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Colloquium (4)
by DRTC 23 May '13

23 May '13

Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre Colloquium (4) – 2012-14 Linked Data: A descendant to Library Science Principles Abstract In present scenario of Semantic web, goal is to enhance the visibility of resources; and publish it in a structured manner, so that not only humans but also computers become capable of processing it. Linked data is just an addition of one more facet to it, so that the resources could be interlinked and related concepts can be identified and discovered. However, the underlying idea is very old and is closely related to concepts like citations between scholarly articles and controlled headings in library catalogues. Thus as Library & Information Science professionals, we should utilize and implement our traditional principles with suitable improvisations so as to upgrade availability and accessibility of bibliographic data that are enclosed in four walls of Libraries to users in world wide web environment. In this colloquium, we would be discussing the basic technologies behind the Linked Data and its working principles, highlighting some of its implementations and finally co ncluding with its need in general and in Libraries. TOPICS SPEAKERS 1 Introduction and Overview: Vikas Bhushan 2 Base Technologies: Sayon Roy 3 Linked Data Principles : Debashis Naskar 4 Currents Trends and Implementations: Sumanta Bag 5 Conclusion: Kaustav Saha VENUE: DRTC CLASSROOM DATE: 29/05/2013 TIME: 2 PM ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED M. Krishnamurty Colloquium Coordinator -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha 3.12 released
by Vimal Kumar V. 22 May '13

22 May '13

Dear Friends, New version of Koha released with bundle of new features. You can visit the release notes and check new features available with. http://koha-community.org/koha-3-12-0-released/#more-4403 You can also download illustrated release notes, http://koha-community.org/files/2013/05/Koha-3.12-release-notes.pdf If you are Koha Live DVD user, you can easily upgrade to 3.12 version. http://sourceforge.net/projects/kohalivedvd/ Apply the following command in Applications > Accessories > Terminal sudo su [enter the Linux password when it ask, check read me file to find password] apt-get update apt-get install koha-common After upgrading you have to install additional perl modules missing, Open Koha interface and check, About Koha > Per Modules You can find missing perl modules highlighted in different colors, How to install missing perl modules, Apply following commands in a terminal, sudo su sudo cpan Here is an example to install a perl module called Data::Pagination install Data::Pagination The same way, you can install other missing perl modules. Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.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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Hurry up to register for Professional Development Programme@TERI
by Nihal Alam 22 May '13

22 May '13

TERI in collaboration with NASSDOC, ICSSR is organizing a workshop on "Professional Development Programme for Managerial Librarianship for Social Science Libraries" from 17-19 July, 2013 at TERI, India Habitat Center, New Delhi aimed at equipping the LIS (library and information science) professionals with state-of-the art skills and knowledge to meet current and recent challenges in this dynamic knowledge society. Some of the select objectives of this would be to: • Transform the informational professionals belonging to social science libraries knowledgeable in developing innovative information services. • Inculcate infopreneurial attitude among the LIS professionals towards sustainability. • Bridge the gap between what is preached and what is practiced in the Social Science Libraries. The workshop programme as well as course contents have been developed in guidance with eminent subject experts to promote continuous improvement of core competency skills of the participants. The resource persons will comprise of experts from within TERI as well as outside. The pedagogy of this programme will be lectures, presentations, exercises and case based discussion. The course has been developed content rich which primarily focuses on guidance to implementation of best practices. To allow such rich and useful interactions, the number of participants will be limited to 25 drawing participants from social science libraries. Each institute can nominate only one candidate to have appropriate blende of the experiences of the LIS professionals. While the registration for the nominated participants will be free of charge, the transportation and lodging cost will be borne by the participants. The select participants need to fill up a survey form to assess his/her current level of expertise. You are requested to kindly attend or nominate one candidate from your esteemed organization for the same before 31st May 2013. For more information, please contact Dr Shantanu Ganguly Workshop Coordinator Library and Information Centre Knowledge Management Division E-mail: shantanu.ganguly(a)teri.res.in For registration you may call Ms Pallavi Shukla on Tel. (+91 11) 2468 2100 and 41504900 or mailto: Pallavis(a)teri.res.in Regards, Nihal Alam Research Associate Knowledge Management Division TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) Tel. +91 11 2468 2100, ext. 2758 Mobile: +91 9311305823 E-mail nihal.alam(a)teri.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Orientation on academic communication and plagiarism
by Vimal Kumar V. 22 May '13

22 May '13

Dear Friends, Kerala Library Association, Kottayam Region is organizing "Orientation on Academic Communication and Plagiarism" in association with S.B. College, Changancherry on 8 June 2013. Programme Time 10 AM – 4PM Who can participate? Library Science (MLISc.) students and LIS professionals. Scope of the programme Plagiarism Dissertation writing Collaboration tools Citation management Curation and sharing of content Registration Registraton Fee is Rs. 100/ Programme brochure https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6E3iEzJp74uVUFKYXFkNGhRZWs/edit?usp=sharing -- Vimal Kumar V. Secretary Kerala Library Association, Kottayam Region Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.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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MyLISA AGM on May 26, 2013
by Sunil MV 22 May '13

22 May '13

*Kind Attn: Life Members of MyLISA, Mysore* Dear All, This is to inform the Life Members of *Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA), Mysore* that the Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) and the election of Executive Members for the term 2013-2016 will held on *Sunday, 26th May 2013 at 11:00 AM*. As per the decision of the Executive Committee the AGM is open only for the Life Members of MyLISA and the election will be held among the members who attend the meeting. The members present in the meeting are eligible for both contesting the election and to vote the candidates. *Details of the meeting are as follows:* *Presided by:* Prof. Mallinath Kumbar, President, MyLISA, Mysore *Venue: * Mysore University Library, University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysore *Agenda:* 1. Presentation of the report by the Secretary. 2. Presentation of the income and expenditure statement by the Treasurer. 3. Address by the President of the Association. 4. Election of the Executive Members of the association for the term 2013-2016. 5. Any other issues with the permission of the chair. MyLISA request the life members to make it convenient to attend the AGM. *Note: Members are requested to join for Lunch after the AGM* With sincere regards, ---------------------------------------------------- Basappa, K.L. Secretary, MyLISA, Mysore Librarian, Shri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE), Mysore Email: basappakl64(a)gmail.com Mobile: 9480422557<http://vt.summon.serialssolutions.com/search?t.isbn=9480422557> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CSI eNewsletter -- May 2013 -- Inputs for "CSI History"
by Mohan Hr 21 May '13

21 May '13

Dear all, The CSI eNewsletter of May 2013 (combined issue) can be accessed at http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-2013-05-01.pdf and also at the CSI KM Portal http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/enewsletter For the archives of this newsletter, pl. visit http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-archives.htm or at http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/archives You are free to forward this mail to your contacts who may like the information presented in the mail. =============================================== Primer on CSI History – An Appeal As Computer Society of India (CSI) will be turning 50 in 2015, a series of Golden Jubilee events/activities are planned in the coming two years. There is a proposal to have a curtain raiser in Jun/Jul 2013 at Delhi. In this context, a primer on "CSI History” -- highlighting the significant milestones of CSI from its inception is being brought out. To facilitate the compilation/preparation of this primer, inputs are requested from members and all who have been associated with CSI at various capacities at the chapter, regional, national and international levels. Kindly provide us with all possible information relevant to this primer as write-ups, documents, publications, photographs and in all other forms at your earliest. While soft copies of the inputs can be sent to by email to csi.history(a)gmail.com the hard copies (documents/publications/photos/) may pl. be sent to: Director – Education, Computer Society of India, Education Directorate, CIT Campus, IV Cross Road, Taramani, Chennai – 600 113. Ph: +91-44-2254 1102 / 1103 / 2874. After use, they will be returned back to you if desired. We request your immediate support in this activity as the lead-time for the primer preparation is quite short. =============================================== With regards HR Mohan Editor -- CSI eNewsletter http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ Contents ======= -- The first 20 years of Wired: 1993-2013 -- How to advance your IT career in one simple step -- OK, so stick with Windows XP: But how big a risk do you run -- 12 Must-Do PC Tasks -- Mastering digital business -- The 21st Century Data Center Special Feature -- Best Readings in Green Communications -- How Green is Your IT? -- A Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to green computing -- Green computing energy efficiency guide -- How Mobility Is Changing the Enterprise -- CIO Playbook: How Mobility Can Transform Your Business -- Big data: What’s your plan? -- The coming era of ‘on-demand’ marketing -- Five routes to innovative problem solving -- Wi-Fi Network Technology Technical View -- 40 Gigabit Ethernet: The Migration Begins -- MOOCs and the Meta Campus -- Video: 7 Skills students need for their future -- Video: The World in 2030 -- Video: Eric Schmidt on disruptive technologies -- MBA Exam Questions through the Ages -- Announcements -- ICT Events -- ICT News: Voices & Views -- ICT News: Telecom, Govt, Policy, Compliance -- ICT News: IT Manpower, Staffing & Top Moves -- ICT News: Company News: Tie-ups, Joint Ventures, New Initiatives -- Book: Quick Test Professional: covers QTP 9.2, 9.5, 10.00 and 11.00 (TMH) -- Book: Android Design Patterns: Interaction Design Solutions for Developers (Wiley India) -- Book: Know Your English (Vol. 2): Words Frequently Confused (Universities Press) -- Book: Introduction to Soft Computing: Neuro-Fuzzy and Genetic Algorithms (Pearson Education) -- Book: Cloud Enterprise Architecture (CRC Press) -- About the CSI-eNewsletter -- Contributions to CSI-eNewsletter -- Volunteers to CSI-eNewsletter InfoQuiz–2013-05-01 =============== (SEVEN Prizes to Win – TWO Prizes of Rs. 500/- each and FIVE books) 1. What is Bitcoin 2. MariaDB is an open source database developed based on ------ 3. The combination of Smartphone and Tablet in a single device is known as ------ 4. Angry Birds : Pigs = Angry Anna : ------ 5. Graph Search, recently introduced by Facebook considers FOUR core points and they are: People, Places, Photos and ------ Email your answers by 10th Jun 2013 to csi.infoquiz(a)gmail.com with subject “infoquiz-2013-05-01”. Please provide your name, designation, company/institution, full postal address (to send the prize) and the contact phone nos. after the answers. There are SEVEN prizes to win. TWO prizes of Rs. 500/= each by SRA Systems (www.srasys.com) FIVE prizes will be in the form of books which are briefly reviewed in this edition of the newsletter. They are being offered by Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd (www.tmhshop.com/) Wiley India Pvt. Ltd (www.wileyindia.com) Universities Press (www.universitiespress.com) Pearson Education (http://www.pearsoned.co.in) and CRC Press (www.crcpress.com) Answers along with the winners’ info will be published in the next issue. Answers & Winners of InfoQuiz-2013-04-01 Yahoo!, Azim Premji, Calligraphy, Variety, BlackBerry Rs. 500/= from SRA Systems: Karan Dev (Delhi) & K. Shivani (Anantapur) Rs. 500/= from VictoryMind Edu Services: M. Bhuvaneshwari (Bangalore) & S. Rajini (Coimbatore) Book from Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt Ltd: B. Suraj Aravind (Visakapatnam) Book from Wiley India Pvt Ltd: Nivedita Kulkarni (Pune) Books from Universities Press: Anurag Jagetiya (Bhilwara) & TK Gireesh Kumar (Hyderabad) Book from Springer: Maruthupandi Kathiresan (Chennai) Book from CRC Press: M. Prasanth (Chennai) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article rquirement
by LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER SUMANDEEP VIDYAPEETH 21 May '13

21 May '13

One of our Research Scholar require following article for research purpose. Details are as under : Journal Name : International journal of tuberculosis & lung Disease. Article Title : Pulmonary Tuberculosis : the day after Author Stani A A June 2013 Kindly do needful. -- 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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Article Request
by LIJESH TK 21 May '13

21 May '13

Dear Professionals, Our Research scholar need below articles. Kindly help me in this regard. Title: The lipid language of plant–fungal interactions Authors: Shawn A. Christensen; Michael V. Kolomiets Source: Fungal Genetics and Biology 48(1): 4–14 Special Issue: Fungal Secondary Metabolism Year: 2011 Website: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1087184510000952 Title: Fungal secondary metabolites – Strategies to activate silent gene clusters Authors: Axel A. Brakhage; Volker Schroeckh Source: Fungal Genetics and Biology 48(1): 15–22 Year: 2011 Special Issue: Fungal Secondary Metabolism Website: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S108718451000068X Title: Compartmentalization and molecular traffic in secondary metabolism: A new understanding of established cellular processes Authors: Ludmila V. Roze; Anindya Chanda; John E. Linz Source: Fungal Genetics and Biology 48(1): 35–48 Special Issue: Fungal Secondary Metabolism Year: 2011 Website: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1087184510000964 Title: Surveys of non-ribosomal peptide and polyketide assembly lines in fungi and prospects for their analysis in vitro and in vivo Authors: Bradley S. Evans; Sarah J. Robinson; Neil L. Kelleher Source: Fungal Genetics and Biology 48(1): 49-61 Special Issue: Fungal Secondary Metabolism Year: 2011 Website: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1087184510001246 Title: Regulation of secondary metabolism by chromatin structure and epigenetic codes Authors: Joseph Strauss; Yazmid Reyes-Dominguez Source: Fungal Genetics and Biology 48(1): 62-69 Special Issue: Fungal Secondary Metabolism Year: 2011 Website: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1087184510001441 With regards, Lijesh T.K KFRI, Thrissur, Kerala. Visit: http://www.libraryjobs4u.blogspot.com/ Library News: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Library-News/146299565539496 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Access Books
by Chief Librarian, SAIACS 20 May '13

20 May '13

<http://doabooks.org/> http://doabooks.org/ 1423 Academic peer-reviewed books from 49 publishers Purpose of DOAB The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access books. Academic publishers are invited to provide metadata of their Open Access books to DOAB. Metadata will be harvestable in order to maximize dissemination, visibility and impact. Aggregators can integrate the records in their commercial services and libraries can integrate the directory into their online catalogues, helping scholars and students to discover the books. The directory will be open to all publishers who publish academic, peer reviewed books in Open Access and should contain as many books as possible, provided that these publications are in Open Access and meet academic standards. Regards ________________________________ Yesan Sellan, B.Com., MLISc., PGDLAN, NET Chief Librarian South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies (SAIACS) 363 Dodda Gubbi Cross Road, Kothanur Post Office, Bangalore -560077, INDIA Phone : 91 80 2846 5235/5344/ 5649, Fax : 91 80 28465412, Mobile : 91-9972348251 Website : <http://www.saiacs.org/> www.saiacs.org Alternative Email: <mailto:yesan.sellan@saiacs.org> yesan.sellan(a)saiacs.org or <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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KLA National Seminar (NITILIC), 12-13 July 2013, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala: Registration open
by faisal sl 20 May '13

20 May '13

KERALA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (KLA) NATIONAL SEMINAR 12-13 July 2013, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala MAIN THEME: "New Information Technology Interfaces in Libraries and Information Centres (NITILIC)” SUB THEMES: Evolving Models of Library and Information Centres in the New Millennium Social Media in Libraries Cloud computing and Libraries Recent Developments in Software applicable to Libraries E-reading and E-Devices Library Designing in the Digital Era Human Resource Development in the Digital context Technology Interfaces for Public Libraries Details at http://klanationalseminar2013.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/annoncement/#more-169 Download Seminar Brochure from http://klaweblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/kla-national-seminar-2013-brochur… REGISTRATION Individual participants: Rs 1250.00 Institutional participants: Rs 1750.00 Concessional rate for KLA Life Members and Research Scholars in LIS: Rs 1000.00 Students: Rs 750.00 Last date for Registration: 05 July 2013 Download Registration form: http://klanationalseminar2013.wordpress.com/downloads/registration-form/ ONLINE REGISTRATION All participants have to register online at http://klanationalseminar2013.wordpress.com along with the submission of duly filled registration form and fee. MODE OF PAYMENT By DD drawn in favour of Kerala Library Association and payable at Thiruvananthapuram or by cash to the General Secretary, KLA. DD along with the registration form may be sent to the General Convener, KLA National Seminar-2013, Kerala Library Association, 36, 2nd Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana P.O., Thiruvananthapuram – 695 002, Kerala. VENUE OF THE SEMINAR The Seminar Hall at Kerala State Science and Technology Museum and Priyadarsini Planetarium (KSSTMPP), PMG Junction, Vikas Bhavan P.O, Thiruvananthapuram - 33. FOR MORE DETAILS AND SEMINAR UPDATES Seminar Blog: http://klanationalseminar2013.wordpress.com KLA Website: www.keralalibraryassociation.org CONTACT General Convener: Dr. A. Gopikuttan , President, Kerala Library Association (E-Mail : agopikuttan(a)yahoo.co.in / Mob. 919446428163) Joint General Conveners Shri M. Chandrakumaran Nair, Vice President, Kerala Library Association (E-mail: ckumarnair(a)gmail.com / Mob: 919447276657) Shri S. L. Faisal, General Secretary, Kerala Library Association (E-mail: slfaizal(a)gmail.com/Mob: 919447699724) ********************************** Regards S.L.Faisal, General Secretary, Kerala Library Association (KLA) 36, II Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana P.O. Thiruvananthapuram– 695 002, Kerala slfaizal(a)gmail.com/Mob: 919447699724 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Refresher Course in LIS at Bharathidasan University
by Suruli Nathi 20 May '13

20 May '13

Greetings from LIS, Bharathidasan University We are happy to inform that Department of Library and Information Science along with UGC-Academic Staff College, Bharathidasan University will be organizing refresher course in Library and Information Science during 8thto 28th November 2013 for the benefits of Librarians and Faculty working in college and university across the country. Desired Faculty members and Librarians are invited to take part in the UGC- ASC Refresher course in Library and Information Science by sending the application to *The Director, UGC-ASC, Bharathidasan University, Trichy-24, Tamilnadu*. The application form along with instruction can download from BDU ASC Website or Library website. http://www.ugcascbdu.org/ http://library.bdu.ac.in/ with regards Professor & Head Department of Library and Information Science Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli -24 Tamilnadu -- 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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Request for article
by Subir Mukherjee 20 May '13

20 May '13

Dear Forum Members, The following article is urgently required by our faculty member for research purpose. If your library have access to this kindly send me the same and oblige. A single quantum cannot be cloned / W. K. Wootters*,1 & W. H. Zurek2 Nature 299, 802-803 (28 October 1982) | :10.1038/299802a0; Accepted 7 September 1982 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v299/n5886/pdf/299802a0.pdf With Regards Subir Kumar Mukherjee Central Library Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University PO Belur Math, Dist Howrah 711202 West Bengal, India Email: subir.mukh(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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DRTC Students Colloquium-3
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 17 May '13

17 May '13

Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre Colloquium (3) 2012-14 Integrated Library Management System to Resources Discovery: Recent Trends Abstract The emergence of technologies has brought about enormous changes to the evolving society, especially in education, learning, and research arenas. Modern libraries are repositories for documents in both, printed and electronic form. Both kinds of documents can be stored/archived, retrieved/access, delivered/downloaded when required. The books and printed materials together with endless and ever increasing scholarly e-resources makes the traditional management of library and information centres a difficult target to accomplish. To overcome these difficulties, new technologies are being adopted like library automation, networking, Internet, web 2.0 etc. And in recent years, the evolution of discovery systems lead towards a model that provides access to a more comprehensive representation of library collections. A variety of products and projects have emerged with the ambitious goal of addressing the content represented in a librarys subscriptions to electronic resources in addition to the books and other materials managed in the integrated library system. This colloquium aims to discuss Resource Discovery issues and prospects under the topics below: TOPICS SPEAKERS 1. Introduction and Overview: Kaustav Saha 2. Library Automation Debashis Naskar 3. Resources Discovery Vikas Bhushan 4. Current in Global Level Sayon Roy 5. Conclusion: Sumanta Bag VENUE: DRTC CLASSROOM DATE: 22/05/2013 TIME: 2 PM ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED Dr. M. Krishnamurthy Colloquium Coordinator -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on Koha and DSpace
by Jamsheer np 17 May '13

17 May '13

We are happy to announce that the Central Library, College of Engineering Thalassery is going to organize a 5 Day Workshop on Open Source Software For Library Management (Latest Version of DSpace and Koha ILS) The objective of the Workshop is to provide training to Library and Information Professionals on Open Source Library Management Software’s to enable them to manage Library Automation and Digital Library. The Workshop is scheduled to be held from 03. 07. 2013 to 07. 07. 2013. Interested professionals to participate in the Workshop, may send their Application form along with the DD as per prescribed format available in the College website www.cethalassery.ac.in .Selected candidates shall be intimated accordingly. Eligibility The Workshop is aimed to Library and Information Professionals and Staff members of College of Engineering Thalassery. How to apply The application form is available in the College website www.cethalassery.ac.in. Filled Applications forwarded by the concerned authorities, along with a DD of Rs. 500/- (in favor The Principal, College of Engineering Thalassery, Payable at SBT Thalassery) should reach the Workshop Coordinator, Central Library, College of Engineering Thalassery, Eranholi- PO, Kannur- 670107 on or before 17- 06- 2013. Applicant will be registered on first come first served basis as the number of seats limited to 30 for outside candidates. Registration fee Registration fee Rs. 500/- (includes course kit, Software DVD, Lunch and Tea) Important Dates Last date of Receipt of Application: 17/06/2013 Intimation of Selection: 20/06/2013 (by Phone/ e-mail) Confirmation by participants: 22/06/2013 (by Phone/ e-mail- coethalassery(a)gmail.com) Address for Communication Silpa. K MLISc., NET- Librarian (in charge ) Workshop Coordinator +91 9447074987 Usman koya P T MA, MLISc., PGDJ Convenor, Workshop +91 9846974035 -- 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
by Mamtha's Gmail 17 May '13

17 May '13

Dear professional friends, One of our faculty needs the following article for her research. Since we do not have this in our subscribed databases, kindly provide fulltext if available in your library. Serum and Saliva Levels of Ischemia-Modified Albumin in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis *Volume 27*, *Issue 2*, <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcla.2013.27.issue-2/issuetoc> *pages 99–104*, *March 2013* -- *Thank you & Regards * *Mrs Mamatha P. Kumar* *Chief Librarian* *Central Library* *Yenepoya University* *Yenepoya University **|** University Road, Deralakatte **|** Mangalore 575018 **|** Karnataka **|** India *T: +91 824 22046668/69/70 *|* Extn 310 *|*F: +91 824 2204667 *|* www.yenepoya.edu.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for full text artilcle
by Mahesh Moolya 17 May '13

17 May '13

Dear Professionals, If any library holds below mentioned article. Please send me. 1. Surg Radiol Anat. 1999;21(1):77-81. Left renal vein variations. Satyapal KS, Kalideen JM, Haffejee AA, Singh B, Robbs JV. 2. Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy, 2003;25(5-6):465–467 Two rare anomalies of the left renal vein, B. Senecail, J. Bobeuf, P. Forlodou, and M. Nonent, 3. Surgical and Radiological anatomy2002;23(6):443-445. Surucu, HS; Erbil KM; Tastan C; Yener N Anomalous veins of the retroperitoneum: clinical considerations. 4. Surgical and Radiological Anatomy 1994;16(2):205-209 Magnetic resonance angiography of the left renal vein A Carriero, N Magarelli, L Tamburri, AG Tonni, A Iezzi… 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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Professional Development Programme from July 17-19 2013 at TERI
by Nihal Alam 16 May '13

16 May '13

TERI in collaboration with NASSDOC, ICSSR is organizing a three days workshop on *“Professional Development Programme for Managerial Librarianship for Social Science Libraries”* from *17-19 July, 2013 *at* TERI, India Habitat Center, New Delhi* aimed at equipping the mid-career LIS (library and information science) professionals with state-of-the art skills and knowledge to meet current and recent challenges in this dynamic knowledge society. Some of the select objectives of this would be to: *• **Transform the mid-career informational professionals belonging to social science libraries knowledgeable in developing innovative information services.* *• **Inculcate infopreneurial attitude among the LIS professionals towards sustainability.* *• **Bridge the gap between what is preached and what is practiced.* The workshop programme as well as course contents have been developed in guidance with eminent subject experts to promote continuous improvement of core competency skills of the participants. The resource persons will comprise of experts from within TERI as well as outside. The pedagogy of this programme will be lectures, presentations, exercises and case based discussion. The course has been developed content rich which primarily focuses on guidance to implementation of best practices. To allow such rich and useful interactions, the number of participants will be limited to 25 drawing participants from social science libraries. Each institute can nominate only one candidate to have appropriate blende of the experiences of the LIS professionals. While the registration for the nominated participants will be free of charge, the transportation and lodging cost will be borne by the participants. The select participants need to fill up a survey form to assess his/her current level of expertise. On full-filling the questionnaire, and meeting the criteria, the select professional incumbent would be invited to attend the course. Please note that during this course, your complete dedication and interactive participation is mandatory. You are requested to kindly attend or nominate one candidate from your esteemed organization for the same before* 31**st May 2013.* For more information contact to: Dr Shantanu Ganguly Librarian and Area Convener Library and Information Centre TERI Email: shantanu.ganguly(a)teri.res.in Phone: 011- 2468 2100 /41504900 extn 2762 For registration you may contact Ms Pallavi Shukla on 011- 2468 2100 /41504900 OR mailto: pallavis(a)teri.res.in Regards, Nihal Alam Research Associate Knowledge Management Division TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) Tel. +91 11 2468 2100, ext. 2758 Mobile: +91 9311305823 E-mail nihal.alam(a)teri.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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REGISTRATION OPEN: Classification & Visualization, The Hague, 24-25 October 2013
by Aida Slavic 16 May '13

16 May '13

*Apologies for cross-posting* === REGISTRATION OPEN === International UDC Seminar 2013 entitled "Classification & Visualization: Interfaces to Knowledge" will take place on Thursday 24 - Friday 25 October in the National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek), The Hague Conference website: http://seminar.udcc.org/2013. The objective of this conference is to explore cutting edge advances and techniques in the visualization of knowledge across various fields of application and their potential impact on developments in the more main stream bibliographic and documentary classifications. The conference will be opened by Emer. Prof. W. Boyd Rayward, well-known historian of the international organization of knowledge and the history of documentation and information science. His keynote address will set the scene for discussions on models and metaphors of knowledge and information visualization that bridge historical and technological perspectives. A series of eminent speakers will follow: Lev Manovich, Kathryn La Barre, Fabrice Papy, Marcel Worring, Luca Rosati, Andrea Resmini, Scott Weingart, Richard Smiraglia, Charles van den Heuvel, Andrea Scharnhorst etc. To learn more about conference programme and to register go to the conference website http://seminar.udcc.org/2013 Early bird registration opens on 15 May 2013: EUR180 early bird fee, students EUR140 (to 30 June) EUR220 regular fee, students EUR180 Contact: seminar2013(a)udcc.org About the organizer: Classification & Visualization is the fourth biennial conference in a series of International UDC Seminars organized by the Universal Decimal Classification Consortium (UDC Consortium). UDCC is not-for-profit organization, based in The Hague, established to maintain and distribute the UDC and to support its use and development (http://www.udcc.org) UDC is one of the most widely used knowledge organization systems in the bibliographic domain. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Physics News 04/04/2010
by Ajay Kum Sharma 16 May '13

16 May '13

Dear Library Professionals, One of our faculty member has urgent required the below mentioned article from Physics News of dated 4th April 2010. Article: "Challenges and Opportunities in the Science Education Scenario in India" Journal : Physics News, of dated 04/04/2010 It would be greatful to him if anyone kindly send this article for his research purpose. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Raj Mallick <mr.mallickraj(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 16:10:23 +0530 Subject: Physics News 04/04/2010 To: ajaysharma.lib(a)gmail.com "Challenges and Opportunities in the Science Education Scenerio in India" Physics News 04/04/2010 Regards RAJ MALLICK -- 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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Request for articles
by Deepak Sharma 16 May '13

16 May '13

Dear Forum Members, The following articles are urgently required by our faculty member for research purpose. If any one have access to the following resources then please provide the same and oblige. Afuzzy formal concept analysis based approach for business component identification - Zhen-gong Cai<http://link.springer.com/search?facet-author=%22Zhen-gong+Cai%22>, - Xiao-hu Yang<http://link.springer.com/search?facet-author=%22Xiao-hu+Yang%22>, - Xin-yu Wang<http://link.springer.com/search?facet-author=%22Xin-yu+Wang%22>, - Aleksander J. Kavs<http://link.springer.com/search?facet-author=%22Aleksander+J.+Kavs%22> Direct Link: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1631%2Fjzus.C1000337 *Applying agglomerative hierarchical clustering algorithms to component identification for legacy systems* Authors: Jian Feng Cui<http://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81330489709&coll=DL&dl=ACM&trk=0&cfid=…> Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xiamen University of Technology, 600 LiGong Rd., Xiamen 361024, China<http://dl.acm.org/inst_page.cfm?id=60092863&CFID=217472800&CFTOKEN=51454153> Heung Seok Chae<http://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81100282270&coll=DL&dl=ACM&trk=0&cfid=…> Department of Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, 30 Changjeon-dong, Keumjeong-gu, Busan 609-735, South Korea<http://dl.acm.org/inst_page.cfm?id=60008783&CFID=217472800&CFTOKEN=51454153> Direct Link: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1968307 Please do the needful. -- Deepak Sharma Assistant Librarian ITM University Sector 23 A, Gurgaon 01242365811 9015433756. I may not be an explorer Or an adventurer Or a treasure seeker Or a gun fighter But I am proud of what I am I ….. am a LIBRARIAN !!! Memorable quote from the movie ‘The Mummy’ "Solve your simple mistakes early before it leads to big problem. Because we always slip from small stones, not from a mountain" "Coins always make sound, But the currency notes are always silent, So, When your value increases, keep yourself calm and silent" -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Publisher Threatens to Sue OA Blogger for $1-Billion
by Dr. Indira Koneru 15 May '13

15 May '13

Dear Professionals, Publisher threatens to sue Jeffrey Beall, scholarly open access blogger for $1-Billion. <http://chronicle.com/article/Publisher-Threatens-to-Sue/139243/?cid=at&utm_…> Be cautious about predatory open access publishers! Regards,Indira -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Bangalore university Question papers
by Manju Channappa 15 May '13

15 May '13

Hi all can any one please send the soft copy of one year PGDM question papers of bangalore university...... to my mail ID Thanks and Regards Manju Librarian ISBR Business School Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Access Theses
by Chief Librarian, SAIACS 15 May '13

15 May '13

http://oatd.org/ OATD aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from <http://oatd.org/oatd-publishers.html> over 800 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes over <http://oatd.org/oatd/search?q=*%3A*&sort=date> 1.6 million theses and dissertations. Best wishes, ________________________________ Yesan Sellan, B.Com., MLISc., PGDLAN, NET Chief Librarian South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies (SAIACS) 363 Dodda Gubbi Cross Road, Kothanur Post Office, Bangalore -560077, INDIA Phone : 91 80 2846 5235/5344/ 5649, Fax : 91 80 28465412, Mobile : 91-9972348251 Website : <http://www.saiacs.org/> www.saiacs.org Alternative Email: <mailto:yesan.sellan@saiacs.org> yesan.sellan(a)saiacs.org or <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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IEEE India Council Newsletter -- IEEE India Info -- May 2013 issue
by Mohan Hr 14 May '13

14 May '13

Dear all, You can now access the May 2013 issue of IEEE India Info, the newsletter of the IEEE India Council at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/icnl/1305/icnl-iii-2013-05.pdf and also at the India Council website http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/india_council/newsletters/2013/may13.pdf You are free to forward this mail to your contacts who may like the information presented in the mail. Pl. provide your feedback by email to ieeeindiainfo(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan Editor IEEE India Info Chairman, IEEE CS & PCS Madras Email: hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com Blog: http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ Contents ======== http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/icnl/1305/index.html -- Message from Chairman -- Message from Editor -- The Anatomy of Autonomy in Technical Education -- Importance of Academic Skills for Engineering Graduates -- Can engineers make a difference to the Indian society? -- IT in April 2013 -- News from Sections: Bangalore, Kolkata, UP, IEEE OES, Madras -- In Lighter Sense: MBA Exam Questions through the Ages -- Information Resources -- Book: Nanotechnology: The Science of Small (Wiley India) -- Book: Know Your English (Vol. 2): Words Frequently Confused (Universities Press) -- TechQuiz 2013-05 -- Forthcoming Events -- Announcements TechQuiz – 2013-05 ================ (Two Prizes to win – Books reviewed will be presented to the winners) 1. Twenty years back, in 1993, the Mosaic browser was released by Marc Andreessen and ------ of the National Center for Supercomputer Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 2. Windows 95 : Chicago = Windows 7 ; ------ 3. “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe”. Who said this? 4. IEEE, is pronounced as ------ 5. A six sigma process is one in which ------ % of the products manufactured are statistically expected to be free of defects Email your answers by 10th Jun 2013 to ieee.techquiz(a)gmail.com with subject “techquiz-2013-05”. Please provide your name, designation, company/institution, full postal address (to send the prize) and the contact phone nos. after the answers. There are TWO prizes to win. Two prizes will be in the form of books which are briefly reviewed in this edition of the newsletter. They are being offered by Wiley India Pvt. Ltd (www.wileyindia.com) and Universities Press (www.universitiespress.com) Answers along with the winners’ info will be published in the next issue. Answers & Winners of TechQuiz-2013-04 =============================== Green House Gases, Bill Gates, U.R. Rao, 8, Steam Engine “Digital and Analog Communication Systems” from Wiley India to Shantanu Singh Chauhan (Goa) “Know Your English (Vol. 1): Idioms and their stories” from Universities Press to Sumit Kumar Manna (Kolkata) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Scientometric Conference volume
by saravanan 14 May '13

14 May '13

Dear Madam / Sirs, Can anyone inform me, whether the Conference Volume of Second National Conference on Scientometrics and Knowledge Management held on 20th & 21st April 2013, at Karnatak University, Dharwad is released? Thanking you in advance, With regards, Mr. G. Saravanan alias Goby Krichenan Librarian French Institute of Pondicherry # 11, Saint Louis Street, P.B. No. 33 PUDUCHERRY - 605 001 South India, INDIA Ph: 0091 - 413 - 2231661 Mail : saravanan.g(a)ifpindia.org Web : http://www.ifpindia.org/Saravanan-G.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop (Two Days) on Contents Management Systems Using Joomla at New Mumbai
by Dattatray Phadke 14 May '13

14 May '13

Dear Sir, Kindly arrange to post the following message to all LIS FORUM member. Thanks Phadke Dear Librarians and LIS Professionals, Pillai Centre for Advances in Library Information Technology and Reserach ,New Panvel is hosting two day's programme ,"Workshop on Content Management Systems Using Joomla" as a part of their course PGDILIT on June 1st and 2nd,2013 at New Panvel,New Mumbai. We are inviting interested Librarians and LIS professionals in this region to attend the workshop and avail the training opportunity. One can visit the following websites to know about registration and other details: http://pgdilit.piit.ac.in/ http://www.pcalitr.piit.ac.in/ -- Thanking you D.N.Phadke, . Consultant Librarian,PIIT C/O Dr.K.M. Vasudevan Pillai's Campus Sector 16,New Panvel,New Mumbai 410206 Contact Phone No.022-27451700/6100,022-27463739(Extn.151) Mob.+919869786186 -- 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 Use of Technology for Marketing of Library and Information Resources held on 7-8 June 2013
by Ravindra Mendhe 14 May '13

14 May '13

Dear Professionals It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that, SVKM's NMIMS organized , National Workshop on Use of Technology for Marketing of Library and Information Service and e - Resources 7-8 June, 2013 ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP The main function of libraries and information centres is to collect the information from various sources, organized and process it, and distribute it to target users. Libraries have been doing this by means of various library services. Keeping in view cost of information, processing time and other inputs, libraries can maximize their ROI if information services are being used by larger population of users. This demands need of marketing for the users at right time in a right way. Libraries and information centers are facing a time of unprecedented change and challenges. Recent technological developments are creating new form and source of information, bypassing traditional libraries. Library users are transcending into customers with rising expectations, diverse needs ,wants and choices. Libraries and information centers should make it a point to apply new leading concepts like social networking in the marketing of their services and information to the users. In a target workshop, we plan to discuss various methods of identifying the services needs , skills required for effective marketing and how we can avail ourselves of technology for marketing. The key aspects for this workshop will be group discussions brain storming role plays and case studies. *ABOUT NMIMS * The Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) ( Deemed to be University) established in 1981 has over 13,000 students and 350 faculty members representing an eclectic mix of industry and academic experience in severed diverse domains of knowledge. Apart from its main campus at Mumbai, NMIMS has off-campus centers at Shirpur (Maharashtra), Bangalore and Hyderabad. In 2003, NMIMS established eight schools, offering programs across various disciplines including Management Technology, Science, Pharmacy, Architecture and Commerce offering graduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs. * * Keeping in mind its concern for the society, NMIMS set up an off campus at Shirpur in 2007. This campus provides state-of-art infrastructure facilities to students while offering quality education. Spread over a land area of 50 acres, the campus comprises ¨ *Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering (MPSTME)* Program: B.Tech (I.T.Comp,Egg, E & TC, Mechanical and Civil) Duration: 04 years MBA Tech.( (I.T.Comp,Egg, E & TC, Mechanical and Civil) Duration:05 years M.Tech ( Mechanical Egg and Computer Egg.) Duration: 02 years ¨ *MPSTME’s Centre for Textiles Function (CTF)* ¨ *School of Pharmacy & Technology Management (SPTM)* Program-B.Pharm Duration: 04 years B.Pharm +MBA ( Pharma-Tech)- Dual Degree Program Duration – 05 years M.Pharm ( Pharmacology, Pharmacutics, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Quality Assurance) -02 years M.Pharma+MBA ( Analysis, Quality Assurance and Pharmacutics) - Duration :02 years. *MUEKSH PATEL CENTRAL LIBRARY* Mukesh Patel Central Library at Shirpur campus is a valuable resource for all students and faculty members. It has a rich collection of 23500 books,17 various full text databases and 74,000 e-books from renowned publishers, NPTEL videos etc. Covering 45000 Sq ft area, it provides access to valuable resources in Engineering, Management, Pharmacy, Computer Science, and Business Management *TOPICS * Following topics will be covered during the workshop: · Identification of Services Which Needs Library Marketing · Use of Technology for Library Marketing · Brain Storming: Possible Ideas and Solutions for Library Marketing · Measuring Impact of Marketing Activities · Created Tools in excel to automate unit level MIS generation RESOURCE PERSONS Experts from academia and Industry in respective fields will be facilitating the sessions. *SHIRPUR CITY* Shirpur is a tribal area of North Maharashtra adjoining Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. It is located near the Satpuda ranges on the NH-3 (Mumbai-Dhule-Indore-Agra). It is a perfect example of a model township developed by the leadership of *Hon’ble Shri. Amrishbhai Patel, MLA*, Maharashtra who is also the President, SVKM and Chancellor, SVKM’s NMIMS. The city owns several pride possession including the Balaji Temple, The Mukesh Patel Recreation Garden, Textile industries, and the Shirpur Gold Refinery. * * *TARGET PARTICIPANTS* Library and Information science Professionals, Knowledge manager and students who have an interest or are involved in using Technology for Marketing of Library and Information Service and e – Resources in their respective organizations. * * *OUR PATRONS* ¨ *Hon’ble Shri Amrishbhai R. Patel*, Chancellor (NMIMS) and Chairman, SVKM ¨ *Hon’ble Shri Bhupeshbhai R. Patel* (President, R.C.Patel Education Trust, Shirpur) ¨ *Hon’ble Shri **Rajgopal Bhandari*, Member, Managing Committee, SVKM, Shirpur * * *ADVISORY COMMITTEE* ¨ Dr. Tapan Bagchi,* *Director, NMIMS, Shirpur ¨ Dr. R.S.Gaud, Dean, SPPSPTM, Mumbai ¨ Dr. M.V.Deshpande, Associate Dean, MPSTME, Shirpur ¨ Mr. Rahul Dande, Account & Purchase officer, NMIMS, Shirpur ** *ORGANIZING COMMITTEE* ¨ Mr. Shivanand Sadlapur, NMIMS, Mumbai** ¨ Mr. Kishore Ingale, TCS, Pune ¨ Mr. Ravindra M. Mendhe, NMIMS, Shirpur ¨ Mr.H.M.Chaudhari, SES, Shirpur ¨ Mr. Anand Gawadekar, NMIMS, Shirpur ¨ Mrs. Manisha Tiwari, NMIMS, Shirpur ¨ Mr. Sachin Wani, NMIMS, Shirpur *HOW TO REACH SHIRPUR* Shirpur is 50 km away from Dhule and 200 km from Indore (MP), Surat (Gujarat), Nasik and Aurangabad. Buses frequently ply between Dhule and Shirpur. The nearest railway stations are Jalgaon (MS), Bhusawal (MS), 120 km (Central Railway) and Nandurbar (MS), 85 KM (Western Railway via Surat). * * *REGISTRATION FEES * Registration fee is Rs.800/- per participant (without accommodation) and Rs.1000/- (with accommodation) including Food and Kit. The payment should be made by Demand Draft, drawn in favor of *“SVKM’s NMIMS, “* and payable at Shirpur (Dist-Dhule), Maharashtra state. * * *LAST DATE OF REGISTRATION / CONFIRMATION:* 30th May, 2013 *INTAKE* A maximum of 60 participants will be enrolled for the workshop on the first- come- first served basis. *ACCOMMODATION* Fully furnished accommodation on sharing basis will be provided to the participants. * * *CONTACT PERSON* *Mr. Ravindra M. Mendhe,* *Deputy Librarian and Organizing Secretary * M.P.Central Library SVKM’s NMIMS,(Deemed to be University) Mukesh Patel Technology Park, Shirpur campus Bank of Tapi River, Mumbai-Agra Road , N.H.3 Shirpur, Dist-Dhule- 425405 M.S. Tel.No.02563-286545-51, ext.210 , 110 Mob. No: 09403503789 , 9881913681 Email: ravindra.mendhe(a)nmims.edu lrcshirpur(a)gmail.com *Registration Form* Name in Capital: ………………………...... ……………………………………………. Designation: ………………………………. Organization’s Address:…………………. ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… PIN Code:…………... Ph. No.: …………….. Mob. No.: …………........................................ URL Add.: …………...................................... E-mail ID:………………………………….. *Accommodation*: YES / NO (Pl. tick) *Registration Fee:* Rs.800/- ( without accommodation) and Rs.1000/- ( with accommodation) per participants . *Payment Details*: Kindly send DD/Cheques in favour of *SVKM’s NMIMS, ”* Payable at Shirpur. Details of DD/Cheque No.:………….……………. Date.:……………………………………………… * * *Amount (Rs): ……………………………………/- only.* -- Sincerely Ravindra M. Mendhe Deputy Librarian, & In-charge Central Library SVKM's NMIMS ( Deemed to be University Mumbai) Mukesh Patel Technology Park Shirpur Campus, Bank of Tapi River, Mumbai - Agra Road, Shirpur, Dist- Dhule- 425 405, MS, India Tel: 02563 -286545 email: ravindra.mendhe(a)nmims.edu, , ravindramendhe@ <ravindramendhe@g> gmail.com *“New Technology, New Trends, New Ideas; Modifying the Library with the User in Mind'.* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: new release of dspacekohadrupal liblivecd-Ver-1.4
by Sunita Barve 13 May '13

13 May '13

Dear all, We wish to inform about the new release of LibLiveCD version 1.4. The current version of CD is made available on http://sourceforge.net/projects/liblivecd/files/Version-1.4/ LibLiveCD contains lUbuntu 12.04 LTS, DSpace-3.1, Koha-3.10.4 & Drupal-7.20. The main reason for bringing out new version of liblivecd is, Koha is installed through ubuntu packages which will allow users to upgrade Koha with just two commands such as "apt-get update" & "apt-get upgrade". The web installation part of Koha is as well pre configured in the CD. Koha can directly be run by logging into 'kohaadmin' once the installation of CD is carried out. There is no need to run web installation part now. Along with DSpace, Koha & Drupal the CD also contains following server related software pre installed and pre configured such as:- Apache2 Web Server, OpenSSH Server, VSFTP Server, MySQL Server, PostGreSQL Server, Dovecot/Exim4 Mail Server, SquirrelMail Web Mail Client and Minimum desktop environment. To input multilingual data in DSpace/Koha, IBUS input method is installed on the CD. Abiword for editing/reading word documents, gnumeric for using spread sheets, vim/gedit for text editing and epdfview/Foxit for reading PDF files. Openoffice/Libreoffice and multimedia related software are excluded from the CD and these can easily be installed by running "System Tools-Synaptic Package Manager". If the synaptic “reload” does not work try changing repositories links to http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu <http://archives.ubuntu.com/ubuntu> instead of http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu <http://in.archives.ubuntu.com/ubuntu> and then search and install any other software required. lUbuntu operating system (Lightweight Operating System) is chosen considering requirements from libraries where libraries have low configuration desktops in their libraries but still wish to initiate their library web sites, complete library automation as well as wish to create digital libraries. Please follow proper installation steps to install livecd if you wish to have dual boot i.e. windows as well as linux installation on your machines. If you are installing livecd on a machine which is running under proxy and if you are unable to browse Internet then on every boot you will have to manually set current date and time. To set current date and time run the following command on every boot to set systems current date and time. root@localhost:date -s "09 MAY 2013 21:43:00" Please change current date and time as above so that machines behind proxies can run Internet successfully. We would greatly appreciate your valuable feedback. Please write to dlrg(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in <http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum> for any comments/suggestions. reg Sunita Barve, Ph. D. Senior Technical Officer National Chemical Laboratory Dr, Homi Bhaba Road Pune 411008, INDIA Email :sunitabarve@gmail.com <sunitabarve(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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The library of discarded books
by Jayadev P Hiremath 13 May '13

13 May '13

Jack Waterford <http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/by/Jack-Waterford> Editor-at-large, The Canberra Times In Australia alone, libraries are getting rid of at least 5 million books a year. The library of lost books would be of considerable size, bigger, probably than the shelves in my house could bear. But not by much. Its successor, 200 years from now, will be many times greater. Thousands of books of classical Greece and Rome, and of other civilisations, did not survive the Dark Ages, and are known only in fragments or from references made in other books which did survive. Even in more recent centuries, hundreds of books, pamphlets, and musical scores seem to have been lost forever. The Library of Alexandria was the greatest repository of knowledge in the classical world about 2300 years ago. It is believed to have contained about 40,000 books in perhaps 600,000 rolls of papyrus - and was focused not only on consciously collecting and storing ''all the world's knowledge'' but on having, in effect, the master copy of all texts. Scholars came from all over Africa and the Mediterranean to transcribe, or to compare their transcribed versions with something as close as possible to the original. It no longer exists, alas, although the scholars are never quite sure whether they should blame Julius Caesar, the Emperor Aurelian, anti-pagan iconoclasm or even, if more doubtfully, conquering Arab Muslims. Advertisement These days, alas, we are burning and burying far more books than ever did an invading, ignorant horde of Christians, Muslims or Nazis. Our chief book burners are our librarians. In Australia alone, librarians in our major libraries and cultural institutions, including state and university libraries, are probably ''deaccessioning'' at least 5 million books a year - say half the number of books in the National Library of Australia. A single shelf containing these would stretch from Canberra to Newcastle - or have given every school that built a library during Gillard's Building the Education Revolution, about 35 metres of books each. The professional ''deaccessioning'' is probably less than a quarter of what is being disposed of by lending library systems, forced not only to renew worn stock but also continually to find space for new works by culling older ones that are no longer so popular, so relevant, or useful. The dead books are not going to book fairs, being sold to the used book trade, or even made available, very cheaply, to patrons of the libraries. Culling programs are rarely announced in advance. Getting rid of books is invariably controversial and unpopular, even when libraries believe it to be necessary. Most of the culling is done secretly, and most of the books go to landfill, with active security to prevent any rescue. Some consciences think of the information needs of others, including the poor or the developing world, but because books in bulk are heavy and expensive to transport, it is easier to send a donation of the freight cost. Librarians in charge of this carnage are not barbarians. They are pushed into systemic regular destruction by declining budgets, declining space, and the declining need to have physical copies of books scattered around. There's the internet, the e-book, and hundreds of scholarly serials are now fairly readily accessible, even if, sometimes, for a fee. Librarians are less the physical custodians of musty tomes than guides into where and how one can find information on a topic. In many cases, moreover, many volumes on the shelves of the great institutions are never, or hardly ever consulted, and a considerable proportion are, at best, only of historic interest, since the knowledge they purvey has long been superseded, as often as not, in new, heavily revised, fresh editions of the same basic text. Yet it's a horrible process and, in my view, likely to be done badly, even by people who love learning, love books, or who understand, as many people impatient to see an end of paper do not, that the very touch, sight, smell and presentation of a book is something more than a mere collection, as digits, of the images it contains. Internet access to books and information is a fabulous thing - an adjunct even for someone such as myself who relishes and appreciates the difference between the book and its contents. But there are serious risks in thinking that one can completely replace the other - or that, in some matter, digitised information, stored today, will be instantly accessible forever. Here are some evidences of the problem. A bookseller told me recently of discussing a focused library, essentially on economic geography, built up lovingly over the years by an academic who had retired, then died. His wife wanted a good (free) home for the books - preferably as a collection, alternatively, via the second-hand book trade to people who recognised their real worth. Many of the books were rare but not particularly valuable. What gave the library value was as a collection, a repository of specialised knowledge, even, to a degree, a feedback on the memory, the tools and the experience of this man and his generation. The owner had tried to donate it, first to his old academic department - but it, as so often these days, was now so reorganised, captured by new academic fads, and in a phase of prostituting half of the discipline in a quest to be relevant to a new generation of students, that it had no space, no place and no need for it. The institution's own library was throwing out hundreds of thousands of books. The bookseller had no warehouse and had a need for reasonably quick turnover; reluctantly he refused them even as a gift. A late ANU academic of world standing in his disciplines gave away a considerable library before he died. But he kept at home an incomparable set of collections in language: English, Icelandic, Old and Middle English, and 19th-century literature. Bits and pieces have been picked over - even by Oxford, the National Library and the ANU library - but most of the collections will have to be broken up. There are no English faculties capable of appreciating them: today's faculties of critical studies, cultural studies, communications and other academies of postmodern tosh are not actually ''into'' literature, or criticism, or culture, or communications. Meanwhile, I am told, James Cook University at Townsville is about to junk what I am told is a fabulous collection on marine science, and Pacific travel, exploration and culture because there is not much call for them. In my mind's eye, I see an old salt mine - or perhaps the limitless warehouse from *Raiders of the Lost Ark*- where discarded books could be sent, by institutions and others who have loved knowledge. Inside, gnarled folk - perhaps retired - would sort them into sets: ■ Books such as modern novels, cookbooks and mental or business self-help tomes that can be sold as roof insultation, by the cubic metre. ■ Those, including nearly all paperbacks, that could be sent to Lifeline, to be appreciated, all over again, by the discerning masses. ■ Books whose novelty or antiquarian value exceeded their academic value that could be sold from an adjacent shop. ■ Those that could be a Library of Alexandria in waiting - or perhaps, the standing basis for a Library at the University of Goodooga, or Goulburn, when the nation progressed to such a peak of civilisation. Such a venture, I venture, could do more good for learning than 10,000 school libraries of the modern sort (i.e., with computers but not books), or town libraries specialising, as many now are, in holdings of DVDs. -- Warm regards. Jayadev P Hiremath Independent Libraries Professional (Former Librarian - IBS,Kuwait) 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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Vacancy in IIT Delhi
by Veeru 13 May '13

13 May '13

*INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)* Hauz Khas, New Delhi-16 *IIT Delhi invites applications for following posts for its Central Library : * - *Librarian : *01 post (UR), Pay Scale : Rs.37400-67000 AGP Rs. 10000/- - - *Dy. Librarian : *01 post (UR), Pay Scale : Rs. 15600-39100 AGP Rs. 8000/- - - *Assistant Librarian : *04 posts (UR-3, SC-1), Pay Scale : Rs. 15600-39100 AGP Rs.6000/- *How to Apply* : Application in the prescribed format should be send on or before *04/06/2013* to *Deputy Registrar (Estt.-1), IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110016 (India) * * * For details and application format, visit IIT Delhi website at http://www.iitd.ac.in/sites/default/files/jobs/faculty/advt-EST-I-022013-En… Application : http://www.iitd.ac.in/sites/default/files/jobs/faculty/app_form_fac.pdf -- Thanks and Warm Regards Virupaksh. B. H Library and Information Assistant National Library of India, Kolkata-700027 Email Id: *veerulis(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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Need article
by Veeru 13 May '13

13 May '13

Dear all, Title:- Process tape for better spot welding by Heinz Hackl<http://link.springer.com/search?facet-author=%22Heinz+Hackl%22> AutoTechnology <http://link.springer.com/journal/35595> November 2006, Volume 6, Issue 6<http://link.springer.com/journal/35595/6/6/page/1>, pp 60-63 Abstract Fronius is an active player in solar electronics, battery charging systems and welding technology. Its Welding Technology Division recently unveiled a new resistance spot welding process that offers high stability and reproducibility of results. Its special feature is a “process tape” that is spooled around the electrodes. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03246977 -- Thanks and Warm Regards Virupaksh. B. H Library and Information Assistant National Library of India, Kolkata-700027 Email Id: *veerulis(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 invited for the post of 'Librarian' from Florence P U College, Bangalore.(Ramchandra Madar)
by Ramchandra Madar 11 May '13

11 May '13

Applications invited for the post of 'Librarian' from Florence P U College, Bangalore. Qualification: M.Lib.Sc. Address: The Chairman, Florence PU College, No.60/15/116/2, Huskur Main Road, Near Fruit Market, Electronic City Post, Bangalore-100. Contact: 9845025989, 9900097599/ 27848202. Email : florenceinstitute(a)rediffmail.com / srinidhitrust(a)gmail.com. Interested candidate may apply within 07 days from date of advertisement (Advertizement date: 10/05/2013). Regards, Ramchandra Madar (B.A., M.Lib.Sc.) Librarian, Bangalore City college of Nursing, Bangalore. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on Meeting Users Expectations
by Daulat Jotwani 11 May '13

11 May '13

Dear All Central Library, IIT Bombay is organizing a 3-days Workshop on “Meeting Users Expectations” from 27 - 29 May 2013. Academic and Research Libraries India have been operating in ICT-enabled environment for more than a decade now and providing access to a large number of electronic journals, books and data-bases to their users. While there is a general perception that the provision and accessibility of electronic resources have helped the end-users in their academic and research endeavours, no efforts have been made to assess whether web-based resources and services have actually helped them. This workshop, therefore, aims to bring together all the stake-holders, i.e. Users, Librarians, and Publishers/database producers, to get a holistic view of the impact these services have made / will make on their work as well as on their use of library and information services, and will identify the areas for future improvements. The outcome of this workshop is expected to help the participants in planning and developing a strategy / road-map for futuristic library services. The final day of workshop is planned to provide hands-on training on KOHA, an open source library management software. The workshop is limited to 60 participants. Registration is free for participants from INDEST-AICTE Consortium member institutions. However, they have to pay Rs 1500/- per person towards accommodation. Registration Fee Rs 2500/- per person for participants from Industry and R&D Institutes (Rs 4000/-, if accommodation is needed). Registration fee includes workshop kit, lunch,tea-coffee, snacks during workshop days. Accommodation will be provided in Guest House / Hostels on first-come-first-served basis and only for those participants who have sent their advance payment. Interested persons may forward their registration form as per following : REGISTRATION FORM Workshop on Meeting Users Expectations,27-29 May 2013 Last Date for Registration: 20-05-2013 (WRITE IN CAPITAL LETTERS) Participant Name: ________________________ Designation: ____________________________ Educational Qualification: _________________ Organization:____________________________ Mailing Address:__________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ Mobile:__________________________________ Telephone________________________________ Email:___________________________________ Remittance details DD.No.______________BankName___________ Dated___________ Rs. _______in favour of Registrar, IIT Bombay payable at Mumbai. Signature of the participant Mail the completed form along with Demand Draft to: Dr. Daulat Jotwani Workshop Coordinator and Librarian Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400 076 Ph: 022-25768920 (O) Ph: 022-25768096 (R) Fax: 022-25720227 E-mai : jotwanid(a)iitb.ac.in, librarian(a)iitb.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICAR for discussion on OA policy
by Sridhar Gutam 10 May '13

10 May '13

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) <http://www.icar.org.in> had started a discussion on its Facebook page about Opening up of access to Agricultural Knowledge in ICAR. https://www.facebook.com/InAgrisearch/posts/409731772457660 Please visit the page and give your comments or make suggestions. Thanks & Regards Sridhar __________________________________________________________ Sridhar Gutam PhD, ARS, Patent Laws (NALSAR), IP & Biotech. (WIPO) Senior Scientist (Plant Physiology) Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture Joint Secretary, Agricultural Research Service Scientists' Forum Convenor, Open Access India Country Representative, YPARD Rehmankhera, Kakori Post Lucknow 226101, Uttar Pradesh, India Phone: +91-522-2841022/23/24; Fax: +91-522-2841025 Mobile:+91-9005760036/8005346136 Publications: http://works.bepress.com/sridhar_gutam/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Colloquium (2) on Information Seeking Behaviour in Electronic Environment : Issues and Trends
by Kaustav Saha 10 May '13

10 May '13

Dear Moderator, Please circulate this information to LIS Professionals. *Indian Statistical Institute * * Documentation Research and Training Centre * * Colloquium (2) – 2012-14 * Information Seeking Behaviour in Electronic Environment : Issues and Trends * Abstract * Information is integral for the progress, welfare and development of any community. Humans have been making use of information since the onset of humanity. Studies reveal that with growth in technology, various channels for information communication evolved. For an information scientist it is essential to consider and review the changes that took place in areas like “information need”, “information seeking” and “information behaviour”. Investigations show that certain variations in these areas necessitated subtle alterations in different approaches followed by users of information; for its retrieval. Research regarding behaviour patterns of users became important by the day. With the advent of Internet, information and its availability became multidimensional. The current study aims to discuss what is information seeking and how is it related to information behaviour. Though the scope of the idea is quite large, discussions mainly emphasize on Information Seeking Behaviour in Electronic Environment, as traditional print-on-paper is no longer the only source of information. Analysis of behaviour patterns which are observed in information seeking is crucial since it serves as an important parameter for studies in human behaviour. * * TOPICS SPEAKERS * * 1. Introduction and Overview: Debashis Naskar 2. Model for Information Seeking Behaviour: Vikas Bhushan 3. Information Seeking Behaviour in Electronic Environment: Sayon Roy 4. Current Trends and Applications: Sumanta Bag 5. Conclusion: Kaustav Saha *VENUE: DRTC CLASSROOM * * DATE: 15/05/2013 * * TIME: 2 PM * * * * ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED* * * Dr. M. Krishnamurty Colloquium Coordinator * * -- With regards, Kaustav Saha Documentation Research & Training Centre (DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre -- 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 10 May '13

10 May '13

Dear Professionals, If any library holds below mentioned article. Please send me. J Pediatr. 2002 Apr;140(4):396-403. System-based approach to management of neonatal jaundice and prevention of kernicterus. Johnson LH, Bhutani VK, Brown AK. 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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Last date extended: IIM Ranchi requires Library and Information Assistant
by Jayant Tripathy 10 May '13

10 May '13

Dear Professionals, The last date of receipt of application for the post of Library and Information Assistant at IIM Ranchi has been extended to November 15, 2012. Please follow the below link for details: http://www.iimranchi.ac.in/AdvertisementforLibraryAssistant.pdf Regards Jayanta __._,_.___ Reply via web post Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: * New Members 1 Visit Your Group Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use • Send us Feedback . __,_._,___ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Salary Structure of Library Professional's at DRIEMS
by Raj Mahapatra 09 May '13

09 May '13

Dear Mr.padhy, Let me know the salary structure of library professional's at your organisation.If you know the same then share it. -- Regards *Raj Kumar Mahapatra* * Mob:7894702221* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lecture invitation
by SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE 09 May '13

09 May '13

Dear Moderator : Kindly insert the following invitation to the benefit of the Lis-forum members. Thanks. Yours truly, K.N. Prasad, Executive Officer, SRELS, Bangalore & Convenor, Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lecture Committee, Bangalore ***** *Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lectures Committee, Bangalore* *Ra. Ha. Deshpande Cultural Centre Trust, Dharwad* *and* *Gandhi Peace Foundation Centre Dharwad* *Cordially invite you to the* *Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lecture (12)* *by* *Shri. Sudheendra Kulkarni* *Noted Journalist, Mumbai* *Special Advisor to former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Wajapay* * * *INTERNET AND CHARAKHA* * * *Prof. J.S. Patil, Ex-Vice Chancellor* *Professor, Department of P.G. Studies and Research in Law Gulbarga University, Gulbarga* * * *presides* * * *on Sunday 12th May 2013 at 6.00 p.m.* *at Ra.Ha. Deshpande Auditorium, K.V.V. Sangha, Dharwad* * * * G.B. Hombal Prof. K.S. Bhasme Dr. K.N. Prasad* * Member President Convenor* * Ra,Ha. Deshapande Cultural Centre Gandhi Peace Foundation Centre Prof.K.S.Deshpande Endowment Lecture Committee* * Dharwad Dharwad Bangalore * * (Mob: 09880142632) (Mob: 09880529534)* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Applications invited for the post 'Librarian' and 'Library Assistant' (Ramchandra Madar).
by Ramchandra Madar 09 May '13

09 May '13

Applications invited for the post 'Librarian' and 'Library Assistant' from CMR Group of Institution, Bangalore. Qualification: M.Lib.Sc. Address: The President, CMR Group of Institutions, No.02,3rd 'C' Cross, 6th 'A' Main, 2nd Block, HRBR Layout, Kalyan Nagar, Bangalore-560043. Last Date: Interested candidate may apply within 07 days from date of advertisement (Advertizement date: 09/05/2013). Email: careers(a)cmr.ac.in Website: www.cmr.ac.in Regards, Ramchandra Madar (B.A., M.Lib.Sc.) Librarian, Bangalore City college of Nursing, Bangalore. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Public review announced for digital preservation standards
by Dr. Ramesh C Gaur 09 May '13

09 May '13

Best Practices & Guidelines for Production of Preservable e-Records The Best practices and Guidelines in this document are applicable for those e-records that need to be retained for long durations (e.g. 10 years, 25 years, 50 years and beyond) and the e-records that need to be preserved permanently. The core concepts of ‘preservability’ are based on the requirements specified in IT ACT, ISO/TR 15489-1 and 2 Information Documentation - Records Management and ISO 14721 Open Archival Information Systems (OAIS) Reference Model The draft digital preservation standards are now published by e-gov standards division for public review on its website. Please check the announcements section on top right corner at the URL below - http://egovstandards.gov.in/ http://egovstandards.gov.in/review-documents/public-review/Draft_Production… The last date for giving of feedback is May 31, 2013. Pl. feel free to circulate it to all concerned. Regards Ramesh ************************************** Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) University Librarian Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) New Meharuli Road, New Delhi - 110067 Tele +91-11-26742605, 26704551 Fax : +91-11-26741603 Email: rcgaur(a)mail.jnu.ac.in ;rcgaur66(a)gmail.com URL: www.jnu.ac.in Brief Profile: http://www.jnu.ac.in/Library/RameshCGaur.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Survey for LIS-Forum users
by anish g 09 May '13

09 May '13

Dear Friends, I request you to participate in this survey. The main objective of this survey is to know the engagement of LIS community in LIS-Forum. LIS-Forum is considered as the most popular professional communication platform for LIS community in India. It would be very interesting to know about the usage of LIS-Forum by LIS community in India.This survey is designed for the completion of my MLISc dissertation project. Your participation is greatly appreciated. Click on the following link to open the survey form, https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1keJOFrIEijWA06-2s3OoBcIOD7EWG7Op75zMckDKZ0k With regards Anish G. Assistant Librarian P.A. Aziz College of Engineering & Technology Thiruvananthapuram anishg83 at gmail.com * *<http://www.indiacollegesearch.com/colleges/PA_Aziz_College_of_Engineering_&…> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Register for Professional Development Programme at TERI
by Nihal Alam 08 May '13

08 May '13

TERI in collaboration with NASSDOC, ICSSR is organizing a workshop on “Professional Development Programme for Managerial Librarianship for Social Science Libraries” from 17-19 July, 2013 at TERI, India Habitat Center, New Delhi aimed at equipping the LIS (library and information science) professionals with state-of-the art skills and knowledge to meet current and recent challenges in this dynamic knowledge society. Some of the select objectives of this would be to: • Transform the informational professionals belonging to social science libraries knowledgeable in developing innovative information services. • Inculcate infopreneurial attitude among the LIS professionals towards sustainability. • Bridge the gap between what is preached and what is practiced in the Social Science Libraries. The workshop programme as well as course contents have been developed in guidance with eminent subject experts to promote continuous improvement of core competency skills of the participants. The resource persons will comprise of experts from within TERI as well as outside. The pedagogy of this programme will be lectures, presentations, exercises and case based discussion. The course has been developed content rich which primarily focuses on guidance to implementation of best practices. To allow such rich and useful interactions, the number of participants will be limited to 25 drawing participants from social science libraries. Each institute can nominate only one candidate to have appropriate blende of the experiences of the LIS professionals. While the registration for the nominated participants will be* free of charge*, the transportation and lodging cost will be borne by the participants. The select participants need to fill up a survey form to assess his/her current level of expertise. You are requested to kindly attend or nominate one candidate from your esteemed organization for the same before 31st May. 2013. For more information contact to: Dr Shantanu Ganguly Librarian and Area Convener Library and Information Centre TERI Phone: 011- 2468 2100 /41504900 extn 2762 For registration you may contact Ms Pallavi Shukla on 011- 2468 2100 /41504900 OR mailto: pallavis(a)teri.res.in Regards, Nihal Alam Research Associate Knowledge Management Division TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) Tel. +91 11 2468 2100, ext. 2758 Mobile: +91 9311305823 E-mail nihal.alam(a)teri.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Presentation on “Linked In: Enhance Your Social Media Presence” on Wednesday, 15th May 2013 at 6.00 p.m
by Mohan Hr 08 May '13

08 May '13

Dear all, Pl. find an invite for the presentation on “Linked In: Enhance Your Social Media Presence” on Wednesday, 15th May 2013 at 6.00 p.m The pdf invite is available at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2013/mm-130515.pdf While the entry to this pgm is free, PRIOR REGISTRATION IS A MUST Pl. register at http://goo.gl/GTzKg and attend the presentation. With regards HR Mohan INVITATION ===================================================== Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Professional Communication Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Technology Management Council, Madras Chapter Cordially invite you for a presentation on “Linked In: Enhance Your Social Media Presence And Get Found For Your Needs” by Mr. Raghunath Ramaswamy Founder & CEO, Spectrum Consulting, Chennai on Wednesday, 15th May 2013 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. P. Kumar, Chairman, CSI Chennai Chapter Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, IEEE CS & IEEE PCS Madras Chapter Mr. K.V. Rupchand, Chairman, IEEE TMC, Madras Chapter Programme ========= 6.00 p.m. : Tea & Fellowship 6.30 p.m. : Presentation & Demonstrations 7.45 p.m. : Dinner About the Presentation ================= Linked In emphasizes the concept of Getting Found for your needs. The presentation will touch upon the seven building blocks of Social Media and map the features of Linked In. The talk will focus primarily on two core aspects of Linked In, the importance of building an Ideal Linked In profile and follow that up with a strategy to Network. It is critical to build a Linked In profile as this is central to your Linked In experience. Traffic to your Linked In page is a function of key words. Hence the profile needs to be built since this will determine the traffic to your page. Search in Linked In is a function of your network. Unless you nurture a proper network, you may never get found for your needs. All the other features in Linked In are designed to encourage nurturing a network, so that you can get found for your needs. The speaker will also briefly touch upon the other features of Linked In. While the entry to this pgm is free, PRIOR REGISTRATION IS A MUST Pl. register at http://goo.gl/GTzKg and attend the presentation. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Require Library Professionals@DRIEMS, Tangi, Cuttack, Odisha
by Gouranga Padhy 08 May '13

08 May '13

DRIEMS central library (Knowledge Garden) requires library professionals. Candidates must have MLISc with 1yr working experience. Those having experience in Libsys software will be given preference. Interested candidates should send their application and resume by e-mail to: knowledgegarden(a)driems.ac.in latest by 15th May, 2013 mentioning the subject line as “Resume for Library professional”. Shortlisted candidates will be called for interview. -- *Regards* *Gouranga Kumar Padhy* *BLISc, MLISc(Gold Medal), Mphil(LIS), PGDCA* -- 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 Shabu Allijan 08 May '13

08 May '13

Dear Professionals,  One of our research scholar needs the following article, if your library have access to this kindly send me the same. Dengue Virus Capsid Protein Binding to Lipid Droplets and its Inhibition. towards a New Drug Target Biophysical Journal, Volume 104, Issue 2, Supplement 1, 29 January 2013, Page 415a Filomena A. Carvalho, Ivo C. Martins, Fabiana A. Carneiro, Iranaia Assunção-Miranda, André F. Faustino, Miguel Castanho, Ronaldo Mohana-Borges, Fabio C.L. Almeida, Andrea T. Da Poian, Nuno C. Santos   With Regards   Shabu M. A Junior Professional Assistant Central 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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Fwd: The Elsevier Foundation Calls for 2013 New Scholars and Innovative Libraries Projects
by Shamprasad Pujar 08 May '13

08 May '13

Dear Members, This may be of interest to you. Please go through the forwarded message. Regards, S M Pujar Dy. Librarian, IGIDR, Mumbai ============= ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Schemm, Ylann (ELS-AMS) <Y.Schemm(a)elsevier.com> Date: Tue, May 7, 2013 at 5:23 PM Subject: [IFLA-L] The Elsevier Foundation Calls for 2013 New Scholars and Innovative Libraries Projects To: "ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr" <ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr> We’d like to share the following call for library grant proposals. Best regards, Ylann Schemm The Elsevier Foundation Calls for 2013 New Scholars and Innovative Libraries Projects * * *June 24th deadline for 1 page applications to promote gender equality in academia and build capacity in developing world libraries* * * *Boston, May 6, 2013* – The Elsevier Foundation<http://www.elsevierfoundation.org/>is seeking new grant proposals for the 2013 New Scholars <http://www.elsevierfoundation.org/new-scholars/> and Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries<http://www.elsevierfoundation.org/innovative-libraries/>programs. The deadline for applications is June 24th 2013. Grants will be awarded in December 2013 and provide* *one, two and three year awards between US$ 5,000 to US$ 50,000 per year for a total of US$ 100,000. The Elsevier Foundation will accept 1 page applications from May 6th through June 24thvia www.elsevierfoundation.org. Forty shortlisted applications will be invited to submit full proposals by September 3rd. The Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries program provides grants to libraries in the developing world to improve access to scientific, technical and medical information. The 2013 program priorities include: professional librarian training enabling librarians to serve as pivotal advocates in their research ecosystems and projects which demonstrate the link between research access, training, usage and health impact. Priorities will also include projects which demonstrate a strong outcomes evaluation and have the potential for a strong model or multiplier effect. The New Scholars Program supports projects to help early- to mid-career women scientists balance family responsibilities with demanding academic careers and addresses the attrition rate of talented women scientists. Recent grants have promoted institutional research, advocacy, and policy development to retain, recruit and develop women in science and have enabled researchers to attend conferences critical to their careers by assisting with childcare, mentorship and networking. Since 2010, the New Scholars program has also focused on the developing world through support of recognition awards and national gender-benchmarking research mapping the opportunities and obstacles faced by women in science, technology and innovation. “Since 2007, we have been able to fund and partner with an impressive and diverse range of projects to build capacity in developing world libraries and advance women in science”, said David Ruth, Executive Director of The Elsevier Foundation. “The Elsevier Foundation grant often serves as critical seed funding to get innovative projects off the ground. “We can’t wait to see what great new ideas have emerged over the past year.” # # # *About the Elsevier Foundation *** The Elsevier Foundation <http://www.elsevierfoundation.org/> ( www.elsevierfoundation.org) provides grants to institutions around the world, with a focus on support for the world’s libraries and for scholars in the early stages of their careers. Since its inception, the Foundation has awarded more than 60 grants worth millions dollars to non-profit organizations working in these fields. Through gift-matching, the Foundation also supports the efforts of Elsevier employees to play a positive role in their local and global communities. The Elsevier Foundation is funded by Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. *About Elsevier *Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including *The Lancet* <http://www.thelancet.com> and *Cell*<http://www.cell.com>, and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier’s online solutions include ScienceDirect<http://www.sciencedirect.com/>, Scopus <http://www.scopus.com/>, Reaxys <http://www.elsevier.com/reaxys>, ClinicalKey <https://www.clinicalkey.com/> and Mosby’s Suite<http://www.confidenceconnected.com>, which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite <http://www.scival.com> and MEDai’s Pinpoint Review<http://www.medai.com>, which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively. A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier<http://www.elsevier.com>employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc <http://www.reedelsevier.com/Pages/Home.aspx>, a world leading provider of professional information solutions. The group employs more than 30,000 people, including more than 15,000 in North America. Reed Elsevier Group plc is owned equally by two parent companies, Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. Their shares are traded on the London, Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RUK and ENL. *Media contact* Ylann Schemm The Elsevier Foundation +31 (0)6 23982359 newsroom(a)elsevier.com ------------------------------ Elsevier B.V. Registered Office: Radarweg 29, 1043 NX Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Registration No. 33156677, Registered in The Netherlands. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Central University of Bihar requires Library Officer (on contract) and Library Trainee
by sanjeev sunny 08 May '13

08 May '13

Central Univeristy of Bihar requires Library Officer (on contract) and Library Trainee *Advertisement No.: CUB/Advt./18/2013 dated 06.05.2013* http://lislinks.com *URL: http://www.cub.ac.in* *Last Date: 23rd May, 2013* The Central University of Bihar intends to appoint Library Officer (Gr. Asst. Librarian) and Library Trainee purely on contract basis for its libraries at Gaya and Patna Campuses for maintaining various library housekeeping operations, technical processing, digital library, and other activities. The detailed terms & conditions of appointment are stated below. *Nature of Appointment* The nature of appointment is purely contractual and initially for 11 months. However, the tenure may be extended based on need and performance. Selected candidates may be placed at Gaya or Patna campus as and when required. *Library Officer (Gr. Assistant Librarian) - 01* *Essential Qualifications**:* Masters of Library & Information Science /Documentation/Associateship in Information Science from recognized university/ institution with minimum 55% marks (Relaxation in minimum marks is admissible to social categories as per Govt. of India norms). Candidates must have cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) in Library and Information Science conducted by UGC or similar test accredited by the UGC like SLET. Exemption from requirement of NET may be considered as per UGC Norms. * **Desirable**:* Two year working experience in a reputed college/ university/ research library and diploma in computer applications. Preference may be given to the candidates having sound knowledge of information handling in digital environment. * * *Library Trainee -* *03** * * Essential Qualifications**:* Master of Library & Information Science/Documentation/ Associateship in Information Science from recognized university/ institution with minimum 55% marks. * **Desirable**:* One year working experience in a reputed college/ university/ research library. Preference may be given to the candidates having sound knowledge of computer applications in library. *For Details visit Recruitment Page at http://www.cub.ac.in* *Last Date: 23rd May, 2013* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KOHA: Success Story of Mysore University Library
by Ishwar Goudar 08 May '13

08 May '13

Dear Professional Friends, This posting is in the light of lot of interest generated on OSS for Library Management through Lis-forum. Many thanks to Dr. M.V. Sunil, who'sposting prompted me toshare the " Success Story of Mysore University Library Automation using OS Library Management Software KOHA". Two and half years back we chose KOHA after a considerable brainstorming and consultation with fellow librarians from different organisations using different ILMSs, both commercial and open source.Earlier our negotiations and discussions with NewGenLib marketing personnel failed due to some reasons. Our earlier automation attempts for the last 15 years with LIBSYS, TLMS and SLIM did not yield expected results due to various reasons, except creating few thousand OPAC records . We struggled a lot in migrating these records to KOHA that too in MARC-21 format. The UoM, almost a century old institution has got about 57 libraries including the main library and those of 5 constituent colleges, 3 PG centres, 13 Institutes and 36 departmental libraries. *I. Our Best Practices/**Special/Unique Features of Library Automation:* - Library database is hosted on Amazon EC-II cloud ( http://libcat.mysore-univ.org/) - No expenditure on Server - S/W related expenditure: KOHA being OSS no charge for software. We have spent < Rs. 4 Lacs together for the last 3 years covering service toall our participating libraries towards KOHA installation, configuration, training, migration of existing records, basic customisation, maintenance, etc. - 50% of this 4 Lacs goes towards cloud hosting of our combined database, which is less than a daily wage sweeper salary. - The model adopted: Centralized database with decentralized housekeeping activities including retrospective conversion, circulation, acquisition, serials control, etc. by all participating libraries under UoM and Open Access OPAC. - As of now the main library and 8 other libraries under UoM have done considerable work. - So far more than four lakh records have been added to our OPAC. - Adherence to MARC-21 standard. - Copy cataloging facility through Z39.50 protocol facilitates other libraries to import records to their OPACs. - Our OPAC is accessible through mobile [ http://mopac.mysore-univ.org] - Connection reliability of database is 100% without any break even for a single minute for the last 30 months as evaluated by IRSpy [http://irspy.indexdata.com] - Regional language records through Unicode for Kannada, Hindi and Urdu. Other language records to follow. - Modules implemented in the main library include acquisition, OPAC, circulation and serials control (underway). - The circulation module is being implemented in PG Centres and other colleges very soon. - No two documents have same accession number [barcode] in spite of database being common for all the participating libraries and the same is the case with patron ID numbers. - Blood group details in patron records as a step towards societal measure. - MARC records of more than 18000 e-books licensed from four well-known publishers with single search facility across publishers and hyperlink to concerned full-texts from OPAC. - OPAC records of all Ph.D. Thesis submitted to UOM and received in the library have been completed. - OPAC records for Journals are halfway through. - Attempts are being made to download useful OA books and create concerned OPAC records. - Additional features like browse by Subject collections/Specialcollections on Homepage. - Number of useful reports (for acquisition and circulation) are being generated. - The number of hits to our OPAC has crossed 93000 in about a year. - On an average >1000 patrons visit our library per day. - We have trained most of our regular staff and all trainees to handle atleast two modules of our KOHA system. - All our staff including trainees participate during technical discussions among ourselves and with software supporter. - KOHA's OPAC is very user friendly and has classic features like automatic link to Google books, Browse shelf, pre/post search selection for limiting hits to select participating library, various filter options, etc. *II. Few Innovative Services, Infrastructure, Special Centres and Recognitions:* - E-Resources Portal as a starting point for accessing thousands of journals and Lacs of e-books both licensed and OA. ( http://www.uni-mysore.ac.in/campus-wide-access-main-campus-pg-centres-const… ) - Visitors to this portal for the last 11 months : Campus - About 25,000, Off Campus - About 20,000 each visit resulting in N number searches and downloads from various e-resources. - Both Campus Wide (including WiFi) and Off Campus access to E-resources - Usage statistics of UGC-INFLIBNET resources increased by 350% on an average in about two years. - We have added thousands of e-books of commercial publishers and will strengthen the collection further. - Digital Information Resource Centre (DIRC) with 120 systems, 600 visitors/day on an average. - A separate floor has been built with 12000 SFT and 250 additional systems have been procured for DIRC-II to be operational in about a months time. - A separate Career Information Resource Centre (CIRC) meant for competitive exams, about 150 visitors on an average/day. - Career Information Service Portal has been setup, needs little more updating. - A Learning Resource Centre for Visually/Physically Challenged with world class Assistive Technologies costing >50 lakhs. - UOM Institutional Repository has been setup just two weeks back with nearly 3200 documents uploaded so far, still we have along way cross for this venture (http://eprints.uni-mysore.ac.in/) - Extensive E-resources awareness and training programs at every departments, participation of even Chairpersons. - Research output reports (Citations count, h-index, etc) for Departments, Individuals, etc. - We took the initiative to make available all presentations of Refresher Courses and Orientation Programs of UGC Academic Staff College at UoM on Web (http://www.ugcascmysore.ac.in/) - The NAAC Peer Committee and AAAC rated our Library and its services as one of the best in the country. - Once even the Syndicate Meeting was held in library in recognition of our services with 45 minutes slot for our presentation. - Wide publicity by Local Media both print and electronic covering ourservices on their own, few with one/half page story. The well known UoM library had nose drive with its lowest web for the last 10-15 years due to various reasons. Thanks to Prof. V.G. Talawar, ex-VC, UoM, who took initiative to rejuvenate the library system 3 years back. The credit for our success goes to my colleagues specially Dr. C.P. Ramasesh the I/C Librarian, all our trainees and above all our user community of faculty members, research scholars and students, who supported, guided, shared my responsibility and participated in our endeavor. The present VC too is keen in supporting our activities to raise our library status to further heights. Our attempts will continue to make our system still more perfect, which is a lifelong process. You are welcome to give your opinion and comments about our services. I shall be glad to answer any related questions. Regards, -- -------------------------- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Visiting Professor and Library Adviser Mysore University Library University of Mysore Manasagangotri, MYSORE - 570 006 Formerly Scientist 'G' and Head, Information Centre, NAL, Bangalore Tel: 0821-2419283 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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A glimpse into Guantánamo Bay's library
by Jayadev P Hiremath 07 May '13

07 May '13

>From the well-thumbed – Danielle Steele – to the untouched classics, pictures posted by US journalists show the reading matter permitted in the world's most controversial prison. The Pentagon doesn't let journalists talk to prisoners in the Guantánamo Bay<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/guantanamo-bay>detention camp, where more than half of the 166 detainees are currently on hunger strike<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/29/guantanamo-bay-hunger-strike-re…>, but reporters are granted access to the prison library – inspiring a blog from the New York Times reporter Charlie Savage<http://gitmobooks.tumblr.com/>that collects pictures of books uploaded by journalists reporting on Gitmo. Prisoners aren't allowed to go the library, but they can put in requests for books they want to read. The books are thoroughly checked in case they are being used to exchange messages – any attempts to do so are punished with a suspension of the library facility. The few thousand titles offer a strange mix of books ranging from the pulpy – Danielle Steele's The Kiss (in Arabic) – to the classic – six copies of David Copperfield – to the canonical – seven copies of Homer's Odyssey. The Steele book looks pretty well-thumbed but it's doubtful if anyone has borrowed Homer to pass the time, although some detainees have been there 11 years – longer than it took Odysseus to return to Ithaca via a perilous journey that included more than a spot of waterboarding at the hands of Poseidon. Other books include seven copies of Pearl S Buck's The Good Earth, CS Lewis's Narnia series, Tolkien, Stieg Larsson's trilogy, Naguib Mahfouz, a Pashto-to-English dictionary, Captain America comic books, puzzle books, a Russian edition of a National Geographic magazine, Alice in Wonderland, Robinson Crusoe, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Khaled Hosseini's maudlin hit The Kite Runner. Watership Down and Star Wars share shelf space with Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. Apart from the books, the video game Angry Birds is also available. Earlier reports have said that the most popular books are Agatha Christie's mysteries, Kahlil Gibran and the Harry Potter novels. Harry Potter has also been used an in interrogation tactic. According to Fox News<http://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/06/27/pols-gitmo-conditions-have-improved>, members of Congress visiting the prison in 2005 observed how one interrogator tried to break down a prisoner by reading aloud from a Harry Potter novel for hours – the detainee turned his back and covered his ears to block out the sound. Among the spy novels is a paperback copy of The Tailor of Panama, John le Carré's hilarious but stinging indictment of fraudulent intelligence gathering – a subject that cuts close to home in a prison of this kind. The 1996 novel was seen as a prescient foretelling of the weapons of mass destruction intelligence scam that paved the way for the US invasion of Iraq. President George Bush opened Guantánamo in 2002 as a important plank of his "war on terror". The 81-year-old le Carré, who has been scathing in his criticism of "Bush and his junta", recently told the New York Times<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/magazine/john-le-carre-has-not-mellowed-w…>that he keeps a rubber cartoon figure of the former president in his bathroom. He also said he was disappointed in Obama for not closing Guantánamo as he promised to do when he ran for office in 2008. Obama did sign an executive order to close the prison in 2009<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/22/hillary-clinton-diplomatic-fore…>– it was one of the first things he did on entering office – but Congress remains implacably opposed to doing so. With the hunger strike making international headlines, Obama has renewed his call for closure<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/30/obama-guantanamo-hunger-strike-…>, saying that "the notion that we're going to keep 100 individuals in no man's land in perpetuity" was not "sustainable". Miami Herald journalist Carol Rosenberg posted a picture of an Arabic translation of Gabriel García Márquez's News of a Kidnapping. She said the book looked "well read". Incidentally, two years ago, this non-fiction<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/fiction>book on how the Medellín cartel kidnapped a group of Colombians in the 1990s at the height of the drug war became a bestseller in Iran, after opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi told his compatriots that if they wanted to know what it was like for him to be under house arrest, they should read this book. One of the most borrowed titles is the Arabic self-help book Don't Be Sad, published by the International Islamic Publishing House in Saudi Arabia. It advocates patience, hard work and keeping one's faith in Allah. In the foreword, the publisher states that the book is for everyone, Muslims and non-Muslims, though the solutions are offered from an Islamic perspective. Chapters have titles such as "Extract the honey but do not break the hive", "Isolation and its positive effects", and the quintessentially American "Convert a lemon into a sweet drink". According to Wikipedia, Christian anarchist Elbert Hubbard coined the phrase in 1915 and it was later popularised by Dale Carnegie. The religious section – inmates are given a copy of the Qur'an to keep with them in their cells – includes Fatwas of the Pillars of Islam<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/islam>and the biography of the Prophet (in French) and several copies, also in French, of Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi. The Hindu spiritual teacher, who helped popularise yoga in America, was a great admirer of Mahatma Gandhi – the most famous hunger striker of the 20th century. -- Warm regards. Jayadev P Hiremath Independent Libraries Professional (Former Librarian - IBS,Kuwait) 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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INVITATION to contribute research papers for a National Conference-reg
by Shekar H P 07 May '13

07 May '13

Dear Sir / Madam / Friends, It gives me immense pleasure to invite you all for a National Conference organizing by Sree Siddartha Education Society, Tumkur, Karnataka (India) The theme of the National Conference is INSPIRING LIBRARY SERVICES (NCILS) -2013 Date: 12-13th July, 2013 Venue: Auditorium, SSIT, Tumkur. The objectives of the conference is to bring together all the library professionals to a common platform, to facilitate the exchange of ideas and help to bridge the knowledge gap among the professionals associated with libraries, and to develop the professional competency in librarians. You are here by requested to contribute a research paper on the sub themes (but not limited to) and participate in the conference. Accepted papers will be published with ISBN. Conference Theme: “ Inspiring Library Services (NCILS-2013)” Sub Themes:  Applying new Technology and Standards in Library Services  Best practices in Library Services  LIS Competencies/ Skills  Innovative information services  Library and Information Metrics Management  Knowledge services for the Interdisciplinary Research  Knowledge services v/s Information services  Measuring Library services Impact  Personal information management  User needs mapping  User-orientation / User Education  Resource optimization (Sources and Human Capital)  Visualizing and Building Interdisciplinary Knowledge  Database(s)/networks  Web based information services  Need based information services- Tools and Techniques, Important Dates: 1. Submission of papers on or before 15th June 2013 2. Intimation on Acceptance of paper 25th June 2013 3. The deadline for registration (Compulsory for authors) - 30th June 2013. 4. Conference date- 12-13th July 2013 5. Spot registration is open for Delegates 6. Early Bird offer ends on 31st May 2013 Registration Fee: Rs. 900.00 for Delegates (Without Accommodation) Rs. 1200.00 for Delegates (With Accommodation) (both includes Conference Kit, Conference Volume, Food and cultural Programmes) Early Bird Registration is encouraged with 10% discount on registrations with the prescribed fee received on or before 31st May 2013. The DD may be drawn in favor of “Organising Secretary, NCILS-2013” payable at Tumkur, Karnataka. For more details please log on to the website: http://ncils.ssit360.com , OR http://www.ssit.edu.in E-mail: ncils2013(a)gmail.com Thanking you With best regards Sunitha Ramakrishna Organizing Secretary NCILS-2013 Ph:9449185744 -- Shekar.H.P. Head, KRC IBS Business School, Bangalore #231, Babasabara Palya Near Kengeri Check post Mysore Road, Bangalore-60 Mob:+91-9945799927 LOVE WHAT U DO- Babuji. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Full text of Articlr-Request
by Maya Mishra 07 May '13

07 May '13

Dear Professionals, I would like to request you to kindly provide the full text of the follwing article 1. Integrated control of ‘chickpea wilt complex’ by *Trichoderma* and chemical methods in India by N. P. Kaur and A.N. Mukhopadhaya, Voi. 38, issue 4, 1992 pp372-375 -- Maya Mishra Assistant Librarian Ch. Devi Lal University, Library Sirsa (Haryana) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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An interesting article on Academic publishing
by Venkata Kesavan 06 May '13

06 May '13

Dear Friend, You may like to read an article, entitled, 'Free-for-all', published in The Economist, May 4, 2013, p. 71. This is article deals with how globally 'Open-access scientific publishing is gaining ground' Please check the same online at: <http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21577035-open-access-s cientific-publishing-gaining-ground-free-all> http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21577035-open-access-sc ientific-publishing-gaining-ground-free-all Regards, R. VENKATA KESAVAN DGM & HEAD TIMES ARCHIVES & KNOWLEDGE CENTRE (TAKC) THE TIMES GROUP THE TIMES OF INDIA BUILDING, 2ND FLOOR DR. D. N. ROAD MUMBAI 400 001 PH: (B): +91-22-66353535 (EXT.: 4470) CELL: 09323812172 TAKC - Knowledge is Our Heritage EoM Disclaimer :- The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee or addressees. If you are not an intended recipient, please delete the message and any attachments and notify the sender of misdelivery. Any use or disclosure of the contents of either is unauthorised and may be unlawful. All liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender states them, with requisite authority, to be those of the specific TIMES GROUP company. THE TIMES OF INDIA - LEADING CHANGE FOR 175 YEARS -- 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 for International Journal of Information Research (Vol 2 No 3)
by Dr. Akhilesh K.S. Yadav 06 May '13

06 May '13

Dear LIS Professionals, Greetings! I am very pleased to inform all of you that with the help of our esteemed editorial board members and reviewer committee, International Journal of Information Research (ISSN 2249-8273) has been released its Vol. 02, Issue 02 of March, 2013. I am glad to invite you to submit your article for the Vol 2, Issue No 3 (June, 2013) of International Journal of Information Research (ISSN: 2249-8273).The International Journal of Information Research is a fully peer-reviewed print as well as online open access scholarly journal that is being published quarterly by the Society for Scholarly Publishing and Open Access Resources (SPOARS). This is a print as well as an online open access journal for library, information and management (LIM) professionals. In this journal articles, reviews, proceeding papers, and news items, etc are published. SUBMISSION GUIDELINE Authors are requested to submit their manuscripts in .doc or .rtff format by email attachment to editorijir(a)gmail.com. Submissions should not be longer than 7,000 words including abstract, figures, tables, references and appendices. All manuscripts submitted to the journal will be double-blind refereed by expert and members of the editorial board. The journals committee will remove personal details for the purpose of blind review process. Thank you, Best regards, Prof. H. N. Prasad, Editor-in-Chief Department of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U. P.) PIN -221 005 (India) Contact No. +91- 9415336709 (Mob.) Email ID: editorijir(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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GIPE - World Bank Workshop on Open Data Development Initiatives on 17 May 2013
by gipelibrary pune 06 May '13

06 May '13

Dear All Greetings from the GIPE Library! The World Bank, New Delhi in partnership with Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE) is organizing one day workshop on Open Data Development Initiatives on 17 May 2013 from 10:00 am - 04:00 pm. Transparency, accountability and citizen participation are all at the forefront of the World Bank’s citizen-centered development approach called Open Development. The primary principle of the Open Development initiative is Open Data and Knowledge, Open Operations and Tools and open solutions. The Bank facilitates all interested parties with accessible, easy-to-use data, and with unprecedented access to other information and documents. Broad access to these data allows citizens, CSOs, policy makers, advocacy groups and other stakeholders to make better-informed decisions and to measure improvements more accurately. The World Bank’s Access to Information (AI) Policy represents a fundamental shift in the Bank’s approach to making information publicly available. It recognizes the centrality of transparency and accountability to the development process and includes principled commitments to strengthen public ownership and oversight of Bank-financed operations. This workshop has thus been planned to share details of the Bank’s Open Development Agenda access to information policy. We hope this interaction will enable you and your associates to use these Open Data Tools to access timely and relevant information about the Bank’s Operations and use development data in different formats for your research purposes. Please note that there is no Registration Fee. You are requested to attend the workshop along with your Faculties / Research Scholars. In order to allow us to make appropriate logistic arrangements, please confirm the participation on or before 14 May 2013. Please note that the Participation is only by confirmation. For Registration Form and any other queries please contact us at gipelibrary(a)gmail.com or talk to us at 020 25679940 or 0 9423531433 (Dr Nanaji Shewale) or 0 9763740109 (Ms Shilpa Kad) or 0 9960613527 (Ms Manisha Shinde) Best Regards, Dr Nanaji Shewale Librarian and Workshop Coordinator Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics B M C C Road, Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411004 (India) T: 91 20 25679940 (Direct) T: 91 20 25654288, 25650287 Ext 401 http://www.gipe.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Colloquium - Indexing Techniques: Their Usage in Search Engines for Information Retrieval
by Kaustav Saha 06 May '13

06 May '13

Dear Moderator, Please circulate this information to LIS Professionals. *Indian Statistical Institute * *Documentation** R**esearch and Training Center* * Colloquium (1) – 2012-14* Indexing Techniques: Their Usage in Search Engines for Information Retrieval *Abstract* Indexing and related techniques have been used for retrieval and searching of information from computerized and automated systems since 1958. Hans Peter L uhn is credited for the development of Key Word in Context Indexing. This wa s a technique that used small computer programs that printed strings of title words, the representation of which was made in alphabetical sequence. Luhn’s system triggered a transition from Manual to Automatic Indexing. The concept propounded by him was used by small search engines for information retrieval. Colloquium discusses the use of indexing techniques by modern day search eng ines like Yahoo and Google. Apart from these the efficiency or precision of respective techniques would also be highlighted. The present symposium also holds relevant discussions regarding usage and application of the aforementi oned softwares that procures indexed words after a textual content is provid ed as its input. Topics Speakers 1. Introduction and Overview: Sayon Roy 2. Indexing Techniques – Transition from Manual to Automated: Kaustav Saha 3. Usage in Modern Day Search Engines : Vikas Bhushan 4. Currents Trends and Applications: Debashis Naskar 5. Conclusion: Sumanta Bag * * * * *VENUE: DRTC CLASSROOM* *DATE: 08/05/2013* *TIME: 2 PM* * ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED* (Dr. M. Krishnamurty) Colloquium Coordinator * * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Last date extended for submission of papers to KLA National Seminar (NITILIC)
by faisal sl 03 May '13

03 May '13

KERALA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (KLA) NATIONAL SEMINAR 12-13 July 2013, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala The last date for submission of papers to the Seminar has been extended up to *15th May 2013. * MAIN THEME: "New Information Technology Interfaces in Libraries and Information Centres (NITILIC)” SUB THEMES: Evolving Models of Library and Information Centres in the New Millennium Social Media in Libraries Cloud computing and Libraries Recent Developments in Software applicable to Libraries E-reading and E-Devices Library Designing in the Digital Era Human Resource Development in the Digital context Technology Interfaces for Public Libraries Details at http://klanationalseminar2013.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/annoncement/#more-169 CALL FOR PAPERS The Editorial Committee invites research and technical papers, casestudies, technology updates, etc. related to the theme and sub-themes of the Seminar. Details: http://klanationalseminar2013.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/first-call-for-paper… Kindly send, (a) Soft copy as e-mail attachment to: kla.org(a)gmail.com /klanationalseminar2013(a)gmail.com (b) Print version to : The General Convener, KLA National Seminar-2013, Kerala Library Association, 36, II Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana P.O., Thiruvananthapuram– 695 002, Kerala TIMELINE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION Receipt of full paper with Abstract: 15 May 2013 Submission of final version (revised after reviewer’s comments):05 June 2013 Paper acceptance notification: 10 June 2013 Submission of slide presentation: 01 July 2013 Seminar dates: 12-13 July 2013 GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Visit http://klanationalseminar2013.wordpress.com/submission-of-papers/guidelines… REGISTRATION Individual participants: Rs 1250.00 Institutional participants: Rs 1750.00 Concessional rate for KLA Life Members and Research Scholars in LIS: Rs 1000.00 Students: Rs 750.00 Last date for Registration: 05 July 2013 Download Registration form: http://klanationalseminar2013.wordpress.com/downloads/registration-form/ ONLINE REGISTRATION All participants have to register online at http://klanationalseminar2013.wordpress.com along with the submission of duly filled registration form and fee. MODE OF PAYMENT By DD drawn in favour of Kerala Library Association and payable at Thiruvananthapuram or by cash to the General Secretary, KLA. DD along with the registration form may be sent to the General Convener, KLA National Seminar-2013, Kerala Library Association, 36, 2nd Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana P.O., Thiruvananthapuram– 695 002, Kerala. VENUE OF THE SEMINAR The Seminar Hall at Kerala State Science and Technology Museum and Priyadarsini Planetarium (KSSTMPP), PMG Junction, Vikas Bhavan P.O, Thiruvananthapuram - 33. FOR MORE DETAILS AND SEMINAR UPDATES Seminar Blog: http://klanationalseminar2013.wordpress.com KLA Website: www.keralalibraryassociation.org CONTACT General Convener: Dr. A. Gopikuttan , President, Kerala Library Association (E-Mail : agopikuttan(a)yahoo.co.in / Mob. 919446428163) Joint General Conveners Shri M. Chandrakumaran Nair, Vice President, Kerala Library Association (E-mail: ckumarnair(a)gmail.com / Mob: 919447276657) Shri S. L. Faisal, General Secretary, Kerala Library Association (E-mail: slfaizal(a)gmail.com/Mob: 919447699724) ********************************** Regards S.L.Faisal, General Secretary, Kerala Library Association (KLA) 36, II Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana P.O. Thiruvananthapuram– 695 002, Kerala slfaizal(a)gmail.com/Mob: 919447699724 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Anil Singh Joined CCI, New Delhi
by Anil Singh 03 May '13

03 May '13

This is to inform to all of you that w.e.f 05 April 2013, I have joined CCI, New Delhi as Assistant Director (Library Services). My new Contact details are given below -- Dr. Anil Singh Assistant Director (LS) Competition Commission of India (CCI) 'B' Wing, HUDCO VISHALA, 14, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi - 110066 Phone: +91-11-26701690 (Direct) Phone: +91-11-26701600-690 (Extn.) Mobile: +91-9868167052 E-mail: dr.anilsingh5(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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Congratulations Dr. Dineshan Koovakkai
by Deepthi Sreelatha 03 May '13

03 May '13

Congratulations Dr. Dineshan Koovakkai Dr. Dineshan Koovakkai, Assistant Librarian, Central University of Kerala has been appointed as the Publication Officer of the University. This is an additional charge given to him by the University. We consider it as the recognition to all Library Professionals. This is a reward to him for his selfless service rendered to the University. -- Deepthi S Central University Kerala Kasaragod -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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World Digital Libraries: An International Journal (WDL) announces Call for Papers
by Yogita Ahuja 02 May '13

02 May '13

CALL FOR PAPERS World Digital Libraries: An International Journal (WDL) announces Call for Papers World Digital Libraries: An International Journal is a peer reviewed bi-annual journal on digital libraries. The journal is being published since last 4 years and has already gained acclamation among the global library community. Previous issues are available at http://bookstore.teriin.org/journal_inside.php?material_id=477 The aim of the journal is to advance the theory and practice of acquisition, organization, management and dissemination of digital information on a sustainable basis. The journal is having global coverage and provides a platform for library and information science professionals to express views and share experiences. The journal seeks quality research papers/articles/reviews/short communications that present original theoretical approaches and experimental case studies related to digital library development and maintenance. · * Issues related to electronic resources management, digital preservation, multiple access, multi-linguality; and other DL technology aspects * Theoretical and methodological issues of DL * Digital rights management, copyright issues and other security aspects; * Initiatives taken towards digitization through lucid case studies; * Current developments across the globe The contribution should examine concepts, analyses, new approaches, and techniques pertaining to this field. Case studies covering new initiatives, as well as procedural breakthroughs of important issues in the digital library field would be included. Book reviews will cover recent books in the field, reviewed by an independent reviewer. Please refer to any previous issue or write to us for Instructions to Authors All submissions will be peer-reviewed using the criteria of originality, accuracy, and quality of contribution in these fields. You are requested to submit paper for the same to pkbhatta(a)teri.res.in address below. Dr P K Bhattacharya Editor, World Digital Libraries Knowledge Management Division TERI Darbari Seth Block, Habitat Place Lodi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 Tel: 24682100, 41504900 Fax: 24682144-24682145 E-mail: pkbhatta(a)teri.res.in Thanking you With Regards, Yogita Ahuja Information Analyst TERI Darbari Seth Block, Habitat Place Lodi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 E-mail: yogita.ahuja(a)teri.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Andhra Pradesh Library Association (APLA) Workshop on KOHA – May 25-27, 2013
by Dr. Indira Koneru 02 May '13

02 May '13

Dear LIS Professionals, As a part of its centenary celebrations Andhra Pradesh Library Association (APLA) is organizing a three day workshop on KOHA (Open Source ILS) from 25th to 27th May 2013. Venue: Sri Sarvottama Bhavanam, Patamata, Vijayawada-520010 Resource Person: Dr. Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay, Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kalyani (WB) Registration fee: Rs. 2000/- Total intake of the participants: 30 (selected on a first come, first served basis) Interested candidates are requested to send their requisition along with a DD of Rs. 2000/- drawn in favour of Andhra Pradesh Library Association, Vijayawada to the following address on or before 15.05.2013. Dr. Raavi Sarada General Secretary, APLA Sri Sarvottama Bhavanam Patamata, Vijayawada- 520010 Phone: +918662472313 +91 9393477313 Email: apla1914(a)gmail.com Website: http://apla.co.in/ Regards, Indira---------Dr. Indira Koneru e-Learning Administrator & TrainerIBS, IFHE -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on Meeting Users Expectations
by Daulat Jotwani 02 May '13

02 May '13

Dear All Central Library is organizing a 3-days Workshop on “Meeting Users Expectations” from 27 - 29 May 2013. Academic and Research Libraries India have been operating in ICT-enabled environment for more than a decade now and providing access to a large number of electronic journals, books and data-bases to their users. While there is a general perception that the provision and accessibility of electronic resources have helped the end-users in their academic and research endeavours, no efforts have been made to assess whether web-based resources and services have actually helped them. This workshop, therefore, aims to bring together all the stake-holders, i.e. Users, Librarians, and Publishers/database producers, to get a holistic view of the impact these services have made / will make on their work as well as on their use of library and information services, and will identify the areas for future improvements. The outcome of this workshop is expected to help the participants in planning and developing a strategy / road-map for futuristic library services. The final day of workshop is planned to provide hands-on training on KOHA, an open source library management software. The workshop is limited to 60 participants. Registration is free for participants from INDEST-AICTE Consortium member institutions. However, they have to pay Rs 1500/- per person towards accommodation. Registration Fee Rs 2500/- per person for participants from Industry and R&D Institutes (Rs 4000/-, if accommodation is needed). Registration fee includes workshop kit, lunch,tea-coffee, snacks during workshop days. Accommodation will be provided in Guest House / Hostels on first-come-first-served basis and only for those participants who have sent their advance payment. Interested persons may forward their registration form as per following : REGISTRATION FORM Workshop on Meeting Users Expectations,27-29 May 2013 Last Date for Registration: 20-05-2013 (WRITE IN CAPITAL LETTERS) Participant Name: ________________________ Designation: ____________________________ Educational Qualification: _________________ Organization:____________________________ Mailing Address:__________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ Mobile:__________________________________ Telephone________________________________ Email:___________________________________ Remittance details DD.No.______________BankName___________ Dated___________ Rs. _______in favour of Registrar, IIT Bombay payable at Mumbai. Signature of the participant Mail the completed form along with Demand Draft to: Dr. Daulat Jotwani Workshop Coordinator and Librarian Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400 076 Ph: 022-25768920 (O) Ph: 022-25768096 (R) Fax: 022-25720227 E-mai : jotwanid(a)iitb.ac.in, librarian(a)iitb.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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How to safeguard the panels of Xubuntu Linux for computers in libraries.
by Vimal Kumar V. 02 May '13

02 May '13

Remove and modify the items in panels of Linux desktop is a common problem in libraries. A solution is available with Xubuntu <http://www.xubuntu.org/>Linux to prevent removing the items from desktop panel accidentally by users. Follow the steps below, 1. Configure the panels before start the process. Add/remove/edit items from panels. 2. Apply the following command, *sudo cp /home/vimal/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml /etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/* 3. Apply the following command to edit the file. *sudo leafpad /etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml* 4. Find following line at the top of the file. * * *<channel name="xfce4-panel" version="1.0">* Insert *#* symbol at the start of the line. 5. Copy the following line and paste after the line above mentioned line. *<channel name="xfce4-panel" version="1.0" locked="*" unlocked="root">* Save the file. * * 6. Restart your system. Information courtesy: h ttps://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/xfce#TOC-Safeguard-the-pa… <https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/xfce#TOC-Safeguard-the-p…> -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.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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Request for articles
by loan fayaz 01 May '13

01 May '13

Dear professionals, One of my scholar needs the below articles. If your Library contains these articles, please send me in my e-mail. 1. Warikoo, K. B., “Chinese Turkestan During the Nineteenth Century: A Socio-economic Study”, in Central Asian Survey Volume 4, Issue 3, 1985 2. A Much-Married Woman: Marriage and Divorce in Xinjiang, 1850-1950," The Muslim World, 83, no. 3-4 (July-October 1993): 227-248. 3. Missionaries with Attitude: A Woman's Mission in Northwestern China," International Bulletin of Missionary Research 29, no. 4 (October 2005): 188-193. Thanking you in anticipation With due regards, Dr. Fayaz Ahmad Lone (Assistant Librarian) Central University of Kashmir Srinagar (J&K). -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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JNU - World Bank Workshop on Open Data Development and Transparency Initiatives May 9, 2013
by Dr. Ramesh C Gaur 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

JNU - World Bank Workshop on Open Data Development and Transparency Initiatives (May 9, 2013) Dear Friends, The World Bank, New Delhi in partnership with Central Library, Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) is organizing one day workshop on `Open Data – Open Development’ on May 9, 2013 from 10:00 -16:00 in Lecture Hall-I, JNU Convention Centre. Prologue Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the World Bank is organizing one day workshop on `Open Data Development Initiatives’ of the World Bank on May 9, 2013. Transparency, accountability and citizen participation are all at the forefront of the World Bank’s citizen-centered development approach called Open Development. The primary principle of the Open Development initiative is Open Data and Knowledge, Open Operations and Tools and open solutions. The Bank facilitates all interested parties with accessible, easy-to-use data, and with unprecedented access to other information and documents. Broad access to these data allows citizens, CSOs, policy makers, advocacy groups and other stakeholders to make better-informed decisions and to measure improvements more accurately. The World Bank’s Access to Information (AI) Policy represents a fundamental shift in the Bank’s approach to making information publicly available. It recognizes the centrality of transparency and accountability to the development process and includes principled commitments to strengthen public ownership and oversight of Bank-financed operations. The Bank’s Open Data, Open Finances, Geomapping, Open Knowledge Repository (OKR) and other platforms and open tools, Mobile apps represent its efforts to foster transparency and openness. This workshop has thus been planned to raise awareness and ensure that average citizens and beneficiary communities learn to use the policy and open tools to access timely and relevant information and data on Bank-financed projects and make the Open Agenda to be better known among academics, researchers, CSOs, and policymakers in country. Broad Learning Objectives: · Gain appreciation of the Open Development agenda and linkages between various initiatives. · Increase awareness on Access to Information (AI), Open Data, Mapping, and other Open Data tools. · Be able to use Open Data tools to validate information: compare data across countries or settings · Know where to go for help and further support Workshop Schedule Venue – Convention Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Date – May 9, 2013 Time – 10.00 – 16.00 p.m. Tentative Programme Schedule Audiences: Researchers, faculty, NGOs, students in relevant academic tracks, Facilities specifications: 90-100 audiences. Need computers + wireless internet connection. Participants can bring their own computers as well. Computers need to have Google Chrome installed. Time Sessions 10:00-10:10 05 min Welcome & Objective of partnership Dr. Ramesh Gaur, University Librarian, JNU 10:10-10:20 ……JNU 10:20 – 10:45 Inauguration Michael Haney, Operations Advisor, The World Bank 10:45-11:30 Open Data Initiatives by GOI Neeta Verma, Data Centre and Web Services, NIC 11:30-12:00 Tea Break 12:00-12:20 20min Session Overview and Objectives. Introduction to Open Development and Transparency Initiatives. Overview of the Bank’s Modernization Agenda and relevance of Open Development (OD) and Open Data tools and the foundational role of the Access to Information Policy. Sunita Malhotra, EXT Communications 12:20-13:00 40 min Open Data on Development What is Open Data? Participants will get an overview of open data at the World Bank. The presenter will then demonstrate the World Bank’s Open Data Portal, explain how to use a range of statistics and indicators s.a WDI, GDF and convert them into maps, charts and other formats and share current good practices for using content in operations. Timothy Grant Herzog , DECDG 13:00- 13:40 30 min Mapping for Results and Citizen Engagement and Open Data Tools & Resources Participants will learn about the Mapping for Results platform and Open Geographic Data as well as country specific cases on how this data is linked to Bank operations. The presentation will also include methods for the use of open data and showcase data collection, processing, interpretation and visualization techniques from variety of openly available and free platforms, taking advantage of some of the unique functionalities of each platform. Various tools available on WB website for researchers. Kaushal OR Sunita 13:30 – 14:30 Lunch Break 14:30-15:20 50 min Open Data on Finances Participants will learn about the Open Financial Data website and country specific cases on how the OF data is linked to Bank operations. The presentation will also include tips and tricks on messaging and how this data can be tracked by various stakeholders at the country level as well as used in conjunction with the new Bank projects & operations portal. Mobile apps. Shalmraj Ramraj, CTR 15:20-15:50 30 min Review of Projects, Operations Website, and Other Useful Websites Participants will learn how to navigate the revamped Projects and Operations website including the new Country websites and Documents and Reports database, the Open Knowledge Repository, and the Project Cycle, and will become familiar on how to request information under the Access to Information Policy. Sunita Malhotra, SAREX 15:50-16:00 10 min Wrap Up, Q&A, Feedback, Evaluation and Closing Dr. Ramesh Gaur, University Librarian, JNU 16:00-16:20 Tea In order to allow us to make appropriate logistic arrangements, please confirm the participation to sawasthi(a)mail.jnu.ac.in and copy to rcgaur66(a)gmail.com, Participation is only by confirmation. Best Regards, Ramesh ************************************** Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) University Librarian Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) New Meharuli Road, New Delhi - 110067 Tele +91-11-26742605, 26704551 Fax : +91-11-26741603 Email: rcgaur(a)mail.jnu.ac.in ;rcgaur66(a)gmail.com URL: www.jnu.ac.in Brief Profile: http://www.jnu.ac.in/Library/RameshCGaur.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lessons from Koha in open source project ownership
by Vimal Kumar V. 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Dear Friends, This article provides valuable lessons for open source project ownership, including branding, trademarks, and conflict resolution. http://opensource.com/education/13/4/open-source-project-lessons-koha Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.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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REQUEST
by Harish Y S 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Dear All Professionals, Our Research scholar need following ASCE Standard, If anybody have access please send me the same. *ASCE 10-97 Design of Latticed Steel Transmission Structures* -- Regards Harish Y S Librarian National Institute of Engineering, Manandavadi Road, Mysore-8, Mob - +919886384826lis- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian, Deputy Librarian and Assistant Librarians at IIT Delhi
by Dr.Nabi Hasan 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Dear All, The IIT Delhi has advertised the regular positions ofLibrarian, Deputy Librarian and Assistant Librarians . The last date is June 4, 2013. The Details will be available from the Link at: http://www.iitd.ac.in/content/faculty-positions Thanks and regards, Hasan -- Nabi Hasan, Ph.D. Borlaug Fellow (Cornell University, USA) Deputy Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016, India Phone - +91-11-2659-1452 (Work) E-mail: nabihasan(a)gmail.com ; hasan(a)library.iitd.ac.in Web: http://library.iitd.ac.in/about/hasan.html -- 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 Koha at Ernakulam, Kerala
by Vimal Kumar V. 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Dear Friends, A National workshop on Koha Open Source Library Management system is in planning stage. The venue will be at Ernakulam, Kerala State. The duration of the workshop is 3 days. The workshop on May last week or June First week. Working professionals and students can attend the workshop. We would like to collect responses from those who like to attend the workshop. Please fill the following form, https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18wQySOGVQUql6L66fIUGh57WNNzh7Ydak4vl12hzyJ… Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.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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Applications are Invited for the Post of Director General, National LIbrary
by Academic Librarians' Association India 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Ministry of Culture invites applications for filling up the post of Director, National Library, Kolkotta, in PB- HAG Rs. 67000-79000 on deputation basis/contract basis. Last date for receipt of application sis 4 weeks from the date of publication of the advertisement. For details see the advertisement in Employment News dated 27.04.2013. Please Refer the Notification for the post at: http://www.davp.nic.in/WriteReadData/ADS/eng_09101_3_1314b.pdf Please download Application from: http://www.davp.nic.in/WriteReadData/ADS/eng_09101_2_1314b.pdf Details and Application forms are also linked by ALA at its site: https://sites.google.com/site/academiclib/ -- 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
by Mamtha's Gmail 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Dear professional friends, One of our faculty needs the following article for her research. Since we do not have this in our subscribed databases, kindly provide fulltext if available in your library. Methods Mol Biology. 2012;864:341-66. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-624-1_13. Extraction of plant secondary metabolites. Jones WP<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Jones%20WP%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true…>, Kinghorn AD<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Kinghorn%20AD%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=t…>. -- *Thank you & Regards * *Mrs Mamatha P. Kumar* *Chief Librarian* *Central Library* *Yenepoya University* *Yenepoya University **|** University Road, Deralakatte **|** Mangalore 575018 **|** Karnataka **|** India *T: +91 824 22046668/69/70 *|* Extn 310 *|*F: +91 824 2204667 *|* www.yenepoya.edu.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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International Journal of Information Research (ISSN 2249-8273)’ has been released its Vol. 02, Issue 02 of March, 2013
by Shriram Pandey 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Dear LIS Professionals, Greetings! I am very pleased to inform all of you that with the help of our esteemed editorial board members and reviewer committee, ‘International Journal of Information Research (ISSN 2249-8273)’ has been released its Vol. 02, Issue 02 of March, 2013. I am glad to invite you to submit your article for the Vol 2, Issue No 3 (June, 2013) of ‘International Journal of Information Research (ISSN: 2249-8273)’. The International Journal of Information Research is a fully peer-reviewed print as well as online open access scholarly journal that is being published quarterly by the ‘Society for Scholarly Publishing and Open Access Resources (SPOARS)’. This is a print as well as an online open access journal for library, information and management (LIM) professionals. In this journal articles, reviews, proceeding papers, and news items, etc are published. SUBMISSION GUIDELINE Authors are requested to submit their manuscripts in .doc or .rtff format by email attachment to editorijir(a)gmail.com. Submissions should not be longer than 7,000 words including abstract, figures, tables, references and appendices. All manuscripts submitted to the journal will be double-blind refereed by expert and members of the editorial board. The journal’s committee will remove personal details for the purpose of blind review process. With regard, Prof. H. N. Prasad, Editor-in-Chief Department of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U. P.) PIN -221 005 (India) Contact No. *+91- 9415336709* <%2B91-%209415336709> (Mob.) Email ID: editorijir(a)gmail.com -- ================================================= *Shriram Pandey* Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science Mohan Lal Sukhadia University Udaipur-313001, Rajasthan, India Phone No.: +91-9636383110 Website:http://www.linkedin.com/pub/shriram-pandey/6/844/224 ================================================= By not printing this email you've helped save paper, ink, and millions of trees. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Call for Papers for International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL 2013) to be held during 27-29 November 2013, New Delhi
by Shantanu Ganguly 28 Apr '13

28 Apr '13

Dear Digital Library Professionals The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) is organizing *International Conference on Digital libraries (ICDL 2013)* during *27-29 November 2013 at New Delhi. *The conference will also aim at further strengthen the academic collaboration and strategic alliance in development of DL in the world. Theme of the conference is* Vision 2020: Looking back 10 years and forging new frontiers.* Please visit us at www.teriin.org/events/icdl to know more about us in the past. More than 45 top DL speakers of the world will come together to brainstorm on contemporary issues of Digital Library, Social Computing and Knowledge Management. I am sure you will take back lot of intellectual inputs if you join hands in this mega event by sharing your expertise through review papers, research paper, and case studies. *Call for Paper* * * *Important dates* Submission of full papers 20 July 2013 *Notification of acceptance of paper with comments 15September 2013* *Submission of the final paper after incorporating comments 10 October 2013* * * * * ICDL 2013 invites original submissions focusing on the theme of the conference—*Vision 2020: Looking back 10 years and forging new frontiers*. Contributions are invited for conference sessions and tutorials. Topics for contributions (but are not limited to) include the following. · DL development, architecture, and management · Information storage and retrieval · Multi-linguality and interoperability issues · Digital rights management · Digital preservation and access management · DL best practices · E-learning and e-publishing · DL standards and policy · Open archives initiatives · ODOL (Open, distance, and online learning) · Multimedia content · Sustainable DL model · DL service marketing · Digital research libraries · Social media and network analysis · Collaborative knowledge creation · Information quality management · Enterprise 2.0 and collaborative model · Knowledge management business models · Convergence of knowledge management and learning system · Mobile technology and service-oriented architecture · Information and communication model · Knowledge management best practices * * * * With best regards *Shantanu* ==================================== *Shantanu Ganguly, PhD* Fellow, Librarian and Area Convenor Library and Information Centre Knowledge Management Division TERI India Habitat Center Complex Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110003 Tel: 011-24682100 (Extn 2762) Email: shantanu.ganguly(a)teri.res.in ----------------------------------------------------------------- A-67, Chittaranjan Park, First Floor New Delhi-110019 Tel (R): 011-26272596 (M): 9811330235 Email: sganguly67(a)gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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JNU Summer Course on “English for Academic Writing: From Synopsis to Thesis Writing”
by Dr. Ramesh C Gaur 27 Apr '13

27 Apr '13

The Linguistic Empowerment Cell announces A Special Intensive Course “English for Academic Writing: From Synopsis to Thesis Writing”. >From May 27th to June 14th 2013. The following areas will be covered: Choosing a topic Synopsis writing – the essentials Theme building Mind Map for writing a composition Mind Map for synopsis writing Statement of hypothesis Structure of a thesis Format for a thesis Spelling and Grammar Notation and Style Referencing and Citation Course duration: 90 hours (three weeks - full time) May 27th to June 14th, 10:00 am to 05:30 pm Classes will be held at the Old Language Lab Complex, Room nos. 002 and 109 Those who are interested in joining may register latest by 2nd May, by email to <linguistic.e.c.(a)gmail.com>; <surenderkumar_072(a)yahoo.com> Vaishna Narang Chief Coordinator Linguistic Empowerment Cell, JNU vaishna_narang(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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Vacancy for Library Assistant
by Pramod Baburao 27 Apr '13

27 Apr '13

Applications are invited for the post of Library Assistant at M.S.Ramaiah Medical College Dept. of Library and Information Centre, Bangalore. Post: Library Assistant No. of Post: Two Qualification:MLISc/MSc in Library Science Last Date: 10-05-2013 Experience: One/Two years, familiar with library automation and with necessary skills to develop digital library and efficiently handle activities such as collection development, user oriented information services to facilitate the efficient functioning of the library. The incumbent should be able to support faculty and students in academic activities and possess excellent communication skills to be able to guide them effectively. Application and CV should be sent by e-mail to msrmclib(a)gmail.com or send to the below mentioned address by post /hand. Last date for receiving the applications is 10th MAY 2013. -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Regards N. Subramanyam Sr. LIbrarian Dept. of Library & Information Centre M.S. Ramaiah Medical College MSRIT Post MSR Nagar Bangalore-560054 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Involvement, Attitude of Librarians in Research & Development Activities
by Raj K Bhardwaj 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Involvement, Attitude of Librarians in Research & Development Activities in Academic Institutions: A Study I am conducting a survey on the topic on "Involvement, Attitude of Librarian in Research & Development Activities in Academic Institutions: A Study”. A questionnaire is prepared to collect data from LIS professionals. In this regards, I request you to kindly spare some time to fill up the questionnaire. I assure you that the data collected will be used for academic purpose and will be kept confidential. Looking forward for your co-operation to provide the important feedback to make this study significant. Click the link below https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1T084Mvm_VGy29SUgimw0pwke3m1YRt aoMYdnSQBhNS0/viewform<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2…> Sincerely yours Raj Kumar Bhardwaj Colleges Librarian St Stephen's College Delhi-110007 Mobile: 09711508289 -- 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 Vikram Sarabhai Library, IIM Ahmedabad
by Mallikarjun 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Dear All With reference to the subject cited above, Vikram Sarabhai Library, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad is in the process of hiring Library Trainees. Eligibility Criteria 1. Post Graduate in Library & Information Science with first class (those who are appearing for MLISc exam can also apply) 2. Good communication skills in English 3. Strong interpersonal and intrapersonal skills 4. Sound working knowledge of IT and IT related applications use in libraries. 5. Knowledge of Linux, PHP and web design will be an added advantage * Compensation offered for the above post is a consolidated stipend of up to Rs.14, 000/- per month. * The applicant must be available for work from Monday to Saturday (both days inclusive). On requirement trainees may be called on shift duty and on holiday too. * The training period will be purely for a period of one year * No TA/DA will be provided for attending the interview * Selection of candidate will be based on written test followed by a personal interview * The written test and interview will be in English. * No of vacancies : 4-6 * Age limit: 26 years (as on 31/05/2013) Interested candidates may forward their resume to following id: librarian(a)iimahd.ernet.inon or before 06/05/2013. Test date: 22/05/2013 Time: 9.30 AM Place: Vikram Sarabhai Library, IIM Ahmedabad Candidates are requested to come along with resume and copy of their original certificates Regards H. Anil Kumar, Ph. D. Librarian and Head NICMAN Vikram Sarabhai Library Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!! Mallikarjun Dora Professional Assistant Vikram Sarabhai Library Indian Institute of Management, Ahemadabad http://mallikarjundora.wordpress.com/ !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Document Request
by Bino jose 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Dear Sir, Please publish the following message in the forthcoming issue of LIS Forum Dear professionals, I will grateful if anyone of you may send me the soft copy of the following document in my e-mail Id 'Questionnaire on Employee Engagement and Organization Culture by Goffee and Jones' (1998). With Warm Regards Dr.Bino Jose Chief Librarian XLRI, Jamshedpur Jharkhand State-831 001 India +91-657-6653261 (O) +91-9801444007 (M) +91-657-2227814 (Fax) bino.jose(a)xlri.ac.in www.xlri.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NewGenLib
by jharavu 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Dear Dr. Mohan Many thanks for sharing your experience with NewGenLib. Undoubtedly, NewGenLib has moved several steps ahead in making the software not only functionally excellent but also especially suitable for the not unpeculiar Indian needs, the support team has shown exceptional committment to resolving problems faced by many of its users in India and overseas. What is even more remarkable is that NewGnLib has done all this without a modicium of support from any governmental or quasi-governmental agency. In any other country, the team would have got considerable encouragement,and financial and infrastructural support. On the other hand bodies such as Universities think that a small company can be bullied into submission. I know this because when I was closely associated with the software, I had to deal with some of these Mahashayas (librarians included). I am no longer associated with the software today as closely as before, but still do provide them with leads that might help. I am extremely proud of the team and its continued committent. Haravu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Libraries can store Electronic Copy of document held by them in Hard Copy
by Sukhdev Singh 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Dear LIS-Forum Members, During my interaction with Dr. T C James (Director, NIPO and Consultant, http://jamesthanickan.tripod.com ) I have come to know about a landmark amendment in Indian Copyright Act (The COPYRIGHT(AMENDMENI)ACT, 2012, No. 27 OF 2012, An Act further to amend the Copyright Act, 1957. ) According to these amendments, Libraries can now store Electronic Copy of document held by them in Hard Copy. The text of the relevant amendment is as follows: ... (iii) for clause (n), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- "(n) the storing of a work in any medium by electronic means by a noncommercial public library, for preservation if the library already possesses a non-digital copy of the work;"; (iv) in clause (o), for the words "public library", the words, "non-commercial public library" shall be substituted; ... Regards Sukhdev Singh, TD, BID, NIC HQs. -- 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 Mailing List Admin 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:35:14 -0700 (PDT) From: surajit sarkar <sarkar_surajit02(a)yahoo.com> Dear friends, Pls help me to locate the article or the Journal to find the following article : Name of the Journal : Indian Librarian (sept. 1962, v.17, no.2, p.107) Title of the article : Libraries in Buddhist monasteris Author : Biswas, A.K. Regards,�Surajit SarkarLibrarian,J. Nagendrapur High School,Raidighi, South 24 Pargana.

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Senior Librarian Mr P K Garde Passes Away
by Mailing List Admin 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:53:31 +0530 From: gipelibrary pune <gipelibrary(a)gmail.com> Message Sent on behalf of Prof S G Mahajan, Pune Dear All I am extremely sorry to inform you the sad demise of Mr P K Garde at the age of 96 at his Pune Residence on 19 Apr 2013. He was born on 24 Aug 1917. He completed his diploma in Librarianship at Madras University in 1941 under the noble guidance of none other than the Father of Library Science, Dr S R Ranganathan. He served as Assistant Librarian in Delhi University from 1945 � 1950 and taught Library Science Course in Delhi University from 1947 � 1950. Later, he served as a Librarian of ECAFE (Unite Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East), Bangkok from 1950 � 1962 and Reference Chief at United Nations Library from 1963 - 1976. He was Joint Secretary of Indian Library Association (ILA) from 1948 � 1950 and a Member of the Indian Standards Committee during 1948 � 1950. He was also an Advisor to �Pune City Local History Project� from 1992 � 2000. Mr Garde delivered second �Sarada Ranganathan Lecture� in 1966 on �The United Nations Family of Libraries� at Bangalore. He authored a Reference Book �Directory of Reference Works published in Asia� that was published by UNESCO in 1957. He was very generous and donated his earnings to many institutions including the �Naralkar Foundation� from Pune. I whole heartedly pay my tributes to this departed soul with respect and grief. May his soul rest in peace. Prof S G Mahajan Retired Professor and Head (and colleagues of Mr P K Garde) Jayakar Library, University of Pune Pune - 411007 Phone: 020 25465206 -- Dr Nanaji Shewale Librarian Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics B M C C Road, Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411004 (India) T: 91 20 25679940 (Direct) T: 91 20 25654288, 25650287 Ext 401 http://www.gipe.ac.in

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Re: [LIS-Forum] NewGenLib needs Promotion by its uses
by Mailing List Admin 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:54:23 +0530 From: jharavu <jharavu(a)gmail.com> The NewGenLib (NGL) team is really quite indebted to a pioneer like Prof. Konnur who gave us an opportunity to put our software at Goa University when he was Librarian. I must confess that the software was still in its beta development stage and but for Goa University's benevolence, we could not have put to test and make improvements to NGL. I remember our efforts at other places where we tried to implement it free of charge at considerable expense to us and the difficulties we faced. Having said that I must congratulate Mr. E.M. Siddartha who has been the indefatigable developer of the software. The many days and nights that both of us spent on learning the convoluted structures of MARC-21 and other standards and the unique requirements of Indian libraries is a part of the history of the software. When I traveled abroad, I made a commitment to talk about NGL and this fortunately resulted in our presence in S E Asia and the Middle East. A team for OCLC which came to evaluate NGL some years ago went back with a lot of admiration for NGL, although they found that NGL was not ready at that time for what we today call Cloud computing. Since the last two years, NGL has indeed made quantum leaps in its technology and more importantly its support. Many of NGL's detractors in the early days now speak of it glowingly and this alone I am sure motivates the NGL team. Neither Siddartha nor I believe that we are competing in the commercial sense with other open source library management systems. The very concept of openness means that there should be healthy competition for the benefit of its potential clients. Libraries should be free to choose the software that they think is best suited to them. I would like to add, however, that libraries still do not use clear cut methodologies before deciding what is best suitable for them. Also, librarians should drive vendors and not the other way. Haravu On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Pandurang Konnur <pvkonnur(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Dear Professional Friends, > I have noticed a detailed discussion of your experiences on using NewGenLib > (NGL) Software: > To share my experiences with you, the NGL took its birth in Goa University > while I was serving there as University Librarian. When Prof.Haravu > contacted me and asked me to give a test bed for NGL at Goa University, I > was verymuch impressed by the approach of a senior professional's humble > initiative. My request to my University authorities was very much > successful and I got the permission as well as the infrastructure support > as per the requirement of NGL Team. I have seen the untiring work of > Prof.Haravu and Mr.Siddart. In spite of their financial crises, they > visited Goa many times at their own cost and developed the software by > taking all our feedback. M/s.Verus Solutions extended free installation > (During that time the corporate edition cost was Rs.5 Lakhs) and five years > free maintenance to Goa University Library. They trained all our staff and > made all of us well versed including at tenders to operate the software. > They also supported us to initiate of establishment of Goa Academic Library > Network. We trained all the College Librarians of Goa with several Training > Programmes. We negotiated for (I believe it was) Rs. 12000/- per Library > including two free training programs for two person from each college. > > Goa University should thank the free service extended to the University and > its affiliated colleges. Unfortunately the software has been changed in Goa > University for no reasons. Fortunately it has shifted to another Open > source Software KOHA (But with a payment of Rs.1.75 Lakhs to a private > company). > > When I shifted myself to Bangalore University, we again took up the work of > conducting Training Programs and promoting the FREE NGL software. Many of > the Librarians were benefitted by these programs and automated their > Libraries. > > As discussed by earlier postings in this forum, if it would have been in > western countries specially USA, such initiatives would have attracted many > funding agencies including Universities. But, in India most of the Funding > Agencies are biased and support only to the researchers working in big > institutions. > > Now, what is needed is to promote this software by all the users by > conducting Training programs across the country. IALA is prepared to > sponsor the programs if any Librarians are interested to organise. Any > Librarian interested to conduct such trainig programs having sufficient IT > infrastructure at their institutions may contact me. We will help you to > organise Training programs in collaboration with your institutions in > different places. > > LET US PROMOTE THIS SOFTWARE AND MAKE IT AS A LIBRARY SOFTWARE OF OUR > COUNTRY > > > -- > *Dr. P. V. Konnur* > Professor & Director, > School of Applied Sciences, > Chairman > Department of Library & Information Science, > *Rani Channamma University,* > Vidhya Sangama, Belgavi � 591 156 > Karnataka State, (India) > Phone : 91-831-2565216-17 > Mobile : 91-9449679737 > E-Mail : pvkonnur(a)gmail.com > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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Vacancy of Library Traninees in XLRI, Jamshedpur
by Bino jose 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

Dear Moderator, Please publish the following matter in the forthcoming issue of LIS Forum XLRI Jamshedpur is looking for fresh Library Science Graduates for its library. The interested candidates may send their latest resume in the following e-mail Id library(a)xlri.ac.in With Warm Regards Dr.Bino Jose Chief Librarian XLRI, Jamshedpur Jharkhand State-831 001 India +91-657-6653261 (O) +91-9801444007 (M) +91-657-2227814 (Fax) www.xlri.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Senior Librarian Mr P K Garde Passes Away
by gipelibrary pune 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

Message Sent on behalf of Prof S G Mahajan, Pune Dear All I am extremely sorry to inform you the sad demise of Mr P K Garde at the age of 96 at his Pune Residence on 19 Apr 2013. He was born on 24 Aug 1917. He completed his diploma in Librarianship at Madras University in 1941 under the noble guidance of none other than the Father of Library Science, Dr S R Ranganathan. He served as Assistant Librarian in Delhi University from 1945 – 1950 and taught Library Science Course in Delhi University from 1947 – 1950. Later, he served as a Librarian of ECAFE (Unite Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East), Bangkok from 1950 – 1962 and Reference Chief at United Nations Library from 1963 - 1976. He was Joint Secretary of Indian Library Association (ILA) from 1948 – 1950 and a Member of the Indian Standards Committee during 1948 – 1950. He was also an Advisor to ‘Pune City Local History Project’ from 1992 – 2000. Mr Garde delivered second ‘Sarada Ranganathan Lecture’ in 1966 on ‘The United Nations Family of Libraries’ at Bangalore. He authored a Reference Book ‘Directory of Reference Works published in Asia’ that was published by UNESCO in 1957. He was very generous and donated his earnings to many institutions including the ‘Naralkar Foundation’ from Pune. I whole heartedly pay my tributes to this departed soul with respect and grief. May his soul rest in peace. Prof S G Mahajan Retired Professor and Head (and colleagues of Mr P K Garde) Jayakar Library, University of Pune Pune - 411007 Phone: 020 25465206 -- Dr Nanaji Shewale Librarian Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics B M C C Road, Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411004 (India) T: 91 20 25679940 (Direct) T: 91 20 25654288, 25650287 Ext 401 http://www.gipe.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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I need some infromtion
by pavan gudi 24 Apr '13

24 Apr '13

Hi friends, I need review of Literature of "Information Needs and Gathering Habits of School Children in Digital Environment" in Indian context. Kindly send any information related to this topic. you may also send Information related to 1) Information seeking behavior by school children in digital environment 2) Information searching by school children in digital environment 3) Information need by school children in digital environment 4) Use of digital information by students -- Pavankumar Gudi Librarian, Seshadripuram First Grade College Yelahanka New Town, Bangalore - 560064 www.sfgc.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NewGenLib needs Promotion by its uses
by Pandurang Konnur 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Dear Professional Friends, I have noticed a detailed discussion of your experiences on using NewGenLib (NGL) Software: To share my experiences with you, the NGL took its birth in Goa University while I was serving there as University Librarian. When Prof.Haravu contacted me and asked me to give a test bed for NGL at Goa University, I was verymuch impressed by the approach of a senior professional's humble initiative. My request to my University authorities was very much successful and I got the permission as well as the infrastructure support as per the requirement of NGL Team. I have seen the untiring work of Prof.Haravu and Mr.Siddart. In spite of their financial crises, they visited Goa many times at their own cost and developed the software by taking all our feedback. M/s.Verus Solutions extended free installation (During that time the corporate edition cost was Rs.5 Lakhs) and five years free maintenance to Goa University Library. They trained all our staff and made all of us well versed including at tenders to operate the software. They also supported us to initiate of establishment of Goa Academic Library Network. We trained all the College Librarians of Goa with several Training Programmes. We negotiated for (I believe it was) Rs. 12000/- per Library including two free training programs for two person from each college. Goa University should thank the free service extended to the University and its affiliated colleges. Unfortunately the software has been changed in Goa University for no reasons. Fortunately it has shifted to another Open source Software KOHA (But with a payment of Rs.1.75 Lakhs to a private company). When I shifted myself to Bangalore University, we again took up the work of conducting Training Programs and promoting the FREE NGL software. Many of the Librarians were benefitted by these programs and automated their Libraries. As discussed by earlier postings in this forum, if it would have been in western countries specially USA, such initiatives would have attracted many funding agencies including Universities. But, in India most of the Funding Agencies are biased and support only to the researchers working in big institutions. Now, what is needed is to promote this software by all the users by conducting Training programs across the country. IALA is prepared to sponsor the programs if any Librarians are interested to organise. Any Librarian interested to conduct such trainig programs having sufficient IT infrastructure at their institutions may contact me. We will help you to organise Training programs in collaboration with your institutions in different places. LET US PROMOTE THIS SOFTWARE AND MAKE IT AS A LIBRARY SOFTWARE OF OUR COUNTRY -- *Dr. P. V. Konnur* Professor & Director, School of Applied Sciences, Chairman Department of Library & Information Science, *Rani Channamma University,* Vidhya Sangama, Belgavi – 591 156 Karnataka State, (India) Phone : 91-831-2565216-17 Mobile : 91-9449679737 E-Mail : pvkonnur(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NewGenlib and KOHA - the Goa University experience
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Dear professional colleagues I have seen some discussion going on about the use of Open Source Software in libraries, mainly talking about the use of NewGenlib and KOHA. Good discussion was going on. Surprisingly the name of Goa University Library was also found dragged in the discussion. I do not have any negative opinion about NewGenlib. But when I took charge of the library of Goa University, I was having serious problems with the server in which NewGenlib was installed. Every now and then we had to restart the sever which is located in the university's computer centre.  So I requested the agency which installed it for providing assisting in the customization and installation of NewGenlib in a new Server. The agency quoted 8.5 lakhs for the installation and customization of NewGenlib. This was a huge ransom when we consider the quantum of work involved. This approach of the agency has prompted the Goa University Library to go for another solution. The agency was not available for further negotiations too. We have gone to an agency which has quoted the lowest rates for data migration and customization. Now the database is working very well and users are very happy. Both software are equally good. As a professional, I feel that we need not take up the advocacy for some agencies engaged in their business. Do good for the profession. Unceremonious and unwanted bonding with business people will not bring good for the profession. I do not want to say anything more on this. 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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Presentation cum demo on "Exploring Google Apps" on Monday, 29th Apr 2013 at 6.00 p.m.
by Mohan Hr 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Dear all, Pl. find an invite for the presentation cum demo on "Exploring Google Apps" on Monday, 29th Apr 2013 at 6.00 p.m. The pdf invite is available at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2013/mm-130429.pdf Pl. make it convenient to attend the presentation. With regards HR Mohan INVITATION ===================================================== Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Professional Communication Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Technology Management Council, Madras Chapter Cordially invite you for a presentation cum demo on Exploring Google Apps by Mr. Dwarakanath Cheyyur Director - Implementation & Training CloudReign Technologies, Chennai on Monday, 29th Apr 2013 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. P. Kumar, Chairman, CSI Chennai Chapter Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, IEEE CS & IEEE PCS Madras Chapter Mr. K.V. Rupchand, Chairman, IEEE TMC, Madras Chapter Programme ========= 6.00 p.m. : Tea & Fellowship 6.30 p.m. : Presentation & Demonstrations 7.45 p.m. : Dinner About the Presentation ================= While are aware of the Google Apps existence for quite some, we are using it selectively, to the extent what we know about the Apps and its tools. This presentation will cover the following: Introduction to Google Apps - What are Google Apps and what are all the tools that are available as part of the offering. GMail is used by almost everyone, but there is more to GApps than just mail. How these tools can be used by non-programmers / lay people who are not too tech savvy. How to use Google Apps & Tools in a collaborative work environment and improve productivity. Demo of all tools in Google Apps -- 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 surajit sarkar 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Dear friends, Pls help me to locate the article or the Journal to find the following article : Name of the Journal : Indian Librarian (sept. 1962, v.17, no.2, p.107) Title of the article : Libraries in Buddhist monasteris Author : Biswas, A.K. Regards, Surajit SarkarLibrarian,J. Nagendrapur High School,Raidighi, South 24 Pargana. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KLA Gold Medal presentation ceremony on 29 April 2013 in Thiruvananthapuram
by faisal sl 22 Apr '13

22 Apr '13

Dear All, Kerala Library Association has immense pleasure to invite you to the KLA Gold Medal Award and Prof. C. A. Augustine Holy-Cross Endowment Award presentation function to be organized at the Lecture Hall, Department of Library and Information Science, University Library Building, Thiruvananthapuram at 3.00 pm on 29 April 2013. Shri. G. Karthikeyan, Hon’ble Speaker, Kerala Legislative Assembly has agreed to inaugurate the function and present the KLA Gold Medals to the First Rank holders of MLISc Degree Courses of the University of Kerala and Calicut University and the BLISc First Rank holders of the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. Shri. C.P. Nair, former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Kerala will preside. Cash awards and Mementos instituted by Prof. C. A. Augustine Holy Cross Endowment for Information Science will also be given away by the Chief Guest to those students who scored highest marks in the Paper *“Information and Communication*”, of the MLISc Examination of the University of Kerala. More details at http://klaweblog.wordpress.com/ Thank you S.L.Faisal General Secretary, KLA Ph.09447699724 -- 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] World Book Day
by Mailing List Admin 22 Apr '13

22 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:11:40 +0530 From: Pandurang Konnur <pvkonnur(a)gmail.com> Dear Friends, I appreciate Shri.Rajendra Kumar for organising the World Book Day with one or the other organisation and celebrate the event. I wish the function every success. Konnur. On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Mailing List Admin < mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:50:16 +0530 > From: Rajendrakumar Py <pyrajendrakumar(a)gmail.com> > > Department of Public Libraries > > & > > Karnataka State Library Association > > Jointly Organizing > > World Book Day > > Inauguration by > > Prof.V.G.Talawar > > Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore, Mysore & > > Vice-Chancellor,REWA University,Bangalore. > > * * > > Speaker > > Sri C.Vasantaraju > > Deputy Registrar of Co-Operative Socities (Rtd.), Bangalore. > > Date:23rd April 2013 Time:4 pm > > Venue: Granthangana,City Central Library(w.Z),Hampi nagar,Bangalore > > -- > P. Y. Rajendra Kumar > Director (Retd) > Department of Public Libraries > & > President > Karnataka State Library Association > Bangalore. > Cell: +91 99164 57890 > ______________________________**_________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/**mailman/listinfo/lis-forum<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. > > -- *Dr. P. V. Konnur* Professor & Director, School of Applied Sciences, Chairman Department of Library & Information Science, *Rani Channamma University,* Vidhya Sangama, Belgavi – 591 156 Karnataka State, (India) Phone : 91-831-2565216-17 Mobile : 91-9449679737 E-Mail : pvkonnur(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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My Experience with NewGenlib
by Bharat Alasandi 22 Apr '13

22 Apr '13

Dear All Professionals, This is My opinion regarding NewGenlib Discussion, I am using the newgenlib software since from last 4 years, No doubt newgenlib team is doing good contribution to library science field. without any expectation, without any profit, its not easy job to maintain one such good software. Personally I know Mr. Siddharth and I met him 2-3 times in Mumbai and in Bangalore. His effort towards developing this software is highly appreciable. Whenever I get stuck, the team members like Suresh and his colleagues are helping me a lot. Thanks to NewGenlib and team Regards. Bharat B. Alasandi Librarian Bharatesh Education Trusts Global Business School B.C. 188 Fort Road Belgaum - 6 Karnataka E-mail : bharatalasandi(a)gmail.com Phone: 9986135406 -- Bharat B. Alasandi Librarian Bharatesh Education Trusts Global Business School B.C. 188 Fort Road Belgaum - 6 Karnataka E-mail : bharatalasandi(a)gmail.com Phone: 9986135406 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Committee for Rationalization of Courses in Library Science (1975)
by Ashis Biswas 22 Apr '13

22 Apr '13

Respected Sir/Madam, *Prof Krishan Kumar and Dr. Jaideep Sharma *mentioned in their book titled*"Library and Information Science Education in India" ( *published by Har Anand Publications in 2009) in page no. 76 about --- *the Committee for Rationalization of Courses in Library Science (1975)* with the following explanation: "*To bring improvements in library education, Ministry of education and Social Welfare, Govt. of India, set up a Committee for rationalization of Courses in Library Science, in July 1975. It gave useful suggestions*". I have particularly mentioned about this Committee because my exhaustive literature search on the Commission and Committees for LIS education in India hasn't got any reference about that Committee which I came to know from the book of Prof. Kumar and Dr. Sharma. *Would you kindly give me any information whether the Committee submitted any report to the concerned authority and whether the Authority published that report????* I searched the university libraries in West Bengal, National Library, Kolkata, Libraries under DELNET, Parliamentary Library, New Delhi in vain. Regards, Ashis Biswas Librarian, Victoria Institution (College) Kolkata 700 009 -- trdyt -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Newsletter Released
by Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai 21 Apr '13

21 Apr '13

Dear Professional Friends, I am happy to inform that the first e-newsletter of the University Library, Central University of Kerala was released by the renowned Malayalam Poet Prof. Sugathakumari on 19th April 2013. Padmasree Sugathakumari is a member of the Court of Central University of Kerala. The Newsletter can be downloaded from: http://www.universitylibrarycuk.yolasite.com/resources/Newsletter.pdf Regards, -- Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai *MA; MLISc; PGDEC; PGDCA; DCHN; NET; PhD.* Assistant Librarian & Co-ordinator, NMEICT Nodal Officer, Higher Education Survey Associate Editor, CUK Newsletter Central University of Kerala Vidyanagar P.O. Kasargod, Kerala, India Mob: 09447468586 Blog: www.dineshkoovakkai.blogspot.com Visit our library website at: www.universitylibrarycuk.yolasite.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Newgenlib
by M. Ram 20 Apr '13

20 Apr '13

Dear members I am also sharing my experience regarding newgenlib software. 1. The software is very good and functional. 2. The support of Newgenlib Team is highly appreciated. 3. We have successfully implemented the software in our university. 4. I am very thankful for all the efforts made by Dr L.J. Haravu, Dr Sidhartha and all the team of newgenlib. Dr.Mange Ram Deputy Librarian & Incharge University Library Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University), Dayalbagh Agra-5 (UP)INDIA Mail: mram72ster(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Admissions Open for TISS-PGDLIM
by Anand Dodamani 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Dear Professional friends, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai invites applications for admission to its one year unique e-learning programme, PGDLIM (Post Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Management). The last date for application is July 10, 2013. The course will commence from October 18, 2013. For more information please visit : www.tiss.edu ( Admission>Short Term Programmes>PGDLIM) With best wishes, *Anand Dodamani Asst. Librarian Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) V. N. Purav Marg, Deonar Mumbai- 400 081* *Phone: 022-2552 5274* *Website: www.tiss.edu* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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World Book Day
by Mailing List Admin 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:50:16 +0530 From: Rajendrakumar Py <pyrajendrakumar(a)gmail.com> Department of Public Libraries & Karnataka State Library Association Jointly Organizing World Book Day Inauguration by Prof.V.G.Talawar Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore, Mysore & Vice-Chancellor,REWA University,Bangalore. * * Speaker Sri C.Vasantaraju Deputy Registrar of Co-Operative Socities (Rtd.), Bangalore. Date:23rd April 2013 Time:4 pm Venue: Granthangana,City Central Library(w.Z),Hampi nagar,Bangalore -- P. Y. Rajendra Kumar Director (Retd) Department of Public Libraries & President Karnataka State Library Association Bangalore. Cell: +91 99164 57890

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DELNET One-Day Workshop
by Anand Kenchakkanavar 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

*INVITATION* *Sub: DELNET One-Day Workshop in our college* Dear Sir/Madam: It Gives us pleasure to inform you that DELNET networks more than 4500 Libraries in 32 states and UTs in India and seven other countries. I t provides access to more than 15 million bibliographic records of Books, Journals, Journal articles etc. in addition to several full text databases as on date. It offers free library management software to member-libraries. Also, it provides inter Library Loan and Document Delivery Services to member institutions. The DELNET Consortium is also available. DELNET will be conducting following One-Day Workshop on “*DELNET: Resources, Services and & koha : An Open Source Integrated Library Management Software* “ in collaboration with K.L.E.Dr.Sheshgiri College of Engineering and Technology. Here are the some of the details of the Programme: “*DELNET: Resources, Services & koha : An Open Source Integrated Library Management Software”* Date : 4th May 2013 at 10.00AM Venue : Silver Jubilee Auditorium, K.L.E. Dr. Sheshgiri College of Engineering and Technology, Udyambag, Belgaum. Karnataka We are looking forward for your active participation to make this event a grand success. *Library & Information Center* -- *Anand Y Kenchakkanavar* *Librarian,* *USM - KLE International Medical Programme,* *Neharu Nagar* *Belgaum* - *590 010* *KARNATAKA* *E-mail:* *anand.3661(a)gmail.com* <anand.3661(a)gmail.com> *website: http://kenchakkanavar.webnode.com* *cell phone: 96115 79601 * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Digital Information Management Course-Osmania University-LIS Professionals for better jobs.
by Mailing List Admin 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:51:53 +0800 (SGT) From: jumpala vardhan <jvk_dn(a)yahoo.com> Dear Library Science Professionals The Department of Library and Information Science of Osmania Universtiy offersPGDDIM (Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Information Management) one year Programme� (2013-14) which is very much useful for Professional and fresh graduates in the field of Library and Information Science in the Digital Era, to find better prospects and seek better positions/jobs. Faculty Members and senior LIS Professionals are requested to inform the same for the benefit of� LIS students. � Eligibility : ��A pass in MLISc� �(or) BLISc� (or) an equivalent course Mode of Admission: Osmania University: Digital Information Management Entrance Test �� Subject Code (81) Last Date for Submitting Application is: 03.05.2013 by 4 pm For Details Pl. See Web Site: http://www.osmania.ac.in/oucet2013/4.%20Information%20Brochure.pdf "Each day presents a new opportunity to do something great" � With regards, Professor V.Vishwa Mohan, Head & Chairman BoS, & coordinatorPGDDIM, Dept.of Library and Information Science Osmania University, Hyderabad. � Further Details Contact: J.Vivekavardhan, Asst.Professor, PGDDIM Programme, Dept of Lib&Inf.Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad. e-mail : jvk_dn(a)yahoo.com mobile: 09441300395

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Prof. Talwar's appointment as VC of Reva University
by Binod Yadav 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

I heartly congratulate Prof. V. G. Talwar for his second tenure as VC. I hearty wish him and pray for his success. I am pleased to share that I was graduated from Mysore University and fortunate to have his student during PG. -- Binod Kumar Yadav Senior Librarian B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan, Nepal Phone: +97725525555 Mobile:+977-9804060641 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open source is taking over the software world, survey says | PCWorld
by jharavu 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

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Request for full text article
by Arup Dhara 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Dear All, If anybody have access of the following article, please send me as early as possible. Title: Statistical techniques for the classification of chromites in diamond exploration samples” by W.L. Griffin<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0375674297000150> , N.I. Fisher<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0375674297000150> , J.H. Friedman<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0375674297000150> , C.G. Ryan<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0375674297000150> ; Journal of Geochemical Exploration<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03756742> , Volume 59, Issue 3<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03756742/59/3>, September 1997, Pages 233–249. Regards, Arup Dhara Librarian Baratajpur High School Hooghly, West Bengal MOBILE : 09830967819 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Trainee at Regional Cancer Centre, Kerala
by Saji S Nair 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Dear all, A walk-in Interview will be held at Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, for filling the vacancy of Graduate apprentice trainee (library). Qualification: Degree in Library & Information Science (consider those who acquired BLISc within last 3 years) Stipend: Rs. 5000/- pm Date: 25th April 2013 Venue: Conference Hall, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala details at: http://www.rcctvm.org/lib-trainee.pdf posted by saji -- Saji S. Nair Library & Information Services Division Regional Cancer Centre Medical College Campus Trivandrum - 695011 Kerala, INDIA ----------------------------------------------------------- 09446014130 (Mob) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NewGenLib
by Kshema Prakash 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Dear Dr. Haravu sir and Dr. Mohan, I am writing in response to Dr. Mohan's message in LIS Forum Digest Vol 121 (28) I feel glad to hear about Dr. Mohan's experience of NewGenLib. I completely agree with the fact that Team NGL's continuous support can be called "par excellence"!! I have an experience of implementing NewGenLib at two places. Presently, at IIT Jodhpur we are using NewGenLib Open Source with continuous support of Verus Solutions (Team NGL). It gives me immense pleasure to share my views regarding customization requirements or even suggest innovative features to them. They not only receive them positively but also sincerely try to incorporate them in a best possible manner. Many times, their suggestions to improve our manpower-constrained situations save us from grave problems. As we say it takes two hands to clap, so also it takes effort from both sides to make a relationship work well. I am very thankful to Haravu sir for supporting me in my activities always. I also thank Verus Solutions (Mr. Siddartha) and his excellent team for their continued support to us. With best regards, Kshema ---------------------------------------- Dr. (Mrs.) Kshema Prakash Deputy Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur Old Residency Road Ratanada JODHPUR 342 011 * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Tel: +91-291-2449038 Mobile: +91-7742941299 Email: kshema(a)iitj.ac.in, kshemaprakash(a)gmail.com, library(a)iitj.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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sharing the experience with the Open source software NewGenLib
by Mohan T A 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Dear Professionals I am sharing the experience with the Open source software NewGenLib. There is an update once in every 45 days (sometimes earlier but not later). In each of these updates NewGenLib team has incorporated librarian requirements/suggestions. I suggested many suggestions; they incorporated all of them in the software as and when new version is released. To Name a few - Import patron data from excel to NewGenLib - Bulk Import photos - SMS and email facility for Books transaction , overdue notice etc. - Overriding of Patron Id. - Promotion of courses - Batch import of invoice date, Invoice No. amount etc - In Web Opac uses them self can update their email and mobile no. and know no of books borrowed etc. All the facility/features are added at free of cost. Recently one more facility was added to Newgenlib i.e. self check in and self checkout The good thing about the system is that through their NGL Adaptation Program they have provided all the services like Installation , data conversion , online training, upgradation, New features, latest technology….etc absolutely free of cost. It was not just for my library but to all libraries I have recommended to go for this adaptation program. When ever I have any kind of a problem or a issue I always had NGL team to help me address the problem immediately. And through Internet they resolve my issues almost instantly. Being a user of NewgenLib Open Source I highly recommended Newgenlib for my fellow professionals. I hope this information will be useful. with regards T A Mohan Librarian Siddaganga Institute of Technology TUMKUR E-mail: mohan(a)sit.ac.in tamohanta(a)rediffmail.com Phone: 0816 2214078 Mobile:9343525141 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation Cards of Second National Conference on Scientometrics and Prof Sangam Felicitation
by Pandurang Konnur 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Dear Friends, The event foreseen since a long time is fast approaching. The Second National Conference on Scientometrics and Knowledge Management Scheduled at Dharwad on 20-21 April 2013 and the Research Scholars of Prof.Sangam have planned a Felicitation Function to Prof.Sangam on 20th april 2013 Saturday evening. I request all of you to attend both the functions. Please plan your program without fail to participate and witness both of these events. Please find here with enclosed Invitation cards of Second National Conference on Scientometrics and Knowledge Management and Prof.S.L.Sangam Felicitation in Karnatak University Dharwad. I am also enclosing here with the order passed by the Joint Director Department of Collegiate Education, sanctioning the OOD for the College Librarians attending the above conference. Invitation of Second National Conference on Scientometrics and Knowledge Management http://www.kud.ac.in/Docs/U0001-7201341613313314/U0001-72013416133134102013… Prof S.L.Sangam Felicitation Invitation http://www.kud.ac.in/Docs/U0001-7201341613313314/U0001-72013416133133172013… Government order passed by the Joint Director Department of Collegiate Education, sanctioning the OOD for the College Librarians attending the above conference. http://www.kud.ac.in/Docs/U0001-7201341613313314/U0001-72013416133133742013… -- *Dr. P. V. Konnur* Professor & Director, School of Applied Sciences, Chairman Department of Library & Information Science, *Rani Channamma University,* Vidhya Sangama, Belgavi – 591 156 Karnataka State, (India) Phone : 91-831-2565216-17 Mobile : 91-9449679737 E-Mail : pvkonnur(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Apllication call UGC-NET Exam
by !!!!!.....any...wht i can do?......!!!!!! 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Last date for Applying Online & generation of filled Bank Challan for Fee. 30.04.2013 Last date of submission of Fee through online generated Bank Challan, at any branch of State Bank of India (SBI). 02.05.2013 Last date of taking printout of Application Form, Attendance Slip and Admit Card from UGC website (www.ugcnetonline.in) 05.05.2013 Visit www.ugcnetonline.in Last date for receiving the printout of online Application Form (one copy) and Attendance Slip (one copy) at the respective Coordinating University opted by the candidate (with fee receipt & category certificate(s) ) 08.05.2013 exam date: on 30th June 2013 -- Vahida Beegam.T Research Scholar Calicut University vahooo822(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Research in India - please help me to update the data from 2010 and onwards- just a reminder
by Manjunath K 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Dear LIS Professionals who have been awarded PhD during 2010 and onwards, [sorry for cross posting] Please provide your PhD award info for updating... if already responded kindly ignore this (I am getting good response for my previous mail) Click the link to provide your info if not given. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&key=0AscurxFcDK… manjunath ***************** I am updating the databank of bibliographic details of LIS Doctoral Dissertations awarded by Indian Universities. I have already compiled the data from INFLIBNET, Vidyanidhi and University news. I am keeping track of each issue of University News for new entries on LIS research. Still I feel, Many universities may not submit research data to AIU for publication in Univ. News. As a result, I feel the datasheet compiled by me is incomplete. Those of you who have been awarded PhD during 2010 and onwards, please spare some time to provide the data through the below linked simple questionnaire designed for the purpose. I need your full cooperation to compile the comprehensive databank. The consolidated data is for the benefit of our professional colleagues and will be shared with them. I have already uploaded my articles on LIS Research on web and many of our LIS professionals are keep accessing them. Happy to note that I get alerts almost daily on usage of these articles by our professionals. Further, I am sending the data to researchers who are requesting the data. I need your cooperation to update the datasheet from 2010. Be assured the compiled data will be shared with professionals. This survey takes just two minutes for you to response as it is asking minimum info. CLICK THE BELOW LINK TO RESPOND TO SURVEY. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&key=0AscurxFcDK… [IF LINK IS NOT WORKING, COPY THE LINK AND PASTE IT ON YOUR BROWSER]. If you have trouble viewing or submitting online survey form, you can fill your information in the below mentioned format. 1. Name of Researcher : 2. Title of the Thesis : 3. Name of Research Guide: [pl Write name of your Research Guide] 4. Name of University and its Place : [Pl write name of Univ that awarded you PhD, place] 5. Year of PhD Award [pl write year of PhD awarded (not the year submitted)] 6. Keywords: [pl write two or three Keywords that represent your thesis] with regards, Yours sincerely, Manjunatha ______________ Dr. Manjunatha K Chief Librarian T.A. Pai Management Institute |PB No. 9|Manipal - 576 104|Udupi Dist., Karnataka, India Ph: +91820-2701105| Fax: +91-0820-2570699 manjunath(a)tapmi.edu.in| manjunathak(a)gmail.com |http://www.manjunathakeralapura.weebly.com/ ______________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NOMINATION FOR EDITORS AND ASSOCIATE EDITORS FOR INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL LIBRARY SERVICES
by Arjun 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Dear friends, This is hereby notified that we invite the credentials for the post of editors and associate editors for International Journal of Digital Library Services for 2013-14. Interested candidates may kindly send their CVs at chiefeditor(a)ijodls.in and chief_editor(a)ijodls.in Names of the selected candidates will be displayed on the website. Note: No kind of monetary benefits will be given to the editors and associate editors. IJODLS reserves the rights in the selection criteria of candidates and any other lateral terms. Submit your CV for the nomination of Editors and Associate Editors at chiefeditor(a)ijodls.in and chief_editor(a)ijodls.in.www.ijodls.in -- With regards *Arjun* *Editor-in-chief* *International Journal of Digital Library Services* <http://ijodls.in/> *E-mail: chiefeditor(a)ijodls.in* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation to attend the National Conference and Prof.Sangam Felicitation Function
by Mailing List Admin 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:44:54 +0530 From: Pandurang Konnur <pvkonnur(a)gmail.com> Dear Friends, Please find here with enclosed Second National Conference on Scientometrics and Knowledgement and Prof.S.L.Sangam Felicitation Invitation cards. I request all of you to attend both the functions. I am also enclosing here with the order passed by the Joint Director Department of Collegiate Education, sanctioning the OOD for the College Librarians attending the above conference. -- *Dr. P. V. Konnur* Professor & Director, School of Applied Sciences, Chairman Department of Library & Information Science, *Rani Channamma University,* Vidhya Sangama, Belgavi – 591 156 Karnataka State, (India) Phone : 91-831-2565216-17 Mobile : 91-9449679737 E-Mail : pvkonnur(a)gmail.com

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Call for Papers: International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL 2013)
by Nihal Alam 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

Dear Moderator: Kindly arrange to announce the following information for the benefit of forum members. Call for Papers International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL 2013) 27-29 November 2013, New Delhi The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) is organizing International Conference on Digital libraries (ICDL 2013) during 27-29 November 2013 at New Delhi. The conference will also aim at further strengthen the academic collaboration and strategic alliance in development of DL in the world. Theme of the conference is Vision 2020: Looking back 10 years and forging new frontiers. In recent past TERI had organized three major ICDL conferences during 2004, 2006 and 2010 which were proved to be useful tools to bridge digital divide between developed and developing countries. It was able to create awareness and enthusiasm among the community. Please visit www.teriin.org/events/icdl for further details. Aim: ICDL 2013 is expected to be a major forum focusing on digital libraries and related technologies and issues. This conference would facilitate exchange of ideas and experiences to bridge knowledge gaps in these areas and sustain the knowledge thus gained. It is expected to become a platform to bring together a galaxy of experts, researchers, academics, students, and others. Call for Paper Important dates Submission of full papers 20 July 2013 Notification of acceptance of paper with comments 15 September 2013 Submission of the final paper after incorporating comments 10 October 2013 ICDL 2013 invites original submissions focusing on the theme of the conference— Vision 2020: Looking back 10 years and forging new frontiers. Contributions are invited for conference sessions and tutorials. Topics for contributions (but are not limited to) include the following. • DL development, architecture, and management • Information storage and retrieval • Multi-linguality and interoperability issues • Digital rights management • Digital preservation and access management • DL best practices • E-learning and e-publishing • DL standards and policy • Open archives initiatives • ODOL (Open, distance, and online learning) • Multimedia content • Sustainable DL model • DL service marketing • Digital research libraries • Social media and network analysis • Collaborative knowledge creation • Information quality management • Enterprise 2.0 and collaborative model • Knowledge management business models • Convergence of knowledge management and learning system • Mobile technology and service-oriented architecture • Information and communication model • Knowledge management best practices Paper submission guidelines and date ICDL invites original papers typed on MS Word. The word limit for each paper is 5000 words. All papers should be written in English for acceptance for presentation in the conference. Each submitted paper will be reviewed by a panel of experts and only well-researched and well-written papers will be accepted for presentation. It is expected that all accepted papers will be presented at the conference by the author(s). A few papers shall also be selected for the poster session presentation. The conference proceedings that will be distributed to the participants will include the selected papers (for presentation at the conference) and abstracts (selected for presentation in the poster session). Papers may be submitted either in hard copy format to the ICDL secretariat <ICDL2013(a)teri.res.in > or online, using the conference website. For details of paper submission guidelines and submission, visit www.teriin.org/events/icdl. Mailing Address: ICDL 2013 Secretariat The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) India Habitat Centre Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003, India Tel: +91 11 24682100 or 41504900 Fax: 24682144 Email: ICDL2013(a)teri.res.in Website: www.teriin.org/events/icdl Regards, Nihal Alam RA, TERI -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Walk in interview at IGIDR, Mumbai on May 7, 2013, for temporary vacancies in the library
by G.K.MANJUNATH 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

The institute has arranged for a walk-in interview for the following post, on contract basis. Following are the details : Name of the post : Library Assistant / Trainee ( Posts: 2 ) Age : 27 years as on 1 December 2012 Qualification : M.L.I.Sc (55% and above) Experience : 0- 6 months Salary : Rs,lOOOO/- pm (Consolidated and all inclusive) Period of appointment : 8 months Venue & Date : IGIDR, (Admin. Conference) Tuesday May 7, 2013, at 2.00 pm Candidates who have appeared for M.Li.Sc/M.Lib.Sc final examination in April/May 2013 may also appear for the interview. However, the final selection will be based only on the Final Marks secured as per the above mentioned criteria. Candidates who attend the interview are required bring their resume mentioning two references and all the original testimonials (starting from lOth standard) with a set of photocopy. Candidates shall attend the interview at their own cost. Those selected are expected join for duty by June 1, 2013 thanks, G.K.Manjunath, PhD Chief Librarian Indira Gandhi Inst of Development Research Film City Road Santosh Nagar Goregaon(East ) MUMBAI - 400 065 India Phone: 022-28416528 email: gkm(a)igidr.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulations to Prof.V.G.Talawar
by Vishala BK 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

Dear Professional Friends, Very Happy to note that Prof. (Dr.) V. G. Talawar has been appointed as First and Founder Vice Chancellor of Reva University, Bangalore. Hearty Congratulations to Prof. Talawar. Sirs handwork and determination paid off well. Here is a great salute as great as his achievement. Congratulations and let GOD be with him in all his endeavors and wish him continued success. Dr.Vishala B.K. M.Com M.L.I.Sc.,M.Phil.,Ph.D S.G.Librarian ST.AGNES CENTRE FOR POST GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH MERCARA HILL ROAD, BENDORE MANGALORE-575002 Mobile:09448824505 Website: http://drvishala.synthasite.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] Prof.Talawar appointed as Vice Chancellor
by Mailing List Admin 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:16:14 +0530 From: Rajendrakumar Py <pyrajendrakumar(a)gmail.com> Hearty Congratulations to Prof.V.G.Talawar on his new assignment as Vice- Chancellor of REWA University.I am sure the new University Will grow and develop under his able leadership.On behalf of KALA I wish him all the best in his new assignment. P.Y.Rajendrakumar President,KALA

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Lecture invitation
by SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

Dear Moderator: Kindly insert the following invitation to the benefit of the lis-forum members. Thanking you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer SRELS, Bangalore and Convenor, Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures Commitee, Bangalore ** ************** ** *Government First Grade College, Devdurga* *and* *Prof.M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures Committee, Bangalore* * * *Cordially invite you to the* *Prof. M.r. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures (19)(2013)* *on* *Best Practices for College Librarians* *by* *Dr. Amresh Kumbar* *Librarian* *VCB Degree College, Lingasugur* * * *Mr. Rehamaan Mohammad Sab* *Principal* *Government First Grade College, Devdurga* * * *Presides* * * *on** Tuesday, 16th April 2013 at 11.00 a.m.* * * *Venue: Government First Grade College, Devdurga* * * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library software
by Saket S 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

Is there a comprehensive comparison of various commonly used library software? We are a currently using Alice and want to migrate to a new system. Our library holds about 40,000 books and other print materials. One of the key future needs is controlled e-access to our thesis and other e-resources Thanks Saket Sarraf -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for the post of Librarian at Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (We School), Bengaluru
by Mailing List Admin 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:35:16 +0000 From: girish kunkur <girishkunkur(a)hotmail.com> Dear All, Sub: Vacancy for the post of Librarian at Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (We School), Bengaluru Applications are invited from the deserving candidates for the post of Librarian at Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research (We School), for its campus at Bengaluru. This role involves overall management of the Learning Resource Centre (library) including setting and institutionalizing systems, overseeing the administration and negotiating contracts for services and resources, supervision of the library team. Applicant must have Master�s Degree in Library Science/Information Science with 7 to 10 years of experience in a reputed Management or Academic Library.. The candidate should be familiar with library automation and with necessary skills to develop digital library and efficiently handle activities such as collection development, user oriented information services to facilitate the efficient functioning of the library. The incumbent should be able to support faculty and students in academic activities and possess excellent communication skills to be able to guide them effectively. Application and CV should be sent by e-mail to hrd(a)welingkar.org and cc to giridhar.kunkur(a)welingkar.org. Last date for receiving the applications is 23 April 2013 Regards Giridhar Kunkur Librarian Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research L Napoo Road, Matunga (CR) Mumbai 400 019 Tel: 022-2419 8377 website: www.welingkar.orgLibrary Portal: http://elearn.welingkar.org/infowe

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Prof.Talawar appointed as Vice Chancellor
by Mailing List Admin 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:20:05 +0530 From: Yalagouda Patil <yalagouda(a)gmail.com> Congratulations to Prof Talawar for the coveted post of Vice Chancellor offered by Rewa University, Bangalore. Wish him all the best in his new endeavor! Let the new university grow under his able administration and reach to greater heights! Dr.Y.M.Patil Retd. Librarian, RRI, Bangalore.

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Please provide your valuable input to success this research article.
by ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ್ ಸೀನು 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

Dear Sir/Madam and Professional Friends, We are collecting data for our research paper entitle on "Job Satisfaction and Expectations of LIS Professionals in India". It would be appreciated if you could spare some time to provide us the following valuable information must helpful to make realization to LIS Profession and with the theme of “Look back & Move forward”. We promise that, the providing information will be used for academic or research purposes only. We are awaiting for your voluble input to our online survey. Thanking you Mr. Suresha GP, XIME, Electronic City, Bangalore, E-mail: sureshgp3028(a)gmail.com Mr. Srinivasa K, IHMR, Electronic City, Bangalore, E-mail: srinivasamlisc(a)gmail.com Please click on the following link OR copy and paste the link on your web browser. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1oveTM6UAJKcvuyDbi-5XQMQcVigMEXH0wPyc_hW181… -- @*...,With Regards* * * *Srinivas* *Email: srinivasamlisc(a)gmail.com* *Phone:9900644214* [image: http://astd-intranet/Departments/BA/Green%20Team/Green%20Team%20Resources/C…] -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Involvement, Attitude of Librarian in Research & Development Activities
by Raj K Bhardwaj 14 Apr '13

14 Apr '13

nvolvement, Attitude of Librarians in Research & Development Activities in Academic Institutions: A Study Dear Friends, I am conducting a survey on the topic on "Involvement, Attitude of Librarian in Research & Development Activities in Academic Institutions: A Study”. A questionnaire is prepared to collect data from LIS professionals. In this regards, I request you to kindly spare some time to fill up the questionnaire. I assure you that the data collected will be used for academic purpose and will be kept confidential. Looking forward for your co-operation to provide the important feedback to make this study significant. Click the link below https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1T084Mvm_VGy29SUgimw0pwke3m1YRt aoMYdnSQBhNS0/viewform Sincerely yours Raj Kumar Bhardwaj Colleges Librarian St Stephen's College Delhi-110007 Mobile: 09711508289 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IEEE India Council Newsletter -- IEEE India Info -- Apr 2013 issue
by Mohan Hr 13 Apr '13

13 Apr '13

Dear all, You can now access the Apr 2013 issue of IEEE India Info, the newsletter of the IEEE India Council at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/icnl/1304/icnl-iii-2013-04.pdf and also at the India Council website http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/india_council/newsletters/2013/apr13.pdf You are free to forward this mail to your contacts who may like the information presented in the mail. Pl. provide your feedback by email to ieeeindiainfo(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan Editor IEEE India Info Chairman, IEEE CS & PCS Madras Email: hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com Blog: http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ Contents ======== http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/icnl/1304/index.html -- Message from Chairman -- Message from Editor -- Announcement: IEEE INDICON-2013 -- Call for Nomination EA Award 2013 -- Advt. -- Jindals / Rowsons -- Accreditation of Educational Institutions and Programs in India -- IT in March 2013 -- In Lighter Sense: MBA Exam Questions through the Ages -- News from Sections: Kerala; Madras -- Announcement: Request for Info -- Information Resources -- Book: Digital and Analog Communication Systems (Wiley India) -- Book: Know Your English (Vol. 1): Idioms and their stories (Universities Press) -- TechQuiz 2013-04 -- Forthcoming Events -- Announcements TechQuiz – 2013-04 ================ (Two Prizes to win. Books reviewed in this issue will be presented to the winners) 1. What is common to these. Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide 2. “Your most unhappy customer is your greatest source of learning”. Who said this? 3. Who has become the first Indian to be inducted into the prestigious Satellite Hall of Fame, Washington. 4. Middle East countries are part of IEEE Region ----- (no) 5. The development/invention of ------ (device) gave rise to the industrial revolution. Email your answers by 10th May 2013 to ieee.techquiz(a)gmail.com with subject “techquiz-2013-04”. Please provide your name, designation, company/institution, full postal address (to send the prize) and the contact phone nos. after the answers. There are TWO prizes to win. Two prizes will be in the form of books which are briefly reviewed in this edition of the newsletter. They are being offered by Wiley India Pvt. Ltd (www.wileyindia.com) and Universities Press (www.universitiespress.com) Answers along with the winners’ info will be published in the next issue. Answers & Winners of TechQuiz-2013-03 =============================== Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment, William Gilbert, FLOPS per watt, The IEEE Medal of Honor, Paro “Harnessing Green IT: Principles and Practices” from Wiley India to Jebaraj Selvapeter (Bangalore) “Engineering Optimization – A Modern Approach” from Universities Press to Ayush Sagar (New Delhi) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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congratulation
by shivashankar kadadevaramath 13 Apr '13

13 Apr '13

Dear Friends, Hearty Congratulations to Prof. (Dr.) V. G. Talawar for his new assignment as the Vice Chancellor of Reva University, Bangalore Dr.S L Kadadevaramath President Karnataka State College Librarians Assocation(R) Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Request for a full text theses
by Byrappa, Ananda (GE Global Research) 12 Apr '13

12 Apr '13

All, This is in continuation of the ongoing discussion and what Mrs. Swati Bhattacharyya and Mukesh Jha has written: CONTU guidelines permit a borrowing library to receive up to 5 articles from a periodical title (not a single issue) per calendar year. However, If your institution library has licensed (not purchased) the content/material, the license agreement is a binding and overrides all other restrictions. Also, your library License agreements and subscriptions from publishers may limit content reuse more strictly than copyright law or the CONTU guidelines. What should librarians and consortia managers do to be copyright compliant? - Negotiate and insert appropriate clause to your license agreements before you start sharing your documents with other libraries. You can get more information from the following document published by CCC in March 2013. - Interlibrary Loan: Copyright Guidelines and Best Practices: http://www.copyright.com/content/dam/cc3/marketing/documents/pdfs/ILL-Broch… Ananda T.Byrappa Global Leader, Whitney Knowledge Centre Six Sigma Black-Belt GE India Technology Centre 122, EPIP, Phase 2, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560066, INDIA Ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:54:43 +0530 From: mukesh jha <mysjha(a)gmail.com> To: Swati Bhattacharyya <swati(a)iimcal.ac.in> Cc: LIS Forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, dlrg(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in, debmalya das <malya.hat(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Request for a full text theses Message-ID: <CABLod4zn9gBJdp+-hMNuoOfsNjnHrpj=G1Fmw+Vjfiq75KjhPg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear Madam, You are absolutely right, this is show that how, those professional, who very well known about Copyright.How can they violating the rules of the same On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Swati Bhattacharyya <swati(a)iimcal.ac.in>wrote: > This matter has been discussed, time and again, on this list. > > Requesting for one or two articles may be alright. But requesting for the > soft copy of the whole thesis which is almost equivalent to a book and > produced by Proquest, is certainly violating copyright. I hope others too > agree. > > Sincerely, > -- > Swati Bhattacharyya > Librarian > Indian Institute of Management Calcutta > Joka, Diamond Harbor Road > Kolkata - 700104 > Ph: +91-33-2467-8300/01 (extn: O:416; R: 106) > > > Dear Library Professional, > > One of our Research Scholar need a > > theses/dissertation available in ProQuest. > > > > I will be helpful to him for his research work if anyone kindly send me a > > soft copy of that theses for his reference purpose. URL of that is given > > below. > > > > > > Title of the Theses: The literary public sphere in Bengal: Aesthetics, > > culture and politics, 1905-1939 > > Author: Samarpita Mitra > > > > URL: > > > http://udini.proquest.com/view/the-literary-public-sphere-in-pqid:191318411… > > > > -- > > Thanks and regards. > > > > ??? ????? ????? > > > > 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dark-side of OA
by D.V. Patwardhan 12 Apr '13

12 Apr '13

Ref: Lis-Forum, Vol.No.121, No.18, 9th April, 2013. This has reference to the news from Ms. Swati Bhattacharya, IIM-C on “Dark side of the OA and the Indians are always in the forefront.” Article she referred was quite interesting and enlightening. OA involves payment of sizable amount of money by Authors to the publishers as “publishing cost”. This has attracted many “fake publishers” who are bringing out technical journals having name resembling of reputed journals and reputed technical events. We learnt that the “fake publishers” constitute their own “review teams” constituting Professors/scientist from reputed Institutes often not taking formal permission from the Professors/scientist concerned. Review process done is also questionable. In such a situation, it is difficult for a scientist/Professor to identify who is a “black/fake” publisher and who is “white/authentic” publisher. It is learnt that Jeffrey Hall, a Research Librarian at University of Colorado has developed his own “blake list” of publishers and the journals published them. There is need to give wide publicity to the name of publishers in such a list. There is also need for taking adequate safeguards for Open Access publishing. Thanks, d.v.patwardhan sr.librarian Global Academy of Technology Bangalore. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sahitya Akademi Library, New Delhi needs Library Professionals
by sufian ahmad 12 Apr '13

12 Apr '13

Sahitya Akademi Library is looking for library professionals for the retro-conversion of the following language books: *Kannada, Bengali, Assamese and Sindhi*. Interested candidates may send their resumes or contact the librarian for any clarification. -- Sufian Ahmad (Librarian) Sahitya Akademi, 35, Rabindra Bhawan, Mandi House, Delhi-110001 Mobile # 09873634083 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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congradulation
by D.V. Patwardhan 12 Apr '13

12 Apr '13

Ref: LIS-FORUM Vol.121, No.18 9 april, 2012. Ref: LIS-FORUM Vol.No.121. Issue No.18 9th April, 2013. Congradulations to Dr.V.G.Talwar, former V-C of University of Mysore, who is being appointed as founder Vice-Chancellor of Rewa University. Dr.Talwar has earned good name as honest, dynamic and progressive V-C at University of Mysore. If the new Instituion provides him good environment then we are sure he will succeed in his future assignment. We wish him all the success. with regrds, D.V.Patwardhan, Sr.Librarian, Global Academy of Technology, Bangalore-560098 -- 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] Two Sr. Library Information Officers @ NIFTEM, MoFPI, Govt. of India
by Mailing List Admin 12 Apr '13

12 Apr '13

Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:45:26 +0530 From: B Sahoo <sahoo(a)icmr.org.in> Dear Professonal, The post Sr. Library & Information Officer is a group A officer post in Govt. of India Library with Payband 3 + GP 7600.00. The post advertised in NIFTEM is Sr. Lib & Inf. officer with pay band-2 + GP 4200 . How it is possible, the post must be Sr. Lib & Inf. Asst. Dr. B.Sahoo, Ph.D Library & Information Officer Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR) Bhubaneswar-751023 Odisha Tel: 0674-2301412, Fax: 0674-2301351 ________________________________________ From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Mailing List Admin [mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 1:29 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Two Sr. Library Information Officers @ NIFTEM, MoFPI, Govt. of India ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 03:51:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Nihar Patra <niharpatra.lisforum(a)yahoo.com> NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (An autonomous Organisation under Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India) Plot No. 97, Sector- 56, HSIIDC Estate, Kundli - 131008, Distt.- Sonepat, (Haryana), India. Vacancy for the Non - Faculty Positions Advertisement No. N/S/K/NF/40/13 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (NIFTEM) is set up as an apex world class institute of global standards in Food Science & Technology under the aegis of GOI, MOFPI, requires two Sr. Library Information officers. For details please visit @ http://www.niftem.ac.in/NIFTEM/downloads/Detailed%20Advertisement%20non%20f… Nihar K Patra Nihar Kanta Patra National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) (Deemed to be University under De-novo Category) Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India) Address: Plot No. 97, Sector 56, HSIIDC Industrial Estate, Kundli District- Sonipat, Haryana, India - 131028 www.niftem.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Prof.Talawar appointed as Vice Chancellor
by Pandurang Konnur 12 Apr '13

12 Apr '13

Dear Professional Friends, Let us all congratulate Prof.Talawar on his appointment as First and Founder Vice Chancellor of Reva University, Bangalore. It is a reward for hard working and dedicated person like Prof.Talawar. Let us all wish him a very successful second innings of Vice Chancellorship. Best Wishes, -- *Dr. P. V. Konnur* Professor & Director, School of Applied Sciences, Chairman Department of Library & Information Science, *Rani Channamma University,* Vidhya Sangama, Belgavi – 591 156 Karnataka State, (India) Phone : 91-831-2565216-17 Mobile : 91-9449679737 E-Mail : pvkonnur(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Announcement of admission to PG(M.LIB.Sc) programme of study 2013-2014 at Central University of Himachal Presdesh
by Karunkar Nimmala 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

Dear Professional Greeting from Central University of Himachal Pradesh ! Announcement of admission to PG(M.LIB.Sc) programme of study 2013-2014 at Central University of Himachal Presdesh . More Information visit at http://www.cuhimachal.ac.in/ -- *************************************************** *NIMMALA KARUNAKAR* Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science Central University of Himachal Pradesh POBox:21,Dharamshala,Dist:Kangra Himachal Pradesh-176215 *Mobile:09218522440* Room No:303. Phone number:01892-237285,EPBX:405 Fax:01892-237286 *************************************************************************** PLEASE NOTE This e-mail (including any attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient or an authorized representative of an intended recipient, you are prohibited from using, copying or distributing the information in this e-mail or its attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies of this message and any attachments. Thank you ****************************************************************************************** -- 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 full text theses
by Ajay Kum Sharma 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

Dear Library Professional, One of our Research Scholar need a theses/dissertation available in ProQuest. I will be helpful to him for his research work if anyone kindly send me a soft copy of that theses for his reference purpose. URL of that is given below. Title of the Theses: The literary public sphere in Bengal: Aesthetics, culture and politics, 1905-1939 Author: Samarpita Mitra URL: http://udini.proquest.com/view/the-literary-public-sphere-in-pqid:191318411… -- 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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CSI eNewsletter Mar & Apr 2013 (combined issue) -- Primer on CSI History
by Mohan Hr 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

Dear all, The CSI eNewsletter for Mar & Apr 2013 (combined issue) can be accessed at http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-2013-04-01.pdf and also at the CSI KM Portal http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/enewsletter For the archives of this newsletter, pl. visit http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-archives.htm or at http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/archives You are free to forward this mail to your contacts who may like the information presented in the mail. =============================================== Primer on CSI History – An Appeal As Computer Society of India (CSI) will be turning 50 in 2015, a series of Golden Jubilee events/activities are planned in the coming two years. There is a proposal to have a curtain raiser in Jun/Jul 2013 at Delhi. In this context, a primer on "CSI History” -- highlighting the significant milestones of CSI from its inception is being brought out. To facilitate the compilation/preparation of this primer, inputs are requested from members and all who have been associated with CSI at various capacities at the chapter, regional, national and international levels. Kindly provide us with all possible information relevant to this primer as write-ups, documents, publications, photographs and in all other forms at your earliest. While soft copies of the inputs can be sent to by email to csi.history(a)gmail.com the hard copies (documents/publications/photos/) may pl. be sent to: Director – Education, Computer Society of India, Education Directorate, CIT Campus, IV Cross Road, Taramani, Chennai – 600 113. Ph: +91-44-2254 1102 / 1103 / 2874. After use, they will be returned back to you if desired. We request your immediate support in this activity as the lead-time for the primer preparation is quite short. =============================================== With regards HR Mohan Editor -- CSI eNewsletter http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ Contents ======= -- The Organization of the Future, and it’s Impact on IT -- The legal and commercial risks and issues to consider when managing emails -- Google Apps v. Office 365 summary: Which is better -- 10 considerations for BYOD cost/benefit analysis -- What Is Crowdfunding And How Does It Benefit The Economy -- Scientists use 3-D printing to help grow an ear -- Video: India 3.0 IT And Education -- Internet freedom in a world of states -- What ails India inc’s executives? -- Inspiring interview with Dr. Vinton G Cerf, Father of Internet -- eBook: Definitive Guide to Next-Generation Threat Protection -- Apple fan launches new blog, YouTube channel -- Virtual learning spaces -- 7 Innovative Solutions to CAPTCHA User Attention -- Webinar: Information Optimization and the Disruptive Power of Big Data -- Video: Insight Into Depression – Sadhguru (11 min 30 secs) -- Evaluating Agile and Scrum with Other Software Methodologies -- Priming Kanban -- Top 40 CRM Vendor report -- Researchers achieve breakthrough in spin storage -- The CS Cloud Computing Special Technical Community (CS CCSTC) -- Video: IT and Masses in India -- Mark Twain Awards for Travel support -- Cicero's philosophy -- Announcements -- ICT Events -- ICT News: Voices & Views -- ICT News: Telecom, Govt, Policy, Compliance -- ICT News: IT Manpower, Staffing & Top Moves -- ICT News: Company News: Tie-ups, Joint Ventures, New Initiatives -- Book: Estimating Software Costs (TMH) -- Book: Internet Marketing: An Hour A Day (Wiley India) -- Book: Know Your English (Vol. 1): Idioms and their stories (Universities Press): -- Book: Listening Skills (Universities Press) -- Book: Semantic Web Services (Springer) -- Book: The Art of Agile Practice: A Composite Approach for Projects and Organizations (CRC Press) -- About the CSI-eNewsletter -- Contributions to CSI-eNewsletter Volunteers to CSI-eNewsletter: CSI eNewsletter is looking for volunteers to take up compiling information, editing and managing the newsletter generation and distribution. Those interested may please email their interest along with their profile to the editor at hrmohan.csi(a)gmail.com InfoQuiz–2013-04-01 ================ (TEN Prizes to Win – FOUR Prizes of Rs. 500/- each and SIX books) 1. “Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web” is now known as ------. 2. Name the 1st Indian to sign up for the Giving Pledge, a forum of wealthy people to pledge for Philanthropy 3. Which course taken by Steve Jobs helped him to excel in his products at Apple? 4. Three Vs of BIG DATA are Volume, Velocity, and ------ 5. RIM (Research In Motion), the company which makes BlackBerry range of smart phones has been renamed as ------ Email your answers by 30th Apr 2013 to csi.infoquiz(a)gmail.com with subject “infoquiz-2013-04-01”. Please provide your name, designation, company/institution, full postal address (to send the prize) and the contact phone nos. after the answers. There are TEN prizes to win. TWO prizes of Rs. 500/= each by SRA Systems (www.srasys.com) and TWO prizes of Rs. 500/= each by VictoryMind Educare Services. SIX prizes will be in the form of books which are briefly reviewed in this edition of the newsletter. They are being offered by Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd (www.tmhshop.com/) Wiley India Pvt. Ltd (www.wileyindia.com) Universities Press (www.universitiespress.com) Springer (www.springer.com) and CRC Press (www.crcpress.com) Answers along with the winners’ info will be published in the next issue. Answers & Winners of InfoQuiz-2013-02-01 ========================== 5th Feb 2013, MIT (JSTOR), Google, Graph Search, Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud Rs. 500/= from SRA Systems: P. Spandana (Anantapur) & T. Sai Sahitya (Eluru) Rs. 500/= from VictoryMind Edu Services: Liny Varghese (Kochi) & P. Thirumurthy (Coimbatore) Book from Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt Ltd: Arti Ahirwar (Gwalior) Book from Wiley India Pvt Ltd: I.Kirubha Shangari (Coimbatore) Book from Pearson: V. Priya (Chennai) Book from SPD: Ishuita Sen Gupta (Moradabad) Book from Universities Press: Sumit Kumar Manna (Kolkata) Book from Springer: A. Ramesh Kumar (Chennai) Book from CRC Press: G.R Srivathsan (Chennai) Book from Wiley: Manju Mittal (Pune) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulation to Dr. Akhtar Perwez
by sufian ahmad 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

Dear Professional Friends! Please join me to congratulate Dr. Akhtar Perwez whose post (Librarian) has been upgraded at IIM Indore in Professor's scale. I wish him all the best for his future endeavor. -- Sufian Ahmad (Librarian) Sahitya Akademi, 35, Rabindra Bhawan, Mandi House, Delhi-110001 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Prof. V. G. Talawar's new assignment as Reva Univty. VC- Hearty Congrats!
by Sudhier K G Pillai 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

Dear Friends, Hearty Congratulations to Prof. (Dr.) V. G. Talawar for his new assignment as the Vice Chancellor of Reva University, Bangalore. I wish him all success in his new post and am sure that he will succeed, as the VC of Mysore University. Once again let me Congratulate him on behalf of the Library Professionals in the University of Kerala and his well wishers and students of the state of Kerala! *Dr. K. G. PILLAI SUDHIER* Library & Knowledge Centre School of Distance Education (SDE) University of Kerala,Senate House Campus Thiruvanathapuram-695 034, KERALA http://www.facebook.com/sudhier.kgpillai http://www.ideku.net/techstaff.php Tel. 09446484561, +91 471 2414461 (R) -- 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] how to get data recovery from PC (Ravi Hullur)
by Dimple Patel 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

Mr. Ravi, Though I cannot assure you results (as you say you have formatted your machine), but you could try System Rescue CD (http://www.sysresccd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage) It has saved my neck plenty of times. I recommend you go through its manual thoroughly before trying it. -- Regards, Dimple Patel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Library & Information Science, Central University of Himachal Pradesh (On Lien from Osmania University) http://oudl.osmania.ac.in http://sites.google.com/site/dimplerp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What we think, we become. ~ Buddha -- 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] Prof.Talawar appointed as Vice Chancellor
by Mailing List Admin 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 17:10:01 +0530 From: Ishwar Goudar <goudarishwar(a)googlemail.com> Dear Professionals, Prof. Talawar created a record four years back in India as he has been the first VC coming from Library and Information Science Community. His new appointment as Founder VC of Reva University at Bangalore is another feather in his crown. I have seen him for the last 36 years or so as humble librarian initially at BEL later at Mangalore University, then as Professor of Library Science, Director of UGC Academic Staff College, Registrar and four years back as VC at University of Mysore. I had an opportunity of working closely under his guidance as Visiting Professor and Library Adviser at UoM. During his regime as VC the university bagged highest number of projects fetching more than 200 Crores, resulting in enviable infrastructure in terms of buildings, instrumentation, IT, etc. Library, which was in its lowest web got rejuvenated to be one of the best of its kind in the country. A number of new courses were started, both academic and career oriented. For the last 8 years or so he would have slept not more than fours a day as he used sit upon the job seriously irrespective of time and his tiredness. His seriousness and hardworking nature suits much more in private sector. Probably the present assignment private university is a God given reward for his hard work. Lets us congratulate him and wish him all the best for his new assignment on behalf of Library Professionals all over. Regards, -- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Visiting Professor and Library Adviser Mysore University Library University of Mysore Manasagangotri, MYSORE - 570 006 Tel: 0821-2419283 mob: 09611165781 E-mail: goudarishwar(a)gmail.com On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Pandurang Konnur <pvkonnur(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Professional Friends, > > Let us all congratulate Prof.Talawar on his appointment as First and > Founder Vice Chancellor of Reva University, Bangalore. It is a reward for > hard working and dedicated person like Prof.Talawar. Let us all wish him a > very successful second innings of Vice Chancellorship. > > Best Wishes, > -- > *Dr. P. V. Konnur* > Professor & Director, > School of Applied Sciences, > Chairman > Department of Library & Information Science, > *Rani Channamma University,* > Vidhya Sangama, Belgavi 591 156 > Karnataka State, (India) > Phone : 91-831-2565216-17 > Mobile : 91-9449679737 > E-Mail : pvkonnur(a)gmail.com > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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Prof.Talawar's appointment as Vice Chancellor
by Dr. A.T. Francis 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

Dear all, Library Professional as Vice Chancellor itself is a great achievement. Here, Prof. Talwar became VC as second time in Reva University, Bangalore. It is a true model of achievement and recognition acquired through hard work, professionalism and service. Surely, we the library professionals can learn a lot from his practices. Our heartfelt congratulations to Prof. Talwar. Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY, IT NODAL OFFICER & WEB ADMINISTRATOR 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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National workshop on Use and Awareness of E-Resources
by Rajesh Aldarthi 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

One Day National workshop on Use and Awareness of E-Resources Organized by Central Library Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam On 25th May, 2013 The workshop will provide unique opportunity to know more about the access to scholarly journals, databases and other e-resources which are available on Internet and will enable the participants to understand different types of e-resources subscribed and made available for access. The maximum 100 participants will be accommodated on first come, first served basis. Registration Fees is 300/- The Registration fee includes workshop kit (Bag, Course Material, Software CD, and Certificate), Refreshment, lunch. Accommodation Accommodation can be arranged in hotels/hostel/guest house. For which the organizers shall provide necessary assistance if informed well in advance. Mode of Payment Payments from delegates will be accepted in Cheque/ Demand Draft prepared in favour of Organizing Secretary, Workshop/Seminar payable at Tezpur University. Note: Last date for Receipt of Complete Registration form: 10th May 2013. LIS Professionals are requested to participate in the workshop and make it grand success. For any further query please feel free to contact undersigned. Kind regards and best wishes. Dr .Mukesh Saikia Organizing Secretary National Workshop on Use and Awareness of e-Resources Central Library, Tezpur University Napaam, Sonitpur, Tezpur – 784028, Assam, India Mobile: 91995718938 Email: mukesh(a)tezu.ernet.in meqbal(a)tezu.ernet.in http://www.tezu.ernet.in/Library/ -- RAJESH ALDARTHI -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Do I Ignore this? Research, Publishing & Open Access
by Satyaranjan Sahu 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

Dear All, After reading the posting of Dr. Asundi on 8th March 2013 (Replies to case of Plagiarism and other observations) as a young professional, I had some immediate reaction to express on the prospective of LIS profession in India. But I controlled my feelings and analyzed the changes in profession over the decade after the strong worded editorial of Dr. Abhijit Lahari (http://itt.nissat.tripod.com/itt0201/edtl0201.htm) I rarely attend conferences/seminars but from the mail of Dr. Asundi and subsequent mails, it was obvious that little good has happened in the profession. So I had refrained myself from posting in the forum remembering the words of my beloved ex-teacher late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar, Indian Institute of Science (NSCI) that 'Do more with deeds than words'. But today after reading an article in the journal, International Journal of Advanced Library and Information Science (Open Access), 1(1); 2013, 12pp. (http://scientific.cloud-journals.com/index.php/IJALIS/article/view/Sci-70) which gives wrong data about my serving institute, I could not refrain from posting this mail. In the article, the author's carelessness makes his work null and void and exhibits how casual he/she is. Following are some examples: 1. The number of articles mentioned under methodology is 1423 in Current Science volume 90 to 99 (2006-2010) but the different tables show they are 1698. 2. Under sub-heading "Institution Wise productivity (5.1.8)", the table shows that the articles published by institutes; NIO-323, NGRI-268, PRL-242, BARC-218, IARI-183 (research institutes) and others 369. This is false and contradicting the previous section 5.1.6 where it is mentioned 449 articles for research institutions (26.44%). I strongly object to the false information provided for my institute, National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR). My institute has published only 93 articles during the mentioned period and not 323 articles in Current Science. >From the above article, it is clear that how seriously the research is carried out in the profession. The journal is an open access journal and its standard can be judged from this paper. I am not surprised to see the author as Senior Editor. I am a strong supporter of Open Access movement but it is annoying to see these predator publishers who are corrupting open access (http://www.nature.com/news/predatory-publishers-are-corrupting-open-access- 1.11385). To increase the length of the bio-data and API scoring, there is a competition among the professionals. They increase the number of publications compromising the quality and ethics. I feel sorry for those professionals, who are dedicatedly doing quality research and publish very few articles. Thanking you With regards Satya -------------------------------------------- Satya Ranjan Sahu Scientist National Information Centre for Marine Sciences (Library) CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO) Dona Paula, Goa - 403 004 ----------------------------------------------------- -- 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 LIJESH TK 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

Title: Taxonomic review of the tree frog genus Rhacophorus from the Western Ghats, India (Anura: Rhacophoridae), with description of ontogenetic colour changes and reproductive behaviour Author: S.D. BIJU; RACHUNLIU G. KAMEI; STEPHEN MAHONY; ASHISH THOMAS; SONALI GARG; GARGI SIRCAR; ROBIN SUYESH Source: Zootaxa 3636 (2): 257–289 website: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/z03636p289f.pdf By, Lijesh T.K KFRI, Thrissur, Kerala. Visit: http://www.libraryjobs4u.blogspot.com/ Library News: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Library-News/146299565539496 -- 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] [Details of Faculty Status for Librarians is required]
by Mailing List Admin 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 15:30:19 +0530 From: Pravish Prakash <pravishprakashbhu(a)gmail.com> BHU Varanasi treated as teching cader for library positions On 06/04/2013, mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > From: "Dr. A.T. Francis" <francisaloor(a)yahoo.com> > Date: Thu, April 4, 2013 12:31 pm > > > Dear Professionals, > > Please let me know and provide the details of Universities > in India having Faculty Status (Teaching Staff) for Asst. Librarians, > Deputy Librarians and Librarians. If there, please provide copies of > decisions and/or orders of the University, Governments, Courts or other > agencies in this regard. > > If librarians are designated as Asst. Professor, Assoc. Professor and > Professor, available information of the same also may be given. > > With regards,Dr. > > A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD > HEAD, > LIBRARY, IT NODAL OFFICER& WEBADMINISTRATOR > College of Horticulture > Kerala Agricultural University > Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) > francisaloor(a)yahoo.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- Pravish Prakash Assistant Librarian Tagore Library (Central Library) University of Lucknow Lucknow (UP) 226007 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Nature Special - The Future of Publishing
by madhuresh.singhal 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

Dear All, Nature, one of the best scientific magazines, has come out with a special feature entitled "The Future of Publishing". Focus is on Open-Access. Below is the brief write-up about that. "After nearly 400 years in the slow-moving world of print, the scientific publishing industry is suddenly being thrust into a fast-paced online world of cloud computing, crowd sourcing and ubiquitous sharing. Long-established practices are being challenged by new ones - most notably, the open-access, author-pays publishing model. In this special issue, Nature takes a close look at the forces now at work in scientific publishing, and how they may play out over the coming decades." Here, in this Special Feature issue, Nature published several articles in various categories like Editorial, News, News Features, and Comments etc. They are detailed below. I hope you may like to read them. You can access it at http://www.nature.com/news/specials/scipublishing/index.html Editorial - Disciplinary action How scientists share and reuse information is driven by technology but shaped by discipline. News - Sham journals scam authors Con artists are stealing the identities of real journals to cheat scientists out of publishing fees. News Features - The true cost of science publishing Cheap open-access journals raise questions about the value publishers add for their money. News Features - The library reboot As scientific publishing moves to embrace open data, libraries and researchers are trying to keep up. News Features - The dark side of publishing The explosion in open-access publishing has fuelled the rise of questionable operators. Comment - Beyond the paper The journal and article are being superseded by algorithms that filter, rate and disseminate scholarship as it happens, argues Jason Priem. Comment - A fool's errand Objections to the Creative Commons attribution licence are straw men raised by parties who want open access to be as closed as possible, warns John Wilbanks. Comment - How to hasten open access Three advocates for a universally free scholarly literature give their prescriptions for the movement's next push, from findability to translations. Books and Arts - Q&A: Knowledge liberator Robert Darnton heads the world's largest collection of academic publications, the Harvard University Library system. He is also a driver behind the new Digital Public Library of America. Ahead of its launch in April, he talks about Google, science journals and the open-access debate. Careers - Open to possibilities Opting for open access means considering costs, journal prestige and career implications. Best Regards Madhuresh Singhal Senior Manager - Knowledge Services Advinus Therapeutics Ltd (A TATA Enterprise) 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 66553106 Meet us at BIO International Convention, April 22-25, 2013, Chicago, Illinois, USA (Booth # 4256) ************************************************************************************************* This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for full text article
by Ravi Hullur 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

Dear Professionals, Our research faculty members required following journal articles, please send this article and help me and our faculty 1. *Naoya Satoh<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014299904008295>, Yoshimi Kitada<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014299904008295> * : Cardioprotective effect of MCC-135 is associated with inhibition of Ca2+overload in ischemic/reperfused hearts *European Journal of Pharmacology<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00142999> Volume 499, Issues 1-2<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00142999/499/1>, 19 September 2004, Pages 179-187* 2. *Sophie Besse<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531556504001925> Stéphane Tanguy <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531556504001925>a<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531556504001925#AFF1>, François Boucher<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531556504001925> a <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531556504001925#AFF1>: * Cardioprotection with cariporide, a sodium-proton exchanger inhibitor, after prolonged ischemia and reperfusion in senescent rats *Experimental Gerontology <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/05315565> Volume 39, Issue 9 <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/05315565/39/9>, September 2004, Pages 1307-1314* 3. Stanley B Digerness<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0891584999001847> * <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0891584999001847#AFF1>, Kevin D Harris<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0891584999001847>Peroxynitrite irreversibly decreases diastolic and systolic function in cardiac muscle Free Radical Biology and Medicine<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/08915849> Volume 27, Issues 11-12<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/08915849/27/11>, December 1999, Pages 1386-1392 4. yuki Namekata<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024320505001475>, Hideki Nakamura<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024320505001475>, Hideaki Shimada<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024320505001475>, Cardioprotection without cardiosuppression by SEA0400, a novel inhibitor of Na+-Ca2+ exchanger, during ischemia and reperfusion in guinea-pig myocardium Life Sciences<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00243205> Volume 77, Issue 3 <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00243205/77/3>, 3 June 2005, Pages 312-324 -- ** ** *** Regards Mr.Ravi Hullur Asst.Librarian KLE University, Belgaum Mob.No.9740638831 Blog:http://ravihullurs.blogspot.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Summer Programme on Data Analysis in Social Sciences for Ph.D. students, May 27, 2013 - Jun 05, 2013, TISS, Mumbai
by Puttaraj Choukimath 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

Dears, NOFY!: *Summer Programme on Data Analysis in Social Sciences for Ph.D. students* during May 27, 2013 - Jun 05, 2013, at TISS Mumbai. *Pl visit:* http://www.tiss.edu/workshops-seminars-conferences-programme/summer-program… Kindly contact the persons concerned to the programme! *Last date for the receipt of duly completed applications: 10th May, 2013* Best 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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INFORMATICS LAUNCHES KOHA ON CLOUD AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES
by Soji Mathew 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

We at Informatics (India) Limited are pleased to announce the launch of our services for Koha, the world's best open sources library automation system. 1. Our Koha Services Our Koha services will include: - Hosting and software maintenance on our cloud computing platform. This service is based on Amazon Web Services and includes 99.95% uptime, 99.999999999% data durability and ISO 27000 certified Information security - Onsite training for library staff on all Koha modules. We also intend to conduct group training programs in major cities of the country - Conversion of catalog, member and other data from the current library system. We cover conversion from Libsys, SOUL, SLIM and several other systems in use in India 2. Our Koha Team Our Koha team is lead by Savitra Sirohi. Savitra in his previous role with OSS Labs launched the first credible Koha service out of India. He has played a key role in the adoption of Koha by over 50 libraries in India. Savitra has also authored the world's first book on Koha. Our Koha services are backed by the rest of Informatics staff including a sales force and training team spread across the country and a customer service and technology team stationed in Bangalore. 3. About Informatics Informatics was promoted three decades ago with a vision to pioneer the business of e-information in India, with scholarly and research content being the prime focus. Headquartered in Bangalore, the silicon valley of India, Informatics has come a long way in promoting e-information usage culture in the academic and corporate world. With a group turnover of more than US$ 25 million (2011-12), Informatics has a team of over 130 well-qualified personnel, sales offices spread over length and breadth of India and a team of distributors across the globe. The Company currently provides services to more than 1,000 clients globally. 4. Contact Us For Koha enquiries please contact us at: Phone: +91 80 40387777 E-mail: info(a)informindia.co.in Post: Informatics (India) Limited, No 194, R V Road, Basavanagudi, Bangalore - 560 004 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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fake journals and conferences - from NYT
by Swati Bhattacharyya 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

And the dark side of open access and the Indians are always in the forefront. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/health/for-scientists-an-exploding-world-… Sincerely, -- Swati Bhattacharyya Librarian Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Joka, Diamond Harbor Road Kolkata - 700104 Ph: +91-33-2467-8300/01 (extn: O:416; R: 106) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Polytechnic Library website with Question Papers
by Niranjan K 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Dear friends and Professionals I am very happy to inform all karnataka polytechnic college librarians, I am hosted the Library web site for our students and professionals. Anybody can download all semester all subject question papers in pdf format and requested your feedback. Website details is follows Home Page http://dsdnplib.webs.com/ for question papers and syllabus http://dsdnplib.webs.com/downloadsusefullinks.htm With Regards Niranjana K Librarian D.S. Dinakar National Polytechnic JNNCE Campus Shimoga-577204email- niranjanklib(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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how to get data recovery from PC
by Ravi Hullur 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Dear Professionals, I lost my data at the time PC formatting, than how to get my data form that PC and how to recover this any software available free please help me in this regards -- ** ** *** Regards Mr.Ravi Hullur Asst.Librarian KLE University, Belgaum Mob.No.9740638831 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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One day Workshop on Digital Asset Management
by Mailing List Admin 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:05:49 +0530 From: Raja Kumar <srajakumar28(a)gmail.com> Deara Friends, VIT University for the past 25 years has made a mark in the field of higher education in India imparting quality education in a cross cultural ambience, intertwined with extensive application oriented research. Established by well-known educationalist and former parliamentarian, *Dr. *G *. Viswanathan, Founder and Chancellor *is a visionary who transformed VIT into a center of excellence in higher technical education. His dream has taken the shape of VIT Chennai. *Dr. V. *R*aju, Former Professor of *S*tate University of New *Y*ork, U*SA*, currently the Vice Chancellor, *strives to internalize the world class educational standards. *Dr. Anand A. Samuel, Pro-Vice Chancellor *leads the team in Chennai with the following objectives: l To maximize the Industrial Connectivity l To Create Centers of Excellence in niche areas of research l To enrich technological and Managerial Human Capital nurtured in a multicultural ambience l To provide a common platform for the agglomeration of ideas of personnel from various walks of life for learning enrichment l To create opportunities and exploit the available resources to benefit industry/society l To encourage participation in the National Agenda of knowledge building l foster International collaborations for mutual benefits in areas of research Resource Persons l Dr.M.Krishnamurthy,Assistant Professor,DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute,Bangalore 560 059 l Dr.S.Gopalakrishnan,Asst. University Librarian Gr.I (Sr.Sc),Anna University,Chennai 600 044 l Dr. S.K.Asok Kumar,Deputy Librarian,The Tamilnadu Dr. AmbedkarLaw University, Chennai-600 028 RegistrationFee Registration Fee: Rs.250/- per head. The participants will be provided with a working lunch, refreshments and workshop kit (includes essential course materials). Participants are requested to send their filled in registration form (Photocopy is also acceptable) to the Organizing Secretary on or before 8th April 2013 along Registration fee will be accepted only by DemandDraft drawn in favour of *"V *IT*University - Chennai" *payable at Chennai along with the completedregistration form. National Level Workshop on Digital Asset Mamagementin Libraries 13th *April 2013 (Saturday) ADDRESSFORCOMMUNICATION Dr.S.Tholkappian,Asst. LibrarianCentral Library,VIT University, Chennai.Vandalur - Kelambakkam Road,Chennai - 600 127. Email: tholkappian.s(a)vit.ac.inMobile No: 9710417795Landline No: 044-3993 1050 Organized by Dr. S. Tholkappian, Asst. Librarian Mrs. S. Kalaivani,Sr. Asst. LibrarianCentral LibraryVIT- Chennai S.Rajakumar

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Two Sr. Library Information Officers @ NIFTEM, MoFPI, Govt. of India
by Mailing List Admin 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 03:51:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Nihar Patra <niharpatra.lisforum(a)yahoo.com> NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (An autonomous Organisation under Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India) Plot No. 97, Sector- 56, HSIIDC Estate, Kundli - 131008, Distt.- Sonepat, (Haryana), India. Vacancy for the Non - Faculty Positions � Advertisement No. N/S/K/NF/40/13 � NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (NIFTEM) is set up as an apex world class institute of global standards in Food Science & Technology under the aegis of GOI, MOFPI, requires two Sr. Library Information officers. For details please visit @ http://www.niftem.ac.in/NIFTEM/downloads/Detailed%20Advertisement%20non%20f… � Nihar K Patra Nihar Kanta Patra National Institute of Food Technology�Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) (Deemed to be University under De-novo Category)� Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India) Address: Plot No. 97,�Sector 56, HSIIDC Industrial Estate,�Kundli District- Sonipat,�Haryana, India - 131028 www.niftem.ac.in

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution ?
by Mailing List Admin 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 03:21:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Umeshareddy Kacherki <umeshred(a)yahoo.com> Dear Professional friends, I totally agree with the views expressed by Dr.Jeevan. I know Prof. Konnur for more than 15 years now. The level of his contribution to the profession is so high that his academic honesty, integrity and dedication towards the profession is unquestionable. After all what is there to achieve for a senior professionals like him by publishing plagiarised papers?. In case of empirical study, research guide usually focus on analysis and interpretation of results. No guide for that matter would check history of the paper for knowing its authenticity. When results of the study are totally original and statements are reproduced by a research student just to express the original facts, Prof. Konnur need not plead guilty as he has done his duty as a supervisor with academic honesty. Rather than detection, prevention is what we need to work on if we are really intent to eliminate the problem. Prevention of plagiarism is possible only when the research students are made aware of what plagiarism is and its consequences. Because, majority of the instances of plagiarism being caused by research students are due to lack of clear understanding of what constitutes plagiarism. I sincerely hope that the recent discussions on this forum about plagiarism prevention will certainly help in establishing ways to eliminate plagiarism. Best Regards Umeshreddy Kacherki Deputy Librarian IISER Pune. ________________________________ From: Dr. V K J Jeevan <vkjjeevan(a)email.com> To: nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com; pvkonnur(a)gmail.com Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2013 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [nmlis] Fwd: [LIS-Forum] Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution ? Dear Colleague, � Nobody will�believe a senior professional like Prof. Konnur shall plagiarise a paper. What for? I think the main problem is the lack of maturity of not all, but�some Ph.D. students. The concerned student's�explanation shows he is not even aware of good publishing habits.�Till MLIS level, we practice spoon feeding and more marks only if you repeat what is in the book or what the teacher taught. And then none can expect a research scholar to acquire innovative thinking and scholarship overnight. May be some of the measures hinted by Prof. Varalakshmi help to improve the situation.�Due to the prevalent rules, a Professor can guide more scholars than a Lecturer and a Professor hardly gets time, due to multiple academic and administrative duties being a senior teacher,�to oversee what each and every student does.�Thus cutting down on the number of students a teacher can guide may help to be more vigilant with such doubtful practices adopted by some students. Permitting retired teachers to continue guiding students and involving qualified and interested librarians to guide students may improve the demand supply crisis we are facing now in LIS research guidance. � As usual, with apologoes for taking your time, V K J Jeevan Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi National Open University Maidan Garhi New Delhi 110 068

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Re: [LIS-Forum] kindly mail 2 forum members. Open source software
by Mailing List Admin 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 10:03:27 +0530 From: Sunil MV <sunilmysore(a)gmail.com> Dear LIS Friends, Decisions regarding the adoption or selection of software by a library depends on various factors. There is no one-size-fits-all solution. I completely agree with the posting made by Shri Haravu regarding adoption of OSS or commercial software in an organization. I think the adoption of OSS in libraries requires passion, interest, and the ability to take bold initiatives by both librarians and decision makers. The lack of technical skills to manage or administer software by librarians is a primary reason why libraries have succumbed to the decisions of either management or commercial vendors. An important reason for low acceptance of OSS in Indian libraries is because of the inadequate marketing by OSS providers and partly because of their poor support. Koha has had excellent funding from consortiums abroad. On the other hand, NewGenLib built totally out of the passion of a few people has had no funding from Govt. or private sources. It is a pity that we librarians criticize poor support from vendors, but how many of us who are better equipped have taken the initiative to help other libraries? In other words, we do not believe in helping ourselves. It is a good move by major LIS industry service providers like Informatics to extend the OSS service support for Koha, Open Journal System (OJS), Open Conference System (OCS), etc. Such OSS service supports, strong service support by the OSS developers and the OSS community will definitely increase the adoption of OSS in libraries. Today we have Koha and NewGenLib which are rich in required standards in integrated library systems or library automation software. The features and capabilities of these two software(s) are better than several Indian grown LMS packages and much expensive software from abroad. I strongly recommend Koha for any type of library and for those who take Serials Control seriously, I suggest NewGenLib. I stand by my recommendation based on a research study. Recently, the study has been published as book Open source library automation software: features and capabilities<http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/open-source-library-automation-software-mv-…>. The success stories of University of Mysore, Goa University, Delhi Public Library, Bangalore University, etc., and my own institute SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore are some of the examples, to name a few. Having heard about the stories from librarians who are in the clutches of commercial software (both government and non-government) paying huge AMC, it is good to consider Koha and NewGenLib in your software selection list seriously. OSS will certainly reduce cost, give freedom to change to another software package, and build confidence to adopt new technologies. I would also like to disabuse the detractors of OSS for libraries on the question of support. True, in the past this may have been poor. My experience with NewGenLib since last two years has been excellent. All support is now received via remote desktop and an issue is resolved very efficiently. Thanks and Regards, On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 5:52 PM, jharavu <jharavu(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I think Mr. Sridhar is making sweeping comments without substantiating his > views. The selection and use of an open source library management system > (LMS) as opposed to a commercial LMS is not a black or white situation. > There have been many libraries who initially chose a commercial LMS for > good reasons, viz., there were no open source LMS (worthwhile or not) at > that time. When they saw that the commercial LMS did not satisfy their > needs for one or other reason, they looked for alternatives in one or other > spaces (open source or commercial). I don't think we should conclude that > they squandered money because of this. We are constantly seeing new > products of all kinds and software is no exception. If an organization > moves its database from say, MS-SQL Server to Oracle at a cost, I don't > they think it is a waste of resources. Such migration if supported by > objective reasons of better performance, new reports, better support, I > think, should be seen as a progressive step. I think this is true of > libraries who moved from a commercial to open source LMS. > > Regarding support by open source vendors, I would like to say again that it > is unfair to sweepingly say that support is poor. I know that many OSS LMS > have taken to remote desktop support which is both cost-effective and > timely. > > Ultimately, choice of a LMS should be made on detailed considerations of > benefits -vs- costs. > > Please make a detailed survey of those who are using LMS in the two spaces > and share your findings. > > Haravu > > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Sridhar Gutam <gutam2000(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have some points to make here on FOSS>... >> >> When anyone buys a Propriety Product .... it includes the support.... >> >> Whereas in FOSS.... the Support is from outside.. Either Community >> (Free) or Commercial/Private (Paid)... >> >> FOSS is peoples/community developed products.... its easy if we learn >> about it... you would love to know what it is and how it is build.... >> you can empower yourself... >> >> In Propriety Software.... you are free to have cup of tea... and leave >> the job to the Customer Service Support Person.... And after first >> year... the next year comes as AMC at a percentage of the total cost >> of the product... >> >> in FOSS... Community is there to help you out... many spends time and >> energy in developing FOSS products for the community... >> >> Now you decide.... >> >> Sridhar >> >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> Sridhar Gutam PhD, ARS, Patent Laws (NALSAR), IP & Biotech. (WIPO) >> Senior Scientist (Plant Physiology) Central Institute for Subtropical >> Horticulture >> Joint Secretary, Agricultural Research Service Scientists' Forum >> Convenor, Open Access India >> Country Representative, YPARD >> Rehmankhera, Kakori Post >> Lucknow 226101, Uttar Pradesh, India >> Phone: +91-522-2841022/23/24; Fax: +91-522-2841025 >> Mobile:+91-9005760036/8005346136 >> Publications: http://works.bepress.com/sridhar_gutam/

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Conference on Scientometrics and KM - Invitation
by Mailing List Admin 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 23:21:39 +0530 From: Ishwar Goudar <goudarishwar(a)googlemail.com> Dear Professional Colleagues, A two days Conference on "Scientometrics and Knowledge Management" has been organized at Karnatak University during 20-21 April 2013. We have received very good response both in terms of number of papers and participation. Many senior professionals are expected attend this important event. The occasion will a good opportunity for youngsters to interact with them on various aspects of the profession, apart from the topic of the conference. *Still there is time till 10th April to submit papers for presentation*.Few good papers received after 10 April may be allowed for presentation. Attempts are being made to bring out the volume of papers. Prof. S.L. Sangam, a noble and humble LIS teacher, who just retired is being felicitated during the evening hours of 20th April. The function will be followed by a dinner in his honour. A volume of papers on the respective research topics by 26 of his Ph.D. students is being dedicated to him. An article on biographical sketch and achievements written by Prof V.G. Talawar, Ex VC of University of Mysore forms part of this volume.A number of well wishers of Prof. Sangam, colleagues, Library professionals and participants of the conference will be attending this function. The details of the conference and subtopics are available at the web site of Karnatak University. http://www.kud.ac.in/viewitems.aspx?type=Events&id=U0001-720134111472111 Accommodation: Accommodation is being organised at University Guest House against nominal rent. For this purpose you can send mail to Prof. P.V. Konnur ( Mob; 9449679737) at pvkonnur(a)gmail.com with a copy to Dr. S.B. Patil (Mob: 9945808961) at sbpatil7(a)gmail.com I on behalf of the Organising Committee invite Professionals to participate in conference and the felicitation function. Regards, -- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Visiting Professor and Library Adviser Mysore University Library University of Mysore Manasagangotri, MYSORE - 570 006 Formerly Scientist 'G' and Head, Information Centre, NAL, Bangalore Tel: 0821-2419283 mob: 09611165781 E-mail: goudarishwar(a)gmail.com

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Reg: Openness 'needs both political will and technical skill, fortunately ICRISAT has had both' an interview with Mr. M Madhan]
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 07 Apr '13

07 Apr '13

From: "sanat kumar Behera" <sanatku.behera(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, April 5, 2013 6:18 pm Dear Sir: I would be grateful if you can share with our LIS professionals. Open Access Interviews@AIMS: a new service on AIMS Wed, 27/03/2013 AIMS AIMS announces the introduction of 'Open Access Interviews@AIMS ' as a new quartely service. The objective is to publish use cases on various open access issues affecting access to agricultural research outputs and share experiences on the uptake of openness by institutions in the agricultural domain. This service will share these experiences by means of structured interviews. The inaugural interview focuses on the experiences from the International Crops and Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics<http://oar.icrisat.org/> (ICRISAT), in India - read the interview here<http://aims.fao.org/community/blogs/aims.fao.org/community/open-access/blog…> . Openness 'needs both political will and technical skill, fortunately ICRISAT has had both' an interview with Mr. M Madhan http://aims.fao.org/community/open-access/blogs/openness-needs-both-politic… Thank You Regards Mr. Sanat kumar Behera Research Fellow J.S.K. Library ICRISAT Patancheru Hyderabad India S.Behera(a)cgiar.org Sanatku.behera(a)gmail.com

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Alumni Meet and seminar
by sasikala chagari 07 Apr '13

07 Apr '13

WELCOME TO YOUR ALMA MATER To All the Alumni of Department of Library&Information Science,Andhra University Greetings! The Department of Library&Information Science is organizing an Alumni Meet 2013 on 08-04-2013 followed by a one day seminar. The registration for new members starts at 9am on 08-04-2013 in the Department. We ,the faculty, Research Scholars and the Students* invite all the alumni to participate in the programme and make it as a grand success.* Invitations are attached with this mail. Consider this invitation as a personal invitation and visit your alma mater. With best wishes Prof.C.Sasikala Head, Department of Library&Information Science,Andhra University Visakhapatnam-530003 Ph.9848278454(M);0891-2844386(Off) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Two Sr. Library Information Officers @ NIFTEM, MoFPI, Govt. of India
by Nihar Patra 06 Apr '13

06 Apr '13

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (An autonomous Organisation under Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India) Plot No. 97, Sector- 56, HSIIDC Estate, Kundli - 131008, Distt.- Sonepat, (Haryana), India. Vacancy for the Non - Faculty Positions Advertisement No. N/S/K/NF/40/13 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (NIFTEM) is set up as an apex world class institute of global standards in Food Science & Technology under the aegis of GOI, MOFPI, requires two Sr. Library Information officers. For details please visit @ http://www.niftem.ac.in/NIFTEM/downloads/Detailed%20Advertisement%20non%20f… Nihar K Patra **************************************************************************************** Nihar Kanta Patra National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) (Deemed to be University under De-novo Category) Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India) Address: Plot No. 97, Sector 56, HSIIDC Industrial Estate, Kundli District- Sonipat, Haryana, India - 131028 www.niftem.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request
by Nihal Alam 06 Apr '13

06 Apr '13

Dear Professionals, One of our researcher need the following article for reference. The Role of Leadership in a Start-up Organization, in a U.S. American Context Author: Erika L. Seid Publication: Capstone Collection URL: http://digitalcollections.sit.edu/capstones/1064/ If it is accessible to anyone of you, kindly send me the soft copy of it. Regards, Nihal Alam Research Associate Knowledge Management Division TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) Tel. +91 11 2468 2100, ext. 2758 Mobile: +91 9311305823 E-mail nihal.alam(a)teri.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[Fwd: Details of Faculty Status for Librarians is required]
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 06 Apr '13

06 Apr '13

From: "Dr. A.T. Francis" <francisaloor(a)yahoo.com> Date: Thu, April 4, 2013 12:31 pm Dear Professionals, Please let me know and provide the details of Universities in India having Faculty Status (Teaching Staff) for Asst. Librarians, Deputy Librarians and Librarians. If there, please provide copies of decisions and/or orders of the University, Governments, Courts or other agencies in this regard. If librarians are designated as Asst. Professor, Assoc. Professor and Professor, available information of the same also may be given. With regards,Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY, IT NODAL OFFICER& WEBADMINISTRATOR College of Horticulture Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com

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Anomaly in the Implementation of UGC Scheme (1986, 1996, 2006) in Kerala]
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 06 Apr '13

06 Apr '13

From: "Dr. A.T. Francis" <francisaloor(a)yahoo.com> Date: Thu, April 4, 2013 12:34 pm Dear Professionals, I would like to highlight a serious anomaly happened and still continuing in KeralaState on the implementation of UGC Scheme (1986, 1996 and 2006) for librarians in universities and colleges in Kerala. Though there is no provision in the UGC Scheme for the promotion from the lower cadre to the UGC Entry Cadre of Asst. Librarian/ College Librarian, in Kerala it is still continuing. While implementing UGC Scheme, in the case of other teachers, the existing Non-UGC Cadre posts like Junior Lecturer and Junior Asst. Professor have been upgraded to Lecturer and Asst. Professor respectively and all the incumbents in the Junior Lecturer and Junior Asst. Professor cadres possessing Masters Degree in the concerned subject (Exempted NET) have been inducted to the UGC Cadre and the then cadres in the Pre-UGC Scheme like Junior Lecturer and Junior Asst. Professor have been closed for ever. Due to some unscientific administrative reasons, either this type of induction to UGC Scheme was not done in the case of librarians or the NET was not insisted to the entry cadre of library professionals like Library/Professional/Reference Asst. Ultimately, now the professionals are divided into several classes and groups and many court cases have emerged only because of the system generated issues. Hence, most of the professionals,instead of concentrating in documentation and information services, they are gathering, thinking and acting on the issues on how get rid of these issues. The only way to solve these issues permanently is implementing UGC Scheme to librarians as envisaged in the Scheme. The following are the actions needed in this regard: 1. As in the case of other teachers, all existing incumbents in Library/ Professional/ Reference Asst. should be inducted to UGC Scheme as on the date of possessing Masters Degree in the concerned subject (Exempting NET). 2. To accommodate all incumbents in the Library/ Professional/ Reference Asst. cadres on induction to UGC Scheme, sufficient number of posts should be upgraded to Asst. Librarians as super numerary. 3. The existing cadre of Library/ Professional/ Reference Asst. may be closed by upgrading few posts as Asst. Librarian and the remaining posts should be downgraded to Jr. Professional/Technical Asst. (JPA/JTA) for CLISc holders. All Dept. Libraries working in one shift should have one AL and JPA/JTA each and all College Libraries and Divisions of the University Library working in two shifts should have two AL and JPA/JTA each (one each for one shift) and the existing posts of Library/ Professional/ Reference Asst. may be upgraded / downgraded accordingly. 4. It is also suggested to introduce Time Bound Promotion on completion of 5 years for JPA/JTAs, instead of the existing system of Ratio Promotion or vacancy/retirement based promotion. 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

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Fwd: KLA National Seminar, 12-13 July 2013, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala: Registration and Call for papers
by faisal sl 06 Apr '13

06 Apr '13

KERALA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (KLA) NATIONAL SEMINAR 12-13 July 2013, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala MAIN THEME: "New Information Technology Interfaces in Libraries and Information Centres (NITILIC)” SUB THEMES: Evolving Models of Library and Information Centres in the New Millennium Social Media in Libraries Cloud computing and Libraries Recent Developments in Software applicable to Libraries E-reading and E-Devices Library Designing in the Digital Era Human Resource Development in the Digital context Technology Interfaces for Public Libraries Details at http://klanationalseminar2013.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/annoncement/#more-169 CALL FOR PAPERS The Editorial Committee invites research and technical papers, case studies, technology updates, etc. related to the theme and sub-themes of the Seminar. Details: http://klanationalseminar2013.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/first-call-for-paper… Kindly send, (a) Soft copy as e-mail attachment to: kla.org(a)gmail.com / klanationalseminar2013(a)gmail.com (b) Print version to : The General Convener, KLA National Seminar-2013, Kerala Library Association, 36, II Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana P.O., Thiruvananthapuram– 695 002, Kerala TIMELINE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION Receipt of full paper with Abstract: 05 May 2013 Submission of final version (revised after reviewer’s comments): 31 May 2013 Paper acceptance notification: 05 June 2013 Submission of slide presentation: 01 July 2013 Seminar dates: 12-13 July 2013 GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Visit http://klanationalseminar2013.wordpress.com/submission-of-papers/guidelines… REGISTRATION Individual participants: Rs 1250.00 Institutional participants: Rs 1750.00 Concessional rate for KLA Life Members and Research Scholars in LIS: Rs 1000.00 Students: Rs 750.00 Last date for Registration: 05 July 2013 Download Registration form: http://klanationalseminar2013.wordpress.com/downloads/registration-form/ ONLINE REGISTRATION All participants have to register online at http://klanationalseminar2013.wordpress.com along with the submission of duly filled registration form and fee. MODE OF PAYMENT By DD drawn in favour of Kerala Library Association and payable at Thiruvananthapuram or by cash to the General Secretary, KLA. DD along with the registration form may be sent to the General Convener, KLA National Seminar-2013, Kerala Library Association, 36, 2nd Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana P.O., Thiruvananthapuram– 695 002, Kerala. VENUE OF THE SEMINAR The Seminar Hall at Kerala State Science and Technology Museum and Priyadarsini Planetarium (KSSTMPP), PMG Junction, Vikas Bhavan P.O, Thiruvananthapuram - 33. FOR MORE DETAILS AND SEMINAR UPDATES Seminar Blog: http://klanationalseminar2013.wordpress.com KLA Website: www.keralalibraryassociation.org CONTACT General Convener: Dr. A. Gopikuttan , President, Kerala Library Association (E-Mail : agopikuttan(a)yahoo.co.in / Mob. 919446428163) Joint General Conveners Shri M. Chandrakumaran Nair, Vice President, Kerala Library Association (E-mail: ckumarnair(a)gmail.com / Mob: 919447276657) Shri S. L. Faisal, General Secretary, Kerala Library Association (E-mail: slfaizal(a)gmail.com/Mob: 919447699724) ********************************** Regards S.L.Faisal, General Secretary, Kerala Library Association (KLA) 36, II Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana P.O. Thiruvananthapuram– 695 002, Kerala slfaizal(a)gmail.com/Mob: 919447699724 -- 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] Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution ?
by Byrappa, Ananda (GE Global Research) 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

Dear LIS Professionals, Plagiarism is a hot topic on lis-forum, these days. We see one class of people commenting aggressively/passionately about the copyright compliance and plagiarism etc. We are also getting prompt, candid and honest responses from many. In total, a healthy, heated and very relevant discussion happening on lis-forum. Thanks to all those who have initiated these discussions on plagiarism. These discussions have really brought in awareness, fear and commitment for compliance - all the three essential for copyright compliance! I thought of sharing couple of my opinions and thoughts about the ongoing discussion. Copying and/or reproducing any portion of content without rights holder permission or proper acknowledgment is a plagiarism - A broad definition for 'plagiarism'! In couple of discussions, people have complained about following (copying?) a process or a research methodology - survey, questionnaire etc. Does a 'methodology' or a 'process' comes under copyright act? I think these are protected by the Patent Act in India (not by copyright act). In a real world environment, processes, methodologies, basic laws etc. are intended to be applied and tested. I think, the 'academic spirit' should be encouraged by allowing researchers to use and re-use any methodologies, processes and laws since they help us to prove/dis-prove a point or a concept or an outcome. The outcome/results are generally vary depending on various parameters - your scope of study, subject, geography, sample etc. To be precise, what is wrong in re-using any methodology or a process in academic writing, of course with a due acknowledgement to the original author?. However, many argue that, It can be termed as GREY area as it goes by ones interpretation... Someone on Wikipedia writes - Plagiarism is considered as an 'Academic Dishonesty'... Plagiarism is not a crime per se but in academia and industry it is a 'serious moral offence'... How do we control plagiarism in LIS profession? Is there a solution?... AUTHORS - BE ORIGINAL! - Authors should aim to be original! Write about what you understand and grasp out of your readings. Don't copy from your readings and don't forget to acknowledge your readings/articles. 'Copy & paste' techniques will surely expose you one or the other day, it's a time factor! - Once your draft/write-up is ready, run it by a plagiarism detection tool. You find quite a few of them freely available on the net. They may not be perfect but they will surely help you to a great extent. TEACHERS - AIM TO BE IDEAL - We know that, teachers can't check every word and originality of it. It's an unfair expectation from society. However, teachers should teach their students about basics of academic writing and copyright compliance. - Every research scholar should attend at-least one training programme on academic writing and copyright compliance. I remember, Kerala Central University conducting such programmes recently. Such trainings/workshops would create required amount of awareness about copyright compliance and plagiarism and would surely position students and researchers to be much better authors. PUBLISJERS AND EDITORS - FOLLOW PEER REVIEW PROCESS/SYSTEM - People who care for quality and originality in publications should adopt peer review process. Short timelines, lack of experts/expertise and pressure to get more participants and papers to conferences are reasons why editors and organizers don't insist on peer review system/process - If a Conference Organizers and editors don't push for peer review system, they would be responsible for adding sub-standard content/publications to the scholarly world. Now, every conference organizers/editors ask themselves - How much of sub-standard content you have pushed (contributed!) to the scholarly world? I guess, we all senior LIS professionals, have a good share in this! POLICY MAKERS AND CONFERENCE DONERS Insist on quality of publications. Don't fund or donate if you don't see a quality process for publications in place. Best Regards, Ananda Byrappa Global Leader, Whitney Knowledge Centre Six Sigma Black-Belt GE India Technology Centre 122, EPIP, Phase 2, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560066, INDIA Ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 04:14:21 +0000 From: Vara Lakshmi Rudrabhatla <rvsn1234(a)hotmail.com> To: "LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, "nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com" <nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] [nmlis] Fwd: Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution ? Message-ID: <BAY151-W6127A991BEB2048EEA9C7CD2D90(a)phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Dear Professional friends I would like to share my opinion on the above issue that may lead to further discussion and help to reach a solution. Background: U.G.C. and managements are compelling the departments / libraries to organize conferences / seminars to get NAAC grade points and supporting financially. The organizers need participants hence accepting every paper that is submitted. The professionals need papers for their CAS promotions or selections and the seminars / conferences are a channel for fast track publication. Further they are submitting for journal publication also. These developments are indeed desirable for the development and recognition of the profession. Outcome: However the outcome is not that encouraging as expected to be. The quantitative growth lead to the qualitative depreciation. Reason: Many of the professionals are not familiar with writing standards and skills. They are not familiar with difference between research article and research paper; innovative ideas and opinion studies; pasting and logical presentation; copying and citing; arbitrary citation and standard citation using a style manual These are not a part of their studies. Even if so, one will forget after examinations. Therefore there is no opportunity for the professionals to learn and acquire the skills of writing and presentation and the standards to be followed. Hence the need is to train our professionals in these aspects. Only then we can expect true academic contributions. The way out: There may be many ways to improve the situation but submitting three propositions for discussion 1. Conducting workshops on preparation and presentation of research paper not for name sake but with real zeal. 2. Applying anti-plagiarism software and reject the identified papers. This is good from the quality point of view but may demoralize the professionals. 3. Having a panel of voluntary editors who will review papers and suggest revision / modification of papers instead of outright rejection. This will improve the writing skills of the author and encourage him/her for standard contributions. I think it is high time to find solutions to the problem and enhance the standard of papers. ThanksVaralakshmi Dr R.S.R.Varalakshmi Professor (Rtd) 54-12-64/5, Bhanu Nagar H.B.Colony Post Visakhapatnam - 530 022 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CONGRATS TO Dr Akhter Pervez- FOR his appointment as Librarian, IIM Indore
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

dear friends Dr Akhter Pervez had been selected and appointed as Librarian of IIM, Indore. We all know him, he is an active professional and made the MANLIBNET a dynamic Association.He is soft and simple and works hard, I join hundreds of professional friends to congratulate Dr Akhter on the occasion of his elevation as Librarian of IIM, Indore, We all wish him all the best in his endeavours. God bless him with success and service to the profession LAXMAN RAO Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Visiting Professor, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Hyderabad-500032ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Plot No: A-194, H.No- 1-8-10/1, Ravindra Nagar, Habsiguda, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR 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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Reg: Openness 'needs both political will and technical skill, fortunately ICRISAT has had both' an interview with Mr. M Madhan
by sanat kumar Behera 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

Dear Sir: I would be grateful if you can share with our LIS professionals. Open Access Interviews@AIMS: a new service on AIMS Wed, 27/03/2013 — AIMS AIMS announces the introduction of 'Open Access Interviews@AIMS ' as a new quartely service. The objective is to publish use cases on various open access issues affecting access to agricultural research outputs and share experiences on the uptake of openness by institutions in the agricultural domain. This service will share these experiences by means of structured interviews. The inaugural interview focuses on the experiences from the International Crops and Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics<http://oar.icrisat.org/> (ICRISAT), in India - read the interview here<http://aims.fao.org/community/blogs/aims.fao.org/community/open-access/blog…> . Openness 'needs both political will and technical skill, fortunately ICRISAT has had both' an interview with Mr. M Madhan http://aims.fao.org/community/open-access/blogs/openness-needs-both-politic… Thank You Regards Mr. Sanat kumar Behera Research Fellow J.S.K. Library ICRISAT Patancheru Hyderabad India S.Behera(a)cgiar.org Sanatku.behera(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] kindly mail 2 forum members. Open source software
by G.K.MANJUNATH 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

I do not agree with Mr.Arunachalam's remarks - "Many Institutions have squandered public funds ". Open source software, whether Operating System or Applications software, are available for many other applications too and only for libraries. I would like to highlight few of these: According to some experts, 'R' is a good open source software available for statistical analysis. But, how many of the statisticians and social scientists from the publicly funded institutions and Government Departments are using it ? Why majority of them still demand for and use expensive commercial software such as SPSS, Matlab, SAS, Gauss, Stata, Mathematica, LIMDEP, GAMS, etc.? Linux is an open source Operating System. How many of the publicly funded institutions have completely abandoned Windows OS and are using OSS for workstations /PCs or for server applications? How many of these institutions are using Open Office instead of MS-Office. If not, why ? Why majority of the libraries in United States and European countries are using commercial software ? I do not have any empirical evidence to quote the numbers. However, my observations and discussion with professional friends during my visits to some of the these places revealed that majority of the big libraries in these countries prefer commercial software. It is an understatement to say that people are now seeing the light at the end of tunnel. I would like to delineate reasons and compulsion Indian libraries had to use the commercial software and to continue with it. When no suitable open source software meeting all the local requirements was available to libraries, there was no option but to go in for commercial software. Library automation using commercial software began some time in late 1980's and during this period no open source software was available. For that matter, no user friendly, easy to install and ready to use OSS was available till 2006 or so. Lots of experiments have been conducted on OSS, some with success and some with no or limited success.We always proudly share our success stories with others, but refrain from sharing the failures. Authorities in many institutions insist on quick implementation using a tested commercial software rather on experimenting with OSS, indefinitely. Secondly, it is slightly difficult to migrate to OSS or any other software when one is highly conversant with the existing one. Therefore, I would like to know from those libraries, who migrated from commercial software to Open source software, the following : 1. How much money ( Direct and Indirect cost ) and time was spent on data migration and customization? 2. Whether librarians themselves did the job or took help from computer professionals ? 3. Whether they could convert all the time-series administrative data or only the bibliographic data ? How do they retrieve administrative data, if it is not transferred during migration ? 4. After migration, whether they have totally discontinued the earlier software or still using the old one for some reasons? Going by certain observations and genuine reasons, it will take some more time for the LIS professionals to learn, test, understand, implement and successfully use open source software. "Never be the first or never be the last. Learn from others experience", said some one. Therefore, I do not think the main intention would be to squander public funds. With great appreciation and due respect to all those who developed or contributed for further improvements of Koha, I have few observation to make. No doubt Koha is an excellent software built on sound architecture and proven technology and has great potential to become the most preferred OSS. However, from my personal experience, I hesitate to accept Koha in its present format. The flow of work in Koha's acquisition and serial control module is not suitable for Indian libraries. I feel, these modules need lots of customization. Same is the view expressed by some of my senior professional friends who have tested it. Many libraries who have opted for Koha are directly cataloging the books and using only the circulation module and OPAC. Following are some of the requirements to make Koha more popular and acceptable without any apprehension : 1. An institution (S) to provide support such as data conversion, migration, customization and online support, for a nominal fee. 2. A Government institution to fund periodic regional Workshops and training programmes on Koha, the way CDS/ISIS was promoted by NISSAT. Opportunity may be given to professionals to give demos of additional utilities developed by them. NISSAT did this during the CDS/ISIS workshops. 3. Ready to use SQL statements to generate certain outputs/queries which are not possible at present. Such statments can be run either from MySQL prompt or from Koha's customised menus. 4. Directory of Indian experts in Koha who can offer help voluntarily. 5. A team of librarians to suggest required customization to suit requirements of Indian libraries. 6. Directory of companies who offer Koha services on cloud or at sites. 7. Directory of institutions who are using all the modules of Koha. 8. Introducing Koha or any OSS in LIS syllabus. thanks, G.K.Manjunath Chief Librarian IGIDR, Mumbai > > On Wed, 3 Apr 2013, Mailing List Admin wrote: > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 02:10:34 -0700 (PDT) >> From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> >> >> At last people are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel! Many >> institutions have squandered public funds - all coming from taxpayers - on >> commercially marketed software when excellent software is available for >> free. Prof. ARD Prasad, Director of DRTC at ISI, B'lore, has been advocating >> the adoption of open source software for years but barring a few others have >> ignored his recommendation. Yes, go for KOHA. There is a worldwide community >> of KOHA users and you can always learn from each other.� >> >> SA >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: ARAGONDA L MOORTHY <almoorthy52(a)gmail.com> >> To: Swati Bhattacharyya <swati(a)iimcal.ac.in> >> Cc: Dr. Rama K C Patro <rkcpatro(a)iimtobu.ac.in>; >> lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >> Sent: Thursday, 28 March 2013, 14:06 >> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] kindly mail 2 forum members >> >> Dear ALL, >> This is reg LibSys. We too faced problems in using the software in 2005-06 >> at DRDL, Hyderabad. We switched over from Libris to LibSys. For data >> export, they took enormous time. The Engineer who visited DRDL, Hyderabad >> took data on CD to facilitate export of OPAC data. But after 6 months >> expressed inability to export saying some lame excuse. Again they took the >> data and took more time. Meanwhile I joined DESIDOC in 2006, and was able >> to call their senior executives to solve the problem. All this took more >> than 1 year. Again they charge exorbitantly for maintenance. I understand >> it has the largest customer base in India and so they are dictating term >> (Monopoly). LIS professionals have to unitedly take on such issues raising >> in National Forums like Conferences, etc. >> Whenever we suggest a new facility--utility--improvement, they take and >> improve the software. But our intellectual capital >> (suggestions/improvements) do not get any rewards. The are used to bring >> new release with increased price tag. >> Why can't we use KOHa or NEWGENLI--the open source software???? >> AL MOORTHY >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reg: Openness 'needs both political will and technical skill, fortunately ICRISAT has had both' an interview with Mr. M Madhan
by sanat kumar Behera 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

Dear Sir: I would be grateful if you can share with our LIS professionals. Open Access Interviews@AIMS: a new service on AIMS Wed, 27/03/2013 — AIMS AIMS announces the introduction of 'Open Access Interviews@AIMS ' as a new quartely service. The objective is to publish use cases on various open access issues affecting access to agricultural research outputs and share experiences on the uptake of openness by institutions in the agricultural domain. This service will share these experiences by means of structured interviews. The inaugural interview focuses on the experiences from the International Crops and Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics<http://oar.icrisat.org/> (ICRISAT), in India - read the interview here<http://aims.fao.org/community/blogs/aims.fao.org/community/open-access/blog…> . Openness 'needs both political will and technical skill, fortunately ICRISAT has had both' an interview with Mr. M Madhan http://aims.fao.org/community/open-access/blogs/openness-needs-both-politic… Thank You Regards Mr. Sanat kumar Behera Research Fellow J.S.K. Library ICRISAT Patancheru Hyderabad India S.Behera(a)cgiar.org Sanatku.behera(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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Vacancy
by mukesh jha 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

Dear Professional Library Internship Advertisement No. IDSA/066/2013 *Vacancy*: 02 Post of “LIBRARY INTERNSHIP” Appointment to the post will be made on contract initially for a period of one year. *Pay*: Rs.12, 000/- per month *Essential Qualifications and Experience* - Degree of a recognized University or equivalent. - Degree or equivalent diploma in Library Science from a recognized University/ Institution. *Desirable* - Conversant/ familiar with computer operations. - Experienced candidates. *Job Responsibilities* - Classification, Cataloging and processing of books. - Monographs, journals shelving. - Compiling bibliographies. - Database creation, journal article Indexing, scanning and Web Indexing. Applications may be sent on plain paper, neatly typed, clearly mentioning on the envelope “Application for the Post of Library Internship” and giving details like (a) Name, (b) Date of Birth, (c) Address, (d) Nationality, (e) Educational Qualifications (Name of degree, Year of passing, Subjects studied and Percentage of Marks) and other relevant details like career profile and experience etc. Web link: http://www.idsa.in/jobs/LibraryInternship Wg Cdr (Retd) Hemlata Lohani Assistant Director The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses 1, Development Enclave, Rao Tula Ram Marg New Delhi 110 010 With Regards Mukesh -- 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 an article (Kotesh B)
by Kotesh B 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

Respected Library Professionals, One of our Faculty member urgently needed the below mentioned article. It is great help to me and our faculty if anyone sends this article to me. Please send me the soft copy of full text article to my email. Title: *Constructing multiple choice questions of the multiple true/false type* Author: RONALD McG. HARDEN Journal: Medical Education *Volume 13*, *Issue 4*, <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.1979.13.issue-4/issuetoc> *pages 305–312*, *July 1979* DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1979.tb01517.x http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2923.1979.tb01517.x/abstr… With Regards, Email.koteshlibrarian(a)gmail.com -- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mr. KOTESH, B. Research Scholar and Project Fellow U.G.C Major Research , Institutional Repositories (IR) Department of Library and Information Science, Jnana Sahyadri, Kuvempu University -577 451 India. Mobile: +*919449177946* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: IATLIS-Prof. Jagindar Singh Ramdev Lifetime Achievement Award-2012
by Jagtar Singh 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

Dear All, I am pleased to inform you that Prof. PSG Kumar, Former Head, Department of Library and Information Science, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur received the prestigious, "IATLIS-Prof. Jagindar Singh Ramdev Lifetime Achievement Award-2012" at the Inaugural Session of the XXIX IATLIS National Conference on the theme, "Contemplating Persistent and Debatable issues of Library and Information Science (LIS) Education and Research" held at Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC), Bangalore from 20 March 2013. Prof. NSN. Shastri conferred this Award on Prof. PSG Kumar. Besides Prof. PSG Kumar, others seen in the picture (from left to right) are: Dr. Baljinder Kaur, Dr. Navkiran Kaur, Prof. ARD Prasad, Prof. Jagtar Singh, Dr. HPS Kalra, Prof. IV Malhan, Prof. NSN Shastri, and Prof. Trishanjit Kaur. Prof. Jagindar Singh Ramdev an NRI and a great philanthropist from Chicago (USA) donated Rs. 1, 00, 000/= to the Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) to institute this Award. Prof. PSG Kumar is the first library doyen to receive this prestigious Award. Prof. SM Shafi, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kashmir, Srinagar recieved the "IATLIS-Motiwale Best LIS Teacher Award-2012" at this occasion. Mr. Khushpreet Singh Brar, UGC JRF, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala received the "IATLIS-Prof. SP Narang Research Promotion Award-2012. --------------------------------------- Profound regards, Jagtar Singh Dr. Jagtar Singh, President, Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS), President, Satinder Kaur Ramdev Memorial Trust for Advancement of Librarianship (SATKAL), President, Punjab Library Association (PLA), and Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India) Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Tel: +91 (0)175 304 6179 (Work) +91 (0)175 228 2727 (Home) Fax: +91 (0)175 228 3073 -- 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 Ravi Hullur 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

Dear Professionals, One of our research faculty members required following journal articles, please send this article and help me and our research faculty Tulika Gupta, Anjali Aggarwal, Daisy Sahni Surgical anatomy of the frontal sinus outflow pathway: a cadaveric study Eur J Anat, 17 (1): 29-34 (2013) -- ** ***** Regards Ravi Hullur Asst.Librarian KLE University, Belgaum Mob.No.9740638831 Blog:http://ravihullurs.blogspot.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Anomaly in the Implementation of UGC Scheme (1986, 1996, 2006) in Kerala
by Dr. A.T. Francis 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

Dear Professionals, I would like to highlight a serious anomaly happened and still continuing in KeralaState on the implementation of UGC Scheme (1986, 1996 and 2006) for librarians in universities and colleges in Kerala. Though there is no provision in the UGC Scheme for the promotion from the lower cadre to the UGC Entry Cadre of Asst. Librarian/ College Librarian, in Kerala it is still continuing. While implementing UGC Scheme, in the case of other teachers, the existing Non-UGC Cadre posts like Junior Lecturer and Junior Asst. Professor have been upgraded to Lecturer and Asst. Professor respectively and all the incumbents in the Junior Lecturer and Junior Asst. Professor cadres possessing Masters Degree in the concerned subject (Exempted NET) have been inducted to the UGC Cadre and the then cadres in the Pre-UGC Scheme like Junior Lecturer and Junior Asst. Professor have been closed for ever. Due to some unscientific administrative reasons, either this type of induction to UGC Scheme was not done in the case of librarians or the NET was not insisted to the entry cadre of library professionals like Library/Professional/Reference Asst. Ultimately, now the professionals are divided into several classes and groups and many court cases have emerged only because of the system generated issues. Hence, most of the professionals, instead of concentrating in documentation and information services, they are gathering, thinking and acting on the issues on how get rid of these issues. The only way to solve these issues permanently is implementing UGC Scheme to librarians as envisaged in the Scheme. The following are the actions needed in this regard: 1. As in the case of other teachers, all existing incumbents in Library/ Professional/ Reference Asst. should be inducted to UGC Scheme as on the date of possessing Masters Degree in the concerned subject (Exempting NET). 2. To accommodate all incumbents in the Library/ Professional/ Reference Asst. cadres on induction to UGC Scheme, sufficient number of posts should be upgraded to Asst. Librarians as super numerary. 3. The existing cadre of Library/ Professional/ Reference Asst. may be closed by upgrading few posts as Asst. Librarian and the remaining posts should be downgraded to Jr. Professional/Technical Asst. (JPA/JTA) for CLISc holders. All Dept. Libraries working in one shift should have one AL and JPA/JTA each and all College Libraries and Divisions of the University Library working in two shifts should have two AL and JPA/JTA each (one each for one shift) and the existing posts of Library/ Professional/ Reference Asst. may be upgraded / downgraded accordingly. 4. It is also suggested to introduce Time Bound Promotion on completion of 5 years for JPA/JTAs, instead of the existing system of Ratio Promotion or vacancy/retirement based promotion. 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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Details of Faculty Status for Librarians is required
by Dr. A.T. Francis 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

Dear Professionals, Please let me know and provide the details of Universities in India having Faculty Status (Teaching Staff) for Asst. Librarians, Deputy Librarians and Librarians. If there, please provide copies of decisions and/or orders of the University, Governments, Courts or other agencies in this regard. If librarians are designated as Asst. Professor, Assoc. Professor and Professor, available information of the same also may be given. With regards,Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY, IT NODAL OFFICER& WEBADMINISTRATOR 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] [nmlis] Fwd: Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution ?
by Vara Lakshmi Rudrabhatla 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

Dear Professional friends I would like to share my opinion on the above issue that may lead to further discussion and help to reach a solution. Background: U.G.C. and managements are compelling the departments / libraries to organize conferences / seminars to get NAAC grade points and supporting financially. The organizers need participants hence accepting every paper that is submitted. The professionals need papers for their CAS promotions or selections and the seminars / conferences are a channel for fast track publication. Further they are submitting for journal publication also. These developments are indeed desirable for the development and recognition of the profession. Outcome: However the outcome is not that encouraging as expected to be. The quantitative growth lead to the qualitative depreciation. Reason: Many of the professionals are not familiar with writing standards and skills. They are not familiar with difference between research article and research paper; innovative ideas and opinion studies; pasting and logical presentation; copying and citing; arbitrary citation and standard citation using a style manual These are not a part of their studies. Even if so, one will forget after examinations. Therefore there is no opportunity for the professionals to learn and acquire the skills of writing and presentation and the standards to be followed. Hence the need is to train our professionals in these aspects. Only then we can expect true academic contributions. The way out: There may be many ways to improve the situation but submitting three propositions for discussion 1. Conducting workshops on preparation and presentation of research paper not for name sake but with real zeal. 2. Applying anti-plagiarism software and reject the identified papers. This is good from the quality point of view but may demoralize the professionals. 3. Having a panel of voluntary editors who will review papers and suggest revision / modification of papers instead of outright rejection. This will improve the writing skills of the author and encourage him/her for standard contributions. I think it is high time to find solutions to the problem and enhance the standard of papers. ThanksVaralakshmi Dr R.S.R.Varalakshmi Professor (Rtd) 54-12-64/5, Bhanu Nagar H.B.Colony Post Visakhapatnam - 530 022 To: nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com From: naglaxman(a)gmail.com Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 13:23:01 +0530 Subject: [nmlis] Fwd: [LIS-Forum] Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution ? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Pandurang Konnur <pvkonnur(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 11:09 PM Subject: [LIS-Forum] Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution ? To: lis-forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, francis(a)library.iisc.ernet.in Dear Friends, Dew to my busy schedule, I could not see the LIS Forum mail posted by Vasantha Raju and subsequent postings of Prof.Mallinath Kumbar and Dr.A.L.Murthy. I AM DEEPLY HURT BY THIS ACT OF PLAGIARISM. AS MY NAME IS TAKEN AS THE CO-AUTHOR, I OWN THIS RESPONSIBILITY AND PLEAD GUILTY FOR THIS ACT WHICH HAS TAKEN PLACE WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE. The first author was working for his PhD under my guidence and he was to publish two articles before his submission. He came to me with a request that he has made a survey on Education Institutions in Gadag City and written an article based on the survey and requested me to put a word to the editor of SRELS. When I looked at the article, I found that it is an empirical work based on a survey in the place where the author is working. Then I allowed him to use my name as second author and requested the editor to help the research scholar by publishing this article. No guide for that matter can check the authenticity of the article more than this and I did so. To day after reading these postings, I spoke to the first author. In the first instance, he declined the copying. I told him to go through both the articles and send me the truth by mail. I got the mail as under: *" Sir, As you phoned today regarding the article, I have taken/copied some (may be 15 to 20%) of the literature like abstract, references from the particular article but the data was from my survey I have copied the methodology only, not fully copied. And I used the same schedule to survey the colleges at Gadag City. One more thing that I referred all the references and collected the literature from references. It may be same what I had collected and the author of particular article copied from same references. Sir, Once again I wish to tell you that I have not copied full article as it is. I am very sorry for the same. Further, here onwards, I will not copy or put any same information what the other articles have. And the article published in SRELS was reviewed by experts also." Now I have two options before me: One to request the publishers of the journal to withdraw the article from the journal database. Two to surrender all my academic publications back to the profession. Because a sentence used by my friend has touched ma a lot. In my entire currier I have never taken any black spot like this. I have published more than 50 articles (most of them are available on Google scholar). If any of them are traced as pleagured, I will leave my profession on the same day. Just because of the foolish act of my student, I have to be targeted by immatured statements like: *"Those who have the power and money move up to the ladder no matter what their academic credentials are."* I do not know whome this statement is aiming at. But I request my younger generation Librarians to be little cautious while making statements in the forums like this. Secondly my request to all research guides to be cautious before allowing their Research Scholars to put their names as a co-author. *However I leave the judgement to the members of this forum and I assure that I will be abide by your judgement With very high regard to the profession at large. -- *Dr. P. V. Konnur* Professor & Director, School of Applied Sciences, Chairman Department of Library & Information Science, *Rani Channamma University,* Vidhya Sangama, Belgavi – 591 156 Karnataka State, (India) Phone : 91-831-2565216-17 Mobile : 91-9449679737 E-Mail : pvkonnur(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reply to Clarification on API Scores for the Direct Recruitment of Dy. Librarians
by Anand Dodamani 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Dear Members, Greetings to you. This is in response to the mail posted by Ms. Dimple Patel regarding the API Score to be considered for the Direct Recruitment of Dy. Librarians at State, Central and Deemed Universities. I just thought of sharing some of my views about the API Scoring pattern proposed by UGC for the recruitment of Dy. Librarians. UGC has proposed following three categories for calculating the API Score: Category I: Procurement, organization, and delivery of knowledge and information through Library services Category II: Co-Curricular, Extension and Professional Development related activities Category III: Research and Academic contributions As per the information published in the Gazette of India (2010) , only the points scored under Category III will be considered for the purpose of Direct Recruitment of Dy. Librarians. The minimum API score required is 300 points. The interesting thing to note here is that the API score proposed for the Direct Recruitment of Associate Professor (Stage 4) is also same. When a person is appointed to the post of Dy. Librarian, he will be placed in the pay scale of 15600-39100 AGP 8000 whereas a person who is appointed to the post of Associate Professor will be placed in the pay scale of 37400- 67000 AGP 9000. The above information published in the Gazette of India indicates that the proposed minimum API Score of 300 points will be applicable only when the person is recruited to the post of Dy. Librarian at Stage 4 i.e in the pay scale of 37400- 67000 AGP 9000 and not for the post of Dy. Librarian at Stage 3 i.e 15600- 39100 AGP 8000. I personally feel that applying the appointment criteria meant for the post of Associate Professor (Stage 4) for the appointment of Dy. Librarian (Stage 3) is incorrect both legally and logically. Looking forward to here an informative discussion on this subject by senior colleagues in the profession. With best, -- *Anand Dodamani Asst. Librarian Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) V. N. Purav Marg, Deonar Mumbai- 400 081* *Phone: 022-2552 5274* *Website: www.tiss.edu* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Good news for Libyans
by Jayadev P Hiremath 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

*Libya's first electronic library opens | Libya Herald* *Tripoli, 3 April 2013*: Libya’s first electronic library has been officially opened by the Deputy Prime Minister, Awad Al-Barasi. The opening ceremony took place in the National Library. The Minister of Culture and Civil Community, Habib Al-Amin, and the National Library’s chairman, Tawwfrik Al Tawed, and executive manager, Saleh Elshelmani, were also present at the opening ceremony. -- Warm regards. Jayadev P Hiremath Independent Libraries Professional (Former Librarian - IBS,Kuwait) 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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America's First Virtual Library Opens at Suburban Station
by Jayadev P Hiremath 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Jonathan Takiff, *Daily News Columnist* Commuters waiting for a train in Suburban Station now have a stimulating new way to pass the time – downloading e-books, audio books and podcasts which they can then enjoy while riding the train, relaxing at home, wherever.. Sponsored by the Free Library of Philadelphia, SEPTA and Dunkin Donuts, the month long “Enrich Your Ride with Reading” project is billed as "the first Virtual Library in the U.S". (there’s also one in Budapest) and coincides with National Library Month. To lure you in, all advertising signage on the Suburban Station train platforms is now touting these free offerings - actually a small sample of the 80,000 e-books, 8,000 audio books and thousand plus podcasts available to card holders at freelibrary.org. The graphics for each sign-touted classic, best seller and podcast includes a QR (quick response) code symbol, Just open a QR application (free to download) on your smart phone or tablet then point your device’s camera to frame and capture the QR image. Within a minute or less, the book or podcast automatically loads onto your device. And even if using an Android or Apple iOS device (like an iPod Touch) that’s lacking mobile phone service, you can use the free Wi-Fi available on the train station platforms to enable the download. . User note: if you don’t see a book or podcast you want on the first billboard, look for a second sign further down the platform packing a different set of offerings. Also be forewarned - as the Free Library leases only a limited number of licenses for current e-book titles, you may not be able to download the one you want, instantly. If not, you’ll be put on a wait list then duly informed with a email message when a download is available, explained library communications and brand marketing director Alix Gerz. These electronic “loaners” usually expire after three weeks, but are renewable.. Current best sellers range from “Defending Jacob” by William Landay, “The Dinner” by Herman Koch and “Tenth of December” by George Saunders to children’s books like “Fast Train, Slow Train” and “Bears in the Night.“ The public domain classics – available in unlimited quantities – include Camden transplant Walt Whitman’s classic collection of poems “Leaves of Grass,” Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables,” “Grimm’s Fairy Tales” and “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.” Authors ruminating outloud on podcasts (all recorded at the Free Library’s popular guest speaker series) range from Dave Barry to Jennifer Weiner, Madeleine Albright to Colin Powell. -- Warm regards. Jayadev P Hiremath Independent Libraries Professional (Former Librarian - IBS,Kuwait) 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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Library wedding proposal: one for the books
by Jayadev P Hiremath 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

*By:* Curtis Rush <http://www.thestar.com/authors.rush_curtis.html> A 31-year-old Chicago advertising executive has written a marriage proposal that is one for the books, portraying himself as a tortoise and his girlfriend as the hare (or, in this case, bunny). Jason Methner is the creative mind behind the illustrated account of his relationship with his girlfriend, Molly Lipsitz. He had the book, titled *A Hare-y Tale*, illustrated by friend Yoni Limor<http://yonimation.com/>and placed the bound volume among the “new arrivals” in a Chicago library for his 27-year-old girlfriend to find. The book refers to some of the activities they have done as a couple in their 4½-year relationship. In it, Methner is portrayed as the tortoise and Lipsitz as “Bunny” — because she has slept with a stuffed rabbit named Bunny since childhood. In one sketch, Bunny is shown marching off to university with a bag of her belongings tied to a stick. The book even includes a sketch of their one-year-old dog Hammer. Like the classic tortoise and hare story, Methner and Lipsitz each take life at a different pace. Methner is laid back, while Lipsitz is an A-type personality, very organized and constantly producing lists. She enjoys healthy food. He loves cheeseburgers. However, they have plenty in common, including a love of adventure, food and jogging. They also enjoy good books and libraries. So it was only natural that the marriage proposal should take place in a library. For this special moment, Methner chose the Harold Washington Library Centre, the main branch of the Chicago public library system. On March 23, he used “a lie” to trick Lipsitz into finding the 20-page book on a shelf in the branch’s Thomas Hughes Children’s Library. As Lipsitz began flipping through it, she came to an abrupt stop on page 3: the narrative mentioned Sandy Springs, her home town near Atlanta. Lipsitz grew suspicious. Methner encouraged her to read on. On the next to last page, the story read: “Although we don’t often run at same pace, do you want to slow down and spend the rest of your life with me?” And on the last page: “And Bunny said …” This was followed by an empty space for her to say “yes.” At that point, Methner got down on one knee, popped the question and pulled out a diamond engagement ring. As in all good fairytales, this book had a happy ending. She exclaimed, “Yes,” and a professional photographer concealed behind the book shelves emerged to snap the delightful moment. “I didn’t cry. That’s not really my style,” Lipsitz told the Star from Chicago. “I was just totally surprised and shocked in a good way. It was an amazingly thoughtful and creative proposal and in an unexpected place.” The Chicago Public Library posted the photos on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151737353467454&set=a.91497817453…>, which helped turn their proposal into a viral event. Portrait and wedding photographer Aparna Paul Jain<http://www.aparnapauljain.com/>also posted photos on her website. “I have known Molly for a few years now, and when Jason thought about this idea he asked me if I could photograph it. There was no way I was going to miss it,” she told the Star in an email. “I think it played out really well.” Library staff helped her rearrange books so that she could have a clear view of Methner’s picture book. “This is the first time I photographed a surprise proposal,” she said. Lipsitz appreciated that Methner had arranged for her to go with a friend to have a manicure that morning, not knowing it was so she would look good in photos showing the ring on her finger. No wedding date has been announced. Methner made five more copies of the book so relatives would have the book as a memento. “Most women have been very flattering to me with compliments about my creativity,” he said. “But a lot of men, especially in my friends’ group, have given me the eye roll … like, thanks for setting the bar so high.” -- Warm regards. Jayadev P Hiremath Independent Libraries Professional (Former Librarian - IBS,Kuwait) 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] kindly mail 2 forum members
by Mailing List Admin 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 02:10:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> At last people are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel! Many institutions have squandered public funds - all coming from taxpayers - on commercially marketed software when excellent software is available for free. Prof. ARD Prasad, Director of DRTC at ISI, B'lore, has been advocating the adoption of open source software for years but barring a few others have ignored his recommendation. Yes, go for KOHA. There is a worldwide community of KOHA users and you can always learn from each other.� SA ________________________________ From: ARAGONDA L MOORTHY <almoorthy52(a)gmail.com> To: Swati Bhattacharyya <swati(a)iimcal.ac.in> Cc: Dr. Rama K C Patro <rkcpatro(a)iimtobu.ac.in>; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Thursday, 28 March 2013, 14:06 Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] kindly mail 2 forum members Dear ALL, This is reg LibSys. We too faced problems in using the software in 2005-06 at DRDL, Hyderabad. We switched over from Libris to LibSys. For data export, they took enormous time. The Engineer who visited DRDL, Hyderabad took data on CD to facilitate export of OPAC data. But after 6 months expressed inability to export saying some lame excuse. Again they took the data and took more time. Meanwhile I joined DESIDOC in 2006, and was able to call their senior executives to solve the problem. All this took more than 1 year. Again they charge exorbitantly for maintenance. I understand it has the largest customer base in India and so they are dictating term (Monopoly). LIS professionals have to unitedly take on such issues raising in National Forums like Conferences, etc. Whenever we suggest a new facility--utility--improvement, they take and improve the software. But our intellectual capital (suggestions/improvements) do not get any rewards. The are used to bring new release with increased price tag. Why can't we use KOHa or NEWGENLI--the open source software???? AL MOORTHY

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Japanese dissertations go open access
by Mailing List Admin 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 02:01:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Japanese dissertations go open access By�Yao Chen�on�March 4, 2013 12:46 PM�|�No TrackBacks Effective on April 2013, all doctoral dissertations approved by Japanese universities are to be publicly available via Internet. Updates will be provided later when details are released. Dissertation modification summary�(in Japanese) Flowchart of the open access process�(in Japanese) - SA

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Data Migration from One LMS to other and Non-cooperation of Vendors
by Mailing List Admin 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:58:05 +0530 From: Upadhyay P K <pku(a)nic.in> Dear Moderator, Below message posted by me on 28th March was not published. Is there any reason? with regards P K Upadhyay NIC, Delhi ----- Original Message ----- From: Upadhyay P K <pku(a)nic.in> Date: Thursday, March 28, 2013 5:55 pm Subject: Re:Data Migration from One LMS to other and Non-cooperation of Vendors To: Swati Bhattacharyya <swati(a)iimcal.ac.in> Cc: "Dr. Rama K C Patro" <rkcpatro(a)iimtobu.ac.in>, lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear professional colleagues, Let me write my observation on this discussion for the benefit of LIS professionals. There are pros and cons of suggestions posted here. I make out these points for the sake of clarity: General Issues in Data Migration, Export, Import, Non-Cooperation, and Best Practices. 1. General Issues in Library Data Migration: In this discussion we are only considering one minute aspect of metadata migration of Books from Libsys to other LMS. But other parts are untouched like Journals, Circulation Data, Members records, Article Indexing, Budget, News Clips, Full text files, Images, Audio, Video, etc. Actually the task is increasing day by day due to Library ICT Modernization infrastructure, consolidation and cost optimization. There is a common assumption that whenever you migrate data from one system to another there is certain percentage loss of data if not well planned financially and technically. Actually, softwares are not at fault. Almost all softwares are having the export/import facility. But major issue is human intervention. Very rarely softwares are able to migrate/merge/import all library data automatically without any flaw or loss. Libsys, KOHA, NewGenlib, eGranthalaya, VTLS, Liberty, etc have export/ import facility, but no software can migrate all kinds of the above data automatically. It requires writing software/utility/programmes codes for importing software schema and structure. Who will pay for these efforts? MARCEdit, etc are the tools for exported data of bibliographic recordsonly, but not how to export from Libsys, etc. 2. Export in Excel, MARC21, XML from LMS softwares: Almost all software have export facility. Dr Pardeep Rai wrote that libsys software does not support in exporting data into other format such as CCF, Oracle or MySQL, etc. No question of exporting data directly to Oracle or MySQL. Each software has its own table schema and architecture using Oracle or SQL server or PostgreSQL or MySQL. Of course, Libsys has export facility in their Cataloging module to migrate data in CCF, EXCEL, MARC, Text. Actually more than 95% of Libsys Users are not using any backend database (SQL server or PostgreSQL or MySQL or Oracle) to avoid this type of non-cooperation from Libsys. They have purchased flat file system Libsys software and they have to be much dependant on Libsys for small-small things. 3. Import from Excel, MARC, XML in any LMS or DL: As I wrote no software has perfect automated system to import data/metadata. For example, to the best of my knowledge, Libsys has import facility for only books if you use their typical software without any backend database. Journals, article indexing, fulltext files, images, videos, circulation data, etc. But of course with the help of any Libsys/programmer you can migrate if data is available in softcopy structured format. This is the reason, vendors charge for their effort estimate. Another example, even if your data is in excel, fields may be named differently and data may be entered differently like two Authors separated by comma, sometimes both authors in different columns, then you need little programming to break the data according to new softwares� schema and tables. 4. Non-cooperation from vendors: As Dr Pardeep Rai wrote that Libsys is not cooperating. Dr. R K Ch Patro wrote that Libsys is charging Rs one lakh for migrating 10000 records. I also got similar grievances from four-five professional colleagues, but even then they manage migration without the cooperation of Libsys. NIC has migrated for around 30 libraries Libsys data to eGranthalaya. In eGranthalaya software there is a module for importing data from Excel, XML amd MARC. Dr Manjunath rightly said that your license agreement should be clear enough to take help from any vendors. I will also suggest Libsys to cooperate and not to remove/block the export module in case of not paying AMC with a fear of losing business, instead you will gain more business. Because India is a big country and requires 100s of Libsys like companies to achieve desired level of automation. 5. Best Practices in Data Migration: Following are my suggestion for balancing the issue, a. While purchasing/acquiring the software, ensure in License agreement for export in at least Excel, MARC21, and Structured text. Import is little tedious depending upon data sources, schema, quality, volume and structure but terms and conditions should spell for helping from importing data from at least Excel, Access, MARC, XML, or RDBMS. Vendors may charge some amount for importing when implementing the application softwares. b. Librarians should regularly( daily, monthly, yearly) take backup of database, copy at safe place (pen drive, another computer or network). c. Library Application software should be implemented preferably in web based manner with back end database (either SQL server or PostgreSQL or MySQL, or Oracle, etc) with hosting of data at your Internet service provider�s server with network security, data security and web site auditing. With regards P K Upadhyay NIC, New Delhi http://egranthalaya.nic.in , http://eglibnet.gov.in http://mcitconsortium.nic.in, http://home.nic.in ----- Original Message ----- From: Swati Bhattacharyya <swati(a)iimcal.ac.in> Date: Thursday, March 28, 2013 1:24 pm Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] kindly mail 2 forum members To: "Dr. Rama K C Patro" <rkcpatro(a)iimtobu.ac.in> Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Dear All: > > May I request you, who are trying to take out data from Libsys, > to let us > know which version of Libsys are you currently using? > > Sincerely, > -- > Swati Bhattacharyya > Librarian > Indian Institute of Management Calcutta > Joka, Diamond Harbor Road > Kolkata - 700104 > Ph: +91-33-2467-8300/01 (extn: O:416; R: 106) > >> Dear Dr. Manjunath >> >> I Agree with you,but not now. Like Dr. Pradeep I alos face the same >> problem >> with libsys, They are charging 1lac for conversion of 10k > data. Secondly >> there are also so many library professionals (Worked with > libsys) to whom >> I >> know, they can come volunterly and share their knowledge among > others if >> any >> body organise training they may help, but those who have an > urgency pl >> circulate a note/procedure/guideline form your side how to > convert? So >> that >> they will go ahead. >> Regards >> Dr. R K Ch Patro, Librarian >> Institute for International Management & Technology (IIMT) >> Gurgoan >> 0124-4787111 >>

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Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution ?
by Pandurang Konnur 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Dear Friends, Dew to my busy schedule, I could not see the LIS Forum mail posted by Vasantha Raju and subsequent postings of Prof.Mallinath Kumbar and Dr.A.L.Murthy. I AM DEEPLY HURT BY THIS ACT OF PLAGIARISM. AS MY NAME IS TAKEN AS THE CO-AUTHOR, I OWN THIS RESPONSIBILITY AND PLEAD GUILTY FOR THIS ACT WHICH HAS TAKEN PLACE WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE. The first author was working for his PhD under my guidence and he was to publish two articles before his submission. He came to me with a request that he has made a survey on Education Institutions in Gadag City and written an article based on the survey and requested me to put a word to the editor of SRELS. When I looked at the article, I found that it is an empirical work based on a survey in the place where the author is working. Then I allowed him to use my name as second author and requested the editor to help the research scholar by publishing this article. No guide for that matter can check the authenticity of the article more than this and I did so. To day after reading these postings, I spoke to the first author. In the first instance, he declined the copying. I told him to go through both the articles and send me the truth by mail. I got the mail as under: *" Sir, As you phoned today regarding the article, I have taken/copied some (may be 15 to 20%) of the literature like abstract, references from the particular article but the data was from my survey I have copied the methodology only, not fully copied. And I used the same schedule to survey the colleges at Gadag City. One more thing that I referred all the references and collected the literature from references. It may be same what I had collected and the author of particular article copied from same references. Sir, Once again I wish to tell you that I have not copied full article as it is. I am very sorry for the same. Further, here onwards, I will not copy or put any same information what the other articles have. And the article published in SRELS was reviewed by experts also." Now I have two options before me: One to request the publishers of the journal to withdraw the article from the journal database. Two to surrender all my academic publications back to the profession. Because a sentence used by my friend has touched ma a lot. In my entire currier I have never taken any black spot like this. I have published more than 50 articles (most of them are available on Google scholar). If any of them are traced as pleagured, I will leave my profession on the same day. Just because of the foolish act of my student, I have to be targeted by immatured statements like: *"Those who have the power and money move up to the ladder no matter what their academic credentials are."* I do not know whome this statement is aiming at. But I request my younger generation Librarians to be little cautious while making statements in the forums like this. Secondly my request to all research guides to be cautious before allowing their Research Scholars to put their names as a co-author. *However I leave the judgement to the members of this forum and I assure that I will be abide by your judgement With very high regard to the profession at large. -- *Dr. P. V. Konnur* Professor & Director, School of Applied Sciences, Chairman Department of Library & Information Science, *Rani Channamma University,* Vidhya Sangama, Belgavi – 591 156 Karnataka State, (India) Phone : 91-831-2565216-17 Mobile : 91-9449679737 E-Mail : pvkonnur(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Req. clarification on API scores for DIRECT RECRUITMENT of Deputy Librarian and Librarian (University)
by Dimple Patel 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Dear Professionals, I would like to get some clarity on the API scores required for the DIRECT RECRUITMENT of Deputy Librarian and Librarian posts in universities. In APPENDIX-III: TABLE VII (APIs and proposed scores developed by UGC for adoption of PBAS for Direct Appointment / Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) promotions applicable to Librarian (University) Deputy Librarian and Asstt. Librarian/College Librarian) The following Tables are given: Category I: Procurement, organisation, and delivery of knowledge and information through Library services Category II: Co-Curricular, Extension and Professional Development related activities Category III: Research and Academic contributions In APPENDIX-III: TABLE VIII(c) (MINIMUM APIS AND OTHER NORMS FOR THE DIRECT RECRUITMENT OF LIBRARIAN POSITIONS IN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS/COLLEGES) ( TO BE CONSIDERED ALONG WITH OTHER SPECIFIED ELIGIBILITY QUALIFICATIONS STIPULATED IN THIS UGC REGULATION) column2/row2 the API Score (Research and Academic Contribution -- Category III) only is mentioned where the Consolidated API score requirement is 300 points for Deputy Librarian and 400 points for Librarian (University). I would like clarification whether the Consolidated API score of 300 points for Deputy Librarian and 400 points for Librarian (University) is for all three categories put together (i.e. Category I, II & III as mentioned in the APPENDIX-III: TABLE VII) or only for Category III? -- Regards, Dimple Patel, Central University of Himachal Pradesh TAB, Shahpur, HP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Recruitment of Librarian Post in the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
by Srinivasa V 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Dear Sir/Friends Applications are invited for the post of Librarian at University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK,Bangalore. Pay Scale Rs. 37400-67000+AGP 10000 The entire Notification along with the qualifications and score card prescribed for the post and the prescribed application proforma are accessible and can be downloaded from the official Website: * www, uasbangalore.edu.in * *Last date : 19-4-2013* With Best Regards Srinivasa.V Asst.Librarian, UAS Library, GKVK, Bangalore. Phone: 080-23636243 ext-272 Mobile: 09986560565 Fax: 91-080-234648343 e-Mail: vsrinivas28(a)gmail.com Web: www.libsri.yolasite.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Re:Data Migration from One LMS to other and Non-cooperation of Vendors
by Upadhyay P K 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Dear Moderator, Below message posted by me on 28th March was not published. Is there any reason? with regards P K Upadhyay NIC, Delhi ----- Original Message ----- From: Upadhyay P K <pku(a)nic.in> Date: Thursday, March 28, 2013 5:55 pm Subject: Re:Data Migration from One LMS to other and Non-cooperation of Vendors To: Swati Bhattacharyya <swati(a)iimcal.ac.in> Cc: "Dr. Rama K C Patro" <rkcpatro(a)iimtobu.ac.in>, lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear professional colleagues, Let me write my observation on this discussion for the benefit of LIS professionals. There are pros and cons of suggestions posted here. I make out these points for the sake of clarity: General Issues in Data Migration, Export, Import, Non-Cooperation, and Best Practices. 1. General Issues in Library Data Migration: In this discussion we are only considering one minute aspect of metadata migration of Books from Libsys to other LMS. But other parts are untouched like Journals, Circulation Data, Members records, Article Indexing, Budget, News Clips, Full text files, Images, Audio, Video, etc. Actually the task is increasing day by day due to Library ICT Modernization infrastructure, consolidation and cost optimization. There is a common assumption that whenever you migrate data from one system to another there is certain percentage loss of data if not well planned financially and technically. Actually, softwares are not at fault. Almost all softwares are having the export/import facility. But major issue is human intervention. Very rarely softwares are able to migrate/merge/import all library data automatically without any flaw or loss. Libsys, KOHA, NewGenlib, eGranthalaya, VTLS, Liberty, etc have export/ import facility, but no software can migrate all kinds of the above data automatically. It requires writing software/utility/programmes codes for importing software schema and structure. Who will pay for these efforts? MARCEdit, etc are the tools for exported data of bibliographic recordsonly, but not how to export from Libsys, etc. 2. Export in Excel, MARC21, XML from LMS softwares: Almost all software have export facility. Dr Pardeep Rai wrote that libsys software does not support in exporting data into other format such as CCF, Oracle or MySQL, etc. No question of exporting data directly to Oracle or MySQL. Each software has its own table schema and architecture using Oracle or SQL server or PostgreSQL or MySQL. Of course, Libsys has export facility in their Cataloging module to migrate data in CCF, EXCEL, MARC, Text. Actually more than 95% of Libsys Users are not using any backend database (SQL server or PostgreSQL or MySQL or Oracle) to avoid this type of non-cooperation from Libsys. They have purchased flat file system Libsys software and they have to be much dependant on Libsys for small-small things. 3. Import from Excel, MARC, XML in any LMS or DL: As I wrote no software has perfect automated system to import data/metadata. For example, to the best of my knowledge, Libsys has import facility for only books if you use their typical software without any backend database. Journals, article indexing, fulltext files, images, videos, circulation data, etc. But of course with the help of any Libsys/programmer you can migrate if data is available in softcopy structured format. This is the reason, vendors charge for their effort estimate. Another example, even if your data is in excel, fields may be named differently and data may be entered differently like two Authors separated by comma, sometimes both authors in different columns, then you need little programming to break the data according to new softwares’ schema and tables. 4. Non-cooperation from vendors: As Dr Pardeep Rai wrote that Libsys is not cooperating. Dr. R K Ch Patro wrote that Libsys is charging Rs one lakh for migrating 10000 records. I also got similar grievances from four-five professional colleagues, but even then they manage migration without the cooperation of Libsys. NIC has migrated for around 30 libraries Libsys data to eGranthalaya. In eGranthalaya software there is a module for importing data from Excel, XML amd MARC. Dr Manjunath rightly said that your license agreement should be clear enough to take help from any vendors. I will also suggest Libsys to cooperate and not to remove/block the export module in case of not paying AMC with a fear of losing business, instead you will gain more business. Because India is a big country and requires 100s of Libsys like companies to achieve desired level of automation. 5. Best Practices in Data Migration: Following are my suggestion for balancing the issue, a. While purchasing/acquiring the software, ensure in License agreement for export in at least Excel, MARC21, and Structured text. Import is little tedious depending upon data sources, schema, quality, volume and structure but terms and conditions should spell for helping from importing data from at least Excel, Access, MARC, XML, or RDBMS. Vendors may charge some amount for importing when implementing the application softwares. b. Librarians should regularly( daily, monthly, yearly) take backup of database, copy at safe place (pen drive, another computer or network). c. Library Application software should be implemented preferably in web based manner with back end database (either SQL server or PostgreSQL or MySQL, or Oracle, etc) with hosting of data at your Internet service provider’s server with network security, data security and web site auditing. Although lot many things are there to share but for any more discussion/clarification I will be happy to write. With regards P K Upadhyay NIC, New Delhi http://egranthalaya.nic.in , http://eglibnet.gov.in http://mcitconsortium.nic.in, http://home.nic.in ----- Original Message ----- From: Swati Bhattacharyya <swati(a)iimcal.ac.in> Date: Thursday, March 28, 2013 1:24 pm Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] kindly mail 2 forum members To: "Dr. Rama K C Patro" <rkcpatro(a)iimtobu.ac.in> Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Dear All: > > May I request you, who are trying to take out data from Libsys, > to let us > know which version of Libsys are you currently using? > > Sincerely, > -- > Swati Bhattacharyya > Librarian > Indian Institute of Management Calcutta > Joka, Diamond Harbor Road > Kolkata - 700104 > Ph: +91-33-2467-8300/01 (extn: O:416; R: 106) > > > Dear Dr. Manjunath > > > > I Agree with you,but not now. Like Dr. Pradeep I alos face the same > > problem > > with libsys, They are charging 1lac for conversion of 10k > data. Secondly > > there are also so many library professionals (Worked with > libsys) to whom > > I > > know, they can come volunterly and share their knowledge among > others if > > any > > body organise training they may help, but those who have an > urgency pl > > circulate a note/procedure/guideline form your side how to > convert? So > > that > > they will go ahead. > > Regards > > Dr. R K Ch Patro, Librarian > > Institute for International Management & Technology (IIMT) > > Gurgoan > > 0124-4787111 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of > Rajesh Bhardwaj > > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 3:59 PM > > To: gkm(a)igidr.ac.in > > Cc: lis-forum > > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] kindly mail 2 forum members > > > > Dear Dr. Manjunath, > > This is really a good subject to discuss, If you can help / guide > > professionals through this forum about importing the data from > libsys to > > Excel or other CCF.It would really helpful to all. Organising > a training / > > workshop would take lot of time, which is the next step of > discussion.> Regards > > Rajesh Kumar > > FORE School of Management New Delhi. > > > > On 25 March 2013 10:14, Pardeep Rai <raipardeep(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> From: G.K.MANJUNATH <gkm(a)igidr.ac.in> > >> Date: 23 March 2013 07:14 > >> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] kindly mail 2 forum members > >> To: Pardeep Rai <raipardeep(a)gmail.com> > >> > >> > >> > >> You need to attend or organise at least two days workshop at > your place > >> regarding criteria for selecting library software, software > management>> and > >> data coversion. > >> > >> Bibliographic data, in fact, from libsys can be converted to CCF, > >> MARC21, > >> Excel etc. It all depends on the features you opted for > at the time of > >> signing license agreement with Libsys or with any other software > >> vendors. > >> > >> Most important, you have not mentioned your affiliation ( > place of work > >> ) > >> in your email. > >> > >> Dr,G.K.Manjunath > >> Chief Librarian > >> Indira Gandhi Inst of > Development Research > >> Film City Road > >> Santosh Nagar > >> Goregaon(East ) > >> MUMBAI - 400 065 > >> > >> Phone: 022-28416528 > >> > >> > >> > >> On Fri, 22 Mar 2013, Pardeep Rai wrote: > >> > >> Dear Friends > >>> I would like to share a common issue raised by many professional > >>> colleagues > >>> who are using the Libsys software. If any library wish to > migrate from > >>> libsys to another LMS or ERP. This is really a very > difficult task, > >>> because, libsys software does not support in exporting data > into other > >>> common communication format (CCF) such Oracle or MySQL, etc. > and libsys > >>> people does not cooperate at all. > >>> > >>> Those professionals who have migrated from libsys to another > LMS or ERP > >>> can > >>> help in this case. > >>> > >>> They are requested to share their experience, how, by > which ways and > >>> means > >>> they have fetched the data from libsys. Please share > how the data be > >>> can > >>> be imported into Excel, Oracle or MySQL, etc. > >>> This will help many professionals who are floating in such > >>> circumstances. > >>> regards > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> - > >>> > >>> *Thanks & Regards* > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> *Dr.Pardeep Rai ** * > >>> > >>> -- > >>> This message has been scanned for viruses and > >>> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > >>> believed to be clean. > >>> > >>>

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LIS Research in India - please help me to update the data from 2010 and onwards
by Manjunath K 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Dear LIS Professionals who have been awarded PhD during 2010 and onwards, I am updating the databank of bibliographic details of LIS Doctoral Dissertations awarded by Indian Universities. I have already compiled the data from INFLIBNET, Vidyanidhi and University news. I am keeping track of each issue of University News for new entries on LIS research. Still I feel, Many universities may not submit research data to AIU for publication in Univ. News. As a result, I feel the datasheet compiled by me is incomplete. Those of you who have been awarded PhD during 2010 and onwards, please spare some time to provide the data through the below linked simple questionnaire designed for the purpose. I need your full cooperation to compile the comprehensive databank. The consolidated data is for the benefit of our professional colleagues and will be shared with them. I have already uploaded my articles on LIS Research on web and many of our LIS professionals are keep accessing them. Happy to note that I get alerts almost daily on usage of these articles by our professionals. Further, I am sending the data to researchers who are requesting the data. I need your cooperation to update the datasheet from 2010. Be assured the compiled data will be shared with professionals. This survey takes just two minutes for you to response as it is asking minimum info. CLICK THE BELOW LINK TO RESPOND TO SURVEY. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&key=0AscurxFcDK… [IF LINK IS NOT WORKING, COPY THE LINK AND PASTE IT ON YOUR BROWSER]. If you have trouble viewing or submitting online survey form, you can fill your information in the below mentioned format. 1. Name of Researcher : 2. Title of the Thesis : 3. Name of Research Guide: [pl Write name of your Research Guide] 4. Name of University and its Place : [Pl write name of Univ that awarded you PhD, place] 5. Year of PhD Award [pl write year of PhD awarded (not the year submitted)] 6. Keywords: [pl write two or three Keywords that represent your thesis] with regards, Yours sincerely, Manjunatha ______________ Dr. Manjunatha K Chief Librarian T.A. Pai Management Institute |PB No. 9|Manipal - 576 104|Udupi Dist., Karnataka, India Ph: +91820-2701105| Fax: +91-0820-2570699 manjunath(a)tapmi.edu.in| manjunathak(a)gmail.com |http://www.manjunathakeralapura.weebly.com/ ______________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NACLIN 2013 at MNIT Jaipur from December 10-12, 2013
by Dr Sangeeta Kaul 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

DELNET - Developing Library Network & Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur NACLIN 2013 16th National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking December 10-12, 2013 Theme :Emerging Technologies and Innovations in Library Practices Venue : Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur The National Convention is scheduled for three days. The first day is exclusively designed for conducting tutorials by the experts on the topic: 1. Research Methodology and Writing Skills The next two days will focus on the theme of the National Convention: “Emerging Technologies and Innovations in Library Practices”. The theme is divided into several sub-themes. Some of the sub-themes are: Emerging Digital Technologies; Digital Library Practices; Managing Web Resources; Library Networking and Consortia; Library Services and Users Needs; Copyright and IPR; Human Resources Management; Information Services for Public and Knowledge Society.The detailed brochure is available at www.naclin.org You are welcome to contribute original papers for presentation at the National Convention on the above sub-themes or related themes. The papers should preferably be based on research, survey, case studies or action plans. Send papers to Dr. H. K. Kaul, Director, DELNET, JNU Campus, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070, Email : hkkaul(a)gmail.com, Tel : 011-26742222 Last date for receipt of full paper: November 1, 2013 Participation Fee India/SAARC Countries: DELNET Members-Libraries Rs 2,500/- per delegate Participants from Rajasthan including members Rs 2,000/- per delegate DELNET Non-Members from outside Rajasthan Rs3,500/- per delegate Students Rs 1,500/- per delegate (Regular LISc, Certificate from HOD is a must) Non-SAARC Countries: DELNET Members Libraries US $150 per delegate Non-Members US $250 per delegate For details write to: Mr. Deep Singh Organising Secretary NACLIN 2013 & Librarian, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg Jaipur-302017 Rajasthan Tel: 91-141-2713302 Mob: 09001440442 Email: nishants97(a)gmail.com Dr. Sangeeta Kaul Co-Organising Secretary, NACLIN 2013 & Network Manager, DELNET-Developing Library Network J. N. U. Campus, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070, India Tel: 91-11-26742222, 26741266 Mob: 09810329992 Email: sangskaul2003(a)yahoo.co.in, sangs(a)delnet.ren.nic.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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PhD award details of Dr.T M Vasudevan and Dr.Mehaboobullha
by !!!!!.....any...wht i can do?......!!!!!! 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

*Dear professionals,* Here I have a great news to you all that Dr. T M VASUDEVAN, Head of the Library & Information Science Department, Calicut University (His study entitled Information literacy among research scholars in Kerala)and Dr.MEHABOOBULLAH K University library, Kerala University (His study entitled "Impact of ICTin information seeking and enrichment of researchers in Universities in Kerala) have gained their PhD Degree. So lets put our hands together to congratulate them with immense pleasure. REGARDS TO OUR BELOVED TEACHER, Dr.JALAJA V. FOR COMMING OUT IN FLYING COLOURS WITH 10 PhD SCHOLARS UNDER HER GUIDANCE. May God bless them with flowers of goodness in their whole life. Vahida Beegam.T Research Scholar Calicut University vahooo822(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] kindly mail 2 forum members
by Rajesh Bhardwaj 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

Dear Dr. Manjunath, This is really a good subject to discuss, If you can help / guide professionals through this forum about importing the data from libsys to Excel or other CCF.It would really helpful to all. Organising a training / workshop would take lot of time, which is the next step of discussion. Regards Rajesh Kumar FORE School of Management New Delhi. On 25 March 2013 10:14, Pardeep Rai <raipardeep(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: G.K.MANJUNATH <gkm(a)igidr.ac.in> > Date: 23 March 2013 07:14 > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] kindly mail 2 forum members > To: Pardeep Rai <raipardeep(a)gmail.com> > > > > You need to attend or organise at least two days workshop at your place > regarding criteria for selecting library software, software management and > data coversion. > > Bibliographic data, in fact, from libsys can be converted to CCF, MARC21, > Excel etc. It all depends on the features you opted for at the time of > signing license agreement with Libsys or with any other software vendors. > > Most important, you have not mentioned your affiliation ( place of work ) > in your email. > > Dr,G.K.Manjunath > Chief Librarian > Indira Gandhi Inst of Development Research > Film City Road > Santosh Nagar > Goregaon(East ) > MUMBAI - 400 065 > > Phone: 022-28416528 > > > > On Fri, 22 Mar 2013, Pardeep Rai wrote: > > Dear Friends >> I would like to share a common issue raised by many professional >> colleagues >> who are using the Libsys software. If any library wish to migrate from >> libsys to another LMS or ERP. This is really a very difficult task, >> because, libsys software does not support in exporting data into other >> common communication format (CCF) such Oracle or MySQL, etc. and libsys >> people does not cooperate at all. >> >> Those professionals who have migrated from libsys to another LMS or ERP >> can >> help in this case. >> >> They are requested to share their experience, how, by which ways and >> means >> they have fetched the data from libsys. Please share how the data be can >> be imported into Excel, Oracle or MySQL, etc. >> This will help many professionals who are floating in such circumstances. >> regards >> >> -- >> >> - >> >> *Thanks & Regards* >> >> >> >> >> >> *Dr.Pardeep Rai ** * >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. >> >>

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Japanese dissertations go open access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

Japanese dissertations go open access By Yao Chen on March 4, 2013 12:46 PM | No TrackBacks Effective on April 2013, all doctoral dissertations approved by Japanese universities are to be publicly available via Internet. Updates will be provided later when details are released. Dissertation modification summary (in Japanese) Flowchart of the open access process (in Japanese) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NIFTEM Knowledge Centre (NKC) at a Glance
by Nihar Patra 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

ABOUT NIFTEM National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) was conceptualized by Government of India on persistent demand of the food industry to have an Apex Organization as a One Stop Solution Provider for the various problems of the sector. Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Government of India, has set up this institute with an initial investment of about Rs 500 crore (US $100 million). The Institute is spread over an area of 100 acre at a prime location in close proximity of North Delhi – Haryana border on NH-1. The Institute intends to act as an international centre of excellence in the area of Food Technology and Management. NIFTEM has been recognized as a Deemed to be University under De-novo Category by Ministry of Human Resource Development under University Grants Commission Act, 1956. A multi-level five storey 5474.29 Sqmt State-of-the-Art NIFTEM Knowledge Centre (Library) is housed in aesthetically designed boat shaped signature building of the NIFTEM campus. NIFTEM’s mandate is to work as Sector Promotion Organization & Business Promotion Organization of the food processing sector. Major objectives of the NIFTEM are- One Stop Solution Provider ! Skill & Entrepreneurship Development ! Facilitating business incubation services with its ultra modern pilot plants ! Conducting Frontier Area Research ! Developing world class managerial talent ! Knowledge repository ! Up-gradation of SME Clusters ! Promoting cooperation and networking The Major initiatives have been taken in the NIFTEM Knowledge Centre (NKC) within one and half year are: Ø Equipped with 3M’s EM-RFID for security system and self issue/return, automatic inventory control etc Ø VTLS-Virtua’s Integrated Library Management for Library Automation. Ø Discovery service for single search Ø Collection of over 18 online databases/e-journals packages, 3000 e-books, 9000 e-journals, 10,000 print books, 180 print periodicals, 200 CD-ROMs/DVDs, , 600 ISO standards on Food Technology and allied subjects Ø Developed NKC portal Ø Research and Reference Service, Database Access & Retrieval, Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC), Ø Institutional Repository NIHAR K PATRA NIFTEM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for Assistant Librarian
by helplibrary 01 Apr '13

01 Apr '13

Applications are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian at Health Education Library for People, CST, Mumbai The candidate should possess excellent communication and administrative skills and should be able to get along well with people. Freshers may apply.*Candidates from Mumbai* only please apply. Interested candidates may apply with full details of their Educational Qualification/Experience and post applied for to helplibrary(a)gmail.com Ms.Anjoo Chandiramani, Health Education Library for People, 206, Dr.D.N.Road, Gr.Floor, Near New Excelsior Building, CST, Mumbai - 400 001. <http://www.giveindia.org/Donatefromigivepage.aspx> <http://www.doctorslibrary.in/> Health Education Library for People, 206, Dr.D.N.Road, National Insurance Building, Gr Floor, Fort, Mumbai - 400 001. Tel Nos.65952394/22061101 www.healthlibrary.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DLINE Journals Research Award for Third World LIS Professionals
by Saba Bama 01 Apr '13

01 Apr '13

DLINE Research Award 2013 in Library & Information Science Research (http://www.dline.info/index.php/research-award-for-lis) About the Award DLINE Incorporation, UK and India, the publisher of the collection of international journals in Science and Technology, and the Society for Information Organization in UK seek potential research projects with sound themes for the 2013 DLINE Outstanding Research Awards. Award-winning entries will receive a cash prize of $500 (or currency equivalent), a certificate, a winners' logo to attach to correspondence and the opportunity of publication in the DLINE journal - either as a full paper or a short paper. The DLINE Award recognizes library and information science researchers who have made extensive and innovative contribution in the library and information science domain. Two prizes will be awarded in 2013. Eligibility Library and Information Professionals from Third world countries who are currently employed in any recognised library are eligible to apply. There is no age limit to the award. Submissions must be related to the library and information science domain research. Both individuals and project teams may submit an application. Any awards to project team submissions will be divided equally among the members. Each project team may submit only one paper/project per award. Applicants must agree to have winning proposal featured on the library website and archived in the DLINE Repository. Application Deadline The application deadline will be April 30, 2013. Proposals should be submitted by email to edprocess at dline.info Application Process An application consists of the following: A proposal (maximum of 1000 words) which describes in detail the research strategy and the plan to do a piece of research (in any format). The proposals should be descriptive about the method the applicants like to use in the research process. Proposals for theoretical and survey research are strongly discouraged. The proposals should reflect innovativeness and methodological increments. Proposals can be submitted by email to edprocess at dline.info The Content of the Proposal The proposal should clearly provide the aim and scope of the research including the description of the method, purpose, experiments, outcome and how the results will contribute to the domain. The proposals with theory or case studies are not supported in the award. The proposal need not at provide any data, but indicate what types of data will be given in the paper. The authors of the selected proposals will be asked to submit the final research study in the form of a full paper. Hence the proposal can be more descriptive but without any data or analysis. Evaluation Criteria The selection of the winner(s) of the award will be based primarily on the reviewers’ evaluation of how well the proposal demonstrates the following criteria: Extensive and innovative plan in library and information science domain. Evidence of significance in the research plan and inquiry that shows the strategy for the future. Language and presentation Originality in themes For questions about the DLINE Research Award, contact edprocess at dline.info with the mail addressed to Dr. Simon Fong ----------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution ?
by Vasanth 30 Mar '13

30 Mar '13

Dear Sir/Madam, Plagiarism has become widespread in Indian academic environment like never before. Because of the technological advancement we are in a position to track the act of plagiarism easily but the administrative wing of the academic institutions in universities have failed to take action when there is ample evidence of act of plagiarism. In the recent past, many of the professors in institutes of higher learning who have found guilty of plagiarism have promoted to the highest position of the office of higher learning. There is no punishment for plagiarism in India. One can easily escape without any punishment for the act of copying others work. This is the precise reason why there is lot of incidents of plagiarism in Indian academic environment. LIS profession is no different to this trend. Let me mention one such incident of plagiarism in LIS domain. The only reason for taking this example is, because this particular paper is available in public domain. Plagiarized version Title of the article : Use and awareness of Internet at education colleges of Gadag City, Karnataka: A case study Journal : SRELS Journal of Information Management Volume and Issue: 49 (3) Year: 2012 Pages: 325-330 Abstract of the 2012 version of the article: This study is aimed at the Internet use and its impact among the education colleges of Gadag city. Structured questionnaire was designed to collect data. Out of 100 questionnaires, 90 filled in questionnaires were received back. The survey found out that, 98.89% of the total respondents use Internet only for e-mail facility, 94.44% respondents are using Google as the favorite search engine for accessing information, and 52.22% were not satisfied with the printing facilities available in their respective colleges. The study also highlights the suggestions made by the faculty and the students Title of the article from which the above authors have copied the article Title of the article : Use of Internet in engineering colleges of three districts of Karnataka State: A study Journal : ILA Bulletin Volume and Issue: 43 (1) Year: 2007 Pages: 13-19 Abstract of the 2007 version of the article: This study is aimed at the Internet use and its impact among the engineering colleges of Mysore, Hassan and Mandya districts. Structured questionnaire were designed to collect the data. Out of 100 questionnaires 90 filled in questionnaires were received back The survey found out that, 92.22% of the total respondents use Internet only for e-mail, 86.66% respondents are using Google as the favorite search engine for accessing information and 53.33% were not satisfied with the printing and down loading facilities available in their respective colleges. The study also highlights the suggestions made by the faculty and the students of the respective engineering colleges. It was surprised that the authors have copied even the references as it is without any changes. Content is completely identical. Only changes they made to the article was the user response rate wherever it is needed. There is no reward for hard work in today's society especially in India. Those who have the power and money move up to the ladder no matter what their academic credentials are. ------------------------- 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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Maintaining basic standards in publishing Government of India and state government documents
by atanu 30 Mar '13

30 Mar '13

Dear Colleagues, It is heartening to see that the government librarians from central and state governments advocating for open access to literature. Open access is not only about making the electronic copy of the literature available in public domain without charge and restrictions, it is also about making the literature discoverable by using basic metadata in publications. While doing literature review, I have encountered with numerous literature published by various agencies within Government of India and state governments without even basic metadata. There are some literature without even an identifiable title. Almost 50 percent documents do not have a publication date and no document has a mention of publication place, publisher, suggestion citation, not to mention standard book numbers (e.g. ISBN). Worse still, publishers do not seem to follow any guidelines in creating file formats. Hosting URLs change very often making citations untraceable within few months. NIC and DEITY are leading developing so many standards in the field of e-Government, eHealth, and other fields. Government information managers should be able implement at least basic bibliographic standards, adhere to procedure for publications, and making IRs hosting government publications. It seems that National Library and archive have already given up on this. It is recommended to set up a technical committee to come up with appropriate recommendations, implementation guidelines, and technical support to the line ministries/ government agencies to improve the situation. With best, Atanu ------------------------------------------------------ Atanu Garai OMEGA Technical Assistance Support Team IPE Global State Institute of Rural Development Campus OMEGA Cell, Ground Floor, Near Stewart School, Unit-8 Bhubaneswar – 751012, India T+ 91.674.6511.307 | F: + 91.674.256.2529 www.ipeglobal.com ------------------------------------------------------ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 28 Mar '13

28 Mar '13

Dear professional colleagues Vasanth Raju's mail bringning to our notice about two articles copied was never a surprise to me. He has only brought to the notice of us the tip of huge ice berg. How many of us know about the entire PhD theses being copied as such to get degrees.I saw a question from Prof Mallinath Kumbar also."Is there a solution for the prevalent practice of plagiarism. Yes, there are several solutions. 1. Take corrective measures at the beginning itself by putting the write ups of students for plagiarism check. Several platforms are available for this like turn it in. Remove the student from the rolls as soon as he is found doing it.2. Journal / Seminar editors should see that the articles are reviewed and plagiarism checked. If found plagiarized see that the authors are black listed. Last two CALIBER (2011/2013) volumes are tried under plagiarism checker and seen that only good articles get published in them3. The important responsibility rests with the teaching community in ! LIS Schools. During research Methodology classes teach them about writing and data analyzing aspects  and more about the menace of Plagiarism. Before we get into deep troubles let us join hands together to avoid this menace embrace our profession. Egos should not play here. 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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Congratulations to Dr. T M Vasudevan (Syamili)
by Syamili C 27 Mar '13

27 Mar '13

Dear Professionals, It was great pleasure to hear that our beloved teacher Dr. T M Vasudevan, Head of the Library & Information Science Department, Calicut University has gained PhD. Degree. His study entitled “Information literacy of research scholars of universities in Kerala”. Behalf of the entire students of the department, I congratulate you for such a remarkable success. Accept our heartiest congratulations. Syamili C. Dept. of Library & Information Science Calicut 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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Order Reserved on UGC’s Plea on UGC June, 2012 NET Examination
by Punith S 27 Mar '13

27 Mar '13

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/order-reserved-on-ugcs-ple… A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday reserved its order on an appeal filed by the UGC against a single judge’s verdict quashing the new qualifying criteria prescribed by the UGC in the National Eligibility Test for lectureships. The Bench comprising Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice K.Vinod Chandran reserved the order after the conclusion of arguments on the appeals. The single judge had held that the UGC regulations did not confer any right on the UGC to fix a high mark after holding of the NET. Nor such criteria could be introduced through regulation just before the announcement of the results by executive orders. The introduction of the new criteria was not supported by the law, the single judge had held. As per the new criteria, candidates in the general category who had scored an aggregate of 65 per cent for all the three papers would be eligible to lectureship while the OBC candidates need 60 per cent and the marks for candidates in the SC/ST category was 55 per cent. The single judge had also declared that the petitioners who had obtained separate minimum marks prescribed in the UGC notification had cleared the NET .The court had ordered that they should be given the necessary certificates in a month. In its appeal, the UGC contended that the High Court had no right to make a declaration regarding the result of the test. It had been clearly stated in the original notification that candidates should obtain the minimum required marks in each paper separately. It had also been said that the qualifying criteria for Junior Research Fellowship and eligibility for lectureship would be decided by the UGC before the declaration of results. It was the moderation committee appointed by the UGC comprising senior academicians who had recommended that the general, OBC (non-creamy layer) and the SC/ST candidates would be required to obtain an aggregate percentage of 65, 60 and 55 respectively in addition to the paper-wise minimum percentage as qualifying criteria. The notification had clearly said that the final cut-off shall be decided by the commission before the declaration of results. The single judge’s ruling would only affect the standard of education. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for a librarian post in a leading MNC - Mumbai
by smrithi gopal 26 Mar '13

26 Mar '13

Hi Moderator, Request you to post this in LIS forum. One of the leading MNC is looking for library professionals who can manage the Information Resource Centre independently. He/she should be extrovert, diligent and able to handle the user queries effectively. Strong verbal and written communication with knowledge of MS-Office is mandatory. *Location:** **Mumbai* * * *Designation:** **Associate** (**Information Services)*** Experience on Library in-house operations -- circulation, acquisition, cataloguing, resource sharing. Working knowledge in any library automation software, e-resources and databases with prior experience in handling the day-to-day library activates can apply. Please find the below details to apply for this position: * * 1. Excellent communication skills 2. Regular B.L.I.Sc / M.L.I.Sc / M.Sc (Information Science) from any recognized university 3. He/she should have minimum one year of relevant experience. 4. Local candidate is preferable. Kindly email your updated resume to *s**mrithi.gopal(a)gmail.com<smrithi.gopal(a)gmail.com> * Last date to apply for this position is on or before *28th March 2013* ** Thanks and regards, Smrithi G ** -- 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 Assistant, Assistant Librarian & Librarian
by kumar kum 26 Mar '13

26 Mar '13

Dear Sir, Plese drop this mail into LIS -forum immediately. SGR Group of Institutions,Marathahalli,Bangalore -560037 running Dental,Polytechnic and Nursing Colleges and required the below mentioned staff for their group of Institutions. Library Assistant - 02 (DLISC) Assistant Librarian - 02 (BLISC.MLISC) Librarian - 02(MLISC,M.Phil,PGDLAN,Hardware & Networking) Salary based on Qualification and Experience . Selected Candidates should be ready to join immediately. Send your Resumes to ravikb78(a)gmail.com immediately. Contact for further information Mr.Ravi.K.B Chief Librarian, SGR Institutions, Munnekolala, SGR College Road, Maratha Halli - 560 037 Mobile: 9902692643 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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VACANCIES IN LIBRARY- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, UTTARAKHAND
by Paramjit Singh 26 Mar '13

26 Mar '13

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UGC NET DEC-2012
by Avijit Dutta 26 Mar '13

26 Mar '13

Dear professionals, Result of UGC NET DEC-2012 has been declared on 25th March 2013. To view the result please log on to http://www.ugcnetonline.in/Result_december2012.pdf Avijit Avijit Dutta Librarian Midnapore College Midnapore - 721 101 Mobile : +919474760116 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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