr Mukherjee Magar, DELHI - 110009 Phone: 011-27651743 E-mail: raipardeep(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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Vacuum Cleaner
by SAIACS, Chief Librarian 07 Feb '14

07 Feb '14

Dear Colleagues, I am seeking your opinion on choosing a good vacuum cleaner for our library. We would like to keep our books dust free as much as possible J. Your suggestions and experiences will help us to identify a good one for us. Please share your thoughts and experience in this regard. With kind regards Yesan Sellan, B.Com., MLISc., PGDLAN, UGC-NET Chief Librarian South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies (SAIACS) 363 Dodda Gubbi Cross Road, Kothanur P.O., Bangalore 77, India Phone: 91 80 2846 5235/5344/ 5649, Fax: 91 80 28465412, Mobile: 91-9972348251 <http://www.saiacs.org/> www.saiacs.org Alternative Email: <mailto:yesans@gmail.com> yesans(a)gmail.com ______________________________________ IMPORTANT : This message is intended only for the addressee. It may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original message. Thank you. P Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for Library Trainees at CBSE, New Delhi
by Mailing List Admin 07 Feb '14

07 Feb '14

Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 15:56:07 +0530 From: Dr. B.N. Singh <byanktesh(a)gmail.com> Dear friends, The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) New Delhi has invited applications for the post of ‘Library Trainees’ on contractual basis. For more details please visit http://www.cbseacademic.in/career.html Thanks Dr. B.N. Singh Deputy Director (Library) Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Under Ministry of Human Resourse Development Ministry (MHRD) Shiksha Sadan, 17, Rouse Avenue New Delhi-110002 (M) 9999196948 Email: byanktesh(a)gmail.com

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Scholarship for Public Librarians to attend NEXT Library conference in Chicago
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 07 Feb '14

07 Feb '14

Next Library 2014 will be held June 20-25, 2014 at Chicago Public Library in Chicago, Illinois, United States. This years theme is Accelerate Learning. The 2014 NEXT Library Conference is an international gathering of forward thinking library professionals, innovators and decision-makers who are pushing boundaries and making changes that support learning in the 21st century. The conference will explore bold new visions and ideas that position public libraries as the learning center in our local communities. Scholarship support is available to public librarians from less developed countries in travel and conference registration fees for one week of conference attendance in Chicago. More details from http://www.nextlibrary.net/grant-next-library-2014 Applications are due Monday, March 3, 2014. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vancacy at Philips Innovation Campus@Bangalore
by Chandrika 07 Feb '14

07 Feb '14

Dear Sir/Madam, Request to post the ads in the LIS-Forum. Let me know if you need any more information. Thanks in advance. ************************************ Opening for Library Assistant at Philips Innovation campus at Bangalore. Interested candidate pls send the resume @ chandrika.hl(a)philips.com/contact at M:9741191464. *Qualification:* Diploma in library science. (Preferable for Freshers) * Office Address:* Philips Innovation Campus, Philips Electronics India Limited, Manyata Tech Park, Nagavara, Bangalore - 560 045 ********************************************************** -- Warm Regards Chandrika HL Librarian ************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Project Assistant
by Sampath Kumar 07 Feb '14

07 Feb '14

Applications are invited from eligible candidates for the post of PROJECT ASSISTANT for ICSSR sponsored project as per the following details: Title of the project : ICT Literacy Competencies among Rural and Urban Students: The Digital Divide No. of Position : One Nature of position : Purely temporary Duration : 18 months Essential qualification : Post Graduate Degree in Library and Information Science with a minimum of 55% marks (50% in case of SC/ST) Desirable qualification : Experience in MS-Office, MS-Excel,SPSS and conducting field based research Job Description : Collection, analysis of data and any other responsibilities assigned by the Project Director Language proficiency : Kannada and English Emoluments : Consolidated pay of Rs. 13,000/- (Rupees Thirteen thousand only) per month Interested candidates may send their applications along with the Bio-data, email ID, Passport size photo and copies of relevant certificates/testimonials by post so as to reach on or before 20th February 2014 to: Dr.B.T. Sampath Kumar Project Director and Associate Professor, Dept. of Studies and Research in Library and Information Science, Tumkur University, Tumkur, Karnataka E-mail: sampathbt_2001(a)rediffmail.com The date of interview will be intimated later to the eligible candidates by post/email. No TA/DA will be paid to the candidates appearing for the Interview. ================================= Dr.B.T.Sampath Kumar Associate Professor Dept. of Library and Information Science TUMKUR UNIVERSITY, Tumkur, Karnataka, INDIA www.drbtsampathkumar.webs.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need help
by Vandana Khandelwal 06 Feb '14

06 Feb '14

Dear all professional Our college has applied for Academic Autonomy hence we want to know which way library will be able to get maximum benefits and also whether there are any specific norms which library needs to fulfill. Regards Ms. Vandana Khandelwal Librarian MITAOE, Pune -- 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 supritha Shetty 06 Feb '14

06 Feb '14

Dear Professionals, If any library holds below mentioned article, Please mail it to me. 1. Virchows Archiv A 1991, Volume 418, Issue 2, pp 179-183 Solid-cystic (papillary-cystic) tumours within and outside the pancreas in men: Report of two patients G. Klöppel, R. Maurer, E. Hofmann, K. Lüthold, J. Oscarson, N. Forsby, I. Ihse, O. Ljungberg, P. U. Heitz Thank you, with regards 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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Request to circulate VTU Author Workshop to your Faculty, Researchers and Librarians enabling them to register online
by Dr.K.R. Mulla 06 Feb '14

06 Feb '14

Dear Sir/Madam, Greeting for the day, I am glad to bring it to your kind notice that, the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) is organizing a one day Authors Workshop, in collaboration with M/s.Springer (India) Pvt. Ltd., on 13th February 2014, for the benefit of Teachers and Research scholars in different places in India. Dr. Jeffrey Robens from Edanz, Germany will be the Resource Person for the said workshop and train the participants about writing quality and scholarly papers and about communicating the same to the reputed publishers for effective publication. Chief Guest: Prof.B.S.Sonde Former Vice Chancellor, Goa University, Goa Speaker and Resource person: Dr. Jeffrey Robens, Senior Editor, Edanz, Germany. Guest of Honour: Dr. Sanjiv Goswami, MD, Springer India Presided by Dr. K. E. Prakash, Registrar, VTU, Belgaum Please find below the invitation with a registration link. We request you to circulate this to your Faculty, Research scholars and Librarians enabling them to register. Mailer: http://www.logiquebraincreations.com/springer/Springer_Author_Workshop/VTU/ Poster: http://logiquebraincreations.com/springer/Springer_Author_Workshop/Author_W… Thanking you With kind regards K.R.Mulla, Author Workshop Coordinator -- Dr. K. R. Mulla, M.L.I.Sc., Ph.D. Librarian, Visvesvaraya Technological University, "Jnana Sangama," Belgaum - 590 018, Karnataka, India. Ph: 0831-2498192 URL: http://www.vtu.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 workshop on design and development of automated libraries using Koha at SH College, Ernakulam
by Vimal Kumar V. 06 Feb '14

06 Feb '14

Dear Friends, SH College Library, Thevara, Ernakulam in association with Mahatma Gandhi University organize three days workshop on Koha Open SourceLibrary Management system. Main features of the programme are: Intensive hands on training one PC for each participant hands on training using Customized Koha Live DVD. Date: 24-26 February 2014. Venue: SH College, Thevara, Ernakulam Registration Fee: Rs. 1500 for working professionals and Rs. 1000 for students and research scholars. Accommodation: Limited number of rooms are available inside college guest house and college will also help participants to find accommodation outside of the campus. Resource Persons: Vimal Kumar V. and Prajeesh Bhaskaran, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam Download workshop brochure and registration form from here, https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6E3iEzJp74uYVMydTBVblFwbk0 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6E3iEzJp74uZGItUVo5S0ctS00 For more details contact with Mr. Biju, Librarian, SH College. Mobile: 944614371 Email: bijuvv at shcollege.ac.in -- 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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OPENING UP SCIENCE
by Ragaavendra R 06 Feb '14

06 Feb '14

Dear Moderator pls circulate. Really nice views would you be interested to read pls go through this link. OPENING UP SCIENCE<http://www.financialexpress.com/news/opening-up-science/1223479/0> 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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Selection of Internal Candidates in the Interview: Legally Correct; Morally Corrupt
by Vasanth 05 Feb '14

05 Feb '14

Dear Sir/Madam, There has been a lot of discussion going on in LIS Forum on appointments of librarians and teachers in universities and elsewhere, which is a healthy trend. We have been kept quiet on this issue for some time. Because of social media like LIS forum has provided us an opportunity to raise such issue and at least make some people (senior professionals) aware and understand the anguish of young professionals and how they feel about the profession (if) there is any inkling of nepotism, cronyism, influence and corruption. Why appointments in universities, government institutions and elsewhere is lacking transparency and true spirit is many time the head of the universities (VCs), directors and selection committee look at the only legal side of the appointments (selections committees sometime have tried to make right choice but often their hands are tied). Earlier if we go back 20 years, appointments in universities and elsewhere to a(great)extent were transparent and heads of the appointment committees have made sincere efforts to appoint right people. This is the reason that still we have some of the best professionals in our profession and same in other domain as well. But in recent times, this trend is totally missing. Instead, nepotism, cronyism, influence and corruption have become the center stage. Those professionals who have had the great career because of good people at the helm are now failing miserably for appointing right people or compromising a lot with corrupt system and allow that to thrive. People (VCs, Directors, Appointments heads of various institutions) today sees only that there is no legal tangle for the appointments they made, but they don’t see the moral side of it and future of the institutes they heads. So there is so much of nepotism, cronyism, influence and corruption. Because of corrupt practice, nepotism, cronyism, our public institutions especially institutes of higher learning has lost its sanctity today in the minds of common people. Our society is also morally degrading same has been reflected in all field, our profession is also no exception. But there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. The new political wave that is sweeping in our capital city (Aam Admi Party's (AAP) metomorphic raise as a new political outfit) and individuals like Prof. Neeraj Hatekar of University of Mumbai seen has a hope and give voice to those fight against creepy system that exists today. (views are personal) ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N. GFGC-Periyapatna Mysore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Associations should protest, plead and represent the problems of professionals associations
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 05 Feb '14

05 Feb '14

dear friends, we have many ASSOCIATIONS at National and regional level. Every one want to have an Annual conference and a delayed published Newsletter and journal. What more are these associations are really doing. The problems are increasing year after the year. Especially now the status and facilities given to academic librarians is at stake? One after the other the facilities are being removed. more than 80% university libraries are not having librarians appointed? every where it is in-charge? does it mean the value of professionals is coming down? Is it true that our recognition is going from bad to worse? The associations should arrange not only representations but also dharna and protest at every place in the country. It is also true that some write messages but do not turn up for such protests? Naturally the professionals are loosers? It is high time that the Associations take lead and do something for the profession. Even several times the elections are also not known to the members? notification is not sent to the members? Now we are promoting SLA and these people join hands with someone and participate in conferences. The members and office bearers of SLA should emulate from their principals at USA and do the activities for the benefit of the professional;s. as they are not able to represent the profession? Again elections are prestigious to some people and stick / hang on to the posts immaterial whether they contribute to the profession or not. It is hard time that the Associations raise to the occasion and represent the profession at various places for the benefit of the professionals. My submission is not against any individual or Association, it is only that I am ringing the alarm bell as our profession is going to be slowly will loose value, image and status. Let all young professionals join and start kicking of the activities and actions to save themselves and profession without waiting for any individual. Direct formation of groups and work every one and also make the professional associations to start acting for the benefit of the profession. I never want to create pain to any one please with best wishes Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Member, Advisory Board, National Library, Kolkata 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: 09246547599, 09493701565 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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Library Assistants required for IGIDR library, Mumbai.
by G.K.MANJUNATH 05 Feb '14

05 Feb '14

Dear Members, IGIDR, Mumbai invites application for the post of 'Library Assistant' (2 posts) on contract basis for a period of one year, which may be extendable thereafter. Interested candidates are requested to submit their application, in the prescribed form ( downloadable from our web site), on or before February 15, 2014. Salary : Rs.18000/-PM plus Rs.60000/- per annum performance allowance For Advertisement visit : http://www.igidr.ac.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68&Item… Click on the following link to download application form : http://www.igidr.ac.in/newspdf/appl-form.pdf Completed application, with attested copies of testimonials, may please be sent to The Registrar on our institute's address. Thanks, Dr.G.K.Manjunath Chief Librarian Indira Gandhi Inst of Development Research Film City Road Santosh Nagar Goregaon(East ) MUMBAI - 400 065 India Phone: 022-28416528 email: gkm(a)igidr.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Public libraries performing as academic libraries (in the UK)
by Mailing List Admin 05 Feb '14

05 Feb '14

Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 15:56:49 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> Thanks to agreement between several publishers and some libraries, now users of those libraries (in the UK) can access at no cost thousands of academic research papers! Please visit: http://www.accesstoresearch.org.uk/ Best wishes. Arun

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Congratulations to Mr. M. Madhan for EPT Award 2013
by Dr. YS Rao 05 Feb '14

05 Feb '14

Dear Madhan, Congratulations to Mr. M. Madhan for the EPT Award 2013 in contributions to Open Access development across the country. All the best.... -- Dr. YS Rao Dy. Librarian School of Planning and Architecture Vijayawada. Ph. 08662469466 Ph. 09502593300 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulation
by mahe zafar 05 Feb '14

05 Feb '14

Dear Professionals, Mrs Jenice Fernandes Librarian of St. Xavier Inst. of Engineering, Mahim (Mumbai) has been awarded best paper at 5th National Research Conference at GNIMS Matunga , Mumbai. I congrats her for success. Syed Mahe Zafar Rizvi Librarian Rizvi College of ASC BMS Bandra (W) Mumbai -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Web scale Discovery Service- ALA panel discussion
by nikesh 05 Feb '14

05 Feb '14

Here is an interesting video on Web Scale Discovery Service by American Libraries Live Discovery services have the power to revolutionize library systems. With discovery services, you can find and retrieve information in ways never before possible. But if you're a librarian interested in Discovery, what do you need to know to make a decision? American Libraries Live expert panel discussion on how Discovery services work and how you can get the most out of them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ggawo9O-EaM *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 http://www.ebscohost.com/discovery -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Muthu Madhan wins the 2013 EPT Award
by franc＠library.iisc.ernet.in 05 Feb '14

05 Feb '14

Dear Colleagues, Here is some good news. Our colleague and friend, Muthu Madhan of ICRISAT, has been selected as a joint winner for this year's EPT Award for Open Access. Please see the mail he has received from the Chairman of EPT, Prof. Derek Law. Madan, Hearty congratulations! We are proud of your achievement and I'm sure that it will be an inspiration to the fellow professionals. With best wishes, - Francis > From: Derek Law [mailto:d.law@strath.ac.uk] > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 1:10 AM > > Dear Mr Madhan, > > The judging panel for the 2013 EPT Award for Contributions to Open Access > has now considered the nominations > submitted to it and reached its decisions. Unusually, the high quality of > nominations has led the panel to declare > a joint winner for the first time. > > It is then with the very greatest pleasure that I write to tell you that > you have been selected as joint winner of the 2013 > EPT Award for Open Access, following your nomination by Dr Francis > Jayakanth. > The joint winner with you is Rosemary Otando, Systems Librarian, EIFL > Country and Open Access Coordinator at the > University of Nairobi Library in, Kenya. > > We shall be in touch shortly with more information and to discuss how the > award can best be made so that your > distinctive contribution can be recognised as widely as possible. > > With congratulations and every good wish > Yours sincerely > Derek Law -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Pranab Mukherjee launches National Mission on Libraries
by Pavithrabai M S 04 Feb '14

04 Feb '14

*Pranab Mukherjee launches National Mission on Libraries* *President Pranab Mukherjee launched the National Mission on Libraries on Monday at Rashtrapati Bhavan.* *Speaking on the occasion, Mukherjee said libraries are social institutions which are repositories of knowledge and information. Their goal is the improvement of society by helping the individual to understand himself or herself and the world of which he or she is a part.* *"Libraries provide easy access of knowledge to all. A public library is often called "the people's university" because it is available to all sections of society - regardless of age, gender or skill levels. Thus, through democratization of access to knowledge, libraries contribute in promoting inclusive and sustained development of the people," Mukherjee said.* *According to a Rashtrapati Bhavan release, the president expressed his belief that the project of National Mission on Libraries would contribute substantially to quickening the pace of social and economic development of the people.* *He extended his best wishes for the effective implementation of the project as also of the new scheme of "upgradation of libraries providing services to the public."* *He said he is sure the National Mission of Libraries would promote enlightenment and understanding and go a long way in making the masses active participants in the affairs of the nation.* *The National Mission on Libraries is an initiative of Ministry of Culture to ensure sustained and long term focus on the development of libraries. * -- *With Best Regards :* *Pavithrabai.* *M. S **(Ms.)* * MLISc., Mphil.,** MA.* *Bangalore, IndiaBlog : * http://daarideepa-ilcis.blogspot.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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storage system for big data
by jasim s 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

good news from MIT for managing big data.read full story @ http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-01/miot-ssf013014.php jasim kerala jasim.in Jasimudeen.s *Life is like a document:what matter is how good it is ,not how long it is"* *"Be in touch,I am just a mail away not a mile away"..* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Department of Library and Information Science, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon
by Sandeep Bhavsar 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

Respected All Department of Library & Information Science, North Maharashtra University is planning to start an Alumnus for their past ( BLIS/ MLIS/Ph.D) students from 2000. A kind requests to all pass out students please fill up online membership form, the link for the same is as follow:- *http://tinyurl.com/lfrmn5r <http://tinyurl.com/lfrmn5r>* You are further requested to convey this message to your professional colleagues / friends of North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon If you have any queries, please be in touch with Dr. Anil Chikate Deputy Librarian North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon 425 001 Mobile 9970361104 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Paper on Evolving Promotion Prospects for Library Technical staff
by Anil Singh 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

Dear Friends, Today National Mission on Libraries has been launched. To make the mission possible, we need enthusiastic library professionals in Group 'B' and 'C' category. But in recent years, enthusiasm of library professional is degrading due to lack of proper promotion policy. Have a look on this paper (link below) which highlights some of the important issues on this topic and give your valuable comments. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzaDCDNkA90eQkEtaHlFSHVwc0U/edit -- with regards, Dr. Anil Singh Assistant Director (LS) Competition Commission of India (CCI) (Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India) 'B' Wing, HUDCO VISHALA, 14, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi - 110066 -- 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 shakil ahmad 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

Dear Sir, I need this article urgently.Please send me. Determinants of student satisfaction in higher education: an empirical study in Dubai <http://inderscience.metapress.com/content/r4108511x1868x08/> JournalInternational Journal of Services, Economics and Management<http://inderscience.metapress.com/content/120910/?p=eb178e4b8f7f462f81ac793…> PublisherInderscience Publishers ISSN1753-0822 (Print) 1753-0830 (Online) SubjectEconomics<http://inderscience.metapress.com/content/?Subject=Economics> , Operational Management, Marketing and Services<http://inderscience.metapress.com/content/?Subject=Operational+Management%2…> , Policy and Organisational Management<http://inderscience.metapress.com/content/?Subject=Policy+and+Organisationa…> and Public Policy and Public Services<http://inderscience.metapress.com/content/?Subject=Public+Policy+and+Public…> IssueVolume 4, Number 4/2012<http://inderscience.metapress.com/content/h5m5263wg6j1/?p=eb178e4b8f7f462f8…> Pages282-297 Thanking You, *Shakil Ahmad* *Lecturer & Technical Services Librarian* *Liaison Librarian for College of Engineering * *Deanship of Library Affairs, New Central Library* *Post Box. No. 1982, University of Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia* *e-mail: shahmad(a)ud.edu.sa <shahmad(a)ud.edu.sa>, http://library.ud.edu.sa <http://library.ud.edu.sa/> * *Phone: 00966 03 3332816* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reminder: Publishing of papers preseneted at XXIX IATLIS National Conference, 20-22 March 2013, DRTC, Bangalore
by HPS Kalra 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

Dear Colleagues, IATLIS is going to publish select papers presented at the XXIX IATLIS conference on the theme "LIS education and research: Persistent and debatable issues" held from 20-22 March 2013 at DRTC, Bangalore. This is a reminder to all authors who presented their papers at the conference to update and revise their papers and send us the same by 17 February 2014 at iatlis.patiala(a)gmail.com , if updated/revised paper not already sent before, so that their papers could be considered for inclusion in the volume. Papers received after this date would not be entertained. Kindly mention "Updated/edited paper of 2013 conference" in the subject line of your email communication. HPS Kalra General Secretary, Indian Association of Teachers of Library & Information Science (IATLIS) C/o Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147002 Punjab. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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TGT Librarian - Airforce Balbharati School- New Delhi
by nikesh 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

TGT Librarian @ Airforce BalBharati School New Delhi Application details can be obtained from http://www.airforcebalbharatischool.com/Downloads/2013-14/Announcement/Teac… http://www.airforcebalbharatischool.com/Home/Default.aspx Regards *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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Request for a Conference Paper (COMADEM)
by Dinesh Siddaiah 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

Dear Friends, Could you please try to arrange below mentioned Conference paper from COMADEM 2011...!!! We are trying to get this paper from almost two months. "*Modelling of an induction motor-gearbox transmission with respect to condition monitoring*" published in the Proceedings of the 24th international congress on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management (COMADEM 2011) vol 1 (Stavanger, Norway) pp 808-816, ISBN 0-9541307-2-3. Best Regards, Dinesh -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. Deputy Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Nangal Road, Rupnagar, Punjab - 140 001. Phone: 01881 - 242134 (O) 9779747902 (M) Email: dinesh(a)iitrpr.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Selection of Internal Candidates in the Interview
by Anil Singh 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

Thanks to all professional colleagues who shared their views on this important topic. I have some few observations : 1. As Mr. Mishra said that there is shortage of technological advanced manpower. It is not true. In India, it has been seen that we are deliberately emphasizing that there is a shortage of quality manpower in every field whether it is teaching, librarianship or any other. It is ridiculous to say because India has a population of 1.25 billion. There are lakhs of brilliant persons are unemployed, but due to lack of proper recruitment system we are unable to get these people. 2. I am 100% agree with the comments given by Moorthy Sir. But the question is that if there is internal candidate who is meritorious and deserving, then call only 6-7 candidates to full fill the procedure. In reality, institutions are calling 70-100 candidates for this process. Recently one of the prominent institute in Delhi has called 70 candidates for one post of AL in SC category, while it was known to most of the candidates that internal candidate will be selected. Though it was different matter that the candidate was deserving. 3. Many times it has also been observed that in-spite of having meritorious internal candidate, external candidates are selected due to political pressure and sometime it is also happening that after the selection committee meeting, interview results are changed. These both the situations were faced by me also. And due to these manipulations, we are lacking quality people in Library science. If we really want quality people in this profession or in whole academics, than we have to start our recruitment process through SSC and UPSC. Anil Singh Assistant Director (Library Services) Competition Commission of India (CCI) 'B' Wing, HUDCO VISHALA, 14, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi - 110066 On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 5:23 PM, <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Selection of Internal Candidates in the Interview (Pradip Das) > 2. Re: Selection of Internal Candidates in the Interview > (Aragonda L Moorthy) > 3. Selection of internal candidates (rajesh kumar) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:04:35 +0530 > From: Pradip Das <pradipbhadreswardas(a)gmail.com> > To: Vinod Kumar Mishra <vinod_librarian(a)rediffmail.com> > Cc: nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com, dr.anilsingh5(a)gmail.com, > libtech(a)yahoogroups.com, lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, > iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Selection of Internal Candidates in the > Interview > Message-ID: > <CAOTjKANih4-5pfJCL+zZJmdghvfy5SkVqOojRODmEqyDihc_Cw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear all professionals, > I am also fully agreed with Mr. Vinod Kumar Mishra. It was there, it has > been there, and it will be there. But yes, it is true that many > institutions/organisations do have some interview procedure also > advertisement procedure for the sake of their point to show UGC or > concerned authority. It has to be done by the institution. For example, > UGC/AICTE granted institution need have librarian with NET/SET qualified. > Sometimes they are taking non NET/SET candidate and putting advt. each and > every year to show that they are not getting NET/SET qualified Librarian in > their organisation and leting the existing librarian to continue. If we > see this one side, it is also good for those who are really good and > qualified but don't have NET/SET. > Regards, > > *Regards,** ......* > > _____________________ > > *Pradip Das* > > *Deputy Librarian,* > > *SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (A Deemed to-be > University)* > > *Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering,* > > *Bhakti Vedant Swami Marg, J. V. P. D. Scheme,* > > *Vile Parle (West), MUMBAI - 400056* > > *(** : +91-22-42334004, Cell : 9420836138* > > ****E-mail :**pradipbhadreswardas@gmail.com > <pradipbhadreswardas(a)gmail.com> * > > *Or **Pradip_das_55(a)rediffmail.com* <Pradip_das_55(a)rediffmail.com> > > *Visit us at : **www.nmims.edu* <http://www.nmims.edu/> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ************************************************************** > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Vinod Kumar Mishra < > vinod_librarian(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > > My view is what is the professional status i.e. capability of selected > > internal candidate so our strength of protest should be accordingly because > > so many external candidates also selected with the help of internal jack > > and their performance is very very poor. Therefore we should see the > > reputation & growth of that particular organization because of the selected > > candidates performance and then we can point out on their policy of > > recruitment. > > > > However now a days as far as library science is concern i feel that their > > is lack of devotional and technologically advanced manpower. Choosing the > > best out of poor is grate challenge for good recruiters but it is very easy > > for poor recruiters. > > > > > > > > On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:54:29 +0530 wrote > > >Dear Friends, > > > > > > > > Since last few years a trend is increasing to select the internal > > > > candidates against open post. We have been witnessing that written exams > > > > and interviews are conducted to fulfill the whole process. But > > > > pre-determined candidates are selected. Examination process is just an eye > > > > wash. Nobody will deny for selecting the internal candidates, but don't > > > > make other candidates fool. If there is no promotion policy in the > > > > institutes for internal candidates who deserves for that post, then > > > > promotion policy should be formulated for them. The candidates coming from > > > > various places of the country are hoping that somebody from them will be > > > > selected, but they don't know that result has already been prepared and > > > > they are just wasting their money as well as time. > > > > > > > > I have been witnessing case of one of the prestige institute of Library > > > > Science in India since last five years. Most of the time, they have > > > > selected the internal candidates. The question is that, why they are > > > > calling number of candidates for the interview and wasting public money by > > > > giving TA to the outsider candidates. > > > > > > > > Please give your feedback on this issue. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > with regards, > > > > > > > > Anil Singh > > > > Assistant Director (Library Services) > > > > > > > > Competition Commission of India (CCI) > > > > (Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India) > > > > 'B' Wing, HUDCO VISHALA, > > > > 14, Bhikaji Cama Place, > > > > New Delhi - 110066 > > > > > > > > -- > > > > 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] Discussion on RDA
by Salman Haider 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

Please join Pinterest Group Board on RDA. Please visit http://www.pinterest.com/rdacataloging/resource-description-access-rda/ *Resource Description & Access (RDA)* A Social Media Board For Everyone on Resource Description & Access (RDA) and other issues related to Cataloging & Metadata. Join and Share with the world the best pins on RDA. We love people who are passionate about RDA Cataloging. If you want to be added to the Group send me an email on salman.mlisc(a)gmail.com with your Pinterest URL & I'll add you as a collaborator, then you can invite all your friends. On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 9:31 AM, T. Shahab . <tshahab(a)jamiahamdard.ac.in>wrote: > Sir, > Thanks for a very encouraging response from Mr. Harinrayana. I am hopeful > that it will give a much needed fillip to discussions in various library > fora regarding the issues involving RDA implementations. Professional > Library Associations are requested to be alive about latest > changes/modifications and useful improvements in the professional practices > to keep everybody abreast. We also need to carry-on discussion about the > BIBFRAME to create understanding about this evolving cataloging format. > Regards > Dr. T. Shahab > HMS Central library > Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi > > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 11:03 PM, N.S. Harinarayana < > ns.harinarayana(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear Professionals, > > I do completely agree with Dr. Shahab. RDA is the new content standard > in > > resource description activity. It brings positive changes to the OPACs > > and they are (changes) likely to be more user friendly. RDA is developed > > to cater to the description of various kinds of information resources > > including the digital ones. It removes the Anglo-American bias which > was > > evident in AACR2. RDA is based on the conceptual model FRBR published by > > IFLA as early as 1998. RDA employs many new terminologies suggested by > > FRBR and the organization of RDA is completely different than that of > > AACR2. However, RDA rules are not completely different than AACR2; as > such > > it is to be perceived as the next stage in the evolution of cataloguing > > rules. RDA was published in 2010 (RDA Toolkit) and in place as an > > official cataloging standard from 2013 onwards in many leading national > > libraries including Library of Congress and other libraries across the > > world. > > > > It is high time that India also participate in this transition at its > > earliest. I am of the construed opinion that unless we adopt RDA, we can > > not meet sufficiently the requirements of changing needs of cataloguing > > description. Hence, I suggest the following for consideration of the > > concerned: > > 1) The National Library of India should implement RDA for its > cataloguing > > activity and declare that RDA to be the national standard for all > > cataloguing activities in government and other public libraries. > > 2) Library schools should start teaching RDA and AACR2 should be phased > > out as quickly as possible. > > 3) Library software vendors should implement RDA in their systems at the > > earliest. > > 4) Library associations have to educate and impress upon the libraries > > under their jurisdiction to implement RDA at the earliest. > > 5) There should be some national policy to identify the standards to be > > followed by all types of libraries in India. > > 6) Series of training programmes should be conducted to train the > > librarians and teachers in RDA by library schools and libraries. > > 7) Academic staff colleges can come forward to conduct short term > > programs to train the teachers and librarians. > > > > At this juncture I would also like to point out that BIBFRAME is another > > standard in resource description activity which is evolving and likely to > > replace MARC very soon. Let there be discussion about these standards > > among Indian librarians and we should come out with plan of action for > > implementing these with all seriousness. Incidentally it may be noted > that > > I introduced these two standards in the refresher courses held recently > at > > Mysore, Calicut and Goa. > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 11:18 AM, T. Shahab . < > tshahab(a)jamiahamdard.ac.in>wrote: > > > >> Dear Moderator > >> Very lively discussions are going on the OCLC forum regarding the > problems > >> associated with the implementation of the RDA (Resource Description & > >> Access) which is the new system of cataloging rules that is replacing > the > >> traditional AACR-2 convention. > >> I hope the professional librarians and academicians should take-up the > >> thread of discussion to educate about the changes in cataloging > practices > >> in the Indian context. > >> Regards > >> Dr. T. Shahab > >> HMS Central library > >> Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi > >> > >> -- > >> This message has been scanned for viruses and > >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > >> believed to be clean. > >> > >>

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Discussion on RDA (N.S. Harinarayana)
by Shekar H P 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

Dear Professional Friends, GREETINGS FOR THE DAY...!!! I do agree with the point raised by Dr. Sahab on implementation of RDA, which is need of the hour and the beautiful suggestions given by Dr. N.S.Harinarayana. Good thinking from a good people with a professional zeal. Thanks for awakening the State / National Associations and their role Sir. Adverting to the suggestions No.4&5 given by Dr. N.S. Harinarayana- As we all know, there are too many associations in the State / National level and most of them are in sound sleep. The associations are hardly activate once in 2-3 years (during elections and formation of new governing body). Poor individual professional cannot expect more from such associations. There are hundreds of burning issues facing by the librarians irrespective of their discipline- mainly related to HR. Broadly, to name few- (Applies to both the Librarians of Govt. and Private institutions): 1. Cadre & Recruitment policy, 2. Standard procedure of appointment, 3. Uniformity in qualification for different cadre in different sector / institutions, 4. Pay Parity, 5. Standardization of designation, 6. Conducting training programmes for freshers (like in any other departments), 7. Updated, uniformity in LIS curriculum etc. Basic Infrastructure issue in the PU(+2) / Degree Colleges in the state is another main area one should concentrate. Next priority may be given to the IT-implementation and its policy related issues. Of course there are few standard guide lines given by Dr. SRR and others long back. But again needs to check with its relevance and the percentage of its application in the present scenario. As you are aware, most of the committees formed by the State / Central Governments to frame / review the policies and procedures related to librarianship converted as curse to the profession. Most of the report/verdicts / implementation of rules are yielding adverse effect to the profession. Ex: FDP Minor / Major projects to Librarians-dropped out. Friends, my question is, who is responsible for all these? Who is going to bell the cat? Ultimately an Association, hope you will agree with me. Do we need an association which is helpless to concentrate on these issues? Kindly raise your voice, awake and fight for the real cause. Please Note: Views are personal. Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanking you With warm regards -- *Dr. Shekar H.P.* Head, Knowledge Resource Centre IBS Business School, #231, Near Kengeri Check post Mysore Road, Bangalore-560060 Karnataka - India Ph: (O): 080-66222244 -- 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] Selection of Internal Candidates in the Interview
by Prabhat Ranjan 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

Dear Vinod K. Mishra, I read the posts on the forum. We might be agree that some external candidates with internal jacks have worse candidature than some internal candidates. But, there are also candidates that are external and have no internal jacks. They may be merited or without merit. It is the selection process that should be capable to choose right candidates. It it is not so, then selection process is not worthy to the same. Why jacks are applied and with jacks are selected? LIS community has to answer it. Regards, On 1/30/14, Vinod Kumar Mishra <vinod_librarian(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: > Dear All, > > My view is what is the professional status i.e. capability of selected > internal candidate so our strength of protest should be accordingly because > so many external candidates also selected with the help of internal jack and > their performance is very very poor. Therefore we should see the reputation > & growth of that particular organization because of the selected candidates > performance and then we can point out on their policy of recruitment. > > However now a days as far as library science is concern i feel that their is > lack of devotional and technologically advanced manpower. Choosing the best > out of poor is grate challenge for good recruiters but it is very easy for > poor recruiters. > > > > On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:54:29 +0530 wrote >>Dear Friends, > > > > Since last few years a trend is increasing to select the internal > > candidates against open post. We have been witnessing that written exams > > and interviews are conducted to fulfill the whole process. But > > pre-determined candidates are selected. Examination process is just an eye > > wash. Nobody will deny for selecting the internal candidates, but don't > > make other candidates fool. If there is no promotion policy in the > > institutes for internal candidates who deserves for that post, then > > promotion policy should be formulated for them. The candidates coming from > > various places of the country are hoping that somebody from them will be > > selected, but they don't know that result has already been prepared and > > they are just wasting their money as well as time. > > > > I have been witnessing case of one of the prestige institute of Library > > Science in India since last five years. Most of the time, they have > > selected the internal candidates. The question is that, why they are > > calling number of candidates for the interview and wasting public money by > > giving TA to the outsider candidates. > > > > Please give your feedback on this issue. > > > > -- > > with regards, > > > > Anil Singh > > Assistant Director (Library Services) > > > > Competition Commission of India (CCI) > > (Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India) > > 'B' Wing, HUDCO VISHALA, > > 14, Bhikaji Cama Place, > > New Delhi - 110066 > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > >

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REading Material Magnifier - Assistive Technology
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

Public Libraries where old people or persons with low vision frequent will benefit by this device. May be useful even in houses if you can afford it And perhaps in active libraries attached to Senior Citizens Association, Day Care Centers for the elderly etc Optelec ClearView One 18 Wide - Visual Impairment - Assistive Technology: BarrierBreak - Accessibility & Assistive Technology firm in Mumbai, India The ClearView One is an easy to use one touch simplicity desktop magnifier that provides crisp and clear magnification of any reading material placed under it. It features an adjustable 18.5-inch TFT panel screen with a standard tilting monitor … Visit the site and watch a video http://barrierbreak.com/assistive-technology/ Dr P Vyasamoorthy President: Society for Serving Seniors 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015. 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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Selection of internal candidates
by rajesh kumar 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

This is with reference to comments made out by some of our colleagues on the selection of internal candidates.I do agree that selection process must be fair and transparent enough so that no body guess otherwise.We do believe that still there is honesty & transparency in the selection process at large, however, sometimes somehow some institute manipulate the process.I do agree with Dr Singh that institute should have framed its promotion policy/guidelines for their incumbent and be fair in making the selection process more transparent.This would eventually ensure equal & fair opportunity to all.However, it is also true that sometimes internal candidate seems to be equally competent and therefore deserves to be selected.So in my personal opinion it is the selection process which matters most and, therefore, each & every institute should adopt the fair means of selection process. I don't agree with the remarks made by Mr Mishra that there is lack of devoed and technologically sound manpower.It is quite unfornute to hear this from a person holding responsible position.I have been knowing personally a large number of library professionals who are more committed and devoted to this profession ,but unfortunately couldn't find a proper place where they would get proper exposure to new and emergent technologies.Moreover, it is the duty and responsiblity of the UGC/MHRD to ensure quality education in the field of LIS.Those Institutions which are pioneers in the field must extend their resources to others.Problem is with the availability of skilled and professional manpower in the various Deptt of LIS, poor infrastructures, lack of coordination amoongst DLIS,etc. regards Rajesh Kr Pandey AL(SLBSRSV) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Seminar - Karnataka State Women's University, Bijapur - Second Announcement
by Prahalad G Tadasad 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

Dear Professional Colleagues The preparations for the proposed two days national seminar on *"The Digital shift: Making libraries relevant for education and research" on 6-7 March 2014 *in the Department of Library and Information Science, Karnataka State Women's University, Bijapur is in full swing. LIS professionals including interested stakeholders from other disciplines as well are showing good response. Last date for submission of full papers with registration fee is 15thFebruary 2014 is fast approaching and I request all the professionals to submit the full papers as per the stipulated time on the following themes and sub-themes of the seminar: *MAIN THEME:* "The Digital shift: Making libraries relevant for education and research" *SUB THEMES* Sub-themes includes but not limited to the following: Ø Breaking barriers to literacy Ø Empowering the researchers Ø Promoting the Scholarly communication Ø Copyright update Ø Collection development strategies Ø Re-inventing the library housekeeping activities and services Ø Management of e-resources Ø Developing DL's, IR's and CMS's Ø Digital Media Ø Library space, finance and human resource management Ø Redefining the management of library and information centers Ø Redefining the ICT applications for libraries Ø Redefining LIS education Ø Best practices in libraries and new initiatives *REGISTRATION FEE* Individual: Rs. 1000.00 Research Scholars and Retired Professionals: Rs. 750 Students: Rs. 300.00 (Kit without conference proceedings) Accompanying family member: Rs. 500.00 (Kit without conference proceedings) *IMPORTANT DATES *Acceptance of full paper for presentation: 20.2.2014 Last date for Registration: 27.2.2014 Spot Registration: Available on prior intimation It is also being planned to bring out the Proceedings of Seminar in the book form with ISBN Number to be released on the Inaugural day of the seminar by including select papers and in the form of e-book again with ISBN by including all the papers accepted for presentation to be published through the Prasaranga of the University. We are planning to accommodate the delegates at nearby guest-houses or hotels or hostels on either no charges or some nominal charges (to be borne by the delegates). In case delegates require a comfort stay there are good number of budget hotels and also hotels of international standards at Bijapur. Accommodation may be arranged if request is sent at least seven days before the Seminar and in that case the delegates will have to bear the charges. I request all the professional colleagues to participate and present papers in the seminar and extend cooperation in the organization of the seminar. You can find more information on the website: www.kswu.ac.in *Prof P G Tadasad*, Organizing Secretary, National Seminar on "The Digital shift: Making libraries relevant for education and research" Department of Library and Information Science Karnataka State Women's University, Jnanashakti campus, Torvi Bijapur 586108, Karnataka, India Tel: 08352 - 229012 (O); 08352 - 272436 (R) Mob. 09448180973 You can also mail to: e-mail: pgtadasad(a)gmail.com; digitalshift2014(a)gmail.com -- Dr P G Tadasad Professor and Chairman Department of Library and Information Science University Librarian (I/C) Special Officer Development Cell Karnataka State Women's University, Jnanashakti, Torvi Bijapur 586108 Tel: 08352 229012 (O); 08352 240021 (O); 08352 272 436 (R); Mobile: 09448180973 (M) E-mil: pgtadasad(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reqest 2002 Extradinary Gazette
by kesavan rajan 01 Feb '14

01 Feb '14

I need the followig Gazatte notification on 8th Nov 2002, Part-II, Sec.3(i) Extradinary Gazette, any one have this Gazette pls help to me sent the above. -- V.Kesavan M.L.I.S,M.Phil Librariy and Information Assistant(Tamil Language) Government of India National Library Belvedere Kolkata-27. T.N.Cell:09843638114 W.B.Cell:09007989177 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article required
by Somashekhar Lalasangi 01 Feb '14

01 Feb '14

Dear All Professionals, The following journal articles are required for research purpose. Kindly help me to get this articles. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24111733#> 2013 Dec;53(6):553-60. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12131. Epub 2013 Oct 1. Subclinical hypothyroidism as a risk factor for placental abruption: evidence from a low-risk primigravid population. Breathnach FM<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Breathnach%20FM%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor…> , Donnelly J<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Donnelly%20J%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tr…> , Cooley SM<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Cooley%20SM%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tru…> , Geary M<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Geary%20M%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&…> , Malone FD<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Malone%20FD%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tru…> . Endocrinol Nutr. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23099114#> 2012 Nov;59(9):547-60. doi: 10.1016/j.endonu.2012.06.014. Epub 2012 Oct 23. Detection of thyroid dysfunction in pregnant women: universal screening is justified. [Article in English, Spanish] Vila L<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Vila%20L%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&c…> , Velasco I<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Velasco%20I%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tru…> Thanks and regards Somashekhar.L Asst Librarian Central Library BLDE University Bijapur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The National Mission on Libraries (NML) seeks to put in place a world-class system that disseminates information....
by noufal＠tatamotors.com 01 Feb '14

01 Feb '14

For posting in the forum, please Dear Friends, An interesting initiative going to launch in the purview of DL. This media clip is appeared in the Hindu News Paper The National Mission on Libraries (NML) seeks to put in place a world-class system that disseminates information, fosters reading habits and facilitates research work. Kolkata-based Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture, has been designated as the nodal agency for implementation of core areas of NML. Ministry of Culture secretary Ravindra Singh said: "Making information more accessible is now paramount in the library sector. Our libraries may be filled with books, but in the digital age, they need to provide access to information that is available online. Digital libraries provide speedy access to information and they also bridge barriers of time and space." For full story, http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/transforming-the-library-in-th e-digital-era/article5638064.ece Regards, Noufal.PP Tata Motors Jamshedpur Mob:09234607094 ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** "This e-Mail may contain proprietary and confidential information and is sentfor the intended recipient(s) only. If, by an addressing or transmission error,this mail has been misdirected to you, you are requested to delete this mailimmediately. You are also hereby notified that any use, any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of this e-mail message,contents or its attachment(s) other than by its intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily of the organization. Before opening attachment(s), please scan for viruses." ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DST-PURSE Sponsored National Workshop on "Impact of Information Technology on Scientometric Studies"
by DrSuruli Nathi 31 Jan '14

31 Jan '14

DST-PURSE Sponsored National Workshop on "Impact of Information Technology on Scientometric Studies" Dear Professionals, The Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathidasan University, Trichy - 24 is organizing a DST-PURSE Sponsored National Workshop on "Impact of Information Technology on Scientometric Studies" on 17th February, 2014 at DLIS-Smart Class Room. * Workshop Themes:* The Workshop aims the assessment of research performance and focuses on the contribution of scholarly work. The Participants will be oriented and trained the following areas: · Citation and Indexing Database (Web of Science, Scopus, Engineering Village 2) · Mapping of Research (Histcite, Vos Viewer, Free mind, Popplet) · Testing of Bibliometric Laws · Index Calculation ( H-Index, G-Index, GH-Index, P-Index etc.,) · *Registration fee * All those who wish to participate are requested to apply in advance before 15th February 2014 along with the registration form. The registration fee of Rs.200/= for professionals and Rs.100/= for students and Full time Scholars. The resource Kit, Working Lunch and High Tea will be provided. For Further Information Please visit http://smartlis.webnode.com/ *For Communication:* Professor & Head Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathidasan University, Trichy - 24. Tamilnadu, India bdulib(a)gmail.com , 9486916358 & *Dr. M. Surulinathi* Workshop Co-Ordinator Assistant Professor Mobile: 9943653068 surulinathi(a)gmail.com -- With regards Dr. T. M. Surulinathi M.com, MLIS, M.Phil., Ph.D, PGDCA, HDNCC, CGT Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science Bharathidasan University Trichy - 620 024 Mobile No: 9943653068 http://surulinathi.webnode.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PERSPECTIVES ON METRICS BASED RESEARCH EVALUATION March 10 -12, 2014
by Nadeem Akhtar khan 31 Jan '14

31 Jan '14

NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PERSPECTIVES ON METRICS BASED RESEARCH EVALUATION March 10 -12, 2014 Scope The symposium is an attempt to bring together research scholars, faculty and information professionals etc to deliberate upon concept, issues and challenges related to research assessment, evaluation, use and impact based on various metrics and standards to help academic, research and administrative community to explore better ways to lead to high ended research in a more transparent and objective way by attracting best platforms and channels for growth and to harvest rich dividends etc. Main Topics: •Research output: Growth ,Development ,Performance indicators (Impact Factor; normalized IF; H-Index; i- 10 Index; g- 10, etc) •Scientometrics: Tools; science communication and policy. •Web analytical tools: Metrics; links; ranking etc. •Publication Ethics and Plagiarism: Concept and detection tools; predatory publications. •Licensing Models: Open access journals vs. licensed journals Special Features: A.Tutorials Tutorial 1st: Standard Indicators (Impact factor; H-index etc) concept, tools and trends Tutorial 2nd: Plagiarism and software for its Detection Tutorial 3rd: Citation indexes and ranking; B.Publication Authors of accepted abstracts will submit the finalized draft of their research papers after March 13, 2014. The paper after peer review and editorial assistance will be published in the departmental journal - “Trends in Information Management (TRIM)” ISSN: 0973-4163. TRIM is available online at: http://ojs.uok.edu.in/ojs/index.php/crdr/index TRIM is a peer-reviewed and indexed in well renowned databases of USA (EBSCO). It is freely available via Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Sweden Paper Submission Instructions oPaper should be submitted in MS Word (2000) format and limited up to 8000 words. Papers submitted in other formats will not be entertained. oUse A4 size paper (210 mm by 297 mm) with 1 inch margin each from Top, Bottom, Left and Right sides. oProvide Tile in Calibri font, bold, 14 point. Author(s) name(s), affiliation(s) and email IDs should be in Calibri font, 10 points and should immediately proceed the Title. oUse Calibri font, 12 points, for the main text in single column. oPictures should be sent in Jpeg format. oFor citation and references, APA style (6th edition) should be rigorously followed. Paper compliant with above instructions should be submitted online at efdl.dlis(a)gmail.com by or before the due date. Schedule Symposium Date: March 10 – 12, 2013 Important Dates Last date for Abstract Submission: February 25, 2014 Notification of Accepted Papers: March 01, 2014 Last date for full paper submission/PPT:March 05, 2014 Registration The registration will cover conference kit, working tea and lunch. Additional charges for boarding and lodging will be based on first-come first-serve basis. Interested persons may contact conference coordinator(s) in advance for accommodation. For Participants / Delegates: Rs. 1000.00 For Students and Research Scholars: Rs. 500.00 Note: Payments can be also made in cash apart from the draft/cheque option. Drafts / Cheques should be drawn in favour of Head, Department of Library and Information Science University of Kashmir, 190 006 Conference Host: Department of Library and Information Science (DLIS), University of Kashmir, Hazratbal Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190 006. Conference Director: Professor S. M. Shafi Head, DLIS, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal. shafi_sm(a)rediffmail.com. Contact: (0)-9419008599 Conference Coordinators: 1. Dr. Shabir Ahmad Sr. Asst. Professor, DLIS 2. Dr. Sumeer Gul Sr. Asst. Professor, DLIS 3. Mr. Nadim Akhter Khan Asst. Professor, DLIS 4. Mrs. Rozy Jan Asst. Professor, DLIS 5. Dr. Zahid Ashraf Wani Asst. Professor, DLIS For Forms and other details please download Brochure at http://lis.uok.edu.in/Portals/0/Symposium_Broucher%20new.PDF Regards Nadim Akhtar Khan Assistant Professor Department of Lib & Information Science University of Kashmir 190011 -- 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] Selection of Internal Candidates in the Interview
by Pradip Das 31 Jan '14

31 Jan '14

Dear all professionals, I am also fully agreed with Mr. Vinod Kumar Mishra. It was there, it has been there, and it will be there. But yes, it is true that many institutions/organisations do have some interview procedure also advertisement procedure for the sake of their point to show UGC or concerned authority. It has to be done by the institution. For example, UGC/AICTE granted institution need have librarian with NET/SET qualified. Sometimes they are taking non NET/SET candidate and putting advt. each and every year to show that they are not getting NET/SET qualified Librarian in their organisation and leting the existing librarian to continue. If we see this one side, it is also good for those who are really good and qualified but don't have NET/SET. Regards, *Regards,** ......* _____________________ *Pradip Das* *Deputy Librarian,* *SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (A Deemed to-be University)* *Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering,* *Bhakti Vedant Swami Marg, J. V. P. D. Scheme,* *Vile Parle (West), MUMBAI - 400056* *(** : +91-22-42334004, Cell : 9420836138* ****E-mail :**pradipbhadreswardas@gmail.com <pradipbhadreswardas(a)gmail.com> * *Or **Pradip_das_55(a)rediffmail.com* <Pradip_das_55(a)rediffmail.com> *Visit us at : **www.nmims.edu* <http://www.nmims.edu/> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ************************************************************** On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Vinod Kumar Mishra < vinod_librarian(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: > Dear All, > > My view is what is the professional status i.e. capability of selected > internal candidate so our strength of protest should be accordingly because > so many external candidates also selected with the help of internal jack > and their performance is very very poor. Therefore we should see the > reputation & growth of that particular organization because of the selected > candidates performance and then we can point out on their policy of > recruitment. > > However now a days as far as library science is concern i feel that their > is lack of devotional and technologically advanced manpower. Choosing the > best out of poor is grate challenge for good recruiters but it is very easy > for poor recruiters. > > > > On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:54:29 +0530 wrote > >Dear Friends, > > > > Since last few years a trend is increasing to select the internal > > candidates against open post. We have been witnessing that written exams > > and interviews are conducted to fulfill the whole process. But > > pre-determined candidates are selected. Examination process is just an eye > > wash. Nobody will deny for selecting the internal candidates, but don't > > make other candidates fool. If there is no promotion policy in the > > institutes for internal candidates who deserves for that post, then > > promotion policy should be formulated for them. The candidates coming from > > various places of the country are hoping that somebody from them will be > > selected, but they don't know that result has already been prepared and > > they are just wasting their money as well as time. > > > > I have been witnessing case of one of the prestige institute of Library > > Science in India since last five years. Most of the time, they have > > selected the internal candidates. The question is that, why they are > > calling number of candidates for the interview and wasting public money by > > giving TA to the outsider candidates. > > > > Please give your feedback on this issue. > > > > -- > > with regards, > > > > Anil Singh > > Assistant Director (Library Services) > > > > Competition Commission of India (CCI) > > (Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India) > > 'B' Wing, HUDCO VISHALA, > > 14, Bhikaji Cama Place, > > New Delhi - 110066 > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > >

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Nominations for ASIS&T SIG-III InfoShare Membership Award (Deadline: Feb. 16, 2014)
by Shalini Urs 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

Dear Professional Colleagues: Here is a request from a professional friend of mine, to circulate this information amongst my network, which I am doing through the LIS-Forum *** Please excuse cross posting *** Dear Colleagues, The ASIS&T International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG-III) is pleased to announce that for 2014 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 students (master and/or PhD) and professionals. 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 Devendra Potnis (dpotnis(a)utk.edu) or Selenay Aytac (selenay.aytac(a)liu.edu) The deadline for submitting nominations is February 16, 2014. Thank you! Devendra Potnis Selenay Aytac InfoShare Program, SIG-III, ASIS&T (Visit us at: https://www.asis.org/SIG/iii.html) _____________________________________ Devendra Potnis, PhD Assistant Professor School of Information Sciences University of Tennessee 1345 Circle Park Dr., Suite 451 Knoxville, TN 37996 +1-865-974-2148; Twitter: DPotnis https://www.sis.utk.edu/users/devendra-potnis -- Dr. Shalini R.Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Public libraries to get a facelift this year
by Pavithrabai M S 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

NEW DELHI: Public libraries are set for a major facelift, starting this year, under the National Mission on Libraries (NML) to check the dwindling footfalls and give a boost to reading habits. "Public libraries have a crucial role in dissemination of knowledge and information. Through innovative ways, we are going to engage citizens in both physical and digital space and help them access reading material in print and electronic form with the help of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)," Ravindra Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Culture said. Kolkata-based Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation is the nodal agency for the execution of this Rs 400 crore project which will modernise 629 district libraries in the country and connect them with each other. The project is scheduled to be launched by President Pranab Mukherjee on February 3 in Kolkata. "We plan to accomplish this modernisation through a two-pronged strategy: improvement of infrastructure and upgradation of technology in libraries on the one hand and capacity building on the other," Singh said. Libraries are set to have Wi-Fi enabled reading rooms with modern furniture, lighting system, carrels for scholars, senior citizens and specially abled persons, modern signage, power backup, purified drinking water equipment and washrooms. In addition, there will be games facilities for children, besides Internet, conference room, recording room and training-cum-meeting room. "Since creation of new institutions or libraries may not be feasible, it is better to upgrade the existing libraries by improving their infrastructure," K K Banerjee, Director General of Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation said. Cataloguing will also be done for not only of books and journals but also of all policies of the government in public domain to facilitate easy access and research work. Efforts will also be made to provide reading material in a multilingual mode. "By providing reading material in different languages, we intend to facilitate universal access. As a part of the objective, libraries will be encouraged to create more digital resources by digitising relevant reading material in various languages. Our vision is to create a network of public libraries where information is digitised and easily exchanged," Banerjee said. Libraries covered under NML will also provide e-journal or e-book services to the patrons and procure reading resources to meet local needs. For advocacy and outreach programmes, libraries will host quiz contests, music competitions and creative writing workshops. Extension counters of these libraries will also open in local schools. For maintaining data repositories, cloud computing will also be adopted. "We are also going to build a National Virtual Library which will be accessible by all 629 libraries and will also help in capacity building," Banerjee told . For capacity building, library professionals working in public libraries will be given need-based training to improve managerial skill and competence to utilize ICT applications. It will also include students from Library Science Schools who have just received degree in B.Lib Sc and other equivalent. "Training of library professionals is the key to develop libraries of the future. We may eventually go for ISO certification as it is important for the standard practices in libraries," Singh said. The government had approved this scheme on November 28, 2013. The NML was set up in pursuance of a report of the National Knowledge Commission, headed Sam Pitroda , advisor to the Prime Minister of India, which made a strong case for revamping the Library and Information Service sector. "There is an imperative need for libraries in India to make a paradigm shift from their existing strategy of collection or acquisition of knowledge to access of knowledge. NML is designed to ensure this course correction," V Srinivas, Joint Secretary, Culture Ministry said. *Source: **Jan 28, 2014 | The Economic Times* -- *With Best Regards :* *Pavithrabai.* *M. S * * MLISc., Mphil.,** MA.* * Bangalore, IndiaBlog : * http://daarideepa-ilcis.blogspot.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC Infonet Digital Library Consortium
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

Dear colleagues, Please remember my posting regarding UGC Infonet Digital Library Consortium.I have been informed by the INFLIBNET authorities that it was only an alert message. They are making sincere efforts to maintain the consortium in the way it works now. No need to panic. We will be very grateful to the INFLIBNET authorities for their efforts. Dr GOPAKUMAR V. University Librarian,Goa University Taleigao Plateau, Goa. PIN 403 206 Personal webpage http://www.vgkumar.weebly.com/ 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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