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Availability of Reports on LIS
by Ashis Biswas 01 Aug '12

01 Aug '12

Respected Sir/Madam, Would you kindly help me to know the availability of following reports? Libraries of Kolkata do not possess these reports. - *Review Committee (1965)/ UGC-Ranganathan (on LIS Education) ..................... **"the most important one for my research work"* - *UGC Panel on Library Science (1977) / UGC Library Committee (1985)* - *Committe for Rationalization of Course in Library Science (1975)/ Govt. of India* - *CDC (1990)/ UGC - P. N. Kaula * Please Sir/Madam, you spend some of your valuable time to inform me the availability of those reports in India. I eagerly awaiting your positive reply. Regards, Ashis Biswas Research Scholar, DLIS, C.U. -- trdyt -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need articles
by Mahesh *Y* 01 Aug '12

01 Aug '12

Dear Professionals, One of my faculty members need this article for his research work . If any one send me the below articles. 1. Gbest-guided Artificial Chemical Reaction Algorithm for global numerical optimization, Volume 24<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18777058/24>, 2011, Pages 197–201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2011.11.2626 2. ACROA: Artificial Chemical Reaction Optimization Algorithm for global optimization, Volume 38, Issue 10<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09574174/38/10>, 15 September 2011, Pages 13170–13180 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2011.04.126 3. Chemical-reaction optimization for flexible job-shop scheduling problems with maintenance activity Volume 12, Issue 9<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/15684946/12/9>, September 2012, Pages 2896–2912 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568494612001950 4. The optimisation of reaction rate parameters for chemical kinetic modelling of combustion using genetic algorithms Volume 190, Issues 8–10<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00457825/190/8>, 24 November 2000, Pages 1065–1090 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045782599004661 *With Regards* ** * Mahesh. Y Librarian, Shri Pillappa College of Engineering, Eranna Education Trust Bangalore-89. * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SAARC Conference at BIMTECH
by Anil Singh 01 Aug '12

01 Aug '12

Dear Professional Colleague, I am glad to inform you that Birla Institute of Management Technology ( BIMTECH), Greater Noida in association with the SAARC Documentation Centre, New Delhi, is going to organize “SAARC Conference for Library & Information Professionals” during 01st to 02nd, December 2012. The venue will be BIMTECH Campus, Greater Noida. We request you to please participate in the conference and make it grand success. We also hereby announce a ‘call for paper’ from you and others to be presented on the conference theme during the conference proceedings, which will also be brought out in a publication. For more details and brochure, please refer to this website http://bimtech.ac.in/images/data/SAARC_Conf-1.pdf Hoping to see you at the conference. Kind regards and best wishes. Yours truly, -- Dr. Rishi Tiwari Librarian Birla Institute of Management Technology(BIMTECH) Plot No.5, Knowledge Park-II Greater Noida(NCR) U.P.-201306 Mob.:09810583623 Off.:0120-2323001-10(Extn.400,401) www.bimtech.ac.in E-mail: rishi.tiwari(a)bimtech.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for full text article
by Mahesh Moolya 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

Dear Professionals, If any library holds below mentioned article. Please send me. Development of a Contemporary Animal Model of Candida albicans-Associated Denture Stomatitis Using a Novel Intraoral Denture System Infection and Immunity. May 2012; 80:1736-1743p; published ahead of print 5 March 2012, -- 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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article request
by monisha mishra 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

Dear Professionals Does the below mentioned article available with u all? if yes, send me please the fulltext. Inverse relationship between oil content and specific gravity of groundnut kernels (pages 231–234) Jitendra B Misra, Sushil K Yadav and Sheela Chauhan Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture Volume 61, Issue 2, Article first published online: 19 SEP 2006 | DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2740610215 -- Monisha Mishra Librarian Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar Orissa -- 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 Mamtha's Gmail 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

Dear friends, I would be very thankful, if the fulltext of the following article could be sent, if accessible to any of you. It is required by one of our faculty members for his research. 1. A fish bone in the tongue: A report of a case<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0915699210000099> Yoshiki Nariai, Chie Yanai, Seiji Kondo, Hiroaki Ishibashi, Masayoshi Egawa, Hajime Kitagaki, Joji Sekine * * *Asian Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Volume 22, Issue 1, (July 2010) **Pages 30-32** * - *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 Paper
by Arup Raychaudhury 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

I need the following paper: Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization Volume 46, Number 2 (2012), 239-259, DOI: 10.1007/s00158-011-0729-5 A modified NBI and NC method for the solution of N-multiobjective optimization problems Renato de S. Motta, Silvana M. B. Afonso and Paulo R. M. Lyra -- Arup Raychaudhury Indian Statistical Institute 203 BT Road Kolkata 700108. INDIA Phone: 91-33-2575-2106 Fax: 91-33-2578-1412 This mail is scanned by Ironport -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Openings for Information Management Trainee, NIFT, Hyderabad
by anand bandi 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

Dear Moderator, Kindly post the write-up on LIS Forum for the benefit of the aspired candidates. The National Institute of Fashion Technology, Govt.of India, looking for fresh MLISc Candidates as Information Management Trainees to give them an opportunity to expose to LIS activities in a fully automated environment. Candidates should be fluent in English language having computer Knowledge is minimum expectations. Such selected candidates will be paid a stipend of Rs 10000=00 per month for a period of one year. On successful completion of their Traineeship, the Candidates will be awarded with NIFT Certificate which will be a stepping stone for those who aspire to be a successful Professionals in their Carrier. Fresh Post Graduates who attended the regular programme from the Universities may submit their respective CV to the undersigned latest by 17th August 2012. Dr.A.N.Bandi, Head, Resource Centre, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Madhapur Opp.Hi-Tech City, Cyberabad, Hyderabad-500 081 040-23110827 Mobile : 09892192799 e-mail: anb321in(a)yahoo.co.in website:www.nift.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UDC Update Session @ IFLA (Helsinki)
by Aida Slavic 30 Jul '12

30 Jul '12

Hi, Colleagues attending IFLA in Helsinki are invited to join us at our regular Universal Decimal Classification Update meeting at IFLA which will take place on Sunday, 12th August, *12:15-13:45 *in Room 206. Members of the UDC Editorial team and UDC Consortium will give a short presentation about current UDC developments, new translations and editions and plans for new services. UDC users and publishers are invited to join us and contribute with questions and suggestions. Read the UDC Newsletter 2012 at: http://www.udcc.org/files/UDCNewsletter2012_IFLA_edition.pdf Regards -- --- Dr Aida Slavic Editor-in-Chief, UDC UDC Consortium The Hague, The Netherlands Email:aida.slavic@udcc.org Web:http://www.udcc.org Blog:http://universaldecimalclassification.blogspot.com/ Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/UDCC Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/pages/UDC-Consortium/317530649451 Linked In:http://www.linkedin.com/company/383049 ______________________ --> Multilingual UDC Summary:http://www.udcc.org/udcsummary/php/index.php --> Proceedings: Classification& Ontology:http://seminar.udcc.org/2011/index.htm The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) is the world's foremost multilingual classification scheme for all fields of knowledge, a sophisticated indexing and retrieval tool ______________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation
by SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE 30 Jul '12

30 Jul '12

** *Dear Moderator :* *Kindly announce the following invitation to the benefit of the lis-forum members.* ** *Yours truly,* *K.N. Prasad* *Executive Officer* *Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science* *702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010.* ** ** ********* *University of Mysore, Mysore* *in association with* International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO) (India Chapter) Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), Bangalore *cordially invite you to the** * INAUGURAL FUNCTION *of the* *12TH INTERNATIONAL ISKO CONFERENCE (6-9 August 2012)* *on* *6th August 2012 *at* 4.45 p.m.* PROF. H.P. KHINCHA Chairperson, Innovation Council, Govt. of Karnataka, Bangalore *inaugurates* PROF. RICHARD P. SMIRAGLIA *delivers Keynote Address* PROF. V.G. TALAWAR Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore, Mysore *presides* Venue: *Rani Bahadur* *Auditorium,* *Bahadur Institute of Management Sciences, University of Mysore, Hunsur Road, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006* RSVP: Dr. K.S. Raghavan: 09448041026 Dr. N.S. Harinarayana: 09741533380 Dr. K.N. Prasad: 09880529534 ** ** ** ** *PROGRAMME* *Lighting the Lamp* *Invocation* *Welcome Address* : Prof. A. Neelameghan *About ISKO *: Mr. Peter Ohly** *Inaugural Address* : Prof. H.P. Khincha *Keynote Address* : Prof. Richard P. Smiraglia *President’s Address* & *Release of Book* – Cultural Frames of Knowledge Ed. by Richard P. Smiraglia and Hur-Li Lee : Prof. V.G. Talawar *Vote of Thanks* : Prof. K.S. Raghavan -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Three Days National workshop on KOHA, D-SPACE, JOOMLA
by thimmappa naik 30 Jul '12

30 Jul '12

Dear All, Aishwarya Institute of Management Studies and Research is organizing a Three Day National Workshop on “Koha (an Integrated Library Management Software for Automation and Networking), D-space (an open source repository software package) and Joomla (A Content Management System)during 18-20 August 2012 in the Institution, Bangalore, Karnataka. Ø Objectives of the Workshop: 1. To create awareness among the library and information professionals about DSpace, Koha and Joomla. 2. To train and make comfort the existing library professionals in designing library automation, creation of Institutional Repository and design & manage the content using Joomla Course Modules: v Open Source Software v Installation of Ubuntu v Koha 3.8 live CD installation v Hands on Koha Modules - Acquisition, Circulations, OPAC v Bibliographic & Metadata Standards - MARC21, Dublin Core, Z39.50, OAI-PMH v Centos- 6 (Community Enterprise Operating System) v Dspace 1.83, Customization, Hands on experience v JOOMLA (Content Management Software) Resource Persons: Dr. M. Krishnamurthy DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore-560056 Dr. Ramesha, Associate Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science Bangalore University, Jnanabharathi, Bangalore-560056 Targeted Group: Working Library and Information Science Professionals and Students in LIS. Maximum intake: 50 participants (on first come first serve basis) Date: 18-20 September 2012 Venue: Aishwarya Institute of Management Studies and Research Opp. Bangalore University Staff Quarters, Mysore- Magadi Ring Road Jnanaganganagar, Bangalore-560056 How to reach ?: Site Map Course Fee: Rs 2000/-(includes Course materials, refreshment and lunch) The amount shall be drawn as DD, in favour “Organizing Secretary/ Librarian, Aishwarya Institute of Management Studies and Research, payable at Bangalore Travel and Accommodation: The participants have to make their own arrangements for travel and Accommodation at a nominal cost could be arranged for a limited number of outside participants on first-come-first served basis in the college hostel situated in the campus Registration: The Application form may be downloaded from the Institutions website, from the below given link, Registration Form & Broucher. Address for Communication: The applications for Registration should reach the following address on or before 15 August 2012. Mr. Kirana Kumar. D Asst. Librarian, Aishwarya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Jnanaganganagar, Bangalore-560056 Email: kirankumar.3044(a)gmail.com Mob: 07204391535, 080-23240240 regards, Thimmappa N. MLISc, PGDHL PRDC, Bengaluru thimmappa03(a)yahoo.com/ softeyest(a)gmail.com "The Illiterate of the present is not one who cannot read & write, but the one who cannot learn, unlearn, relearn” "Read an eBook, Save a Tree; Buy an eBook Reader, Save a Forest" -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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REGISTRATION CLOSED -- Presentation on “Personality Profiling Using Transactional Analysis Model” 6th Aug 2012
by Mohan HR 30 Jul '12

30 Jul '12

Dear all, The response to attend the proposed presentation on “Personality Profiling Using Transactional Analysis Model” on Monday, 6th Aug 2012 at 5.30 p.m. at Anna University Alumni Centre, Chennai has been overwhelming. As the no. of registrations received as on 30th Jul afternoon has exceeded the hall capacity, we are constrained to CLOSE the registration and compelled TO STOP ACCEPTING further registrations. All those registered till 30th Jul afternoon will be receiving an email acknowledgement. We request them to SHOW THE PRINTOUT of this email acknowledgement at the venue to facilitate attending the pgm. With regards HR Mohan Chairman, IEEE CS http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Rerquest Regarding Book Scanning- Copy Right - reg
by Manimekalai 30 Jul '12

30 Jul '12

Dear Friends, Can any one of you help me please to know about the rules for scanning the books for digitization. methods on how to get permission to scan a book -- Manimekalai -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request
by monisha mishra 30 Jul '12

30 Jul '12

Dear Professionals, Good afternoon. Anybody having access to the fulltext of the below mentioned articles please send. *1) Effects of Incubation and pH on Soil Solution and Exchangeable Cation Ratios* ** Soil Science Society of America Journal (1995) 59:1006-1011 2) Advances in Agronomy Volume 57, Pages ii-xi, 1-488 (1996) *a) Soil Science and Archaeology<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065211308609220> * Pages 1-36,36a,36b,37-76 S.J. Scudder, J.E. Foss, M.E. Collins *b) Phosphate Rocks for Direct Application to Soils<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065211308609232> * Pages 77-159 S.S.S. Rajan, J.H. Watkinson, A.G. Sinclair regards -- *Monisha Mishra* *Librarian Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar Orissa* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: [OKFN-IN] Bangalore meet-up coming soon!
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

From: Laura Newman <laura.newman(a)okfn.org> Subject: [OKFN-IN] Bangalore meet-up coming soon! To: okfn-in(a)lists.okfn.org Date: Friday, 27 July, 2012, 19:45 Hi all, Lucy and I from the Open Knowledge Foundation have arrived in India and are currently having a wonderful time here in Bangalore. We received a warm welcome at the Fifth Elephant conference today, and are really looking forward to meeting more people as our visit continues. In Bangalore, we will be holding a meet-up this Tuesday 31st July at Jaaga (http://jaaga.in/) in partnership with the Bangalore Datameet group. Come along any time from 6pm, and we'll try to get some informal talks underway around 7pm. To give us a rough idea of numbers, please sign up on our meet-up page: http://www.meetup.com/OpenKnowledgeFoundation/Open-Data-Bangalore/727742/ or on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/255179017930454/. For those of you not based in Bangalore, Lucy and I will also hold meet-ups in Bombay (either Monday 6th or Tuesday 7th August) and Delhi (Thursday 9th August). More details of these to follow! We will also be visiting Chennai to take part in the Chennai Open Data Camp. We would love to meet as many of you as possible whilst we are out here. Do come along to a meet-up if you are able to, or drop us a line if you would like to arrange an alternative time to meet! Kind regards, Laura -- Laura Newman Community Coordinator Open Knowledge Foundation http://okfn.org/ Skype: lauranewmanonskype Twitter: @Newmanlk -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ OKFN-IN mailing list OKFN-IN(a)lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-in -- 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 Library and Information Science at Goa University
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

The Academic Staff College, Goa University in collaboration with the Goa University Library is conducting Refresher Course in Library Science from 7th November 2012 to 27th November 2012. Candidates interested to join the course may please apply to the Director, Academic Staff College, Goa University, Goa in the prescribed format available in the website. For further enquiries you may also contact the University Librarian, Goa University. Contact details are given below. Dr Gopakumar VUniversity Librarian Goa University Taleigao Plateau Panaji, Goa PIN 403 206 Phone (Office) 0832 6519012 (Mobile) 09158835495 E-mail: librarian(a)unigoa.ac.in Website: http://library.unigoa.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Please post
by Lata Suresh 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, a registered society functions under the aegis of Ministry of Corporate Affairs to run a number of special training programs in the field of Finance, Business Environment, Corporate Law, Competition Law, Corporate Governance and Public Policy etc. at its Institute at Manesar (Haryana), hereby invites applications for engagement of Library Consultants on Contract basis: Name of the Post Consultant (Library) Educational and other qualifications required Essential : Degree/ Diploma in Library Science from recognised University Desirable: Master’s Degree / Diploma in Library Science from a recognised University or equivalent Experience 2 years’ experience of cataloguing, indexing and related work in a library of standing preferably in PSUs/ Govt. Undertaking/ Educational Institutions -- *Best wishes and regards... ?* LATA SURESH Librarian Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) (Ministry of Corporate Affairs-GOI) P No. 6,7 & 8, Sect 5 IMT Manesar, Distt Gurgaon 122 050 Haryana Mobile: +91 9911126706 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KINDLY CIRCULATE - THANX
by Ragaavendra R 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

Shielding rights, with IPR Intellectual property (IP) refers to any creation of the mind - inventions, literary and artistic works, symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce. IPR is a term that covers patents, trademarks and copyright. The modernisation of IP administrations has been accorded priority by governments across the globe as a strategic response to economic liberalisation and globalisation. IP is divided into two categories: Industrial property, which includes inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs, and geographic indications of source. A patent is an exclusive right granted to an innovator for a fixed period of time when there are claims for protecting the innovation from being copied. Trademarks are related to a name, logo, symbol etc., used by any legal entity, an individual or a business unit to uniquely identify its' products or services. Industrial design can be a shape, configuration or pattern including colours related to visual design of any industrial or consumer product. TO READ COMPLETE SOTRY AND SOURCE LINK: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/266945/shielding-rights-ipr.html Best Regards, Raghvendra R The information contained in this electronic message and in any attachments to this message is confidential, legally privileged and intended only for use by the person or entity to which this electronic message is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify the sender and system manager by return email and delete the message and its attachments and also you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this electronic transmission or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not represent those of the Company or bind the Company. Any commitments made over e-mail are not financially binding on the company unless accompanied or followed by a valid purchase order. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail Scanner, and is believed to be clean. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.jubl.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KINDLY CIRCULATE - THANX
by Ragaavendra R 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

Google introduces handwrite search for mobiles, tablets Google has introduced a new way to search - in mobile with a touch-screen or in a tablet. The new feature enables one to search just by writing on the screen. Typing on a mobile keyboard can be a pain while travelling. Precisely clicking on the letter can be an arduous affair even when we are in a hurry. Google search's new feature does away with the keyboard totally. Once enabled, the user can write anywhere on the screen using the finger or stylus. Google captures what has been written and inserts it on the search bar. In a Blog post on handwrite Rui Ueyama, Software Engineer, says: "Handwrite enables you to search by just writing letters with your finger almost anywhere on your device's screen - there's no keyboard that covers half of the screen and no need for hunt-and-peck typing." To enable handwrite for web search, go to Google.com in the mobile browser, and tap on settings at the bottom, enable handwrite and save the settings. Once the feature is enabled, you can go back and write anywhere on Google's search screen. SOURCE LINK: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/info-tech/article3… Best Regards, Raghvendra R The information contained in this electronic message and in any attachments to this message is confidential, legally privileged and intended only for use by the person or entity to which this electronic message is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify the sender and system manager by return email and delete the message and its attachments and also you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this electronic transmission or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not represent those of the Company or bind the Company. Any commitments made over e-mail are not financially binding on the company unless accompanied or followed by a valid purchase order. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail Scanner, and is believed to be clean. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.jubl.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NACLIN 2012 at MSU, Baroda from November 20-22, 2012
by Dr Sangeeta Kaul 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

Dear Professionals : NACLIN 2012 Brochure can be downloaded from : www.naclin.org or you may write to us to get the print copy of the brochure along with the request letter for participation ========================================================================= NACLIN 2012 15th National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking Jointly Organised by DELNET, New Delhi and Smt Hansa Mehta Library The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara November 20-22, 2012 Theme: Libraries for the Future : Collection, Competencies and Cooperation CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF ITS LIBRARY MOVEMENT IN INDIA The national convention is scheduled for three days. The first day is entirely devoted to conducting tutorial by an expert on the following topic: Koha: An Open Source Library Management Software The next two days will focus on the theme of the National Convention: Libraries for the Future: Collection, Competencies and Cooperation The theme is divided into several sub-themes as detailed below: � Library Movement in India : The 100 Years of Introspection 2012 is the centenary year of the Library Movement in India which was started in 1911 in the princely State of Vadodara by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaikwad II � DELNET : DELNET completes 20 years in 2012. A separate session will be devoted to resources and services of DELNET � Libraries as Learning Spaces Library Services: The New Paradigms Interlibrary Lending and Document Delivery Information Commons and the Libraries � Digital Resources Enhancing User Experience Analysing Digital Reserves Improving Access Multimedia Applications E-books and E-journals Digital Resources: Technologies and Critical Issues Institutional Repositories Consortia for Small Libraries Accessing Internet Resources: Best Practices Open Access Resources � ICT Applications Semantic Web and Ontology Information Delivery Mechanisms Mobile Technology Archiving Devices: Emerging Technologies Open Source Software for Libraries Electronic Publishing Information Mining Technology Trends � Networking Libraries and Knowledge National Virtual Library Virtual Learning Environment Marketing of E-resources � Digital Library Development: Management and Technical Issues Quality Management and Content Analysis Marketing and Promotion of Library Resources and Services Sharing of Digital Resources Archiving Consortia-based Resources Information Retrieval Metadata and Cataloguing : New Approaches � Information Services Collection Development in Indian Languages Information Retrieval in Indian Languages Marketing of Library and Information Services � Libraries and Society Social Networking Role of Libraries in a Knowledge Societ Knowledge Centres for Rural Development � Human Resource Re-inventing the Roles for Library Staff Competencies of Information Professionals New Skills for the New Age Continuing Education fro Professional Development � Copyright Indian Copyright Act: 2012 Amendments and Libraries Licensed Electronic Resources Copyright and Pay-per-view Management Impact of Copyright and IPR on the Free Flow of Knowledge Submission of Papers : Original papers on the above sub-themes or related themes are invited. The papers should be based on research surveys, case studies or action plans. Papers should not normally exceed 5,000 words or 16 double-spaced pages, besides tables, diagrams, etc. Also, each paper should contain an abstract and a keyword list. The abstract should state in about 150 words the sum and substance of the paper and the main conclusions made. Not more than ten key words should be given in alphabetical order, which describe the main issues discussed, empirical investigation, and conclu sions. The paper should also contain the author�s name, title, organisation, address, telephone, fax, and E-mail address. All references should be presented according to the Chicago Manual of Style (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide .html). The following examples are cited from the Manual to ensure that the referencing model is strictly followed. Papers should be typed in the following document setup : 8.5� x 11� page size, 1.25� margins, 12 point Times Roman and double spaced. Papers may be typed as Text, Word or in RTF format. Every paper has to be accompanied by copyright declaration according to the format in the conference website www.naclin.org At least one of the authors listed in the paper must register for NACLIN 2012 within one week after the paper has been accepted for presentation in NACLIN 2012. The completed paper may be sent electronically to hkkaul(a)gmail.com Also a hard copy of the same along with the copyright declaration may be sent to Dr. H. K. Kaul, Director, DELNET, JNU Campus, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Last date for submission of papers: October 10, 2012. Conference Language : The conference language is English. Who Should Attend? Librarians, Professional Library Staff and other Library and Information Science Professionals, Knowledge Seekers, Leaders in Knowledge Industry, Government Officials, Content Management Experts, Information Management Experts, Professional Staff of IT Co mpanies, Industrialists, Technology Managers, Knowledge Officers, Media Experts, Knowledge Centre Managers and Knowledge Managers How to Reach Vadodara : By Air : Vadodara is well-connected by various domestic airlines to Ahmedabad, Delhi, Mumbai, Daman, and Pune. By Rail : Vadodara, a major railway junction is located on the Western Railway and is well-connected with other Indian cities. By Road : State transport buses and private luxury coaches connect Vadodara to various towns and cities of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, and Rajasthan. Places of interest in and around Vadodara: Laxmi Vilas Palace, EME Patel, Aurobindo Ashram, ISCON Temple, Sayaji Museum, Fatesinhrao Museum, Kirti Mandir, Pavagadh Vadodara Weather in November : The weather during November will be pleasant in Vadodara. The maximum and minimum temperature in November is 30�C and 20�C respectively. Accommodation: The accommodation can be arranged in the Budget Hotels by the Organising Secretariat. The charges are Rs 750 per day per person (on double occupancy basis) provided that the payment from the delegate is received by October 15, 2012. Many hotels are av ailable in Vadodara. (for List of Hotels, Kindly visit www.naclin.org) Note: Kindly carry Government of India Approved Photo ID Proof for Room Checking (i.e. Driving License or Election Card or Passport) Participation Fee India/SAARC Countries DELNET Member-Libraries Rs. 2500 Participants from Gujarat Rs. 2000 DELNET Non-Members from outside Gujarat Rs. 3000 Students (Regular LISc, Certficate from HOD is a must) Rs. 1500 NON-SAARC Countries DELNET Member-Libraries US$ 150 Non-Members US$ 250 Additional delegates from the same organisation will be offered 25 per cent discount. Accompanying Person (non-LIS professional, family member): Rs 1000 per person for attending the Convention. Accommodation charges will be extra. Payment Details : Demand Draft may be drawn in favour of �University Librarian, Smt H M Library, Vadodara� and payable at �Vadodara�. For ECS remittance, kindly write to the Organising Secretary for details. Dates to Remember : Last Date for Registration: November 20, 2012 (On-the-spot registration is available) Last Date for Submission of Papers: October 10, 2012 ADDRESS FOR THE COMMUNICATION Registration/Accommodation Submission of Papers Dr. Mayank Trivedi Dr. H.K. Kaul Organising Secretary, NACLIN 2012 Director & Librarian DELNET-Developing Library Network Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda JNU Campus, Nelson Mandela Road Station Road Vasant Kunj Vadodara-390002 New Delhi - 110070 Tel: 0265-2795338, 2780438 Tel.: 91-11-26742222, 26741111 Mobile: 09426952224 Mobile: 09891016667, 09810329992 Fax : 91-265-2786328 Fax: 91-11-26741122 E-mail: libmsu(a)gmail.com E-mail: naclin2012(a)gmail.com hkkaul(a)gmail.com _______________________________________________________________________________ Dr Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 Tel: 91-11-26742222, 26741266 Fax: 91-11-26741122 Email: sangs(a)delnet.ren.nic.in, sangskaul2003(a)yahoo.co.in Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Availability of Reports on LIS Education
by Ashis Biswas 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

Respected Sir/ Madam, Would you kindly help me to know the availability of the following reports? I am in vain to collect the reports. - *Review Committee (1965)/ UGC-Ranganathan (on LIS Education) ..................... **"the most important one for my research work"* - *UGC Panel on Library Science (1977) / UGC Library Committee (1985)* - *Committee for Rationalization of Course in Library Science (1975)/ Govt. of India* - *CDC (1990)/ UGC - P. N. Kaula * Please Sir/Madam, you spend some of your valuable time to inform me the availability of those reports in India. I eagerly awaiting your positive reply. Regards, Ashis Biswas Research Scholar, DLIS, C.U. trdyt -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for an article
by hamsa kalyani 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

Dear All, I will be very grateful if anyone can send a copy of the following article. Title: Polysemy and cognition Author: Paul D Deane Journal: Lingua Volume 75 Number 4 August 1988 Pages 325–361 Polysemy and cognition Thank you, Sincerely, Hamsa Kalyani National Institute of Advanced Studies Library Indian Institute of Science Campus Bangalore 560012 INDIA Tel: 91-080-22185022 Fax: 91-080-22185028 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancies at Shiv Nadar University
by Ashish Shukla 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

* Dear Sir, Vacancies at Shiv Nadar University * Application are invited for the various position at *Shiv Nadar University* Situation - Dadri (NCR), Delhi Candidates who are interest to apply please visit the following website: http://snu.edu.in/support.aspx and do further needful for further details. Please Contract: librarian(a)snu.edu.in . -- *Best wishes and regards... ?* *********************************************** *ASHISH KUMAR SHUKLA* *SNU- Dadri. * ************************************************************************************************ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Admission Date to PGDILIT Course at New Panvel, New Mumbai Extended
by Dattatray Phadke 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

Dear Sir, You may kindly arrange to post the following message to Lis-Forum mailing list members. Thanks D.N.Phadke,Consultant librarian, PIIT,New Panvel ,New Mumbai Dear LIS professionals, Some time back we had informed lis-forum members about admission to autonomous course hosted by Pillai Centre for Advances in Library Information Technology, New Panvel ,New Mumbai viz *P.G.Diploma in Library Information Technology(PGDILIT)*.Looking into overwhelming interest shown by a large number of professionals we have decided to extend the date of submission of application .Now revised date to receive application is 27th August,2012.For details of programme and for downloading application form one can visit following link: http://piit.ac.in/library/pgdilit/ -- -- Thanking you D.N.Phadke,Ph.D. Consultant Librarian,Pillai Institute of Information Technology(PIIT) C/O Dr.K.M. Vasudevan Pillai's Campus Sector 16,New Panvel,New Mumbai,Mumbai 410206 Contact PhoneNo. Res.0251-2472983 Mob.+919869786186 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IEEE Papers
by Pradip Das 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

Dear Library Professional, One of our Research Scholar is badly in need to have the following articles. I will highly appreciate if any library professional kindly helps me to download the following IEEE articles. 1.Surgical robot teleoperated laparoscopic grasper with haptics feedback system <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5706162&cont…> Sarmah, A.; Gulhane, U.D. Emerging Trends in Robotics and Communication Technologies (INTERACT), 2010 International Conference on <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5701570> Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/INTERACT.2010.5706162 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/INTERACT.2010.5706162> Publication Year: 2010 , Page(s): 288 - 291 *2**. *Motion control of a virtual humanoid that can perform real physical interactions with a human <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4650680&cont…> Nagasaka, K.; Miyamoto, A.; Nagano, M.; Shirado, H.; Fukushima, T.; Fujita, M. Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2008. IROS 2008. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=4637508> Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/IROS.2008.4650680 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2008.4650680> Publication Year: 2008 , Page(s): 2303 - 2310 *3. *Haptic interaction in tele-operation control system of construction robot based on virtual reality <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5246470&cont…> Xinxing Tang; Yamada, H.; Dingxuan Zhao; Tao Ni Mechatronics and Automation, 2009. ICMA 2009. International Conference on <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5226790> Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/ICMA.2009.5246470 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICMA.2009.5246470> Publication Year: 2009 , Page(s): 78 - 83 *4.*Motion copying system based on real-world haptics <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4516137&cont…> Yokokura, Y.; Katsura, S.; Ohishi, K. Advanced Motion Control, 2008. AMC '08. 10th IEEE International Workshop on <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=4498401> Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/AMC.2008.4516137 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/AMC.2008.4516137> Publication Year: 2008 , Page(s): 613 - 618 *Regards,** ……**? ** ** * _____________________________________________ *Pradip Das, * Dy. Librarian, Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering, SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, (Deemed to-be University) Bhakti Vedant Swami Marg, JVPD, Vile Parle (W), MUMBAI - 400056 Contact Tel : 91-22-42334000 Extn : 4004 DID : 91-22-42334004, CELL : 9420836138 E-mail : Pradip.Das(a)nmims.edu or pradipbhadreswardas(a)gmail.com **** *Visit us at : www.nmims.edu* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ************************************************************************************************************ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Postponement of National Conference
by Rupesh Kumar 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Dear all, This is to inform that the NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WEB CONTENT MANAGEMENT: CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES organized by Department of Library and Information Science, Tumkur University, which was scheduled to be held on 27th July 2012 has been postponed. The date of the Conference will be intimated in due course of time. However, the call for papers is still open. Contributors may email full paper on any of the sub themes to ncwcm2012(a)gmail.com. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TUMKUR UNIVERSITY, TUMKUR National Conference on Web Content Management: Challenges and Strategies (NCWCM-2012) Organized by Department of Studies and Research in Library & Information Science & Centre for Education and Research Tumkur University, Tumkur E-mail: ncwcm2012(a)gmail.com TUMKUR UNIVERSITY Tumkur University was started in the year 2004 to address the needs of students in higher education in Tumkur district. The University has been recognized u/s 2(f) and 12(b) of the UGC Act, 1956. With its vision “Sevastu Me Jnana Vijnanadhara” (Let the flow of Knowledge and Science be expressed in the form of Service), the University is surging ahead with its researchgeared mission. Aiming to achieve human potential development through committed and dedicated efforts, the University is ensuring an effective application of integrated and interdisciplinary approaches in its dissemination of knowledge. CENTRE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH The Centre for Education and Research has beenestablished with the vision of evolving into an inter-institutional platform for research on issues relating to philosophy of education, culture and cognition. Its mission is to develop higher education research as a focus area; provide models for research-intensive pedagogy, assessment and curriculum design; and to develop strong links between the practice and philosophy of education. DEPT. OF STUDIES & RESEARCH IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE Department of Studies and Research in Library & Information Science was established in 2005 with the objective of imparting high and sustainable quality education in Library & Information Science with competence in meeting the challenges of the knowledge society. ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The Conference will provide a platform to discuss and deliberate on the transformation of the Web as the dynamic landscape for content creation and sharing. It aims to equip the information professionals with skills and strategies essential for managing the dynamic web content. MAIN THEME “Web Content Management: Challenges and Strategies” SUB THEMES * Web Content Management Fundamentals * Markup Languages * Web Authoring * Web Administration * Web Security * Metadata: Creation and Harvesting * Web Content Evaluation * Web User Interface * Economics of Web Content Management WHO CAN PARTICIPATE Librarians, Information professionals, teachers, research scholars and students of Library and Information Science, web designers, web developers and programmers, computer scientists and other enthusiasts. CALL FOR PAPERS Contributors can send their papers on any of the sub themes or any other theme relevant to the main theme of the conference. Papers should be in Times New Roman Font, 1.5 line spacing and 1 inch margin all around the page. Please follow APA style for references. Abstracts and full papers should be transmitted by email at ncwcm2012(a)gmail.com. -- Regards, RUPESH KUMAR A Deputy Registrar (Academic) Assistant Professor Department of Studies and Research in Library and Information Science Tumkur University, Tumkur 572 103 INDIA Web: www.tumkuruniversity.in email: rupesh(a)tumkuruniversity.in Reach Us on: Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tumkur-University/271758142866227> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/#%21/@tumuniversity> | Youtube <http://www.youtube.com/user/TumkurUniversity> | LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tumkur-university/42/494/373> | Google+ <https://plus.google.com/101418522331594917869/posts> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interesting articles
by Mohan HR 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Dear all, You may find these postings/articles interesting. Supporting Generation Y researchers. Results of BL/JISC research suggests there are significant opportunities for librarians to provide support to doctoral students. http://www.infotoday.eu/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/Supporting-Gen… How OA is changing the role of librarians. In an international survey, librarians were questioned about their attitudes to OA and how their roles are changing. http://www.infotoday.eu/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/How-OA-is-chan… Help with digital preservation. How can organisations assure the long-term accessibility of their digital information? A NetIKX seminar tackled digital preservation. http://www.infotoday.eu/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/Help-with-digi… Social media for internal and external communications. Organisations have changed the way they interact with their stakeholders and social media is central to this change. http://www.infotoday.eu/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/Social-media-f… -- HR Mohan, AVP(Systems), The Hindu, Chennai - 2 http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Paper needed from MIND
by Anand Pandey 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Dear all, I need the following paper: Actions are not Events by Kent Bach mind.oxfordjournals.org/content/LXXXIX/353/114.full.pdf I need this for my personal usage. Thank you in advance. Regards Anand Kumar Pandey PhD Student, Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento, Italy -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Requirement of Library Trainees in Central University of Orissa, Koraput
by Mailing List Admin 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:14:13 +0530 From: "Bijay@CUO" <ncsipradhan(a)gmail.com> *CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF ORISSA, KORAPUT*** *CENTRAL LIBRARY* *Recruitment of Library Trainees -2012*** Central Library at the Central University of Orissa, Koraput intends to engage two young dynamic Library professional (fresher) to involve them in different housekeeping operations of the Library. The detailed terms & conditions of appointment of the Library trainees are stated below. *Name of the Post* *No. of Positions* *Tenure* *Stipend* Library Trainees 02 Six Month (Purely temporary in nature) Rs. 8000/- p.m. (Consolidated) *Minimum Qualifications:* B.Lib.Sc. with a Master's degree in any discipline OR M.Lib.Sc. or M.L.I.Sc. or Associateship in documentation awarded by DRTC or equivalent. The applicant should have secured a minimum of Second Class or equivalent as declared by University in both graduation and qualifying examination. *How to apply* The intending applicants can send their application on a plain A4 size paper along with latest CV to the Assistant Librarian, Central Library, Central University of Orissa, Landiguda Campus, Koraput-764 020 or mail it to: librariancuo(a)gmail.com. *Mode of Selection*: Personal Interview. *Date of Interview:* Will be intimated by mail/post. Last date to receive the application: *24.08.2012.* -- Thanks & Regards ********************************************** Bijayananda Pradhan Central University of Orissa Central Silk Board Building Koraput-764020 ncsipradhan(a)yahoo.com Ph : 09437491428

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National conference on Scientometrics
by Sampath Kumar 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Dear Professional Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that, we have received overwhelmed response from the LIS professional towards teh First national conference on "Scientometrics" to be organized by the Dept. of Studies and Research in Library and Information Science, Tumkur University, Tumkur, Karnataka on 7th September 2012. Some of the authors have requested to extend the date since they are in their final stage to submit their papers. In view of their request, the organizing Committee has been decided to extend the last date till 6th August 2012 to submit papers. Sub Themes • Emerging issues in Scientometrics / Informetrics /Webometrics and applications in LIS activities • Bibliometrics Laws • Citation analysis • Collaborative studies in Science and Technology • Obsolescence studies • Scientometric Portraits • Trends in web citations, web decay and Internet archives etc. Contributors can send their research papers on any of the sub-themes or any other theme relevant to the main theme of the Conference. Papers should be sent to sampathkumar(a)tumkuruniversity.in on or before 6th August 2012. For further details you may contact: Prof. S.L. Sangam Conference Chair OR Dr.B.T. Sampath Kumar Organizing Secretary First national conference on Scientometrics Dept. of Studies and Research in Library and Information Science, Tumkur University, Tumkur, Karnataka ================================= Dr.B.T.Sampath Kumar Associate Professor Dept. of Library and Information Science TUMKUR UNIVERSITY, Tumkur, Karnataka, INDIA www.freewebs.com/sampathkumar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Presentation on “Personality Profiling Using Transactional Analysis Model” on Monday, 6th Aug 2012 at 5.30 p.m.
by Mohan HR 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Dear all, Pl. find an invite for the presentation on “Personality Profiling Using Transactional Analysis Model” on Monday, 6th Aug 2012 at 5.30 p.m. The pdf invite is available at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2012/mm-120806.pdf Pl. make it convenient to attend the presentation. While the admission is free to this programme, prior registration is REQUIRED for logistics reasons as the profiling of the individuals will be by administering a questionnaire. Pl. register at http://goo.gl/R0woz With regards HR Mohan Chairman, IEEE CS http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ INVITATION ===================================================== Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter IEEE Madras Section IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Professional Communication Society, Madras Chapter IIT Madras Alumni Association, Chennai Chapter Cordially invite you for a presentation by Mr. P. Vijayan Corporate Trainer in Organizational Change and Personal Improvement, Transactional Analysis (TA) & Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) on “Personality Profiling Using Transactional Analysis Model” on Monday, 6th Aug 2012 at 5.30 p.m. at Conference Hall, Anna University Alumni Centre Anna University, Guindy, Chennai – 600025 Mr. A. Chandrasekaran, Chairman, CSI Chennai Chapter Mr. T. S. Rangarajan, Chairman, IEEE Madras Section Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, IEEE CS & PCS Madras Chapter Mr. K. Bhaskaran, President, IITMAA Chennai Chapter Programme ========= 5.30 p.m. : Tea & Fellowship 6.00 p.m. : Presentation 7.30 p.m. : Dinner About the Presentation ================= Transactional Analysis (TA) is a very effective tool for understanding human behavior. In this interactive session the speaker, will explore the concept of personality using TA and understand ourselves a little more by administering an ego state questionnaire to the participants, plotting the ego state graph and analyzing the various ego states of an individual. About the Speaker ============== Mr. P. Vijayan is an organizational change and personal improvement facilitator specializing in organizational effectiveness. He started his career as a commissioned officer in the Flying-Navigation branch of the Indian Air force wherein he rose to the rank of Wing Commander in a very short span holding key appointments in Operation, Administration, Training and Services Selection Board before taking premature retirement to pursue a civil career. Mr. Vijayan started his civilian career in computer education and IT marketing. He worked with Aptech , NIIT and was a member of the team that conceptualized and established the first sales training Institute in India - the NIS now known as NIS-SPARTA. He has conducted Sales and Management development programmes for many corporate houses. He has been conducting a change management in programme with a leading print media group – The Hindu, during the past 10 years which has helped in bringing out perceptible changes in the work culture. Mr. Vijayan holds a bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering, a Master’s degree in Psychology and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management. He is an alumnus of the prestigious College of Defense Management where he underwent the one year post graduate level Management Programme - LDMC. He has undergone intensive training in Transactional Analysis (TA) and Neuro Linguistic Programming. (NLP). A keen learner, he has undergone more than 20 professional and personal development programmes. Organizational behaviour and personal growth is his forte. ========================================== While the admission is free to this programme, prior registration is REQUIRED for logistics reasons as the profiling of the individuals will be by administering a questionnaire. Pl. register at http://goo.gl/R0woz -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KINDLY CIRCULATE - THANX
by Ragaavendra R 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

After 15 years, library to lend books again 98-year-old library has 2.75 lakh books After a gap of nearly 15 years, the State Library at Cubbon Park may soon start issuing books to its members again. The 98-year-old library, which has a collection of 2.75 lakh books including some rare ones, had stopped issuing books to readers more than a decade ago. "We are planning to begin issuing books in the next two months. The facility was stopped since a few rare books went missing," said K G Venkatesh, Director, Department of State Libraries. The measure comes in the wake of dwindling number of visitors. According to Venkatesh, there has been a drastic decline in the number of visitors to the library, particularly the children's library, over the past four to five years. Lack of parking facility Heavy traffic on the Cubbon Park Road with little space for parking vehicles in front of the library also dissuades people from paying a visit. "People coming to the High Court park vehicles near the library. The parking fee too has been increased. This has become a deterrent for those who would like spend few hours in the library reading," Venkatesh said. He hoped that bibliophiles might evince more interest if the library begins to issue books again. The children's library was built two decades ago and has a collection of about 30,000 books. The library building replaced a KSTDC canteen. The officials in the department say the library risks losing the prime location due to the decreasing number of visitors. There already have been proposals to allot the place to the Court. A portion of the space has already gone to the Wine Board. "The library should not be shut down just because the number of visitors has reduced. We will initiate measures to attract reading public back to the place," Venkatesh told Deccan Herald. The Libraries department has sought co-operation from the Department of Public Instructions to kindle the interest in the library. It has sought to make a visit to the library mandatory as part of educational trips of schools. The Fisheries department has been roped in to set up aquariums in the children's library. Litterateur U R Ananthamurthy suggested a networking among all the state libraries so that readers can request for a book from a library in any part of the State. "This is how city libraries in London have retained their popularity," he said. Welcoming the decision, litterateur Chandrashekar Patil said lending books will definitely help the department revive the library movement. "People in the City do not have time to travel every day to read books in the library. If books are issued, they can come once a week. At the same time, the library should not fail to provide reading space inside the library," he added. REFERENCE: DECCAN HERALD, JULY 25, 2012 Best Regards, Raghvendra R This e mail is classified as: Internal The information contained in this electronic message and in any attachments to this message is confidential, legally privileged and intended only for use by the person or entity to which this electronic message is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify the sender and system manager by return email and delete the message and its attachments and also you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this electronic transmission or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not represent those of the Company or bind the Company. Any commitments made over e-mail are not financially binding on the company unless accompanied or followed by a valid purchase order. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail Scanner, and is believed to be clean. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.jubl.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Linux Training for LIS professionals and students
by Vimal Kumar V. 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Dear Friends, Kerala Library Association, Kottayam Region in Association with St. Joseph's College of Engineering and Technology, Palai is organising a one day Linux training programme on August 18, 2012. Venue: St. Joseph's College of Engineering and Technology, Palai, Kottayam Registraton Fee is Rs. 300/ for KLA members and students. Rs. 350/ for others. For advance registration, contact 9846496323, 04822-239301 Registration is on a first come, first served basis. Registration Fee to be paid in cash at the registration counter in the programme venue. Last date for registration: August 16, 2012 Please check the following link to download the programme brochure, https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6E3iEzJp74ueVBYS1E5cWF3YVk -- Vimal Kumar V. Secretary, KLA Kottayam Region Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.org 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 Binod Yadav 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Dear professionals, I would like to request you to provide the following articles. 1. Computed tomography in the diagnosis of posterior fossa lesions. Author: Baker HI Journal: Radiologic clinics of North America, Year 1976, Volume 14, issue 1, Page:129-47 1. CT Scanning of the posterior fossa Author: Carmel PW Journal with Issue No.: Clinic Neurosurg. 1982;29:51-102 Look forward to your cooperation Thanking you in anticipation. -- Binod Kumar Yadav Senior Librarian B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan, Nepal Phone: +97725525555 Mobile:+977-9804060641 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New website launched: Tech Training for Libraries
by sandeep bhavsar 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Respected All I would like to let you all know about a website created by the Colorado State Library that may be of interest to you. Tech Training for Libraries is a site dedicated to sharing information, trainer resources, and instructional materials for both staff and public technology training. All of the materials on the site are available for download, and are Creative Commons licensed. Please feel free to use, reproduce, and adapt any of these materials for your library programs. On this site you will find: http://www.coloradovirtuallibrary.org/techtraining/ * Lesson plans, outlines, and handouts for public technology training classes * Trainer outlines and handouts for staff workshops to train technology trainers * Information on ADA assistive technology programs and support * Links to additional resources related to public technology trainingWe will continue to add new content through the end of 2012, and hopefully beyond. Content has been contributed by public libraries in Colorado, and by Colorado State Library staff. http://www.coloradovirtuallibrary.org/techtraining/ Please visit the site and take a look around. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Crystal Schimpf. -- Crystal Schimpf BTOP Public Computer Center Trainer Colorado State Library 303.866.5960http://www.coloradovirtuallibrary.org/btop/ Thanks and Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W) 400601 MUMBAI. INDIA @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : +91 09987049099 elibrary :http://www.vpmthane.org/im/elib/main.htm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ -- 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 Library and Information Science in Mizoram University- Requested for posting in LIS Forum
by rabinarayan mishra 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Sir, You are kindly requested to post the following in LIS Forum for greater academic benefit. Thanking you, Dr. R N Mishra Dept. of Lib.&Inf.Science, Mizoram University Aizawl The Academic Staff College, Mizoram University, Aizawl is going to organize a Refresher Course of Three Weeks duration in Library and Information Science. The theme of the said Refresher Course is “Changing Dimensions in Librarianship” which is scheduled from 21st November – 11th December 2012. The venue of the Refresher Course is Department of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl. Aspiring candidates are requested to submit their applications in the prescribed format duly forwarded by the authority to the Coordinator either through mail or by post on or before 15 October, 2012. Participants are entitled for TA/DA as per UGC guidelines. The prescribed format is available in Mizoram University website (www.mzu.edu.in) The selected candidates shall be intimated accordingly. Dr. R K Ngurtinkhuma Professor & Coordinator UGC-Refresher Course. Department of Library and Information Science Mizoram University (A Central University) Aizawl-796004, India Phone-0389/2331607, 2331608 Mobile-09436153075 -- 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 Preparation of Scholarly Articles
by Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Dear LIS Professionals, The admission to the NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON PREPARATION OF SCHOLARLY ARTICLES to be conducted in Central University of Kerala from 10th to 15th September is still open. Considering the request from all corners, we are planning to make two batches (6 in each a group) in each discipline. Those who actually aspires for admission may send the application with DD for Rs. 5000/- before 30th July, 2012. The details and application form are available at: http://www.universitylibrarycuk.yolasite.com/workshop.php Feel free to call the Co-ordinator for further details. Regards, -- Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai MA;MLISc;PGDEC;PGDCA;DCHN;NET;PhD. Co-ordinator, National Workshop on Preparation of Scholarly Articles Assistant Librarian & Co-ordinator, NMEICT Nodal Officer, Higher Education Survey Central University of Kerala Vidyanagar P.O. Kasargod, Kerala, India Blog: www.dineshkoovakkai.blogspot.com Visit our library website at: www.universitylibrarycuk.yolasite.com Mob: 09447468586 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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APPLICATION iNVITED FOR TWO YEAR GRADUATE TRAINEE PROGRAM
by Mailing List Admin 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:05:57 +0530 From: Harish Chandra <hchandra(a)iitm.ac.in> Dear Sir, Please post the following information on EMAIL group for wider circulation. Central Library, IIT Madras, chennai invits applications for Eight posts of graduate trainees (Two year programme) please find out all details at the following link http://www.iitm.ac.in/trainingeduprogramme Sincerely, Dr. Harish Chandra Librarian and President SLA The Asian Chapter Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai-600 036, India Personal URL :www.harishchandra.com Linkedin http://in.linkedin.com/in/harishsushila Library URL: www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in Institute URL: www.iitm.ac.in Phone +01 044 22574951 (Work) +01 044 22576951(Home) Fax: +91 044 22570509

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Admission Open to BLISc. & MLISc. Programs at Manipal University, Manipal
by Mailing List Admin 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:46:50 +0800 (SGT) From: shivananda bhat <ramanashiva(a)yahoo.com> Dear Moderator, � Could you please arrange to post the following to LIS-Forum members. � � Manipal University Department of Library and Information Science, Manipal � � � Courses offered � Bachelor of Library and Information Science [B.L.I.Sc.] � Duration: 1 year divided into Two Semesters � Eligibility: Bachelor degree in any discipline � Commencement of the Classes: August 16, 2012 �'SPOT ADMISSION' Open on�Frist Cum First Basis � Master of Library and Information Science [M.L.I.Sc.] Duration: 1 year divided into Two Semesters � Eligibility: Bachelor degree in Library and Information Science � Commencement of the Classes: September 15, 2012 � Program Highlights �� Updated and employable curriculum �� Practice-led teaching and practice-supported learning �� Hands-on-training through online and offline resources �� Exposure to the advanced techniques in the field of librarianship �� Computing, internet and library software training facilities �� Library practicing in world-class Manipal University Libraries � � How to Apply � ��Applications are available at select branches of State Bank of India ��You can apply online at www.manipal.edu ��Write to Director, Admission at admissions(a)manipal.edu for more information �� For More Details Contact: Department of Library and Information Science Health Sciences Library Manipal University, Manipal Ph: 0820 2922358, 2922609 e-Mail: libraryscience(a)manipal.edu With kind regards, � Dr. Shivananda Bhat K� Asst. Professor & Senior Librarian Dept. of Library & Information Science | Health Sciences Library Manipal University | Manipal� 576104 | Karnataka | India | Ph: +91 820 2922358 | +91 820 2922609 | Fax: +91 820 2570061 | E-mail: libraryscience(a)manipal.edu

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Assistant Librarian vacancy position in Gopalan College of Engineering and Management, Bangalore
by Dr.K.R. Mulla 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Dear Professionals, There is a vacancy position as *Asst*.*Librarian* in Gopalan College of Engineering and Management, Bangalore. Any interested in the above position please forward your RESUME as early as possible. *Qualification: M.L.I.Sc or B.L.I.Sc : **Regular University Course **with computer knowledge Fresher/ experienced*. *(Open University or Correspondence Course degree holders need not apply).* * * *Salary: As per the College Norms*. Send Resume: *gcemlib(a)gmail.com on or before 31.07.2012* * * -- *Dr. K. R. Mulla, M.L.I.Sc., Ph.D. Librarian, Visvesvaraya Technological University, "Jnana Sangama," Belgaum - 590 018, Karnataka, India.* *Ph: 0831-2498192* -- 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 saravanan 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Dear friends, I would be very thankful, if the full text of the following article could be sent either by photocopy or scanned. It is required by one of our faculty members for his research. CHOWDHURY, K. A. The formation of growth rings in Indian trees. Part II. ... Indian Forest Records (new series), (Utilization) 3(6): 14, plate III. 1945 Thanking you, With regards, Mr. G. Saravanan alias Goby Krichenan Librarian French Institute of Pondicherry 11, Saint Louis Street, P.B. 33 PONDICHERRY - 605 001 South India, INDIA Ph: 0091 - 413 - 2334168 Extn. 126/139 Fax: 0091 - 413 2339534 Mail : saravanan.g(a)ifpindia.org Web : http://www.ifpindia.org/Saravanan-G.html ********************************************************************************** Please consider the environment before printing this email. Thank you. ********************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Wanted Librarian for Engineering drawings
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

A friend of mine from a Real Estate Construction Company (multinational group) has requested help in locating a librarian who can handle a large number of Engineering drawings (Civil Electrical Mechanical etc), maintaining records, managing physical holdings and internal circulation. Salary may not be a big constraint. Persons with experience may send resume to me urgently. Dr P Vyasamoorthy, 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony Secunderabad 500015 Ph 040-27846631 / 9490804278. Small things that made me happy: After laying centralized drainage pipes, contractor left the trenches un-cemented; What a blessing in disguise - they arrest running away of rain water into Nalaas! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Making Indian public libraries more visible
by Subbiah Arunachalam 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Friends: We have tens of thousands of public libraries in India. Some like Connemara Library in Chennai are large depository libraries (where in principle every book published in India will be deposited), some are state central libraries managed by the local library authorities of the State Governments, and then there are the district libraries under which we have many libraries in cities, towns and villages. Their resources and collections vary widely; some have access to computers and Internet but many do not. Needless to say all of them can do with improvements. But before we think of pumping additional resources and improving them (or along with that), we need to ensure that a very large number of people visit these libraries and use the resources there. How do we create mass awareness of public libraries? How can we make these libraries more visible? What kind of publicity campaigns will work and will be cost effective? I would be grateful for your views. Friends from outside India are welcome too to chip in with their suggestions. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Papers-ICKMODE-2013
by Shekar H P 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Dear Moderator, Please circulate this information for the benifit of forum members. Regards. Shekar.H.P. Dear Friends, Thanks for the confidence on ICKMODE-2013 team and your overwhelming response given through submitting research papers for the International Conference to be organised by Sree Siddagagnga College for women, Tumkur and supported by Karnataka State College Librarians Association (KSCLA) Bangalore. The theme of the International Conference - KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION IN THE DIGITAL ERA (ICKMODE -2013) Date: 17-19 January, 2013 at Birla Auditorium, SIT Campus, Tumkur (near Bangalore) Karnataka- India. Important Dates: • Last Date for submission of final paper 15th August 2012. • Acceptance of paper will be intimated - 30th September 2012. • Last date for registration to the conference - 31st December 2012. PLEASE NOTE: Those who have submitted abstract, may be sent full text paper on or before the last date mentioned above, and those who have already submitted full text papers may kindly ignore this mail. For more details please log on to http://ickmode2013.ijlit.net Thanking you With best regards S.L.Kadadevaramath Organizing Secretary ICKMODE-2013 Shekar.H.P. Co-Organizing Secretary ICKMODE-2013 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Two important International Conferences for the Library and Information Science professionals
by Debal C Kar 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

Please forward this mail to Library and Information Science Professionals: Thanks: Library and Information Science Professionals are welcome to contribute papers for presentation on the below themes and related themes. The Papers should be based on research surveys; case studies or action plans rather than theoretical explanations. 1. ICoASL 2013: *3rd International Conference of Asian Special Libraries, **April 10-12, 2013**, **Malila**, Philippines* *by SLA Asian Chapter* Main theme is “Special Libraries towards Achieving Dynamic, Strategic, and Responsible Working Environment”. Full Papers should be sent to Conference Secretariats ( icoasl.three(a)gmail.com) For more details: http://units.sla.org/chapter/cas/Paper-ICoASL-2013.htm 2. *ICAL 2013: 2nd* *International Conference on Academic Libraries, 12-15 February 2013, New Delhi, India* Main theme: Academic Library Services Through Cloud Computing: Moving Libraries to the Web. For Papers submission go at https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=ical2013 or send at * ical2013dh(a)gmail.com* with copy to *ical2013sm(a)gmail.com* For more details: http://www.ipu.ac.in/ical2013/index.htm Regards -- Debal C Kar, PhD University Librarian Ambedkar University, Delhi Library Sector-9, Dwarka, New Delhi-110077 Lothian Road, Kashmere Gate, Delhi 110006 debal(a)aud.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request
by Abdul Gafoor 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

dear professionals any one of you have information about IGNOU Mphil (lis) course, please let me know the details. thanks and regarads ABDUL GAFOOR ASST.LIBRARIAN MESSOA MALAPPURAM KERALA -- 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 Nihal Alam 21 Jul '12

21 Jul '12

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 warm regards, Nihal Alam RA, TERI New Delhi -- 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 Mamtha's Gmail 21 Jul '12

21 Jul '12

Dear friends, I would be very thankful, if the fulltext of the following article could be sent, if accessible to any of you. It is required by one of our faculty members for his research. Invitro biofilm formation by uropathogenic Escherichia coli and their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern. Ponnusamy P. Natarajan V. Seyanan M. *Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine*. *2012 Mar; 5(3) : 210-13* -- *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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A proposal for a 'H-Net' for India
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Jul '12

21 Jul '12

Friends: This morning I stumbled upon a news story from H-Net, an organization I had not known till today. I believe a similar organization in India will be of great value to our social scientists, economists, development researchers and scholars in humanities. I give below a brief note on H-Net (from their website) and an example of what they do. Regards. Subbiah Arunachalam Member, National Mission on Libraries Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Internet and Society What is H-Net? An international consortium of scholars and teachers, H-Net creates and coordinates Internet networks with the common objective of advancing teaching and research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. H-Net is committed to pioneering the use of new communication technology to facilitate the free exchange of academic ideas and scholarly resources. Among H-Net's most important activities is its sponsorship of over 100 free electronic, interactive newsletters ("lists") edited by scholars in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and the Pacific. Subscribers and editors communicate through electronic mail messages sent to the group. These messages can be saved, discarded, downloaded to a local computer, copied, printed out, or relayed to someone else. Otherwise, the lists are all public, and can be quoted and cited with proper attribution. The lists are connected to their own sites on the World Wide Web, that store discussion threads, important documents, and links to related sites on the web. H-Net lists reach over 100,000 subscribers in more than 90 countries. Subscriptions are screened by the list's editors to promote a diverse readership dedicated to friendly, productive, scholarly communications. Each list publishes between 15 and 60 messages a week. Subscription applications are solicited from scholars, teachers, professors, researchers, graduate students, journalists, librarians and archivists. Each network has its own "personality," is edited by a team of scholars, and has a board of editors; most are cosponsored by a professional society. The editors control the flow of messages, commission reviews, and reject flames and items unsuitable for a scholarly discussion group. The goals of H-Net lists are to enable scholars to easily communicate current research and teaching interests; to discuss new approaches, methods and tools of analysis; to share information on electronic databases; and to test new ideas and share comments on the literature in their fields. ***** CRL Acquires Central American Archives CRL has received and processed part one of the Archivo General de Centroamérica (Central American Archives, or CAA). These materials are accessible by CRL members (and non-members with user accounts) through the CRL catalog. CRL will acquire parts two and three of the set by the end of the 2012 calendar year. The complete archive encompasses six million pages of original primary source documents—many of which are the only existing copy—that span more than three centuries from 1519 to 1898. They document Spanish rule in the New World from the founding of the city of Antigua, in Guatemala. The collection documents all aspects of commerce, politics, and development in El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and the Yucatan and Chiapas regions of Mexico. The CAA is a rich resource for Latin American, Central American, and Spanish studies. Link to CAA record: http://catalog.crl.edu/record=b2172246~S1 The CAA set was selected for purchase by CRL members through a Purchase Proposal Program ballot. Participants noted that these materials would augment CRL’s holdings for a time period and region of growing research interest, but were unlikely to be purchased by individual libraries. Nominations for the upcoming Purchase Proposal Ballot will be accepted through September 30, 2012. Additional information available at http://www.crl.edu/collections/collection-building/cooperative-resource-dev… Mary Wilke Center For Research Libraries 6050 S. Kenwood Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 Tele: 773-955-4545, ext 317 Fax: 773-955-4339 Email: wilke(a)crl.edu Visit the website at http://catalog.crl.edu/record=b2172246~S1 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Annual General Body Meeting of Kerala Library Association on 5th August 2012: Notice
by faisal sl 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

Dear All, The below given web link is intended only for the Members of Kerala Library Association (KLA) regarding the Annual General Body Meeting to be held on 5 August 2012 in Thiruvananthapuram. Members of KLA who subscribe to this email forum are requested to visit the webpage. http://klaweblog.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/kla-annual-general-body-meeting-o… Official AGBM Notice to the Members are already dispatched. Thanks and regards S.L.Faisal General Secretary Kerala Library Association (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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KLA-NIC National Workshop on "E-Granthalaya", 11-13 September 2012, Thiruvananthapuram
by faisal sl 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

KLA-NIC National Workshop on E-Granthalaya, 11-13 September 2012, Thiruvananthapuram ********************************************************************************************************** Kerala Library Association (KLA) in collaboration with National Informatics Centre (NIC), New Delhi is organizing a Three Day National Workshop on “E-Granthalaya”, an Integrated Library Management Software for Automation and Networking, during 11-13 September 2012 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Objectives of the Workshop: i. To give awareness to the participants on the need and importance of Library Automation and Networking in the Digital era. ii. To give an intensive and comprehensive hands-on training to the participants on one of the best and freely available Library Management Software in the country, E-Granthalaya and to make them self sufficient in its use. Areas to be covered: 1.Introduction to Library Automation and Networking 2.Introduction to E-Granthalaya 3.MS-SQL Server set-up 4.E-Granthalaya Modules 5.Web OPAC Modules (Detailed Programme Schedule of the Workshop will be published shortly) Faculty: Shri Ram Kumar Matoria, Technical Director, Library and Information Services Division, NIC, New Delhi and his Team will conduct the entire technical sessions. Targeted Group: Working Library and Information Science Professionals and Students in LIS. Maximum intake: 40 participants (on first come first serve basis) Date: 11-13 September 2012 Venue: LBS Institute of Technology for Women, Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram-695 012 How to reach ? : http://goo.gl/maps/1GMG Course Fee: Rs 1750/- (includes Course materials, refreshment and lunch) and Rs 1500/- for the members of Kerala Library Association. The amount shall be drawn as DD, in favour of Kerala Library Association, payable at Thiruvananthapuram. Travel and Accommodation: The participants have to make their own arrangements for travel and accommodation. However, the Association will help them to find accommodation, if requested in advance. Registration: The Application form may be downloaded from the KLA website, Blog or from the below given link, http://klaweblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/kla-nic-national-workshop-on-e… Address for Communication: The applications for Registration should reach the following address on or before 15 August 2012. The General Secretary, Kerala Library Association, 36, 2nd Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana, Thirvananthapuram-695 002. E-mail: kla.org(a)gmail.com / Tel: 09447699724 More: Know more about KLA: http://keralalibraryassociation.org, http://klaweblog.wordpress.com/ Know more about E-Granthalaya: http://egranthalaya.nic.in *********************************************************************************** Thanks and regards S.L.Faisal General Secretary Kerala Library Association (KLA) and Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom Thiruvananthapuram-695 004 Kerala, India Ph.09447699724 -- 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 Bharat Alasandi 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

Respected All Professional friends, I need following article, If any body having the access of this journal kindly send me the same. *Title:Awareness and use of OPACs in five Delhi libraries* * * *Author(s):Mehtab Alam Ansari<http://www.emeraldinsight.com/search.htm?ct=all&st1=Mehtab+Alam+Ansari&fd1=…>, (Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India), Amita<http://www.emeraldinsight.com/search.htm?ct=all&st1=Amita&fd1=aut&PHPSESSID…>, (Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India)* Journal: Electronic Library *ISSN: 0264-0473* * * *Volume 26 issue 1*<http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=0264-0473&volume=26&issue=1…> Kindly do the needful -- 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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Need PG Dissertations List.
by Thippeswamy swamy 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

*Need the PG Dissertations Topic list for Oral and Maxillofacial surgery of all Dental College under Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science (RGUHS) for the year 2006-2012. where can we get above mentioned List. * * * *Regards* Thippeswamy T S M S Ramaiah Dental College Bangalore - 560054 Mob: 9481474791 -- 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 Thippeswamy swamy 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

*Dear professionals * * * * One of our PG staff requires below mentioned article. If any one has plz mail to me. '* * * *Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, (* *Available online 22 December 2011* *) * * * *2011, *Naoya Arai, Hiroaki Tsuno, Motonori Okabe, Toshiko Yoshida, Chika Koike, Makoto Noguchi, Toshio Nikaido * * Clinical Application of a Hyperdry Amniotic Membrane on Surgical Defects of the Oral Mucosa<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278239111015771> *Thanking you..........* * * * * * * * * *Regards* Thippeswamy T S Asst. Librarian M S Ramaiah Dental College Bangalore - 560054 Mob: 9481474791 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Collaborative Librarianship in Social Networking Age - A Survey
by Raj K Bhardwaj 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

Dear Sir / Madam This survey is being conducted with objectives to understand the usage, preference of Social Networking Tools among Library Professional in India. This survey will take 5 to 7 minutes to complete. Kindly fill it properly, i shall be thankful to you. Click the link below https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEY5VGRuR2JYemEzYWVuRl… Sincerely yours Raj K Bhardwaj College Librarian St Stephen's College Delhi-110007 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IEEE Articles
by Pradip Das 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

I will highly appreciate if any professional can help me to get the below-mentioned IEEE articles. One of our Ph. D. Scholar badly in need to have those. Your co-operation is highly expected. Regards, *Fuzzy connectedness and image segmentation* *This paper appears in:* Proceedings of the IEEE<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5> *Date of Publication:* Oct. 2003 *Author(s):* Udupa<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> *, J.K.* Dept. of Radiol., Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA Saha, P.K. <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> *Volume:** *91 , Issue: 10 <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=27601> *Page(s):* 1649 - 1669 *Product Type:* Journals & Magazines *ISSN : * 0018-9219 *INSPEC Accession Number:* 7785274 *Digital Object Identifier : * 10.1109/JPROC.2003.817883<http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2003.817883> *Date of Current Version : * 15 September 2003 *Issue Date : * Oct. 2003 *Sponsored by : * IEEE <http://www.ieee.org/> *Edge detection for brain tumor pattern recognition* *This paper appears in:* Instrumentation, Communications, Information Technology, and Biomedical Engineering (ICICI-BME), 2009 International Conference on<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5410725> *Date of Conference:* 23-25 Nov. 2009 *Author(s):* Rulaningtyas, R. <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> Phys. Dept., Univ. of Airlangga Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia Ain, K. <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> *Page(s):* 1 - 3 *Product Type:* Conference Publications *On page(s):* 1 *Conference Location : * Bandung *E-ISBN : * 978-1-4244-5000-8 *Print ISBN:* 978-1-4244-4999-6 *INSPEC Accession Number:* 11141266 *Digital Object Identifier : * 10.1109/ICICI-BME.2009.5417299<http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICICI-BME.2009.5417299> *Date of Current Version : * 18 February 2010 *Issue Date : * 23-25 Nov. 2009 *Detection of brain tumor in medical images* *This paper appears in:* Signals, Circuits and Systems (SCS), 2009 3rd International Conference on<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5400046> *Date of Conference:* 6-8 Nov. 2009 *Author(s):* Kharrat, A. <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> Comput. & Embedded Syst. Lab. (CES), Nat. Eng. Sch. of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia Benamrane, N. <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> ; Ben Messaoud, M. <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> ; Abid, M. <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> *Page(s):* 1 - 6 *Product Type:* Conference Publications *On page(s):* 1 *Conference Location : * Medenine *E-ISBN : * 978-1-4244-4398-7 *Print ISBN:* 978-1-4244-4397-0 *INSPEC Accession Number:* 11150465 *Digital Object Identifier : * 10.1109/ICSCS.2009.5412577<http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICSCS.2009.5412577> *Date of Current Version : * 17 February 2010 *Issue Date : * 6-8 Nov. 2009 * * *Identifying different heart tissues from combined functional and viability MRI images* *This paper appears in:* Biomedical Imaging: Nano to Macro, 2006. 3rd IEEE International Symposium on<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=10818> *Date of Conference:* 6-9 April 2006 *Author(s):* Ibrahim, E.-S.H. <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD Spooner, A. <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> ; Weiss, R.G. <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> ; Stuber, M. <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> ; Kraitchman, D.L. <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> ; Osman, N.F. <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> *Page(s):* 129 - 132 *Product Type:* Conference Publications *On page(s):* 129 *Conference Location : * Arlington, VA *Print ISBN:* 0-7803-9576-X *INSPEC Accession Number:* 9073088 *Digital Object Identifier : * 10.1109/ISBI.2006.1624869<http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISBI.2006.1624869> *Date of Current Version : * 08 May 2006 *Issue Date : * 6-9 April 2006 * * *An Improved Method of Segmentation Using Fuzzy-Neuro Logic* *This paper appears in:* Computer Research and Development, 2010 Second International Conference on<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5487987> *Date of Conference:* 7-10 May 2010 *Author(s):* Sathish Kumar, S. <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> Sri Chandrasekhardendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya Univ., Kanchipuram, India Moorthi, M. <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> ; Madhu, M. <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> ; Amutha, R. <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> *Page(s):* 671 - 675 *Product Type:* Conference Publications *On page(s):* 671 *Conference Location : * Kuala Lumpur *Print ISBN:* 978-0-7695-4043-6 *INSPEC Accession Number:* 11375846 *Digital Object Identifier : * 10.1109/ICCRD.2010.155<http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICCRD.2010.155> *Date of Current Version : * 21 June 2010 *Issue Date : * 7-10 May 2010 * * *Morphological image processing approach on the detection of tumor and cancer cells* *This paper appears in:* Devices, Circuits and Systems (ICDCS), 2012 International Conference on<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6180033> *Date of Conference:* 15-16 March 2012 *Author(s):* Beham, M.P. <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> Dept. of ECE, Vickram Coll. of Eng., Madurai, India Gurulakshmi, A.B. <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?searchWithin=p_Authors:.…> *Page(s):* 350 - 354 *Product Type:* Conference Publications *On page(s):* 350 *Conference Location : * Coimbatore *Print ISBN:* 978-1-4577-1545-7 *INSPEC Accession Number:* 12692840 *Digital Object Identifier : * 10.1109/ICDCSyst.2012.6188786<http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICDCSyst.2012.6188786> *Date of Current Version : * 23 April 2012 *Issue Date : * 15-16 March 2012 *Regards,** ……**?* _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ *Pradip Das, * Dy. Librarian, Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering, SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, (Deemed to-be University) Bhakti Vedant Swami Marg, JVPD, Vile Parle (W), MUMBAI - 400056 Contact Tel : 91-22-42334000 Extn : 4004 DID : 91-22-42334004, CELL : 9420836138 E-mail : Pradip.Das(a)nmims.edu or pradipbhadreswardas(a)gmail.com **** *Visit us at : www.nmims.edu* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vartak College Library goes online
by Ajay Kamble 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

Readers and Researchers all over the world can now check the availability of books at Vartak College Library just at a click. Annasaheb Vartak College library which possesses more than 60 thousands books has recently made its library catalogue ‘online’. One can visit the ‘Online Catalogue(Webopac)’ page on the website *www.vartaklibrary.co.nr* of the library in order to find out the book, its availability status and other details. The library is also subscribing to the ‘N-LIST’ consortia of INFLIBNET, Ahmadabad where 2500 E-journals and 75 Thousand E-Books are made available for reading, downloading etc. Also, the library is developing a ‘online digital library’ which will be available soon to its users through which the user can get direct access via internet to Institutional Repository containing old exam question papers, published research papers, old issues of college magazine ‘Vartakite’ and other useful information resources. Further, under the NMEICT scheme of MHRD, Central Government, the Department of Computer Science, Library, Gymkhana and other depts. of the college will be connected by BSNL’s 20 VPN broadband and Wi-Fi Internet connections(512 kbps) and free access of Internet will be made available to students in support to their curricular activities. -- -- Thanks and Regards, Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Response is requested form Library Professionals in Kerala
by manoj kumar 19 Jul '12

19 Jul '12

Dear library professionals, Kerala state higher education council nominated a body of members to study the present status and grievances of non teaching staff in private colleges in Kerala. Here the library professionals are getting a chance to explain their problems and needs before committee.I am inviting the suggestions and recommendations from concerned professionals to make the committee aware about our problems and demands.The suggestions and recommendations rising out of this online collaboration have to be presented before the committee effectively soon. *Its time to upgrade our positions from backseat to mainstream of our domain.* regards manojkumar librarian nehru arts and science college kanhangad kerala manukhd(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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JISC & British Library Report - Researchers of Tomorrow: The research behaviour of Generation Y doctoral students
by Mailing List Admin 19 Jul '12

19 Jul '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 05:11:44 +0000 From: Dr. Indira Koneru <indk68(a)hotmail.com> Dear All, JISC & the British Library released the report "Researchers of Tomorrow: The research behaviour of Generation Y doctoral students" on June 28, 2012. Researchers of Tomorrow is the UK's largest study to date on the research behaviour of Generation Y doctoral students (born between 1982 and 1994). JISC and the British Library jointly commissioned the three year study in 2009, which involved 17,000 doctoral students from 70 universities at various stages in the project. The research findings reveal: Doctoral students are increasingly reliant on secondary research resources (eg journal articles, books), moving away from primary materials (eg primary archival material and large datasets). Access to relevant resources is a major constraint for doctoral students� progress. Authentication access and licence limitations to subscription-based resources, such as e-journals, are particularly problematic. Open access and copyright appear to be a source of confusion for Generation Y doctoral students, rather than encouraging innovation and collaborative research. This generation of doctoral students operate in an environment where their research behaviour does not use the full potential of innovative technology. Doctoral students are insufficiently trained or informed to be able to fully embrace the latest opportunities in the digital information environment. These findings raise important questions about research development, training and support within research led organisations and the openness and sharing of research.� Source: JISC This study accentuates the need for Information Literacy instructions. Isn't it? You can read or download the report from http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/reports/2012/researchers-of-tomorrow Regards, Indira ------ Moodle Administrator IBS India http://wikieducator.org/User:Indkon http://lisprofessionaldevelopment.blogspot.in/

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EPT's response the Finch Committee Report
by Mailing List Admin 19 Jul '12

19 Jul '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:13:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> From Richard Poynder,s Open and Shut blog Wednesday, July 18, 2012 The Finch Report and its implications for the developing world There are two routes to�Open Access. With�gold OA, publishers cease to�charge readers�to access scholarly journals (in the form of subscriptions), but instead charge authors, or their funders or institutions, to publish their papers (by means of an article-processing charge, or�APC). This allows publishers to make research papers freely available on the Internet. With�green OA, researchers continue to publish in subscription journals (without payment), but then self-archive their papers in their�institutional repository, usually after an embargo period. In this way, researchers can make their papers freely available themselves. Over the years there has been much debate as to which is the better method for achieving OA, but no consensus has ever been reached. In the past month, however, a number of developments have served to focus minds on the respective merits of green and gold as never before. It began with the publication on 18th June of the�Finch Report. Chaired by�Dame Janet Finch, a sociologist at the University of Manchester, the Finch Committee was formed last year by the UK Minister for Universities and Science�David Willetts, and asked to consider how access to research could be expanded. Clear policy direction After giving the matter due consideration, the Finch Committee concluded that a clear policy direction should be set towards supporting publication in open access or hybrid�journals, funded by APCs, as the main vehicle for the publication of research, especially where the research has been publicly funded. In other words, Finch recommended that gold OA should be viewed as the norm for publishing research papers. By contrast, Finch recommended that the institutional repository (i.e. green OA) should be relegated to the role of bit player, merely providing access to research data and to grey literature and assisting in digital preservation. Where self-archiving does take place, Finch suggested, it would be unreasonable to allow papers to be deposited before an embargo period of at least 12 months had passed (except where publishers do not offer a mechanism to pay for OA gold). The Finch report ignited a firestorm of protest, not least because it estimated that its recommendations would cost the UK research community an additional 50-60 million UK Pounds a year. Since it was clear that there would be no additional funding from the UK government, this meant that universities would have to find the additional money from existing budgets. University College London (UCL) Vice-Provost (Research) David Price concluded, "The result of the Finch recommendations would be to cripple university systems with extra expense. Finch is certainly a cure to the problem of access, but is it not a cure which is actually worse than the disease?" Serving to spur on the complaints, a few weeks later a report commissioned by the UK Open Access Implementation Group (OAIG) concluded that green OA offered a much more cost-effective route. Specifically, OAIG said, where a unilateral move to gold OA in the UK would cost large research intensive institutions about £1.7 million a year, a unilateral move to green OA would cost only around £100,000 a year. In this light, it is perhaps unsurprising that when on July 16th Research Councils UK (RCUK) announced its new OA policy, it reinstated green OA as an equal partner to gold, and insisted on no more than a 6-month embargo (except for humanities and social science papers), apparently ignoring many of the Finch recommendations. RCUK's new policy, we should note, was published just hours before David Willetts announced that he was accepting all the Finch proposals, bar one on VAT rates for e-journals. The very next day (yesterday) the EC issued a Communication on providing better access to scientific information in which it proposed an OA policy that mimics the RCUK policy. No easy task Where this leaves the Finch recommendations remains unclear. What is clear, however, is that adopting a national OA policy in a research environment that is truly global is no easy task - particularly where gold OA is viewed as the main vehicle for achieving OA. For read the complete blog post including EPTs formal response to the Finch report, which was signed by EPT chairman Professor Derek Law, you may visit: http://poynder.blogspot.in/2012/07/the-finch-report-and-its-implications.ht…

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Free- One Day Training Programme on J-gate at MITSOM
by Nitin S. Joshi Joshi 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

Informatics (India) Limited And MIT School of Management - Pune Organizing One day training programme On J-GateThursday, July 19, 2012 9:30 AM : Registration at the Venue 10:00 AM : Introduction to Informatics by Mr. Sanjay Punjabi 10:10 AM : Invocation song by students from MITSOM 10:15 AM : Welcome to Chief Guests Dr. Col. S.V. Sharma, Assosiate Director, MITSOM, Pune Dr. Mrs. S.S. Joshi Associate Professor MITSOM, Pune Mr. N.V.Satyanarayana, CMD, Informatics (I) Limited 10:20 AM : Lighting of the Lamp by the Guests on the dias 10:30 AM : Address by Chief Guest Dr. Col. S.V.Sharma, Asst-Director, MITSOM, Address by Chief Guest Mr. N.V.Satyanarayana, CMD, Informatics (I) 10:55 AM : Presentation of Mementos 11:00 AM : Tea-Break 11:20 AM : Multimedia Presentation: Informatics by Mr. Ravi Shankar 11:25 AM : Training Session 1 by Mr. Ravi Shankar 12:45 PM : Q & A Session 1:00 PM : Lunch 2:00 PM : Training Session 2 by Mr. Ravi Shankar 3:00 PM : Q & A Session 3:30 PM : Quiz 4:00 PM : Vote of thanks by Mr. Nitin S Joshi 4:05 PM : Wrap-up followed by Tea Informatics (India) Limited, No.194, R.V.Road, Basavanagudi, Bangalore - 560004.Phone: +91 80 40387777, Fax: + 91 80 40387600, E-mail: Venue:- MIT School of Management-MITSOM, Paud Road, Kothrud, Opp. Bank of India, Room N0 -506, 5th Floor, Contact no – 9545450711- Varsha, 7507919972- Pramila, 9850489281- Patil Nitin S Joshi Librarian MAEER’s MIT School of Management (MITSOM) Kothrud, Pune 411038 M- 09922587907 Direct Line- 020-30273597 www.mitsom.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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158 Librarian Vacancies
by Anand Kenchakkanavar 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

A.P. SOCIAL WELFARE RESIDENTIAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIETY; MASAB TANK, HYDERABAD. APSWREIS NOTIFICATION Rc.No.G2/3850/2012, dated:09.07.2012. Applications are invited On - line through APSWREIS Website www.swrs.ap.gov.in and http://swrtc.cgg.gov.in from 11.07.2012 to 25.07.2012 (11.07.2012 to 24.07.2012 for payment of fees) from eligible candidates for filling up of 1753 vacant posts of Teachers, Special Teachers & Staff Nurses on Contract basis in APSWR Institutions throughout the state. The candidates should not send any hand written / typed / Photostat copies/ printed application form by post or in person to APSWREIS. The desirous eligible Candidates may apply ON-LINE by satisfying themselves with the terms and conditions of this recruitment. Librarian 158 Vacancies -- *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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Need article
by Thippeswamy swamy 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

Dear Professionals, I need a below mentioned article . Anybody having it please send me Clinical Advances in Periodontics <http://www.joponline.org/loi/cap> May 2012, Vol. 2, No. 2, Pages 73-78 , DOI 10.1902/cap.2011.100007 Cryosurgical Treatment of Gingival Melanin Pigmentation — A 30-Month Follow-Up Case Report *Shaeesta Khaleel Ahmed,* Joann Pauline George,* M. L. V. Prabhuji,* and Flemingson Lazarus** Thanking you, * * *Regards* Thippeswamy T S Asst. Librarian M S Ramaiah Dental College Bangalore - 560054 Mob: 9481474791 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Announcement
by SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

Dear Moderator : Please circulate the following circular to the benefit of the lis-forum members. Yours truly, K.N. Prasad, Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science ----- Dear Colleagues: As part of the 12th International Conference of the ISKO being held from 6th to 9th August 2012 at the University of Mysore, a workshop on 'Categories for the Web' will be conducted on the 6th August 2012 at the venue of the conference (Bahadur Institute of Management Studies, University of Mysore, Mysore 570 006). Those who have registered for the Conference are entitled to attend the workshop. Those who desire to attend only the Workshop may do so by registering separately for the workshop. The details of the workshop may be found on the following website: https://sites.google.com/site/categoriesfortheweb/ I also take this opportunity to inform all that the detailed schedule of the technical sessions of ISKO 2012 has been made available on the conference website; Please see: http://www.isibang.ac.in/~isko/Programme.pdffor details. Regards Sincerely K. S. Raghavan Convener & Organizing Secretary 12th International ISKO Conference -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Entrepreneurial Scope of Information Science Professionals
by Dr. Badan Barman 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

Respected Members of the Forum, Many of our colleagues are not getting the right job they deserved after their BLISc/MLISc degree. Some others even are shifting to other jobs, where MLISc / BLISc are not needed. Recently I go through some articles on alternative carriers in Librarianship. Even we are organizing one Regional Seminar on Entrepreneurial Approach of Library Professionals (In connection with Librarians’ Day)<http://lislinks.com/events/regional-seminar-on-entrepreneurial-approach-of-…> ( http://lislinks.com/events/regional-seminar-on-entrepreneurial-approach-of-… ). So I would like to have the opinion of my professionals colleagues regarding what else can be done with the BLISc/BLIB/MLISc degree? What are the possible scopes of a Librarian to be an entrepreneur? Thanking you, Yours faithfully (Dr. Badan Barman) Academic Consultant, Library & Information Science, Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University, Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Guwahati-781006, Assam *Toll Free Number:* 1800 345 3613 *Phone:* 0361-2234964 / 2235971 / 092070 49493 *Fax:* 0361- 2235398. *Institutional Websites:* http://www.snkkhsou.org / http://www.clkkhsou.org/ http://www.kkhsou.in *Personal Websites:* http://www.lislinks.com / http://www.lisformats.com / http://www.oajse.com / http://www.netugc.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Book returned to library after 80 years
by Sambhu Nath Halder 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

*Dear Professionals, * * * *There is an interesting newscast at *ANI | Jul 14, 2012, 12.00AM IST ** * * *A book that had been issued from Navan library in the Republic of Ireland<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Republic-of-Ireland>, has been returned 80 years late.* A mystery borrower slipped the book discreetly through the letterbox at the county library at the weekend. It was checked out in 1932. County librarian<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/County-librarian> Ciaran Mangan <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Ciaran-Mangan> estimates that the book has chalked up a fine of 4,160 euros, based on the original 1930s fine of one penny per week. But they are just delighted to see it back. "It was an item that had been out on loan effectively since it was published and put into stock and the system in 1932," the BBC<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/BBC>quoted him as saying. The librarian calculated the fine incurred by the book, but they would like to make a bargain for the penalty. "As good Christians, we decided we would waive that fine if the person appears in person and confesses to having returned the book," the librarian said. There are no details on the original borrower because the library's computerised records only date back to 1994. However, someone may have had their conscience pricked because the overdue book is a pictorial record of the 31st International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Dublin> in 1932. The 50th International Eucharistic Congress takes place in Dublin next month. The book has generated a lot of interest. "We believe it was well cared for and was probably shelved with the family's collection, getting lost among their own books. "We have it on display as it is attracting a lot of attraction," Mangan said. Reference: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/Book-returned-to-librar… -- With regards, Sambhu Nath Halder Chief Librarian ==================== Learning Resource Centre JDBI (Main Campus) 11 Lower Rawdon Street Kolkata - 700 020 Mobile: +91 9733964714 ==================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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List of Koha users from India
by Vimal Kumar 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

Dear Friends, Koha user are increasing day by day from India. But list of Koha users from Indian is not complete in Koha website , http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/KohaUsers/SouthAsian I would like to collect information about Indian Koha users and add to official Koha users list. I have created a form for the collection of Koha users details. I invite library professionals from India who are using Koha in libraries for production purpose. This initiative is not for collecting information about Koha implementation for learning purpose or trial. Click the following link to enter the details of you Koha implementation, https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dDZadmIxeFRTXzc2ZH… Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.org 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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Collaborative Librarianship in Social Networking age : A Survey
by Raj K Bhardwaj 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

Dear Sir / Madam This survey is being conducted with objectives to understand the usage, preference of Social Networking Tools among Library Professional in India. This survey will take 5 to 7 minutes to complete. Kindly fill it properly, i shall be thankful to you. Click the link below https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEY5VGRuR2JYem EzYWVuRldFZmNxeXc6MA Sincerely yours Raj K Bhardwaj <https://www.facebook.com/raj.k.bhardwaj.90> College Librarian St Stephen's College Delhi-110007 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Artical Requires
by sridhar gowda 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

Dear professionals, For our Nursing Superintendent " Nurses of India" 2003 journal urgently required, if u have please mail to sridhar.cool06(a)gmail.com -- Sridhar M. P. Librarian, Narayana Hrudayalaya College of Nursing, Bangalore Ph. +91-9538898126 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IEEE papers
by Pradip Das 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

Dear Professional, One of our faculties needs the following Articles as an Urgent basis. I shall highly appreciate if anyone (who is having access to IEL Online) help me by sending the Full text documents for those articles. 1. Hee Beng Kaun Tan, Yong Yang, Lie Bian, "Systematic Tranformation of functional analuysis model into 00 design and implementation" pg. 111-135, Vol 32, No. 2 Feb. 2006. 2. Alexnder Egyel, David S, Wile : :"Support for Managing Design - Time decision" pg 299-314, Vol 32, No. 5 May 2006. 3. Christian Attiogbe, Pascal Poizat, Gwen Salaun " A formal and tool equipped approach for the Integration of state diagrams and formal datatypes" pg 159-170, Vol 33, No. 3, March 2007 4. Ivan Di Pietro, Francesco Pagliarecci, Luca Spalazzi: " Model Checking Semantically Annotated Services" pg . 592 - 608, Vol. 38, No. 3 May June 2012. Thanking you, *Regards,** ……**?* _____________________________________________ *Pradip Das, * Dy. Librarian, Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering, SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, (Deemed to-be University) Bhakti Vedant Swami Marg, JVPD, Vile Parle (W), MUMBAI - 400056 Contact Tel : 91-22-42334000 Extn : 4004 DID : 91-22-42334004, CELL : 9420836138 E-mail : Pradip.Das(a)nmims.edu or pradipbhadreswardas(a)gmail.com **** *Visit us at : www.nmims.edu* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Translation resources online
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

http://thenextweb.com/media/2012/07/15/bye-bye-babel-breaking-language-barr… Dr P Vyasamoorthy, 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony Secunderabad 500015 Ph 040-27846631 / 9490804278. If you have a doubt, however silly it is, ASK. Otherwise, you may have to feign being knowledgeable and remain ignorant for the rest of your life. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free access to British scientific research within two years
by G Mahesh 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

Free access to British scientific research within two years >From The Guardian, UK, Sunday 15 July 2012 The government is to unveil controversial plans to make publicly funded scientific research immediately available for anyone to read for free by 2014, in the most radical shakeup of academic publishing since the invention of the internet. Under the scheme, research papers that describe work paid for by the British taxpayer will be free online for universities, companies and individuals to use for any purpose, wherever they are in the world. In an interview with the Guardian before Monday's announcement David Willetts, the universities and science minister, said he expected a full transformation to the open approach over the next two years. The move reflects a groundswell of support for "open access" publishing among academics who have long protested that journal publishers make large profits by locking research behind online paywalls. "If the taxpayer has paid for this research to happen, that work shouldn't be put behind a paywall before a British citizen can read it," Willetts said. "This will take time to build up, but within a couple of years we should see this fully feeding through." He said he thought there would be "massive" economic benefits to making research open to everyone. Though many academics will welcome the announcement, some scientists contacted by the Guardian were dismayed that the cost of the transition, which could reach £50m a year, must be covered by the existing science budget and that no new money would be found to fund the process. That could lead to less research and fewer valuable papers being published. British universities now pay around £200m a year in subscription fees to journal publishers, but under the new scheme, authors will pay "article processing charges" (APCs) to have their papers peer reviewed, edited and made freely available online. The typical APC is around £2,000 per article. Tensions between academics and the larger publishing companies have risen steeply in recent months as researchers have baulked at journal subscription charges their libraries were asked to pay. More than 12,000 academics have boycotted the Dutch publisher Elsevier, in part of a broader campaign against the industry that has been called the "academic spring"........ Read complete article at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jul/15/free-access-british-scientifi… ----------------------------------------- This email was sent using NISCAIR's web mail service. "" http://niscair.res.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Job Vacancy
by Mailing List Admin 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:43:24 +0530 From: Paramjit Singh <param126(a)gmail.com> *Vacancy * Dr B R AMBEDKAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1. Assistant Librarian : 01 post (GEN), Pay Scale : Rs. 15600-39100 AGP 6000 2. Library Information Assistant : 04 posts (GEN-3, OBC-1), Pay Scale : Rs. 9300-34800 GP Rs.4200 For more details please visit: http://nitj.ac.in/News/nfp.pdf

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SHODHGANGA, E-WAY TO ARCHIVE THESES
by Mailing List Admin 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:33:15 +0530 From: Ragaavendra R <Ragaavendra_R(a)jubilantbiosys.com> University of Mysore to take up digitisation of research work Access to the repository of theses could be a mouse click away in the near future. The University of Mysore has inked a memorandum of understanding with Inflibnet to digitise its repository of theses as part of the ‘Shodhganga’ project. Theses submitted to various universities are not available most of the time for reference due to various reasons. Comparing notes on research already done is a difficult proposition. And this has led to repetition of research on the same topics causing wastage of human resources, money and time. To provide an open and easy access to Indian theses and dissertations to the academic community worldwide and to avoid repetitions, the University Grants Commission in collaboration with Inflibnet (informationlibrary network) has come up with an innovative concept called ‘Shodhganga,’ a repository of Indian theses. The system The theses submitted by research scholars of Indian universities will be uploaded on the repository. One can go through the entire gamut of theses of choice and refer other theses too, with the help of Shodhganga. Digitisation is also part of the project wherein universities are given funds to digitise old theses. Plagiarism in research can be avoided to a great deal with Shodhganga. The universities will be provided softwares to detect plagiarism. Shodhganga will help avoid the repetition of research on the same topic and help research scholars to come up with findings of their own, said CP Ramesh, Librarian, University of Mysore. Shodhgangothri, another initiative, allows researchers to get to know of ongoing research in Indian universities. Under the project, the synopsis approved by the universities will be made available to researchers. SOURCE LINK: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/264392/shodhganga-e-way-archive-theses.… Best Regards, Raghvendra R

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[ELF] Evaluating Online Information
by Mailing List Admin 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 06:43:05 +0000 From: Engg-Lib-Forum from India <krmulla(a)gmail.com> With the exponential growth of the world wide web, students need a more critical eye to sift through the bulk of information available online. While the Internet speeds up access to information, it also paves to the publication of anything, by anyone anywhere. Gone are the days when articles must be critiqued and evaluated before publication. Today, scholarly articles are not just buried in the bounty files of information. Their unscholarly counterparts also outnumber them. This reality reinforces the importance of critically evaluating online information. College students should learn the art of evaluating web-based information to make the most of them. For more please follow the link below: http://www.collegeathome.com/articles/evaluating-online-information/

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Re: [LIS-Forum] DOOMSDAY FOR LIBRARIAN AND WHO CAN MANAGE A LIBRARY?
by Mailing List Admin 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:37:52 +0530 From: Mohanlal E.K <lallu2007(a)gmail.com> Dears we are the guys who could carve values to our LIS profession. Attitude is the prime factor which provides significance for any profession. If one has all the qualification ( MLISc +M Phil.+ PhD+NET+PGDCA +MBA etc.... ) but very much reluctant to render right services at right way to clientele as well as to the institution... what's the use of those degrees in our profession ; except to step up further heights... if he/she reaches at heights ; the same attitude would dig him and his profession in great disgrace. The same reflections have been perceiving by our profession in the present day scenario. So change our attitude... give up inferiority complex if any.. fill positive energy.. make others to convince that our profession is inevitable to keep them abruptly informed.Ok... On 14 July 2012 12:38, Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:45:02 +0200 > From: Anand Pandey <meetanandpandey(a)gmail.com> > > My two cents: > > Librarians are on a point where they will need to be aware of newer > technologies which can be used to enhance services in a library and that is > not an avoidable thing. Older generations may keep themselves away (if they > wish) but new blood will need to understand the demand of the changing > times. They need to be passionate about the job they are doing and they > need to love it rather taking it as a routine job just for salaries. > > > I saw many librarians quite keen and eager to implement new things in their > libraries. They took help of experts if they were not able to do by > themselves but on the same point some of them keep remaining in the mood of > technology resistance. Worst case is when staff of the library starts > playing politics of themselves and the posts they are holding. > > > I have an experience of a big library where the most eligible person for > digitalization was kept for some other works (kept away) and most > incompetent (technologically) was made in-charge to the whole project. He > was even not able to solve a single problem when it came to any errors by > the software. He just grabbed this opportunity to show off that he has > done the digitalization. So, that is the dilemma of our times. Staffing of > the librarians should be done totally on their competency and expertise. > If a PhD guy is a slow or dumb, he can be put on the counters (no offence > to anyone). > > > Coming to PhD: Given the number of LIS Schools it has become quite easy to > get PhD. Take a topic which is usually (not always) survey of something > like �user behavior during evening time� and take the forms, compile the > data. Write State-of-the-art, copy something from here and there and you > are done. > > > Gosh, what is happening? Professors who examine such theses should be > always asking few fundamental questions which are usually asked if you are > doing research in science and technologies and they are (more or less): > > > 1. What is the uniqueness of your work? > > 2. What is the contribution of your work to the field (LIS) as a whole? > > 3. Does it solve some specific problem? > > 4. Does it extend/modify some existing theories? > > > So on. Questions should be based the work in hand. Conclusion: research > should be done with a clear vision which lack in many LIS researchers (my > pragmatic experience). > > > > Regards > > Anand > > > Anand Kumar Pandey > PhD Student, Department of Information Engineering, > University of Trento, Italy > > PS: No offense meant to anyone! > > > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Mailing List Admin < > > mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 14:03:14 +0530 >> From: silent listener <librarian1983(a)gmail.com> >> >> Sir, >> >> You really represent our thoughts. I have seen many Dr.s issuing >> books and affixing due dates. generally Phd. holders are admired by >> the public. But people laughing at a Dr.XXX Phd.(LIS).We the >> professionals have to answer.Besides if the CLISc. program continue, >> why can't begin certificate programmes in another Science brach >> also.Let doctor assistants and engineer assistants also may be born. >> Anyway thankyou once again sir. >> >> >> Regards >> >> JOSEPH ZACHARIA >> >> +91 9947997767 >> >> >> >> On 6/30/12, Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:26:23 +0800 (SGT) >>> From: Dr. A.T. Francis <francisaloor(a)yahoo.com> >>> >>> Dear Library Professionals, >>> >>> Let me share few points on the opinion of Mr. Gafoor as DOOMSDAY!!! >>> nearing for our Profession. >>> >>> 1. What are the jobs our fully qualified (MLISc + NET + PhD+PGDCA etc.) >>> library professionals doing in many of the University Libraries in Kerala >>> or other states? >>> 2. Whether we are employing these highly qualified professionals only for >>> counter duty and issue and return of books for several years? >>> 3. If that is happening, after a long period of issue and return only >>> experience, what technical and managerial excellence they can gain?. >>> 4. Whether our Library Schools (other than DRTC) are able to effectively >>> train LIS professionals to manage the e-resources. Whether we can manage >>> an e-resource only library confidently? >>> 5. Whether our Library Science teachers and senior professionals are >>> sincerely looking into our real personnel and professional problems and >>> trying for solution?. It is a grave fact that our professionals are >>> quarreling each other mainly because of system generating issues like >>> appointment, promotion, qualification, etc. >>> 6. The Govt. of Kerala run schools without effective libraries and >>> librarians. Now we are arguing that CLISc holders are best suit to be >>> posted as School Librarins >>> 7. Then why not we recommend/try Nurses in place of Doctors; Diploma >>> holders in place of Engineers, Degree holders as Asst. Professors? >>> >>> So, this is high time to re-structure our system. Otherwise it will be a >>> huge loss to the society (Not to the LIS Community) >>> >>> Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, PhD >>> HEAD, LIBRARY & IT NODAL OFFICER >>> 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<http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/**mailman/listinfo/lis-forum> >> <htt**p://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. >> >> >> > -- > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > -- *Mohanalal E.K. *Reference Officer (Hr.Gr.) College of Dairy Science & Technology Kerala Veterinary & Animal Science Uty. Mannuthy Post, Thrissur Dist. -680 651 Kerala , INDIA* e-mail: lallu2007(a)gmail.com, Ph: +919495464972, 0487 2372148* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Organizing 3-Day National Workshop On ‘Research Methodologies & Effective Publication Practices’ during July 25- 27, 2012
by Gangadhar KC 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

Dear Professional Colleagues, Nitte Mahalinga Adyanthaya Memorial Institute of Technology (NMAMIT), Nitte, Karkala has organized a 3-Day National Workshop On ‘Research Methodologies & Effective Publication Practices’ during July 25- 27, 2012. TARGET GROUP The workshop is primarily meant for all research scholars working in different fields in academia, industries, research labs, libraries and information centers. The number of participants is limited to 50 (Fifty only) and selection is on the basis of ‘first come first served’. TOPICS COVERED 1. Selection of research problem, research methodology 2. Data analysis, statistical techniques, testing of hypothesis etc 3. Development of mathematical and statistical models, use of SPSS package 4. Presentation of research output and reference management 5. Publishing papers in journals - technical writing 6. Writing Thesis / Dissertations, 7. Hands on sessions exploring LATEX RESOURCE PERSONS Experts from Universities, IISc, NITs, ISI will train and guide the participants during the workshop. The programme includes hands-on-experience sessions in computer labs and demonstrations as well. REGISTRATION FEE: Without accommodation: Rs. 500/- With accommodation: Rs. 1,000/- To be paid through Demand Draft drawn in favour of “PRINCIPAL, NMAMIT", payable at Nitte or Karkala. A Standard Text Book on Research Methodology will be provided to the participants along with the workshop kit. For more details, click- http://www.nitte.ac.in/nmamit/wp-content/themes/nitte/final_edited_copy.pdf Regards, Convener: Dr. Y. H. Divakara Bhat Librarian, Central Library Email:divakarabhat@gmail.com Telephone: (08258) 281264 Ext 332, Mobile:09916349573 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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"DOOMSDAY" for Library Profession
by Niraj Barua 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

Thanks, to all the concerned professionals that the term "DOOMSDAY" had evoked such huge responses. I originally coined this in my message given below. Now all of us needs to think about it seriously and chalk out the remedies. 1. I think first of all we need to debate among ourselves whether Librarianship is a Profession or not. 2. Can't we spare one or two National Level Conferences to be devoted on this issue rather then concentrating on the issues relating to use of technology...bla bla. 3. Why are the National level LIS Professional bodies are mute to such important issues. 4. Isn't it the time that we should abandon "Chalta Hei" attitude and take up these matters seriously. 5. Can any one suggest name of a Fatherly figure like Ranganathan to whom we can look up proper guidance. Thanks. With Regards Dr. Niraj Barua Message: 1 Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:00:25 +0530 From: "Niraj Barua" <nbar(a)iitg.ernet.in> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] !!DOOMSDAY!!! nearing for our Profession (if we sleep now) Message-ID: <4919f7c5272688e791512349cfc7aa08.squirrel(a)webmail.iitg.ernet.in> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear fellow Professionals and respected one its a very sad development that the DOOMSDAY for the Library Professionals is nearing in general and in particular in our country. See the link below about vacancy for Library cum informatics Officer in a Central Govt autonomous institution. We should raise our voice unitedly against such unjustful strategies from the policy makers. Our professional qualification limits our job scope to only the Libraries, but Computer professionals have far more avenues to try for a job. Why are some of the people desperate to throttle our profession for benefit of some so called elites? Please raise your voice, share your concern otherwise the coming generation of our profession (if survives) will blame the present lot. http://www.nabi.res.in/Vacancies/Permanent/NABI3(2)2012-Rectt/DetailofAdvt.… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Niraj Barua 9435346637(Mobile) niraj_barua(a)yahoo.co.in. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Programme on “SECURITY CONCERNS IN SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES” on Wednesday, 18th Jul 2012 at 5.30 p.m.
by Mohan HR 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

Dear all, Pl. find an invite for the prgramme on “SECURITY CONCERNS IN SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES” on Wednesday, 18th Jul 2012 at 5.30 p.m. The pdf invite is available at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2012/mm-120718-hcc.pdf Pl. make it convenient to attend the presentation. While the admission to this pgm is free, pl. confirm your participation by phone to 28294457 /28294466 or by email to office(a)hindustanchamber.in for logistics. With regards HR Mohan Chairman, IEEE CS & PCS http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ INVITATION ================================================ HINDUSTAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE in association with COMPUTER SOCIETY OF INDIA, CHENNAI IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY, MADRAS & IEEE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION SOCIETY, MADRAS cordially invite you for a programme on “SECURITY CONCERNS IN SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES” at 6.00 p.m. on Wednesday, the 18th July 2012 at “H.C. Kothari Memorial Hall”, South Wing, 5th Floor, 149, Greams Road, Chennai–600006. Speakers & Topis ============= -- Mr. K.Srinivasan, President, Cyber Society of India on “Relevance of Social Media in the Indian Context” -- Mr. S.N.Ravichandran, Joint Secretary,Cyber Society of India on “Investigation of Crimes on Social Networking Sites” -- Mr. V.Rajendran, Sr. Vice-President, Cyber Society of India on “Legal Issues and Data Privacy in Social Networking Sites” Mr. P.B. Prasad, Chairman, Expert Committee on IT, Computerization & Telecom, HCC will be convenor High Tea : 5.30 p.m. R.S.V.P. :28294457 /28294466 & email: office(a)hindustanchamber.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Doomsday for librarians: A global phenomena
by Vasanth 15 Jul '12

15 Jul '12

Dear Sir/Madam, It was sad that a reputed institute like National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, an autonomous institute of the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India advertised for an IT expert for librarian post. This move was rightly questioned by LIS professionals through LIS forum and other means of communications. But the issue is, across the globe the situation is no different. This is not an isolated case. Library Schools are shutting down in US, Canada and other parts of the world (See: The closing of American library schools: Problems and opportunities by Larry J. Ostler, Therrin C. Dahlin, J. D. Willardson). Since 1990s many of LIS schools have closed down in US and other parts of the world. Dr. Vasumathi Sriganesh in her post (See LIS Forum dated: 29th June 2012) rightly pointed out at the decline of interest or people attending the Annual Conference of the Medical Library Association The prestigious LIS Schools such as Indiana University’s School of Library and Information Science (SLIS), Royal School of Library and Information Science (RSLIS) and many other LIS schools in the recent past have joined the iSchool Caucus or renamed themselves as Information Schools (iSchools) (See http://www.ischools.org) LIS courses are more and more have becoming multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary in nature. Ostler, Dahlin, & Willardson in their book “The closing of American library schools: Problems and opportunities” discusses about two fundamental reasons why LIS Schools are declining in numbers: the reasons are lack of leadership in LIS community (void left by S.R. Ranganathan in Indian LIS community is still unfilled) and lack of theoretical underpinnings in LIS teaching and research. The relevancy of bibliographic classification in light of rapid development in digital technologies has also been in discussion. The FID (Federation for Information and Documentation, dissolved in 2002) once known for path breaking research in knowledge organization (UDC) now dissolved or consists only few members. The complexity of bibliographic classification systems in the post-Internet era have in a way dragged user towards simple and easy to use information retrieval tools like Google (See very interesting article on this issue by Birger Hjørland entitled “Is classification necessary after Google?” appeared in Journal of Documentation). The OCLC User Survey on College Students perceptions of Libraries & information Resources (See http://www.oclc.org/reports/pdfs/studentperceptions.pdf) and other similar studies have established that users are happy to use search engine like Google for retrieving information rather relying on bibliographic classification systems. The real threat that now looming large for LIS community is through Google Book Search (GBS). If Google digitize all the books available in libraries which Google has a tie up for digitization, who would visit the library? There is need to decrease the monopoly of third party information service providers such as Google to survive and have to find ways to decrease the users inclination towards search engines like Google by initiating similar products by library professionals. Robert Darnton of Harvard University in his recent book “The case for books: Past, present and future” talks about the need of international digital library to counter the monopoly of GBS. The advancement in digital technologies and availability of information through the Internet is becoming more and more, libraries and LIS course have been sidelined all over the world. One example is how many central universities established very recently in India have courses in LIS? Why there is such reluctancy to start LIS schools in many of the newly established central and state universities? Is this because information is easily found through Google? ------------------------- 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] DOOMSDAY FOR LIBRARIAN AND WHO CAN MANAGE A LIBRARY?
by Mailing List Admin 15 Jul '12

15 Jul '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:14:16 +0800 (SGT) From: nrusingh dash <nrusingh_99(a)yahoo.com> Dear Friends, Only Degree will not do anything in any profession, Professionals should not be judged only by counting their degrees. it is the attitude which should be counted. Job description for Library professionals as well defined by many in many scholarly literature. but we should act as per the need of the users.... am i right? thanks Nrusingh Kumar Dash Librarian Silicon Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar-24 --- On Tue, 10/7/12, Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: From: Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] DOOMSDAY FOR LIBRARIAN AND WHO CAN MANAGE A LIBRARY? To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Date: Tuesday, 10 July, 2012, 1:48 AM ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 14:03:14 +0530 From: silent listener <librarian1983(a)gmail.com> Sir, � ��You really represent our thoughts. I have seen many Dr.s issuing books and affixing due dates. generally Phd. holders are admired by the public. But people laughing at a Dr.XXX Phd.(LIS).We the professionals have to answer.Besides if the CLISc. program continue, why can't begin certificate programmes in another Science brach also.Let doctor assistants and engineer assistants also may be born. Anyway thankyou once again sir. Regards JOSEPH ZACHARIA +91 9947997767 On 6/30/12, Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:26:23 +0800 (SGT) > From: Dr. A.T.� Francis <francisaloor(a)yahoo.com> > > Dear Library Professionals, > > Let me share few points on the opinion of Mr. Gafoor as DOOMSDAY!!! > nearing for our Profession. > > 1. What are the jobs our fully qualified (MLISc + NET + PhD+PGDCA etc.) > library professionals doing in many of the University Libraries in Kerala > or other states? > 2. Whether we are employing these highly qualified professionals only for > counter duty and issue and return of books for several years? > 3. If that is happening, after a long period of issue and return only > experience, what technical and managerial excellence they can gain?. > 4. Whether our Library Schools (other than DRTC) are able to effectively > train LIS professionals to manage the e-resources. Whether we can manage > an e-resource only library confidently? > 5. Whether our Library Science teachers and senior professionals are > sincerely looking into our real personnel and professional problems and > trying for solution?.� It is a grave fact that our professionals are > quarreling each other mainly because of system generating issues like > appointment, promotion, qualification, etc. > 6. The Govt. of Kerala run schools without effective libraries and > librarians.� Now we are arguing that CLISc holders are best suit to be > posted as School Librarins > 7.� Then why not we recommend/try Nurses in place of Doctors; Diploma > holders in place of Engineers, Degree holders as Asst. Professors? > > So, this is high time to re-structure our system. Otherwise it will be a > huge loss to the society (Not to the LIS Community) > > Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, PhD > HEAD, LIBRARY & IT NODAL OFFICER > 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. -- 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] DOOMSDAY FOR LIBRARIAN AND WHO CAN MANAGE A LIBRARY?
by Mailing List Admin 14 Jul '12

14 Jul '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:45:02 +0200 From: Anand Pandey <meetanandpandey(a)gmail.com> My two cents: Librarians are on a point where they will need to be aware of newer technologies which can be used to enhance services in a library and that is not an avoidable thing. Older generations may keep themselves away (if they wish) but new blood will need to understand the demand of the changing times. They need to be passionate about the job they are doing and they need to love it rather taking it as a routine job just for salaries. I saw many librarians quite keen and eager to implement new things in their libraries. They took help of experts if they were not able to do by themselves but on the same point some of them keep remaining in the mood of technology resistance. Worst case is when staff of the library starts playing politics of themselves and the posts they are holding. I have an experience of a big library where the most eligible person for digitalization was kept for some other works (kept away) and most incompetent (technologically) was made in-charge to the whole project. He was even not able to solve a single problem when it came to any errors by the software. He just grabbed this opportunity to show off that he has done the digitalization. So, that is the dilemma of our times. Staffing of the librarians should be done totally on their competency and expertise. If a PhD guy is a slow or dumb, he can be put on the counters (no offence to anyone). Coming to PhD: Given the number of LIS Schools it has become quite easy to get PhD. Take a topic which is usually (not always) survey of something like �user behavior during evening time� and take the forms, compile the data. Write State-of-the-art, copy something from here and there and you are done. Gosh, what is happening? Professors who examine such theses should be always asking few fundamental questions which are usually asked if you are doing research in science and technologies and they are (more or less): 1. What is the uniqueness of your work? 2. What is the contribution of your work to the field (LIS) as a whole? 3. Does it solve some specific problem? 4. Does it extend/modify some existing theories? So on. Questions should be based the work in hand. Conclusion: research should be done with a clear vision which lack in many LIS researchers (my pragmatic experience). Regards Anand Anand Kumar Pandey PhD Student, Department of Information Engineering, University of Trento, Italy PS: No offense meant to anyone! On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Mailing List Admin < mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 14:03:14 +0530 > From: silent listener <librarian1983(a)gmail.com> > > Sir, > > You really represent our thoughts. I have seen many Dr.s issuing > books and affixing due dates. generally Phd. holders are admired by > the public. But people laughing at a Dr.XXX Phd.(LIS).We the > professionals have to answer.Besides if the CLISc. program continue, > why can't begin certificate programmes in another Science brach > also.Let doctor assistants and engineer assistants also may be born. > Anyway thankyou once again sir. > > > Regards > > JOSEPH ZACHARIA > > +91 9947997767 > > > > On 6/30/12, Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:26:23 +0800 (SGT) >> From: Dr. A.T. Francis <francisaloor(a)yahoo.com> >> >> Dear Library Professionals, >> >> Let me share few points on the opinion of Mr. Gafoor as DOOMSDAY!!! >> nearing for our Profession. >> >> 1. What are the jobs our fully qualified (MLISc + NET + PhD+PGDCA etc.) >> library professionals doing in many of the University Libraries in Kerala >> or other states? >> 2. Whether we are employing these highly qualified professionals only for >> counter duty and issue and return of books for several years? >> 3. If that is happening, after a long period of issue and return only >> experience, what technical and managerial excellence they can gain?. >> 4. Whether our Library Schools (other than DRTC) are able to effectively >> train LIS professionals to manage the e-resources. Whether we can manage >> an e-resource only library confidently? >> 5. Whether our Library Science teachers and senior professionals are >> sincerely looking into our real personnel and professional problems and >> trying for solution?. It is a grave fact that our professionals are >> quarreling each other mainly because of system generating issues like >> appointment, promotion, qualification, etc. >> 6. The Govt. of Kerala run schools without effective libraries and >> librarians. Now we are arguing that CLISc holders are best suit to be >> posted as School Librarins >> 7. Then why not we recommend/try Nurses in place of Doctors; Diploma >> holders in place of Engineers, Degree holders as Asst. Professors? >> >> So, this is high time to re-structure our system. Otherwise it will be a >> huge loss to the society (Not to the LIS Community) >> >> Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, PhD >> HEAD, LIBRARY & IT NODAL OFFICER >> 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<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. > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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(no subject)
by kaginelli Pampapati 14 Jul '12

14 Jul '12

Dear Professional, We would appreciate it very much, if any one could arrange to send the soft copy of the following article which is required by our Professor. *Nonlinear steady hydro magnetic convection in mushy layers during alloy solidification D N Riahi* I request for sending me a soft copy of the same, if accessible to any of you. With best regards, Mr. Pampaapti Jain University Center for Management Studies 1/1,1 Atria Tower, Palace Road Bangalore 560001 Mobile No 9743988176 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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A Book Pulished on Digital Preservation
by Leili Seifi 14 Jul '12

14 Jul '12

Dear Professionals, A new book published on Digital Preservation of Cultural Heritage Collection:Among Libraries of India and Iran: A Comparative Study / By Leili Seifi & C.P. Ramasesh. Germany: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing,2012 For more information kindly see the below links: http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Preservation-Cultural-Heritage-Collection/dp/… https://www.lap-publishing.com/catalog/details/store/gb/book/978-3-659-1169… We hope the book be useful for the LIS community wordwile. Thanks & Regards Leili Seifi -- Regrads, Leili Seifi PhD in Library and Information Science -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Announcement - ISKO Conference
by Mailing List Admin 14 Jul '12

14 Jul '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:18:59 +0530 From: SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE <srels.bangalore(a)gmail.com> The 12th International ISKO Conference is being held in the University of Mysore from 6th to 9th August 2012. Eminent Scholars from over 20 countries are presenting their research papers in the Conference. There will be a pre-conference Tutorial on 6th August on �Categories for the Web� that will be conducted by Dr. Kavi Mahesh (Professor of Computer Science @ PESIT, Bangalore and Knowledge Management Consultant to Infosys). The details of papers to be presented at the conference (and the detailed programme) are on the conference website (www.isibang.ac.in/~ISKO) With a view to encourage doctoral and Masters� degree Students in allied areas (M.sc. (LIS); M.Tech; MCA), the Organizing Committee has decided to offer admission to students (from SAARC Countries) at a nominal registration fee of Rs.2,000/ only. The fee will entitle students to attend the Workshop, the Technical sessions of the Conference, Invited lectures and also Lunch and Tea on all 4 days. However, the reduced registration fee will not entitle students to receive the Conference Volume. The students will have to make their own arrangements for travel and accommodation. Those desirous of attending may send the registration fee by DD (Payable at Bangalore) for Rs.2,000/- drawn in favour of ISKO (India Chapter) along with a copy of their ID certifying that they are students. to: ISKO (India Chapter) c/o. Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Ph: 91-080-23305109 ; E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in ; srelsbangalore(a)gmail.com

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Re: [LIS-Forum] DOOMSDAY FOR LIBRARIAN AND WHO CAN MANAGE A LIBRARY?
by Mailing List Admin 14 Jul '12

14 Jul '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:03:48 +0530 From: veeresh hiremath <vchiremat(a)gmail.com> Sir, We are waking up to the grim reality of Dr.'s doing odd jobs in library other than the jobs they are meant/specified to do thanks to the dilution of the process of awarding of Ph.D degrees where any Tom, Dick and Harry is now a Ph.D aspirant. The system really needs to be overhauled. The recent changeover of NET pattern is a case in point. On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Mailing List Admin < mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 14:03:14 +0530 > From: silent listener <librarian1983(a)gmail.com> > > Sir, > > You really represent our thoughts. I have seen many Dr.s issuing > books and affixing due dates. generally Phd. holders are admired by > the public. But people laughing at a Dr.XXX Phd.(LIS).We the > professionals have to answer.Besides if the CLISc. program continue, > why can't begin certificate programmes in another Science brach > also.Let doctor assistants and engineer assistants also may be born. > Anyway thankyou once again sir. > > > Regards > > JOSEPH ZACHARIA > > +91 9947997767 > > > > On 6/30/12, Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:26:23 +0800 (SGT) >> From: Dr. A.T. Francis <francisaloor(a)yahoo.com> >> >> Dear Library Professionals, >> >> Let me share few points on the opinion of Mr. Gafoor as DOOMSDAY!!! >> nearing for our Profession. >> >> 1. What are the jobs our fully qualified (MLISc + NET + PhD+PGDCA etc.) >> library professionals doing in many of the University Libraries in Kerala >> or other states? >> 2. Whether we are employing these highly qualified professionals only for >> counter duty and issue and return of books for several years? >> 3. If that is happening, after a long period of issue and return only >> experience, what technical and managerial excellence they can gain?. >> 4. Whether our Library Schools (other than DRTC) are able to effectively >> train LIS professionals to manage the e-resources. Whether we can manage >> an e-resource only library confidently? >> 5. Whether our Library Science teachers and senior professionals are >> sincerely looking into our real personnel and professional problems and >> trying for solution?. It is a grave fact that our professionals are >> quarreling each other mainly because of system generating issues like >> appointment, promotion, qualification, etc. >> 6. The Govt. of Kerala run schools without effective libraries and >> librarians. Now we are arguing that CLISc holders are best suit to be >> posted as School Librarins >> 7. Then why not we recommend/try Nurses in place of Doctors; Diploma >> holders in place of Engineers, Degree holders as Asst. Professors? >> >> So, this is high time to re-structure our system. Otherwise it will be a >> huge loss to the society (Not to the LIS Community) >> >> Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, PhD >> HEAD, LIBRARY & IT NODAL OFFICER >> 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<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. > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Some points to rejuvenate college and university libraries in Kerala
by Dr. A.T. Francis 13 Jul '12

13 Jul '12

Dear Joseph Zacharia and other professionals, Every profession has clearly defined the roles of Professionals, Semi-Professionals and non-professionals.Â But, in Kerala, most of the professions are effectively controlled and managed by clerks, including the libraries and librarians. Some library professionals (I do not know whether they are true professionals or not) are also in this line and supporting to create quarrels and court cases. School, College and University Teachers have assistants, named Lab Asst. and Farm Asst.; Doctors have Asst., named Physicians’ Assistant; Nurses have Assistant, named Nursing Asst.; and so on. But, in the case of librarians in Kerala, such a clear definition is not prevailing, which causes unscientific management of professionals and continuous quarrels and court cases. We, the professionals in Thrissur have discussed these issues in detail in two seminars led by the Kerala Agricultural University and Kerala Library Association and recommended the following: (1). UGC or similar Scheme should be implemented in all college and university libraries, including poly technique colleges, medical colleges, nursing colleges, engineering colleges, etc. in Kerala as was done for other subject teachers in these institutions. (2). While implementing the UGC Scheme, all the then Junior Lecturers in conventional colleges/universities and Junior Assistant Professors in Kerala Agricultural University have been upgraded to Lecturers/Asst. Professors and given UGC Scale by exempting from 55% marks and NET (3). Here after, only direct recruitment prevails to Lecturer/Asst. Professor. (4). In the case of librarians, all the then professionals (Library/ Technical/ Reference Assistants/ Librarian Grade I, II, III & IV) should have to be inducted to the UGC Cadre by exempting from 55% marks and NET. (5). A new cadre similar to Lab Assistants should be introduced in university/college libraries with CLISc as qualification; with clear cut rules for promotion and without entry to the UGC Cadre. (6). So, the only solution to rejuvenate our profession is the full implementation of the UGC Scheme as was done for other teachers. Automatically, all quarrels between NETians and Non-NETians will end; all library professionals in universities will demand to raise the retirement age to 60 or even upto 65; duties like issue, return, replacement, shelf rectification, etc. will be handled by CLISc holders or even experienced non-professionals; nobody will demand for the unnecessary increase/ creation of posts for promotion and so on. (this is happening in Govt. Secretariat and every body is trying to create posts of Chief Secretary, Additional Secretary, DGP, CFO, etc. for promotion and consequently multiplying red-tappism and power governance. 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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Open Source Software Applications in Libraries
by Anil Kumar 13 Jul '12

13 Jul '12

Dear All, You would agree that there seems to be a growing use in OSS (Open Source Software) applications in all walks of life whether you are drafting a letter or using your mobile phone. Some of the common examples of OSS in our daily lives are Mozila, Linux, Open office, and so on. In this context we thought it pertinent to study OSS with specific reference to the library market. We believe that libraries have traditionally been open to adopting OSS and some examples could be Koha, Evergreen, Dspace, Eprints, Greenstone, etc. In line with this thinking we are conducting a brief survey on and their adoption in Indian libraries. The main objective of this study is to understand the status of IT applications in libraries in areas like Integrated Library Solutions, Digital library solutions, Website solutions, etc. in India and the potential of OSS in these areas of library functioning. We plan to identify factors that play a major role in, promoting and preventing, OSS implementation. The study also seeks to identify the preferred business models that may be appropriate in promoting the use of OSS in libraries. I invite you kindly respond to this survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7RHWDN7 that has only 20 questions and the results of this study will be shared with all the respondents of the survey. This study is supported by OSS Labs and the researchers are grateful for the support. Regards H. Anil Kumar and Mallikarjun Dora Vikram Sarabhai Library Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad H. Anil Kumar Librarian Indian Institute of Management Vastrapur Ahmedabad 380 015 Ph: (079) 66324987 -- 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] DOOMSDAY FOR LIBRARIAN AND WHO CAN MANAGE A LIBRARY?
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 12 Jul '12

12 Jul '12

Anand Pandey meetanandpandey(a)gmail.com Wed Jul 11 19:15:02 IST 2012 My two cents: Librarians are on a point where they will need to be aware of newer technologies which can be used to enhance services in a library and that is not an avoidable thing. Older generations may keep themselves away (if they wish) but new blood will need to understand the demand of the changing times. They need to be passionate about the job they are doing and they need to love it rather taking it as a routine job just for salaries. I saw many librarians quite keen and eager to implement new things in their libraries. They took help of experts if they were not able to do by themselves but on the same point some of them keep remaining in the mood of technology resistance. Worst case is when staff of the library starts playing politics of themselves and the posts they are holding. I have an experience of a big library where the most eligible person for digitalization was kept for some other works (kept away) and most incompetent (technologically) was made in-charge to the whole project. He was even not able to solve a single problem when it came to any errors by the software. He just grabbed this opportunity to show off that he has done the digitalization. So, that is the dilemma of our times. Staffing of the librarians should be done totally on their competency and expertise. If a PhD guy is a slow or dumb, he can be put on the counters (no offence to anyone). Coming to PhD: Given the number of LIS Schools it has become quite easy to get PhD. Take a topic which is usually (not always) survey of something like user behavior during evening time and take the forms, compile the data. Write State-of-the-art, copy something from here and there and you are done. Gosh, what is happening? Professors who examine such theses should be always asking few fundamental questions which are usually asked if you are doing research in science and technologies and they are (more or less): 1. What is the uniqueness of your work? 2. What is the contribution of your work to the field (LIS) as a whole? 3. Does it solve some specific problem? 4. Does it extend/modify some existing theories? So on. Questions should be based the work in hand. Conclusion: research should be done with a clear vision which lack in many LIS researchers (my pragmatic experience). Regards Anand Anand Kumar Pandey PhD Student, Department of Information Engineering, University of Trento, Italy PS: No offense meant to anyone! On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Mailing List Admin < mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 14:03:14 +0530 > From: silent listener <librarian1983(a)gmail.com> > > Sir, > > You really represent our thoughts. I have seen many Dr.s issuing > books and affixing due dates. generally Phd. holders are admired by > the public. But people laughing at a Dr.XXX Phd.(LIS).We the > professionals have to answer.Besides if the CLISc. program continue, > why can't begin certificate programmes in another Science brach > also.Let doctor assistants and engineer assistants also may be born. > Anyway thankyou once again sir. > > > Regards > > JOSEPH ZACHARIA > > +91 9947997767 > > > > On 6/30/12, Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:26:23 +0800 (SGT) >> From: Dr. A.T. Francis <francisaloor(a)yahoo.com> >> >> Dear Library Professionals, >> >> Let me share few points on the opinion of Mr. Gafoor as DOOMSDAY!!! >> nearing for our Profession. >> >> 1. What are the jobs our fully qualified (MLISc + NET + PhD+PGDCA etc.) >> library professionals doing in many of the University Libraries in Kerala >> or other states? >> 2. Whether we are employing these highly qualified professionals only for >> counter duty and issue and return of books for several years? >> 3. If that is happening, after a long period of issue and return only >> experience, what technical and managerial excellence they can gain?. >> 4. Whether our Library Schools (other than DRTC) are able to effectively >> train LIS professionals to manage the e-resources. Whether we can manage >> an e-resource only library confidently? >> 5. Whether our Library Science teachers and senior professionals are >> sincerely looking into our real personnel and professional problems and >> trying for solution?. It is a grave fact that our professionals are >> quarreling each other mainly because of system generating issues like >> appointment, promotion, qualification, etc. >> 6. The Govt. of Kerala run schools without effective libraries and >> librarians. Now we are arguing that CLISc holders are best suit to be >> posted as School Librarins >> 7. Then why not we recommend/try Nurses in place of Doctors; Diploma >> holders in place of Engineers, Degree holders as Asst. Professors? >> >> So, this is high time to re-structure our system. Otherwise it will be a >> huge loss to the society (Not to the LIS Community) >> >> Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, PhD >> HEAD, LIBRARY & IT NODAL OFFICER >> 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<http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-foru

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Announcement - ISKO Conference
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 12 Jul '12

12 Jul '12

SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE srels.bangalore(a)gmail.com Wed Jul 11 16:18:59 IST 2012 Dear Moderator : Kindly arrange to annouce the following circular to the benefit of the lis forum members. Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science The 12th International ISKO Conference is being held in the University of Mysore from 6th to 9th August 2012. Eminent Scholars from over 20 countries are presenting their research papers in the Conference. There will be a pre-conference Tutorial on 6th August on Categories for the Web that will be conducted by Dr. Kavi Mahesh (Professor of Computer Science @ PESIT, Bangalore and Knowledge Management Consultant to Infosys). The details of papers to be presented at the conference (and the detailed programme) are on the conference website (www.isibang.ac.in/~ISKO) With a view to encourage doctoral and Masters degree Students in allied areas (M.sc. (LIS); M.Tech; MCA), the Organizing Committee has decided to offer admission to students (from SAARC Countries) at a nominal registration fee of Rs.2,000/ only. The fee will entitle students to attend the Workshop, the Technical sessions of the Conference, Invited lectures and also Lunch and Tea on all 4 days. However, the reduced registration fee will not entitle students to receive the Conference Volume. The students will have to make their own arrangements for travel and accommodation. Those desirous of attending may send the registration fee by DD (Payable at Bangalore) for Rs.2,000/- drawn in favour of ISKO (India Chapter) along with a copy of their ID certifying that they are students. to: ISKO (India Chapter) c/o. Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Ph: 91-080-23305109 ; E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in ; srelsbangalore(a)gmail.com

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Post of Director, INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad (An IUC established under Section 12(CCC) of UGC Act, 1956)
by Dr. Badan Barman 12 Jul '12

12 Jul '12

Respected forum members, The UGC has to fill up the post of Director, INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad an InterUniversity Centre of UGC on a fixed salary of Rs.75,000/- along with a Special Allowance of Rs.5000/- per month plus allowances and other benefits as per the terms and conditions for the post of Vice-Chancellors issued by the Commission. The Director of the INFLIBNET is an executive authority of the Centre. The term of appointment will be for a period of five years or till he/she attains the age of sixty-five years,whichever is earlier. The term can be renewed for a further period of five year. As per MOAand Rules governing the INFLIBNET Centre, the Director will be appointed by the President of the Council on the recommendations of a Search Committee. For the post of Director, a person should have a sound administrative acumen besides having academic distinction. He/she should be person with vision and foresight to provide necessary leadership to the Centre. The person applying for this post may also have extensive knowledge and experience in the field of Information Technology& Information in Library Networking. *How to Apply <http://www.iemploymentnews.com/>:* Interested persons send their detailed bio-data through proper channel to the following address Dr.(Mrs.) Renu Batra, Joint Secretary, University Grants Commission, New Delhi- 110 002 *Last Date of Application <http://www.iemploymentnews.com/>: *27th July, 2012. *Original Advertisement <http://www.iemploymentnews.com/>: * http://www.ugc.ac.in/pdftender/jobdirinflibnet100712.pdf Published over: Indian Employment News: http://iemploymentnews.com Thanking you, Yours faithfully (Dr. Badan Barman) Academic Consultant, Library & Information Science, Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University, Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Guwahati-781006, Assam *Toll Free Number:* 1800 345 3613 *Phone:* 0361-2234964 / 2235971 / 092070 49493 *Fax:* 0361- 2235398. *Institutional Websites:* http://www.snkkhsou.org / http://www.clkkhsou.org/ http://www.kkhsou.in *Personal Websites:* http://www.lislinks.com / http://www.lisformats.com / http://www.oajse.com / http://www.netugc.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] DOOMSDAY FOR LIBRARIAN AND WHO CAN MANAGE A LIBRARY?
by Mailing List Admin 11 Jul '12

11 Jul '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 14:03:14 +0530 From: silent listener <librarian1983(a)gmail.com> Sir, You really represent our thoughts. I have seen many Dr.s issuing books and affixing due dates. generally Phd. holders are admired by the public. But people laughing at a Dr.XXX Phd.(LIS).We the professionals have to answer.Besides if the CLISc. program continue, why can't begin certificate programmes in another Science brach also.Let doctor assistants and engineer assistants also may be born. Anyway thankyou once again sir. Regards JOSEPH ZACHARIA +91 9947997767 On 6/30/12, Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:26:23 +0800 (SGT) > From: Dr. A.T. Francis <francisaloor(a)yahoo.com> > > Dear Library Professionals, > > Let me share few points on the opinion of Mr. Gafoor as DOOMSDAY!!! > nearing for our Profession. > > 1. What are the jobs our fully qualified (MLISc + NET + PhD+PGDCA etc.) > library professionals doing in many of the University Libraries in Kerala > or other states? > 2. Whether we are employing these highly qualified professionals only for > counter duty and issue and return of books for several years? > 3. If that is happening, after a long period of issue and return only > experience, what technical and managerial excellence they can gain?. > 4. Whether our Library Schools (other than DRTC) are able to effectively > train LIS professionals to manage the e-resources. Whether we can manage > an e-resource only library confidently? > 5. Whether our Library Science teachers and senior professionals are > sincerely looking into our real personnel and professional problems and > trying for solution?. It is a grave fact that our professionals are > quarreling each other mainly because of system generating issues like > appointment, promotion, qualification, etc. > 6. The Govt. of Kerala run schools without effective libraries and > librarians. Now we are arguing that CLISc holders are best suit to be > posted as School Librarins > 7. Then why not we recommend/try Nurses in place of Doctors; Diploma > holders in place of Engineers, Degree holders as Asst. Professors? > > So, this is high time to re-structure our system. Otherwise it will be a > huge loss to the society (Not to the LIS Community) > > Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, 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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rules for article submission
by Muruli Acharya 11 Jul '12

11 Jul '12

Dear professionals, Is it essential for central government employees (librarians in particular) to go through proper channel while submitting an article to a journal/conference? Is it included in code of conduts for Central Govt Employees? In case of not informing higher authority, can the authority take any disciplinary action? Please let me know if thre is any such rules regarding the same. regards Muruli -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Announcement - ISKO Conference
by SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE 11 Jul '12

11 Jul '12

Dear Moderator : Kindly arrange to annouce the following circular to the benefit of the lis forum members. Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science The 12th International ISKO Conference is being held in the University of Mysore from 6th to 9th August 2012. Eminent Scholars from over 20 countries are presenting their research papers in the Conference. There will be a pre-conference Tutorial on 6th August on ‘Categories for the Web’ that will be conducted by Dr. Kavi Mahesh (Professor of Computer Science @ PESIT, Bangalore and Knowledge Management Consultant to Infosys). The details of papers to be presented at the conference (and the detailed programme) are on the conference website (www.isibang.ac.in/~ISKO) With a view to encourage doctoral and Masters’ degree Students in allied areas (M.sc. (LIS); M.Tech; MCA), the Organizing Committee has decided to offer admission to students (from SAARC Countries) at a nominal registration fee of Rs.2,000/ only. The fee will entitle students to attend the Workshop, the Technical sessions of the Conference, Invited lectures and also Lunch and Tea on all 4 days. However, the reduced registration fee will not entitle students to receive the Conference Volume. The students will have to make their own arrangements for travel and accommodation. Those desirous of attending may send the registration fee by DD (Payable at Bangalore) for Rs.2,000/- drawn in favour of ISKO (India Chapter) along with a copy of their ID certifying that they are students. to: ISKO (India Chapter) c/o. Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Ph: 91-080-23305109 ; E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in ; srelsbangalore(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request
by monisha mishra 11 Jul '12

11 Jul '12

Dear All, Good afternoon. Kindly send the full text of the below mentioned articles if any body has the access, as those are urgently required by one of our research scholars. 1.OETJEN, K. and H. KARL, 1999: Improvement of gas chromatographic determination methods of volatile amines in fish and fishery products. Deutsche Lebensmittelrundschau 95, 403-407 2.MURRAY, C.K. and D.M. GIBSON 1972b: An investigation of the method of determining trimethylamine in fish muscle extracts by the formation of its picrate salt. Journal of Food Technology 7, 47-51. 3.COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 95/149/EC, 1995: Commission Decision of 8 March 1995 fixing the TVB-N (total volatile basic nitrogen) limit values for certain categories of fishery products and specifying the analysis methods to be used. Official Journal L097, 29/04/1995, p. 84-87 4.DÄNICKE, S., K.H. UEBERSCHÄR, K. REESE and S. WEIGEND, 2006: Investigations on the effects of rape oil quality, choline and methionine concentrations in diets for laying hens on the Trimethylamine (TMA) content of the eggs, on TMA metabolism and on laying performance. Archive of Animal Nutrition 60 (1), 57-79. 5.Reese, K., R. Preisinger, M. Schmutz, S. Weigend, M. Honkatukia, M. Tuiskula-Haavisto, A. Maki-Tanila, and J. Vilkki. 2004. Selection tools to eliminate hens laying fishy tainted eggs. World’s Poult. Congr. XXII, Istanbul, Turkey. Cambridge Journals, Cambridge, UK. regards *Monisha Mishra* *Librarian Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar Orissa* -- 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 Kshema Prakash 11 Jul '12

11 Jul '12

Dear Friends, One of our faculty members is in need of the following article. --> Reviews of Math. Phys.: vol. 7, pgs.1013-, year (1995); http://www.worldscinet.com/rmp/07/0707/S0129055X95000396.html I request for sending me a softcopy of the same, if accessible to any of you. With best regards, Kshema ---------------------------------------- Dr. (Mrs.) Kshema Prakash Deputy Librarian, Central Library Indian Institute of Technology, Rajasthan 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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UDC Publishing Licence Grant
by Aida Slavic 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Hi, Colleagues involved in publishing may be interested in the following announcement from the UDC Consortium (The Hague) To mark its twentieth anniversary, the UDC Consortium (the owner of the Universal Decimal Classification) is offering a free publishing licence for an abridged edition of 10,000 classes and free online and offline translation support for producing the editions in a language in which UDC has never been published before such as Arabic, Greek, Kazakh, any of the official languages of India etc. National libraries, library associations and other academic or commercial publishers in countries in which UDC is used and taught in library schools may find such an opportunity of interest. The free license will be given on a 'first come first served' basis. Up to two free licenses may be offered and it will necessary for the applicant to have purchased or purchase a pre-publication license and find a dedicated editor of this language edition. Upon signing the contract the UDC Consortium will set-up the translation database for a given language and prepare necessary support for up to 10 translators. Expressions of interest should be sent by 1 October. To learn more contact mail(a)udcc.org. Regards --- Dr Aida Slavic Editor-in-Chief, UDC UDC Consortium The Hague, The Netherlands Email:aida.slavic@udcc.org Web:http://www.udcc.org Blog:http://universaldecimalclassification.blogspot.com/ Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/UDCC Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/pages/UDC-Consortium/317530649451 Linked In:http://www.linkedin.com/company/383049 ______________________ --> Multilingual UDC Summary:http://www.udcc.org/udcsummary/php/index.php --> Proceedings: Classification& Ontology:http://seminar.udcc.org/2011/index.htm The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) is the world's foremost multilingual classification scheme for all fields of knowledge, a sophisticated indexing and retrieval tool ______________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article request
by shashi bhat 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Dear Professionals, One of our faculty requires following article. If anybody having access to the article, kindly arrange to send the softcopy of same. Egypt Dent J. 1995 Jul;41(3):1253-6. Recycling of calcium sulphate dihydrate. Ibrahim RM, Seniour SH, Sheehab GI. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9497665 With Regards, Mrs. Shashikala K Librarian, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Constituent College of Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalore - 575018. Ph: 0824-2204572, 2204963 (ext.-234) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article requested
by YASHWANT G KANADE 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Dear LIS Forum members, We would appreciate it very much, if any one could arrange to send the soft copy of the following article which is required by our Professor. C C Patterson: Historical changes in integrity and worth of scientific knowledge. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 58(1994):3141 Thanks and regards -- YASHWANT G KANADE Librarian Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science BANGALORE - 560012, Karnataka, INDIA kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CFP -- Drupal Training Programme -- 21-22, Jul 2012
by Mohan HR 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Dear all, Pl. find the call fr registration for the two day training programme on Drupal -- an open source Content Management System (CMS). As seats are limited, pl. register at the earliest. With regards HR Mohan Chairman, IEEE CS & PCS CALL FOR REGISTRATION ==================== Delegate registrations are invited for the two days event “Drupal Training Programme – Rule the Web with your Creativity” being organized by IEEE GOLD IEEE GINI Drupal Developer Community IEEE Madras Section IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Professional Communication Society in association with VIT University, Chennai Campus About Drupal: Drupal is an Open Source Content Management System (CMS) which uses the Web 2.0 Technology and is powering millions of websites and applications. It is being used in various Government and Non-Government Portals. This is one of the most secure CMS Tools Dates: 21st and 22nd July, 2012 Venue: VIT University, Chennai Campus, Vandalur Kelambakkam Road, Chennai – 600 048. Registration Fee: Rs. 800/= for IEEE Student Members Rs. 1000/= for Non IEEE Student Members For additional info & online Registration, please visit http://ieeedrupaltraining.doattend.com For Assistance, please contact Mr. Nivas at 9840549915 or E-Mail: ieeedrupaltraining(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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KINDLY CIRCULATE - THANX
by Ragaavendra R 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Open-Source Science: The New Norm The discovery of the Higgs boson is of course a monumental achievement. But also noteworthy is how the physics community has evolved to get things done - and what this trajectory suggests for other scientific fields and fast-changing industries. Let's take a quick look at the history: supercomputers arrived in the 1970s, leading to an explosion of data and the ability to aggregate it with far greater ease. This, combined with the soaring costs of infrastructure like CERN's high-energy accelerator, contributed to new behaviors across the field. Researchers in particle physics and allied fields like cosmology began to see possibilities for working in bigger teams, beyond a single lab or host institution. FOR COMPLETE READ AND SOURCE LINK: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka/2012/07/09/open-source-science-the-new-n… Best Regards, Raghvendra R The information contained in this electronic message and in any attachments to this message is confidential, legally privileged and intended only for use by the person or entity to which this electronic message is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify the sender and system manager by return email and delete the message and its attachments and also you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this electronic transmission or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not represent those of the Company or bind the Company. Any commitments made over e-mail are not financially binding on the company unless accompanied or followed by a valid purchase order. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail Scanner, and is believed to be clean. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.jubl.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Hearty Congratulations
by Jayaraj 09 Jul '12

09 Jul '12

Hearty Congratulations to Sainul Abideen P. IISER - Thiruvananthapuram who has been awarded PhD by the University of Pune, for the research work 'A Study of Interoperable e-Governance Metadata Model' carried out under the guidance of Dr.ARD Prasad, Professor & Head, DRTC, Bangalore. With Best Regards, Jayaraj J R Library Information Assistant IISER Thiruvananthapuram -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request
by monisha mishra 07 Jul '12

07 Jul '12

Dear All, Good afternoon.Can anybody from our profession send the fulltext of the below mentioned articles as those are urgently required by one of our research scholar. Journal Title: Pearl, Article:TQM in Library & Information Centres, Pearl,2010, vol 4,issue 1 Article:TQM Gurus & their contributions, Pearl,2010,vol 4,issue 2 regards *Monisha Mishra* *Librarian Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar Orissa* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Jun 2012 Net Exam Answers
by Mailing List Admin 07 Jul '12

07 Jul '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 7 Jul 2012 07:17:37 -0000 From: RAVI AJAGEKAR <raviajagekar(a)rediffmail.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, raviajagekar(a)gmail.com Dear All This link help us to find out Right answer for UGC NET June 2012 Paper I code -Z, So Please put answer from your carbon copy of OMR in given link. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGtCT0s4TUNZR0duNjdiaV… Ravi Ajagekar 9096135065

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KINDLY CIRCULATE - THANX
by Ragaavendra R 07 Jul '12

07 Jul '12

Competition panel finds Springer guilty of unfair trade practices The Competition Commission of India has found publisher - Springer India - guilty of abusing its dominant position in the market for academic journals. While imposing a penalty of 5 per cent of the average turnover for the last three years, CCI warned Springer India against imposing unfair prices and sale conditions. It was also asked to lift the ban on experts from writing for other publications. Academic publication Acting on a complaint by Prints India, CCI said Springer India and other opposing parties - India Academy of Sciences; Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences; Indian National Science Academy; Operational Research Society of India; Department of Psychology (University of Delhi); Indian Statistical Institute; Association of Food Scientist and Technologist; IGCAR, Kalpakkam - had entered into anti-competitive agreements (co-publishing) thereby violating norms of fair trade practices. Academic publication is a small, specialised part of the bigger market of books and magazine publications. Largely present in the field of science, technology and medicines, these journals are usually called STM by the publishing industry. Unlike books, these have to be sourced from publishers through subscription and cannot be bought from bookshops. Print India had approached CCI in 2010 stating that Springer was imposing excessive pricing and unfair conditions in sale. Print India is engaged in the business of distribution and export of Indian journals for domestic and foreign clients. During its probe, CCI found Springer had about 31 per cent market share in terms of the number of STM journals and 64 per cent in terms of circulation. It also found that 47 journals that Springer India had acquired rights for were 'must have' titles for researchers. This made its position in the STM segment dominant. "Any library or institution or even individuals interested in research work being done in India cannot afford to ignore Springer's portfolio," CCI said, adding that its market position fortifies its dominant position. Springer publishes around 2,000 journals and over 6,500 new books a year and is present in 20 countries. CCI also found that Springer's portfolio of STM journals had co-publishing arrangements with 43 STM journals, in association with prominent scientific societies/institutes in India. Springer India's turnover for 2010-11 stood at Rs 30.03 crore with net profit at Rs 9.85 crore (which includes Rs 4.04 crore royalty paid to parent company). "The dominance in this case is acquired through the various agreements Springer had entered and not on the basis of its market share," CCI said. SOURCE LINK: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/article3606654.ece Best Regards, Raghvendra R The information contained in this electronic message and in any attachments to this message is confidential, legally privileged and intended only for use by the person or entity to which this electronic message is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify the sender and system manager by return email and delete the message and its attachments and also you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this electronic transmission or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not represent those of the Company or bind the Company. Any commitments made over e-mail are not financially binding on the company unless accompanied or followed by a valid purchase order. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail Scanner, and is believed to be clean. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.jubl.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] UGC NET
by Vimal Kumar 06 Jul '12

06 Jul '12

Dear Friends, We have to seriously think about the issue raised by Ratheesh. Librarians have no role in teaching activity in university. From academic community's view point, university library is a place like mere storage space of books. In the real sense, we can't blame them. Library professionals could not made a good image in front of academic community yet. Library authorities do not take initiative for organize information literacy programme and add on programmes for researchers, teachers and students. Such initiative can give opportunity for librarians to expose the teaching expertise. In my experience, most of the faculty members and research scholars are very poor in using WWW for retrieving relevant information for their learning purpose. Most of the teachers dont know how to move a mouse properly !! Library professionals has good expertise in retrieving information from online resources. But teachers and students think that librarians are non professionals and reluctant to approach for assistance. Once a teacher inquired (few years back) to one of my senior colleague "You get a promotion if you pass 10th standard examination?" Cold war between library professionals are another curse. Fierce fight (cold war) between library professionals (NET holders and others) in universities in Kerala. Development is stopped in university libraries for many years. We can compare situation in university libraries against "crabs in the bucket". They think that "if I can't have it, neither can you." Competition which prevents any from escaping and ensures their collective demise. In certain extent such experience in university libraries prevent professionals to get UGC pay scale and enhanced status. I know that my answer not reached the correct explanation to Ratheesh's question. I invite other professionals to fill the gap in my reply. -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.org 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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IEEE
by Sangeetha Govindasami 06 Jul '12

06 Jul '12

Dear Sir/Madam,   I am working as a librarian in a Management institution in Coimbatore. We susbscibed to IEEE Society. We face some problem in accessing it. Hence I am in need of a IEEE local representative or marketing excecutive phone number.Could any ony one help me in this regard.   with regardsG.Sangeetha -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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subsidiaries of OUP in Africa have been debarred
by Mailing List Admin 06 Jul '12

06 Jul '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 08:55:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Two subsidiaries of OUP in Africa have been debarred for three years by the World Bank for misconduct, and earlier, Macmillan Publishers was fined and debarred in Sudan for six years for corrupt practices, says a report. But such practices, I am told, are common in India. Are you aware of such practices in India? Please write about them in this list. Subbiah Arunachalam http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/51899 The World Bank Group today announced the debarment of two wholly-owned subsidiaries of Oxford University Press (OUP), namely: Oxford University Press East Africa Limited (OUPEA) and Oxford University Press Tanzania Limited (OUPT) - for a period of three years following OUP’s acknowledgment of misconduct by its two subsidiaries in relation to two Bank-financed education projects in East Africa. The debarment is part of a Negotiated Resolution Agreement between OUP and the World Bank Group. In May 2011, investigators from the World Bank’s Integrity Vice Presidency (INT) approached OUP about potential misconduct in Africa. Following this, OUP conducted an internal investigation into its operations and reported its findings to INT. “This debarment is testimony to the Bank’s continued commitment to protecting the integrity of its projects. OUP’s acknowledgment of misconduct and the thoroughness of its investigation is evidence of how companies can address issues of fraud and corruption and change their corporate practices to foster integrity in the development business. In this case, working with the Serious Fraud Office also demonstrates the scope of collective action in deterring corruption impacting the progress of development,” said Leonard McCarthy, World Bank Integrity Vice President. The two companies made improper payments to government officials for two contracts to supply text books in relation to two World Bank-financed projects. As a result, OUPEA and OUPT will be debarred for three years and OUP will receive a conditional non-debarment. In addition, in order to remedy part of the harm done by the misconduct, OUP has agreed to make a payment of US$500,000 to the World Bank as part of the Negotiated Resolution. Under the Agreement, OUP and its related undertakings, including OUPEA and OUPT,commit to cooperate with the World Bank’s Integrity Vice Presidency and continue to improve their internal compliance program. The debarment of OUPEA and OUPT qualifies for cross-debarment by other MDBs under the Agreement of Mutual Recognition of Debarments that was signed on April 9, 2010. About The World Bank Integrity Vice Presidency (INT) The World Bank Integrity Vice Presidency (INT) is responsible for preventing, deterring and investigating allegations of fraud, collusion and corruption in World Bank projects, capitalizing on the experience of a multilingual and highly specialized team of investigators and forensic accountants. Key results of INT’s work include: 83 debarments of firms and individuals for engaging in wrongdoing during this fiscal year Following Alstom’s acknowledgment of misconduct in relation to a Bank-financed hydropower project in Zambia, the World Bank debarred Alstom Hydro France and Alstom Network Schweiz AG (Switzerland) - in addition to their affiliates - for a period of three years as part of a Negotiated Resolution Agreement between Alstom and the World Bank which also includes a restitution payment by the two companies totaling approximately $9.5 million. Based on an INT referral, UK authorities ordered Macmillan Publishers Limited to pay over £11 million. WBG debarred Macmillan for 6 years (2010), for bribery linked to an education project in Sudan. The Norwegian Authorities also took prosecutorial action against three former employees of “Norconsult,” based on an INT referral. The second meeting of the International Corruption Hunters Alliance brought together 175 senior enforcement and anticorruption officials from 6 regions, to inject momentum into global anti-corruption efforts. A functional cross-debarment agreement among the Multilateral Development Banks so that companies debarred by the Bank Group can no longer seek business from other multilateral development banks (MDBs), closing a loophole in multilateral development programs Cooperation agreements in support of parallel investigations, asset recovery and information sharing with the UK Serious Fraud Office, the European Anti-Fraud Office, Interpol, the International Criminal Court, USAID, the Australian Agency for International Development, the UN Office for Internal Oversight and several national authorities Enhanced preventive training and forensic audits designed to identify and address red flags and integrity controls in World Bank projects.

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Librarian through West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC)
by Subhodip Bid 06 Jul '12

06 Jul '12

*Librarian through West Bengal School Service Commission (*WBSSC) *Names of Posts:* 1. Librarian – 81 vacancies *Qualification Essential*: Bachelor’s Degree in General Stream in Arts/ Science/ Commerce as Regular/ External/ Private candidate or through Distance mode of Education/ Correspondence course with Degree in Library Science as Regular/ External/ Private candidate or through Distance mode of Education/ Correspondence course. *Selection Procedure:* Candidate will be Selected on the basis of personality test and Written test. *Application Fee:* Rs. 250 for General and OBC and Rs 80. for SC/ST and other candidates. *Age*: Minimum: 20 years as on 01.01.2012 (i.e. not born after 01.01.1992). Maximum: 40 years as on 01.01.2012 (i.e. not born before 01.01.1972) *Relaxation*: Relaxable by 05 years for SC/ST, 03 years for OBC, 08 years for PH candidates and upto 55 years of age for approved Non- teaching Staff in recognised non-Govt. aided Jr. High / High /Higher Secondary Schools. For more details *http://www.westbengalssc.com/wbssc/home/* * * * * -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Information Professional National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[ELF] UGC moves to ensure academic rights for students
by Engg-Lib-Forum from India 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

The University Grants Commission (UGC) is soon going to bring about a Students' Entitlement Regulation, which will allow a student to know his/ her specific academic rights and entitlements. "The student must have complete knowledge about his rights relating to learning, living environment, physical activities, entertainment, sports facilities. If he feels that some specific right is not being met, he can complain," UGC Chairperson Prof Ved Prakash told HT. -- Posted By Engg-Lib-Forum from India to ELF at 7/05/2012 03:23:00 AM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC NET
by Ratheesh K 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Dear Friends, Thank you for your comments about UGC NET Examination pattern.... But I raise another issue...what is the use/value of a Library Science & Inf. Science NET certificate in Kerala.... I cleared NET in 2009 June, three years over...I did not get a single chance to apply for a UGC post in Kerala government / state university..... Now I am working at Cochin University of Science and Technology as Professional Assistant ....my fifteen(15) library professional colleagues ,who cleared UGC NET are still working in lower positions........ Is it justifiable...? I invite your comments..... Regards, Ratheesh.K M.A.,M.L.I.Sc.,M.Phil,UGC-NET(L.S.) Professional Assistant University Library Cochin University of Science and Technology Kochi-22,Kerala. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Nominations Invited for IIPA-DST Training Programme on Knowledge Management July 23-29, 2012 -
by Usha Munshi 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

*IIPA-DST Programme on Knowledge Management July 23-29, 2012.* I am glad to inform you that the Indian Institute of Public Administration will be offering a Programme on *Knowledge Management (KM) *during July 23-29, 2012. The training programme is sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India KM is a core competency which transforms an organization’s business competitiveness, through integration of knowledge and decentralized intelligence to empower knowledge workers to do a better job all around. The future of knowledge lies in its increasing propensity for value, social networks and enrichment of knowledge, and that of KM depends on the right approach to organizational elements that lead to economic value (tangible and intangible). Knowledge (in the present century) reigns supreme, cutting across the core of an organization. In an era of connectivity, knowledge transfer and exchange via cooperation, coordination and creativity, studies have shown that 20% of an organization’s core knowledge can effectively operate 80% of daily transactions. Organizations all over the world began the process of learning how to use and “manage” the new resource called – knowledge. Thus the understanding of importance, role, and performance assessment of the Knowledge Management System in organizations, particularly in knowledge intensive service institutions is very crucial for survival and growth of such organizations to achieve the cutting-edge differentiation. The programme will deal with various issues, tools and techniques that would facilitate a complete array of activities in building KM system from , execution, implementation and assessment to deployment . Besides, the various modules will be covering aspects like Understanding Knowledge & Working Smarter in Knowledge Economy, cognition and Knowledge Management, KM Planning & Execution in Organizations and system evaluation, Pillars of KM in S&T Sector, Key enablers of KM (ICT & Human capital), legal & ethical aspects of KM. One of the important features of the programme is the opportunity provided to the participants to have a holistic approach for strategizing action plan for stimulating knowledge-centric culture in organizations. Thus developing an open-mind to pursue Knowledge-creation, acquisition- Unlearning, Relearning and Sharing with examples of best practices and case studies are drawn from different sectors. Eminent faculty from IIT’s, leading Management institutions, Government Sector and from Corporate domain will be pooling their knowledge resources for building a robust KM system in organizations. *The other key feature is the field visits and learning on site. * * * *Target Group* All Levels of Scientists and Technologists working in various research and academic institutions of Government of India.** * * *Course Fee : (Free)/ Lodging/Boarding * The Department of Science and Technology will bear the entire cost of the training. Only the expenses related to TA/DA of the participants for attending the training programmes at IIPA, and reporting back to their respective places of duty, are to be borne by the nominating organizations. The Institute will take care of the lodging/boarding. The Institute has a Hostel where board/lodging facilities are made available to all the participants on twin sharing basis. Please note that the programme is residential and the accommodation is only for the participants.** *For unwinding,* the institute generally makes arrangement for co-curricular activities. A certificate on completion will be awarded to the participants at the end of the programme.** We look forward to receiving nominations from your organization/s. For more details and programme brochure, kindly send mail to DST Cell IIPA < trgdstiipa(a)gmail.com or umunshi(a)gmail.com. *The nominations may be sent at the earliest (preferably by 13th July, 2012) , so that the requisite arrangements can be made.* Please note that only a maximum of 25 participants can be accommodated in the said training programme. In case there are any queries, please feel free to get in touch with us by either e-mail or phone *Supervisor (Training) 011-91-2346-8338 or *to the* Programme Coordinator *Dr. Usha Mujoo Munshi (011-91- 2346-8320, 9717967686) or* Co-Coordinator* Dr. Roma Mitra Debnath (011-91-* *2346-8376 , 9310338939). We look forward to your cooperation in sending a few nominations for the programmes at the earliest. With regards, Yours sincerely, Dr. Usha Mujoo Munshi Phone: 011-2346 8320 Mobile : 09717967686 e-mailumunshi(a)gmail.com, umunshi(a)iipa.org.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Second Workshop on Koha under LAN/NMEICT Project
by P. S. Mukhopadhyay 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Library Automation and Resource Sharing Network Project (see koha.ignouonline.ac.in) under NMEICT (National Mission on Education through ICT) is going to organize the second workshop (Koha 3.8.2 on Ubuntu platform including MARC 21 bibliographic format and Indic scripts based document management) under a workshop series during July 20-23, 2012, at Bose Institute, P 1/12, C. I. T. Road, Scheme - VIIM Kolkata - 700054, West Bengal, India (see http://bic.boseinst.ernet.in/seminar.html/) The workshop involves no registration fees for librarians of colleges affiliated to UGC/AICTE. It will provide participants Software DVD (an easy-to-install software suite containing Koha and other library related software like Greenstone, DSpace, Joomla, Open Harvester, Open Journal System, easy backup/restore of bibliographic data, and many more in Unicode-compliant Indic Scripts-enabled environment on Ubuntu LTS), Training manual, Working lunch and refreshments. No accommodation and TA/DA are admissible in the project workshop. Interested professionals may send a mail to lan.nmeict(a)gmail.com showing their interest and details info (name and address of college, name of delegate, professional experience, college affiliation, state-of-the library automation, e-mail, mobile number etc.). Participating libraries need to be bibliographic data partner of the project to submit and receive validated MARC data to/from the Z 39.50 server (see http://irspy.indexdata.com/full.html?id=Z39.50%3Akoha.ignouonline.ac.in%3A9…) created by the project team for the purpose. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kalyani, Kalyani - 741 235 (WB), India ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request Article
by srinivas rao 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Dear Professionals, Good morning. Can anybody help me to get the soft copy of full text of the following article which is being needed by one of our research scholar. Details of the article is: S. Chandra: Super Ionic Solids: Principles and Applications (North-Holland Pub. Co., 1981) SRINIVASA RAO GANTA Asst.Professor in LIS VBIT,Hyderabad http://vbitlibrary.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DRTC Alumni Meet
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road R V Collge Post Bangalore 560059 Ph-28483002/3/4/5 Extn. 490 , 28482711 Golden Jubilee DRTC Alumni Symposium ------------------------------------ Towards Innovation in Library and Information Science Research and Education Date: 9th July 2012 Time: 10 am -5 pm Venue: DRTC , ISI Campus, 8th Mile Mysore Road, Bangalore As part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of DRTC/ISI, DRTC Alumni meet will be held on 9th July 2012 at DRTC, ISI campus, Bangalore, just before the Golden Jubilee International Conference ICTK-2012 which is from 10-13th July 12. It is our aim to revisit the goals and objectives of DRTC. The views and suggestions of Alumni will be solicited so that we can redesign our goals and objectives suitable for the present situation. Programme 10-10.30 am Inauguration DRTC Multimedia Presentation 10.30 -11 am Tea/Coffee 11 12.00 pm Session I Address by Head, DRTC Felicitation to Senior DRTC Alumni Down the memory lane 12 1.30 pm Session II Revisiting the goals and objectives of DRTC Teaching and Education 1.30 2.30 Lunch 1.30 2.30 4 pm Session III DRTC Research Agenda 2050 4 4.15 pm Tea/Coffee 4.15 5.15 Resolutions and Valedictory ================================================ (ONLY FOR DRTC ANLUMNI) =================================================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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iGoogle is retiring !
by Satish Munnolli 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

iGoogle will be retired in 16 months, on November 1, 2013. http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en <http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2664197> &answer=2664197 Satish S Munnolli Librarian, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) Sector 22 Kharghar Navi Mumbai 410210 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ISiM Industry Talk Series on Entrepreneurship (5) and (6)
by Athif Mohammed 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

ISiM Industry Talk Series on Entrepreneurship (5) "SPI: Strategic & Operational Model" By Mr. Sid Mookerji, Global CEO & Founder Software Paradigm Inc. Date and Time: July 6, 2012 10:30 AM You are cordially invited Dr.Shalini R Urs Executive Director and Professor Abstract: Mr. Mookerji, a native of Mysore, is a prominent success story in software industry entrepreneurship. Using his in depth experience from founding Software Paradigm Inc., and leading it to global success, he will discuss strategic issues and operational models that entrepreneurs face while running their start-ups. He will also talk about the Outsourcing Industry overall and India's role in it as well as the specifics of how SPI operates. He will try to provide a holistic view and the local eco-system for want-to-be software entrepreneurs in the coming years. Speaker Bio: Mr Mookerji has several years of corporate leadership experience in IT and Business Process Outsourcing particularly for global Retailers. He has received the Indian government's Excellence in IT Exports award twice. In 2008, he helped secure SPI's placement in the Atlanta Business Magazine's list of Top Ten Fastest-Growing Companies. He has been honored for SPI's rapid growth by USPAACC as well as by Inc. Magazine several times. Mysore born entrepreneur Mr. Sid Mookerji made Indians proud as his company - Software Paradigms International (SPI) has been honoured in the US. The company has been named in the list of 50 fastest growing companies in Atlanta, US. Mr. Mookerji holds a BE (Hons) Electrical and Electronics from BITS, Pilani, India and an MBA from Emory University's Goizueta School of Business. _____ ISiM Industry Talk Series on Entrepreneurship (6) "Challenges, Successes, Survival, & Incarnations for an Entrepreneur" By Mr. A. Sadhasivam CEO Ignis Aerospace & Design Pvt. Ltd. Date and Time: July 6, 2012 1:30 PM You are cordially invited Dr.Shalini R Urs Executive Director and Professor Abstract: Mr. Sadhasivam will bring his rich experience of 20 plus years, as the General Manager of Wipro Tech Pvt. Mysore, Co-founder and COO of Majoris Soft Tech Pvt. Bangalore, Director of Preva Test Solutions Pvt. Bangalore, and currently as CEO of Ignis Aerospace Ltd., to talk about the daunting uncertainties of becoming an entrepreneur, its life-cycle, and what attributes contribute to becoming a successful entrepreneur. Speaker Bio: Mr. A. Sadhasivam, with 40 years of IT industry experience, has significant experience of building organizations from scratch. He has spent 10 years of his career at ECILin Design; Development and Testing. He was instrumental in developing Automated Testing Systems (ATS) for in-house needs and also for Indian Navy. He was the head of micro-computer design and manufacturing activity for a premier IT organization at a time when computer was just a buzz word for most of us. Subsequently, he had joined Wipro and contributed unmatched value to the company for over 20 years. He was responsible for bringing out the first computer from WIPRO and subsequently managed the Engineering and Manufacturing operations for next 10 years. He was a key member involved in technology transfers from USA, Taiwan and Japan for various IT products. Mr. Sadhasivam was CEO of Wipro's System Engineering Division catering to country's Defense, Space and Atomic Energy units and built it to be one of the most successful and profitable business unit. He has worked on several strategic programs of Defense, BARC and NAL. He is regarded as the pioneer in popularizing barcodes in the country. He was the key brain behind establishing the Testing Division of Wipro and nurtured it for 3 years. This division, as strategic business unit of Wipro, has bloomed in to US $ 500 Million revenue and 7000 employees. His stint as the Founder, Director and COO of Majoris Systems was quite remarkable. He has developed first smartcard based payment systems, resulting in a business of Rs.30 Million in a year. He has a BE from Coimbatore Inst. of Technology and holds MBA degree from University of Mysore. He is a recipient of Visveshwariah Award by Institution of Engineers for contribution to Computer Engineering. He is widely respected in the industry as an able administrator and nurturing green field organization and building them to international size. Athif Mohammed Assistant Manager International School of Information Management (ISiM) University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore - 570006. Email- office(a)isim.ac.in M: +91 9886772356 Website: www.isim.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Regarding UGC-NET
by Vimal Kumar 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Dear Friends, I would like to challenge Manoj Kumar opinion regarding UGC NET exam. How it is possible to measure one's teaching ability merely through objective questions? Ans: Descriptive exam mode is not the apt tool to evaluate teaching skill. To test teaching skill, UGC has to conduct practical class room teaching test in-front of students. Teaching posts are very few in LIS. Librarian job is considered as a professional one and need skill set. For the selection of library professionals objective mode is good. Objective mode is enough to test a candidates practical knowledge base. But questions should follow the standard. It should not be cut and paste from LIS guides. Great teachers in LIS are not UGC NET holders. In my knowledge, lot of senior good teachers in LIS without UGC NET has been successfully sharing knowledge to students. In our knowledge, Dr. S.R. Ranganathan had not qualified any NET type competitive exam conducted by UGC. But he was a successful teacher. The same way lot of good teachers still in service without NET. The only advantage of this mode is that the paper valuation will be done fastly and easily. Ans: This is one of the great disadvantage or curse of this exam. In certain extent, objective mode can make the UGC NET exam transparent. Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.org 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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UGC-NET-COMMENTS
by Sunny Joseph 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Dear Mr.Manoj, How can the teaching skills can be measured through descriptive written test alone??? Whether Oral presentation skill is more important than writing skills for teachers??? Whether it is tested by UGC??? India may be the only nation where persons become eligible for teaching after only a written test. I know many teachers who cleared UGC NET but miserably fail in class room. Why interview is inevitable for IAS Officers after written test??? Comments please........ Sunny Joseph, Govt.IASE, Thrissur. Message: 1 Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 11:28:43 +0530 From: manoj kumar <manukhd(a)gmail.com> To: LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Reg UGC NET Exam Message-ID: <CAOvHRxrb2kxCv-RiGz1PVT6i3AsfGNhGM=Po0JqVr0YR0waKnA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" In my opinion, making the NET exam in objective mode is a great rubbish by UGC. How it is possible to measure one's teaching ability merely through objective questions? The only advantage of this mode is that the paper valuation will be done fastly and easily. let us wait for the results of the june 2012 exam to draw further conclusions reagrds manojkumar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha Live CD Lite released
by Vimal Kumar 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

Dear Friends, Koha Live CD Lite <http://sourceforge.net/projects/kohalivecd-lite/> is based on Ubuntu Linux 10.04 and Koha 3.8.2. File size is 600 MB. Live CD is customized for ready to use. Download Link, http://sourceforge.net/projects/kohalivecd-lite/ Highlights are: - Easy installation steps - Koha customised for ready to use - Zebra server enabled - Customised MARC fields in cataloguing - Scheduled database backup - Build on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - Detailed installation manual and Read Me file - Sample reports If you are using Koha previous version (e.g. Koha-3.6.4), try to upgrade to new version using the instructions in the following link, http://kohageek.pbworks.com/w/page/31795398/upgrade Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.org 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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UGC-NET-REG
by Sunny Joseph 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

Dear Ratheesh, On analysis of your marks it seems that you would have passed UGC-NETearlier if your hand writing and presentation skills were good. Sunny Joseph, Govt.IASE,Thrissur. Message: 2 Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 12:26:39 +0530 From: Ratheesh K <ratheeshk1980(a)gmail.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] UGC NET Exam analysis Message-ID: <CALn__x+fPZAuYzd70=v0uoELoWyGU+X_hAWAddeJ44kPgNBdnw(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear Friends, I totally disagree with the opinion of Mr. Vimal that good handwriting is the criterion for getting marks in NET third paper, in my case I think my hand writing is not at all good (only *just *legible) I invite your attention to my UGC NET Marks from December 2006 to June 2009- (I qualified NET in June 2009, UGC starts to publish the NET marks from December 2006 onwards) -- 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] NET comments--karunakar.N
by karunakar n 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

Dear Colleagues, If it is easy, well and good. I thought to comment after the Result? But gud for your confident try?? There was very less questions which were repeated in Paper-2 and Paper-3(May be like 2 to 3 Questions) but Presented differently with Same Answers. I accept there was no relation to some questions. But Everybody is living in system , we should accept and we should try for our best. THat's IT......Because who raises the voice will be thrown away/sidelined permanently. So accept the change and let many have the opportunity......... -- * Thanks & Regards,*** *Karunakar.N** B.Sc., MLISc., M.Phil., MBA. Librarian, Govt First Grade College For Women, Holenarasipura, Holenarasipura (T), Hassan(D). Karnataka, INDIA* *************Life is a school. There is something new to learn wherever we may be, wherever we go, wherever we turn. >............................. -- 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 Lijesh T K 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

Respected All Professionals, One of the researcher requires following article. If anybody having access to Elsevier. kindly send the soft copy of the same. “A method for the determination of starch in wood” by F.R. Humphreys; J. Kelly, Analytica Chimica Acta, Volume 24, 1961, Pages 66–70. Elsevier pub. Thanks & Regards Lijesh T.K Project Fellow (Library) Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) Peechi, Thrissur PH: 9497249813 Email: lijeshalapad(a)gmail.com Blog: http://libraryjobs4u.blogspot.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DOOMS DAY-REG Reply to Sunny Joseph's message
by Niraj Barua 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

Dear Sir you are absolutely Right! Thanks for the lucid explanation about my concern on the future of Librarianship in India. Librarianship in India has lost the ground created by father of library science in India Dr. S. R. Ranganathan. Being Indian we must be ashamed that we have deviated from the path shown by Dr. Ranganathan. Today library professionals are looked upon as mere clerks. the reason behind this solely the creations of our own faulty practices. The root of the cause lies at the very faulty system of attracting people to this profession. In India only those people opt for Librarianship (with few exception) who donot have a chance of getting admited to other lucrative courses. You have rightly pointed out that Library & Information Professionals have an edge over Computer Professionals. They are trained or ought to be trained in providing information pinpointedly, exhaustively and expediously. However many of the LIS Professionals are simply busy learning and adopting technology and forgetting the basic role of the LIS Professionals. No doubt technology is important and I am not against learning about technology, but at the same time we should be cautious that we donot forget the basics of Librarianship. But on one point I cannot agree with Sunny Joseph. The job requirements for a particular post cannot be the prerogative of any employer (lest it being a private employer). I think there are certain rules and norms set down by the Central Government for recruiting staff for various posts. Exisiting rules and norms shouldnot be violated. With this regards we have to certain that Government has clearcut rules and norms for for recruiting library personals. If such rules are twisted very now and then for library staff, then its a very sad situation and which must be opposed vehemently. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Niraj Barua Guwahati-781014 Assam INDIA 9435346637(Mobile) Email:niraj_barua@yahoo.co.in. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Information from Medical Book
by Binod Yadav 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

Dear Professionals, I request you to provide a chapter from the Medical Book. The details: Title of Book: Manual of pathology of the human placenta; 2nd edition Author: Rebecca N. Baergen Chapter: Early placental development ( Section II, Chapter 5, Page No. 59 to 68) Look forward to your assistance Thanking you in anticipation -- Binod Kumar Yadav Senior Librarian B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan, Nepal Phone: +97725525555 Mobile:+977-9804060641 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Suggestion for Collection Development
by Bharat Alasandi 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

Dear All Professionals, We would like to develop our library book collection with some Competitive Examination books like Banking Examination, Civil Services Examination, etc,, So Please suggest some good books related to this area. Not only books you can suggest some DVDs, CDs, or any material related to competitive examination. thanking you -- 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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Regarding UGC-NET
by Dhanyasree V K 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

Dear professionals This is to express my strong disagreement with Mr. Vimal's observations regarding UGC-NET pattern. He says that earlier ugc-net was a mere "handwriting competition". Mr. Vimal should remember that Ist and IInd papers of NET were always objective type and the IInd paper is subject based. A candidate should qualify a minimum mark in each paper and a specific score in both the papers together for his 3rd paper to be evaluated. This means that a person who does not have knowledge of his subject cannot qualify NET. Moreover NET is a national level test for finding out capable candidates with enough subject knowledge and teaching aptitude. A person merely having good subject knowlede without adequate presentation skills cannot become a good teacher. From this point of view earlier pattern of 3rd paper was effective in testing the subject knowledge as well as the presentation skills of the candidates. In a descriptive paper, it is not important how much you write, it is rather more important what you write and how you present it. It is very obvious that a person with good subject knowledge and average presentation skills can easily qualify UGC-NET regardless of the pattern. Regarding 2012 June pattern of NET, it can be said to be more luck driven, as there was no negative marking. UGC should have executed the minimum responsibility to filter out those candidates who mark answers through mere guessing without any sound knowledge in the subject field. Negative marking could have solved this issue upto a limit. Moreover it is not good from the part of any professional to underestimate the subject knowledge of other professionals out of his/her own frustration. regards Dhanyasree Research and Teaching Assistant IGNOU headquarters New Delhi. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reg UGC NET Exam
by rajesh kumar 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

Dear Professionals, I am not agree with the views expressed by Mr Vimal Kumar that present format of UGC NET Exam is far better than the previous ones. The new format would be better but this doesnt allow someone to draw this conclusion that those who have qualified the NET exam prior to the present format were merely calligraphers. Infact the former format was more difficult as one has to have good command over languages.This was a means to assess the expressiveness/communication skills besides the subject knowledge of the candidates. In my view comparison shouldnt be made on the ground that someone has good handwriting and that was the deciding factor only.I am a bad writer as far as calligraphy is concerned so obviously I shouldnt have qualified the UGC Test. My dear friend it is a test of understanding of the discipline.If someone has good command over subject but his handwriting is poor he may qualify the test,however in the reverse situation if someone has poor knowledge of subject but his writing is excellent then there is no guarantee that he would qualify the test. The large number of response by the candidates against this new format shows how they were enthusiastic about this objective type test. Later IPU was compelled to allow offline mode of application as their server got blocked.This overwhelming response is quite appreciable at one end however on the other end it also shows that this format was somehow assumed easier.I personally know many LIS professional who approved this fact. But I dont approve that this format would be easier rather it is going to be very tough as it demands through and comprehensive hold over the discipline same as in the case of previous format. I may only say knowledge is supreme not format. regards Rajesh K Pandey ICMR, New Delhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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July issue of J-gate Newsletter
by Ratnakar Aspari 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

Dear Moderator: I request you to post this on lis-forum Thanking You A. Ratnakar New Delhi Mobile :9891390300 _________________ Dear Professional colleagues: Just released July issue of J-Gate Newsletter includes Online quiz with attractive gift for 3 winners Animated Tips for Quick Search Finch, LERU and Peer J: latest developments in open access movement Private tuition is no more a stigma, whereas sitting longer in libraries has become one: the need for metamorphosis of libraries Four Steps to Tabular Presentation of Data in Researchers’ Corner Changes to e-journals Forthcoming events/ conferences Latest news on developments in the areas of journals, technology, etc. J-Gate training schedule Please click the link to access http://informindia.co.in/iil_newsletter.asp Your suggestions, feedback and contribution to content are welcome. Yours, J-Gate Newsletter Team -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for full text article
by supritha Shetty 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

Dear Professional One of the our faculty requires following article. If anybody having access to these article. kindly send the softcopy of same. <http://goog_909003901> 1. Zhongguo Gu Shang. 2011 Dec;24(12):1010-2.[Case-control study on minimally invasive percutaneous locking compression plate internal fixation for the treatment of type II and III pilon fractures]. [Article in Chinese] Zhang ZD, Ye XY, Shang LY, Xu RM, Zhu YZ. 2. Injury. 2006 Sep;37(9):877-87. Epub 2006 Aug 8.Minimally invasive locking plate osteosynthesis for fractures of the distal tibia--results in 20 patients. Hazarika S, Chakravarthy J, Cooper J. 3. Injury. 2004 Jun;35(6):615-20. Fractures of the distal tibia: minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis. Redfern DJ, Syed SU, Davies SJ. With regards, Librarian K S Hegde Medical Academy Mangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC-NET
by Sunny Joseph 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

Dear friends, I do not agree with Mr. Vimal Kumar that all who pass UGC-NET are mere calligraphers. But of course, good hand writing and presentation skills play vital roles in success of any written exam, along with the subject knowledge and language skills. At the same time some phrases such as "I am not agree" or "the large number of response by the candidates against this new format shows how they were enthusiastic about this objective type" etc are testimonies about the language skills of NET qualified persons. Personally, I plead for full- proof system whether it may be descriptive or objective. My charge against the descriptive system is about its valuation procedures which do not permit re-valuation in any case. In such a system the invisible evaluator who claims to be the "absolute authority" is at full freedom and the candidate is at their mercy or luck plays a major role. When I requested for photocopy and re-valuation of may answer scripts after June 2010 exam through Kerala High Court, UGC obviously lied in the Court that my answer papers were destroyed as my letter for preserving my papers was not received in their office. The result of the exam was published on 8 th October and I sent my request for preservation of my papers on 9th October by speed post. When I produced the evidence of its receipt by UGC's office, they were voiceless. Getting copies of answer papers of three toppers, publishing answer keys in web site were also my prayers. I contended the case myself and the case was failed due to my lack of experience in court procedures. But due to the decision of Hon.Supreme Court of India, any examining agency is bound to provide the copies of answer books under RTI Act. I think the judicial decisions have bearings on the new pattern of UGC-NET also. You may remember that in June 2010 NET exam only 11 candidates passed in English. There were wide discussions in campuses and in media about the result. See what happened in DEC-2010 exam. More than 350 candidates in English passed NET. Whether the standard of English in India was increased to 3000% just in six months !!! I was informed by UGC that more than 30 crores is with them as "profit" earned by six years by conducting NET exam and UGC is unwilling to disclose the earnings since the beginning of the test. The case is pending with Central Information Commission. There for I have strong evidences to believe that everything is not fine with UGC. As Hon. Courts opined that secrecies tempt to corrupt. Transparency or sun light is the best disinfectant. Sunny Joseph, Knowledge Manager, Govt.IASE, Thrissur. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DOOMS DAY-REG
by Sunny Joseph 02 Jul '12

02 Jul '12

Dear Friends, Primarily it is the prerogative of the employer to decide whom should be appointed and to fix the qualifications etc. We know the works in libraries and many of us have good working skills in computer based library technologies. To my knowledge library science departments were wooing computer science, since 1990's, the beginning of the internet era, much ahead of other teaching departments thinking and planning for computerised systems. Now-a-days, most of the students pass out MLIS possess good competence in library technologies along with traditional library and information skills. On comparing various professionals in their ICT competence, it is sure that library professionals are second only to computer professionals. But computer professionals have only computing skills. No information skills.I recollect an experience in my college when my Principal wanted an information from the University's web site and the staff member with M.Sc. computer science could not provide the information, though he perused the web site; but I could furnish it quickly. They are more competent in technologies and ignorant about information or knowledge or its management. Instead of "information", computer persons usually use the term "data". It is fact that many of the persons in the top level management of any organisation in India are "veterans" who awe about computers or its techniques. They look the computer people with great admiration and many of the veteran group are not even ashamed in openly admitting about their ignorance of computer techniques. At the same time many of them underestimate librarians because of their common sense thinking. They vociferously opine that library science is nothing but common sense and the job of a librarian can be performed by any literate person. In India librarians are generally the under-utilised professionals. The main job of a librarian,that is , reference or information service is not popularised in many libraries including the highly staffed university libraries. Thus the users see librarian as mere book clerks. In fact, the computer persons can not operate a library and he can install a digital library software but can not create and mange a digital library. The thing which is likely to happen is the computer person shall get appointment as library cum informatics officer and he shall join for library science distance education. It is the duty of professional organisations like ILA, IASLIC etc to take up the matter to concerned authorities and if failed fight legally. Sunny Joseph, Knowledge Manager & Information Officer, Govt. Institute of Advanced Study in Education, Thrissur, Kerala. On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Niraj Barua <nbar(a)iitg.ernet.in> wrote: > > > Dear fellow Professionals and > respected one its a very sad development that the DOOMSDAY for the > Library Professionals is nearing in general and in particular in our > country. See the link below about vacancy for Library cum informatics > Officer in a Central Govt autonomous institution. We should raise our > voice unitedly against such unjustful strategies from the policy makers. > Our professional qualification limits our job scope to only the > Libraries, but Computer professionals have far more avenues to try for a > job. Why are some of the people desperate to throttle our profession for > benefit of some so called elites? Please raise your voice, share your > concern otherwise the coming generation of our profession (if survives) > will blame the present lot. > > > http://www.nabi.res.in/Vacancies/Permanent/NABI3(2)2012-Rectt/DetailofAdvt.… > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Niraj Barua > 9435346637(Mobile) > niraj_barua(a)yahoo.co.in. > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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article
by Thippeswamy swamy 02 Jul '12

02 Jul '12

*Dear colleagues * * * *One of our PG Student required this below mentioned article. If you have plz send to my E-mail id. * * * A histochemical comparison of methylene-blue/acid fuchsin with hematoxylin and eosin for differentiating calcification of stromal tissue May 2012, Vol. 87, No. 4 , Pages 249-256 K Gupta1, <http://informahealthcare.com/action/doSearch?action=runSearch&type=advanced…>AD Kale1, <http://informahealthcare.com/action/doSearch?action=runSearch&type=advanced…>SR Hallikeremath1, <http://informahealthcare.com/action/doSearch?action=runSearch&type=advanced…>VS Kotrashetti2<http://informahealthcare.com/action/doSearch?action=runSearch&type=advanced…> *Thanking you * * * *Regards* Thippeswamy T S Asst. Librarian M S Ramaiah Dental College Bangalore - 560054 Mob: 9481474791 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Transcript of Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam's CSIR-NISCAIR Diamond Jubilee Lecture
by G Mahesh 02 Jul '12

02 Jul '12

The transcript of Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam's CSIR-NISCAIR Diamond Jubilee Lecture "Is universal open access closer than we imagined?" delivered at CSIR-NISCAIR on 20 June 2012 is available at http://blog.niscair.res.in/?p=790 G. Mahesh NISCAIR ----------------------------------------- This email was sent using NISCAIR's web mail service. "" http://niscair.res.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request
by monisha mishra 02 Jul '12

02 Jul '12

Dear professionals , Kindly send the fulltext of the below mentioned articles if anybody have the fulltext access. *ISHS Acta Horticulturae 350*: *I International Symposium on Education and Training in Horticulture * HORTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN FINLAND *Author:* S. Ahonen *ISHS Acta Horticulturae 350:* *I International Symposium on Education and Training in Horticulture* <http://www.actahort.org/books/350/index.htm> FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR HORTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN ENGLAND *Author:* J.F. Bennett *ISHS Acta Horticulturae 350:* *I International Symposium on Education and Training in Horticulture* <http://www.actahort.org/books/350/index.htm> EDUCATION FOR HORTICULTURE WORLD WIDE, CURRENT PROVISION AND FUTURE REQUIREMENTS: A CONFERENCE OVERVIEW *Author:* G.R. Dixon *ISHS Acta Horticulturae 350*: *I International Symposium on Education and Training in Horticulture* <http://www.actahort.org/books/350/index.htm> HORTICULTURE EDUCATION IN WESTERN CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES: PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS *Author:* E.A. Maginnes *ISHS Acta Horticulturae 350:* *I International Symposium on Education and Training in Horticulture* <http://www.actahort.org/books/350/index.htm> THE NEW EDUCATIONAL CONCEPT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE AT HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITY IN BERLIN *Authors:* H. Bochow, A. Knüppel regards *Monisha Mishra* *Librarian Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar Orissa* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ISiM Industry Talk Series on Entrepreneurship
by Mailing List Admin 02 Jul '12

02 Jul '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 11:45:50 +0530 From: Athif Mohammed <athif(a)isim.ac.in> ISiM Industry Talk Series on Entrepreneurship (4) "Driving Marketing & Sales for an Entrepreneur" By Mr. Sunder Madakshira Vice President - Marketing and Communications SAP Labs India Date and Time: July 3, 2012 10:30 AM You are cordially invited Dr.Shalini R Urs Executive Director and Professor Abstract: Marketing can be effective without being expensive, though it costs a lot in terms of imagination. Struck by the notion of creating "big bang" impacts, marketers gravitated to advertising on television and print. Consequent to rising media costs and increasing media clutter, the verdict on these media is "low return on investments". What do companies which are startups do then to create an awareness and engagement with customers? In this session on "Driving Marketing and Sales for an Entrepreneur" Mr. Sunder Madakshira, Vice President - Marketing and Communication, SAP Labs India discusses these issues and provides 18 tips on marketing which help companies with limited financial resources but infinite power to imagine, creating a brand for themselves at no costs. Speaker Bio: Description: Description: Sunder is Vice President - Marketing and Communication, SAP Labs India. His passion is generating and executing ideas which give disproportionate leverage in the market. For the past 18 years, he has worked and learnt from path-breakers and game changers in communication to customers, talent pool and other corporate stakeholders. His areas of focus at SAP are building Influencer Relations, PR, employee engagement and customer evangelism. He has held leadership roles in the sales and marketing functions in Unilever, Infosys and WIPRO before his current role. He has driven wide range of marketing functions - market research, traditional and new age advertising, competition intelligence, category management, talent branding, internal communications and marketing process administration. He has spoken at many industry and academic forums including at CII, NASSCOM, IIM Bangalore and IIM Calcutta on the topics of interest in Marketing. At the NASSCOM Emerge Forum in 2011 and 2012, he presented sessions on "18 Tips on Zero Cost Marketing in 36 minutes" and "Organizational Growth through Personal Branding". These have been received well by participants. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the T A Pai Management Institute, Manipal (TAPMI) and an Engineering Degree from the R V College of Engineering, Bangalore. He has finished top of his class throughout his academic career, winning the prestigious Agro Evo Gold Medal award to the Best Outgoing Student at TAPMI and a Gold medalist from Bangalore University. A keen carnatic music enthusiast, he is learning to play the Veena as a passionate hobby. For further details visit <http://www.isim.ac.in> www.isim.ac.in INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore -570006 Ph: +91-821-2514699 | Fax: +91-821-2519209 | M: +91 9886772356 | <mailto:office@isim.ac.in> office(a)isim.ac.in Athif Mohammed Assistant Manager International School of Information Management (ISiM) University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore - 570006. Email- office(a)isim.ac.in M: +91 9886772356 Website: www.isim.ac.in

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Urgent Librarian request - Please advice
by Emelia Cardoz 02 Jul '12

02 Jul '12

Dear all, I am looking for a professional librarian urgently, who can take care of our library, its personal for a library which is at the residence. Since I am not well versed with this industry, I have listed a few things which I could think of; may be the professional could add a few things to the list. We have the Cybrarian software which they can use too. The person can visit twice a month: a) Classifying the newly purchased books. b) Cataloging, printing & pasting spine labels. c) Checking for mis-shelved books & placing them in their correct place on the shelves in the library, offices, 3 children’s rooms & 1 common children’s play area. 95% of the work is at the residence which is in Worli and 5% which is very rare will be in Lower Parel. The commuting distance is at a maximum of 15 minutes. Please advice on priority if you know anyone who would be interested in taking this up? Regards, Emelia Tel: +91 22 3001 0222 Mobile: +91 98197 07078 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Acquisition & Serial Modules of KOHA
by Arup Raychaudhury 30 Jun '12

30 Jun '12

1. Does anyone out there use the acquisitions function of KOHA 3.6/3.8? 2. Can it handle irregular serials and standing book orders (i.e. serials and books that are released on unknown intervals)? 3. When an item is on order, does it appear in OPAC with appropriate message? 4. How do you receive multiple copies (by range of barcode no./ individual barcode no)? 5. Does it verify availability of a title against OPAC and on-order file before allowing placing order? 6. How do you verify availability of a suggested title (suggested by the member from OPAC)? 7. How good is Serial Module? -- Arup Raychaudhury Indian Statistical Institute 203 BT Road Kolkata 700108. INDIA Phone: 91-33-2575-2106 Fax: 91-33-2578-1412 This mail is scanned by Ironport -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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I challenge them to apply once again and win NET: Will not challenge you
by Vasanth 30 Jun '12

30 Jun '12

Dear Sir/Madam, This is in response to Vimal Kumar post on “Response from NET aspirants, 24th June”. The main intention of raising issue with regard to the new format of UGC NET exam was purely UGC introduced/switched over to objective type questions from previous descriptive format (paper 3), without consulting academia or students. Can we allow this to happen in a democratic society? UGC time and again flouted its own decisions and introduced new rules and regulations without much discussion in public forum. The introduction of new NET exam pattern was one such example. If the new format is fine and students are happy, it is welcome but in a democratic society each individual has its own views or points to make and they have the rights to do so. Let us not make this too personal. Challenging previous NET qualified candidates is not good in any way. Have heard that the new format is much easier than previous one. Some of them were happy and some others had a different view. Everyone is unique in their own way. Vimal you have born and brought up in a state where there is space for dissent and Karl Marx a household name. I would like to quote Marx and conclude this piece “Ruthless Criticism of Everything”, which is good for the democratic society. If we don’ allow dissent, then (political) rivalry would end up in violence which you are witnessing in Kerala in recent time. ------------------------- 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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Duty
by subhash khode 30 Jun '12

30 Jun '12

Respected sir, One of the my working working as library assistant in contact basis since last three years. He received order in his office from collector office to perform duty in election as usual as other employ's receives in government office but he their order instruct that he has to work in their library in whole day and after office timing he has to do election works in other area of city. Is it legally right to give this type of order . Subhash khode -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Walk-in-Interview for LIA & IS at NIT Silchar
by Kishor Satpathy 30 Jun '12

30 Jun '12

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SILCHAR (An Institute of National Importance by MHRD, Govt. of India) Silchar – 788010 (Assam) Walk-in-Interview Following posts are to be filled on Contractual basis (purely temporary) through a Walk-in-Interview on 9th July, 2012 at 2:00 pm 1. Information Scientist: Qualification: BE/MCA with Library experience or AIS/AIDS. Salary: Negotiable. 2. Library & Information Assistant: Qualification: BLISc/MLISc/AIS with 2/3 year experience. Salary: Negotiable Eligible candidates are to submit their complete bio-data along with photo copies of all testimonials, one copy photograph and to bring all original documents at the time of interview. For further information, please contact: Kishor Chandra Satpathy, PhD National Institute of Technology (A Deemed University-Institute of National Importance under Ministry of HRD, GOI) Silchar-788010, Assam, India Telephone : +91-3842-240055 (Off) +91-9435175531 (M) E-mail : kishor_satpathy(a)yahoo.com and ksatpathy(a)gmail.com v Librarian & Coordinator, DL Project, NIT Silchar v Mentor Librarian, NIT Nagaland v Coordinator , BARC-Akruti Priject@NITS & NER v Transparency Officer, NIT Silchar v Coordinator, Landscaping & Campus Beautification, NIT Silchar v Officer in-charge, New CEC, NIT Silchar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC NET Exam analysis
by Ratheesh K 30 Jun '12

30 Jun '12

Dear Friends, I totally disagree with the opinion of Mr. Vimal that good handwriting is the criterion for getting marks in NET third paper, in my case I think my hand writing is not at all good (only *just *legible) I invite your attention to my UGC NET Marks from December 2006 to June 2009- (I qualified NET in June 2009, UGC starts to publish the NET marks from December 2006 onwards) *Month & Year* *Roll No.* *Marks in Paper-I* *Marks in Paper-II* *Marks in Paper-III* December 2006 090593 62 66 84 (Not qualified) June 2007 090788 68 70 81 (Not qualified) December 2007 133171 60 82 71 (Not qualified) June 2008 133198 60 82 84 (Not qualified) December 2008 1604147 64 70 64 (Not qualified) June 2009 1303339 64 52 92 (*Qualified*) You can verify the data with UGC website Regards, Ratheesh.K University Library, Cochin University of Science & Technology Kochi-22,Kerala -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DOOMSDAY FOR LIBRARIAN AND WHO CAN MANAGE A LIBRARY?
by Mailing List Admin 30 Jun '12

30 Jun '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:26:23 +0800 (SGT) From: Dr. A.T. Francis <francisaloor(a)yahoo.com> Dear Library Professionals, Let me share few points on the opinion of Mr. Gafoor as DOOMSDAY!!! nearing for our Profession. 1. What are the jobs our fully qualified (MLISc + NET + PhD+PGDCA etc.) library professionals doing in many of the University Libraries in Kerala or other states? 2. Whether we are employing these highly qualified professionals only for counter duty and issue and return of books for several years? 3. If that is happening, after a long period of issue and return only experience, what technical and managerial excellence they can gain?. 4. Whether our Library Schools (other than DRTC) are able to effectively train LIS professionals to manage the e-resources. Whether we can manage an e-resource only library confidently? 5. Whether our Library Science teachers and senior professionals are sincerely looking into our real personnel and professional problems and trying for solution?.� It is a grave fact that our professionals are quarreling each other mainly because of system generating issues like appointment, promotion, qualification, etc. 6. The Govt. of Kerala run schools without effective libraries and librarians.� Now we are arguing that CLISc holders are best suit to be posted as School Librarins 7.� Then why not we recommend/try Nurses in place of Doctors; Diploma holders in place of Engineers, Degree holders as Asst. Professors? So, this is high time to re-structure our system. Otherwise it will be a huge loss to the society (Not to the LIS Community) � Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, 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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ISiM Project Colloquium on "Mining Locality-Preserving Trust Hierarchies in Signed Networks"
by Mailing List Admin 30 Jun '12

30 Jun '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:18:18 +0530 From: Athif Mohammed <athif(a)isim.ac.in> Description: Description: isim_NEW_logo Project Colloquium On "Mining Locality-Preserving Trust Hierarchies in Signed Networks" By Ms. Mili Ann Abraham 2nd year M.Tech Student International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Mysore Date and Time: 12 PM, Saturday, June 30, 2012 Supervisor: Prof. Mandar R Mutalikdesai Member Technical Staff - Corporate Research and Technologies Siemens Technology and Services Private Limited Bangalore You are cordially invited Dr.Shalini R Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Mysore Abstract The phenomena of social hierarchy and stratification among humans could be traced back to the origin of human society. Presently, the growing popularity of online social networks has provided an opportunity to analyze these well-studied phenomena over different networks at different scales. Generally, a social network can be considered as a collection of actors and their interactions (connections). In signed networks, there is an explicit show of trust (positive) or distrust (negative) among the actors. That is, an actor can designate others as friends or foes. Examples of signed networks include the Slashdot Zoo network, Epinions etc. In a social network, actors tend to connect with each other on the basis of their perceived social hierarchy. The concept of social hierarchy can be stated as the emergence of a tree-like structure comprising of actors in a top-down fashion in the order of their ranks, describing a specific parent-child relationship, viz. child trusts parent. However, owing to the presence of positive as well as negative interactions in signed networks, deriving trust hierarchies is a non-trivial challenge. We argue that traditional notions are insufficient to derive hierarchies underlying signed networks. To build hierarchies in signed networks, we introduce two interpretations of trust/goodness namely 'presence of trust (good)' and 'lack of distrust (not bad)'. In order to develop a hierarchy signifying both trust and distrust more effectively, the above interpretations are combined and the actors are arranged according to their aggregate deserve (trust) values. We then introduce a hypothesis for building hierarchies based on deserve values while preserving the locality of interactions between actors. In this sense, even though a hierarchy represents an aggregate social structure, the relationships are formed from local structures. The hierarchies obtained using our hypothesis are said to be locality-preserving, with each hierarchy representing a well-defined local community. Each such hierarchy contains a community representative at the root. Modeling such locality-preserving hierarchies in trust networks finds applications in community detection, information dissemination and locality-based governance for the population. For further details visit <http://www.isim.ac.in> www.isim.ac.in INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore -570006 Ph: +91-821-2514699 | Fax: +91-821-2519209 | <mailto:office@isim.ac.in> office(a)isim.ac.in Athif Mohammed Assistant Manager International School of Information Management (ISiM) University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore - 570006. Email- office(a)isim.ac.in M: +91 9886772356 Website: www.isim.ac.in

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!!DOOMSDAY!!! nearing for our Profession (if we sleep now)
by Niraj Barua 29 Jun '12

29 Jun '12

Dear all and respected ones. I thank each and everyone who have shown their concern regarding my earlier message. In this regard i have following observations: 1. First and foremost Library jobs must be reserved for Library Professionals like the Doctors job in the Hospital. 2. We must sincerley follow ethics of librarianship without following the ethics of Computer professionals. 3. Librarianship must be the Master and technolgy its Servant and not the otherway. 4.If we go too much after technology we shall be nowhere, as if like the small fish in the big ocean full of Sharks. 5. Technology should be the means and not an end to the Library professional values and ethics. 6. Many of us are unknowingly welcoming the dvelopments which encourages People from other profession (one can guess easily!!!) to encroach our field of practice. 7. At this hour of crisis we must be united locally, nationally and internationally. 8. Professional association must not sleep in the hour of crisis. These are the forums through which we can raise our concern in a proactive manner. 9. I suggest all local and state library associations to place signed memorandums to the National level library organizations like IASLIC,SIS,IATLIS who can convey such concern to the respective Governments for necessary redressal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Niraj Barua 9435346637(Mobile) niraj_barua(a)yahoo.co.in. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Librarian and Assistant Librarian Openings in KSSEM (Mahesh *Y*)
by mujib rahiman 29 Jun '12

29 Jun '12

Hi AllI am surprised to see the Note "Candidates Who have attended regular courses and obtained relevant degree in Library and Information Science are preferred. Candidates with degree obtained through distance education mode may please ignore this advertisement". That too at this age of self learning! I cannot understand why people are prejudiced about the distance learning system. Does the mode of study really matters or the knowledge or skills attained by the professional matters. Why not try the candidates and see whether they are qualified enough or not? Many advertisements for various job opportunities are for regular candidates only. Then why not abolish the system of distance education? Does it mean once we acquire any degree the learning stops unless you study through regular course? Do you really believe that all students are taking distance education as an easy way to acquire degrees? What about those who are not much lucky enough to continue their studies through regular mode? How can we say some one who completed any diploma/graduation/post graduation by distance mode is inferior to those who did it as a regular course? Universities like IGNOU has got an excellent course structure and study materials. The problem is not with the system of distance education, but with the individuals concerned. I don't think one needs to attend college or university today to gain knowledge on any subject. As LIS professionals, we should be the first to realise this fact. By the way, I have completed my LIS course/PGDCA through distance education mode and I don't think that makes any difference to what I have learned. regards M RahimanLIBRARIAN KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA KANJIKODE WEST PALAKKAD - 678 623 KERALA, INDIA Phone (Off.): 0491 -2566317 Mobile: 09946152785URL: http://kvklibrary.inhttp://kv-library.blogspot.inhttp://kvkanjikode.nic.in -- 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 srinivas rao 29 Jun '12

29 Jun '12

Dear Professional One of the faculty requires following article. If anybody having access to elsver. kindly send the softcopy of same. "The statistical modeling of road traffic noise in an urban setting" Alfredo Calixto, Fabiano B Diniz, Paulo H.T Zannin, Elsevier pub. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0264-2751(02)00093-8 SRINIVASA RAO GANTA Asst.Professor in LIS VBIT,Hyderabad http://vbitlibrary.blogspot.com http://vbitlibrary.pbworks.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MOVE AFOOT TO REVIVE LIBRARY CULTURE
by Ragaavendra R 29 Jun '12

29 Jun '12

Move afoot to revive library culture Mysore: Even as the world is going gaga over digitization of library resources, the department of Library and Information Sciences, Manasagangotri, has taken lead in bringing the research tradition back. With an aim of capturing users' interests towards the use of library resources, three books that are in the form of research thesis, were released here on Wednesday. The books were penned by researchers Dinesh K S, R Guruprasad and Khaiser Nikam, chairperson, DOS in Library and Information Sciences. These books act as an excellent incentive for the future researchers that deal with the availability of library material in the universities along with an exhaustive literature review, Khaiser Nikam said. Dinesh K S, author of the Strategic Management of Engineering College Libraries in Karnataka, said it is an extensive study on the means and ways of attracting the students to the library that are deserted in the internet age. P Ventaramaiah, former vice-chancellor of Kuvempu University and N Chowdappa, president of AKELPA, were present. Source: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-28/mysore/32456244_1_li… Best Regards, Raghvendra R The information contained in this electronic message and in any attachments to this message is confidential, legally privileged and intended only for use by the person or entity to which this electronic message is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify the sender and system manager by return email and delete the message and its attachments and also you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this electronic transmission or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not represent those of the Company or bind the Company. Any commitments made over e-mail are not financially binding on the company unless accompanied or followed by a valid purchase order. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail Scanner, and is believed to be clean. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.jubl.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for a librarian post in a leading MNC
by smrithi gopal 29 Jun '12

29 Jun '12

Hi Moderator, Request you to post this in LIS forum. Dear all, 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. Regular B.L.I.Sc / M.L.I.Sc / M.Sc (Information Science) from any recognized university 2. He/she should have minimum one year of relevant experience. 3. Local candidate is preferable. Kindly email your updated resume to valampuri_moorthy(a)yahoo.co.in Last date to apply for this position is on or before 9th July 2012 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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Special in DRTC
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 29 Jun '12

29 Jun '12

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore 59 Cordially invite you to attend the following Special lecture will be held at DRTC Class Room at the ISI Campus on 2nd July 2012 at 2: PM Name of the Speaker: Prof. Dong-Geun Oh Professor and Chairperson, Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc. Dean, School of Library and Inf. Science, Kei-Myung University Daegn, South Korea Topic: Developing and Maintaining Korean Decimal Classification: From its Classification Committee Chair's View Date & Time: 2 July 2012, at 2:00 PM Venue: Indian Statistical Institute, DRTC 8th Mile Mysore Road, Bangalore 560059 (A.R.D. Prasad) Professor and Head -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DOOMSDAY FOR LIBRARIAN AND WHO CAN MANAGE A LIBRARY?
by Dr. A.T. Francis 29 Jun '12

29 Jun '12

Dear Library Professionals, Let me share few points on the opinion of Mr. Gafoor as DOOMSDAY!!! nearing for our Profession. 1. What are the jobs our fully qualified (MLISc + NET + PhD+PGDCA etc.) library professionals doing in many of the University Libraries in Kerala or other states? 2. Whether we are employing these highly qualified professionals only for counter duty and issue and return of books for several years? 3. If that is happening, after a long period of issue and return only experience, what technical and managerial excellence they can gain?. 4. Whether our Library Schools (other than DRTC) are able to effectively train LIS professionals to manage the e-resources. Whether we can manage an e-resource only library confidently? 5. Whether our Library Science teachers and senior professionals are sincerely looking into our real personnel and professional problems and trying for solution?. It is a grave fact that our professionals are quarreling each other mainly because of system generating issues like appointment, promotion, qualification, etc. 6. The Govt. of Kerala run schools without effective libraries and librarians. Now we are arguing that CLISc holders are best suit to be posted as School Librarins 7. Then why not we recommend/try Nurses in place of Doctors; Diploma holders in place of Engineers, Degree holders as Asst. Professors? So, this is high time to re-structure our system. Otherwise it will be a huge loss to the society (Not to the LIS Community) Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY & IT NODAL OFFICER College of Horticulture Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com ________________________________ From: "lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Thursday, 28 June 2012 6:19 PM Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 111, Issue 27 Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: !!DOOMSDAY!!! nearing for our Profession (if we sleep now) (Abdul Gafoor) 2. Acquisition & Serial Modules of KOHA (Arup Raychaudhury) 3. Re: Response from NET aspirants 24th June. (Sheetal Talalshilkar) 4. Walk-in-Interview at Central Library, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata (Arup Raychaudhury) 5. Re: !!DOOMSDAY!!! nearing for our Profession (if we sleep now) (shankar) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 22:00:28 -0700 From: Abdul Gafoor <kmabdulgafoor(a)gmail.com> To: Niraj Barua <nbar(a)iitg.ernet.in> Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] !!DOOMSDAY!!! nearing for our Profession (if we sleep now) Message-ID: <CAARKjyL0u0LdYz4n64=xRO4sd9HVYaegHsLCA+DuRRTa9yXG3w(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" dear professionals This cannot be justified, library jobs should be given to those who have got professional degree and experience in LIS. Abdul gafoor asst librarian messoa kerala On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Niraj Barua <nbar(a)iitg.ernet.in> wrote: > > > Dear fellow Professionals and > respected one its a very sad development that the DOOMSDAY for the > Library Professionals is nearing in general and in particular in our > country. See the link below about vacancy for Library cum informatics > Officer in a Central Govt autonomous institution. We should raise our > voice unitedly against such unjustful strategies from the policy makers. > Our professional qualification limits our job scope to only the > Libraries, but Computer professionals have far more avenues to try for a > job. Why are some of the people desperate to throttle our profession for > benefit of some so called elites? Please raise your voice, share your > concern otherwise the coming generation of our profession (if survives) > will blame the present lot. > > > http://www.nabi.res.in/Vacancies/Permanent/NABI3(2)2012-Rectt/DetailofAdvt.… > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Niraj Barua > 9435346637(Mobile) > niraj_barua(a)yahoo.co.in. > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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request
by monisha mishra 29 Jun '12

29 Jun '12

Dear Professionals, Good morning. Can anybody help me to get the full text of the following article which is being needed by one of our research scholar. Details of the article: 10 April 2012 Reverse plant breeding success <http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v30/n4/full/nbt.2189.html> - Susan Jones Nature Biotechnology 30, 333-333 doi:10.1038/nbt.2189 regards *Monisha Mishra* *Librarian Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar Orissa* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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!!DOOMSDAY!!! nearing for our Profession (if we sleep now)
by Niraj Barua 29 Jun '12

29 Jun '12

Dear fellow Professionals and respected one its a very sad development that the DOOMSDAY for the Library Professionals is nearing in general and in particular in our country. See the link below about vacancy for Library cum informatics Officer in a Central Govt autonomous institution. We should raise our voice unitedly against such unjustful strategies from the policy makers. Our professional qualification limits our job scope to only the Libraries, but Computer professionals have far more avenues to try for a job. Why are some of the people desperate to throttle our profession for benefit of some so called elites? Please raise your voice, share your concern otherwise the coming generation of our profession (if survives) will blame the present lot. http://www.nabi.res.in/Vacancies/Permanent/NABI3(2)2012-Rectt/DetailofAdvt.… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Niraj Barua 9435346637(Mobile) niraj_barua(a)yahoo.co.in. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Response from NET aspirants 24th June.
by Vimal Kumar 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

Dear Friends, NET June 2012 objective mode exam was good. I could see happy in all participants face while exit from exam center. The questions are good and capable to evaluate the knowledge of library professionals and students. The questions represented theoretical aspect and practical aspect. Previous descriptive questions were not such type and only capable to test bookish knowledge. I really agree with Sri. Sunny Joseph's comments. You can see no equality in former UGC NET results. Paper valuation is not a serious job of UGC. I still remember candidates compare UGC NET exam as a lottery ticket play. After exam, they pray and wait for result. After the result announcement,few winners became happy and other became sad. And again they try their luck next time. On the way, UGC bagged huge amount. Winners of NET holders in descriptive exam think that former exam system was good. In majority of cases, average presentation and good hand writing decide the winners. I challenge them to apply once again and win NET. In my view candidates with average hand writing could not made impression in paper valuation. We can consider the past UGC NET exams as a hand writing competition !! -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.org 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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Librarian and Assistant Librarian Openings in KSSEM
by Mahesh *Y* 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

Dear All, > > > Applications are invited for the post of Librarian and Assistant > Librarian in* K.S.School of Engineering and Management*, *Bangalore*. > > > > *Librarian Post*:1 > > Qualification: *MLISc & M.Phil/ PhD* (Completed/ Registered) with Minimum > of 5 years Experience. > > > *Assistant Librarian*: 1 > > Qualification: *MLISc * With minimum of 2 years Experience > > > Candidates Who have attended regular courses and obtained > relevant degree in Library and Information Science are preferred. > Candidates with degree obtained through distance education mode may please > ignore this advertisement. > > > Apply within 10th July 2012. Interested candidates may apply with full details of > their Educational Qualification/Experience and position applied for to > > *principal(a)ksgi.ac.in* > > > > > Dr. S.N. Sridhara > Principal/Director K.S. School of Engineering and Management No. 15, Mallasandra, Off Kanakapura Road, Bangalore-560012 Web: www.ksgi.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Walk-in-Interview at Central Library, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
by Arup Raychaudhury 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE 203 BT Road Kolkata 700108 Phone: 033-2875-2109/ Email: ashispal(a)isical.ac.in Walk-in-interviews will be conducted on Wednesday, 25 July 2012 at 11:30 A.M. in the Library, Documentation and Information Science Division, of the Institute, Kolkata for recruitment of one (01) Project linked person purely on temporary basis. Qualification: A consistently good academic record with MLISC or its equivalent. Pay: Rs 14000/pm (Consolidated) Tenure: Initially up to 31 March 2013. Age: 35 years as on 1 May 2012. Usaul relaxation for SC/ST/OBC/Women/ Physically Challenged/Extraordinary candidates. Visit http://www.isical.ac.in/~library/library.pdf for details. -- Arup Raychaudhury Indian Statistical Institute 203 BT Road Kolkata 700108. INDIA Phone: 91-33-2575-2106 Fax: 91-33-2578-1412 This mail is scanned by Ironport -- 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 Preparation of Scholarly Articles
by Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

Dear Sir, Please arrange to post the following message in LIS Forum. Regards, Dr. Dineshan Koovakkai Dear All, We are announcing the date of the National Workshop on Preparation of Scholarly Articles to be held at Central University of Kerala: Workshop date: 10-15 September 2012 Registration Fee: Rs. 5000/- per participant DD should reach the Co-ordinator before 30th July, 2012. For further details and application form please visit our library website at: http://www.universitylibrarycuk.yolasite.com/workshop.php Feel free to call/mail for more details. Regards, -- Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai (Co-ordinator, National Workshop on Preparation of Scholarly Articles) Assistant Librarian & Co-ordinator, NMEICT Nodal Officer, Higher Education Survey Central University of Kerala Vidyanagar P.O. Kasargod, Kerala, India Blog: www.dineshkoovakkai.blogspot.com Visit our library website at: www.universitylibrarycuk.yolasite.com Phone: Office: 04994-255533 Mob: 09447468586 -- Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai Assistant Librarian & Co-ordinator, NMEICT Nodal Officer, Higher Education Survey Central University of Kerala Vidyanagar P.O. Kasargod, Kerala, India 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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Response from NET aspirants 24th June.
by silent listener 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

Dear fellow professionals, NET conducted by UGC on 24th June 2012 is over which appeared in new pattern . Post your feedback about the exam. Paper 3 is always considered to be a tough game in all the test. But I was n't felt any difference between paper 2 and Paper 3. Our subject is vast inwhich there are lots of topic relevant which can be asked.. This time there was many questions with Assertion and Reasoning which can be justified when it appears in Paper 1 , but what if it repeat in Paper 2 and Paper 3 ?... Does it means there are not any topic in LIS. If anybody have any reverse opinion or anything to add, Kindly post. Regards JOSEPH ZACHARIA +91 9947997767 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ISiM Industry Talk Series on Entrepreneurship
by Mailing List Admin 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:27:34 +0530 From: Athif Mohammed <athif(a)isim.ac.in> ISiM Industry Talk Series on Entrepreneurship "Entrepreneurship & Software Industry" By Mr. Chandrakanth. B. N Co- founder and President Theorem Inc., Global Services Date and Time: June 29, 2012 10:00 AM You are cordially invited Dr.Shalini R Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management, University of Mysore Abstract: Mr. B. N. Chandrakanth will bring his broad experience as a successful entrepreneur in Mysore area to the audience, and encourage them to consider startup of their own enterprises. He will discuss practical aspects of funding, strategy, operations, leadership, and growth of a new business. He will attempt to provide a holistic view of entrepreneurship by considering its attributes such as innovation, risk taking, barriers to entry, challenges in the local business ecosystem, etc. The talk will impart knowledge about Entrepreneurship to the students and may ignite some them to become successful Entrepreneurs in the future. Speaker Bio: Mr. B. N. Chandrakanth has over 15 years of experience in the IT industry across the US and India. Under his leadership, Theorem India has managed to sustain hyper growth from a handful to 600 plus people over the past few years and is constantly innovating best practices to drive efficiencies and scale in the digital marketing space for marquee brands across the globe. As head of Global Services, he is responsible for the growth of Theorem services and client account management across various global blue chip clients. After completing his Master's degree in the US, Mr. B. N. Chandrakanth managed the software division of a manufacturing company in the Chicago area. Upon his return from the US, he founded and managed a software services company Pairee InfoTech servicing North American clients. He is an active member of various networking groups in India and his profile has been featured on national TV. He has a Master's Degree in Industrial Management from Northern Illinois University, USA and a Bachelor of Engineering from Bangalore University. For further details visit <http://www.isim.ac.in> www.isim.ac.in INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore -570006 Ph: +91-821-2514699 | Fax: +91-821-2519209 | M: +91 9886772356 | <mailto:office@isim.ac.in> office(a)isim.ac.in Athif Mohammed Assistant Manager International School of Information Management (ISiM) University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore - 570006. Email- office(a)isim.ac.in M: +91 9886772356 Website: www.isim.ac.in

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Lecture at JNU Library on 29th June 2012 at 3.30 pm
by Dr Ramesh C Gaur, University Librarian, JNU 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

Central Library Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Cordially invites you to the 6th Library Lecture Series and Outreach Programme Topic Enabling Open Scholarship Open Access Policies, Issues and Resources for Higher Education Institutions Speaker Dr. Usha Mujoo Munshi Chief Librarian Indian Institute of Public Administration IP Estae, New Delhi Chairperson Dr. Andrew M. Lynn Director Communication and Information Services Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) on Date: Friday, 29th June 2012 at 3:30 pm Venue: Committee Room, Central Library, JNU, New Delhi Please make it convenient to attend. 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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UGC-NET-2012-comments
by Sunny Joseph 27 Jun '12

27 Jun '12

Dear Friends, The new pattern of NET is a welcome change. The main allegation of previous pattern was the valuation of the descriptive paper III. In human valuation one can not ensure that merit is always protected. Those who have good hand writing and writing skills can create an instant impression on the invisible examiners while those who have not developed these skills would suffer however they provide outstanding ideas. Nobody can ensure that your all answers are read by the examiners. Further all the evaluaters appointed by UGC, based on the qualification or experience need not be equally meritorious. Valuation of answer papers is a humanly boring work and most of the human evaluaters try to complete it soon and enjoy the remaining days with TA and DA. It should be noted that there is no re-evaluation in NET exams. To my query under RTI ACT, UGC informed that the examiners are provided with no value points. That is the valuation is highly arbitrary and subjective and no revaluation is allowed!!! No examiner can be held for irresponsibility also. Computer can not have discrimination in valuation. It can not reduce marks, even if, the answer is correct, as done by human evaluaters. Every body gets equal treatment and 100% objective evaluation. we get the copies of the answers. 100% transparency. Is it good? The main allegation about the multiple choice exam is that it doesn't check the analytical skills and creative thinking of candidates which can only be tested through written exams. But most of the questions asked during all these years were purely memory questions or testing merly factual knowledge, not creativity or higher order thinking skills. While for answering most of the objective questions warrants analytical thinking along with factual knowledge. for eg. one of the questions asked in the 2012 exam, Assertion : Library Science education is more than hundred years old in India. Here on should know in which period library science education started in India. It can be certificate education or degree level education or formal training. Here thinking warrants along with facts or application information in different contexts. Descriptive exams are outdated because of evaluation problems and world over the trend is for objective exams. The system is likely to continue due to the revenue aspect also which is three times higher than that of the previous exam. Sunny Joseph, Knowledge Manager & Information Officer, Govt.Institute of Advanced Study in Education, Thrissur, Kerala. Message: 2 Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:34:55 +0530 From: silent listener <librarian1983(a)gmail.com> To: lis-forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Response from NET aspirants 24th June. Message-ID: <CA+HV+Dt3O47VvvbHdnkU5XrE3_Ud2VXXKJ9k7_q-WcWsVihqvA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Dear fellow professionals, NET conducted by UGC on 24th June 2012 is over which appeared in new pattern . Post your feedback about the exam. Paper 3 is always considered to be a tough game in all the test. But I was n't felt any difference between paper 2 and Paper 3. Our subject is vast inwhich there are lots of topic relevant which can be asked.. This time there was many questions with Assertion and Reasoning which can be justified when it appears in Paper 1 , but what if it repeat in Paper 2 and Paper 3 ?... Does it means there are not any topic in LIS. If anybody have any reverse opinion or anything to add, Kindly post. Regards JOSEPH ZACHARIA +91 9947997767 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Research Articles are invited for publication in SALIS Journal for the year 2012
by Arunachalam Hariharan 27 Jun '12

27 Jun '12

Dear members/professional colleagues Articles are invited based on research work, case studies, practical applications, report of important projects, short communications, etc for publication in SALIS Journal of Library and Information Science – an International Journal for the year 2012. Please see the instructions to the authors/guidelines for submission of papers, and other details @ http://autolib-india.net/salis/sjlis.asp Final version of manuscript should be submitted as an e-mail attachment to the Editor-in-Chief (hchandra(a)iitm.ac.in, co-editor-in-chief (saramurali(a)gmail.com, and also to the Managing Editor and Publisher (salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in) with the subject : article submission in SALIS Journal. The author should ensure that the article is complete, grammatically correct and without spelling or typographical errors. All permissions that may be required to reproduce illustrations or previously published materials or to cite unpublished data or personal communications should accompany the manuscript in writing. Major changes are rarely permitted after an article has been accepted. Authors are advised not to submit the downloaded papers. The Publisher/Editorial Board reserves the right of addition, deletion, alteration and rejection of the articles without any prior intimation to the author(s). All correspondence regarding submission of manuscripts, publication, book reviews, forthcoming professional events and advertisements should be addressed to: hchandra(a)iitm.ac.in, saramurali(a)gmail.com and also salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in SALIS -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NET June 2012
by Ratheesh K 27 Jun '12

27 Jun '12

Dear Friends, The much awaited UGC NET objective model test was held on 24th June, Previously there was a discussion with regard to the change of pattern (from descriptive to objective), most of the aspirants are for objective model...My opinion is still for descriptive model... I invite your analysis and opinion with regard to the objective model in the post examination scenario...... With warm regards Ratheesh.K University Library Cochin University of Science and Technology Kochi-22,Kerala -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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BookTalk
by Chitra Vimal 27 Jun '12

27 Jun '12

St. Joseph's College for Women library, Alappuzha organised a BookTalk in connection with Vayanavaaram on 22nd June 2012. Three of the students from the college delivered talk on books that they had read from the college library and that which has influenced them. The college Principal also spoke about the book which she had read recently and advised the students to improve their reading habit. The event was mainly aimed at creating an awareness on the importance of cultivating the habit of reading and was wholeheartedly welcomed by the students and teachers of the college. They also informed that they look forward for such events in future. Chitra S. Librarian -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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A children's library in the Himalayas
by Mailing List Admin 27 Jun '12

27 Jun '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:15:29 +0530 From: usha mukunda <usha.mukunda(a)gmail.com> Dear Colleagues. You may like to read about a library venture that succeeded in Kausani, Uttaranchal. The contributors were many and much had to be done by remote control from Bangalore but it was a happy ending! Check out library.cfl.in Thank you. Usha Mukunda

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Springer E-Resource Workshop @ SJBIT, Bengalooru.
by Vinay Channavenkatesh 27 Jun '12

27 Jun '12

Dear Moderator Kindly publish this information: Dear Friends, Springer India Pvt. Ltd. in association with SJB Institute of Technology is organizing One day Workshop on "Springer e-Products" at SJBIT, Bengalooru on 7th July 2012, Saturday. Workshop is targeted at the Library Professionals & faculty working in Engineering Colleges. Working Library Professionals in and around Bangalore, Mysore & Tumkur Area are hereby informed to register for the Workshop along with their Teaching Faculty. Find below the schedule of the Workshop & make it convenient to attend the same. *Invitation* Springer Invites you for a Workshop on “Springer eProducts”** *Agenda for the Day* 10.30 -10.45 Company Overview 10.45 -11.00 Importance of eProducts for Indian Education market 11.00 -11.15 Utility of Springer eProducts for academic libraries 11.15 -11.30 Benefits of Springer content over other publishers 11.30 -12.00 Tea/ Coffee Break 12.00 -12.30 All about Springer eJournal and eBooks 12.30 - 1.00 Live Demonstration of SpringerLink.com 1.00 - 1.30 Quiz 1.30 Lunch Registration will start from 9.30 AM Onwards No Registration Charges.. Free Entry! Free delegate kit for all the participants You can also bring your Principal, HoD's & Professors. Attend the session & answer questions during the quiz to win exciting prizes! *Venue:* *Seminar Hall (CSE Block)* *SJB Institute of Technology* *BGS** Health & Education City**, Uttarahalli Main Road, Kengeri,* *Bengalooru - 560060* Date: 7th July 2012, Saturday Time: 10.30 AM *Contact us at:* SJB Institute of Technology: - Mr. Vinay. C (9886811828) Springer India Pvt. Ltd.: - Ms. Aditi Goel (09654027909) Please confirm your participation for the event to: *aditi.goel(a)springer.com* *sjbitlibrarian(a)gmail.com*** With Warm Regards, -- *Vinay. C Sr. Gr. Librarian, SJB Institute of Technology, BGS Health & Education City, Uttarahalli Main Road, Kengeri, Bengalooru-560 060. Off. Phone: 080-28612445 / 46, * *Off. Fax: 080-28612651 Mob: +91-9886811828 Web: www.sjbit.edu.in* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Impactitis and Predatory Open Access : An Interesting editorial appeared in recent edition of Current Science
by Vasanth 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

Dear Sir/Madam, Prof. Balaram, the editor of Current Science has written a very interesting editorial on Impact factor and paid model of open access publishing. You can access the full text of the article through the following URL: http://cs-test.ias.ac.in/cs/Volumes/102/12/1617.pdf ------------------------- 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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Admission - PGDKM Programme - Bharathidasan University Trichy, Tamilnadu
by Dr. R. Balasubramani 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

Dear Professionals, Greetings from Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathidasan University, Trichy. Bharathidasan University, Trichy, Tamilnadu is happy to announce admission to the Programme “*Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Library and Knowledge Management*” (Full Time & Part Time) for the year 2012-2013. This PGDKM course aims at imparting the updated knowledge and skills on digital information resources, Web Technologies and Knowledge Management tools, that would contribute the information environment in higher academic, research, corporate, industrial, government institutions. There is a burgeoning need for trained librarians in the light of national priorities like National Mission on Education through Information and Communication technology (NME-ICT) and National Knowledge Commission (NKC), SANKSET, EDUSAT and e-learning and e-governance initiative of government and International organizations. Library professional, scholars, teachers can benefit of this academic programme The Programme offered on both full time and part time, consist of theory papers, Practical training, intensive, seminars and Project. ELIGIBILITY: Candidates who have passed or appeared in final year of MLISc or an equivalent course are eligible. Duration: 1 Year APPLICATION: Application forms alongwith information brochures can be downloaded from Bharathidasan University website: www.bdu.ac.in. or https://library.bdu.ac.in. Candidates can submit the filled-in applications along with a demand draft for Rs. 300/- (SC/ST – Rs. 150) drawn in favour of “Bharathidasan University, Trichy - 24, either in person or by post, to the Associate Professor & Head, Department of Library and Information Science, , Bharathidasan University, Trichy - 27. As the programme is under concurrent scheme, the scholars, M.Phil., Students and MLIS final year students can also be admitted. Last Date: 30/07/2012 Please visit www.bdu.ac.in for downloading the prospectus and application form or feel free to write to or call us. Dr. S. Srinivasa Ragavan Associate Professor & Head Department of Library and Information Science. Bharathidasan University Trichy – 24 E.Mail: bdulib(a)gmail.com Cell: 09486916358 --- Dr. R. Balasubramani Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathidasan University, Trichy. Cell: 9994889426 http://library.bdu.ac.in/library_staff5.php http://drbalasubramani.webs.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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OPAC of IGIT Library on live IP
by Rabishankar Giri 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

The Learning Resource Centre (LRC) of Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology has been using OSSversion of NewGenLib since August 2008. Now the LRC has adopted the most recent version of NewGenLIb (3.03 updated 5) and OPAC has been put on live IP. OPAC can bebest viewed in firefox and Google Chrome. 70% of the Books in the catalogues have book jackets viewed in OPAC. Google Book preview have automatically been programmed. Besides in case of issue / return, the system has been integrated with Gmailwhich automatically sends mail ofissue /return/fine slips. Kindly visit OPAC at http://202.159.218.126:8080/newgenlibctxt/ . and send us your valuable suggestions. Regards, Rabishankar Giri Indira Ganhi Institute of Technology Kashmere Gate, Delhi -6 www.igit.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request article from Zoo Biology 29(2): 256-273
by Dr. A.T. Francis 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

Dear Sirs, I will be obliged to you if anybody can send a copy of the following article. Zoo Biology Volume 29, Issue 2, March/April 2010 or at least the following article in that issue..Georgia J. Mason and Jake S. Veasey. 2010. What do population-level welfare indices suggest about the well-being of zoo elephants? Zoo Biology. 29(2): 256-273. With regards, r. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, 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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Invitation
by SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

Dear Moderator : Kindly arrange to announce the following lecture invitation for the benefit of the Lis-forum subscribers. Thank you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Bangalore ******* Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Bangalore in collaboration with Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies Bangalore and Karnataka State Library Association, Bangalore Cordially invite you to a lecture on LIBRARY SERVICE QUALITY AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION by Prof. DONG-GEUN OH Professor and Chairperson, Department of Library and Information Science & Dean, School of Library and Information Science Kei-Myung University, Daegn, South Korea on Monday, 2nd July 2012 at 6.00 p.m. at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 RSVP: Dr. K.N. Prasad Ph:(080) 23305109 E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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5-Day International Workshop on Digital Libraries using Greenstone at IIMK During 20-24 August 2012
by mgsree＠iimk.ac.in 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

Dear Colleagues: I am happy to inform you that IIM Kozhikode, as apart of its Faculty Development Programme (FDP), is organizing a 5-day International Workshop on Digital Libraries using Greenstone Software at IIM Kozhikode during 20-24 August 2012. The details of the programme, along with the Brochure and the Registration form, are available at http://www.iimk.ac.in/fdp/FDP2012/201213FDP06.php You can also find the programme flashed in the Greenstone Support for South Asia site http://greenstonesupport.iimk.ac.in For any further information please feel free to contact our FDP Office (E-Mail : fdp at iimk.ac.in). With regards, Sreekumar Workshop Coordinator FDP on Digital Libraries using Greenstone -- Dr. M.G. Sreekumar (UNESCO Coordinator, Greenstone Support for South Asia) [Formerly, Visiting Professor, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Malaya] Chief Librarian & Head, Center for Development of Digital Libraries (CDDL) Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode IIMK Campus P.O., Calicut, Kerala - 673570, INDIA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email : mgsree @iimk.ac.in Web ..: http://greenstonesupport.iimk.ac.in . .... . . : http://iimk.ac.in/mdp/mgsree.php ================================================= Phone - +91-9447654066 (HP); +91-495-2809140 (O) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for full text article
by supritha Shetty 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

Dear Professionals, If any library holds below mentioned article. Please send me. 1.Cancer of the parotid gland: A clinicopathologic study of 288 primary cases Original Research Article. Ronald H. Spiro, Andrew G. Huvos, Elliot W. Strong. The American Journal of Surgery, Volume 130, Issue 4, October 1975, Pages 452-459. 2. Parotid gland tumors: Clinicopathologic study Birendra K. Sinha, MD, FRCS (C), FACSDavid W. Buntine, MBBS, FRCP (C), FRCPA1 The American Journal of Surgery Volume 129, Issue 6, June 1975, Pages 675–681. 3. A clinicopathologic study of parotid gland tumors Midion M. Chidzonga, BDS, V.M. Lopez Perez, DDS†, A.L. Portilla Alvarez, DDS†. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Volume 52, Issue 12, December 1994, Pages 1253–1256. 4. Clinicopathological evaluation of parotid gland tumors: a retrospective study. Sungur N, Akan IM, Ulusoy MG, Ozdemir R, Kilinç H, Ortak T. J Craniofac Surg. 2002 Jan;13(1):26-30. With regards, Librarian K S Hegde Medical Academy Mangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Announcement for Job Vacancies at DAIICT Resource Centre
by SatishDeshpande 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

Dear LIS Forum Content Manager/Moderator I shall be thankful if you please include the announcement in the forthcoming issue of LIS-Forum Digest, so that maximum number of LIS professionals of our Forum are informed about these vacancies. http://resourcecentre.daiict.ac.in/jobs/WebsiteAnnounce%20RCVacanciesJun12.… Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology Gandhinagar Gujarat invites applications for the following positions for its Resource Centre : Assistant Librarian Should have a first class Masters Degree in Library and Information Science from a recognized university with six to ten years post qualification experience in a reputed academic library (click the below mentioned link for more details) Compensation package will commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate. Library Trainees Fresh LIS graduation (with first class) from a reputed University; completed Internship in a reputed academic library; familiarity with automated environment and Ready to work in shift-timings/rotating off & 6-days/week (Final year students awaiting results may also apply) The above positions are based in Gandhinagar. Interested candidates should apply in a prescribed format (available on DA-IICT Resource Centre's Home page) under quick-links on or before 9 July 2012. Please read the Announcement carefully before you send your application http://resourcecentre.daiict.ac.in/jobs/WebsiteAnnounce%20RCVacanciesJun12.… with best wishes satish deshpande formerly Head, British Council Library, Ahmedabad, Gujarat formerly Mentor, Nirma University Libraries, Ahmedabad, Gujarat currently Head, Resource Centre, DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Book Release Function
by Dinesh Siddaiah 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

Dear Friends, You are cordially invited to attend the Book Release Function. University of Mysore Department of Library and Information Science, Manasagangothri, Mysore – 6 & All Karnataka Engineering College Library professionals Association (AKELPA), Bangalore ------------------- Sri. Rajashekar Koti, Editor of Andolana Daily, Mysore Will Inaugurate the Program & Releases Book – I Recent Trends in Electronic Information Resources Usage among Scientists, Engineers, Technologists – A Comprehensive Literature Review Authors: R. Guruprasad & Khaiser Nikam ------------------------------ Book – II Prof. B. G. Sangameswara, Principal, SJCE, Mysore Will be the Chief Guest & Releases Strategic Management of Engineering College Libraries in Karnataka Authors: Dinesh K. S. & Khaiser Nikam ------------------------------------- Book – III Prof. P. Venkataramaiah, Former Vice Chancellor, Kuvempu University, Shimoga Will Preside & Releases Use Patterns of Electronic Information Resources by Aerospace Scientists and Engineers in Bangalore, India Authors: R. Guruprasad & Khaiser Nikam --------------------------------------- *Date:* Wednesday, 27th June 2012 *Time: *11:00 AM ------------------- *Venue:* Seminar Hall, Department of Library and Information Science, Manasagangothri, Mysore – 6 Dr. N. Chowdappa, President, AKELPA Prof. Khaiser Nikam, Chairperson, Department of Library and Information Science, Thanking You, -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. Deputy Librarian, Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Nangal Road, Rupnagar, Punjab - 140 001. Email: dinesh(a)iitrpr.ac.in dinesh.ncet(a)gmail.com Phone: 01881 - 242134 (O) 9779747902 (M) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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need help
by Thippeswamy swamy 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

*Need help if any one get this article plz send to my id * * * *1 Trigeminal subnucleus caudalis: beyond homologies with the spinal dorsal horn.* * * * Jou: Pain, 2000, Vol 88 Iss 3 * * * *2. blood supply of the trigeminal ganglion and nerve root* * * * Jon: International Congress series, Vol 1240 Oct 2003* * * *Regards* Thippeswamy T S Asst. Librarian M S Ramaiah Dental College Bangalore - 560054 Mob: 9481474791 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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article request
by Arunachalam Hariharan 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

We need the following two papers. Wang, H., Song, B., Wang, L. and Lv, G., "Three dimensional cellular automation for simulation of the multi-pit corrosion damage evolution", Advanced Science Letters, Vol. 4, Nos. 8-10, 2011, pp. 2980-2985 Wu, A.Q., Yu, H.Y., and Sun, D.B., " Computer simulation of uniform corrosion process for carbon steel", Advanced Material Research, Vol. 201-203, 2011, pp. 234-240 Pl send if available in your library thanks sincerely, Dr. A.Hariharan Head Knowledge Resource Division CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre Taramani Chennai - 600 113 Off: 044-22549131 Cell: 9841601903 E-mail: hariharan_ah(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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INVITATION FROM TUMKUR UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
by B. RAVII VVENKAT 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

*UNIVERSITY LIBRARY* *&* *CENTRE FOR RURAL SOCIAL DOCUMENTATION* *TUMKUR UNIVERSITY, TUMKUR* You are Cordially Invited to the * * *National Conference on* * * *DIGITAL RESOURCES IN HIGHER* *ACADEMIC RESEARCH* * * Prof. D. Shivalingaiah Welcome Speech by *Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science* *Bangalore University, Bangalore.* Prof. T. D. Kemparaju Chief Guest *Principal, Library and Information Officer* *NIMHANS Library, Bangalore.* Dr. H.S. Siddamallaiah Key-Note Address *Director, Dept. of PG studies* *Tumkur University, Tumkur* Dr. M. Jayaramu Vote of Thanks Venue: Sir M. Vishveshvaraiah Auditorium Date & Time: th 27 June, 2012, 10.00 AM * * * * * * *B. Ravivenkat * *Organising Secretary** ** Prof. D. Shivalingaiah* Registrar Tumkur University, Tumkur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Require Question paper of NET Eam JUNE 2012
by Muruli Acharya 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

Dear Professionals, Please proivde me the question papers of NET exam JUNE 2012. Or please let me know the source to get it. It is not yet uploaded on UGC website. thanks and regards -- Muruli NPTI Bangalore -- 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 Obi B 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

Dear Members, One of our researcher in urgent need of fallowing article. If any one has access to this article could you please send me a copy of it. Ecological and socio-cultural dimensions of sacred groves of Northern Kerala Author(s) CHANDRASHEKARA U. M. ; JOSEPH Sathian P. ; SREEJITH K. A. ; Journal Title Man in India ISSN 0025-1569 Source 2002, vol. 82, no3-4, pp. 323-340 Regards Obaiah ATREE -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Trainee
by Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

Dear Professionals,* * Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod needs Library Trainees for its Library. *Qualification required:* 1. BLISc/MLISc (preferably MLISc). 2. Computer Knowledge. The selection will be based on practical test and interview. Stipend: *Rs. 9000/- *per month. Training period: 1 year. Those who are interested may attend the walk-in-interview and practical test with all original certificates on *11th July 2012 at 10am* at the Central University Office at Nayanmarmoola, Vidyanagar, Kasaragod. Contact Phone No. 04994- 255533 Regards, -- Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai Assistant Librarian & Co-ordinator, NMEICT Nodal Officer, Higher Education Survey Central University of Kerala Vidyanagar P.O. Kasargod, Kerala, India 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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A library in an Old Age Home
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

I like this story as it talks of a library set up in an Old Age home by a retired CGHS doctor turned librarian. As suspected, the usage of this unique library is low; The manager of Old age home is right when she says that they are wary of accepting all donations of books as it is difficult to maintain.-- Vyasamoorthy And now for the news ---- === A home for books Alokparna Das, Posted: Jun 24, 2012 at 0132 hrs IST Source: http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/a-home-for-books/966056/ Agatha Christie sits next to Roget’s Thesaurus, and Japuji Saheb is placed next to a translation of the Torah. More than 3,000 books — both old and new — on subjects as diverse as ancient architecture, literature, geography, health, religion, metaphysics, hobbies and even journalism, are neatly stacked in a cosy library that also boasts of some replicas of ancient Indian art. It’s an excellent collection, and the man who manages the library is equally impressive — Dr Janki Ballabh Jha — a medical practitioner fluent in at least three languages has translated the Gita into archaic English verse that the US-based International Gita Society has uploaded on the Net. The most interesting aspect of the library is, however, its setting — an old age home. Godhuli, the senior citizens’ home run by the Servants of the People Society, has become a landmark in Dwarka. Neat and clean with modern amenities, facilities such as gym and parking, and pleasing environs, it is home to around 60 people, who, like 80-year-old Dr Jha, have chosen to stay here post-retirement. The library is located on the first floor of the building, next to a sitting area with comfortable chairs and sofas and overlooking a garden. “While most of the titles are in English, we have around 300 books in Hindi and 150 in Bengali — mostly literary works,” says Jha, who speaks all the three languages. He is self-taught in library science, and in literature his personal favourites are Shakespeare and Arthur Conan Doyle. Using the universal decimal code, he has catalogued the entire collection under various heads, including something as unusual as ‘Death, Funeral & Obituary’. “It is neither unusual nor morbid,” he counters. “It is a biological inevitability and also at a higher plane, the final question,” philosophises Jha, who retired as chief medical officer, CGHS, and practised in his native village in Jharkhand for a while before joining Godhuli. “I was the fifth resident to join this place,” he says while showing us a 1954 second edition Kemsley Manual of Journalism. The voluntary work of a resident-librarian is, however, not without regrets. The well-stocked place gets few visitors. “One of the residents, a PhD in Sanskrit, was a regular reader here, but now with failing health and poor eyesight she is unable to come to the library. A 93-year-old lady borrows books quite regularly. Apart from them, you can say that I am the sole reader and keeper of this place,” he says with a wry smile. Says Alka Mathur, Godhuli’s manager, “Health and interest are the two key factors; it’s up to the residents to use the library.” She adds that a large number of books have been donated by individuals. “We are careful not to accept too many old books as they are difficult to maintain,” she says. Perhaps opening the library to the general public or even local senior citizens, for a nominal fee, would have ensured that people use it. “But the library is meant for residents of this old age home, so that they can read in privacy and peace. Opening the library for others would also mean security and other related issues for Godhuli,” adds Mathur. Jha, meanwhile, is happy spending time in this little library when he is not surfing the Net for the latest medical news. ======== Dr P Vyasamoorthy, 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony Secunderabad 500015 Ph 040-27846631 / 9490804278. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Urgently need Article (Ganesha SK)
by GANESHA SK 23 Jun '12

23 Jun '12

Please send me this article Title: A spectrophotometric assay for nitrate in an excess of nitrite. Journal: Nitric Oxide. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11178938#> 2005 Sep; Vol13(2) page:93-7. Author: Beda N<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Beda%20N%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&c…> , Nedospasov A<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Nedospasov%20A%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=…> . -- GANESHA.S.K SENIOR LIBRARIAN NARAYANA HRUDAYALAYA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES HEALTH CITY BANGALORE - 99 ganeshnhl(a)gmail.com MOBIL NO 0919449352489 OFFICE NO 0919538895313 Ext-1694 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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freely library automation software
by Murugiah Perumal 23 Jun '12

23 Jun '12

dear friends we have small library around 5000 books in English, Hindi and Tamil. What is Freely available Library automation software . kindly tell me. with regards P. Murugiah Part time PhD Scholar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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PHD Course Work @ Mysore Uni
by Mailing List Admin 23 Jun '12

23 Jun '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- khaiser nikam khaisernikam at yahoo.com Date: Thu Jun 21 16:26:23 IST 2012 Dear Research Scholars for the year 2012 I am pleased to inform that the research scholars appearing for PhD course work in Library and Information Science at University of Mysore, Mysore, that the Department Council and the Course Work Committee (CWC)(CWC) has decided to hold the presentations for paper II - Review of Literature in the area of research on 25th, 26th & 27th June 2012 from 10.30 AM on words, each day at the department. The details about number of batches and the notice for the internal examination for paper I: Advanced Research Methodology which is scheduled to be held at the department on 7/7/2012 between 2.30 PM to 4.30 PM is put up on the University Website-PHD COURSE DETAILS: (Ref)- http://www.uni-mysore.ac.in/phd-course-details/ Prof. KHAISER NIKAM DOSLISC, MySore Univ. MGM

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Online User Awareness Program on J-Gate
by Soji Mathew 23 Jun '12

23 Jun '12

J-Gate is the flagship product of Bangalore based Informatics (India) Limited. Its two subsets for Engineering and Management streams - J-Gate Engineering & Technology (JET) and J-Gate Social & Management Sciences (JSMS) are being subscribed by numerous Engineering and Management institutions across India. To facilitate the end-users become familiar with these products, Informatics is organizing a series of webinars (online training) on Monday 25th June and Tuesday 26th June. Anybody who is interested in attending these webinars may please register by sending a mail to Mr. Kalyan Chakraborty at kalyan.c(a)informindia.co.in or call at 9900062142. Thank you. Regards, Soji Mathew Informatics (India) Limited Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Requesting for info on PGDLAN study centers in Karnataka, India
by vijaya Nag 23 Jun '12

23 Jun '12

Hi, I am looking for the Institutions & colleges(Study centers) which are providing PGDLAN(Post graduation diploma in Library Automation) in India. Please guide me on this. * Vijaya Nag G* Library Assistant, City Central Library, Sayyaji Rao Road, Mysore 570001. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Azim Premji University Library requires Library Trainees
by Prakash K 22 Jun '12

22 Jun '12

Dear All, Azim Premji University, Bangalore is a university with a clear social purpose. It aims to make significant contributions towards a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society through the development of talent and the creation of knowledge which can facilitate systemic change in education and allied development areas. Azim Premji University Library invites applications for ‘Library Trainees’. Applicants should have a Post Graduate degree in Library and Information Science. Selected candidates will be paid a consolidated salary of Rs. 16,000/- per month. The selected candidates should be ready to work in different shifts and weekends on rotation basis. Interested candidates may send their resume with contact details along with a passport size photograph to prakash_k(a)yahoo.com on or before 29th June, 2012. With best regards, ------------------------------------------------------- Dr. K Prakash University Librarian Azim Premji University PES School of Engineering Campus 1km Before Electronic City, Hosur Road Bangalore - 560100 Web: http://www.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/ Email: prakash.k(a)azimpremjifoundation.org / prakash_k(a)yahoo.com Tel: 080-66145146 Fax: 66145145 Cell: 9980889583 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Announcement for Digital Library Programme
by Dr. Akhilesh KS Yadav 22 Jun '12

22 Jun '12

Dear Professionals, Greetings! Centre for Library and Information Management Studies, Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai is happy to announce admissions to the programme for “Master in Library and Information Science”, "Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Library and Information Management" for the year 2012-13. This cutting edge, one year dual mode programme uses contact classes for on campus and Moodle e-learning platform for its off-campus sessions. It is aimed at creating trained manpower to handle digital libraries and electronic resources. There is a burgeoning need for trained librarians in the light of national priorities like National Mission on Education through Information and Communication technology (NME-ICT) and National Knowledge Commission (NKC). This programme will equip librarians with skills of digital library and information management to play a bigger role in their organizations. The salient features of this programme are well crafted curriculum, sound theory and experiential learning unique to Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Last date for submission of application is 29th June 2012 Please visit the following websites for prospectus and application form. For MLISc Programme: http://ma-programmes.tiss.edu/courses/master-of-library-and-information-sci… http://library.tiss.edu/mlisc.html For PGDLIM Programme http://www.tiss.edu/announcement/short-term-programmes-2012-13/admissions-t… http://library.tiss.edu/pgdlim.html We will also be happy to answer your queries. Thank you, Best regards, Dr. Muttayya Koganuramath Professor & Chairperson Centre for Library and Information Management Studies Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai- 400 088 (India) Phone: +91-22-2552 5281(Direct) Fax: +91-22-2552 5050 E-mail: muttayya(a)tiss.edu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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PHD Course Work @ Mysore Uni
by khaiser nikam 21 Jun '12

21 Jun '12

Dear Research Scholars for the year 2012 I am pleased to inform that the research scholars appearing for PhD course work in Library and Information Science at University of Mysore, Mysore, that the Department Council and the Course Work Committee (CWC)(CWC) has decided to hold the presentations for paper II - Review of Literature in the area of research on 25th, 26th & 27th June 2012 from 10.30 AM on words, each day at the department. The details about number of batches and the notice for the internal examination for paper I: Advanced Research Methodology which is scheduled to be held at the department on 7/7/2012 between 2.30 PM to 4.30 PM is put up on the University Website-PHD COURSE DETAILS (Ref)-http://www.uni-mysore.ac.in/phd-course-details/ prof.KHAISER NIKAM DOSLISC MGM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Urgently need Article
by Bharat Alasandi 21 Jun '12

21 Jun '12

Respected All Professionals, One of our Research Scholar need following article, If anybody have the soft copy of this article Please send the same. *Intellectual Property Rights: An Indian experience by Jeelan Basha, Southern Economist (March-2001 Issue)* Kindly do the needful Thanks & Regards -- Bharat B. Alasandi Librarian Bharatesh Education Trusts Global Business School B.C. 188 Fort Road Belgaum - 6 Karnataka E-mail : bharatalasandi(a)gmail.com Phone: 9986135406 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Urgently required full text article
by Hemanta Gogoi 21 Jun '12

21 Jun '12

Respected Sir/Madam One of our faculty member need the full text of the following article, If anybody have the article then please send it to my email id (* hemagogoi(a)gmail.com*) I t will be of great help me. *1. A Survey of Science Content in **U.S.** Radio Broadcasting, 1920s through 1940s Scientists Speak in Their Own Voices- Marcel C. Lafollette* Website: (*http://scx.sagepub.com/content/24/1/4*<http://scx.sagepub.com/content/24/1/4> ) *2. A Survey of Science Content in **U.S.** Television Broadcasting, 1940s through 1950s: The Exploratory Years- Marcel C. LaFollette<http://scx.sagepub.com/search?author1=Marcel+C.+LaFollette&sortspec=date&su…> * *Website: (http://scx.sagepub.com/content/24/1/34.abstract*) *NAME OF THE JOURNAL: SCIENCE COMMUNICATION, SEPT. 2002. vol. 24 no 1* * * ** *Yours Faithfully* * HEMANTA GOGOI* * Library Trainee, Central Library* * Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University * * Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Dispur,* * **Guwahati- 781006, Assam, India * * * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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J – GATE TRAINING PROGRAMME Hyderabad
by Sambhaji Patil 21 Jun '12

21 Jun '12

Dear Professionals, This is to inform you that, all the Library professionals can attend One-day training on ‘J-GATE’ database on 6th July, 2012 at 9.00 A.M. jointly organised by J-Gate, Bangalore and Siva Sivani Institute of Management, Kompally, Sec-bad. *ALL ARE WELCOME - “NO REGISTRATION FEE”* Schedule 9:00 AM Registration at the Venue 9:45 AM Welcome Speech 9:55 AM Multimedia Presentation : Informatics 10:10 AM Address by Chief Guest 10:30 AM Introduction to J-Gate 10:45 AM Tea-Break 11:00 AM Training Session 1 12:30 AM Q & A Session 1:00 PM Lunch 2:00 PM Training Session 2 3:30 PM Q & A Session 4:00 PM Vote of thanks 4:05 PM Wrap-up followed by T *Contact:* Mr. S. Shyam Sunder Rao Mr. Keshav, M.N. Librarian and Organising Secretary Deputy Manager-Business Development Siva Sivani Institute of Management Informatics India Limited Kompally, Sec-bad-500014. Basavana Gudi, Bangalore-560004. (M):09391075416; (O): 040-27165451/52 (M):09740015343, E-mail: ssrhyd(a)gmail.com E-mail:keshav@informindia.co.in -- Thanking you… Yours Faithfully, Mr. SAMBHAJI GULABRAO PATIL LIBRARIAN, MET’s INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING, BHUJBAL KNOWLEDGE CITY, ADGAON, NASHIK-422003 Mob no.: -09420691868, 0253- 2555888 (Off) Email id: - sambhajipatil07(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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ICTK 2012: Call for registration
by ictk drtc 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

*ICTK 2012: Call for registration * International Conference on Trends in Knowledge and Information Dynamics 10-13 July, 2012 Hosted by Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) * *http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ICTK** *Venue:* NIMHANS Convention Center, Nimhans Hospital Premises, Hosur Road, Bangalore- 560029 Landmark: Near Dairy Circle Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) established by Prof. S R Ranganathan in 1962, is a research centre at Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) conducting Research, Training and Higher Education in the field Library and Information Sciences and allied areas. In the last five decades, DRTC has been involved in Research, Education, Training and cutting edge applications of Information and Communication Technology to Libraries and Information Centres, Knowledge centers and systems. 2012 marks the Golden Jubilee of DRTC and we are happy to host as part of 'Golden Jubilee Celebrations', the 'International Conference on Trends in Knowledge and Information Dynamics' (ICTK-2012). Broadly the themes of the conference are divided into main streams (in parallel sessions on all the days of the conference): *Stream 1: Trends in Library Education and Research* · *Stream 2: Trends in Public Library Services* · *Stream 3: Trends in Domain Specific Information Systems and Services* · *Stream 4: Trends in Open Access to Information and Data* · *Stream 5: Trends in ICT applications to Library and Information Science* For details visit us on http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ICTK/subthemes <http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ICTK/subthemes> ICTK 2012 includes sessions of invited talks by renowned in the field of Library and Information Science from around the globe on various topics related to the above mentioned five streams covering various aspects of current interest and popular trends. The conference serves as an International Platforms for dissemination of information of International research and collaborative projects such as European Commission infrastructure projects. Experts Panel on Open Access to Information and Public Libraries present experts' views from around the world. In addition to plenary spearker of International repute, we plan to have panel discussions on Higher Education and International Collaborative Research in LIS, Public Libraries, Agricultural Information Systems, Open Access to Information *List of invited speakers * *Dr. Jagdish Arora* INFLIBNET India *Dr. Roberto Barbero* INFN Italy *Dr. Donatella Castelli* CNR-ISTI, Italy *Prof. Fausto Giunchiglia,* University of Trento Italy *Dr. Johannes Keizer* UN-FAO Rome *Prof. Dr. Norbert Lossau* Goettingen State and University Library Germany *Dr. Alberto Masoni* INFN Rome *Dr. Carlos Morais Pires,* European Commission, Brussels *Dr. Federico Ruggieri* INFN Rome *Dr. Alma Swan* Key Perspectives Ltd, Truro, UK *Prof. Anna Maria Tammaro* University of Parma Italy *Dr. Stuart Wiebel* Senior Research Scientist, OCLC USA Details of registration at http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ictk/registration *Contact * * * *Prof. A.R.D. Prasad (Convener - ICTK-2012)* Documentation Research & Training Centre (DRTC), Indian Statistical Institute (I.S.I), 8th Mile, Mysore Road, R.V. College Post, Bangalore - 560 059, Karnataka INDIA Phone: +91-80-2848 2711 Fax : 91-80-2848 4265 E-mail ID: ictk2012(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Book Release -- “I AM STILL COMMITTED …. as hopes are yet to die” on 27th Jun 2012 at 6.30 p.m.
by Mohan HR 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

Dear all, Pl. find the invite for the release of the book “I AM STILL COMMITTED …. as hopes are yet to die” on 27th Jun 2012 at 6.30 p.m. Pl. make it convenient to attend. With regards HR Mohan Chairman, IEEE CS & PCS INVITE ============================================ IEEE COMSOC Past Student Branch Chairman turns Author. The Madras Chapter of the IEEE Communications Society IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Professional Communication Society cordially invite you for the launch of the book “I AM STILL COMMITTED …. as hopes are yet to die” Authored by Mr. Soumitro Chatterjee Software Engineer, Sasken Communication Technologies Past Chairman, Student Branch of IEEE Communication Society of AVIT, Chennai. On 27th Jun 2012 at 6.30. p.m. at Landmark, Apex Plaza, Nungamabakkam High Road, Chennai – 600034 formal invite at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/lm-bl.pdf -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SALIS Awards for the year 2011 - Announcement - reg
by Arunachalam Hariharan 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

Announcement of SALIS 2011 Awards Applications/nominations are invited for the following SALIS Awards for the year 2011. 1. Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award (National Level Award) 2. AutoLib-Tamilnadu-Best Librarian Award 3. AutoLib-Tamilnadu-Best Young Librarian Award (below 40 years) 4. A.N.Marappan Memorial National Best Young Librarian Award (below 40 years) (National Level award) Conditions: Applications will be accepted only in the prescribed format which is available in the SALIS website. Those who have already applied for these awards in response to our earlier communication (in April/May) this year need not apply again. A committee will be constituted by the President to select suitable professionals for each awards. The President shall be the Chairman of the Selection committee. The name of the committee members will be announced , after the last date of the receipt of the applications, to make the selection more transparent The committee will select suitable candidates among the nominations/applications received strictly based on the criteria fixed for the awards. All the awardees will be presented a memento, shawl and citation. The awards will be presented during the forthcoming SALIS programmes which will be announced later. Please note: Applications should be sent only in the prescribed format Soft copy will not be accepted Supporting documents to be attached for evidence. Last date for the receipt of application/nomination is 25.07.2012 The filled-in application form along with the supporting documents should be sent by post to: The President SALIS B2-Solai Apartment Mount-Poonamallee Road (opp.to.MGR Garden) Chennai - 600 089 All the details of the awards, instructions, application form(Change the Year to 2011), etc are available at following link http://www.autolib-india.net/salis/salis_awards.asp Thanking you, President Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) B2-Solai Apartments (opp. to MGR Garden) Mount-Poonamalle Road Ramapuram Chennai - 600 089 Tel : 044- 2252 2448, 4201 4772 E-mail: salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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12th International ISKO Conference
by Mailing List Admin 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE srels.bangalore at gmail.com Tue Jun 19 13:01:48 IST 2012 12th International ISKO Conference 6-9 August 2012 Categories, Relations and Contexts in Knowledge Organization University of Mysore, 6-9 August 2012 VENUE Bahadur Institute of Management Studies, University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysore 570 006 The International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO) will hold its 12th Biennial International Conference (ISKO 2012) in the University of Mysore, Mysore, India from 6th - 9th August 2012. The conference will be jointly organized by the ISKO (India Chapter), the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science and the University of Mysore. The conference has been cosponsored by DRDO, Government of India, The PES Institute of Technology (Bangalore), Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies (Chennai), the Society for Information Science (Bangalore Chapter) and the University of Madras, Department of Library & Information science. ISKO is an international professional body that holds biennial international conferences in different parts of the world. The last two conferences were hosted respectively by the University of Montreal (Canada) in 2008 and by the Sapienza University, Rome, Italy in 2010. This is only the 2nd time that the ISKO has decided to have its Biennial International Conference in India. The proposed conference will bring together disparate groups from Information sciences, Computer Sciences, Library Sciences, Philosophy and Linguistics on a single platform to discuss issues of contemporary interest in Knowledge Representation and Organization. KEY NOTE SPEAKER : Prof. Richard P. Smiraglia, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA on Universes, Dimensions, Domains, Intensions and Extensions: Knowledge Organization for the 21st Century THER EMINENT SPEAKERS INCLUDE** (Not Exhaustive) Prof. Mustafa El Hadi, University of Lille, France Prof. Birger Hjorland, Royal School of Information & Library Science, Copenhagen Prof. Jose Augusto Guimaraes, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Dr. Hemalatha Iyer, State University of New York at Albany Dr. Chrstopher Khoo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Dr. Kavi Mahesh, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore Mr. Peter Ohly, President, ISKO Prof. Michael Shepherd, Dalhousie University, Canada Prof. Shigeo Sugimoto, University of Tsukuba, Japan Dr. Joseph Tennis, University of Washington, Seattle, USA Prof. Marcia Zeng, Kent State University, USA Prof. Carolyn Watters, Dalhousie University, Canada FACETS: Classification Schemes, Taxonomies, and Categorization Schemes Facet Analysis as the theoretical basis of knowledge representation & organization Relationships in Thesauri, Semantic networks and Ontologies Categories and Conceptual Structures for the Digital Environment Alternative subject access, Web Indexing, social tagging, etc Data Modeling for the Semantic Web vis--vis tools such as RDA, FRBR, MARC formats Indexing and searching in Multilingual environments Organizing Unstructured Information; Enterprise Knowledge Organization and Management Knowledge Organization and the Multimedia challenge: Text, Audio, Video, Images, etc Linguistic and other issues in Automatic categorization & Indexing About 60 refereed papers by eminent scholars from around the world will be presented during the conference. The complete conference programme will shortly be made available on the conference website (www.isibang.ac.in/~isko ). Sarada Ranganathan Endowment Lectures 2012 *will be delivered during the conference by *Prof. Shigeo Sugimoto (University of Tsukuba, Japan) *on: Sharing Information Resources across Communities and over Time: Metadata, digital libraries and archives, and information schools. A panel on 'Is Classification Necessary?' led by Prof. Birger Hjorland will be held on 9th August as part of the conference. A pre-conference workshop on Categories for the Web will be held on 6thAugust and admission to the workshop is free for all those who register for the and admission to the workshop is free for all those who register for the ISKO Conference. Conference Registration Fee: (Includes admission to the pre-conference workshop, pre-conference volume, Tea and Lunch and invitation to conference dinner) SAARC Countries Other Countries ISKO Members INR 5000.00 US $ 200.00 Others INR 6000.00 US $ 250.00 Students INR 4000.00 US $ 150.00 For any information please contact : The Convener of the conference. Dr. K. S. Raghavan (ksragav at hotmail.com; raghavan at isibang.ac.in; srels at dataone.in Accommodation: Delegates are expected to make their own arrangements for accommodation; A list of hotels could be found at http://www.tripadvisor.in/Hotels-g304553-Mysore_Karnataka-Hotels.html ; However, the organizers will be able to make arrangements for accommodation of limited number of delegates in the University guesthouse on payment basis REGISTRATION FORM International Society for Knowledge Organization (India Chapter) 12th International ISKO Conference Full name (Surname in Block Capitals) : Job Title / Designation : Institution & Address : Phone & E-Mail ID : Registration fee should be sent by DD drawn favoring ISKO (India Chapter) and payable at Bangalore* For electronic transfer of registration, the details are as below: Name of the Account: ISKO (India Chapter) Account No. 04082010110324 Name of the Bank & Branch : Syndicate Bank, Rajajinagar Main Branch (3 rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010) IFSC Code: SYNB0000408 MICR Code: 560025038 SWIFT CODE : SYNBINBB316 Filled in registration form along with the DD should be sent via Registered post / Speed post / Courier to : ISKO (India Chapter) C/o Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library science 702, 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Phone: +91-80-23305109 e-mail: srels at dataone.in; srelsbangalore at yahoo.co.in Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Bangalore

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Admissions Announcement in B.LIb.ISc and M.Lib.ISc programme at MLSU, Udaipur
by Shriram Pandey 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

Mohan Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur invites applications for admission in B.Lib.ISc and M.Lib.ISc programme for the session 2012-13.Details are available at http://onlinemlsu.in/new.php Interested candidates can apply in B.LIb.ISc programme online available at:onlinemlsu.in/new/index.php?course=B.LIB and M.LIb.ISc programme online available at http://onlinemlsu.in/new/index.php?course=M.LIB Regards, ================================================ 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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Library Science Quiz for UGC NET
by ramesh chander 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

Dear Professionals, Kindly go through the following URL for UGC Net Quiz for practice http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=library-science-ugc-net… With Regards, Romesh Chander Assistant Librarian, Central Library Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Sub Post Office, Katra–182 320 (J&K) Mob. No. 09906318466 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone 01991-285535 // 285524 01991-285634 // 285699 Fax 01991-285694 Postal Address: Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University Campus, Sub-Post Office, Katra, Jammu and Kashmir - 182320 __________________________________ Public Relations office at Jammu Phone 0191- 2470067 Fax 0191- 2470067 Postal Address: Public Relations Office Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University 15-C, 2nd Ext., Gandhi Nagar, Opp. Bahu Plaza Jammu - 180003 (J&K State) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Expanding Access to Research Publications
by Shamprasad Pujar 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

Dear Members, The Finch report highlights on measures to be taken for expanding access to research publications in the UK. It recommends a programme of action to enable more people to read and use the publications arising from research. Full report is available at: http://www.researchinfonet.org/publish/finch/ best Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: ++91-22-2841 6547 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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