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ASIS&T April / May Bulletin - Knowledge Organization Innovation: Design and Frameworks
by atanu 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

[If you are interested to receive any article(s) for study or research, please send an email to atanu at computer.org.] Bulletin TOC Below, but first... - Annual Meeting: May 31 is deadline for paper and panel submissions for the Annual Meeting, October 9-13 In New Orleans http://www.asis.org/asist2011/am11cfp.html - BOOKSTORE ASIS&T has a new bookstore! http://www.asis.org/Bookstore/ - Bulletin http://www.asis.org/bulletin.html SPECIAL SECTION: “Knowledge Organization Innovation: Design and Frameworks” 12] Introduction by Jane Greenberg, Guest Editor 15] A STELLAR Role for Knowledge Organization Systems in Digital Archaeology by Douglas Tudhope, Ceri Binding, Stuart Jeffrey, Keith May and Andreas Vlachidis 19] Developing an Eclectic Terminology Registry by Marjorie Hlava 23] HIVE: Helping Interdisciplinary Vocabulary Engineering by Jane Greenberg, Robert Losee, José Ramón Pérez Agüera, Ryan Scherle, Hollie White and Craig Willis 27] Using Social Discovery Systems to Leverage User-Generated Metadata by Louise F. Spiteri 30] Developing a Dublin Core Application Profile for the Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) Resources by Marcia Lei Zeng and Gail Hodge 35] The Open Metadata Registry: An Update by Jon Phipps and Diane I. Hillmann 38] Organizing Our Knowledge of Biodiversity by Hilmar Lapp, Robert A. Morris, Terry Catapano, Donald Hobern and Norman Morrison 43] Idea Collider: From a Theory of Knowledge Organization to a Theory of Knowledge Interaction by Richard P. Smiraglia and Charles van den Heuvel COLUMNS 48] The Ouch Factor: What Happens When User Needs Change, IA Column, by Thom Haller Departments 2] Editor’s Desktop, Irene Travis 3] President’s Page, Linda C. Smith 5] Inside ASIS&T __________________ Richard B. Hill Executive Director American Society for Information Science and Technology (301) 495-0900 rhill(a)asis.org ASIS&T 73rd Annual Meeting: Navigating Streams in an Information Ecosystem October 22-27, 2010, Pittsburgh, PA Join Asist-announce mailing list at http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asist-announce -- 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 Manas Samanta 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

Dear all, If any library holds following article. Please mail me. A simplified method for the detection of Gallionella in water *Pages 395-396* F. Ahmed, P.G. Smith Water Research. Vol.22(3), 1988 with regards Manas Samanta. msamanta(a)nmlindia.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dr Ramdas S. Lihitkar has been awarded Ph.D. contratulation
by ravindra mendhe 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

Dear Professional I am pleased to inform you that Prof.Dr Ramdas S. Lihitkar has been awarded Ph.D. in Library and Information Science by RTM Nagpur University. His topic of research was “Application And Implication of Library Software in College Libraries Affiliated to RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur : A Critical Study” under the guidance of Dr.(Mrs) Aswini P. Paradkar Librarian S.F.S. College Nagpur. He gives the credit of her success to his guide Dr.(Mrs) Aswini P. Paradkar, senior fraternity of LIS Dr. P.S.G. Kumar, Prof. Dr.(Mrs) D. Rajyalakshmi, Prof. S. K. Kesarwani etc. he also gives his credit of success to his wife Dr. Shalini Lihitkar Head DLISc RTM Nagpur University Nagpur . He has been in LIS Profession Since 2001, MLISc Gold Medalist from Bhopal University. Presently working as Librarian, Govt. Institute of Science Nagpur. Experience of teaching and guiding for UGC NET/SET, examinations. Published several papers in seminars, conferences and Journals and has more than 25 papers to his credit. "Heartly Congratulation " Thanks with regards -- Ravindra M. Mendhe Deputy Librarian,Central Library SVKM's NMIMS ( Deemed to be University) ,Mumbai Mukesh Patel Technology Park Shirpur Campus, Bank of Tapi River, Mumbai - Agra Road, Shirpur, Dist- Dhule- 425 405, MS, India Tel: 02563 -286545 email: ravindra.mendhe(a)nmims.edu, , ravindra_mendhe(a)rediffmail.com Blog: www.ravindramendhe.blogspot.com *" Life is always in a flux; it keeps changing. Your Knowledge is the same if you stop learning" * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC Interventions
by Amitabha Pramanik 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

Dear Professionals, UGC Interventions towards quality enhancement in Higher Education are as follows: http://www.ugc.ac.in/compendiumofschemes.pdf Please follow above link. with regards Mr. Amitabha Pramanik Librarian, GNIT. Ph.No. 09830976734. <http://www.ugc.ac.in/compendiumofschemes.pdf> <http://www.ugc.ac.in/compendiumofschemes.pdf> __._,_.___ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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asst librarian post at Gurgaon-public school
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

From: kuldeep swami <kuldeep2219772003(a)yahoo.co.in> Subject: From Kuldeep Swami To: "Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> Date: Thursday, 7 April, 2011, 12:51 Respected Sir Kindly recommend a suiable candidate for the post of assistant librarian. our school is paying 6th pay commission. the interested candidate can forward resume to my mail address i.e. Kuldeep2219772003(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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PGDLIM: Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Library and Information Management
by Dr.Satish Kanamadi 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

Dear All, Greetings and apologies for cross postings! Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai is happy to announce admissions to the programme "Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Library and Information Management" for the year 2011-12. This is a one year, two semester dual mode programme which uses contact classes as well as online learning management system MOODLE. This programme 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. Last date for submission of application is 27th May 2011. Please visit www.tiss.edu for downloading the prospectus and application form or feel free to write to or call us. Dr.Muttayya Koganuramath University Librarian and Programme Coordinator Tata Institute of Social Sciences MUMBAI - 400088 Email: muttayya(a)tiss.edu Tel: 022-25525281 Thanks and Regards Satish Kanamadi Commonwealth Professional Fellow (LSE, UK) 2010 Deputy Librarian Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Deemed University) Sion-Trombay Road, Deonar MUMBAI-400 088 Tel: 91-22-25525283 Fax: 91-22-25525050 kanamadi(a)gmail.com, satish(a)tiss.edu ______________________________________________ Satish T.Kanamadi, PhD. Deputy Librarian Tata Institute of Social Scientists (Deemed University) Deonar, MUMBAI-400088 Tel:022-25563290-96 Extn.283 Website: www.tiss.edu Emails: satish(a)tiss.edu , kanamadi(a)rediffmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MLIS as a professional course
by Apurba Jyoti Majumder 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

Dear professionals, is there any UGC circular that MLIS is a professional degree? MLIS students are receiving scholarships of professional course. -- Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Assistant Librarian Rabindra Library (Central Library) Assam University. Silchar- 781011 Cell No: 09435268733, 09707626388 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need Help for E- Library
by Bhagaban Mallik 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

Dear Professions Now we are opening E Library in our College . So we need Information about E library Systems. 01. Common Rules and regulations for Users / borrowers 02. Types of Service we should provid at E library. 03. E library Admission System Kindly my dear professions please give me any information about E library. Our E library started already last 2 months but we are not following any rules so that is very urgent for me. Regards Bhagaban Mallik, Sr. Librarian Raajdhani Engineering College, Bhubaneswar www.reclibrary.hpage.com Cell : 08018828030 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The art of giving-Gold Medal Institution@ISiM and Dr. Chudamani s generosity
by Shalini Urs 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Hello friends, Art of Giving is the buzzword today, especially since the recent visit of Warren Buffet, Bill and Milinda Gates to India. I wanted to share our own example of small acts of giving which are as meaningful as the big ones. I call it as the Long Tail of Giving. Chris Anderson made the Long Tail popular espousing it as the new business model of the Internet era and a buzzword. The Long Tail phenomenon also applies to the Art of Giving. Here is an exemplar. Dr. K.S. Chudamani, Deputy Librarian of the Indian Institute of Science (an alumna of the University of Mysore and a student of mine) called me couple of weeks back and shared her desire to institute a Gold Medal at ISiM in the memory of her recently diseased mother. Her munificent contribution of INR 50,000 was short of the required amount for the endowment. So I decided to use the Long Tail model to raise the remaining INR 50,000. ISiM students and alumni came forward and contributed towards the deficit and I am happy to announce the institution of the Parvathamma Subbaraya Gold medal for the top scorer of our M. Tech in Information Systems and Management Program. I take this opportunity to thank Chudamani for her munificent contribution towards this cause and also ISiMians for chipping in. I also would like to thank Prof V. G. Talawar, Vice Chancellor of University of Mysore, for his support and help in making this happen. --- The Parvathamma Subbaraya gold medal will be given to the following two students at the University of Mysore Convocation on April 10, 2011 1. Nabhajit Ray 2. Nikesh. N. --- The ISiM Graduation Celebrations is scheduled on April 11, 2010 at 4.00 PM and following is the Program: Chief Guest: Shri. M.N.Vidyashankar,IAS, Principal Secretary, e-Governance, IT, BT & ST, Government of Karnataka. Commencement Address: Dr. P. Anandan, Managing Director, Microsoft Research India , Microsoft Corp. Prof. V.G.Talawar, Vice Chancellor, University of Mysore presides Date and Time: April 11, 2011: 4.00 PM --- For more details: www.isim.ac.in -- Shalini Dr. Shalini Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in ISiM - Management School of IT. Technology School for IM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation for NCSI-Net lecture – 16th April 2011
by shivaram gowda 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Dear Members I cordially invite you all for NCSI-Net monthly lecture scheduled on 16th of April 2011 (Third Saturday) at NCSI Seminar hall at 11.00AM. Details of the Talk: Topic: Writing project proposals effectively in corporate environment with a focus on Knowledge Management proposal Speaker: Lakshmi K, Assistant Manager – Business Research, AXA Business Services, Bangalore Date & Time: 16/04/2011 at 11.00 AM Venue: NCSI Seminar Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore About Lecture: A project proposal is the first and foremost important step when initiating/getting approval for any project/process from the management. Proposal essentially entails: What is the project all about (Background), why is it need (Benefits), where and how (Process, Time, Investment, Governance etc.,) can it be accomplished. About Speaker: Lakshmi K, is working with AXA Business Services as Assistant Manager – Business Research, within Business Intelligence & Analytics team. Prior to this she has worked with AstraZeneca and Informatics India for a year each. She was a NCSI Trainee between 2001 & 2002 and has her post graduation in Library and Information Science from Bangalore University in the year 2000. Details of Book Reading Reader: Rajendra Babu H Details of the Book: Title: Developing and Sustenance of Reading Habits Author: S K Savanur Brief Abstract: The book is an attempt to cover various aspects of Developing and Sustenance of Reading Habits. It emphasises Reading Habit is a major factor leading to success and happiness in life. It motivates everyone to read by citing the lives of those who made an incredible mark by their great contribution in different fields. Developing and Sustenance of Reading Habit is both diagnostic and remedial in its content. The book addresses Parents, Teachers, Librarians and many more in developing an individuals reading habits and also explains what can be done at an individual level in/to Developing and Sustenance of Reading Habits. Kindly confirm your participation to NCSI-Net coordinators With Warm Regards NCSI Coordinators Shivaram BS ICAST, CSIR-NAL Kodihalli Bangaluru-560017 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SRMS International Business School
by Rajivaksh Tripathi 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Please Publish this Dear member please give the contact number of ICFAI Publication I want to subscribe some print journals. *With regards* Rajivaksh Tripathi Librarian SRMS IBS , Unnao 09889126283 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2011 Emerald Indian LIS Research Fund Award
by sandeep bhavsar 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

2011 Emerald Indian LIS Research Fund Award Supporting Library and Information Science research in India Call for Indian library and information science research proposals Emerald is delighted to offer a research grant for an Indian project in the field of library and information science research. The award will offer £2,000 (approximately US$3,000 equivalent) to fund the winning research project. In addition to the research fund it is also hoped that the findings of the research can be published in one of Emerald’s many excellent library and information studies titles. A number of Highly Commended Awards may also be bestowed. Applications should address the dissemination of knowledge with a specific orientation toward benefit for India. Eligibility The main member of the research team must be based in India. Judging criteria Each application will be judged, by a panel of experts, on the criteria below. The research must: * Be of significance, and in particular, illustrate how it will benefit India. * Demonstrate originality and innovation. * Make an outstanding contribution to theory and its application. * Illustrate the appropriateness and application of the methodology. * Demonstrate sound implications for theory and practice. * Application requirements Each proposal must be submitted using the online application form at: http://ww2.emeraldinsight.com/awards/india_lis.htm The following documents will be required electronically: * A summary stating specific goals, outcomes and benefits of the research. This should not exceed 2,000 words (note that tables, figures, appendices and reference lists, if provided do NOT count to the 2,000 word total). * A covering letter containing full contact details (affiliation, full address, telephone number/s and e-mail address) for all researchers involved in the project. Please state clearly which researcher will be the main point of contact. The 2,000-word summary must: * Display clearly a statement of purpose and intent. * State clearly the methodology(ies) applied and explicitly describe the research process. * State expected research outcomes and expected impact and possible application. * Specify the expected timescales of the research process. * Outline projected costs and total research grant required. Key dates The closing date for applications is 1 August 2011. Winners will be announced in October 2011. Contact For further information, please contact: Emma Stevenson External Relations Executive Emerald Group Publishing Limited Howard House Wagon Lane Bingley BD16 1WA United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1274 785198 Fax: +44 (0)1274 785200 E-mail: estevenson(a)emeraldinsight.com 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 : 9029 345777 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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Regarding change of date of lecture on Latest Trends in Librarianship
by surbhi sahni 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Dear Colleagues/Professionals, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla is hosting one day lecture on "Latest Trends in Librarianship" on 23rd April, 2011. Dr. Satyanarayan, M.D. Infomatics India Ltd. will be delivering the lecture. The lecture is being organized by Satkal trust in collaboration with A.C. Joshi library, Panjab University, Chandigarh at Indian Institute of Advanced study, Shimla. Practicing Librarians, Retired Library Professionals, Teachers, IT Professionals, Knowledge Workers, Students and Faculties of LIS etc are invited to attend this one day lecture. No registration fees would be charged for the lecture, only the participants requiring accommodation will be charged. They are requested to intimate us before with details of their travel plans so as to make necessary arrangements. For more details kindly contact the undersigned: Surbhi Sahni Project Trainee (Library) Indian Institute of Advanced Study Rashtrapati Nivas, Shimla - 171 005 Himachal Pradesh 0177- 0177-2830105 Cell: 09857564171 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for participation to Book Fair - 2011 at J. D. Birla Institute (Main Campus) during 11-12 April, 2011.
by Sambhu Nath Halder 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Dear Sir/Madam, We have the pleasure to inform you that the Book Fair-2011 is being organized by J.D. Birla Institute, 11 Lower Rawdon Street, Kolkata-700020 during April 11-12, 2011. The Book Fair will provide an effective forum for intimating and purchasing the latest books on different subject areas. Leading National and International Publishers and Book Sellers will participate in the said Book Fair. All Publishers and Book Sellers are asked to display their current titles on wide variety of subjects. In addition to text books, they also exhibit books on Careers, Competitive Exams, etc. Books on fiction and other Reference Tools like Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias, Directories, etc. are also be displayed. Please note that a special *discount of at least 20% (or more) on all books* * **must be offered to all purchaser.** * We earnestly hope that you would be gracious enough to participate in this Book Fair. We are looking forward to welcoming you to Book Fair-2011 to be held at J.D. Birla Institute during 11-12 April, 2011. We hope that you would kindly extend your help and cooperation to our endeavour. With regards, *Sambhu Nath Halder Chief Librarian* ============================= Learning Resource Centre J D Birla Institute (Main Campus) 11 Lower Rawdon Street Kolkata - 700 020 Phone: 2475 5070 / 2476 7340 [Extn:39] Mail to: sambhu.jdbi(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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[Fwd: Thanks from Tsukuba]
by Shalini Urs 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Dear LIS Professionals, You might have received many mails recently regarding the Japanese spirit, discipline and calm during the disaster. The speed at which the roads in Japan have been repaired is astounding! I am sharing this long winding but a personal diary kind of a mail from a professional personal friend -- Shigeo Sugimoto of University of Tsukuba. I thought of sharing this with you all for the following reasons: 1. To get a sense of the Japanese life, spirit, and mindset from a personal contact 2. Since he also talks about the roles and value to LIS professionals. Thanks Shalini ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Thanks from Tsukuba From: "Shigeo Sugimoto" <sugimoto(a)SLIS.TSUKUBA.AC.JP> Date: Mon, April 4, 2011 10:34 am To: ISCHOOLS(a)MLIST.NTU.EDU.SG -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear All, Three weeks have passed since the quake in the norther part of the main island of Japan. I received many messages from you after the quake. I'd like to express my thanks again to you. I'm writing this message to express my feelings and thoughts at this point. I'm hoping to share my experiences with you because this incident happened in Japan would be useful for us to think about the roles and values of information networks and libraries. The rest of this message is long. If you are busy please ignore the rest of this message and receive my thanks from Tsukuba. Nearly 30K people are killed or missing by the quake. The incident of the Fukushima nuclear power plants is an awful disaster. I think these facts have been reported by many news media. The rest of this message is written purely by my own personal experiences and thoughts. March 11(Fri), I was attending a meeting at a meeting room on 3rd floor, National Diet Library in Tokyo when the first major quake happened at 15:46. The second major one came 30minutes after the first one. Many of us in the room hided ourselves under tables, which means that the shake was significantly large even in Tokyo. We got information from the Internet during the meeting but continued our meeting until 5:30pm. Most of the public transportation services were shut down immediately after the quake. NDL extended their service for the public to 8:30pm, which is very unusual. At NDL closed their service but they allowed their guests in the reading rooms to stay over night and provided blankets and foods which had been prepared for emergency. I stayed over night at an office of NDL and had to stay one more night in Tokyo because of traffic shutdown to Tsukuba. While I was staying overnight at NDL, UStream and Twitter were the main information source for me and my colleagues. Email on mobile phones, which is the most heavily used communication media in our ordinary lives, was working in Tokyo/Tsukuba not reliable because of too much traffic. March 14 to 20, Drs. Schubert Foo and Stu Weibel arrived in Tsukuba as a visiting scholar at my school and research center. Because the living environment in Tsukuba was not perfect especially for non-Japanese speakers who are not familiar with Tsukuba, I decided to go to Kyoto with them for a week to visit some institutions in Kyoto with which I'm collaborating in my research - NDL Kansaikan, Kyoto Manga Museum and Kyoto Univ. (As of today, Tsukuba Express provides four services between Tokyo and Tsukuba for every hour during day time and more in rush hours, which is about 80% of the normal.) March 21 - 27, I returned from Kyoto to Tokyo and stayed two nights in Tokyoãbecause I had to attend several meetings in Tokyo. Frequency of metro trains which I used were a little less than usual but I didn't feel any inconvenience. I found less illuminations in the city and less brightness in showcases in order to save electricity. Tokyo is darker than before but not so dark in the night, and there is no significant change of the safety of the city at this point. The air in Tokyo seems better than before the quake because of less activities, I guess. Radio activity level is a little higher than before and decreasing. There is no significant danger for our health based on news on TV and newspapers. The air is much better than it was 40-30 years ago when the Japanese economy was growing very rapidly. U.Tsukuba canceled the commencement ceremony that was scheduled on March 25 because of the damages on campus and other social and infrastructural problems. At the meetings in Tokyo, there were two interesting discussions from my viewpoint. 1. What libraries, publishers and creators can contribute to the people in the disaster areas and living in evacuation shelters. (a meeting of an advisory panel for promotion of use of digital publishing hosted by agency of culture, ministry of education) - JLA expressed willingness to send copies of books by fax and/or electronically to the libraries in the damaged areas, which is not allowed in the ordinary situation because of copyrights. Delegates from publishers and creators were very supportive. - Publishers communities are providing useful information for free. For example, a publisher which is specialized in medical information provides e-journal for free. 2. How to improve usability of governmental document and records management systems under this disastrous situation. (an advisory group meeting for governmental records management hosted at Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.) - Some local governments lost their servers and paper records. Branch offices of the national government were also damaged. There is a case that very basic registration records of local residents, which were maintained by a local government and backed up the regional branch of the national government, are lost. This would boost cloud-nization of the governmental records keeping system. - Information is not well shared in the government offices and it causes delays and problems in the decision process. This would be a Japanese specific problem but common problem in bureaucratic system, especially under this very emergency and chaotic situation. March 28-present I used this week to clean-up my office. This was the most challenging task with me and because my office was already disastrous before the quake.:-) There is a photos of my lab and office taken right after the quake by my student. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsunagun/ (The bottom six photos show my office.) My office and lab are on the fourth floor and no serious damages. Two PCs and one display were broken when they fallen down. Three weeks since the quake have passed very very fast. I think this is an important opportunity for us to re-think about the value of information and the roles of libraries. Reliability of information and information resources are more crucial than usual under the emergency situation. Significant amount of local memories and records were lost because many public libraries, museums and city/town offices were lost or heavily damaged. Fortunately, no riot or panic has happened by now since the quake, and there is no serious infection of flu or other diseases. However, there are rumor which cause fear among people in the disaster areas. And, news about radio activity have caused some affects on our lives, which are mostly over-reaction by the general public. For example, it is hard to buy bottled mineral water in this week. Bottled tea and soft-drinks are available but plain water. -- KEK's page would be useful for those people who have interests in radio -- activity in Tsukuba. -- Dose rate at Tsukuba (KEK) http://rcwww.kek.jp/norm/index-e.html -- (http://www.kek.jp/quake/en/index.html) Lastly, most of the city infrastructure of Tsukuba has recovered. The distance to the Fukushima nuclear plant is 160KM (=100miles). My impression about our society is that we are mentally depressed a bit because of the serious damage caused by Tsunami and the nuclear plant incident. I and my colleagues at Tsukuba are starting new academic year with new students from April 7. Thanks for your patience. Best wishes, -- Shigeo Dr. Shalini Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in ISiM - Management School of IT. Technology School for IM -- 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 Dr.D.P Prathap 02 Apr '11

02 Apr '11

dear colleagues Please provide the following article, if available: Nature 1951. v168, p.383-4. chromosome elimination in saccharum / Parthasarathy, N. Sincerely t.shanmuganathan technical officer (library) sugarcane breeding institute coimbatore m:9677502392 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LibLiveCD version 1.2. (Ubuntu 10.10 with DSpace-1.7.0, & Koha-3.2.6 pre-configured and pre-installed)
by Dimple Patel 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Dear all, We are happy to inform about the new release version of LibLiveCD version 1.2. This version is made available on http://sourceforge.net/projects/liblivecd The liblivecd-ver1.2.iso file size is 617 MB. The current version of LibLiveCD contains Ubuntu 10.10, DSpace-1.7.0, & Koha-3.2.6. DSpace and Koha are pre-configured and pre-installed. Along with DSpace and Koha, the CD-ROM also contains following server related software such as:- Apache2 Web Server, OpenSSH Server, VSFTP Server, MySQL Server, PostGreSQL Server, Exim4 Server, Dovecot Server, SquirrelMail Mail Client and minimum Gnome Desktop Support. To input multilingual data in DSpace and Koha, IBus input method is also available with this version. IBus can be started from System-Preferences-Keyboard Input Methods. Add languages which you need from IBUS preferences-Input Method Tab. OpenOffice and multimedia related software are excluded from the CD and these can easily be installed by running "reload" initially from Synaptic and then searching and installing. If the synaptic reload does not work try changing repositories to http://archives.ubuntu.com/ubuntu instead of http://in.archives.ubuntu.com/ubuntu. Abiword for editing/reading word documents as well as Evince for reading PDF files is pre-installed with CDROM. Please write to dlrg(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in for any comments/suggestions. Dr. Sunita Barve NCRA, Pune _______________________________________________ DLRG mailing list DLRG(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/dlrg -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[IFLA-L] Out now: March 2011 issue of IFLA Journal
by Dabas Bharat K 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Dear Colleagues Latest issue of IFLA Journal: Volume 37, No. 1 (March 2011) available at: http://www.ifla.org/en/news/out-now-march-2011-issue-of-ifla-journal Contents: Editorial First Papers from Gothenburg Stephen Parker 3 Articles Sustaining learning for LIS through use of a virtual world Sheila Webber and Diane Nahl 5 Usability and compatibility of e-book readers in an academic environment: A collaborative study Mari Aaltonen, Petri Mannonen, Saija Nieminen, and Marko Nieminen 16 Keeping the information profession up to date: Are compulsory schemes the answer? Judith Broady-Preston and Amanda Cossham 8 Integrating diversity across the LIS curriculum: An exploratory study of instructors' perceptions and practices online Bharat Mehra, Hope A. Olson, and Suzana Ahmad 39 Parliamentary library and research services in the 21st century: A Delphi study Roxanne Missingham 52 Uniting information literacy promotion and reader development in schools: Two forms of ibrary-based intervention Andrew K. Shenton 62 Collection development for immigrants - what to purchase, and why? Findings in Gothenburg, Sweden Ingrid Atlestam, Ann-Christine Brunnström, and Randi Myhre 69 News 80 International calendar 88 Abstracts 90 Happy Readings Regards! Bharat Kumar Assistant Librarian Management Development Institute Gurgaon - 122007, Haryana, India Phone No - (M) +91-9968456404 (O) +91-124-4560390 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CSI eNewsletter dt. 1st Apr 2011
by hrmohan＠vsnl.com 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Dear all, The 21st issue (Volume 2. issue 5) of CSI eNewsletter dt. 1st Apr 2011 is ready and can be accessed at http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-2011-04-01.pdf and also at the CSI KM Portal http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/enewsletter For the archives of this newsletter, pl. visit http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-archives.htm or at http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/archives You are free to forward this mail to your contacts who may like the information presented in the mail. With regards HR Mohan Chairman, Div IV, CSI & eNewsletter Committee, IEEE CS & PCS Madras http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ Contents ======= -- Reducing Organizational Risk Through Virtual Patching -- 2010 Data Breach Investigations Report -- Information Pioneers -- Top 50 Green and Environmental Engineering Blogs -- Microsoft Azure tutorial: A look at the cloud platform -- Business Intelligence Buyer’s Guide – 2011 Edition -- Data Deduplication Background -- Why Cloud Backup: Top 10 Reasons -- How to Compare Server Online Backup and Recovery Service Providers -- Avoiding the Hazards of IT Consolidation -- Quantum computer slips onto chips -- TheSportsMirror.com Internship & Training Program -- ERCIM "Alain Bensoussan" Fellowship Programme -- Happiness -- It’s All in Your Head -- Modern Panchtantra Story -- ICT News Headlines & Briefs -- Announcements -- Book: E-Business: A Management Perspective -- Book: Innovation Management - Strategies, Implementation, and Profits -- Book: 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know -- Book: Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity -- About the CSI-eNewsletter -- Contributions to CSI-eNewsletter -- eNewsletter Committee InfoQuiz–2011-04-01 (Six Prizes to Win – Four Books and Two Awards of Rs. 500/- each) ====================================================== 1. Name the machine, powered by 90 32-core IBM Power 750 Express servers with a total of 16 terabytes of memory which had recently won $ 1 million in the Jeopardy game show defeating the champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. 2. "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog" is an adage which began as the caption of a cartoon by ------. 3. InstaCompute and InstaOffice are the cloud offerings from ------. 4. Name the $99 handheld device which delivers the joy of information by offering three million Wikipedia articles. 5. Name the web tool for language translation launched by the former President, Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, recently at the WWW conference which has an ambitious task of offering web based translation services to 18 Indian languages. Email your answers by 20th Apr 2011 to csi.infoquiz(a)gmail.com with subject “infoquiz-2011-04-01”. Please provide your name, designation, company/institution, full postal address (to send the prize) and the contact phone nos. after the answers. The first person to answer correctly and one randomly selected lucky winner will be awarded Rs. 500/= each by SRA Systems (www.srasys.com) Oxford University Press (http://www.oup.co.in) & Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd (http://www.shroffpublishers.com) will present the books which are briefly reviewed above. In all, there will be SIX prizes – TWO cash prizes of Rs. 500/- each and FOUR prizes of one book each. Answers along with the winner info will be published in the next issue. Answers & Winners of InfoQuiz-2011-03-01 =============================== Twoosh, Oh My God, Claude Elwood Shannon, qubits, Epson Awards of Rs. 500/= each from SRA Systems to Mr. P. Kumar from Chennai and to Ms. A. Brindha from Thoothukudi. Books from Oxford University Press: “IT Strategy for Business” to Ms. Femina from Chennai & “Entrepreneurship” to Mr. T. Srikanth from Hyderabad. Books from Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd: “Testing in 30+ Open Source Tools” to Mr. Naveen Aggarwal from Chandigarh & “Nothing is Absolute” to Mr. G. Sivashankar.G from Jagatsinghpur, Orissa. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Recruitment of Library Professionals-Reg.
by sankar kumar 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

IBS Pune welcomes Library Professionals IBS since its establishment in 1995 has grown impressively and achieved widespread recognition from business and industry, academic circles, and professional bodies. IBS is consistently ranked among the top B-schools in India, in the annual B-school surveys every year. Applications are invited from the library professionals for IBS Pune Campus. The candidates should have M.L.Sc / M.Li.Sc or equivalent degree from reputed university with minimum 55% marks, at least 1-6 years of experience in academic / research institutions. All candidates should be computer savvy with good communication skills. Remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Interested candidates may forward their detailed bio-data on or before 12th April 2011 by post / courier / e-mail to The Librarian, IBS C/o IFHE, City Office #52, Nagarjuna Hills Panjagutta Hyderabad-500 082 Email: library(a)ibsindia.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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consortium
by sadhana chauhan 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Dear Lis Professionals plz send list or link engineering consortium. REGARD: SADHANA SINGH CHAUHAN LIBRARIAN GIIT -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Copyright in Digital Medium: The Way Forward
by rcgaur＠bol.net.in 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Cordially invites you to Kala Nidhi Lecture Series and Outreach Programme (KNL-I) on Copyright in Digital Medium: The Way Forward by Mr. Vakul Sharma Advocate, Supreme Court of India On the Wendesday, April 13, 2011 at 3.00 PM at Lecture Hall, IGNCA Kala Nidhi Building (Ground Floor) 11, Mansingh Road, New Delhi-110001 Shri V.B. Pyarelal Joint Secretary, IGNCA Will preside over Profile of Mr. Vakul Sharma A lawyer practising in the Supreme Court of India and High Court(s), specialising in the field of information technology, data protection, privacy and cyber crimes. Advises the Government of India and various State Governments on Information Technology and practices. He has been nominated by the Central Government on various Expert Committees, Consultative Committees, Panels & Working Groups on Information Technology, Cyber Security, Data Protection, Cyber Crimes, E-governance etc. Having a unique distinction of training superior court judges, civil servants, police officers, law enforcement agencies, and forensic experts all across India on information technology, data protection, privacy and cyber crimes. Has studied International Relations, International Economics, Law and Management from premier Schools/ Institutions in India and Europe and holds LL.B., Masters, M.Phil and MBA degrees. Has written numerous Books, White Papers, Directives and Policy documents. He can be reached . regards ramesh ******************************************** Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) Librarian & Head-Kala Nidhi Division Coordinator- ABIA International Index Project Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts(IGNCA) (An Autonomous Trust under Ministry of Culture. Govt. of India) 11 Man Singh Road, New Delhi-110001 Phone: 91-11-23385442, 23385884 Fax: 91-11-23385884 Mobile: 91-9810487158 URL: www.ignca.gov.in Email: gaur(a)ignca.nic.in; rcgaur(a)bol.net.in ramesh.gaur(a)fulbrightmail.org http://www.ignca.nic.in/PDF_data/Profile_Dr_RC_Gaur.pdf -- 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 Dr.D.P Prathap 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Dear colleagues Please provide the following article, if possible: Advances in microirrigation - M. Gopalakrishnan Irrigation and Drainage Vol 56, No 2-3 (363-365) Yours Sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical Officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute m:9677502392 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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100 years of LIS Education in India
by Pawan Agrawal 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Dear Library Professionals,, Year 2011 brought a special achievement for library professionals in India... We have completed 100 years of Library and Information Science Education in India.... The first LIS course was started in Baroda state in 1911 and 2011 we have successfully competed a millennium.... I congrats all LIS Teachers and Library Professional on this occasion....... -- Thanks and Regards *-------* Join hands, Join eLibrarian www.grou.ps/elibrarian *-------* *Pawan R. Agrawal *Librarian Takshshila Centre for Learning Transpek Silox Industry Ltd. Kalali Road- Atladra Vadodara- 390012 Ph. 9376135580 http://www.pragrawal.wordpress.com http://grou.ps/elibrarian Skype ID: pawanagrawal4u4u -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Wrong Information in UGC NET website
by Thirunavukkarasu TC 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Sir, In UGC NET website there is no information about June2011 NET exam. But if we click Dec 2010 Notification link we are getting information about June 2011 NET exam. So Many people may not get right information * National Eligibility Test * *Important Dates* Application Submission Start Date : *29-3-2011* Application Submission End Date : *25-4-2011* Last date for receiving the documents* at the test center:* 2-5-2011 * Examination Date : *26-6-2011* -- Thirunavukkarasu.T.C. -- 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] Symposium on LIS Education in India: Challenges and Opportunities
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

I am happy to note that Dr. Ali has stressed the importance of national level accreditation system for LIS education in India. I really hope this will become a reality soon. Three years ago, there was an online discussion about changing LIS education, in which I had the opportunity to raise this point (see links below). Our LIS educators, associations and librarians in India need to initiate this soon. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/corporatelibrns/message/3020 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/corporatelibrns/message/3077 Kind regards, Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, Sci Tech Specialist Librarian, KAUST, Saudi Arabia ------------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:35:26 -0700 (PDT) From: zafar iqbal <zafar_lib at yahoo.com> Dear Colleagues/Professionals, In order to venerate 100 years of LIS education in India, the Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh organized one day Symposium on â€œLibrary and Information Science education in India: Challenges and Opportunitiesâ€ on March 17, 2011. The Seminar was inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Mr. H.K Chegani, Former Director, Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library, Patna also deliver the key note speech. The Chief Guest appreciated the efforts made by the Department holding such a wonderful symposium on suitable theme of the time. He also mentioned that the curriculum should be modified in such a way as the students get opportunity to learn about the various aspects of traditional as well as modern librarianship. President of the symposium Prof. V.K Abdul Jaleel, Registrar, Aligarh Muslim University appealed to the government to implement the National Knowledge Commissionâ€™s Report especially all those recommendations related to the library and information centers. Prof. Shabahat Hussain, Director of the symposium introduced the theme and stated that the libraries were existed in very old universities like Nalanda and Takshila. During his speech, he emphasized the need of introducing course on communication skills at B.L..I Sc level. Dr. Naushad Ali. P.M, Chairman and Organizing Secretary of the symposium in his welcome speech proudly narrated the contribution of the department in LIS education in the country by introducing â€˜Bachelor of Library Scienceâ€™ in 1958-59 with full time lecturers for the first time in the country. He also spoke about the importance of a national level accreditation system for library and information science education in India. Dr. Nishat Fatima, Coordinator of the programme proposed the vote of thanks. The symposium was attended by more than hundred professionals from in and around Aligarh. The symposium was conducted in three technical sessions and twenty two papers in LIS education were presented. The deliberations and the panel discussion ended with a few important recommendations. -- Dr. P.M Naushad Ali Associate Professor Dept. of Library & Information Science Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P-India-202002 pmnaushadali at yahoo.co.in +91-9897258855 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Unlimited download Broadband Connections to Colleges in India under NMEICT project
by Ajay Kamble 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

Dear all, 1. Government of India, under National Mission for Education Project of Department of Higher Education, Ministry of HRD, has approved a highly subsidized scheme of providing up to 20 Nos. of Broadband Connections of 512 Kbps speed as VPN to National Knowledge Network with unlimited use of internet to each College/Institute. 2. Colleges approved by UGC/approved by AICTE/ Accredited by NAAC/affiliated to any approved University/12B/2F college Status by UGC are eligible for this services. Annual Charges per connection are as follows Annual Charges : Rs. 5000 BSNL Pays : Rs. 500 MHRD,GOI pays: Rs. 3375 College Pays : Rs. 1125* *Applicable taxes extra. 3. Annual Billing cycle is from 1st December to 30th November to be paid in advance. For more information... Please contact your nearest BSNL office and ask them about GOI NMEICT scheme... 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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Applications invited for Library Professionals_reg
by sankar kumar 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

IFHE welcomes Library Professionals The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh is a Deemed to be University. It comprises of IBS Hyderabad, Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) and Faculty of Law (FOL). IBS Hyderabad is consistently ranked among the top B-schools in India, in the annual B-school surveys every year. Applications are invited from the library professionals for IFHE Hyderabad Campus. The candidates should have M.L.Sc / M.Li.Sc or equivalent degree from reputed university with minimum 55% marks, at least 1-4 years of experience in academic / research institutions. Freshers with master’s degree in library science may be considered as library trainees. All candidates should be computer savvy with good communication skills. Remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Interested candidates may forward their detailed bio-data on or before 10th April 2011 by post / courier / e-mail to The Librarian, IFHE, City Office #52, Nagarjuna Hills Panjagutta Hyderabad-500 082 Ph: 9290311498 ;Email: library(a)ibsindia.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Royal Society: Knowledge, Networks and Nations: Global Scientific Collaboration in the 21st Century
by Rafiq 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

Hello All, A new post <http://lisstudycircle.blogspot.com/2011/03/royal-society-knowledge-networks…>( http://lisstudycircle.blogspot.com/) about a recently published report of Royal Society on Knowledge, Networks and Nations: Global Scientific Collaboration in the 21st Century<http://lisstudycircle.blogspot.com/2011/03/royal-society-knowledge-networks…>is available on LIS Study Circle <http://lisstudycircle.blogspot.com/>. Become a follower to get posts in your email box. -- *MUHAMMAD RAFIQ* *Senior Archive Specialist|**Cell: +93-(0)-78-41-95-490* *USAID, IRD-AVIPA* *(Afghanistan Vouchers for Increased Production in Agriculture)* *Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul, AFGHANISTAN* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Symposium on LIS Education in India: Challenges and Opportunities
by Mailing List Admin 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:35:26 -0700 (PDT) From: zafar iqbal <zafar_lib(a)yahoo.com> Dear Colleagues/Professionals, In order to venerate 100 years of LIS education in India, the Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh organized one day Symposium on “Library and Information Science education in India: Challenges and Opportunities” on March 17, 2011. The Seminar was inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Mr. H.K Chegani, Former Director, Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library, Patna also deliver the key note speech. The Chief Guest appreciated the efforts made by the Department holding such a wonderful symposium on suitable theme of the time. He also mentioned that the curriculum should be modified in such a way as the students get opportunity to learn about the various aspects of traditional as well as modern librarianship. President of the symposium Prof. V.K Abdul Jaleel, Registrar, Aligarh Muslim University appealed to the government to implement the National Knowledge Commission’s Report especially all those recommendations related to the library and information centers. Prof. Shabahat Hussain, Director of the symposium introduced the theme and stated that the libraries were existed in very old universities like Nalanda and Takshila. During his speech, he emphasized the need of introducing course on communication skills at B.L..I Sc level. Dr. Naushad Ali. P.M, Chairman and Organizing Secretary of the symposium in his welcome speech proudly narrated the contribution of the department in LIS education in the country by introducing ‘Bachelor of Library Science’ in 1958-59 with full time lecturers for the first time in the country. He also spoke about the importance of a national level accreditation system for library and information science education in India. Dr. Nishat Fatima, Coordinator of the programme proposed the vote of thanks. The symposium was attended by more than hundred professionals from in and around Aligarh. The symposium was conducted in three technical sessions and twenty two papers in LIS education were presented. The deliberations and the panel discussion ended with a few important recommendations. -- Dr. P.M Naushad Ali Associate Professor Dept. of Library & Information Science Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P-India-202002 pmnaushadali(a)yahoo.co.in +91-9897258855

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NMEICT Project by BSNL and Govt of India
by Ajay Kamble 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

NMEICT Project by BSNL and Govt of India National Mission on Education through Information and Technology (NME-ICT)is one of prestigious project by Ministry of Human Resource Development(HRD) in collaboration with varioust IITs including IIT Bombay and PSU Major BSNL, India. Objective of the NMEICT Project: NMEICT Project is launched with an ambitious vision of catering to the learning needs of more than 50 crore Indians (working population) and of providing a one stop solution to all the requirements of the learning community In order to bolster our knowledge resources, to obtain and maintain the competitive edge in the world, we require a system of identification and nurturing of talent and lifelong learning. Knowledge modules based on the personalized needs of the learner would need to be delivered to him /her at the right time with the right content interactively to take care of his / her aspirations. In due course of time there would be a need to develop and maintain the knowledge and capability profile of every individual learner / worker. Such a system would have to be developed in a cost effective manner over a period of time, integrating, inter-alia the following objectives: 1. Effective utilization of intellectual resources, minimizing wastage of time in scouting for opportunities or desired items of knowledge appropriate to the requirement. 2. Any-time availability of desired knowledge at appropriate levels of comprehension to all for self paced learning 3. Platform for sharing of ideas and techniques and pooling of knowledge resources. 4. Nurturing of scholars and learners. 5. Capability to handle the user base which would ultimately be expected to cross 50 crore in the long term. 6. Use e-learning as an effort multiplier for providing access, quality and equality in the sphere of providing education to every learner in the country. 7. Provide for Connectivity & access devices, content generation, personalization & mentoring, testing & certification and encouragement of talent. 8. Providing e-books & e-journals, utilizing the repository of contents generated so far and the automation of evaluation processes. Creating a high impact brand for e-Journals in leading disciplines with a provision for good incentive-based payment to the researchers publishing their high quality papers in these e- Journals. 9. Spreading Digital Literacy for teacher empowerment and encouraging teachers to be available on the net to guide the learners. 10. Voice support for educational material delivery and interactivity for the content on the portal. 11. Conversion of existing educational tapes into indexed formats compliant with the internationally accepted standards such as SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model). 12. Launching a national movement for content and question generation. 13. Providing Digital/Information Literacy for teacher empowerment. 14. ERP (Enterprise Resource Package) and e-Governance for education. 15. Customisation of Open Source Tools etc. 16. Content delivery through EduSAT and narrowcasting of TV signals. Providing 1000 DTH (Direct to Home)channels on 40 transponders [to be availed through the Department. of Space] so that a separate DTH channel is available for every subject for every class in various languages to the extent possible. 17. Setting up virtual labs and lab centers and finishing schools for quality enhancement. 18. Making broadband affordable for every learner. 19. Reducing ill-effects of internet / web based learning. 20. Coordination and synergisation of knowledge related activities of different Ministries and organizations. For more details about NMEICT Project visit: www.sakshat.ac.in www.bsnl.co.in <http://www.bsnl.co.in/service/mplsvpn.htm> NMEICT Project Document <http://www.sakshat.ac.in/PDF/Missiondocument.pdf> -- 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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KALA Monthly Lectures Series - Talk on "Intellectual Property Rights" by Bindu Sharma on Tuesday, 5th April 2011 @6.00pm
by Babu Rajendra 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Dear LIS Professionals, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) is happy to invite you to the Monthly Lecture Series. The third talk of the series has been scheduled on Tuesday, 5th April 2011 @6.00pm at the following Address: Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS) # 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, III Block Rajajinagar, Bangalore - 560 010 Title: Intellectual Property Rights (Patent, Copyright). Speaker: Bindu Sharma, Founding partner and CEO, Origiin IP Solutions LLP, Bangalore, India. Abstract: The term "Intellectual Property" basically means "creation of mind" such as machine, process, design etc with creative or useful output. IP, due to its intangible nature, gets protection under law as patent, copyright, trademark; industrial design etc provided it fulfils basic requirements for protection as prescribed by the legislation. On one hand, IP if protected and exploited sensibly is a valuable asset and can fetch great revenues but on the other hand infringement of third party's IP with or without knowledge can be disastrous. Therefore, need of the hour is to get oneself aware on various aspects of IPR so that it can be used as a tool to generate revenues. About The Speaker: Bindu Sharma has eight years of research experience working in reputed institutes of the country such as National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), New Delhi, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and Jubilant Biosys (P) Ltd., Bangalore. She founded Origiin IP Solutions in the year 2006 and has been handling work such as various patent searches, Patent drafting, filing and prosecution at IPO and PCT, office actions including opposition and revocation petitions, drafting agreements relating transfer of technology, registration of copyright, trademark, conducting IP Audit, framing IP Policies and processes etc for knowledge based companies and academics. She has been speaker in several conferences, symposiums and has conducted various awareness workshops on IPR for academics as well as corporates. She is visiting faculty in many reputed colleges in India. She is a Registered Patent Agent at Indian Patent Office, Enrolled as Advocate in Karnataka State Bar Council . Please confirm your participation. Thanks and Regards, Rajendra Babu H General Secretary Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the information contained in the email. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Capco. http://www.capco.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need for open access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Friends: Here is an editorial from the latest issue of PLoS Medicine. The same issue carries an invited commentary Arun On the Path to Global Open Access: A Few More Miles to Go * Article * Metrics * Related Content * Comments: 0 * To add a note, highlight some text. Hide notes * Make a general commentJump to * Author Contributions * References The PLoS Medicine Editors* Citation: The PLoS Medicine Editors (2011) On the Path to Global Open Access: A Few More Miles to Go. PLoS Med 8(3): e1001014. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001014 Published: March 29, 2011 Copyright: © 2011 PLoS Medicine Editors. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Funding: The PLoS Medicine Editors are each paid a salary by the Public Library of Science, and they wrote this editorial during their salaried time. No specific funding was received for this paper. Competing interests: The PLoS Medicine Editors' individual competing interests are athttp://www.plosmedicine.org/static/editorsInterests.action. PLoS is funded partly through manuscript publication charges, but the PLoS Medicine Editors are paid a fixed salary (their salary is not linked to the number of papers published in the journal). Abbreviations: HINARI, Health Internetwork Access to Research Initiative; OA, open access * E-mail: medicine_editors(a)plos.org The PLoS Medicine Editors are Virginia Barbour, Jocalyn Clark, Susan Jones, Melissa Norton, and Emma Veitch. Provenance: Written by editorial staff; not externally peer reviewed. It has been a couple of months now since the withdrawal of access via HINARI to medical journals in Bangladesh by several publishers caused an upset in the medical publishing world [1]. HINARI (Health Internetwork Access to Research Initiative) is a WHO-supported program [2] that partners with subscription-based publishers to allow researchers in the world's poorest countries to access some of their journals under certain conditions (for example, researchers have to access the journal in defined institutions). After much lobbying from researchers, editors, and others following the withdrawal, HINARI access has been—for the time being at least—reinstated, though with a substantial lack of clarity over the longer term plans of a number of the publishers [3]. Although traumatic for the researchers who lost access, the incident has triggered a useful debate on the value of open access (OA; immediate, permanent free access and permanently guaranteed unrestricted reuse, as enshrined in a Creative Commons license [4] and as practiced by publishers such as PLoS) versus free access with no legal rights attached. It is hard to think of a better example to demonstrate the precariousness of this latter type of free access, which can mean that access may be withdrawn for no reason. Now that the heat of the HINARI debate has died down, it is an opportune time to consider how this dispute, and others like it, can be used constructively to move toward a position where universal OA to the medical literature becomes the norm. On the positive side, the debate has brought many new voices into the discussion around access, particularly those on the online discussion forum HIFA2015 [5], where the diversity and strength of opinions expressed was most likely the key instrument in ensuring that the publishers' withdrawal from HINARI was not only brought to light, but also largely reversed. The debacle also allowed constructive discussions around the substantial limitations of HINARI and its inability to provide a long-term sustainable solution to access in the developing world. It also allowed airing of many OA issues, including the difference between free and open access [4]; the logistical difficulties experienced by some researchers in accessing online journals, such as those in locations with low bandwidth; the suspicion of some researchers of online-only journals; and concerns over publication fees. Thus the argument about how to implement such access, particularly in the developing world, is far from over. The issues above are very familiar to OA advocates. When PLoS Medicine was getting started seven years ago, we encountered many of the same questions from the (admittedly mostly developed-world) authors and readers we canvassed then. The phenomenal growth of OA since then has reassured many of those who initially questioned the model and its sustainability: submissions and publications are increasing each year at PLoS and in other open-access journals, reflecting the increased confidence of authors in this model. OA papers are also highly accessed, though our data suggest that most of this access, and most of the authors, still come from the developed world. The HINARI incident thus highlights the fact that HINARI is, sadly, still needed both because of traditional publishers who have not yet implemented OA, even in the developed world, and because substantial gaps remain in our knowledge about how OA will work for the developing world. Hence, there is some way to go before this model of publishing can become the norm worldwide. Despite the best intentions of open-access publishers, we have failed to reach out adequately to debate with researchers and readers in the less-developed world about the potential benefits of open access. Instead, as is often the case when the developed world prescribes for the less-developed world, we have assumed that what works well in Paris, London, or San Francisco will work just as well in Addis Ababa, Beirut, or Lima. Some examples of these active concerns about OA: first, are OA journals being delivered in the best format for readers in the developing world? If print really is better in some places, are we doing our best to ensure that the online journals are optimized for rapid downloading and printing of articles? If access to online journals will be primarily via mobile devices rather than computers, are we delivering the content in appropriate formats? Second, do we understand the reputation metrics outside of Europe or the US that will ensure that the new OA journals are trusted and meet the requirements authors face for academic promotions or other professional needs [6]? Even more importantly, are there OA journals available that cater to the needs of readers and authors across the developing world? Should publishers be helping groups to start their own journals, rather than assuming that the existing OA journals will be accepted? Medical journals have many roles, but, above all, dissemination of medical information is key. This crucial role was stated clearly back in1997 by Neil Pakenham-Walsh (the founder of HIFA2015) and colleagues, and it is no less relevant now [7]: “Providing access to reliable health information for health workers in developing countries is potentially the single most cost effective and achievable strategy for sustainable improvement in health care.” Much therefore remains to be done in improving access to health information in the developing world. By providing a logistical framework for open access (by the adoption of appropriate licenses), and by showing what can be done in the developed world with OA journals, OA publishers have done much to make it possible more widely. The next crucial step is to engage with readers, researchers, and authors in the developing world to understand better their information needs so that we don't fall into the trap of pushing information in only one direction. Open access is about facilitating the movement of knowledge—in all directions. Author Contributions Top Wrote the first draft of the editorial: VB. Contributed to the writing of the editorial: JC SJ MN EV. References Top 1. Kmietowicz K (2011) Publishers withdraw 2500 journals from free access scheme in Bangladesh. BMJ 342: d196. doi:10.1136/bmj.d196. 2. HINARI (2011) HINARI Access to Research in Health Programme. Available:http://www.who.int/hinari/en/. Accessed 16 February 2011. 3. Wise A (2011) Elsevier statement on Research4Life. Lancet 377: 377. FIND THIS ARTICLE ONLINE 4. PLoS (2011) Definition of Open Access. Available: http://www.plos.org/oa/definition.php. Accessed 16 February 2011. 5. HIFA2015 (2011) A Global Campaign: Healthcare Information for All by 2015. Available:http://www.hifa2015.org/. Accessed 16 February 2011. 6. Chan L, Kirsop B, Arunachalam S (2011) Towards Open and Equitable Access to Research and Knowledge for Development. PLoS Med 8: 1016. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001016. 7. Packenham-Walsh N, Priestley C, Smith R (1997) Meeting the information needs of health workers in developing countries. BMJ 314: 90. FIND THIS ARTICLE ONLINE -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Coverage of Origiin in Bangalore Mirror
by Bindu 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Dear All, We are happy to share with you that our company Origiin IP Solutions has been covered by Bangalore Mirror today. Have a look at the link below: http://www.bangaloremirror.com//index.aspx?page=article <http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=106&contentid =2011032720110327235856650f5e38bbf> &sectid=106&contentid=2011032720110327235856650f5e38bbf I also take this opportunity to thank you all from Origiin team for your support. Kindly have a look at the attachment too. Best regards, Bindu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LISA
by murulieps＠excelindia.com 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Dear Professionals, Please let me know the uses of LISA (Library and Information Science Abstracts). I was taught by my professor saying LISA is a source where we find information about research topics of Library and Information Science which are being dealth with. It helps scholars for selection of a topic. However, I was unable to find such list on the LISA website where I can check topics that has been taken up for a research. Please educate me on the same with a simple navigation of the website. The website I have gone through is http://www.csa.com I look forward for help. thanks and regards Muruli Librarian Excel Public School Mysore -- 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 kgoel＠icssr.org 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Dear Muruli You will be able to know the studies/researches done in the library and information science by browsing LISA. But, if want to know the consolidated list of researches, you can refere the"Bibliography of Doctoral Dissertations" and "University News" published by Association of Indian Universities(AIU). k.goel Dr.(Mrs) Kamlesh Goel Deputy Director NASSOC, ICSSR 35, Ferozshah Road New Delhi - 110001 Phone: 95+011-2307433438 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Questionnaire
by subhash khode 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Respected sir/madam, Few months ago i had posted questionnaire for my research paper entitled “USE OF VARIOUS MAILING LISTS BY LIBRARY PROFESSIONALS IN INDIA: A STUDY and I had 94 responses. My paper is returned with remark your paper is good but you have to revised it with more responses. So i request to fill the questionnaire and link is given below. Thank you very much who had already responded http://www.kwiksurveys.com/online-survey.php?surveyID=KNHOII_38430a73 Subhash Khode Chief Librarian Mahakal Institute of Technology Behind Air Strip, Dewas Road Ujjain(MP) subhashkhode(a)yahoo.com<http://in.mc948.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=subhashkhode@yahoo.com> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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A new paper in PLoS Medicine
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Friends: Please look up Chan L, Kirsop B, Arunachalam S (2011), Towards Open and Equitable Access to Research and Knowledge for Development. PLoS Med 8: 1016. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001016. http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.100… Your comments are welcome. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post of Librarian at Institute of Clinical Research (India), Bangalore
by Harish SN 29 Mar '11

29 Mar '11

* Institute of Clinical Research (INDIA)* * Bangalore* ** *Name of The Post: Librarian* * * *Qualification: MLISc / BLISc* * * *Experience: 1-2 years* * * *Job Location : Bangalore* * * * * *Contact Person: Harish S N* ** *Ph No.: 9986538994 * *E-mail: **harish(a)icriindia.com* <harish(a)icriindia.com>* * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NOTIFICATION OF KARNATAKA STATE ELIGIBILITY TEST (K-SET) FOR LECTURESHIP
by prasanna 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Dear Professionals, Mysore University call for KARNATAKA STATE ELIGIBILITY TEST (K-SET) FOR LECTURESHIP – 2011 (Accredited by UGC, New Delhi) NOTIFICATION: Examination Date : 17th JULY 2011 Important dates : i) Last date for Applying On-Line 30-04-2011 ii) Last date for receiving the printout of online 10-05-2011 Application Form(two copies), Attendance Slip(one copy) and Admission Card(one copy) at the respective Test centre Opted center by the candidate (with fee receipt & category certificate(s). The Karnataka State Eligibility Test (K-SET) center, University of Mysore, Mysore will be holding the Test on 17th JULY 2011(Sunday) for determining the eligibility for Lectureship in various universities/colleges/Institutions (Government/Aided/ Private) in Karnataka State. K-SET center will conduct the test in 26 (twenty six) subjects (listed under item no. 6) at 11 (Eleven) selected Centers (listed under Item no. 7) spread across the Karnataka State. The result of the K-SET to be held on 17TH JULY 2011 will be made available on the K-SET center website www.kset.uni-mysore.ac.in and shall also be published in the Employment News as and when it is declared. The candidates will not be individually intimated about their result. Candidates who qualify the K-SET will be governed by the rules and regulations for recruitment of lecturers of the concerned universities/colleges /Institutions (Government/ Aided/ Private) in Karnataka State. for More details please visit: http://kset.uni-mysore.ac.in/notification/ Best Regards PrasannaKumara BMLibrarian Library and Information CenterNew Horizon College Of EngineeringBangalore -- 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 Manas Samanta 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Dear all, If any library holds below mention article. Please send. Duff, R. B. & Webley, D. M. Soil Science.Vol. 95. Page. 105, 1963 regards Manas Samanta. msamanta(a)nmlindia.org Technical Assistant NML. Jamshedpur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Admission for MLISc ( two year integrated programme)
by gopikuttan gopikuttan 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Dear friends and Colleagues, Applications are invited for common PG admission including MLISc (Two year integrated) of the University of Kerala for the academic programme of 2011-2013. Common Entrance examination will be conducted around June/july 2011. For details pls visit the web site www.keralauniversity.ac.in Dr.A.Gopikuttan Associate Professor and Head Dept of Library and Information Science University of Kerala Thiruvananthapuram -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Posts at IIIM(CSIR),JAMMU
by RAKESH SINGH BISEN 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Dear All, IIIM(CSIR), Jammu has advertised various posts(PWD) of the Library. Interested and eligible persons can apply. www.iiim.res.in Download application forms from the above website. RAKESH SINGH BISEN LIBRARY OFFICER IIIM(CSIR) JAMMU-180 001 bisen.iiim(a)gmail.com 9469210220 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Openings for Library Research Assistant and Library Assistant Posts
by anand bandi 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

"The National Institute of Fashion Technology, Mumbai "ivites application for the post of "Research Assistant" and "Library Asiistant"for its Campus, at Navi Mumbai. A Post Grduates in Library and Information Science with First Class from reguler studies, proficiency in English Language and Computer operation may forward their CV to the undersigned latest by 7th March 2011. The candidate for Research Assistant should put in minimum of Two years of experiencein a Library of repute,with two references indicating the contact Telephone Number and e-mail ID of such references.Also the candidate need to enlist in his/Her CV the task performed in the present Job. The selected Candidate will have an opportunity to work and learn in a total Automated & Digitised Library environment of the prestigious Resource Centrer of NIFT. Such selected candidateswill be paid the stipend of Rs 10000=00 PM for the first six Months. The Candidate for "Library Assistant" will have to be a Post Graduate in LIS of the regular studies of the Universities, passed in First Class with proficiency in English Language and familer with Computer applications. Such candidate will be paid a stipend of Rs 8000=00 PM for first six Months.A Candidate must have minimum work experience of One/Two years for the Post. The candidates who are interested may forward their CV to the undersigned clearly mentioning the post the application is submitted. Incomplete application will be rejected. The last date for submitting application online is 18th April, 2011. Dr.A.N.Bandi, Head, Resource Centre, National Institute of Fashion Technology, NIFT Campus, Plot No.15, Sector 4, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai - 410 210. Ph.91-22-27747080/81 Mobile : 09892192799 e-mail: anb321in(a)yahoo.co.in anbandi(a)rediffmail.com 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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Assistant Library and Information Officer at National Library Kolkata
by Veeru 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Dear Professionals, *Name of the Post : ASSISTANT LIBRARY AND INFORMATION OFFICER* *No. of Post :* 03( 01 GEN, 01 OBC ,01 SC ) *Essential Qualifications : (i)* Bachelor's Degree of recognized University or equivalent *(ii)* Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Library Science of a recognized University/Institution or equivalent *Experience :*Two years experience in a recognized Library or two years experience in computerization of a recognized Library or Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application from recognized institute or equivalent *Desirable* :Master's Degree in Library Science of a recognized University/Institute or equivalent *Age Limit:*30 years (Age is also relax able for reserved category) *Last Date :*14.04.2011 *Visit:* *www. upsc.gov.in* * or* Employment News 26 March-1 April -- *with regards Virupaksh BH National Library of India Kolkatta. * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Study Circle offers personally picked information
by Muhammad Rafiq 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

LIS Study Circle <http://lisstudycircle.blogspot.com/> ( http://lisstudycircle.blogspot.com/) blog offers personally picked information related to a wide range of disciplines including but not limited to Library & Information Science, Library Management, Information Management, Knowledge Management, Technology: Theory and Applications, Political, Social and Economic Impact of Information, and related areas. You can POST YOUR COMMENT on posts. Comments will be approved/moderated by administrators. Become FOLLOWER to receive new posts in your email. -- Muhammad Rafiq, Senior Archive Specialist, Afghanistan Vouchers for Increased Productive Agriculture (AVIPA), International Relief & Development, Kabul, Afghanistan, Cell: +93 (0) 798 717 195 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation for Launch of Web of Knowledge 5
by Dr.Tariq Ashraf 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

*UNIVERSITY OF DELHI SOUTH CAMPUS* *Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi-110021* *Ph: 24110221: Email: librarian(a)south.du.ac.in* * * * * *I N V I T A T I O N * * * South Campus Library in collaboration with Thomson Reuters is pleased to invite you to the launching ceremony of *“Discovery Starts Here :Introducing the New **Web of Knowledge **–*” a * * new platform for * **Web of Knowledge *users on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 . This platform will bring together new features, enhanced functionality, and additional content to provide researchers with more precise searching, a streamlined workflow, and in-depth analysis of results. The primary focus of the event would be to emphasize the additional features of Web of Knowledge platform and how it will benefit the users. *Be one of the first to see the next generation of this powerful research resource from Thomson Reuters .You may win an Ipad too.* * * *P R O G R A M M E* * * *Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Auditorium, SP Jain Management Centre, UDSC* * * *Inauguration : 11.00 AM* *Presentations : 11.30 AM* *Lucky Draw/Prizes : 1 .00 PM* *Lunch : 1 .30 PM * * * * * *C O N F I R M A T I O N S* Dr.Tariq Ashraf Prashant Tomar Delhi University Library System Thomson Reuters University of Delhi South Campus Marketing Project Manager New Delhi, 110021 Tel.: +91 9810697897 Mobile: 9868335593 Email: tariq(a)south.du.ac.in Email: prashant.tomar(a)thomsonreuters.com -- Dr.Tariq Ashraf South Campus, University of Delhi Benito Juarez Road New Delhi (India )110021 Email: tariq22(a)gmail.com ; tariq(a)south.du.ac.in Ph: 011-24110221 (Direct) Fax: 011-24110221 Cell:9868335593 Website: http://www.du.ac.in The information contained in this e-mail message is privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination or copying is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this e-mail message in error, please e-mail the sender. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy announcement Reference Librarian
by Seth, Renu 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

Vacancy Announcement Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Delhi invites applications for the position of Reference Librarian Max Mueller Bhavan is part of the worldwide network of the Goethe-Institut Munich and promotes German language and culture abroad. The Regional Library provides comprehensive and up-to-date information about Germany. Responsibilities: Ø Provide reference services about Germany Ø Catalogue and classify the library collection Ø Participate in collection development Ø Develop marketing strategies and outreach programmes to promote library resources and services Ø Develop interactive Web 2.0 and ICT-based services Ø Prepare library newsletter and other promotional material Ø Maintain the library website Requirements: Ø Master's degree from an accredited library school Ø Minimum two years of professional experience Ø Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English Ø Good knowledge of spoken and written German language and culture an advantage Ø Competence in using new technology as a research tool Ø Profound knowledge of computer applications Ø Initiative, flexibility and ability to work in a team environment Ø Strong commitment to public service Remuneration in accordance with the MMB salary scheme and in commensuration with qualifications and experience. Applications received by April 18, 2011 will receive first consideration. Send letter of application, along with two professional references to Renu Seth, Chief Librarian, Max Mueller Bhavan, 3, K.G. Marg, New Delhi-110001 Tel: (011) 23471137 email: seth(a)delhi.goethe.org Visit our web site at www.goethe.de/newdelhi Dr. Renu Seth Chief Librarian Max Mueller Bhavan 3, Kasturba Gandhi Marg New Delhi-110001 Telephone +91-11-23471137 seth(a)delhi.goethe.org http://www.goethe.de/newdelhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NASI SCOPUS YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARDS 2010
by Muralidharan, Padma (ELS-DEL) 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

Dear All, ELSEVIER & NASI are pleased to announce the winners of the NASI SCOPUS YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARDS 2010. The awards were given away by Prof. T Ramasami, Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India on the 21st of March, 2011 at New Delhi. Prof. Manju Sharma, past President of National Academy of Sciences represented the Academy at the occasion. Applicants were evaluated in two stages based on key criteria such as publication output, citations and other metrics based on Scopus data, as well as research quality and impact by forty-eight panelists. The winners of the NASI SCOPUS YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARDS 2010 are as follows: Agriculture - Dr. Rajeev K Varshney, International Crops Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics, Hyderabad Biological Sciences - Dr. Debnath Pal (Indian Institute of Science) & Dr. Ravishankar Ravichandran (Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow) Chemistry - Dr. Souvik Maiti (Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, Delhi) Earth & Environmental Sciences - Dr. Madineni Venkat Ratnam (National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Tirupati) & Dr S Venkata Mohan (Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad) Engineering - Dr. Parag R. Gogate (Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai) & Dr. Bikramjit Basu(Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur) Medicine - Dr. Naval K. Vikram, (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi) Physics - Dr. P.S Anil Kumar (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore) & Dr. Priya Mahadevan (S N Bose National Centre For Basic Sciences, Kolkata) We would like to thank all applicants for sending in their applications. Watch out for the announcement of this year's awards in June/July 2011. Thanks & regards, Padma Muralidharan Senior Manager - Account Development Elsevier India (Science & Technology) 14th Floor, Building 10B, DLF Cyber City, Phase II, Gurgaon - 122 002 Email : p.muralidharan(a)elsevier.com <mailto:p.muralidharan@elsevier.com> Phone : +91-124-4774202 l +91-9810739993 For all information regarding Elsevier, please visit http://southasia.elsevier.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- This communication is confidential and may be privileged. Any unauthorized use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you receive this message by mistake, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message from your system. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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advertisement for the posts of Library Staff
by Mailing List Admin 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:32:07 +0530 From: Rajivaksh Tripathi <rajiv.lis2008(a)gmail.com> Dear Members, SRMS IBS of Unnao has advertised for the posts of Library Staff at various level. If interested, you may apply online or post resume It is an upcoming new B- School and provides an excellent opportunity to work. To The Chairman SRMS Trust, UGF, Krishana Complex, Chandganj Garden Road, Alilganj , Lucknow-226024 Email us- careers(a)ibs.srms.ac.in With regards, Rajivaksh Tripathi Librarian SRMS IBS ,

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Call for Papers: International Journal of Library Science
by Ceser Res 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

International Journal of Library Science www.ceserp.com/cp-jour/ Call for Papers Dear Colleague, Papers are invited for the International Journal of Library Science (IJLS). The IJLS is a peer-reviewed journal, published refereed, well-written original research articles, and studies that describe the latest research and developments in the area of library science and information. This is a broad-based journal covering all branches. It's also published interdisciplinary research. The areas of interest include but are not limited to: · Education for librarianship · Information policy · Information and communication technologies (ICT's) · Information Society · Equity of Access · Sustainability and ICT's · Children's Internet Protection Act · Censorship · Information explosion · Information literacy · Government Information · Decreased funding for established libraries · Copyright · Intellectual property rights · Intellectual freedom · Digital divide · Open access (publishing) · Patriot Act · Public lending right · Slow fires · Serials crisis · Current digital/scanning technologies · Remote Access An original and unpublished manuscripts can be sent to the publisher via e-mail at: cangaley(a)yahoo.com and a copy to cpublib[at]gmail.com . Sincerely, Dr. Michel Nguessan, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Library Science (IJLS) www.ceserp.com/cp-jour/ Governors State University, Illinois, USA E-mail: cangaley(a)yahoo.com E-mail: cpublib@gmail. com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request for article
by sdmlaw library 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

--- On Wed, 23/3/11, sdmlaw library <sdmlawlibrary(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: From: sdmlaw library <sdmlawlibrary(a)yahoo.co.in> Subject: request for article Please arrange to post the following request Dear friends, I am in need of the article/material relating to the following topic. Please help me getting the useful article or weblinks. Relevance of Abstracting services in the Electronic Environment Pramila Suman Asst.Librarian, SDM College,Mangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy at Physical Research Laboratory
by praggya pandey 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Dear Professionals, PRL, a premier research Institution for Space Science in India invites applications for the post of Library Trainees (5 posts) Freshers must apply DO NOT MISS !!!!! http://www.prl.res.in/~recruit/libtr/advt.pdf Best Wishes, Pragya Pandey -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation - from AIRC Mumbai - Panel Discussion on Libraries in the 21st Century
by Mailing List Admin 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:56:00 +0530 From: Vasumathi Sriganesh <vasu(a)qmedkf.org.in> Invitation - Panel Discussion on Libraries in the 21st Century Forwarding an invitation on behalf of the AIRC, on their request Vasumathi Sriganesh ----- Original Message ----- From: Karalkar, Tejaswini A To: undisclosed-recipients Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 5:22 PM Subject: Invitation - Panel Discussion on Libraries in the 21st Century Cordially invites you to a Panel Discussion on Thursday, March 31, 2011 Time: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Venue: The American Center auditorium 4, New Marine Lines, Mumbai 400 020 The discussion is based on articles published in the U.S. Embassy bi-monthly publication "Article & Web Alert," March-April 2010. The articles can be accessed at: http://mumbai.usconsulate.gov/media/pdf-irc/awamarapr2010.pdf Panelists: Ms. Vasumathi Sriganesh, CEO, QMed Knowledge Foundation - Moderator Ms. Devika Fernandes, Senior Vice President, Knowledge Management, IDFC Dr. Medha Joshi, Head, Department of Library Science, Tata Memorial Hospital Ms. Meghana Sanjeev, Librarian, Vivekanand College of Arts, Science & Commerce Please confirm your attendance to my colleague Ms. Irene Fernandez on 22624590 ext.2202 or send us an e-mail at libref(a)state.gov. We look forward to your participation. Sincerely yours, Angela L. Gemza Cultural Affairs Officer American Center Regards, Tejaswini Karalkar Reference Librarian The American Library 4, New Marine Lines Mumbai 400020 Tel: 91-22-22624590 ext. 2214 Fax: 91-22-22624599 Email: karalkarta(a)state.gov URL: http://mumbai.usconsulate.gov

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Librarian and Assistant Librarian posts at Central University of Rajasthan
by Shamprasad Pujar 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Dear Members, Central University of Rajasthan has advertised for the posts of Librarian and Assistant Librarian. If interested, you may apply online. It is an upcoming new university and provides an excellent opportunity to work. For more details, you may please check at: *www.curaj.ac.in* or * www.cuor.eadmissions.net* for detailed information and on-line application. The last date for application is: April 1, 2011 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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request for article
by Dr.D.P Prathap 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

dear colleagues if anybody has access to the following article, please provide: *Sequence conservation in the coat protein gene of TSV isolates causing necrosis in cotton, mungbean, sunflower and sun hemp in India *Indian Journal of Biotechnology, (Vol 1) Page 350-356, 2002 Dr.Bhat, Choudhry & Ramiah Sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical officer (library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute m:9677502392 -- 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 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Central University of Kerala located at Kasaragod needs Library Trainees for its Library. The qualification required is BLISc/MLISc (preferably MLISc). Computer Knowledge is essential. The selection will be based on the interview and practical test. The selected candidates will get a stipend of Rs. 5000/- per month. The training period will be one year. Those who are interested may attend the walk-in-interview and practical test with all original certificates on 6th April 2011 at 10 am at Central University Office at Nayanmarmoola, Kasaragod, Kerala. -- Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai Assistant Librarian Central University of Kerala Vidyanagar P.O. Kasargod, Kerala, India Blog: www.dineshkoovakkai.blogspot.com Visit our library blog at: www.cuklibinfopage.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article request
by Ajay Kamble 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

Dear all, One of our faculty member is in need of an article mentioned below : Singh D P, 'Migration in Mumbai : Trends in 50 Years' , Demography India, Volume 36, Number 2, Times of India, September 2006. Please if someone has the article... please send ASAP... Thanks -- 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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Request for article
by Laksman Sarkar 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Dear Friends I am a research scholar of LIS. I need an article entitled" Cataloguing practices among college libraries in Karnataka state" written by Tadasad P.G., Vijayakumar M., Maheswarappa, B.S. for my research purpose. If anybody send it to me, it will be great pleaser to me. Thanks With regards Laksman Sarkar B-8/71, Kalyani - 741235, W.B., INDIA Office: Central Library University of Kalyani Kalyani - 741235, W.B. INDIA Ph. No. 033-2582-0311 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for Assistant Librarian
by HELP LIBRARY 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

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Wanted Librarian for CBSE school
by nag naga raja 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

Dear moderator please publish the below mentioned advt in LIS- Forum There is a Librarian post vacant in a reputed newly established school (CBSE).The qualification required for applying the post is Diploma in Lib.Sc or B.L.I.Sc .Candidates should have good fluency in English and ability to handle the school children. The preference will be given to the candidates those who have completed their matriculation in English medium schools and working in CBSE/ICSE schools.Salary depends on qualification and experience.The last date for applying the application is 31.03.2011. For more information contact Mr.A.Nagaraja, Mob: 9449889333 A.Nagaraja Librarian Sri Krishna Institute of Technology Bangalore-560090 NAGARAJA.A -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad demise of Dr.K.Doraswamy, Deputy Librarian, Bangalore University, Bangalore
by Pandurang Konnur 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

Dear Professional Friends, I am sorry to inform you all the news of Sad demise of Dr.K.Doraswamy, Deputy Librarian, Bangalore University, Bangalore. Dr.Doraswamy was known for his honest service in Bangalore University Library. On 13th March 2011 at 7 pm he passed away with massive Heart Attack in Basavanagudi club where he used to do gym during every evening. He was 54 years old. His last rituals were made in his village near Gowribidanur, Kolar Dist. Karnataka. We at Bangalore University really miss him and pray almighty to rest his soul in peace. -- All the Staff Members of Bangalore University Library Jnanabharati, Bangalore-560056 Phone: 080-22961131, 23215510 Website: http://library.bub.ernet.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for Articles
by Dr.D.P Prathap 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

Dear colleagues If anybody has access to "Science", please provide the following articles: 1. Science, 1944, V.99, p.331-4, New hybrids.... 2. Science, 1947, v.106, p.547-8...Growth Thanking you Yours Sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical Officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute m:9677502392 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fresnel lens - Sheet magnifying glass
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

Sometime ago, I have seen a very thin plastic sheet like magnifying lens (like a six inches scale) which can be used a book mark and magnifying sheet glass. This is a very good give away as a small item to readers who are dear to a library. I was, for a long time looking for a supplier. I found one now. You may find many in your city. Microchip Devices Inc. Mr. Satish Adhalrao No. 1929, Sadashiv Peth, Bajirao Road Pune, Maharashtra - 411 030, India Email:microchip04@rediffmail.com ,microchip_04(a)hotmail.com Telephone:+(91)-(20)-24430108 Mobile:+(91)-9850953344 My present interest is senior citizens who have a need to use such magnifiers as their eye sight is poor. === Dr P Vyasamoorthy, 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony Secunderabad 500015 Ph 040-27846631 / 9490804278.My blog: http://vyasa-kaaranam-ketkadey.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Battle for the Internet
by Vasanth 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

Dear Sir/Madam, This interesting piece is appeared in the recent Down to Earth Magazine. The author of the article Latha Jishnu look into how corporates, governments trying to control the Internet after Wikilieaks exposed the US diplomatic cables. This article is very significant in light of India govt. move to amend the Information Technology Act, 2008 to policing the individual blogs. Full text of the article can be accessed at http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/battle-internet ------------------------- 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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request for example of MLIS project report
by Mailing List Admin 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:03:14 +0530 (IST) From: banani banik <banani_banik2002(a)yahoo.co.in> Hi�� I am Banani, a MLIS student form IGNOU. Currently i doing my final project , my project title is "Information seeking behavior of users".give me some previous project sample mainly questionnaire format.� Thanking you Yours faithfully Banani Banik

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Sad demise of Dr. K. Doraswamy
by Francis Jayakanth 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

I am deeply grieved to learn about the sad and untimely demise of Dr. Doraswamy K, deputy librarian, Bangalore University, on Sunday, 13 Mar 2011. He is an alumni of NCSI. He had undergone NCSI's IKM training programme during 2003-2005. My heartfelt condolences to Dr. Doraswamy's family. May his soul rest in peace. - Francis NCSI, IISc Bengaluru

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Help in Libsys4
by balendu jha 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

We are using Libsys4. Can anyone help me in getting the list of withdrawn titles where the price of title should also be there. B.K.Jha Librarian, Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Pushkar Road, Ajmer- 305004 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congrat for becoming VP IASLIC Z-4
by Satendra Dhaka 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

Dear Dr Pardeep Rai , Librarian, Maitreyi College (University of Delhi) Congrats for becoming the V*ice President* IASLIC(* ZONE 4) *We all wish you great success to contribute to the librarianship.You are Young and dynamic professional. Go ahead. -- Dr S.S.Dhaka Director(Library & Information) Ministry of External Affairs Patiala House, Annexe "B" Tilak Marg, New Delhi-110001 Phones: 0091-11-23073685, 23389073 Fax: 0091-11-23386340, 23387700 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request
by Harish Y S 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

Dear all Please do favour to send following article as it is required by our research scholar. Details are given below 1. TITLE - TOOL WEAR STUDIES ON ALUMINIUM MATRIX HYBRID COMPOSITES AUTHOR - L KRISHNAMURTHY, D ABDUL BUDAN, BK SRIDHARA, ETAL. JOURNAL - International Journal for Manufacturing Science and Technology, vol11 (1) 2009 Page 5-10 -- Regards Harish Y S Librarian National Institute of Engineering, Manandavadi Road, Mysore-8, Mob - +919886384826 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request for administrative information
by Dr.D.P Prathap 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

dear colleagues if there is any subsequent order of the following, please provide. F.No.12(1)E.II-A/2008 dated 24th October, 2008 of Ministry of Finance, Government of India. While checking the ministry website, the subsequent order is found (Interest Bearing Advances 11.12.2008), but we are not able to download. Thanking you Sincerely Library Sugarcane Breeding Institute -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IEEE Talk conducted at NMIT
by Gangadhar KC 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

Dear Friends, IEEE Student Branch, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology (NMIT), Yelahanka, Bangalore-560 064 in association with Karnataka Library Association (KALA) organized a Talk on 'Role of IEEE in Higher Education & Research' byRachel Berrington IEEE Client Services, United States of America on 23rd Feb 2011 at 10.30 AM. Dhanu Pattanashetti, IEEE Client Services Manager in India demonstratedvarious ways to explore IEEE Onlinewhich will enhance their academic research experience. Ms. Rachel addressed the gathering comprised of IEEE student chapter members, PG students and faculty members and gave a detail lecture about exploring IEEE resources and its impact on their academic and research career. It has been published in IEEE Xplore Newsletter. For more information, click the link http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/ieeelibr/issues/2011-03-16/5.html Regards, Gangadhar K.C. Senior Librarian Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology P.B.No.6429, Yelahanka, Bangalore-560 064. Ph:080-22167882, Cell:93798 35009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[Fwd: OA mandated by the Parliament of Ukraine]
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

Friends: When are we going to mandate open access to science and scholarship in India? Subbiah Arunachalam Developing National Open Access Policies: An Ukrainian Case Study Iryna Kuchma Social Capital and Academic Publications Program, International Renaissance Foundation 46 Artema str., Kyiv, 04053, Ukraine e-mail: kuchma(a)irf.kiev.ua Abstract *Since January 2007 Ukraine has a law mandating open access to publicly funded researches.* It was widely supported by most of the Parliament members. And it is already the second parliamentary inquiry mandating the Cabinet of Ministers to take actions on creating favourable conditions for developing open access repositories in archives, libraries, museums, scientific and research institutions with open access condition to state funded researches. And for the second time the implementation of this law was interrupted by the political crises. Grass root initiatives of Ukrainian Universities and libraries as well as the political support from the principle legislative body in the country have still not resulted into a single well-functioning institutional/national repository. The poster highlights the developments that have taken place, actions for the years to come and recommendations for the countries that are in circumstances that can be compared to Ukraine. http://elpub.scix.net/data/works/att/135_elpub2007.content.pdf -- 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 the post for Library Trainees/Library Assistants, at IGIDR Library, Mumbai. April 7, 2011
by G.K.MANJUNATH 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

We will be conducting walk-in interview for two temporary posts of 'Library Trainees' / 'Library Assistants', on April 7, 2011 at 3.00 pm. Those interested may please appear for the interview, at their own cost, along with a copy of resume (with two references) and original testimonials. Details : Interview date : April 7, 2011, 3.00 pm Venue : Indira Gandhi Inst of Development Research, Mumbai Name of Post: Trainee / Library Assistant Number of posts: Two Qualifications: M.L.I.Sc ( 55% and above ) Experience 0 - 6 months or more Required skills: WINISIS, MS-Windows; MS-Office, Good written and verbal communication skill. Sound knowledge of Cataloguing- AACR II and Classification-DDC, and thesaurus. Enthusiasm to learn latest ICT skills Salary : Rs.10000/- PM (Consolidated) Period of appointment: 8 months ( Temporary posts ) Training Modules: Excellent training will be provided in practical librarianship with emphasis on Libsys, Web designing, Web 2.0, Dspace (Institutional Repository) and GSDL. The candidates will also get an opportunity to work in all the sections of the library in a very good academic and ICT environment. How reach IGIDR ? http://oii.igidr.ac.in/training/trans.php Those who wish the attend the interview may please confirm over email. Thanks, Dr.G.K.Manjunath Chief Librarian Indira Gandhi Inst of Development Research Film City Road Santosh Nagar Goregaon(East ) MUMBAI - 400 065 India Phone: 022-28416528 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Aeticle request
by Manas Samanta 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

Dear all Kindly provide me following article. *Reactivity of Solids*<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01687336> . Volume 7, Issue 3<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=PublicationURL&_tockey=%23TOC%2366…>, August 1989, Pages 207-217 with regards Manas Samanta. msamanta(a)nmlindia.org Technical Assistant. NML -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Budget information for Engg./MBA/MCA Library
by IITE Library 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

Dear Colleagues, Please guide me how much budget is required as per standard norms for Engineering/MBA/MCA library per year. -- Rajeshri Patel Asst. Librarian Indus Institute of Technology & Engineering (IITE), (02764)-260 277 / 78 (Ext-289) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Taiwan airport offers e-library
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 16 Mar '11

16 Mar '11

Airports across the world have created a myriad of innovative ways to keep their passengers entertained, from airport spray tanning in London to an airport wedding service in Amsterdam. Now Taiwan's international airport has put a high-tech twist on airport reading — with the world’s first airport library for ebooks. The e-library, based in Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, has four hundred titles in its collection — available in English or Chinese, and in ePub or Zinio formats — which can be read in the airport, but not taken away or downloaded onto the user's own device. Set up by Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou, the library is run by the airport duty-free shop, and was created in collaboration with Taiwan's government-funded Institute for Information Industry, costing over NTD 3 million. There are currently only thirty devices on which passengers can read the ebooks, which, as an article on ARN points out, is limiting when considering that the airport handles up to 17 million passengers a year. Whilst publishing house Harper Collins has placed a limit on the number of times their ebooks can be downloaded in libraries, initiatives such as this imply that ebooks could become an integral part of library services in the future. How can you help to bring digital publishing to the masses? (Related: Ordered on iPads, meals are delivered to the gate at NY airports — Colour ebook reader for kids.) Website: www.taoyuan-airport.com Contact: www.taoyuan-airport.com/english/mail_e.jsp?cnid=1529 =========== Dr P Vyasamoorthy, 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony Secunderabad 500015 Ph 040-27846631 / 9490804278.My blog: http://vyasa-kaaranam-ketkadey.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request for article
by Dr.D.P Prathap 16 Mar '11

16 Mar '11

dear colleagues please provide the following article, if anybody has access: Indian Journal of Biotechnology 2002 Vol.1, pp.330-356 Sincerely shanmuganathan, t technical officer (library) sugarcane breeding institute -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Phd in M.I.S
by Gautam Swaraj 16 Mar '11

16 Mar '11

Dear Sir Please provide us the information from where we can check the status of Phd Topic and thesis on MIS. If there is any library in Delhi please give the name and address. Give the detail of library where any user can freely use the information and refer the thesis. thanks & regards Gautam Swaraj Asstt. Librarian K R Mangalam Institute of Management N - Block, G.K. - I, New Delhi - 110048 -- Gautam Swaraj gautam.swaraj(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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An event by Kerala Library Association
by Saji S Nair 16 Mar '11

16 Mar '11

Dear All, Kerala Library Association is organizing a public function for the distribution of the KLA Gold Medal to the rank holders in MLISc / BLISc from the Kerala , Calicut and MG Universities for the years 2008-09 & 2009-10 and the C.A. Augustine – Holy Cross Endowment Award to the highest mark scorer in the Information & Communication Paper of MLISc from the University of Kerala for the same years. The programme is scheduled to be held on 22nd March 2011 in the Lecture Hall of the Department of Library & Information Science, University of Kerala. *Prof. A. Jayakrishnan,* Vice Chancellor, University o Kerala has kindly consented to inaugurate the function and give away the awards. *Shri M. Nandakumar, IAS*, Director, Information & Public Relations Department, Government of Kerala will preside over the function. * * *PROGRAMME* *22/03/2011: 3.00 pm* Invocation : *Miss Sruthy* Welcome : *Shri K. P. Sadasivan* President, KLA Presidential Address : *Shri M. Nandakumar, IAS* Director Information & Public Relations Dept. Government of Kerala Inaugural Address & Distribution of Awards* *: *Prof. A. Jayakrishnan* Vice Chancellor University of Kerala Felicitations : 1. *Dr. S. Rajendran * Head, Library & Information Division VSSC, Trivandrum 2. *Dr. A. Gopikuttan* Head, Dept. of Library & Information Science University of Kerala Reply : *Representative(s) of Awardees* Vote of Thanks : *Shri P. K. Sureshkumar* General Secretary, KLA **************** * * * * * * *KLA GOLD MEDAL WINNERS* * * *2007 – 09 : MLISc* 1. Miss Vijitha K.G. : University of Kerala 2. Miss Shibitha T. : Calicut University * * *2008 -10 : MLISc* * * 1. Miss Sruthi Chandran : University of Kerala 2. Miss Dhanya M. : Calicut University 3. Miss Nikhila V. : Calicut University * * * * *2008- 09 : BLISc* * * 1. Miss Dhanya S. : MG University * * * * *C.A.** AUGUSTINE – HOLY CROSS ENDOWMENT AWARD* * * * 2007- 09 : MLISc* Miss Vijitha K.G. : University of Kerala * 2008 -10 : MLISc* Miss Sruthi Chandran : University of Kerala** * * posted by: -- Saji S. Nair Library & Information Services Division Regional Cancer Centre Medical College Campus Trivandrum - 695011 Kerala, INDIA ----------------------------------------------------------- 91 471 2522225 (O) 91 471 2394252 (R) 09446014130 (Mob) Email: saji(a)rcctvm.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancies at NID Cell
by Perin Marolia 16 Mar '11

16 Mar '11

*Vacancies* for the following positions on Ad-hoc/Contract basis (till March 31, 2012) at the Networking and Information Dissemination Cell (NID Cell) at the SNDT Women’s University Library under the UGC programme “Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education”: *Two posts in the grade of Lecturer – 1 Open and 1 reserved for SC* *Qualifications : * 1. Good academic record with at least 55% of marks or equivalent grade at Master’s Degree Level in Library and Information science/Women’s Studies/Information technology/Computer Applications or in Social Sciences /Humanities with a Women’s Studies component. 2. National Eligibility Test (NET) or SET as per rules The candidates should have good knowledge of Information Technology and English language *The work of the Lecturers will be:* To search out and prepare data for the website of the project, to identify and acquire resources (print and digital) for the NID Cell, and to carry out other information-related and administrative work as assigned by the Co-ordinator of the NID Cell. The job does not involve any teaching. Kindly note that the positions are temporary and contractual, till March 31, 2012. *Remuneration:* Rs. 26,000 (consolidated), likely to be revised. The remuneration is on an ad-hoc basis with an annual increment. The University does not have any accommodation facilities for ad-hoc staff. Apply to Prof. Harsha Parekh, Hon. Director, NID Cell, SNDT Women’s University Library, 2nd. floor, Patkar Hall building, 1 Nathibai Thackersey Road, Churchgate, Mumbai –400 020 to reach on or before March 31, 2011 by 05:00 p.m. Applications may be sent by email to nidcell(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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KohaCon11 : Registrations are open
by sandeep bhavsar 16 Mar '11

16 Mar '11

Respected All The annual Koha conference for 2011 is to be held at VPM, Thane, India between 31st October and 6th November. ( Here is a link to a google map of the venue, the educational campus of Vidya Prasarak Mandal, Thane, http://www.google.co.in/mapmaker?gw=39&fid=0x3be7b927cd6912b9:0xcd4b44329d5… ) The conference website has been setup at http://kohacon11.vpmthane.org/ocs Entry is free. You can register yourself as Participant, Presenter and / or Potential Sponsor. Registrations are now open. Please click here to register. ( http://kohacon11.vpmthane.org/ocs/index.php/k/k11/schedConf/registration) Please feel free to contact me for any assistance, queries, offers of help, sponsorship, comments etc. My contact information is given below. 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 : 9029 345777 9987049099 elibrary :http://www.vpmthane.org/im/elib/main.htm skype : sandeepbhavsar @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ -- 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 Manas Samanta 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

Dear all, Please try to get the following. 1. Dehydroxylation sequences of gibbsite and boehmite: study of differences between soak and flash calcination and of particle-size effects Victoria J. Ingram-Jones, Robert C. T. Slade, Thomas W. Davies, Jennifer C. Southern and Sylvain Salvador J. Mater. Chem., 1996, 6, 73-79 2. P. A. Zielinski, R. Schulz, S. Kaliaguine, and A. Van Neste, “Structural Transformations of Alumina by High Energy Ball Milling,” J. Mater. Res., 8 [11] pp.2985–92 (1993). 3. American Mineralogist; May 2000; v. 85; no. 5-6; p. 739-744 © 2000 Mineralogical Society of America with regards Manas Samanta -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Gazetted Officer
by Apurba Jyoti Majumder 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

is an Assistant Librarian in a Central University a Gazetted Officer? They are Group A officer. Please Clarify -- Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Assistant Librarian Rabindra Library (Central Library) Assam University. Silchar- 781011 Cell No: 09435268733, 09707626388 -- 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 Manas Samanta 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

Dear all If any library holds below mention article. Please mail me. Determination of the Kinetics for Dynamic and Static Recrystallization by Using the Flow Curves Materials Science Forum <https://mail.google.com/MSF>(Volumes 575 - 578), pp. 904-909, year 2008. with regrads, Manas Samanta Technical Assistant. NML Jamshedpur. msamanta(a)nmlindia.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ETDS-request for info.
by jasim s 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

Kindly mail me if anybody have docs on history,development,and current status(2009-2010) of electronic theses and dissertations iniatives around the world and particularly india.I already consulted Bailey's bibliography... -- Jasimudeen.s MG University Library Kottayam *Life is like a document:what matter is how good it is ,not how long it is" * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post of Cataloguing Librarian in Upper Hutt City Library in Newzeland
by Deepak Sharma 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

Dear All, Post of Cataloguing Librarian in Upper Hutt City Library in Newzeland Cataloguing Librarian Upper Hutt City Library is the city's primary community centre for living, learning and leisure. It seeks to engage, inspire and inform people; and plays a significant role in the development of a strong local community. The library collects and maintains a wide range of material for the benefit of all Upper Hutt residents. In addition to providing quality frontline customer service, the primary focus of the Cataloguing Librarian is to edit imported MARC records to provide library customers with quality catalogue records that are responsive to their needs. This position provides an opportunity for someone with library experience and some formal cataloguing training to take their first step into cataloguing. The successful applicant must have a wide knowledge of recreational reading and the ability to view the library service from the customer's point of view. Excellent organisational and communication skills are also required together with the ability to achieve a consistently high output with a minimal error rate. Visit www.upperhuttcity.com/jobs for a detailed job description and application form. Please apply by email to recruitment(a)uhcc.govt.nz or post to Tracey Lakeman Human Resources, Upper Hutt City Council, Private Bag 907, Upper Hutt 5140. Include your current CV and completed application form. Applications close 25th March 2011. Gail Clark Senior Operations Librarian Upper Hutt City Library UPPER HUTT CITY COUNCIL Upper Hutt City Library, 844 Fergusson Drive Private Bag 907, Upper Hutt 5140 Phone: 04 527 2169 ext 437 | Fax: 04 527 2159 gail.clark(a)uhcc.govt.nz|www.upperhuttlibrary.co.nz Upper Hutt City - A great place to live -- Deepak Sharma Assistant Librarian ITM University Sector 23 A, Gurgaon 01242365811 9015433756. "Solve your simple mistakes early before it leads to big problem. Because we always slip from small stones, not from a mountain" -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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3-Days Workshop on e-Granthalaya at NIC, Chennai
by Ram Kumar Matoria 14 Mar '11

14 Mar '11

Dear All, We are going to organize a 3-Days Workshop on e-Granthalaya Software for Automation and Networking of Libraries during 6-8 Apr 2011 at NIC, Chennai. The workshop if free for library professional who are using or wish to use the e-Granthalaya Software. More details available at http://egranthalaya.nic.in Thnks Regards Ram Kumar Matoria राम कुमार मतोरिया Technical Director Library & Information Services Division NATIONAL INFORMATICS CENTRE A-Block, CGO Complex, New Delhi -110 003 Ph. 011-24305487 IP Phone: 5487 M: 09968658570 EMAIL: rkmatoria(a)nic.in http://egranthalaya.nic.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulate Dr. Dinesh K Gupta for getting Ranganathan-Kaula Award for the year 2010
by Dr Pawan Kumar Gupta 14 Mar '11

14 Mar '11

Dear friends, We shouuld all congratulate Dr. Dinesh K Gupta, Associate Professor and Head , Department of LIS, Open University, Kota for having been decorated with prestigious Ranganathan-Kaula Award for the year 2010. Along with him we all stand honoured. Some of the notable achievements in his credit are: He is serving as a Member of the Standing Committee of IFLA Management and Marketing Section for the second term 2007-2011. He is also the Chair of the Jury of IFLA International Marketing Award after serving as Jury Member for the period 2003-2008. Dr. Dinesh has authored about 40 papers/ reviews published in peer review journals, conference proceedings and edited volumes, both at national and international levels. Some of his publications have appeared in: Information Outlook (SLA, USA), New Review of Life Long Learning (Graham Taylor, UK), Library Administration (Howarth, USA, now Taylor & Francis), Science & Technology Libraries (Taylor & Francis), Information Service and Use (AOI Press), IFLA Journal, Marketing of Library Services (Info Today, USA), etc. Dr. Dinesh Gupta's contributions at Mahaveer Vardhman Open University include introduction of certain innovating and leading courses at MPhil in LIS level, such as, "Management Consultancy in Libraries" and "Self Management", and also edited the University Newsletter 'MEERA' for two years. Ranganathan-Kaula Award for the year 2010 presented to him on 10th March 2011 at Delhi Library Association, Delhi. -- Dr Pawan Kumar Gupta Director, Rajasthan University Library, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Jaipur - 302 055 INDIA +91-141-2707866 Mob: 9828305458 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dr AL Moorthy, Director Desidoc receives SR Ranganathan_Kaula Award
by M.P. Tapaswi 14 Mar '11

14 Mar '11

Dear Colleagues, In a recently held function at Delhi Library Association, Dr. AL Moorthy has been conferred with the SR RANGANATHAN_KAULA AWARD AND CITATION for the year 2009. Shri Anil Kaula, Managing Trustee of the Prof. Prithvi Nath Kaula Endowment for Library and Information Science handed the award and citation to Dr. Moorthy. This Award is conferred on eminent library professionals each year. Dr Moorthy is recipient of other prestigious awards like the DRDO Best Popular Science Communication Award-2009, SIS Fellowship-2009, ILA-Kaula Best Librarian Award-2008 and ILA-CD Sharma Best Paper Award (2008) and have delivered Prof. MR Kumbar Memorial Oration at the Karnatak University (2007), Dr. PSG Kumar Oration at RTM Nagpur University, and Prof. S. Dasgupta Memorial Lecture (both in 2011). He received commendation letter from Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister (1989). Congratulations to Dr. Moorthy for one more feather in his cap! With warm regards, Murari P Tapaswi National Information Centre for Marine Sciences (NICMAS) National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR) Dona Paula, 403 004 Goa, India Phone: 91-832-2450275; Fax: 91-832-2450601; -2450602 Visit: http://www.nio.org Visit http://www.nio.org, http://drs.nio.org, http://www.biosearch.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on All About Doing Research
by Arunachalam Hariharan 14 Mar '11

14 Mar '11

Workshop on All About Doing Research Organized by SALIS, Tirunelvli Chapter Venu: District Central Library, Playamkottai, Tirunelveli Date: 27.03.2010 Methodology Presentation Interaction Panel Discussion Resource Persons and Panelist „X Dr. N. Bhavathi Senthivel Murugan „X Dr. S.Kandhimathi „X Dr. A. Thirumagal „X Dr. A. Lawrence Mary „X Dr. Martin Arockiasamy „X Dr. P. Balasubramanian „X Dr. R. Balasubramani Expert lecture and Panel Discussion on the following areas: „Ï Trends in research areas in LIS „Ï Choosing a research area „Ï Choosing a research title „Ï Research problem and Design „Ï Collecting literature on the topic ( full- text and abstract) „Ï Writing Literature Review „Ï Research Methodology „Ï Design of Instrument/Questionnaire „Ï Statistical Tools ( SPSS, Excel, etc) „Ï Analysis and Interpretation „Ï Findings, Future research and Conclusion „Ï References and how to cite reference „Ï Bibliography „Ï Citation Style „Ï Writing and presenting the report Participants can interaction with „Ï Research Guides „Ï Subject Experts „Ï Information Specialist „Ï IT experts „Ï Statistical Experts „Ï Technical Writers Target Audience M.Phil and Ph.D scholars, aspiring research students and working professionals No of participants: Restricted to 50 (on first-cum-first serve basis) Registration: Free For further information pl contact: Mr. A. Esakki esakki_svo(a)yahoo.co.in 9994223847 salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) Tirunelveli Chapter 27th March 2011 Sunday Programme Schedule 09.00 A.M ¡V 09.30 A.M Registration 09.30 A.M ¡V 10.30 A.M Inaugural Function Prayer Song Welcome Address Mr.A. Esakki, Treasurer, SLIS Tirunelveli chapter & Presidential Address ¡V ( SALIS Contributions ) Dr. S. Surianarayanan, President, SALIS SALIS future activities and programmes Dr. S. Muralidhar, General Secretary, SALIS Felicitations and Honoring the Retired Professionals and Ph.D Awardees 10.30 ¡V A.M. ¡V 01.00 P.M. Workshop on ¡¥All about doing Research¡¦ 10.00¡V A.M ¡V 11.15 A.M Expert Lectures on the theme of the workshop 11.15 ¡V A.M ¡V 11.30 A.M Tea Break 11.30 ¡V A.M - 01.00 A.M Panel Discussion and Interaction 01.00- P.M ¡V 02.00 P.M. Working lunch 02.00 P.M - 02.30 P.M New Office Bearer Nomination for Tirunelveli Chapter 02.30 P.M - 0.3.30 P.M 03.30 P.M ¡V 04.00 P.M Discussion on Future Role SALIS 04.00 P.M ¡V 04.15 P.M SALIS Membership Certificate Distribution 04.15 P.M - 04.20 P.M Vote of Tanks ¡V Dr. K.Vinitha 04.20 P.M Tea Break ------------------------------------------------------------ For further information pl contact: Mr. A. Esakki esakki_svo(a)yahoo.co.in 9994223847 salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in -------------------------------------------------- SALIS B2-Solai Apartment Mount-Poonamallee Road (opp.to.MGR Garden) Chennai - 600 116 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Ranganathan-Kaula Award - 2010
by Sunil Goria 13 Mar '11

13 Mar '11

Dear All, It is great pleasure to know that Dr. Dinesh K Gupta, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Library & Information Science, Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, Kota (Rajasthan) have been selected for prestigious Ranganathan-Kaula Award for the year 2010. Let us congratulate him on this achievement. This prestigious award is the result of his academic contribution, hard work and dedication to the library profession. Thanks to recognition of his contribution. With regards, Dr. Sunil Goria (Commonwealth Professional Fellow, Middlesex University, London, UK) Assistant Librarian GB Pant University of Agri. & Technology, Pantnagar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The last date for paper submission for NeGLIS-2011 extended
by zafar iqbal 12 Mar '11

12 Mar '11

Dear Professionals, As per the request from the professionals, the Last date for paper submission to National Seminar on “Next Generation Library and Information Services (NeGLIS-2011)”scheduled on April 2-3, 2011 organized by Maulana Azad Library (1960-2010) (as a part of its Golden Jubilee celebrations) in collaboration with Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh has been extended to March 19, 2011. The authors are requested to send their papers to neglis2011(a)gmail.com The registration is also open and aspirants may kindly register themselves to the seminar well in advance. For more information about the seminar, please visit www.amu.ac.in/seminar/neglis Thanks & Regards, Dr. Naushad Ali P.M Convener, NeGLIS 2011 Dept of Library and Information Science Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002 Tel: 0571 2700039, 3266444. E-mail: neglis2011(a)gmail.com, chairman.ls(a)amu.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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How to present Stock Verification report..
by silent listener 11 Mar '11

11 Mar '11

Dear Professionals, I am a beginer in LIS profession.Can you post your suggestions about how can we submit the Stock Verification report to the management.Sugest a standard format for the same. Thanking You JOSEPH ZACHARIA -- 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 Manas Samanta 11 Mar '11

11 Mar '11

Dear all If any library holds below mention article. please send me. It's urgent. Journal of Engineering Materials Technology, Vol.121(3),1999, pp.264-272. with regards Manas Samanta Technical Assistant NML. Jamshedpur -- 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 masood raza 11 Mar '11

11 Mar '11

Dear Professionals, if anybody has article titled WEB 2.0: Creating More Intelligent Web Applications in Digital Libraries by masood raza published in National Conference on Knowledge Management in the Globalized Era With regards Masood Raza Assistant Librarian Baddi University of Emerging Sciences & Technology Baddi (H.P)- 173 205 website: www.baddiuniv.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Assistant Librarian / Library Assistant
by Gurpreet singh 11 Mar '11

11 Mar '11

*Anna University of Technology, Chennai* CPT Campus , Taramani , Chennai – 600113 Applications are invited in the prescribed form for the following posts : - *Assistant / Junior Assistant / Steno Typist Grade-III / Typist / Record Clerk / Assistant/ Office Assistant / Driver / Laboratory Assistant (Civil) /Laboratory Assistant (Computer Science) / Data Entry Operator / Hardware Support Engineer/ System Network Engineer / Assistant Programmer / Pump Operator / Electrician / Wireman / Assistant Librarian / Library Assistant * *How to Apply* : candidates shall send application duly enclosing a Demand Draft for Rs.500/-.(Rs. 125/- for Tamilnadu SC/ST candidates) drawn in favour of “The Registrar, Anna University of Technology, Chennai” along with required enclosures to Registrar, Anna University of Technology, Chennai Central Polytechnic Campus, Tharamani, Chennai – 600113 on or before * 05/04/2011*. Please view http://www.annatech.ac.in/pdf/adv.pdf for details and application form. -- *Gurpreet Singh Libraries' In-Charge CT Group of Institutions Vill - Shahpur, P.O. - Udopur Via Jamsher Khas Jalandhar-144020 Punjab (India) (M) 09463356609 Phone No.* +91-181-2995967/68 +91-181-5055125/26/27 Ext Library 219 ** email:- gpslibrarian(a)gmail.com ** ctlibrarian(a)gmail.com* *http://www.ctgroup.in http://ctiemtlibrary.blogspot.com http://lispp.blogspot.com * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article
by Bindu 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

Dear Friends, Good morning! I am happy to share the following link with you, as my article got published in March issue of The Smarttechie, India magazine of Silicon India. http://www.thesmarttechie.com/magazine_articles/Intellectual_Property_Protec tion_Why_it_is_Important_id_HVRV58706485_2011.html Have good day! Best regards, Bindu Sharma Origiin IP Solutions LLP [Intellectual Property Rights] Bangalore Phone: +919845693459, +919880213204 Website: www.origiin.com Linkedin Profile: http://in.linkedin.com/in/bindusharma Email: bindu(a)origiin.com, origiin2010(a)gmail.com 1. Download complimentary HANDBOOK on IPR from www.origiin.com 2. Blog: http://origiinipae.blogspot.com 3. Special blog for children, they can EARN WHILE LEARN: http://origiin-youngworld.blogspot.com Without patents, the future of your business may be owned by someone else -- 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 Dr.D.P Prathap 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

dear colleagues if anybody has access to the following article, please provide: J of Environment Monitoring and Assessment 2000, V.64, pp.467-75 Title: Attenution of gaseous by green belts / khan and appasi Thanking you Yours Sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical Officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute coimbatore, m:99944-61172 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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A French touch to Gokarna's oldest library
by madhuresh.singhal 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

Dear All, Please see the news below. A French tourist is helping to save a library with a rare collection. I did a further research after reading this news and found a website exist giving the details about the collection and project. See http://www.pandratacircle.com/. I feel this could be a very useful library for Sanskrit scholars. Probably our Library Associations can help them in making this project successful. A French touch to Gokarna's oldest library TIMES NEWS NETWORK Karwar: Study Circle, the oldest library in Gokarna in Uttara Kannada district, is being renovated with the help of a foreign tourist. The library, which is home to a collection of rare and valuable books, had fallen into a state of disrepair without proper management. Elias Tabet, a French tourist, has now joined hands with the owner to revive the library. Tabet has been a regular visitor to Gokarna for the past 10 years. Five years ago, he stumbled upon the library when he visited G M Vedeshwar's home, and was surprised by the rare books he found there. He then promised to help Vedeshwar renovate the library. Tabet, with the support of other French tourists, formed Pandrata Circle, an organization to garner help and donations for the library's restoration. He prepared a detailed note about the collection of books in the library and circulated it among book lovers in France. He has collected donations from French companies and individuals, apart from 5,000 euros from the French embassy. The library owned by 82- year-old Vedeshwar has more than 4,000 rare Sanskrit books. The collection includes volumes of Sanskrit literature, philosophy, mythology, the Vedas, and more than 100 writings on palmyra leaves which are over 600 years old. Halegannada and Hosagannada, both published in Bombay about 175 years ago, are part of the valuable collection. The Samhita, Bramhana, Aranyaka, Rig Veda and Sihina, published in Sanskrit by the Maharaja of Mysore can also be found here. Apart from these, the library boasts of an impressive collection of books in Marathi, French, Hindi, German and 38 other languages. Tabet has decided to convert the collection into an online library first. Source: Times of India, Bangalore, 07th March 2011, page 7 Regards Madhuresh Singhal Manager - Knowledge Services Advinus Therapeutics Ltd 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 28394959 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/ Visit us at ToxExpo, 6-10 March 2011 in Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C., Booth# 1228 ************************************************************************************************* This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC NET 2010 Question Papers
by murulieps＠excelindia.com 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

Dearl Professionals, I urgently require the Lbrary and Informlation Science Question Papers of UGC NET (2010 June and December). If anybody has them please send me. Thanks and regards Muruli Librarian Excel Public School Mysore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article need
by Mahesh.. brp? 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

Dear Sir, One of my faculty need this article for his research work, if you have access send me this article. Application of artificial intelligence for the determination of package parameters for a desired solder joint fatigue life doi: 10.1108/13565360610659707 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13565360610659707> -- *With Warm & Regards* ** *Mahesh. Y* *Assistant Librarian KS Group of Instituation Mallasandra Bangalore-62* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC to rethink ban on distance PhD
by Mailing List Admin 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

From: sambhaji patil <sambhajipatil07(a)gmail.com> The University Grants Commission (UGC) will now seek legal opinion on its two-year-old ban on MPhil and PhD courses through distance learning. The decision came after universities have claimed that such a ban is hampering their autonomy. The commission discussed the matter at its last meeting on February 3, 2011 and decided to seek legal opinion on whether its regulations can override powers conferred on the universities by their acts to offer such courses, a source said. The UGC came out with a rule in 2009— the Minimum Standards and Procedure for Awards of MPhil/PhD Degree Regulation — that states research courses in the distant mode were of poor quality. The regulations have put a question mark on the future of nearly 10,000 students pursing such courses through universities across the country and the degrees that they will eventually get. Even those who have got such degrees since the regulations were issued face uncertainty. In order to protest the rule Open University IGNOU and evn regular universities have argued that their respective laws, passed by Parliament or the state legislatures, allowed them to offer such courses. Although there are institutions like IGNOU which are not following the bar, “The UGC regulations do not apply to us as we have been allowed to offer such courses under our act. That is why we did not stop our PhD and MPhil programmes,” vice-chancellor Rajasekharan Pillai said. Justifying the ban, R.K. Chauhan, a former UGC Secretary said, “The quality of research programmes like PhD and MPhil is poor in the distant-learning mode. Large numbers of students pursued such courses, which were treated equivalent to the National Eligibility Test (NET) held to appoint lecturers.” Chauhan contrasted the distance-learning programmes with the relatively tougher UGC rules that apply to the regular PhD and MPhil courses, under which students are to be given admission through an entrance test and must do a course before start working on their thesis. But Ignou vice-chancellor Pillai claimed the UGC had no authority to debar universities from offering any course. “Our university is an autonomous organisation under the IGNOU Act and is allowed to offer MPhil and PhD courses. We have been offering such courses since the 1990s. How can the UGC take away that power?” Officials of the central varsity have met a UGC panel and demanded that the ban be lifted. Pillai said IGNOU’s MPhil and PhD were more rigorous programmes. Students have to do a course work and get their research published in a varsity-prescribed journal. But A.N. Mishra, president of the Federation of the Central University Teachers’ Association, argued that as the statutory body regulating higher education, the UGC could set standards to maintain quality in research programmes. [Source: The Telegraph<http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110303/jsp/nation/story_13661256.jsp#> ] Please see website:- http://www.indiaeducationreview.com/news/ugc-rethink-over-ban-distance-phd From Sambhaji Patil Librarian MET's Institute of Engineering, Bhujbal Knowledge City, Adgaon, Nashik-3 Maharashtra 09420691868

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MACP for Librarians
by RK_Panda 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

Dear Professional, I wish to know some information from the government librarians coming under 6th pay commission. Whethere the librarians are coming under sixth pay commission MACP for 10/20/30 years policy ? if the answer is yes, kindly let me know the govt. office / organisation implemented it. Because KVS has implemented this scheme only for non-academic (non-teaching) staffs & the KVS librarians post do not comes under their defination. so as we people are devoid of this facility. Thanks -- Mr.R.K.Panda Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya Gopalpur Military Station Odisha-7610052, India http://librarykvgopalpurms.wordpress.com Mob: 9861534316 -- 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] KOHA Implementation @ University of Mysore
by Vimal Kumar 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

Dear Friends, Adoption of Koha ILS in Mysore University and British Libraries in India is a good move. I hope that, this initiatives inspire other libraries to use Koha. Many libraries not automated yet due to lack of money to buy a proprietary software. Koha now is in mature stage to use in Indian libraries. Lack of awareness and training are the main barrier. A general perception rooted among librarians is that Open Source softwares are not user friendly and difficult to learn. Its true, many librarians got bitter experiences while try to install Koha. Now scene is changed lot, Koha Live CD is available for download. Koha is ready to use after installing the live CD. No need to install Koha after Linux installation. Here are the Koha Live CD/DVD link, http://kohalivecd.mizstik.com/p/koha-live-cd.html http://sourceforge.net/projects/kohalivedvd/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/liblivecd/ http://www.osslabs.biz/koha/livecd Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.co.nr Blog: http://vimalkumar.oksociety.in http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White My profiles: [image: Delicious] <http://www.delicious.com/vimal0212> [image: SlideShare] <http://www.slideshare.net/vimal0212> [image: Flickr]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/vimal0212/> [image: Facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/home.php#%21/profile.php?id=512044127> [image: Twitter] <http://twitter.com/vimal0212>Latest tweet: Currently Browsing: http://is.gd/rB9XhG Follow @vimal0212 <http://twitter.com/vimal0212> <http://twitter.com/?status=@vimal0212%20&in_reply_to_status_id=446732401567…> Reply<http://twitter.com/?status=@vimal0212%20&in_reply_to_status_id=446732401567…> <http://twitter.com/?status=RT%20%40vimal0212%3A%20Currently%20Browsing%3A%2…> Retweet<http://twitter.com/?status=RT%20%40vimal0212%3A%20Currently%20Browsing%3A%2…> 13:48 Mar-07 <http://twitter.com/vimal0212/statuses/44673240156741630> Get this email app! <http://www.wisestamp.com/apps/twitter?utm_source=extension&utm_medium=email…> Signature powered by <http://www.wisestamp.com/email-install?utm_source=extension&utm_medium=emai…> WiseStamp<http://www.wisestamp.com/email-install?utm_source=extension&utm_medium=emai…> -- 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 Mamtha's Gmail 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

Dear Friends, Kindly provide full-text of following articles, if available in your library. 1. Effect of retinal blur on the peak latency of the pattern evoked potential. Sokol S, Moskowitz A * Vision Research (1981) ; 21 (8) :1279–86.* 2. Voluntary changes of visual evoked potentials in cases with hysteria and/or simulation [in Spanish]. Manresa MJ, Bonaventura I, Martinez I, et al. * Revista de Neurologica (1996) ;24 (127) :285– 6.* Thanking You. Best wishes Mamtha Pk Central Library Yenepoya University Deralakatte Reply Forward -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Doctorate annulled for plagiarism
by Mangesh J Ghodke 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

Doctorate annulled for plagiarism By: B V Shiva Shankar Date: 2011-03-08 Former member of academic council plans to appeal to the government to initiate criminal action against guide and student who prepared the thesis In a first ever, the High Court has ordered annulment of a PhD awarded for a doctoral thesis on grounds of plagiarism. Hearing a PIL, a two-member bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice J S Kehar, and Justice A S Boppanna ordered annulling the resolution of the Bangalore University Syndicate for awarding a PhD for a thesis submitted by Venkataramanappa in 2003. It's a steal: Apart from content, pictures were used from books penned by Mylarappa's in Venkataramanappa's thesis MiD DAY had earlier carried a series of reports exposing the plagiarism along with copies of pages of the thesis, which were verbatim copy of the books Gramina Baduku and Krishi Karmikaru authored by B C Mylarappa. Content, apart from pictures were used in the thesis submitted by Venkataramanappa. Following the PhD being awarded to Venkataraman-appa, L Vasudeva Murthy, then member of the academic council, petitioned Governor T N Chaturvedi to cancel the plagiarised thesis. In 2007, Chaturvedi constituted an enquiry committee that confirmed that the content was indeed plagiarised. However, the government did not act on the governor's directions to annul the thesis, following which Murthy moved the High Court with the PIL. "It is a victory and truth prevailed after a long drawn out legal battle. I am happy that the court upheld my objections," said Murthy. Mylarappa, whose books were plagiarized, had allegedly allowed Venkataramanappa to use content from his books, since in order to be eligible for professorship as per the rules, he had to be guided by a PhD. Murthy added that he would appeal to the government to initiate criminal action against Mylarappa and Venkataramanappa, as according to the court this was a case of fraud. While Mylarappa declined to comment on the issue, Venkataramanappa remained unavailable for comment. http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/mar/080311-News-Bangalore-academic-council… Mangesh Ghodke Sr. Librarian, L&T Infotech Ltd., Mumbai. Tel.: 022-67953011 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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GOC RATES
by Elan Ramesh 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

Dear Muruli you may go through the link below for Conversion rates purpose http://www.dsbpa.in/gocrates.php With regards. E.Ramesh Librarian www.mrcet.ac.in INFOSHARE 2011 AWARD WINNER(ASIS&T-USA) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography 2010/Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography 2010
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

Digital Scholarship has released the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography 2010. This 466-page book presents over 3,800 selected English-language articles, books, and other textual sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. It covers digital copyright, digital libraries, digital preservation, digital rights management, digital repositories, economic issues, electronic books and texts, electronic serials, license agreements, metadata, publisher issues, open access, and other related topics. Most sources have been published from 1990 through 2010. Many references have links to freely available copies of included works. The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography 2010 is available as an open access PDF file and a low-cost paperback. All versions of the bibliography are available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. http://digital-scholarship.org/sepb/annual/sepb2010.htm Digital Scholarship has also released the Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography 2010. This 80-page book presents over 500 English-language articles, books, and technical reports that are useful in understanding digital curation and preservation. This selective bibliography covers digital curation and preservation copyright issues, digital formats (e.g., data, media, and e-journals), metadata, models and policies, national and international efforts, projects and institutional implementations, research studies, services, strategies, and digital repository concerns. Most sources have been published from 2000 through 2010; however, a limited number of key sources published prior to 2000 are also included. Many references have links to freely available copies of included works. The Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography 2010 is available as an open access PDF file and as a low-cost paperback. All versions of the bibliography are available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. http://digital-scholarship.org/dcpb/dcpb2010.htm For further information about Digital Scholarship publications, see the "Digital Scholarship Publications Overview" and "Reviews of Digital Scholarship Publications." http://digital-scholarship.org/about/overview.htm http://digital-scholarship.org/announce/reviews.htm Translate (oversatta, oversette, prelozit, traducir, traduire, tradurre, traduzir, or ubersetzen): http://digital-scholarship.org/announce/dcpb2010_en.htm http://digital-scholarship.org/announce/sepb2010_en.htm -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Publisher, Digital Scholarship http://digital-scholarship.org/cwb/cwbaileyprofile.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for the post of Deputy Librarian
by sushanta kumar pathy 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

Dear Professional (s),Please refer the link below for vacancy for the post of "Deputy Librarian" at IIT Bhubaneswar.http://www.iitbbs.ac.in/jobs-iitbbs.phpRgds,Sushanta Kumar PathyCentral Library,Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), BhubaneswarSamantapuri (Rear-side of Hotel Swosti Plaza)Bhubaneswar- 751013, ODISHAEmail: spathy@iitbbs.ac.inOffice:0674-2306292 (D)www.iitbbs.ac.inwww.iitbbs.gov.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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What LIS Student Should Know
by srinivas rao 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

What LIS Student Should Know? Every year, a group of students joins the universities on their way to becoming librarians and information professionals. Each group is full of energy and ideas, and ready to take on the world. Each student believes in the power of information, even before they fully realize the power that information holds. Every person is willing to make sacrifices in order to reach his/her goal. While the wide-eyed "this is awesome" attitude remains during the semester, it often becomes tempered as students attend to the details of their classes and their lives as graduate students. The end of the semester is in sight, but there is so much to do before then! 1. You have selected a noble professional, no matter what name you use to describe it. Every organization and person needs help locating and using information, and you are becoming poised to assist them. You can help them with its organization and retrieval. You can help with its interpretation and dissemination. You can work to ensure that information is available to those who need it, no matter who the person is or where the person is located. 2. Yes, what we call ourselves is in flux. We do seem to be hung-up on labels, which is unfortunate. What really matters are the knowledge and skills that we have. Your knowledge and skills will open doors for you, and land you in positions that you might not have imagined when you first said, "I want to be a librarian." 3. Your coursework won't teach you everything you need to know. While you will learn a tremendous amount during your coursework, LIS programs are not apprenticeships and we're not like medical schools where students do full-fledged residencies as part of their programs. You will learn theory and introduce you to practice they will give you opportunities to learn and to dive into your practice through specific assignments and your internship. 4. Every information professional you meet during your graduate program is a person who can connect you to a job. It doesn't matter if you see the person in the classroom, at a conference, or on a library tour...that person has connections that could help you, if only you asked. mmm...and there is the problem...you have to engage the person in order to ask about opportunities. I know that it isn't easy talking to strangers, but you’re joining a profession that likes to share information and be helpful (those really are our traits), so just start with "hi" and let a conversation start. Remember to exchange contact information and then, when you're comfortable, ask about the opportunities that person sees on the horizon. 5. Your reputation, CV/Resume and portfolio matter. I believe in having a portfolio of work that you can share with a prospective employer, as well as your resume/CV. Many people are creating their portfolios online and including in them samples of their work (e.g., papers and presentations). Keep in mind that your portfolio doesn't need to be fancy; it just needs to be a good representation of you. Placing this information online -- either on a web site, in a blog, or in LinkedIn (perhaps with a connection to SlideShare) -- allows you to present what you want people to know about you and your work. It also makes you more findable. Someone searching on a topic of interest may stumble upon something you have and then be interested in you as a professional. And - yes - you want to be findable. As you think about your resume and portfolio, also think about your reputation. According to a Microsoft survey of more than 1,200 hiring managers in December 2009, 79% of companies and recruiters reviewed online information about job applicants and 70% had actually rejected candidates based on what they found. - Information Today, Nov. 2010, p. 1 Take time to clean up that information that is online about you in Facebook and other social networking site. Review the photos that you're in and make sure that they reflect the you that an employer would like to hire. And check your profiles - even in places like Twitter - to ensure that they say what you truly want to communicate. 6. Don't lose out on a job opportunity because you either were not findable or what was found wasn't deemed professional. Use all of the resources that are available to you. I suspect that you haven't explored all of the resources that are available to you on campus that will help you prepare to find a job as well as ensure that you're prepared for that job. Have you stopped into Career Services? Have you done mock interviews? Have you check out other resources that have been mentioned on syllabi, in classes or during orientation? Odds are that you haven't and that's a shame. Those resources are there to help you (and you've paid for them), so you should be using them. There are also resources on campus to help you when you’re stressed or when your world seems to be crashing around you. If you need them, please - please - please use them. If you don't know what those resources might be, please ask. Yes, there are also fun resources on campus. We tend to get caught up in all the work that needs to be done and forget that relaxation is important. So do schedule time to walk through a building that you think is interesting or to check out an art exhibit. Those few moments will help to refuel you. 7. Ingest more content about the profession. That includes reading blogs as well as the professional literature, watching videos and presentations, and listening to podcasts. You might start with: Information Today (magazine)Searcher (magazine)EContent (magazine)Library Journal (magazine) LibPunk Radio (podcast)Adventures in Library Instruction (podcast)T is for Training (podcast)Free Range Librarian (blog) Tennant: Digital Libraries (blog)Book of Trogool (blog)David Lee King (blog)Walking Papers (blog) Of course, these are a few of hundreds of resources available to you! So explore and find those that challenge your thinking as well as inform you. Develop an informed opinion about the profession and what we do (or should be doing). If you haven't joined a professional association, forum do so and then read its discussion lists, blogs, and journals as well as attend its meetings. Srinivasa Rao Ganta Librarian Bharat Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad Mobile9666656116 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Destruction in Egypt
by Prof. Juran Krishna Sarkhel 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

Dear Modrator, Please post the following message: Let's show the world that libraries have a heart and can unite to help the Egyptian people rebuild their public libraries. Two public libraries in Cairo, Egypt were senselessly destroyed this February by vandals who stole and burned the contents and left the two libraries in ruins. Queens Library has a formal partnership with the Integrated Care Society which operates the network of public libraries in Cairo. Library professionals of Egypt are rallying cry to libraries and library lovers globally to help the Egyptian friends rebuild and reopen as soon as possible. Together, the millions of people who support libraries worldwide can help reopen the doors to the information and opportunities that libraries provide to the people of Cairo. Please create and promote a link on your library's home page to the URL below so the people you serve have an opportunity to donate, if they so choose. Please do all you can do to promote this effort. http://www.queenslibrary.org/ext/cairo/index.htm The destruction of a public library is a blow felt by all - promoting this link on library home pages worldwide can make a difference by providing an opportunity for the people in our cities, towns, and villages to help. Thank you. Dr. J. K. Sarkhel Professor of Library & Information Science & Director, Directorate of Open and Distance Learning University of Kalyani Kalyani-741235 West Bengal; India Mobile: 09433175705 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KOHA Implementation @ University of Mysore
by Nagana Goudar 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

Dear Professionals, After an extensive survey and analysis, an Expert Committee consisting of senior library professionals and teaching faculty of University of Mysore recommended the adoption of KOHA, an open source integrated library management system for automating libraries under University of Mysore including Main Library and libraries of Constituent Colleges (5), Institutions (13), PG Centers (3) and Departments (37). Our earlier attempts (before 2003) of automating our libraries using ILMSs like Libsys, TLMS and SLIM were discontinued with little OPAC work done due to various reasons. However, now we have migrated the bibliographic records created as a result of earlier attempts into a newly adopted system KOHA. Why KOHA? KOHA is selected based on the following key considerations: 1) Features / Capabilities: - KOHA’s cataloging, OPAC and circulation modules are of superior quality to alternativesavailable, both commercial and open access ones; - Acquisition and Serials control modules are adequate for our requirement at this time. We expect these modules to improve in the next version of KOHA 3.4 especially in the context of Indian libraries in the coming months due to extensive ongoing developmental work going on both sponsored and through strong KOHA community members (130) world over; - KOHA is MARC 21, SIP2, UTF-8 compliant and fully web based; - Moving context based “browse shelf” facility helps us to know books on both sides of selected books on the concerned shelf; - OPAC searching automatically picks up Google books concerned based on ISBN number with a facility to see related books, many a times with a full text availability; - KOHA supports integration of barcode and RFID integration/ implementation; - Web 2.0 and Lib 2.0applications 2) Adoption of KOHA in India: - Good number of libraries including few university libraries have already adopted KOHA; - KOHA has become very popular in Kerala; - Some libraries using other ILMSs have already switched to KOHA and some are in the pipeline; - British Council librariesin India and Sri Lanka, who were using Libsys are in the process of switching over to KOHA soon. - DRTC has taken appropriate steps towards popularizing KOHA 3) Upfront and ongoing cost: All software including operating system (Linux) and database server (MySQL) are open source irrespective of number of libraries, records, OPACs etc. Continuity of KOHA as open source is ensured. 4) No risks involved: KOHA being open source software we are not tied up with any software vendor and thereby we have freedom to choose /change any service vendor any time. 5) KOHA implementation at UoM: - KOHA is already installed and configured on Linux operating system; - Migration of existing record to KOHA is completed; - Creation of new OPAC records is in full swing; - We have trained more than 30 staff for database creation and all housekeeping modules; - Few staff members have been trained for Linux administration; - Still we need to implement circulation module; 6) Model we have adopted: - Createsingle database of estimated 11 lakhs bibliographic records of books available in above mentioned 56 libraries; - Distributed housekeeping and data entry activities at all institutions / colleges; - Search single or all libraries at one go; - Unique accession number for each document irrespective library holding it; - Unique patron number for different level of faculty, research scholars and students irrespective institution/college; - Plan to introduce master membership cardwith eligibility to borrow documents from any library under UoM; 7) Vendor for implementation and support work: - Nucsoft OSS Labs, Bangalorehave supported us in this venture; - They have strong team of more than 11 staff for serving their customers; - Apart from installation, configuration and maintenance, they have successfully migrated the old records originated from ILMSs mentioned above; - Our experience with OSS Labs is very goodwith ensured service in shortest possible time. 8) Database on third party cloud computing platform: - OSS Lab people have arranged hosting our database in cloud computing environment with Amazon’s elastic cloud computing platform with 99.95% availability, 99.9999% data durability, information security based on ISO 27000 standards, scalability and flexibility. 9) Future planning: - Networking of all library OPACs of affiliated colleges under University of Mysore; - Development of KOHA Community in India (in fact many libraries in Kerala have already adopted KOHA as well in other states facilitating formation of KOHA community); - We expect our staff to do documentation, testing and even some software development. 10) General comments: - Taking into account of the least cost involved only for implementation and maintenance, KOHA is the best option for different kind of libraries including academic, special and public libraries of all sizes; - We need to have more number of training programs on KOHA; - Some of the LIS Departments have already added KOHA in their syllabus, others need to follow; - Our users are very happy with performance of KOHA in all angles. Our OPAC is available at URL: http://libcat.mysore-univ.org All our library staff have been giving their best for realizing the long pending library automation and modernization program. Our Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor Prof. V.G. Talawar has given all the necessary support and encouragement in our endeavour. I appreciate in getting your feedback. I shall be glad to answer any related questions. Dr. IRN Goudar Visiting Professor and Library Advisor Mysore University Library Mobile: 919611165781 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KELPRO Bulletin Student Paper Contest
by Surendran Cherukodan 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

kelpro bulletin (issn 0975-4911) a bi-nnual journal in Library & Information Science Published by kerala library professionals’ organization Since 1997, through 14 volumes, kelpro Bulletin has been a leader among scholarly journals in Library & Information Science in India. As part of its strategy to encourage budding LIS professionals kelpro Bulletin is announcing a call for “Best Student Paper of 2011”. This competition supports kelpro Bulletin’s goal of publishing the best articles from the next generation of Library and Information Science professionals. We are proud to recognize the best papers with special awards. The main objective of this awards are: To encourage lis students to present research papers addressing, the current trends in Library and information Science; To encourage the students to understand and participate in professional activities and there by promote communication, co-operation and unity among the library professionals. Participants Students include Post-graduate, M.Phil and Research Scholars in lis, below the age of 40 years are invited to submit high quality research papers to this competition. Single author/joint author (Maximum 2 authors) paper are invited. Theme of the Paper The theme is “Open Source Software in LIS field”. Research paper should address the significant issues facing todays Librarians, Information Scientists and Faculty members on the above topic. Case studies, best practices and pure research papers are welcome. Length of the paper should be in the range of 4000-6000 words. Language: English. Abstract should be given in not exceeding 200 words. Bibliographical references should be given on author date system. For more details see Instructions to contributors in kelpro Bulletin. Paper should be submitted in CD format done in MS word together with a printed copy. The paper should be submitted on or before 15th July 2011. Selection of the paper An expert committee constituted by Kelpro will select the best papers for awards. Paper will be judged on the basis of ± Originality of thought and observation. ± Depth of research and scholarship. ± Topicality of the problem addressed ± Quality of ideas, research methods, results or argument ± Quality of writing and referencing ± The decision of the expert committee will be final in this regard. Awards Three prizes will be given in this competition of the Best Student Paper-2011 First Prize - The author of the Best Student Paper will be honoured with a cash prize of Rs. 5,000/-, a Certificate of Merit and free subscription of kelpro Bulletin for 2 yesrs. Second & Third Prize - The author of the second & third Best Student paper will be given a Certificate of Merit and free subscription of kelpro Bulletin for 2 years. (In case joint author paper winning the award, the prize money will be shared equally). The award wining papers and few selected papers will be published in the Special issue of kelpro Bulletin December 2011. Submission of the Paper: Manuscript should be send to Dr. S. Humayoon Kabir Editor, kelpro Bulletin, Dept. of Library and Information Science, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 034, Kerala. Or Sri. R. Rajendran Pillai, Managing Editor, kelpro, Post Box No. 5543, Kerala University P.O., Trivandrum - 695 034, Kerala. Electronic Submission to: humayoonkabirs(a)gmail.com. The paper should be attached with the following 1. A certificate showing the details of enrolment of the student from the Head of the 2. Proof of Date of Birth of the Student (attested true copy). 3. Declaration stating that the paper is an original work of mine and has not been published in any journal book or presented in any seminar/conference. Regards Surendran Cherukodan Junior Librarian School of Engineering Cochin University of Science and Technology Cochin-682022 Kerala. India Mob. 09447579411 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Participation: DiversiWeb2011 -- First International Workshop on Knowledge Diversity on the Web
by Dimple Patel 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

******** Apologies for multiple postings *********** Please forward to interested parties and relevant listservs *********************************************************** Dear Colleagues We welcome your participation to the WWW2011 DiversiWeb Workshop. Kindly see below for details. Best Regards -- Devika Madalli, DRTC/ISIBC Co-Chair, DiversiWeb 2011 *************************************************************** ******** Call for Participation for DiversiWeb 2011 *********** *************************************************************** First International Workshop on Knowledge Diversity on the Web Workshop at WWW 2011, Hyderabad, India, March 28 or 29 (TBD), 2011 Supported by the EU FP7 projects RENDER and Living Knowledge == Organization committee == * Elena Simperl, AIFB, KIT, Germany * Devika P. Madalli, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India * Denny Vrandecic, AIFB, KIT, Germany * Enrique Alfonseca, Google Zurich, Switzerland Website: ========= http://render-project.eu/diversiweb-2011/ Almost 20 years after its introduction, the Web provides a platform for the publication, use and exchange of information, at planetary scale, on virtually every topic, and representing an amazing diversity of opinions, viewpoints, mindsets and backgrounds. The success of the Web can be attributed to several factors, most notably to its principled scalable design, but also to a number of subsequent ICT developments such as smart user-generated content, mobile devices, and most recently cloud computing. The first two of these have dramatically lowered the last barriers of entry when it comes to producing and consuming information online, leading to an unprecedented growth and mass collaboration. They are responsible for hundreds of millions of users all over the globe creating high-quality encyclopedias, publishing Terabytes of multimedia content, contributing to world-class software, and lively taking part in defining the agenda of many aspects of our society by raising their voices, and publicly expressing and sharing their ideas, viewpoints, and resources. The other side of the coin in this unique success story is, nevertheless, the great challenges associated with managing the sheer amounts of information continuously being published online, whilst allowing for purposeful use, and leveraging the diversity inherently unfolding through global-scale collaboration. In this context, diversity includes different opinions, sentiments, preferences, or worldviews that are reflected in the way information is expressed on the Web. These challenges are still to be solved at many levels, from the infrastructure to store and access the information, through the methods and techniques to make sense out of it, to the paradigms underlying the processes of Web-based information provision and consumption. As an example, when searching for blog posts, state-of-the-art technology – be that popularity-based algorithms, recommendation engines or collaborative filters – tends to return either the most popular posts, or those which correspond with a personal profile and therefore with the known opinions and tastes of the reader. Alternative points of view, and new unexpected content, are not taken into account as they are not highly ranked, and posts expressing different opinions are sometimes even discarded. This behavior has particularly negative consequences when dealing with information that is expected and intended to be subject to diverse opinion – as is the case with news reports, ratings of products or media content, customer reviews, or any other type of subjective assessment. The same negative effects apply in a community-driven environment that is designed for collaboration – the most obvious example here being Wikipedia and the blogosphere. The information diversity exposed in such an environment, impressive both with respect to scale and the richness of opinions and viewpoints expressed, cannot be handled without adequate computer support in an economically feasible manner. In the long run, maintaining the current state-of-affairs will change the ways and the extent to which people are informed (or not) on a particular topic, tremendously influencing how they look into that topic, what they find about it and what they think about it. On top of all this, it is meanwhile acknowledged that the current state of affairs hampers true collaboration. Wikipedia is a tremendous success, but it is also a largely meritocratic system with a decreasing number of active contributors, whereas the blogosphere has to deal with the limited attention of the blog authors. What is needed are novel concepts, methods and tools that allow humans and machines to leverage the huge amounts of information created by a community, based on interaction models that support expressing, communicating and reasoning about divergent models simultaneously. This would not only enhance true collaboration, but would also significantly improve various aspects of the information management life cycle, thus addressing information overload in sectors which rely on opinions-driven information sources and mass participation – news, ratings, reviews, and social and information sharing portals of any kind. == Goal of the workshop == The overall aim of this workshop is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss their ideas related to the challenges posed by diversity on the Web. We aim to address a wide array of interdisciplinary questions, which need to be tackled in order to preserve the fragile balance between a world that is continually converging and growing together, the rich diversity of the global society, and the dangers of fragmentation and splintering. This includes but is not limited to questions such as ‘How to model diversity?’, ‘How to discover bias and opinion in blog posts, tweets, forum items, wiki edits, etc.?’, ‘How to rank, aggregate, summarize, and exploit information in a diversity-aware manner?’, ‘What are the applications of diversity-rich information sources?’, ‘How can we use diversity as an asset instead of regarding it as a barrier?’. Topics of the workshop include, but are not limited to: ======================================================= * Risks and advantages of diversity and diversification on the Web * Facets of knowledge diversity and conceptual and formal models for representing and understanding diversity * Discovery and mining of corpora for diversity-related information * Use of Natural Language Processing techniques for diversity mining * Classifying Web 2.0 content items such as blog posts, videos, tweets, and wiki-edits by their biases * Usage and benefits of diversity in the corporate context, e.g. in order to understand feedback and communication with the customer * Enabling or improving communication and collaboration over barriers induced by diversity * Extensions to Web applications taking diversity into account * Exposing and explaining diversity to end users * User experiences avoiding the radicalization of groups by exposing them to alternatives * User interfaces allowing the explicit annotation of content with diversity markers * Studies on the acceptance by end-users of diversified applications. == Organization committee == * Elena Simperl, AIFB, KIT, Germany * Devika P. Madalli, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India * Denny Vrandecic, AIFB, KIT, Germany * Enrique Alfonseca, Google Zurich, Switzerland Contact us at <diversiweb(a)lists.kit.edu> -- Dr.Devika P. Madalli Associate Professor Documentation Research and Training Center (DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 560059 Karnataka, INDIA Phone: +91-80-28483002 /3/4/5/6 Extsn 497 or 490 Fax:+91-80-28482711 Email: devika(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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Missed ICLAM 2011? View ppts of renowned speakers in Slideshare!
by nandini dutta 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

Dear Friends, For all those who could not and also those who could attend the international conference ICLAM 2011, here is an opportunity ! Relive the excitement of all the three-days of ICLAM 2011 conference from February 15 to 17, 2011 at the India International Centre, New Delhi through the Slideshare and Flickr. We have begun uploading selective presentations of renowned national and international speakers to the Slideshare. Please refer to : http://www.slideshare.net/event/international-conference-on-the-convergence… Keep watching, more ppts will be added .....Also check for photos in Flickr ! A golden chance to witness the truly historical event -- ICLAM 2011 was the first international conference in India that promoted the convergence of Libraries, Archives and Museums ! We believe in resource sharing. Happy viewing ! Nandini Dutta -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Conversion of Pounds and Dollars
by murulieps＠excelindia.com 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

Dear Professionals, Please help me with the conversion of Dollars and Pounds into Indian Rupees. In different websites it shows different values. If you provide me with some website addresses that is reliable and gives the updated information that would be a great help. Thanking your in anticipation. Muruli Librarian Excel Public School Mysore 97421 33755 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ASIS&T Bulletin February/March
by Dabas Bharat K 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

-- On Thu, 3/3/11, ramesh e <librarymrcet(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: ramesh e <librarymrcet(a)gmail.com> Subject: [MLOSC.12727] ASIS&T Bulletin February/March To: iala(a)googlegroups.com Cc: mlosc(a)googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, March 3, 2011, 11:00 PM For more information, please visit the bulletin February/March of ASIS&T. http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-11/Bulletin_FebMar11_Final.pdf Since 1937, the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) has been the society for information professionals leading the search for new and better theories, techniques, and technologies to improve access to information. ASIS&T counts among its membership some 4,000 information specialists from such fields as computer science, linguistics, management, librarianship, engineering, law, medicine, chemistry, and education; individuals who share a common interest in improving the ways society stores, retrieves, analyzes, manages, archives and disseminates information, coming together for mutual benefit. Purpose The Society seeks to stimulate participation and interaction among its members by affording them an environment for substantive professional exchange. It encourages and supports personal and professional growth through opportunities for members to extend their knowledge and skills, develop and use professional networks, pursue career development goals and assume leadership roles in the Society and in the information community. ASIS&T increases the influence of information professionals among decision-makers by focusing attention on the importance of information as a vital resource in a high-technology age and promotes informed policy on national and international information issues by contributing to the formation of those policies. It supports the advancement of the state-of-the art and practice by taking a leadership position in the advocacy of research and development in basic and applied information science. http://www.asis.org/about.html Regards, ELAGANDULA RAMESH Librarian, www.mrcet.ac.in ASIS&T Info-Share 2011 membership awardee 9951365011 Bharat Kumar Assistant Librarian Management Development Institute Gurgaon - 122007, Haryana, India Phone No - (M) +91-9968456404 (O) +91-124-4560390 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Computerization of Library
by murulieps＠excelindia.com 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

Dear Professionals, As I am taking initiative to computerize my library I am in need of information about how to get in touch with the library software vendor and other issues related to training and follow up. However, I am not aware of any such institutions/agencies that prvode service regard to the same. Alternatively, I have come accross a number of open source softwares such as KOHA, GREEN STONE etc. But I am finding it difficult to download the software and proceed further process as I am not technically sound enough. How do I go ahead with it? Can a freely available software be helpful to my situation? Please advice and educate me on the same. If you provide contact information of such Agencies which are locally available (Bangalore/Mysore), that would be a great help. I look forward with anticipation. Muruli Librarian Excel Public School Mysore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Now, NET certificates at your fingertips
by Irshad Ahmed 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

Dear professionals Good news for students opting for NET exam. Now you need not to wait for NET certificates for months. click on the link below to read more http://www.deccanherald.com/content/142901/now-net-certificates-your-finger… Irshad Ahmed Information Assitant Deccan Herald Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Indian scientist is Top1 in in the field of Microbiology
by srinivas rao 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

Indian scientist is Top1 in in the field of Microbiology thomson Reuters ranked Dr. G. Balakrish Nair as a highly cited author in the field of cholera. He has contributed to 137 papers that have received 2,197 citations in the past decade, which ranks him at #1 by number of papers and #3 by total cites. He is also in the top 1% of scientists in the field of Microbiology in Essential Science IndicatorsSM Source:-http://sciencewatch.com/ana/st/cholera/11marSTcholNair/ Srinivasa Rao Ganta Librarian Bharat Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Questio Papers of Engineering mechanics Pune Univ.
by Mohan Kulkarni 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

One of our faculty has asked for Question papers of subject Engineering Mechanics of April 2010, December 2010, December 2009. All First Year Engineering Pune University. If possible please scan those papers and mail me. In Nashik this Faculty has hunted for a long time but unable to get it. He requested to get it from somewhere. I will be thankful if somebody will send me those papers. Thank you. -- From- Mohan Kulkarni kulkarnimohan(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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world book day and e-reading
by jasim s 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

details of WBD and e-reading can be had from http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/mar/03/world-book-day-teenagers <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/mar/03/world-book-day-teenagers>about WBD http://www.worldbookday.com/about_world_book_day.asp -- Jasimudeen.s MG University Library Kottayam *Life is like a book:what matter is how good it is ,not how long it is" * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request for information
by Dr.D.P Prathap 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

dear colleagues please let me know whether SCI of Thompson is the only source in the world for citation analysis or any other similar source available thanking you yours sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore, m:99944-61172 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Continuing Education and Training Program on HELINET at RGUHS
by thimmappa naik 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Three days Continuing Education and Training Program to all the Librarians of affiliated colleges on HELINET Resources and Access updates for the year 2011 at RGUHS to be held during 08-10, March 2011. Librarians of Medical, Dental & AYUSH Colleges- Tuesday, March 08, 2011 10.00 am to 5.30 pm Librarians of Pharmacy, Physiotherapy & Paramedical Colleges - Wednesday, March 09, 2011 10.00 am to 5.30 pm Librarians of Nursing Colleges - Thursday, March 10, 2011 10.00 am to 5.30 pm Venue: Dhanvanthri Hall, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, 4th ‘T’ Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore - 560 041. For Further details contact 080-26961943 regards Thimmappa N. MLISc, PGDHL 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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request for information
by Dr.D.P Prathap 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

dear colleagues please provide information on the following in the context of violation of publishers' copyrights 1. making available on the web the full-text of journal articles (latest as well as previous ones) published by the Scientists of our Institute Thanking you Yours sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical Officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore, m:99944-61172 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request for information
by Dr.D.P Prathap 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

dear colleagues please provide information on the following: 1. any institute, other than NISCAIR, in India providing Citation Analysis Service 2. a publication on "Chemistry" brought out recently by IISc, Bangalore, whether priced or free thanking you Sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical Officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore, m:99944-61172 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Indian Library Science Abstracts (ILSA)
by Prof. Juran Krishna Sarkhel 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Dear Moderator, Please post the following news item at LIS-Forum: Indian Library Science Abstracts (ILSA) is the only comprehensive abstracting journal which covers the literature on Library and Information Science (LIS) produced in India. It is published by the Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC), Kolkata, India. Indian Library Science Abstracts (ILSA), Vols. 34—39, 2000—2005 has been published. It contains 3139 bibliographical entries along with the abstracts of the literature on different facets of Library and Information Science produced in India during the period 2000—2005. Compilation work of ILSA Vols. 40—44, 2006—2010 is in progress and we will be in a position to publish it by December, 2011. IASLIC has already taken initiatives to reduce the time-lag of the publication of ILSA. It is hoped that ILSA will maintain the time schedule in its publication from vol. 45, 2011. Because of the growth of LIS literature in India it became a herculean task to collect and collate data for the publication of subsequent volumes ILSA in time. Different States of India have good number of LIS literature in regional languages to their credit. One important handicapped in respect of coverage of ILSA is the availability of data on the literature on LIS published in major regional languages of India, thus making it difficult to hold a proper control over these publications. Hence, we invite publishers of LIS literature, state library associations, members of the LIS_FORUM, and individual LIS professionals to furnish data on the literature on LIS published in regional languages either to Prof. Juran Krishna Sarkhel, Editor, ILSA, Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres, P 291, CIT Scheme No. 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata-700054. Copy of the Indian Library Science Abstracts (ILSA), Vols. 34—39, 2000—2005 (Price: Rs. 2,500.00; $ 300.00) can be obtained from the IASLIC by sending a Demand Draft/Cheque of Rs. 2,000.00 (after 20% discount of its price) to be drawn in favour of “IASLIC” payable at Kolkata. A collection charge of Rs. 50.00 should be added for outstation cheque. Sincerely, Professor Juran Krishna Sarkhel Editor, ILSA Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres, P 291, CIT Scheme No. 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata-700054, India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2011 ASIS&T SIG-III International Paper Contest
by atanu 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Please see the announcement below. [From: Shaheen Maqsood, posted on 25 January 2011 at IFLA-L list] Announcement of the 2011 ASIS&T SIG-III International Paper Contest The Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is pleased to announce its eleventh competition for papers to be submitted for the 2011 Annual Meeting, which will take place in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 7-12, 2011. (http://www.asis.org/asist2011/am11cfp.html) Building from the overall conference theme, the theme for this year’s paper contest is: "Bridging the Gulf: Communication and Information in Society, Technology, and Work". Papers could discuss issues, policies and case studies on specific aspects of the theme from a global and/or international perspective. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following core areas: 1. Intercultural Information Ethics: Critical reflection on the ethical challenges related to the global and cross-cultural production, storage, and distribution of information, as well as the ethical dimensions of the global development and implementation of information systems, infrastructures, and policies. 2. Information Behavior: Information needs, information seeking, information gaps and sensemaking in various contexts including work, interests or every-day life activities by individuals or groups. 3. Knowledge Organization: Indexing, index construction, indexing languages, thesaurus construction, terminology, classification of information in any form, tagging (expert, userbased, automatic), filtering, metadata, standards for metadata, information architecture. 4. Information Systems, Interactivity and Design: How people use and communicate with information systems; the design, use and evaluation of interactive information technologies and systems, including interfaces and algorithms; search and retrieval, browsing, visualization, personalization. 5. Information and Knowledge Management: Information and knowledge creation, transfer and use at the personal, group, organizational and societal levels. The management of the processes and systems that create, acquire, organize, store, distribute, and use information and/or knowledge. Selected papers will be published in the International Journal of Information Management. 6. Information Use: How people re-purpose existing knowledge from a variety of sources (scientific, humanities, news, family, friends, colleagues), forms (articles, books, video, audio, tweets), locations (work, home, in transit) and mediums (cell-phones, PDAs, digital libraries) to advance knowledge, solve problems, improve information literacy, and learn. 7. Information and Society: Economic, Political, Social Issues: Copyright issues, policies and laws; national and international information policies; privacy and security; economics of information, personal rights vs. freedom of information; surveillance; globalization and the flows of information; computerization movements; social informatics. Selection Criteria There will be up to six winners who will be selected by a panel of judges including: Maqsood Shaheen (IRC, US Embassy Islamabad), Johannes Britz (UW-Milwaukee), Maria Haigh (UW-Milwaukee), Hong Xu (University of Pittsburg), Catherine Johnson (Western Ontario), Anindita Paul (University of Missouri), and Borchuluun Yadamsuren (University of Missouri). The judging criteria will be based on: 1. Originality of paper in the developing world and global information ecosystem (originality of the project described, etc.) 2. Relevance to the paper contest theme 3. Quality of argument, presentation and organization Eligibility & Information for authors Only papers by a principal author who is a citizen of, and resides in a developing country are eligible. Winners in the 2007-2010 contests are not eligible. The papers should be original, unpublished, and submitted in English. We encourage submissions from librarians, information and network specialists, and educators involved in the creation, representation, maintenance, exchange, discovery, delivery, and use of digital information. Award The award for each winner is a two-year individual membership in ASIS&T. In the case of multiple authors, the principal author will be awarded the ASIS&T membership. In addition, depending on SIG III fundraising for this competition, the first place winner will be rewarded a minimum of $1,000 toward travel, conference registration, and accommodations while attending the ASIS&T Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 7-12, 2011. Style The international paper contest committee requires that submissions follow the International Information and Library Review instructions to authors. Detailed information is available under the heading, Guide for Authors at: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622845/authori… Publishing opportunities Submitted papers will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the International Information and Library Review, subject to the usual peer refereeing process, for that journal. ASIS&T Copyright Policy ASIS&T will have the non-exclusive right to publish any of the papers submitted on its web site or in print, with ownership and all other rights remaining with the author. Deadline for submission of full papers: Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5,000 words, by May 31, 2011, to Maqsood Shaheen at ShaheenMA(a)gmail.com, preferably as Microsoft Word or PDF attachments. Maqsood Shaheen Chair, Committee on International Paper Contest Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III) American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) Email: ShaheenMA(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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Article request
by Swati Bhattacharyya 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Dear Moderator, Please post this message on lis-forum: Hello All, I would request you to please let me know if your library has one or more of the following journals (years are indicatd against each title) in either print or electronic format. I need a few articles from these journals. 1. Newspaper Research Journal 1981, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995 2. Journalism and Mass Communication 1995 3. Journalism Quarterly 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994 4. Presstime 1996 5. Mass Communication and Society 2001 6. Journal of Communication 1983 7. Communication Research -1994 Thanks, Swati Bhattacharyya -------------------------------------------------- Librarian Indian Institute of Management Joka Diamond Harbor Road Calcutta - 700104 Phone: 091-33-24678300 Extn: 416 FAX: 091-33-2467-8062 Email: swati @iimcal.ac.in -------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: [LISEA] Call for Participants to A-LIEP 2011 Pre-conference Workshop 21 June and A-LIEP 2011 Conference 22-24 June 2011
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

From: Rafidah Abdul Aziz <rafidah3802(a)SALAM.UITM.EDU.MY> Subject: [LISEA] Call for Participants to A-LIEP 2011 Pre-conference Workshop 21 June and A-LIEP 2011 Conference 22-24 June 2011 To: LISEA(a)MLIST.NTU.EDU.SG Date: Wednesday, 2 March, 2011, 8:40 The organizing committee cordially invites you and colleagues to participate in the A-LIEP 2011 conference with its main theme encompassing Library, Information and Records Management-Practice and Education in these 3 related fields. There are also 3 pre-conference workshops that you and colleagues may be interested in. Please visit the web site: http://fim.uitm.edu.my/a-liep2011 for more details. Kindly forward this to your colleagues, students, and people in the information industry who may benefit from it. Thank you for your kind attention and response. Regards, A-LIEP 2011 Committee Faculty of Information Management Universiti Teknologi MARA Puncak Perdana Campus Shah Alam, Selangor. MALAYSIA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar on Networking of Libraries
by Kishor Satpathy 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

National Seminar on Networking of Library and Information Centres of North East India in Digital Environment (NLICDE-2011) (21-23 March 2011) ORGANISED UNDER THE AEGIS OF National Library, Kolkata Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India Organized by Central Library, National Institute of Technology Silchar THEME Networking of Library and Information Centres of NE India in Digital Environment SUB-THEMES 1. Networking of Educational & Research Institutes of NE India 2. Library Consortia, Networking and Resource Sharing of LICs of NE India 3. Impact of ICTs on LICs of NE India: Issues and Challenges. 4. Web 2.0 / Lib 2.0 and Its Implications in LICs of NE India 5. Open Access, DL/ IR Initiatives in LICs of NE India OBJECTIVES 1. The principal objectives of this seminar is to provide a platform for exchange of knowledge, ideas & learning experience among the Librarians, Information specialists, Information providers & persons related to LIS. 2. To identify constraints, problems and challenges relating to networking & information sharing of LICs of NE India. 3. To develop inter-institute links within the North East India to facilitate effective exchange of information resources among the information professionals of NE India. 4. To initiate a library Consortia in North East India & to suggest the mechanisms to set up North East India Library & Information Network (NEILIBNET). WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Practicing Librarians, Retired Library Professionals, Teachers, IT Professionals, Knowledge Workers, Students and Faculties of LIS etc of the country in general and of the North East India in particular are the targeted participants. CALL FOR PAPERS Papers based on Case studies, Researches, Practical experiences, etc. on the main theme and sub-themes of the Seminar are invited from the interested persons. The Paper should be within 6000 word including Abstract of about 300 words with 4 keywords and typed in MS-WORD in 12-point Times New Roman. All the references should be properly tagged and referred following Chicago Manual Style. The authors should agree with the transfer of the copyright of the papers to NL, Kolkata and the NIT Silchar. The same should be sent as e-mail attachment to the Organizing Secretary on or before 10th March 2011. All the received papers will be peer–reviewed. Only the accepted papers will be published in an edited book format to be published under the aegis National Library, Kolkata. REGISTRATION Interested delegates need to resister for the Seminar. Registration, Boarding and Lodging for the Seminar is free. Due to limited financial resources, only the selected participants (presenting papers) from North-East Region shall be paid TA on production of Train/Bus/Sumo fare receipts. Please note that there will be no telephonic or on-the-spot registration, so please send your registrations before 10th March 2011. CONTACT DETAILS Kishor Chandra Satpathy Librarian & Organising Secretary. 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 Seminar updates can be accessed at: http://nerlibnet.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for Information
by Dr.D.P Prathap 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Dear colleagues If anybody has access to the following book chapter, please provide : Title: Transgenic plants : methods and protocols, Series: Methods in Molecular Biology 286, 2004 (Springer) *Chapter: histochemical and fluorometric assays for uicl a (us) gene detection.* *p.203-213* thanking you Sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical Officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore, M:99944-61172 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Rupee Symbol insertion - Reg
by Eswar rao Nadiminti 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Dear colleges Please tell me how to add rupee symbol in WINISIS database instead of Rs. and also let me see in the print format ok -- N.ESWARA RAO Assistant Professor in Library Science GODAVARI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING COLLEGE ,RAJAHMUNDRY. NH-5 ,CHITANYA KNOWLEDGECITY VELUGUBANDA (V), RAJANAGARAM ( M),RAJAHMNDRY-533296 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CSI eNewsletter dt. 1st Mar 2011
by hrmohan＠vsnl.com 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Dear all, The 20th issue (Volume 2. issue 4) of CSI eNewsletter dt. 1st Mar 2011 is ready and can be accessed at http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-2011-03-01.pdf and also at the CSI KM Portal http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/enewsletter For the archives of this newsletter, pl. visit http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-archives.htm or at http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/archives You are free to forward this mail to your contacts who may like the information presented in the mail. With regards HR Mohan Chairman, Div IV, CSI & eNewsletter Committee, IEEE CS & PCS Madras http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ Contents ======= -- eBook: Storage Virtualization for Dummies -- 7 Virtualization Challenges -- Is SOA Being Pushed Beyond Its Limits? -- Design Considerations for Software plus Services and Cloud Computing -- Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Design -- Business Insight = Business Infrastructure = BI Platform -- Red Hat PaaS: Bringing Open Choice & Application Portability to the Cloud -- The Fundamental Principles of Network Security -- Desktop Virtualization: Drivers, Challenges, and Best Practices -- 9 Essential Requirements for Web 2.0 Security -- Data Center Project: Standardized Process -- Blade server technology faces virtualization hit in the data center -- MCA programme: Eligibility, Best Institutes, more -- Careers & Courses: Software Testing -- Web 3.0 Emerging -- How to divorce your tech vendor -- Design Rules by Eric S. Raymond, the author of the book The Art of Unix Programming. -- Some startling facts in India -- ICT News Headlines & Briefs -- Announcements -- IT Events: Call for Papers & Participation -- Book: IT Strategy for Business -- Book: Entrepreneurship -- Book: Testing in 30+ Open Source Tools -- Book: Nothing is Absolute -- About the CSI-eNewsletter -- Contributions to CSI-eNewsletter -- eNewsletter Committee InfoQuiz–2011-03-01 (Six Prizes to Win – Four Books and Two Awards of Rs. 500/- each) ================================================================= 1. ------ is a tweet that is exactly 140 characters long. 2. In SMS/Chat lingo “OMG”means what? 3. Who is considered as the "Father of information theory?" 4. Classical Computer : bits = Quantum Computer : ------ 5. Identify the company whose tagline is “Exceed Your Vision” Email your answers by 20th Mar 2011 to csi.infoquiz(a)gmail.com with subject “infoquiz-2011-03-01”. Please provide your name, designation, company/institution, full postal address (to send the prize) and the contact phone nos. after the answers. The first person to answer correctly and one randomly selected lucky winner will be awarded Rs. 500/= each by SRA Systems (www.srasys.com) Oxford University Press (http://www.oup.co.in) & Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd (http://www.shroffpublishers.com) will present the books which are briefly reviewed above. In all, there will be SIX prizes – TWO cash prizes of Rs. 500/- each and FOUR prizes of one book each. Answers along with the winner info will be published in the next issue. Answers & Winners of InfoQuiz-2011-02-01 =============================== Vodafone, handsets from Motorola, Chatter, twttr, Tally Awards of Rs. 500/= each from SRA Systems to Mr. R. Jayakanthan from Chennai and to Ms. S. Sangeetha from Walajapet. Books from Oxford University Press: “Mechatronics: Integrated Technologies for Intelligent Machines” to Mr. N.M. Zaheer from Chennai & “Skills Development for Business and Management” to Mr. M.Elavazhagan from Kanchipuram. Books from Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd: “97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know” to Ms. L. Kannagi, from Guduvancherry & “Heads You Win Tails You Win” to Mr. S. Shankar from Hosur. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Opportunities for Library professionals
by Swati Bhattacharyya 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

lis-forum coordinator - please post this message: Opportunities for Library professionals A Human Resource Agency (Updater Services Ltd. Kolkata) is inviting applications from trained Library and Information Science graduates, for placing them in the library of a Kolkata-based institute. The requirements are: 1. Minimum qualification: M.Lib.Sc with good result and strong aptitude towards working in fully computerized environment. 2. Desirable: Training in MS-Office (ability to work with MS Access and spreadsheet) and other software necessary for library work. 3. Experience: A few of the positions will be filled up with professionals already having working experiences in large libraries. At the maximum level, the experience should be in the area of one or more of (i) working with MARC-21 record structure (ii) working with library software such as Libsys, Softlink, Virtua, KOHA (iii) record management for electronic resources (iv) knowledge of cataloguing, classification, metadata. Rest of the positions will be filled up with professional with less experience (in terms of the area of experience and/or years of experience). Fresh graduates may also be considered if found suitable. 4. Remuneration: Rs 9,000 Rs 18,000/ p.m. depending on range and number of years of experience. 5. Duration: The positions are purely on contractual basis and initially for one year. Hence permanent position holders must not apply. Interested individuals may send their resume. Those who want their current experiences to be considered must provide details of experiences (duration of experience, nature of job done) duly certified by the organization. Please email your application to udskolkata(a)uds.in with subject line: Attn Mr. P.K. Sen for Library positions. Applications can also be mailed to the undersigned (swati(a)iimcal.ac.in) which will be forwarded to the agency. Swati Bhattacharyya -------------------------------------------------- Librarian Indian Institute of Management Joka Diamond Harbor Road Calcutta - 700104 Phone: 091-33-24678300 Extn: 416 FAX: 091-33-2467-8062 Email: swati @iimcal.ac.in -------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DCSMAT Invites applications for library trainees.
by Rajesh M N 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

*DCSMAT* Institutions invites Applications for the post of *Professional Trainees* for our Vagamon Campus Library. For more details follow the link below. http://www.dcschool.net/php/showAnnouncementDetails.php?ann_id=7 With regards, Rajesh M N Assistant Librarian Library and Research Centre DC School of Management and Technology Vagamon -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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3 days training program on Content Management using Open Source Tool-DRUPAL
by shivaram gowda 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

Dear Professionals/Memmbers, The Information center of CSIR-NAL, ICAST, an ISO-9001: 2008 Certified Center (http://www.icast.org.in) is imparting 3 days training program on Content Management using Open Source Tool-DRUPAL. This training program is targeted to professional interested in and responsible for creating, managing and providing web based information service. The details of the training program are given below: TITLE: Content Management using Open Source Tool-DRUPAL DATE: 19-21 April 2011 VENUE: NAL-ICAST Lecture Hall, NAL, Bangalore - 560017 TARGET AUDIENCE: Librarians, Information and KM managers, Content Managers, Information systems managers, etc, with adequate knowledge of IT applications. TRAINING PROGRAM OBJECTIVE and COVERAGE: The objective of this training program is to enable individual and organisations to initiate building their library and subject specific web portals. The specific goal of the training program is to impart practical training to participants in using the package for creation and maintenance of their library portal. Focus is on installing, configuring, customizing and administration of this package. The main objective is to acquire complete knowledge and skill sets required to build one’s own subject specific web portal. Training Program Contents: Introduction to Content Management An Overview of Drupal Installation of Drupal on Linux/Windows Modules, Themes, Menus & Blocks Configuration Content Creation Functionality Custom Content Kit (CCK) & Taxonomy Views Configuration User management Site Configuration Multilingual Content Report Generations & Backup Number of Participants: Restricted to 25, it will be FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS. Registration fee: Rs. 2000/- per participant, DD should be drawn in favor of Director NAL, payable at Bangalore. NOTE: Limited arrangements for accommodation at NAL Guest house for outstation participants on first come first serve basis. For further information, please visit the Seminar website at: http://www.icast.org.in/cm/contmgnt.html To register kindly send an E-Mail to Training program Coordinator. Dr. Poornima Narayana Head, ICAST National Aerospace Laboratories Bangalore - 560 017 E-Mail: poornima(a)nal.res.in; adminicast(a)nal.res.in Telephone: Tel: 080-25086080, 81, 82, 83. Fax: 080-25268072 Registration Form Participant’s Name: Ms./ Mr./ Dr. Position: Organization: Address: City: Pin: Telephone: Fax: Email: Registration details: Registration Fee per participant Rs. 2,000/- I need accommodation in NAL Guesthouse: YES / NO (Note: Accommodation charges are as per guest-house rates. Bill to be settled in the guest-house directly) Dates of accommodation requirement: From: To: Payment details: DD No. & date: Bank drawn on: Amount:(Note: DD to be drawn in favor of “Director NAL” payable at Bangalore) with warm Regards ICAST, CSIR-NAL, Bangalore-17 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Autobiograghy of S R Ranganathan
by silent listener 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

Dear fellow professionals, I would like to get a copy of the book "A Librarian Looks Back" autobiography of Ranganathan the Great. Can anybody suggest where it will available. Regards Joseph Zacharia -- 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 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

Dear Friends, Kindly provide full-text of following articles, if available in your library. 1. Decrease in the total antioxidant activity of saliva in patients with periodontal disease Randa Diab-Ladki, Bernard Pellat Ramez Chahine * **Clinical Oral Investigations*<http://www.springerlink.com/content/1432-6981/> * (2003)* Volume 7, Number 2<http://www.springerlink.com/content/1432-6981/7/2/>, 103-107, 2. Aerobic exercise reduced oxidative stress in saliva of persons with Downs Syndrome Zambrano JC, Marquina R., Sulbaran N., Rodriquez-Malaver AJ, Reves RA * **Res Sports Med.*<javascript:AL_get(this,%20'jour',%20'Res%20Sports%20Med.');> * 2009 *;17(3):195-203. Thanking You. Best wishes Mamtha Pk Central Library yenepoya university Deralakatte -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need information.
by Manjunath Ealiger 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

Dear Professionals, I am working in Health Science/Medical Library since from around one year. Now I want know the qualification required for the below mentioned posts as per* MCI* norms/rules, 1 Librarian 2. Deputy Librarian 3. Documentalist 4. Cataloguer 5. Library Assistants 6. Daftaries 7. Peon I request the professionals to clarify this question. yours, Manjunath Ealiger -- With Regards, Manjunath Ealiger GENOHELIX Librarian Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for MLIS example project report
by banani banik 26 Feb '11

26 Feb '11

Hi, I am Banani, an MLIS student from IGNOU. Currently I am preparing for my Master's project. Any example report will help me to frame my final thesis, specially questionnaire to find a statistical report from the user of the library. Thank in advance for fowarding any example set of question!!! Best Regards Banani Banik -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reaching out to Government school libraries.
by usha mukunda 26 Feb '11

26 Feb '11

Dear friends, I would like to send out this appeal to all of you residing in Karnataka to ask if you would be willing to be involved in a programme of mentoring high school libraries in your vicinity You may be required to pay a visit to the school about once a month. As a member of the Karnataka Knowledge Commission, I have been closely associated with "Arivu" , an initiative which covered 225 high schools in helping them set up active open libraries in their schools. In this regard, they were provided with open racks, a carefully selected set of books in Kannada and English, along with a user-friendly manual written especially for this purpose. In addition we held workshops with the participating teachers where we helped them raise questions and generate ideas towards running an open library with the active help of the students themselves. The schools have now embarked on this programme about a month ago. We feel that to make this an effective model, monthly visits by mentors would be essential. Therefore the idea was to gather a pool of resource people who would be willing to give some of their valuable time to perform this invaluable task and serve the profession as well. Our plan is to link each school with a library professional who is based in the same district. Please contact me for any clarification and to respond with your name, place of residence and availability so that we may begin the process of linking schools with mentors. With many thanks and hoping to hear from you, Usha Mukunda School Librarian Member, Karnataka Knowledge Commission (Committee on Libraries and Knowledge Networking.) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Beyond OER: Shifting Focus to Open Educational Practices -- OPAL Report 2011 released
by Puna Das 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Beyond OER: Shifting Focus to Open Educational Practices -- OPAL Report 2011 released 22-02-2011 (Paris) The Open Educational Quality Initiative (OPAL) releases its Report 2011, entitled Beyond OER: Shifting Focus to Open Educational Practices. Among its conclusions is the fact that OER are more widely used where programmes or initiatives for open resources exist at the institutional level. The lesser the fear, insecurity or discomfort towards OER, the higher the frequency of their use. The report thus advocates building trust in OER in order to increase their actual usage and to build open learning architectures to transform learning. As a member of OPAL Initiative, UNESCO contributed to the international dimensions of the Report, especially policy development and institutional capacity building, and will also be responsible for its wide dissemination. Institutional policies for OER are still a long way from impacting on educational institutions, according to findings from the OPAL quantitative survey. The perception by respondents that OER lead to institutional innovation still does not translate into implementation at the organization level. This is further compounded, on the one hand, by the very modest levels of support to factors that induce or enable the implementation of Open Educational Practices (OEP) in educational institutions, and on the other hand, by the level of importance attached by respondents to institutional policy barriers to the use of OER. The report presents the following key findings in relation to supporting factors for OER. Policy support for OER: * Support and recognition for OER projects and initiatives is necessary in institutional policy in higher education and adult education. * Support for localization, adaptation and translation of existing OER and support for implementing appropriate licensing schemes are viewed as very important. * Infrastructure, access and availability are seen as necessary conditions. * Promotion of quality assurance for OER is viewed as necessary. Role of networks and partnerships for the diffusion of OER in institutions: * 54% of all respondents stated that partnership with other organizations is a supporting factor for the use of OER. * Future OER-related support initiatives should focus their attention more on partnerships with other institutions. Demand for specific quality assurance processes for OER * The report shows that systematic quality assurance mechanisms for OER are lacking in higher education and adult education in Europe. * Educational professionals give voice to considerable insecurity about how they can demonstrate the value of OER. The Report (PDF, 64mb) can be downloaded from the University of Duisberg-Essen public repository: click here http://duepublico.uni-duisburg-essen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-2…. OPAL is an international network that promotes innovation and better quality in education through the use of open educational resources. Partly funded by the European Commission, OPAL is initiated through international organizations like UNESCO, ICDE and EFQUEL, and a number of universities. UNESCO is contributing to the OPAL Open Educational Practices framework, as well as to the development of the Registry of OER Champions and the Clearinghouse of Open Educational Practices. Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31243&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IMI invites applications for the post of Assistant Librarian for its Bhubaneswar Campus.
by Chinmaya Rout 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Subject: IMI invites applications for the post of Assistant Librarian for its Bhubaneswar Campus Date: Thursday, 24 February, 2011, 19:54 IMI invites applications for the post of Assistant Librarian for its Bhubaneswar Campus. Qualification: M.L.I.Sc. from recognized University. Skill of computer applications in library environment. Job Profile: To set up and manage the library of the Institute. Candidate should have a knowledge of all in house task such as Acquisition, Classification , Cataloguing , and organize electronic resources, softwares etc. Age Max. 35 years Experience: 5â€6 years Interested candidates may email an upâ€toâ€date CV, within ten days to registrar(a)imi.edu and indusharma(a)imi.edu . With Regards:- Chinmaya Kumar Rout Central Library IMS & SUM HOSPITAL BHUBANESWAR- ORISSA 09438236726 (M) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KALA Monthly Lectures Series - Talk on "Implicit knowledge in Cartoons" by Prof. A Y Asundi on Tuesday, 1st March 2011 @6.00pm
by Babu Rajendra 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Dear LIS Professionals, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) is happy to invite you to the Monthly Lecture Series. The second talk of the series has been scheduled on Tuesday 1st Mar 2011 @ 6.00pm at the following Address: Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS) # 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, III Block Rajajinagar, Bangalore - 560 010 Title: Implicit knowledge in Cartoons - A study of cartoons of famous Indian Cartoonists with particular reference to R.K.Laxman. Speaker: Prof. A Y Asundi Abstract: The content analysis of News Papers is one of the common features in mass communication channels for extracting the knowledge. They focus on news items or feature articles. But the analysis of the cartoons' implicit knowledge is uncommon. In cartoons, the caricature, the content and the context of the useful satiric knowledge is implicit and inherent. Yet it is common perception that they are for 'fun' and to 'children' only sections. In fact children are more often prevented from watching cartoons, with the fear of becoming 'cartoon addict' in early days by reading cartoon books and now watching cartoons channels on Television broadcast. But there is sufficient hidden knowledge that can be explicated and also can be creative and innovative, and need to be extracted for assimilation both by children, adults and the aged, especially the latter can guide the children to the innovative knowledge embedded in cartoons. The talk would attempt to identify the implicit knowledge of cartoons of R.K.Laxman, to surface for explicit knowledge in their socio-political and administrative and other contexts contemporarily. The talk also tries to categorise the cartoons on the basis of content and cartoonists point of views. Several cartoon examples are explicated to highlight their hidden themes. About Speaker: Dr. A Y Asundi is a post-graduate in library and information science. He has done his ADR from INSDOC (First Rank). He has done his PhD from Gulbarga University on Classification. He has over 40 years of experience as a Librarian, Scholar and Teacher of LIS in the premiere institutions, namely, Indian Institute of Management (IIMB) and Bangalore University. He served as a Professor & Chairman (Rtd.), Dept of LIS, Bangalore University & in charge of IT centre of UGC/INFLIBNET at Bangalore University. He is one of the few in the country who have digested the Classification from its core. Taught for MCA & MIEB in Bangalore and Karnataka Universities. He has guided 8 PhDs, written 5 books and >100 research papers. He was a Member of core committee of CDC of UGC for the preparation of syllabus. He is a Life member of ILA, SIS, ITALIS & Karnataka State Library Association (KALA). He has organised couple of National Conferences, that of IASLIC and ITALIS. He was rapporteur General of 48th ILA Conference held at Bangalore in 2002. Please confirm your participation. Thanks and Regards, Rajendra Babu H General Secretary Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the information contained in the email. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Capco. http://www.capco.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] information
by Mailing List Admin 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:06:59 +0530 From: Librarian <Librarian(a)intasbiopharma.co.in> Dear Dr. DP Pratap, Open the pdf file in adobe professional find file menu in menu bar and click on reduce file size, there you can use lower version of acrobat like acrobat 5 or lower. And save it at different location or in different name. Hope this work for you. Thanks Sincerely Ram Laut Tyagi Information Resource, Intas Biopharmaceuticals Ltd., Plot No. 423/P/A/GIDC, Sarkhej-Bavla Highway, Moraiya, Ahmedabad-382213 Gujarat Mob: +919725608963 Message: 4 Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:41:27 +0530 From: Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> To: Vinit <vinitbhu06(a)gmail.com> Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] information Message-ID: <AANLkTinW4ibZiZGUNxQe=1hktyKy2mCpGvVfwTBO_m6X(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I can suggest the following from our experience with http://medind.nic.in (i) For new publications or publications in the process of printing: (a) get hold of DTP Version (normally in PageMaker) from your publication in-charge or your printer. (b) Open the DTP Version in its native format (Normally with PageMaker) and export the publication into PDF format. (c) PDF files obtained in such a manner are light and best as compared to other methods. (ii) For Publications where DTP Version is not available: (a) Scan pages having TEXT ONLY with scanner resolution 200 DPI in black and white. (b) Scan pages having B/W DIAGRAMS with scanner resolution 300 DPI in black and white. (c) Scan pages having COLORED DIAGRAMS with scanner resolution 300 DPI in COLOR. (d) Scan pages having COLORED PHOTOs with scanner resolution 600 DPI in COLOR. (e) Save as Multi-page PDF file. (iii) In case text searching is required, but display quality does not matter: (Files obtained by scanning as above) (a) Use CAPTURE Feature of ACROBAT (iv) In case text searching is required but display quality can not be compromised: (Files obtained by scanning as above) (a) Use a OCR Package and save as Document File format (Word) (b) Proof read Document Files obtained and manually correct errors introduced in OCR Process. (c) Print / Convert Document Files as PDF Hope it helps, SUKHDEV SINGH, NIC. On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Vinit <vinitbhu06(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Dr. DP Prathap, > > Use any good pdf editor and optimize the file for web use. The quality will > be a bit diminished so you can give an option to download the file of size > in addition. > > > > On 22 February 2011 17:05, Dr.D.P Prathap <sbilibrary(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> dear colleages >> >> please clarify.... >> >> when we convert printed pages into pdf ?by scanning, the file size is very >> big (in MB even for a few pages), kindly provide information as how to >> reduce the file size. >> >> while downloading pdf articles from the Net / online databases, the file >> size is very small (in KBs only) for a few pages. >> >> thanking you >> >> Sincerely >> Library >> Sugarcane Breeding Institute

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Its glad to see our librarian in the University of BHU.
by sanjay kumar 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

*With the Good Wishes*, *From LIS Professionals, Researchers and students of BHU at Varanasi,India. The whole LIS team congretulates to Dr. AK Srivastav's achievement as a Librarian of BHU after 23 years. We expect that he will serve best of his service in the interest of library. * * *-- Regards........ Sanjay Kumar Senior Research Fellow, Deptt.Of Library & Information Science, Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi.UP. Message........ A journey of million kilometres always start with single step. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Commonwealth Professional Fellowships, 2011
by Shamprasad Pujar 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Dear Members, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission has announced professional fellowships for the year 2011. Through this Scheme, the Commission funds fellowships for mid-career professionals from developing Commonwealth countries to spend periods (typically three months) with a relevant UK host organisation in their field for a programme of professional development. Applications should be made by the UK host organisation which acts as the 'nominator', and which can be from any sector. The last date for application is: April 21, 2011. More information may please be found at: http://www.cscuk.org.uk/apply/professional_fellowships.asp Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Commonwealth Professional Fellow-2008 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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National Seminar on Next Generation Library and Information Services - invitation
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

all the professionals are invited to attend the following national conference details can be had at the following URLhttp://www.amu.ac.in/seminar/neglis/ Welcome to National Seminaron Next Generation Library and Information Services (NeGLIS-2011)(2-3 April, 2011) Organized byMaulana Azad Library(1960-2010)(as a part of its Golden Jubilee celebrations)in collaboration withDepartment of Library and Information ScienceAligarh Muslim University, Aligarh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Postponement of Workshop forTwo days
by dharanikumarp＠indiatimes.com 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

The Department of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University is schedule to be organize one week National workshop on Library Automation software (Koha and E-lib) during 14-19 March 2011 has been postponed to 16th to 21st March 2011. I request to convey this message to all professional friends. Registration Fee Rs. 2000/- (excluding accommodation) The registration fee includes Workshop kit (containing course materials, bag, and stationery) and working lunch. Note: Participants strength is restricted to 25 and selection will be on first cum first served basis. Registration Form Name______________________ Address____________________ Pin________________________ Telephone__________________ E-mail______________________ Fax_______________________ Payment Particulars Amount: Rs: DD No. Bank Date Date & Signature You are requested to send the dully filled registration form along with a DD drawn in favour of "Chairman Dept. of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University" Shankaragatta, payable at SBM, Jnana Sahyadri campus, Kuvempu University before 20th February 2011. For further details you may contact P. Dharani Kumar Assistant Professor Dept. of Library and Information Science Kuvempu University Shimoga, Karnataka Phone: 09741501214 email: dharanikumarp(a)indiatimes.com Co-ordinator: Dr. S. Padmamma, Associate Professor & Chairman Dept of Library & Information Science, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaragatta - 577 451, Shimoga, Karnataka -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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International Vaccency of Library and Research Coordinator
by Deepak Sharma 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Dear All, MOTAT is New Zealand’s largest and leading transport and technology museum where history comes to life. It take visitors on an interactive journey through many of the technological achievements that have helped shape New Zealand. MOTAT provides a working environment like no other. It is a vibrant, fast paced and supremely professional organisation that every week attracts thousands of visitors. Here’s your chance to become part of an exciting journey at MOTAT! The Walsh Memorial Library is a reference library open to the public and has a large range of books, archives and images relating to transport, technology and social history. This role will ensure the effective management of gathering, maintaining, storing and referencing reliable collection related data and information. Reporting to the Museum Collection Manager the main duties will include: Raising the profile of the Library within the wider community Management of acquisitions for the Museum Collection Managing and monitoring the quality of inventory, catalogue and database processing Working collaboratively with the wider collection team to promote and engage in research Receive and process all research requests from the public and colleagues Providing an educational, family centric and interactive experience to engage visitors of all ages Skills and experience desired A degree and Post-graduate qualification preferably in library studies People management experience Experience working in an archive preferred Computer literacy – advanced MS Office and Vernon database or equivalent Proven writing and research skills Apply your passion, work ethic and communication skills with this iconic Museum and you’ll love adding value to the wider Auckland community. Being a part of this passionate, professional and approachable team, many of whom are volunteers will utilise your strong networking abilities to build the library to a high profile, recognised research base. Plus, you’ll be based in a truly unique and iconic setting. This is a role for someone who is dedicated to ensuring that generation’s to come enjoy MOTAT’s collection, and share in a love of learning. Apply today by sending your CV and covering letter to hannah.ealson(a)madison.co.nz or for more information please contact Hannah Ealson on 09 3034455 Deepak Sharma Assistant Librarian ITM University Sector 23 A, Gurgaon 01242365811 9015433756. "Solve your simple mistakes early before it leads to big problem. Because we always slip from small stones, not from a mountain" -- 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 Dr.D.P Prathap 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Dear colleagues If anybody has access to the following article, please provide: ELECTROPHORESIS 1995, Vol.16, No.1, p.423-430 Separation and characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana.....detection Sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical Officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore-7 m:9994461172 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Felicitation to Prof.J.B.Jadhav Former University Librarian, Shivaji University Kolhapur
by Pandurang Konnur 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Dear Friends, All the well wishers of Prof.J.B.Jadhav have organised a Felicitation function on the occassion of his 75th Birth Anniversary. Prof Jadhav was the University Librarian, Shivaji University Kolhapur. The event is as under: Venue: Wodiyar Hall, Century Club, Cubbon Park, Bangalore-1 Time & Date: 25th February 2011 Time 6.30 pm Guests: Prof.M.I.Savadatti Former Vice Chancellor, Mangalore University, Mangalore Prof.K.Siddappa Former Vice Chancellor Bangalore University, Bangalore Prof.V.G.Talawar Vice Chancellor, University of Mysore. All are welcome. -- Dr.P.V.Konnur President, IALA Fulbright Fellow (University of Illinois) *University Librarian,* Bangalore University Library, Jnanabharati, Bangalore-560056 Phone: 080-22961131, 23215510 Website: http://library.bub.ernet.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 Article
by Pandurang Konnur 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Dear Friends, One of our teachers need the following article. Any one of you having access to the article may please send it to me. Thanks, Konnur. Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents December 2006, Vol. 16, No. 12 : Pages 1735-1751 Read More: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/pdf/10.1517/13543776.16.12.1735 -- Dr.P.V.Konnur President, IALA Fulbright Fellow (University of Illinois) *University Librarian,* Bangalore University Library, Jnanabharati, Bangalore-560056 Phone: 080-22961131, 23215510 Website: http://library.bub.ernet.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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information
by Dr.D.P Prathap 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

dear colleages please clarify.... when we convert printed pages into pdf by scanning, the file size is very big (in MB even for a few pages), kindly provide information as how to reduce the file size. while downloading pdf articles from the Net / online databases, the file size is very small (in KBs only) for a few pages. thanking you Sincerely Library Sugarcane Breeding Institute -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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APLICATIONS ARE INVITED FOR THE POST OF SLIA ON TEMPORARY BASIS AT IIT INDORE LIBRARY
by Gati Krushna Nayak 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

Dear All,   It is to inform you that :   Applications are invited for the post of SLIA  on  Temporary basis at IIT Indore.   The eligibility criteria are as follows:   1. Master's Degree in Library & Information Science 2. Good Communication Skills in  English & Hindi 3. Computer skills - Good practical knowledge of MS Office, especially MS Word and & Excel, and a Library Software. Experience in using Libsys will be preferable. 4. Experience in an Institute comparable to IIT will be added advantage. 5. Attitude - Candidate must be willing to work hard and prove himself/herself. Eagerness to learn new skills and adapting to working as a team are essential.   Interested candidates may send their CVs with contact details and photograph to :  anjali(a)iiti.ac.in   best of luck. regards, -- Gati Krushna Nayak Senior Library Information Assistant Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Indore) http://www.iiti.ac.in C/o Institute of Engg. & Technology M Block, DAVV Campus, Khandwa Road, Indore (M.P.) 452  017 Contact : Mob : 09479560578, 07489329869 Tel. +91 - 731 - 2438713 (O) Fax: +91 - 731 - 2361482 http://gatikrushnanayak.blogspot.com/ 23.2.2011 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DRTC: Course Admission Notice 2011-12
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore 560059 M.S. in Library and Information Science ======================================== With the emergence of knowledge-centered economies and the knowledge society, Information & Knowledge Management has emerged as a major area of concern and importance to large corporate houses, R & D Institutions and even governments. The area cuts across several disciplines including Information Technology, Library Science, and Management sciences, to mention a few. The Documentation Research & Training Centre, a unit of the Indian Statistical Institute, founded by Late Prof. S. R. Ranganathan is an internationally recognized centre for advanced training and research in this area. The DRTC now offers a novel M.S. Programme in Library & Information Science with the primary objective of preparing the next generation information managers. This new and unique programme offers an ideal blend of courses spanning library science, information technology, knowledge management and quantitative studies. The graduates of the programme will find excellent openings in industry, especially the IT industry, R & D organizations and institutions of higher education & research. For those with an aptitude for higher studies and research the M.S. Programme provides a solid foundation for Ph.D. programmes. Several universities across the country have recognized DRTC as a centre for doctoral research. ELIGIBILITY ------------ The minimum qualification for admission to the M.S. programme is a Bachelors degree in any discipline from a recognized Indian or foreign university (obtained after a minimum of 12+3 years of education) with at least 60% marks in the qualifying examination. DURATION ----------- The duration of the Programme is 24 months (2 Years); the programme is offered only at the ISI Bangalore Centre Junior Research Fellowship in Library and Information Science ============================================================ ELIGIBILITY A consistently good academic record with first or high second class in M. S. (LIS) awarded by the Indian Statistical Institute or Associateship in Documentation and Information Science of the Indian Statistical Institute or NISCAIR/INSDOC or its equivalent degree(such as Master's degree in Library and Information Science from any University) with at least 55% marks in undergraduate programme. All eligible students will receive fellowship `12,000/- per month (likely to be revised). SELECTION PROCEDURE ------------------- Selection of candidates for the M.S. programme and JRF in (LIS) will be based on academic records and performance of the candidate in an all-India written entrance test and interview. There is no tuition fee for the programme and all eligible students will receive a stipend. HOW TO APPLY? ------------- For details and application form can be obtained from the following offices of Indian Statistical Institute (by post or in person) a) Dean of Studies, Indian Statistical Institute, 203 B.T Road, Kolkata 10008. b) Head. Delhi Centre. Indian Statistical Institute, 7 SJS Sansanwal Marg, New Delhi 110016, c) Head, Bangalore Centre Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road, Bangalore 560059, d) Head, SQC-OR Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 110 Nelson Manickam Road (1st Floor), Aminjikarai, Chennai 600029, e) Head, SQC-OR Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Street No.8, Habshiguda, Hyderabad 500007, by paying an amount of Rs.450/- (Rs.225/- for reserved categories) in cash (from 11a.m to 2 p.m on working days from Monday to Friday), or by Bank Draft drawn in favour of Indian Statistical Institute payable at Kolkata (Proper). Request for application forms should have the mailing address in CAPITALS. Postal orders, Money orders and cheque will not be accepted. Prospectus and application forms are also available on http:www.isical.ac.in/~deanweb in pdf format. IMPORTANT DATES: --------------- Distribution of Prospectus and Application Form : 09 February 2011 to 07 March 2011 Last date for receiving completed Application Form : 28 March 2011 Date of Selection Test (India and abroad) : 08 May 2011 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library requirement at ISI Bangalore
by Mailing List Admin 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:37:32 +0530 From: tss(a)isibang.ac.in Applications are invited for a temporary position (sanction expected from 1st April 2011, for ONE year) at the level of an Assistant Librarian at the Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore centre Library. The candidate must have atleast 10 years of experience at a senior level in an academic/research Institutions Library, possess a Masters degree in Library and information sciences or its equivalent and be no more than 65 years of age. Preference will be given to those with a Phd in Library sciences. Consolidated remuneration + applicable HRA, will depend on work experience and qualifications. Interested persons may send their CV to : Head, I S I, R V College Post, Bangalore-59 by 4th March 2011. It can also be e-mailed to: headisibc(a)isibang.ac.in Thank you, T S S R K RAO Head, Indian statistical Institute, Bangalore ----------------------------------

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National Seminar on Next Generation Library and Information Services (NeGLIS-2011)
by Shibu.K.M 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

*National Seminar* *on*** *Next Generation Library and Information* *Services* *(NeGLIS-2011)* * * *April 2-3, 2011* * * *Organized by*** * * ** *Maulana Azad Library* *(1960-2010)* *(as a part of its Golden Jubilee celebrations)* * * ** *in collaboration with* * * ** *Department of Library and Information Science* *Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh*** * * * * *About the Seminar* Maulana Azad Library, the central Library of Aligarh Muslim University, the second largest University Library of Asia and the Department of Library and Information Science, one of the premier schools of Library Science in India, have been organizing national and international conferences, seminars, workshops etc. on different aspects of library and information profession. ‘Next Generation Library and Information Services’ (NeGLIS) is a national seminar to provide a platform for library and information science professionals, scientists, IT professionals, and consultants etc. to discuss the futuristic aspects of information services. It focuses on the prospective building blocks of the library services, extensive application of technology and policy change for better dissemination of information. *Objectives* The goal of the seminar is to bring together librarians, information engineers, IT professionals, researchers, consultants, educators as well as experts and professionals in other related fields to exchange ideas and share research findings about next generation information services. The specific objectives of the seminar are: · To provide a forum for scholars from different fields and backgrounds to share their views and perspectives on information services in coming future. · Identify best practices in all the spheres of new-fangled library services. · To provide strategic directions for the development of technology based new library and information service. * * *Theme: Next Generation Library and Information Services.* * * ***Sub Themes (but not limited to):* * * *Knowledge Organization* Knowledge Architecture and Mapping Standards and Protocols Web Content Management (WCM) Management of User-generated contents in Libraries Knowledge Preservation Technologies: Emerging Trends * * *Web 2.0/Library 2.0* Building Communities using Web 2.0 M-Technology RSS Feeds and its Application in Library Services Social Networks, Twitter, Blogs, Wikis, Mashups Metadata and Social Tagging Federated Search and Discovery Tools Semantic Web Ontology and Thesaurus Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems * * *E-Publishing* Open access v/s commercial publishing E-Resources: New Models for Content Delivery and Deployment Digital Rights Management (DRM) Open Source Journal Publishing – tools, standards etc *E- Learning* Conceptual framework Policies, framework and partnership Technology solutions, innovations Educational content and resources E-Learning solutions User studies *Digital Library* Building Institutional Repositories: Strategies for future Open Source vs. Commercial software Freedom of Access to Information Copyright & Open Licensing IPR & Digital resources Interoperability and metadata *Library Policies* Government’s information policies Collection development policies Library Legislation *Call for Papers* The seminar invites unpublished conceptual and empirical research papers and case studies on the above theme and sub themes. The paper will be published in the form of proceedings/edited Book. * * *Guidelines for Paper Submission* The research paper is expected to contain original work, preferably case studies which have not been published elsewhere in any form. Full paper (not more than 3000 words) related to the main theme or sub themes specified in brochure should carry the Abstract, Key words, Title, Name(s), Affiliations, and Email address. The paper should be composed in MS-Word in A4 size, single spacing with font size- 12 points and Times New Roman font. Submitted papers may follow APA format for bibliographic description. Authors are requested to send the electronic version of the papers to neglis2011(a)gmail.com. * * *Important Dates* Last Date for Submission of full papers 10 March 2011 Notification of acceptance of paper with comments 12 March 2011 Submission of the final paper 15 March 2011 Registration Starts 15 March 2011 *Registration Fee * Delegates from Industries/sponsored Rs 2500 Delegates from academics Rs 1000 Accompanying person Rs 600 Research Scholars/Students* Rs 600 *Research Scholars/students may apply through their principal/HOD *Mode of Payment* Registration fee can be paid by Cash/Bank Draft drawn in favour of ‘Organizing Secretary, Golden Jubilee celebrations, M. A. Library payable at Aligarh. Registration fee includes seminar kit, refreshment, working lunch and dinner. Spot registration facility is available for delegates on a different fee structure. * * *Target Participants* Library and Information Science Professionals, Researchers, LIS Students, I.T Professionals, Content and Knowledge Managers, Educational Policy Makers, Information / Content Providers and Vendors, E-learning Communities, Electronic / Print Publishing Community, IT Service Providers, etc. * * *Accommodation* Accommodation may be arranged on concessional tariffs for the participants in the University Guest House on first come first served basis. Delegates may indicate their requirements for accommodation in the registration form. *Maulana Azad Library* Maulana Azad Library is regarded as the second largest University Library of Asia with more than 13.5 lakh books, E- Books and other documents. The foundation of the Library was laid in 1875 when Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, a great social reformer of his time, established a School that later became Mohammaden Anglo Oriental College in 1877 and finally Aligarh Muslim University in 1920 by an Act of Parliament. The foundation stone of the Library was initially laid by Lord Lytton, the then Viceroy of India. That is why the Library was originally named as Lytton Library. The foundation stone of the present grand seven storied building of Maulana Azad Library was laid on November 12, 1955 by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, ex Prime Minister of India, who most graciously came again to inaugurate the Library on December 6, 1960. The library has thus completed 50 years. It was named after Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the great Educationist, Statesman and the first Education Minister of independent India. During the last couple of years, library services in the University have been substantially updated and modernized. Developments in the library services with the advent of latest ICT applications include- campus wide access to Online Catalogue, Digital Resource Centre with 2 lakh e-books / Encyclopedias and many language learning softwares, online journals; Automatic Security Gate for books; CCTV etc. As a sequel to that the library has recently received IP based online access to almost all important Internationally reputed Full Text Data Bases namely ‘Web of Science’, ‘Science Direct’, ‘SciFinder Scholar’, ‘ERMED Consortia’, ‘J-Gate’, ‘BIOSIS’ and ‘DELNET’. The Library serves the University community from 8 AM to 2 A.M. (next day). About 5000 students, teachers and other members of the University visit the Library daily. *Department of Library and Information Science* Department of Library and Information Science of Aligarh Muslim University is a premier institution in the field of Library and Information Science in India with a history that reaches back about sixty years. The foundation of the Department was laid way back in 1950-51 with the introduction of a ‘Certificate Course in Library Science’, by the then University Librarian, Padma Shri Prof. S. Bashiruddin. Encouraged by the success of the certificate course, late Prof. S. Bashiruddin introduced ‘Bachelor of Library Science’ in 1958-59 with full time lecturers for the first time in the country. The Certificate course was discontinued in 1968-69. Subsequently, ‘Master of Library Science’ was introduced in 1970-71. Another pioneering step taken by the department in the year 1986-87 was the introduction of Library Science as a subsidiary subject at B.A level in the Faculties of Arts and Social Science. Realizing the need and importance of research in the subject, the Department started M.Phil/Ph.D programmes since 1990-91. The teaching faculty of the department includes one Professor, three Associate Professors, two Assistant Professors, and two Guest Faculties. Using the modern ICT facilities in the dept, the faculty members are engaged in active research on various aspects of LIS. At present, the department has two ongoing projects sponsored by ICSSR and Department of Science and Technology Govt. of India. In the past also few UGC sponsored projects have been successfully completed. The guild of academic activities such as conferences, seminars, workshops and extramural lectures of eminent scholars have always been regular features of the department. *Patron* Prof. P.K Abdul Azis (Vice-Chancellor, AMU, Aligarh) * * *Organizing Secretary* Prof. Shabahat Husain (Librarian-In-Charge, M A Library, AMU, Aligarh) * * *Convener* Dr. Naushad Ali P.M (Chairman, DLIS, AMU, Aligarh) * * *Address for Communication* Convener, NeGLIS Dept of Library and Information Science Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh 202002 Tel: 0571 2700039, 3266444 E-mail: neglis2011(a)gmail.com, chairman.lis(a)amu.ac.in Website: www.amu.ac.in/seminar/neglis For any queries, please contact: Mr. Shibu K.M Dept of Library and Information Science Mob: +91 9536767063 E-mail: shibukm123(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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One day program on "Sharing SUCCESS STORIES".
by GIPE Library 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

Dear All SLA Asian Chapter and TCS IRC Pune is organizing one day program on "Sharing SUCCESS STORIES". Here is brief about program. Many of us come across situations/challenges in our professional life and some of these challenges are really tough and sometimes we find out some creative solutions for same. Some of these are situations / problems can be faced by us and there could be alternate solutions for same. If professionals who have implemented or followed some innovative way /methodology which turned out to be a big success worth sharing with others too. Others can deploy similar approach for situations at their end or can think in similar direction for other problems. Some times there is need to do some experiments about which we may have some apprehensions but it turn out to be very productive in long run (may be after some fine tuning) All such SUCCESS STORIES / experiences, small initiatives / problem solving approach /methods etc (* which resulted in well established processes*) can be shared with others. SLA Asian Chapter and TCS IRC Pune jointly organizing one day program for sharing such SUCCESS STORIES on Saturday the 26th Feb 2011 at Tata Consultancy Services Raja Shree Bldg. 8 Tadiwalla Road Pune - 411 001 Where various success stories will be presented by speakers like Mr Venkat Raghavan from Times of India, Ms Parinita Samant from Hexaware, Ms Jyoti Chitale from Cummins College of Engg, Mr Ashutosh Joshi from Mahindra & Mahindra, Mr Mangesh Ghodake from L & T Infotech, Mr Praveen Vaidya from Tolani Maritime Inst and Mr Dharmendra Sachan from EXIM Bank, Ms Seema Utpat from IndSearch, etc. Outline of program is 10. 00 Introduction and formal welcome 10.15 Brief about SLA Activities 10.30 to 5.00 Actual Cases Presentations. Presenters will cover points like Brief description of issue/challenge/ initiative Why it was needed, What was approach, How it was tackled / resolved, Improvements done in due course of time Important learning and Finally after establishing it as standard practice what are tangible and intangible benefits of same. Each presentation will follow question / answers session. Registrations : Registrations are open and total 100 participants on first come first served basis will be registered on payment of registrations fee of INR 150/- Please feel free to contact my colleague Ms Manisha Shinde at 0 9960613527 or write a mail to us at gipelibrary(a)gmail.com for any queries related to registration, etc. You may please ignore this mail if you have received earlier. With regards -- Dr Nanaji Shewale Librarian Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics B M C C Road, Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411004 (India) T: 91 20 25679940 (Direct) T: 91 20 25654288, 25650287 Ext 401 http://www.gipe.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Trainee
by Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

Dear Sir, Please arrange to post the following message in LIS Forum. Regards, Dr. Dineshan Koovakkai *Central University of Kerala located at Kasaragod needs Library Trainees for its Library. The qualification required is BLISc/MLISc (preferably MLISc). Computer Knowledge is essential. The selection will be based on the interview and practical test. The selected candidates will get a stipend of Rs. 5000/- per month. The training period will be one year.* * Those who are interested may attend the walk-in-interview and practical test with all original certificates on 9th March 2011 at 10 am at Central University Office at Nayanmarmoola, Kasaragod.* -- Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai Assistant Librarian Central University of Kerala Vidyanagar P.O. Kasargod, Kerala, India Blog: www.dineshkoovakkai.blogspot.com Visit our library blog at: www.cuklibinfopage.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IASLIC Max Mueller Bhavan DLISc-Calcutta University Workshop
by Pijushkanti Panigrahi 22 Feb '11

22 Feb '11

IASLIC Max Mueller Bhavan DLISc-Calcutta University Workshop You are cordially invited to the inauguration of the IASLIC Goethe- Institut Max Mueller Bhavan, India joint workshop on Digitization Workflow : Tools and Techniques organized in collaboration with the Dept of Library and Information Science, University of Calcutta on February 24, 2011 at 10.30 am in the Chandramukhi-Kadambini Sabhagriha, 4th Floor, Central Library, University of Calcutta, Kolkata. Prof Suranjan Das, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, University of Calcutta has kindly given consent to inaugurate the program. Prof Basab Choudhury, Registrar, University of Calcutta will preside over the function. Sri S B Banerjee Convener, Education Division, IASLIC Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi Head, DLISc, CU & Hony General Secretary, IASLIC ================================================================== Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Professor & Head, Dept of Lib and Inf Science, 3rd Floor Asutosh Building, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, (M) : +91 94342 43522. Hony General Secretary, IASLIC ; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin, IASLIC, Kolkata-54 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Report on Liam Wyatt's talk "Wikipedia and GLAM's" - Organized by KALA/ NCSI-NET
by Arjuna Rao Chavala 22 Feb '11

22 Feb '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Arjuna Rao Chavala <arjunaraoc(a)googlemail.com> Date: Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:14 PM Subject: Report on Liam Wyatt's talk "Wikipedia and GLAM's" - Organized by KALA/ NCSI-NET To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi, Here is a brief report on talk on Wikipedia and GLAM's talk by Liam Wyatt - organized by Karntaka Stae Library Association (KALA[1])/ NCSI-NET [2] on 19 Feb 2011 at 10:30AM at NCSI Conference hall, IISc, Bangalore The session attracted 26 LIS professionals from academic/industry/students. I, Gautam John and Arun Ram were some of Bangalore Wikipedians who attended the event. Liam explained Wikipedia and how it be can used easily with presentations and live demonstrations, which thrilled the audience. There were several questions around Wikipedia policies and how it deals with controversial topics around politics, culture. Audience also showed lot of interest in the copyright policies of Wikipedia. Liam explained it nicely by illustrating the different licensing options from all rights reserved to public domain and highlighting the licenses applicable to Wikipedia. Liam shared how Oxford English Dictionary led the crowd sourcing towards creating knowledge, when it decided to publish the complete dictionary and sought inputs from public to share all the known words. He shared his popular quote If people were passing out Knowledge on the street for free everyday, I am sure that there would be a lot more learning, based on Gregg Gillis's quote about free paints and painting. There were questions on software for building an archive of publications and Liam suggested e-hive as a potential option. There was an interesting questions on the number of contributors for Sanskrit Wikipedia and Arun answered the same, based on his knowledge of working with Sanskrit Community. We also met with senior public library professionals and a member of Karnataka knowledge commission, who offered their help towards initiatives to provide free access to Wikipedia in public libraries. Most of the audience were excited to know that Wikipedia is available in several Indian languages. I extended an invitation to the audience to take the community/chapter's help in spreading Wikipedia in their respective professional communities/users. Here is a link to some of the photos of the event. https://picasaweb.google.com/arjunaraoc/LiamSTalkToKALANCSINET?feat=directl… [1]http://kalaonline.com/ [2]http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/ncsi-net Cheers Arjun -- 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 ashraf kattumadathil 22 Feb '11

22 Feb '11

Dear professionals, If anybody having access to the following journal pleases send me the following article. Article tiltle: Promoting the Development of Online Learning Communities for Library Professional Organizations Author: Barbara Blummer Journal of Web Librarianship, 1932-2917, Volume 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 29 – 50 Ashraf K M.Phil Research Sholar DLIS, DU Delhi-07 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NIFT Mumbai Looking for Research Assistant and a Library Assistant
by anand bandi 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

Dear Moderator, Kindly post the advertisement on the Forum for the benefit of the Professionals. "The National Institute of Fashion Technology, Mumbai invites application for the post of "Research Assistant" and "Library Asiistant"for its main Campus. A Post Grduates in Library and Information Science with First Class from reguler studies with proficiency in English Language and Computer operation may forward their CV to the undersigned latest by 7th March 2011. The candidate for Research Assistant should put in minimum of one year experience in the Library of repute along with two references indicating the contact Telephone Number and e-mail ID of such references.Also the candidate need to enlist in his/Her CV the task performed in the present Job. The selected Candidate will have an opportunity to work and learn in a total Automated & Digitised Library environment of the prestigious Resource Centrer of NIFT. Such selected candidate will be paid the stipend of Rs 10000=00 PM for the first six Months. The Candidate for "Library Assistant" will have to be a Post Graduate in LIS of the regular studies of the Universities, passed in First Class with proficiency in English Language and familer with Computer applications. Such candidate will be paid a stipend of Rs 8000=00 PM for first six Months.The candidates who are interested may forward their CV to the undersigned clearly mentioning the for the post the application is submitted. Incomplete application will be rejected. The last date for submission of complete CV is 7th March 2011. Dr.A.N.Bandi, Head, Resource Centre, National Institute of Fashion Technology, NIFT Campus, Plot No.15, Sector 4, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai - 410 210. Ph.91-22-27747080/81 Mobile : 09892192799 e-mail: anb321in(a)yahoo.co.in anbandi(a)rediffmail.com 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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KohaCon 2011 voting result
by Vimal Kumar 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

The KohaCon 2011 Location Survey is closed.Total of 877 responses received. If you voted for a location as your first choice it got 4 points, your second choice 3 points, and so on. Below is the break down in points. * Thane, India [ End October - Beginning November ] 2640+150+62+33= 2885 * Kathmandu, Nepal [ November / December 2011 ] 432+96+186+24= 738 * Kolkata, India [ November / December 2011 ] 156+339+104+33= 632 * Somerset or Bristol, UK [ September / October 2011 ] 160+141+72+108 = 481 Over whelming response shows that growing number of Koha users from India. And many libraries would like to adopt Koha in future. Thank you again for your support in favor of Koha community. Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.co.nr Blog: http://vimalkumar.oksociety.in http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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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National Diversity of International Journals
by srinivas rao 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

National Diversity of International Journals The journals ranking and Impact factor of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) is increasingly turning into an international currency for the quality of research output. More than 14000 journals are ISI-ranked as journal quality and impact. In that most of them are labeled “major international” journals this analysis of ISI data reveals that the attribute “international” is not always appropriate. National diversity of journals is very low due to a dominance of authors from English-speaking countries and U.S. authors in particular. Younger journals and journals with an explicitly stated international mission tend to be international, whereas the internationality of the affiliated organization or impact of a journal had no influence on national diversity. The results suggest that it may be desirable to clearly distinguish between national and international journals, to increase the number of international journals, and to support authors whose mother tongue is not English. Srinivasa Rao Ganta Librarian Bharat Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar on Library Advocacy at IIT Bombay
by Daulat Jotwani 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

Central Library, IIT Bombay is organizing a Seminar on Library Advocacy on 23rd Feb 2011 as per following details Topic : Library Advocacy Speaker : Margaret Law, Associate University Librarian, University of Alberta, Canada Date & Time : 23rd Feb 2011 at 3.00 pm Venue : Lecture Hall No.22, Victor Menezes Convention Centre, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai No registration fee. All are welcome. Thanks. -- D. Jotwani Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Bombay -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICLAM 2011: A Report
by Dr.Tariq Ashraf 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

*International Conference “ Convergence of Libraries , Archives and Museams on User Empowerment through Digital Technologies* * * The three day International Conference “ Convergence of Libraries , Archives and Museums on User Empowerment through Digital Technologies organized by National institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi in collaboration with IFLA Art Libraries section held on February 14-17, 2011 concluded successfully. The truly world class and prestigious venue of IIC provided a stimulating environment and fostered an unleashing of intellectual discourse, debate and discussion in this unique international conference of Librarians, Archivists & Conservators to promote digital convergence of the memory institutions. The well attended event sourced together nearly 300 delegates and scores of experts ranging from academicians , Librarians, , Computer Scientists, Conservationist , Software Engineers to Technocrats both from academia and industry representing several countries . Conference was marked by lively talks, passionate presentations and subtle arguments and counter arguments. Stalwarts from across the country grappled with issues and offered wide ranging opinions and views. Conference opened with the remarks of Dean, Academics, NIFT who welcomed the participants and speakers and wished conference a great success and emphasized the need for preserving cultural heritage of the country through digital depositions . She further laid stress upon the need for sectoral collaboration and networking for the exchange and sharing of knowledge. The conference was inaugurated by Ms.Monika. Garg, (IAS) Director General , NIFT who in her inaugural talk deliberated upon preservation of knowledge for posterity.. She dwelt upon the need for organizing and delivering information in more efficient ways as it is driving force behind knowledge economy. In ‘knowledge-driven’ environment, scholarship can flourish if the existing stock of knowledge is made adequate use of, and concerted efforts are made to build further on it. Accessing and retrieval of desired information, to facilitate this process is, undoubtedly, a most challenging task. She stated that Information Technology (IT) has facilitated this challenging task a great deal for both, users as well as providers of information, Spread over four days , 2 plenary sessions, 18 technical sessions, 12 invited talks, product presentations , tutorials by leading Academicians & Industry experts, special session by Wikimedia , a special day of parallel sessions on Preservation of Heritage Resources and two penal discussions, conference witnessed presentation of nearly 60 research papers and involved a galaxy of eminent experts, leading professionals, academicians and entrepreneurs like Prof. Shalni Urs, ,Prof.PB Mangla Prof.T Visvanathan, Dr. Jan Simane, Ms Lucy Tedd, Mr. Guss Ven Den Brakel, Mr. Rolf Kallman, Mr.Matin Flaynn, Dr. S Majumdar, Dr. Roshan Raina Dr. Jagtar Singh , Dr. RK Chadha , Dr. PR Goswami, Dr. Rakesh Bhatt Prof. IV Malhan, Mr. Dinsh Katre ,Prof, JK Mitra and Dr. Mrs SP Singh and many others exchanged views on issues related to technological, infrastructural and organizational developments including partnerships in the knowledge sector. One of the recurring thread which held the discussion together for three days was bringing together of set of individual cognitions and experiences of authors forming a common collective of memories sharing, interacting and integrating with the memories of a wide array of participants. The themes and topics of papers straddle the whole spectrum from collaboration to convergence to divergence, from social media for empowerment to digital divide, from digital preservation to institutional repositories, from enhancing user access to heritage material to library service through social networking, from information literacy as a tool for user empowerment to visualization for digital libraries, from information seeking behavior to open content; from hanging together to crossing continents. The issue of empowerment of users in Libraries, Archives and Museums was analyzed from multiple perspectives during the conference. All issues related to user empowerment ranging from changing roles of users and their rights, special needs of the disadvantaged user communities to digital preservation technologies, social media and sustainability concerns were dealt with. Library & Information professionals, Archivists and Conservators, as end users of open source and commercial software discussed trends and problems specific to their own sectors. It was opined that digital revolution has initiated an irrevocable process of convergence in the knowledge sector in the 21st century. The traditional barriers of academic disciplines, professions and institutions are disappearing fast as a unified world of knowledge is emerging. The traditional physical infrastructure and organizational setups have become irrelevant and various forms - textual, audio and visual – have fused together to create a mutable global knowledge repository. It was further observed that advancements in the fields of Information and Communication Technologies have also unleashed democratizing forces enabling access to all to the inner recesses of the knowledge world. The role of the user in knowledge repositories such as libraries, archives and museums has transformed from a passive receiver to a participant in the creation and dissemination of information. Some of the specific themes and areas covered during the conference are as under: 1. Development of information systems and services with the goal of optimum user empowerment 2. Sensitization of information professionals and conservators to deliver user-oriented service 3. Creation of awareness among users about their rights 4. Promotion of partnerships of institutions and professionals of the knowledge sector for resource sharing 5. Attaining of convergence of the memory institutions viz., Libraries, Archives and Museums. Participating delegates complimented the organizers for organizing such a successful convention and bringing together so many diverse stream at a single platform and discussing issues both in context and threadbare and felt they will go back to their work places much enlightened and keep the memories of this four day convention alive in their minds and hearts for long time to come . They emphasized the need for continuing with such kind of endeavor in future too so as to institutionalise and strengthen the concept of convergence for the larger benefits of information based professionals. The beautifully produced 600+ conference volume and an attractive conference kit was a special draw with the delegates. Dr.Tariq Ashraf University of Delhi South Campus -- Dr.Tariq Ashraf South Campus, University of Delhi Benito Juarez Road New Delhi (India )110021 Email: tariq22(a)gmail.com ; tariq(a)south.du.ac.in Ph: 011-24110221 (Direct) Fax: 011-24110221 Cell:9868335593 Website: http://www.du.ac.in The information contained in this e-mail message is privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination or copying is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this e-mail message in error, please e-mail the sender. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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8th International CALIBER 2011 - Spot Registrations
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 20 Feb '11

20 Feb '11

Dear professional colleagues, The arrangements for 8th International CALIBER 2011 is in full swing and we are receiving an overwhelming response from the professional colleagues and glad to inform that it has almost crossed 90% of the target of the committee. But unfortunately we have to restrict the registrations with in our available facilities. Hence, I request that those who intend to register themselves on the spot on 2nd at the venue of the conference, may intimate the same to us in advance. Also let us know about accompanying person if any. This will help us to make all necessary arrangements and make the conference a grand success. Your mail should reach us at least by 25th of February 2011. Since the number of registrations has to be limited to the capacity of venue and other arrangements, no further registrations will be entertained. Kindly cooperate. Dr GOPAKUMAR V. Organizing Secretary 8th International CALIBER 2011 Office Phone: 08326519012 Mobile No: 09447056713 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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article request
by Veeru 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

Dear Professionals, Can anyone please provide me these articles need urgent 1. *Using Spreadsheets To Emulate Diffusion and Thermal Conductivity* Harvey F. Blanck p 651 Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2009 (Tech Report) DOI: 10.1021/ed086p651 2. *Surfactant Adsorption Parameters from Surface Tension Measurements* Mário N. Berberan-Santos p 433 Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2009 (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ed086p433.1 3.* Self-Cleaning Surfaces: A Third-Year Undergraduate Research Projec*t Ronald S. Haines , Alex H. F. Wu , Hua Zhang , Jacob Coffey , Thomas Huddle , Justin S. Lafountaine , Zhi-Jun Lim , Eugene A. White and Nam T. Tuong , Robert N. Lamb p 365 Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2009 (Article) DOI: 10.1021/ed086p365 -- *with regards Virupaksh BH Senior Research Fellow, University of Agricultural Science, GKVK, Bangalore**,* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KALA/ NCSI-NET Talk on Wikipedia and GLAM's by Liam Wyatt
by madhuresh.singhal 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

Dear LIS Professionals, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) and NCSI-NET (an alumni association of Students and staff of NCSI) are happy to invite you to the Special Lecture on; Topic: "Wikipedia and GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums)" Speaker: Liam Wyatt (Wikimedia Foundation's Cultural Partnerships Fellow) Date and Time: 19th Feb 2011 at 10.30AM Venue: Seminar Hall, National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), IISc, Bangalore -12 Abstract: In this presentation Liam will discuss his project as the "Wikipedian in Residence" at the British Museum and the current global cultural partnerships project. He will then talk about the kinds of collaboration that libraries and librarians can achieve with Wikimedia and also answer any questions about Wikipedia more generally. About the Speaker: Liam Wyatt is the Wikimedia Foundation's Cultural Partnerships Fellow<http://bit.ly/GLAMfellow> (a.k.a GLAM fellow), based in Sydney. He has done his bachelors in Globalisation. He had been given a one year fellowship to focus on Cultural Partnerships within the Wikiverse. His role is to help create systems and processes to make outreach partnerships more efficient and effective. The key phrase is "capacity building" as described in his blogpost a few months ago "How to make cultural collaborations scale<http://www.wittylama.com/2010/11/how-to-make-cultural-collaborations-scale/>". He believes that now the cultural sector has seen that working with Wikimedia can be A Good Thing(tm), that we must have reasonably professional processes in place for managing those relationships. As a first step in this he has built a bit of a GLAM hub on-wiki<http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM>. For more details, he can be accessed at this URL http://glamwiki.org<http://glamwiki.org/> He has been Vice President of Wikimedia Australia<http://wikimedia.org.au/> and the "Wikipedian in Residence<http://www.wittylama.com/2010/03/the-british-museum-and-me/>" at the British Museum. Also, a project officer at Austlii<http://www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/> and multimedia coordinator at the Dictionary of Sydney<http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/www/html/51-project-teams.asp>, a historian, podcaster<http://wikipediaweekly.org/>, fire-twirler<http://www.circusoc.com/>, museuophile, snowboarder, förman<http://www.ostgota.nu/>, bartender and backpacker. Thanks and Regards, Rajendra Babu H General Secretary Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) Visit us at ToxExpo, 6-10 March 2011 in Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C., Booth# 1228 ************************************************************************************************* This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Now, get best of IIT, IISc lectures online
by shankar nadoor 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

*Dear Professional Friends Those students of engineering, who did not get opportunity to attend top rated institutions, can now learn from some of the best teachers of IITs and IISc, Bangalore as several hours of their lectures on various disciplines have been uploaded on internet for a free access. For More Details : http://www.deccanherald.com/content/138750/now-get-iit-iisc-lectures.html Source : DHNS,18th Feb 2011 Thanking You With Regards * Shankar Nadoor Assistant Librarian M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore -54 http://sites.google.com/site/shankarnadoor/ www.msrit.edu/ Mobile:8553533135 * * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Institutional Repository@RGUHS DL
by thimmappa naik 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

Dear Professionals, Kindly look into our institutional repository using DSpace at http://119.82.96.198:8080/jspui/ and even No 605 in who's using Dspace (www.dspace.org) and kindly give suggestions to improve the project more effectively. Thimmappa N. MLISc, PGDHL 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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Today's lecture stands canceled; Re: Lecture invitation
by Francis Jayakanth 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

Dear Members, Dr. KN Prasad of SRELS had called to inform the LIS-Forum members that today's (Thursday 17 Feb 2011 Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Memorial Lectures (16) (2011) on PEOPLE, CULTURE, AND 21 CENTURY LIBRARIES by Dr. Gary Marchionini stands canceled as the speaker is held up in the delhi airport due to the inclement weather condition in delhi. Kindly inform your friends / colleagues about the cancellation of today's lecture. Please do note that the remaining two lectures on Friday (18 Feb) and Saturday (19 Feb) will be held as per the schedule. The original announcement of the lecture series is appended to this mail. With regards, - Francis NCSI, IISc On Thu, 17 Feb 2011, Francis Jayakanth wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: SRELS <srels(a)dataone.in> > Date: Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 3:17 PM > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Lecture invitation > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > Dear Moderator: > Kindly arrange to announce the following invitation for the benefit of > LIS-FORUM members. > > Sincerely, > > K.N. Prasad, SRELS > > ********* > > > > Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), > > Bangalore > > > > in association with > > > > Informatics (India) Ltd., Bangalore > > and > > Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies, > > Chennai & Bangalore > > > > cordially invites you to the > > Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Memorial Lectures (16) (2011) > > on > > PEOPLE, CULTURE, AND 21 CENTURY LIBRARIES > > by > > Dr. Gary Marchionini > > Dean and Cary C. Boshamer Professor, > > School of Information and Library Science, > > University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, > > Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA > > > > on > > 17 , 18 , and 19 February 2011, at 6.00 pm each day > > at > > SRELS, 702, 'Upstairs', 42 Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, > > Bangalore 560 010 > > > > Mr. N.V. Sathyanarayana > > Chairman & Managing Director, Informatics (India) Ltd., Bangalore > > Inaugurates > > > > Tea: 5.30 pm > > > > > RSVP:1. K.N. Prasad-Ph: (080) 23305109 E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in > > > > > ********* > > > > Abstracts > > > > Day 1. > > > > The transformation of Libraries as Institutions: Physical-Digital Hybrids > > Electronic technologies have brought great changes to information > work, including libraries > > Library automation: classification, organizations, catalogs (e.g., > > MARC, OCLC, ISI) > > Online searching, virtual reference > > Databases and IR techniques > > > > Digital libraries > > Technology Drivers > > Digitization > > Indexing, Metadata > > Network transfer, interoperability > > Preservation > > > > Human Drivers > > New skills, roles, adoptions > > > > Culture Drivers > > Economies of scale and action > > Intellectual Property > > Cooperation, Policies > > > > Hybrid Libraries > > Shared collections > > Local special collections > > lnteroperations > > High tech vs high touch decisions > > > > Day 2. > > Humans as information Creators, Collectors, Consumers, and Communicators > > Human Memory and Institutional History > > Creation, capture, and reuse revolutions in the information life cycle > > Capture: cameras, recorders, sensors, scanners > > Editors, mixers and mashups > > > > Personal Collections > > Physical > > Digital > > > > Information Consumption > > Learning: effectiveness, retention > > Working: flow, efficiency > > Entertaining: engagement, enjoyment > > > > Communication > > Social networks > > Participatory Libraries: Institutional + Personal Libraries > > > > Day 3. > > > > Libraries of People and their State Changes: Saturday > > Computational Agents and Social Media > > Agents as Assistants, Surrogates, Observers, and Adversaries > > Social media: individuals, groups, culture blur > > > > Proflection Theory > > Projections of Self: Exoinformation > > Purposeful > > Unconscious > > Reflections of Self > > Human > > Machine > > Participatory Libraries of Proflections of Personal Identity > > Libraries as Reflections of Cyberspace Culture > > > > > > Gary Marchionini, Brief Bio > > > > Gary Marchionini is the Dean and Cary C. Boshamer Professor in the > School of Information and Library Science at the University of North > Carolina at Chapel Hill. He teaches courses in humaninformation > interaction, interface design and testing, and digital libraries. He > heads the Interaction Design Laboratory at SILS. His Ph.D. is from > Wayne State University in mathematics education with an emphasis on > educational computing. He has published over 200 articles, chapters > and reports in a variety of books and journals. He is author of a book > titled Information Seeking in Electronic Environments published by > Cambridge University Press and a forthcoming book titled Information > Concepts: From books to Personal Identities in Cybespace. Professor > Marchionini has had grants or research awards from the National > Science Foundation, Council on Library Resources, the National Library > of Medicine, the Library of Congress, Bureau of Labor Statistics, > Kellogg Foundation, and NASA, The Nationa! > l Cancer Institute, Microsoft, Google, and IBM among others. > Professor Marchionini was Editorin- Chief for the ACM Transaction on > Information Systems (2002- 2008) and is the editor for the > Morgan-Claypool Lecture Series on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and > Services. He has been program chair forACM SIGIR (2005) and ACM/IEEE > JCDL (2002) as well as general chair ofACMDL96 and JCDL2006. He serves > or has served on a dozen editorial boards and is the 2010 president of > the American Society of Information Science and Technology. His > current interests and projects are related to: interfaces that support > information seeking and information retrieval; usability of personal > health records; alternative representations for electronic documents; > multimedia browsing strategies; digital libraries; and evaluation of > interactive media, especially for learning and teaching. He currently > has a 3-year grant from NSF on established a search results framework > that supports searches over multip! > le sessions and in collaboration. He also has a one-year grant! > from NS > F to investigate the viability of Second Life as an environment for > promoting digital preservation. > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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National Seminar on “Plagiarism and Validation of Research in the Internet era: problems and prospects”
by HPS Kalra 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

The Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala is organizing a one-day National Seminar on Plagiarism and Validation of Research in the Internet era: problems and prospects on 24 February 2011. Introduction: Plagiarism has been considered a major problem in academics and research since the written word and the means of reproducing written word reached masses. In the age of the Internet, where access to vast information resources across space and time is possible in seconds, the possibilities for plagiarism have increased manifold. Beside legal and ethical issues, this has serious implications for research process and its validation. This seminar is being organized Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala, to address these and related issues. The Seminar: The inaugural session would be held from at 10.15 on Thursday, 24 February 2011 in the Senate Hall at Punjabi University, Patiala. The programme would include a mixture of lectures, presentations and panel discussion. Participants: Researchers, Librarians, Academics, Students in any subject can participate Registration: Spot registration for this one-day seminar can be made in cash. Registration fee: Rs. 250/-. Participants requiring accommodation should intimate so with details of their travel plans at the earliest for making necessary arrangements. For more details contact: Dr H.P.S. Kalra, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala – 147002 (Punjab). Tel: 0175-3046179, 3046180. Email: hpskalra(a)gmail.com. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FW: Book/journals acquisition procedure
by Tejasvini.Ranadive＠ril.com 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

Dear Professionals, I would like to know the Book/journals acquisition procedure followed at corporate libraries? 1. Is purchasing of library books/journals done through direct procurement or is it routed through some other process? 2. Is any library using SAP for acquisition of library documents? 3. How many days it takes to receive a book in the library? 4. Does anyone procure articles/standards online (ones which are available for immediate download)? If yes; how do you make payments toward online purchases of articles/standards? Kindly reply. Thank you all in anticipation. Regards, Tejasvini Ranadive Reliance Industries Ltd., Central Library, Patalganga Manufacturing Division Rasayani 410220 District: Raigad MAHARASHTRA - INDIA Tel: 02192256270 tejasvini.ranadive(a)ril.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HP "Print this mail only if absolutely necessary. Save Paper. Save Trees." "Confidentiality Warning: This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient. you are hereby notified that any review. re-transmission. conversion to hard copy. copying. circulation or other use of this message and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient. please notify the sender immediately by return email. and delete this message and any attachments from your system. Virus Warning: Although the company has taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email. The company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this email or attachment." -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ISiM Special Lecture- Open Video Project by Prof. Gary Marchionini
by Shalini Urs 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

International School of Information Management University of Mysore ---- ISiM Special Lecture (11) -- The Open Video Project: Research and Practice by Prof. Gary Marchionini, PhD Dean and Cary C. Boshamer Professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA February 19, 2011: 11:00 AM Mr. D. Sudhanva, Managing Director, Excel-Soft Technologies Pvt Ltd, Mysore Will preside You are cardinally invited --- Shalini Dr. Shalini Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in ISiM - Management School of IT. Technology School for IM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KALA/ NCSI-NET Talk on Wikipedia and GLAM's by Liam Wyatt (Wikimedia Foundation's Cultural Partnerships Fellow) on 19th Feb 2011
by Babu Rajendra 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

Dear LIS Professionals, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) and NCSI-NET (an alumni association of Students and staff of NCSI) are happy to invite you to the Special Lecture on; Topic: "Wikipedia and GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums)" Speaker: Liam Wyatt (Wikimedia Foundation's Cultural Partnerships Fellow) Date and Time: 19th Feb 2011 at 10.30AM Venue: Seminar Hall, National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), IISc, Bangalore -12 Abstract: In this presentation Liam will discuss his project as the "Wikipedian in Residence" at the British Museum and the current global cultural partnerships project. He will then talk about the kinds of collaboration that libraries and librarians can achieve with Wikimedia and also answer any questions about Wikipedia more generally. About the Speaker: Liam Wyatt is the Wikimedia Foundation's Cultural Partnerships Fellow<http://bit.ly/GLAMfellow> (a.k.a GLAM fellow), based in Sydney. He has done his bachelors in Globalisation. He had been given a one year fellowship to focus on Cultural Partnerships within the Wikiverse. His role is to help create systems and processes to make outreach partnerships more efficient and effective. The key phrase is "capacity building" as described in his blogpost a few months ago "How to make cultural collaborations scale<http://www.wittylama.com/2010/11/how-to-make-cultural-collaborations-scale/>". He believes that now the cultural sector has seen that working with Wikimedia can be A Good Thing(tm), that we must have reasonably professional processes in place for managing those relationships. As a first step in this he has built a bit of a GLAM hub on-wiki<http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM>. For more details, he can be accessed at this URL http://glamwiki.org<http://glamwiki.org/> He has been Vice President of Wikimedia Australia<http://wikimedia.org.au/> and the "Wikipedian in Residence<http://www.wittylama.com/2010/03/the-british-museum-and-me/>" at the British Museum. Also, a project officer at Austlii<http://www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/> and multimedia coordinator at the Dictionary of Sydney<http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/www/html/51-project-teams.asp>, a historian, podcaster<http://wikipediaweekly.org/>, fire-twirler<http://www.circusoc.com/>, museuophile, snowboarder, förman<http://www.ostgota.nu/>, bartender and backpacker. Thanks and Regards, Rajendra Babu H General Secretary Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the information contained in the email. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Capco. http://www.capco.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar on Library Advocacy at IIT Bombay
by Daulat Jotwani 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

Central Library, IIT Bombay is organizing a Seminar on Library Advocacy on 23rd Feb 2011 as per following details Topic : Library Advocacy Speaker : Margaret Law, Associate University Librarian, University of Alberta, Canada Date & Time : 23rd Feb 2011 at 3.00 pm Venue : Lecture Hall No.22, Victor Menezes Convention Centre, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai All are welcome. Thanks. -- D. Jotwani Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Bombay -- 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 of article
by Mamtha's Gmail 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

Dear Friends, Kindly provide full-text of the following articles if available in your library. *1. Ugeskr Laeger. 2003 Apr 28;165(18):1851-5.* Consanguinity and congenital abnormalities Søgaard M<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22S%C3%B8gaard%20M%22%5BAuthor%5D>, Vedsted-Jakobsen A<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22Vedsted-Jakobsen%20A%22%5BAuthor…> . 2 .*Ann Hum Biol. 1981 Sep-Oct;8(5):469-72.* Consanguinity, fecundity and post-natal mortality in Karnataka, South India. Devi AR<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22Devi%20AR%22%5BAuthor%5D>, Rao NA <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22Rao%20NA%22%5BAuthor%5D>, Bittles AH<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22Bittles%20AH%22%5BAuthor%5D> . 3.*Ann Hum Biol. 1988 Nov-Dec;15(6):455-60.* Consanguinity, twinning and secondary sex ratio in the population of Karnataka, south India. Bittles AH<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22Bittles%20AH%22%5BAuthor%5D>, Devi AR<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22Devi%20AR%22%5BAuthor%5D>, Rao NA <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22Rao%20NA%22%5BAuthor%5D>. 4.*J Biosoc Sci. 1993 Jan;25(1):111-6.* Trends in consanguineaous marriage in Karnataka, south India, 1980-89. Bittles AH<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22Bittles%20AH%22%5BAuthor%5D>, Coble JM<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22Coble%20JM%22%5BAuthor%5D>, Rao NA <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22Rao%20NA%22%5BAuthor%5D>. Thank you. Best wishes Mrs Mamatha PK Chief Librarian Yenepoya University Deralakatte, MANGALORE-575018 Karnataka Ph:0824-2204668, 69, 70 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ebooks
by Gurpreet singh 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

check this link www.ctiemtlibrary.blogspot.com -- *Gurpreet Singh Libraries' In-Charge CT Group of Institutions Vill - Shahpur, P.O. - Udopur Via Jamsher Khas Jalandhar-144020 Punjab (India) (M) 09463356609 Phone No.* +91-181-2995967/68 +91-181-5055125/26/27 Ext Library 219 ** email:- gpslibrarian(a)gmail.com ** ctlibrarian(a)gmail.com* *www.ctgroup.in http://ctiemtlibrary.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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List of National & International Journals (Free Online)
by G. K. Sachdeva 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

Dear Library Professionals, Kindly send some list of National and International Journals (Free Online) for Management and DDC 21st Ed. (Free Online) Waiting for your reply Thanks and regards, -- Gulshan Kr. Sachdeva Library In-Charge JKPS-IMT -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MOBILE LIBRARY FOR KIDS AND SENIOR CITIZENS IN SURAT
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

SURAT: With a view to provide doorstep access to various books and magazines to senior citizens, kids and youngsters, Surat Municipal Corporation ( SMC<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/search?q=SMC>) has earmarked a fund worth Rs 10 lakh for the 'mobile library' project. * The standing committee has approved the mobile library project under state government's 'Vanche Gujarat' initiative for year 2011-12. Official sources said the mobile library will be equipped with books on various topics, newspapers, magazines etc and it will be stationed outside public gardens and parks. The mobile library project would be a huge success among senior citizens visiting public parks and gardens in the morning and evening hours. They (senior citizens) would have a great opportunity to read books as they cannot visit SMC-run Narmad Library<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/search?q=Narmad%20Library> located on Ghod Dod Road. "Specialised vehicles will be acquired for the mobile library project. The mobile library would be stationed at public gardens and parks for a couple of days at a stretch so that citizens can get its benefits," a senior civic officer said. Sources added the registration of people intending to read the books will be done at the mobile counter itself by taking their identification proofs and contact numbers. If the members don't find the books of their interest in the mobile library, then they will get it the next day from the central library. * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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E-Books for Management Institution
by G. K. Sachdeva 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

Dear Library Professionals, Kindly send some of e-Books for Management Institution. Waiting for your reply Thanks and regards, -- Gulshan Kr. Sachdeva Library In-Charge JKPS-IMT -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Asst.Post for CSMR
by Yalagouda patil 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

Dear Moderator: Kindly announce the following in the Forum for the post of Library Asst meant for Centre for Soft Matter Research,Bangalore. Thanks Patil Dr.Y.M.Patil Retd. Librarian, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore 560 080, India Mobile: 09902 550033 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx CENTRE FOR SOFT MATTER RESEARCH *(Formerly Centre for Liquid Crystal Research)* *P.B. No.1329, Prof. U.R.Rao Road, Jalahalli, Bangalore 560 013* *Advertisement No. CSMR/2010-11/Advt./002 Date : 10 February 2011* APPOINTMENT OF LIBRARY ASSISTANT  ONE POST The Centre for Soft Matter Research (CSMR) invites applications for the post of LIBRARY ASSISTANT in the Pay Scale of Rs.5,200-20,200 with Grade Pay of Rs.2,400/- (Gross emoluments: Rs.19,663/-) as applicable to Central Government employees stationed at Bangalore*.* *Job profile* : To organize and maintain the present library collection on modern lines; to computerize library collection; to strengthen library collection both in print and electronic forms for books and journals; to maintain and liaise with other related libraries for interlibrary loan and resources sharing. *Qualification*: (a) *Educational *: Essential : (i) A Bachelor’s degree preferably in Science from a recognized University; (ii) M.L.I.Sc. from a recognized University; (iii) Skill of computer applications in library environment (b) *Desirable* At least one years’ experience of working in a scientific institute’s library (excluding training or short term courses). (c) Age limit for direct recruits : Not exceeding 30 years (Relaxable up to 5 years for employees of Govt./PSU/ Autonomous Bodies/CSMR/Universities and candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBCs etc. as per Central Govt. Rules). Reservation is applicable as per Central Government Rules. *Application* :* * The application form can be downloaded from the website * www.csmr.res.in* <http://www.clcr.res.in/>, and submitted together with true copies of the relevant certificates/testimonials to the Administrative Officer, Centre for Soft Matter Research, P.B. No.1329, Prof. U.R.Rao Road, Jalahalli, Bangalore 560 013 by post/hand delivery, not later than *21 March 2011*. The envelope should be superscribed with "Application for Library Assistant". Administrative Officer *MATTER RESEARCH* *Formerly, Centre for Liquid Crystal Research* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminars/workshops for 2011
by YOGITA_SAWANT＠RELBIO.COM 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

Dear Professionals, Can anybody tell me where i can find the list of seminars/workshops for library professionals for the year 2011. Regards Yogita Sawant Reliance Life Sciences Pvt Ltd, Dhirubhai Ambani Life Science Centre, R-282, TTC Area of MIDC, Rabale, Thane-Belapur Road, Navi Mumbai - 400701 PH:- 67678000 -- 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] Raise your voice against corruption- my feelings.
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

Dear Sir/Madam, Thanks for your personal view, but my view is you are giving relaxation to various corrupt peoples. Please go through the types of corruption, you will find that whatever you are talking about is also comes under the corruption. Kindly go through the IFLA manifesto on corruption.(http://www.ifla.org/en/node/5324) Any association exist if the country exist so corruption is not related to any specific profession or people it exist every where, presently our country is suffering from this disease very badly we should join our hands against corruption and try to clean it from every where so if Librarians can do something good in this area it will be good for our profession and country. On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:53:09 +0530 wrote >Dear forum members, Primary objective of any association is to serve for developing and promoting the profession. Before making any objective for removing corruption, do we have any incidences of our associaitons being abused/charged for corruption? Second, some bias or personal liking is common phenomemnon in any association and it is not related to any corruption. The office bearers os association may like members of similar thinking as successors or some members may like the position for their visibility and contribution. This cannot be considered as corruption. Third, the associations need to have some linkages with politicians/Govt. authortities for fighting for justice to profession. In this process, some expenditure might occur to speed up the process and the members might have to contribute for the cause. This we cannot consider as corruption. Finally, corruption is purely personal, unless the person removes it from his/her heart, the association cannot do anything. Manjunatha ------------------------ Dr. Manjunatha K, Chief Librarian, T.A. PAI Management Institute, P.B. No. 9, Manipal - 576 104. Udupi Dist., Karnataka, India +91 0820-2701105 (off) / 2575161(Res) manjunath(a)tapmi.edu.in; manjunathak(a)gmail.com http://www.tapmi.edu.in -------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Vinod Kumar Mishra Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 1:52 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; iatul-l(a)lists.lrz-muenchen.de; nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [LIS-Forum] Raise your voice against corruption Dear All, There are various associations in the specific disciplines like IASLIC, ILA, etc. Now i feel each association should make one major objective to remove corruption from their own profession. Now all the association members should raise their voices against corruption like peoples of Egypt, if they want any good revolution for the sake of their profession/human development/Country. With regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra Senior Library Information Assistant Technical Processing Division P.K.Kelkar Library IIT Kanpur. Mob: 91+9198539740 email: vinod_librarian(a)rediffmail.com :mishravk79@gmail.com website: http://lishelp.grou.ps (HDLS) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum With regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra Senior Library Information Assistant Technical Processing Division P.K.Kelkar Library IIT Kanpur. Mob: 91+9198539740 email: vinod_librarian(a)rediffmail.com : mishravk79(a)gmail.com website: http://lishelp.grou.ps (HDLS) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Raise your voice against corruption
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

Dear All, There are various associations in the specific disciplines like IASLIC, ILA, etc. Now i feel each association should make one major objective to remove corruption from their own profession. Now all the association members should raise their voices against corruption like peoples of Egypt, if they want any good revolution for the sake of their profession/human development/Country. With regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra Senior Library Information Assistant Technical Processing Division P.K.Kelkar Library IIT Kanpur. Mob: 91+9198539740 email: vinod_librarian(a)rediffmail.com : mishravk79(a)gmail.com website: http://lishelp.grou.ps (HDLS) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request
by RAKESH SINGH BISEN 11 Feb '11

11 Feb '11

Dear All, Kindly, send the following article if any of you are having: *Journal of Microbiological Methods; Vol. 66(2);2006;pp. 217-22* *"Removal of ...Al. Sulphate"* RAKESH SINGH BISEN LIBRARY OFFICER IIIM,JAMMU -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Job Opening for Library Executive (Novell Softwares):Bangalore
by Mohan 11 Feb '11

11 Feb '11

Hi,Please upload the below Information in your esteemed Groups, Fourms, Blogs. Hi All, There is an opening for the position Library - Executive (Contract Position) at Novell Software India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore. Following are the requirements in brief: Maintenance of Library Coordinating with the vendors for Books Purchase / Journal Subscription. Cataloguing and Classification Taking care of the links of freely available e-books and e-journals. Handling of Audio / Video Resources Managing the Software Licenses and Assests. CAS, News alert services Working hours - 8:30AM - 05:30PM Job Location: Bangalore Salary:According to the Industry Standards. contact Person: Mr. Mohan Kumar K V on 9663500490, 9986593540 OR kmohan(a)novell.com formore details Thanks Mohan MOHAN KUMAR K V Information Executive Novell Softwares Development India Ltd Bagemane Tech Park C V Raman Nagar Bangalore-560 068 Karnataka, India Office No. 40022323, Mob. 9986593540 Email: kmohan(a)novell.com, moni090(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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DKKLA's one day workhop on Managing Digital Resources on February 19, 2011 at TAPMI, Manipal
by Mailing List Admin 11 Feb '11

11 Feb '11

Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:59:03 +0530 From: Manjunath K <manjunath(a)tapmi.edu.in> (Dear moderator, please post this message on this forum as it may have many LIS members who are working in DK, Udupi & Kodagu dists). For LIS professionals working in DK, Udupi and Kodagu Dists. DAKSHINA KANNADA AND KODAGU LIBRARY ASSOCIATION(r) (DKKLA) in association with T.A. PAI MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, MANIPAL(TAPMI) is organizing a ONE DAY WORK-SHOP ON MANAGING DIGITAL RESOURCES IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES ON FEBRUARY 19, 2011 AT TAPMI, Manipal In an academic world, particularly in this digital age, access to digital information resources is of paramount importance. The Information and Communication Technology has made great impact on generation of information both in print as well as digital media. The LIS professionals are challenged with modes of acquiring relevant resources to their library and managing the same. This warrants the need for upgrading their skills and learning newer techniques to procure and manage information resources. In this connection, Dakshina Kannada & Kodagu Library Association (DKKLA) in Association with T.A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal has organized a one day workshop on Managing Digital Resources in Academic Libraries on February 19, 2011 at TAPMI, Manipal Sri Sathyanarayana, MD of Informatics, Bangalore has agreed to be the keynote speaker. Dr. C.P. Ramasesh from Mysore University will be the resource person. The Association has requested the Regional JD of this region to permit the participants on to attend the workshop on deputation. Regn Fee: Rs. 150/. The registration charge could be paid at Registration Counter on the day of workshop. However, the participation could be confirmed via email to Dr. Rekha or Dr. Manjunath. [rekha.pai(a)manipal.edu or manjunath(a)tapmi.edu.in] About DKKLA: DKKLA is a registered professional association dedicated to organise programs for professional development in the field. Since it does not have permanent building, it organzies programmes in association with institutes of higher learning. About TAPMI: TAPMI, Manipal is offering a two-year PG program in Management and Health care that are recognized by AICTE, New Delhi. It is in the final stages of international Accreditation (AACSB). It is consistently ranked among top 20 premier Bschools in the country. The institute is located in 42 acres land, 5 KMs away from Manipal Bus stand towards Alevoor. Manjunatha ------------------------ Dr. Manjunatha K, Chief Librarian, T.A. PAI Management Institute, P.B. No. 9, Manipal - 576 104. Udupi Dist., Karnataka, India +91 0820-2701105 (off) / 2575161(Res) manjunath(a)tapmi.edu.in<mailto:manjunath@tapmi.edu.in>; manjunathak(a)gmail.com<mailto:manjunathak@gmail.com> http://www.tapmi.edu.in --------------------------

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Article Request
by डा. विनोद कुमार शर्मा 11 Feb '11

11 Feb '11

Dear Professional Colleages, I would be highly grateful if any of professional friends share this reference with us. We need this reference very urgently. Characterization of *Geminivirus* Resistance in an Accession of *Capsicum chinense* Jacq. Marco A. García-Neria, Rafael F. Rivera-Bustamante *Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions,* February 2011, Volume 24, Number 2, Pages 172-182 <callto:+1172-182> (doi: 10.1094/MPMI-06-10-0126) Thanks in advance. Vinod Sharma -------------------------------------- *Dr Vinod Kr Sharma* *Librarian/Information Scientist National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, P B No.10531,J.N.U. Campus, New Delhi - 110067. Ph. : 91-11-26735101(Direct) 91-11-26741612, 14, 17 Ext. 101 Fax : 91-11-26741658 * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Online Buying for Librarians
by kamlesh hilal 11 Feb '11

11 Feb '11

Respected All I am delighted to share my presentation on Online Buying for Librarians with you all. I am sure this presentation will be of use to my young professional friends. Please go through the presentation link at http://www.slideshare.net/kamleshhilal/online-buying-behaviour-of-librarian… Kindly post your comment. -- Thanks (¨`·.·´¨) Always `·.¸ (¨`·.·´¨) Keep (¨`·.·´¨)¸.·´ Smiling! `·.¸.·´ Kamlesh B. Hilal Library Assistant Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W) 400601 MUMBAI. INDIA @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : kamleshhilal24(a)gmail.com Mob : 9322735397 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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[MLOSC.12392] if non received the journal aftersent subscription
by MN Seetharaman 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Dear professional colleagues, In response to the messages posted in the forum re. non-receipt of journals issues, I wish to share my experience as the former Head of Library in the National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, and later in IIT Madras. 1. First of all the systems and procedures for journal subscriptions should be so designed as to ensure that the institution does not suffer any loss financially on account of non-receipt of issues and that the bound volumes of journals are complete in all respects with all the issues in tact, obviating complaints from the users about the missing issues in the bound volumes. If bound volumes are found to be incomplete at a later point of time, the libraries would be helpless and can no nothing in the matter. 2. For subscribing journals published by scholarly societies and professional associations which have students/institutional membership scheme, it is better to enlist the library or the institution as the institutional member by paying the prescribed annual membership fee. Such a membership will ensure that the library not only gets the journal issues in time but also at concessional subscription rates, if any, offered to members. Even if one or two issues are missing during transit, the society/association will make good the missing issues without grumbling. An additional benefit of the membership scheme will be that the library will get regularly all announcements about new books, monographs, conference proceedings etc. published by the society/association and can order selected titles at membership rates. 3. For subscribing journals published by commercial publishers, we at NAL used to deal with the publishers directly rather than through any subscription agents. Now a days, when foreign exchange is no longer a problem, it is easy to get a proforma invoice from the publishers and then obtain a bank draft in foreign currency in favour of the publishers from any scheduled bank. 4. While sending the bank draft to the society/association/publishers, two copies of the covering letter may be mailed with the request that the publishers should record their acknowledgement for receipt of payment in the second copy of the covering letter and return it to the library for record. 5. However, if a library has to use the services of a local subscription agent for whateve reasons, the following procedures could be followed: a. continue with the existing practice followed by many libraries in asking the subscription agent to make advance payment and then claim reimbursement after producing proof of remittance. b. obtain a bank gurantee from the agent as is being done by many libraries c. one additional measure of safeguard can be taken by the library. As and when the agent submits proof of remittance to the publishers, the library must send a documentary copy of the proof of remittance to the publishers and ask them to acknowledge receipt of payment and ensure that any request for the cancellation of the subscription subsequently by the agent should not be agreed to without the prior knowledge and consent of the library 4. All libraries may be maintaining either a computer-based or manual Journal Kardex System for entering the details of issues received and noting down the details of missing issues for follow-up action. The Kardex sheet should be well designed so as to include the following basic information: ===================================================================================================== ABSTRACT OF BASIC INFORMATION 1. Title of Journal. 2. Frequency: 3. Name& Address of Publisher 4. Mode of Delivery (Air/Airfreight/Sea)5. Subscription details: a. Year: ....... b. Vol. No. ------- c. No. of Issues ----- d. Payment details : Cheque/Draft No. --- Date ----- Amount ------ e. Sent to : Publisher/Agent under letter No. ------ date ------ f. Whether receipt of payment acknowledged : Letter No. Date ---- DETAILS OF ISSUES RECEIVED Vol.No. Issue No. Publication Due date Actual date Reminders Initials Remarks Date for receipt of receipt issued i/c of (Date of journals sec. issue) (Add more headings, as necessary) ======================================================================================================== 5. The Kardex must be checked at least once every week (say, every Monday) so that reminders indicating payment details can be issued directly to publishers (with copies to agents) in time to pre-empt the publishers in saying that spare issues are not available because of delays in claiming. 6. Based on actual experience, the systems and procedures may be changed periodically with suitable improvements, as required. 7. This has been my experience in NAL/IIT Madras. May be other libraries are following a better system. The point is whatever be the system that is followed, the end result should be that libraries actually receive all issues of journals subscribed to and paid for. With best wishes, M N Seetharaman > To: bjsane(a)gmail.com; lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; mlosc(a)googlegroups.com > From: beenubhalla(a)yahoo.com > Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 09:47:18 +0000 > CC: omkarlibrary(a)gmail.com; bhoopsarodia(a)yahoo.co.in > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] [MLOSC.12392] if non received the journal aftersent subscription > > Dear All, > > I am an industry veteran and worked with top Indian and global publishers and best way to safeguard yourself from these subscription agents is > > 1. Place order and ask them to do advance remittance to publishers and release payment on seeing the documentary proof of same. > > 2. Not insist on discounts as then they start looking for wrong ways of supply which these days are not many. > > Thanks and regards, > > Beenu Bhalla > General Manager > Jones and Bartlett India P Ltd > Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel > > -----Original Message----- > From: bhagyashree sane <bjsane(a)gmail.com> > Sender: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:49:21 > To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>; <mlosc(a)googlegroups.com> > Cc: Anu Bajaj<omkarlibrary(a)gmail.com>; Bhoop Singh<bhoopsarodia(a)yahoo.co.in> > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] [MLOSC.12392] if non received the journal after > sent subscription > > Dear Friends, > > We also have faced similar situation since last few months. One of the > hyderabad based publisher has not provided service (as some publications are > ceased) and not refunded subscription amount to the institute. > > what could be the action point for questions/problems - > > 1. With whom we should register our complaint? > 2. Can subscritpion payment shall be done quarterly/six montlhy? > 3. What is the solution for non-receipt of service from agent/publisher when > we pay subscription in advance. > 4. Librarians preparing 'Black List' for publishers/agents will be little > harsh step, but refering to publishers' terms and conditions authors > and librarians need to come together. > > Our professional friends from Law Libraries are requested in particular > to focus on solutions with the help of law experts. > > B.J.Sane > NIA Library > Punebjsane(a)gmail.com > > > On 1 February 2011 14:46, Ruchika Sharma <ruchika314(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > Very true, I and my library is too suffrer of their services as well, > > Research India Publications are so very bad with their services. They havent > > provided the online access as yet for the year 2010, plus they are unable to > > send missing issues for the year 2010 as yet. Many of calls n mails being > > send to them, but they dont reply. Two girls at reception always have same > > reply, "Mr Vivekanand (owner of the publication) will see the matter, n he > > has not came yet". Be it any time of the day, the same reply will be given > > by them. Infact 2 times I was made to talk to him, but he too is not > > responding properly n delaying the matter. > > > > ......................................... > > Mrs Ruchika Sharma > > Asstt. Librarian > > KIIT College of Engineering > > Gurgaon > > ........................................... > > > > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Anu Bajaj <omkarlibrary(a)gmail.com>wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> Please note that the service from the publisher's like Research India > >> Publications, International Research Publications, Serials Publications and > >> Global Research Publications is very very poor. Please try to avoid > >> subscribing journals only for the sake of low cost. It is my personal > >> recommendation to all the fellow librarians to please cehck the genuinity of > >> the publisher's before placing the orders. > >> Also you can check the credibility with the subscription agents. Normally > >> publisher's does not issue refund for the non supply of issues, in that case > >> you can subscirbe through a subscription agent with writing about the refund > >> of subscription amount. > >> > >> Regards > >> > >> Anu Bajaj > >> Librarian > >> Omkar Consultancy Services > >> Mumbai > >> > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Bhoop Singh <bhoopsarodia(a)yahoo.co.in>wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Dear Professionals > >>> Good Afternoon > >>> > >>> I have > >>> subscribed 4 International Journal for my Engineering College Library by > >>> Research India Publication,New Delhi on 22.02.2010 By Demand draft of Rs > >>> 11000/-. I had sent many e-mails,reminders and communicated by phone. but > >>> they are not giving any response. Now they has send only two issues of two > >>> journals till date. > >>> > >>> Please tell me what can i do now. Please help me. > >>> please > >>> > >>> Thanks & regards > >>> Bhoop Singh > >>> Rajdhani Jaipur Rajasthan > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Anu Bajaj > >> Librarian > >> Omkar Consultancy Services > >> Mumbai > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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Vote for VPM, Thane to host Koha Conference
by वैभव गायकवाड 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Dear All, As you may be aware, VPM, Thane is trying to bring KohaCon11 the annual conference of the international Koha community to India this year. The Koha community has decided to conduct a online vote to decide where to host this years conference. This is separate from the show of support on Koha's wiki page & will be the decider. The voting closes on 17th Feb 2011. Request you all to please visit following link and vote for VPM, Thane as your first choice. ( Please leave rest of choices blank as its a rank based voting ) http://survey.web2learning.net/limesurvey/index.php?sid=15529&lang=en Please request all your friends and colleagues also to vote for VPM, Thane by visiting the above link. We need all the support we can get.. -- Thanks Vaibhav D. Gaikwad Assistant Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W) 400601 MUMBAI. INDIA @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : vaibhav.gaikwad2(a)gmail.com elibrary :http://www.vpmthane.org/im/elib/main.htm http://vaibhavgaikwad.blogspot.com/ http://www.slideshare.net/vaibhavgaikwad/liblive-cddvd-dspace-manual @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS-Forum - A very interesting, first-of-its kind book on Indian Advertising
by Venkata Kesavan 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Dear All, A very interesting, first-of-its kind book on Indian Advertising. LEARNINGS OF AN ADVERTISING PRACTITIONER By A.G. Krishnamurthy Nov 2010 Publisher: Tata McGraw-Hill Rs:295/- , ISBN: 0-07-068101-9 URL: http://www.agkonline.com/AGK-site/htmls/learnings/tablecontent.htm Mr. A.G. Krishnamurthy, the author of the book, founder Chairman and Managing Director of Mudra Communications, as the Captain steered his agency from a Rs. 35 lakh company to a Rs. 7 billion corporation in remarkably short span of 23 years. In this book, the author has shared his experiences in setting-up and successfully running a world-class Indian advertising agency - Mudra. The book tells the story in a sharp, succinct manner with prerequisites for achieving success in the advertising Industry. This book has been written in a very simple language and presented in a unique creative approach - in the form of a series of conversations between a fictional guru and shishya, brings out the details in an absorbing and informative style. This book will be a good addition for all B-School Libraries, University Libraries, Marketing and Advertising Libraries. . R . Venkata Kesavan AGM & Head Times Archives and Knowledge Centre (TAKC) The Times Group The Times of India Building, 2nd Floor Dr. D. N. Road, Mumbai 400 001 Ph: (B): +91-22-66353535 (Ext.: 4470) END Maharashtra Times, Mumbai's No.1 Marathi Daily launches its Pune Edition in a big way Disclaimer :- The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee or addressees. If you are not an intended recipient, please delete the message and any attachments and notify the sender of misdelivery. Any use or disclosure of the contents of either is unauthorised and may be unlawful. All liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender states them, with requisite authority, to be those of the specific TIMES GROUP company. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lecture invitation
by SRELS 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Dear Moderator: Kindly arrange to announce the following invitation for the benefit of LIS-FORUM members. Sincerely, K.N. Prasad, SRELS ********* Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), Bangalore in association with Informatics (India) Ltd., Bangalore and Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies, Chennai & Bangalore cordially invites you to the Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Memorial Lectures (16) (2011) on PEOPLE, CULTURE, AND 21 CENTURY LIBRARIES by Dr. Gary Marchionini Dean and Cary C. Boshamer Professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA on 17 , 18 , and 19 February 2011, at 6.00 pm each day at SRELS, 702, 'Upstairs', 42 Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Mr. N.V. Sathyanarayana Chairman & Managing Director, Informatics (India) Ltd., Bangalore Inaugurates Tea: 5.30 pm RSVP:1. K.N. Prasad-Ph: (080) 23305109 E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in ********* Abstracts Day 1. The transformation of Libraries as Institutions: Physical-Digital Hybrids Electronic technologies have brought great changes to information work, including libraries Library automation: classification, organizations, catalogs (e.g., MARC, OCLC, ISI) Online searching, virtual reference Databases and IR techniques Digital libraries Technology Drivers Digitization Indexing, Metadata Network transfer, interoperability Preservation Human Drivers New skills, roles, adoptions Culture Drivers Economies of scale and action Intellectual Property Cooperation, Policies Hybrid Libraries Shared collections Local special collections lnteroperations High tech vs high touch decisions Day 2. Humans as information Creators, Collectors, Consumers, and Communicators Human Memory and Institutional History Creation, capture, and reuse revolutions in the information life cycle Capture: cameras, recorders, sensors, scanners Editors, mixers and mashups Personal Collections Physical Digital Information Consumption Learning: effectiveness, retention Working: flow, efficiency Entertaining: engagement, enjoyment Communication Social networks Participatory Libraries: Institutional + Personal Libraries Day 3. Libraries of People and their State Changes: Saturday Computational Agents and Social Media Agents as Assistants, Surrogates, Observers, and Adversaries Social media: individuals, groups, culture blur Proflection Theory Projections of Self: Exoinformation Purposeful Unconscious Reflections of Self Human Machine Participatory Libraries of Proflections of Personal Identity Libraries as Reflections of Cyberspace Culture Gary Marchionini, Brief Bio Gary Marchionini is the Dean and Cary C. Boshamer Professor in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He teaches courses in humaninformation interaction, interface design and testing, and digital libraries. He heads the Interaction Design Laboratory at SILS. His Ph.D. is from Wayne State University in mathematics education with an emphasis on educational computing. He has published over 200 articles, chapters and reports in a variety of books and journals. He is author of a book titled Information Seeking in Electronic Environments published by Cambridge University Press and a forthcoming book titled Information Concepts: From books to Personal Identities in Cybespace. Professor Marchionini has had grants or research awards from the National Science Foundation, Council on Library Resources, the National Library of Medicine, the Library of Congress, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Kellogg Foundation, and NASA, The National Cancer Institute, Microsoft, Google, and IBM among others. Professor Marchionini was Editorin- Chief for the ACM Transaction on Information Systems (2002- 2008) and is the editor for the Morgan-Claypool Lecture Series on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services. He has been program chair forACM SIGIR (2005) and ACM/IEEE JCDL (2002) as well as general chair ofACMDL96 and JCDL2006. He serves or has served on a dozen editorial boards and is the 2010 president of the American Society of Information Science and Technology. His current interests and projects are related to: interfaces that support information seeking and information retrieval; usability of personal health records; alternative representations for electronic documents; multimedia browsing strategies; digital libraries; and evaluation of interactive media, especially for learning and teaching. He currently has a 3-year grant from NSF on established a search results framework that supports searches over multiple sessions and in collaboration. He also has a one-year grant from NSF to investigate the viability of Second Life as an environment for promoting digital preservation. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ALCTS : Online Course Grant for Library Professionals from Developing Countries
by sandeep bhavsar 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Respected All The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) is now accepting grant applications for the April-June 2011 sessions of the association’s four-week fundamentals online courses. For more information about the grant, visit the ALCTS Web site: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/awards/grants/onlinegrant.cfm http://connect.ala.org/node/129959 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 : 9029 345777 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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