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Request for an article
by Smita Chandra 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

Dear Colleagues, We are in need of photocopies of the following pages for one of our research scholars and would be extremely grateful for any help in this regard. The requested article is: from : the "International Association for Gondwana Research", Memoir No.9 title of memior : Geology and tectonics of India" an overview author : M.N.Balasubrahmanyan year of publication : 2006 photocopies pages requested : p.112-114 Thanking you and with regards, Smita-- Ms.Smita Chandra Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Kalamboli Panvel Highway, New Panvel, New Mumbai 410 218 Phone: 91-22-2748 4000 / ext.4137 (Direct: 91-22-2748 4137) Fax: 91-22-2748 0762 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Winners of SALIS Award for the Year 2008
by Arunachalam Hariharan 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

Dear Professionals and friends, We are happy to inform you that the following professionals have received the SALIS Awards for the year 2008 on 8th Aug 2008 from Dr. K. Arumugam, Vice-Chairman, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore in the presence of Arutselvar Dr. N. Mahalingam, Chaiman, Sakthi Group, Prof. Ravichandra Reddy Director, NAAC NAAC DIrecotor, Dr. Harish Chandra and others during the Inaugural Session of SALIS 2008 National Conference held at Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore for their outstanding contributions to the profession. We congratulate all the winners SALIS Award Committee 1.Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award (National Level Award) Dr. Inder Vir Malhan Professor & Head Dept. of Library Science and information Science University of Jammu, Jammu -(Tawi) J&K, India-180006 2. A.N.Marappan Memorial National Best Young Librarian Award Mrs. Lata Suresh Manager, Library and Documentation Centre Asst.Editor, Journal of Health Management (SAGE) Institute of Health Management Research 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg, Sanganer Airport Jaipur - 302011 Rajasthan 3. A.N.Marappan Memorial National Best Young Librarian Award AutoLib-Tamil Nadu Best Libraian Award Mr. S.S.Sivaakumar, Librarian District Central Library, Karur 4. AutoLib-Tamil Nadu Best Young Libraian Award Mr.M.Mandhirasalam Deputy Librarian Kumaraguru College of Technology Coimbatore - 641 006 The following professionals and students have also received the Awards on 9th Aug 2008 from the Principal, Dr. Joseph V. Thanikal, KCT during the Valedictory Function for the best papers presented by them in the conference. 5. Shri N.P.K.Memorial Best Paper Award for LIS Professionals Jadhav U.S, Assistant Librarian Veternary College Bidar, Karnataka Ms. T.R. Sridevi T R Librarian M S Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies Bangalore Shri S.Rajunaidu Memorial Best Paper Award for LIS Students Prabu R Ph. D. Research Scholar DLIS, Bharathidasan University Tiruchy Ms. Vidya Student, DLIS, Bharathidhasan Univeristy Tiruchy ------------------------------------------------- Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science Chennai -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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invitation
by SRELS 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to announce the following for the benefit of lis-forum members. Thanking you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS, Bangalore ***** Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore, Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies, Chennai and Bangalore and M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai cordially invite you to a function to felicitate PROF. S. PARTHASARATHY Scientist In-charge (Retd.), Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre, New Delhi on Saturday, 23rd August 2008 at 6.00 pm at M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women 20, IV Lane, Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai 600034 Prof. M.S. Swaminathan M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai will be the Chief Guest and release the Festschrift Volume Dr. M. Anandakrishnan Chairman, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai will preside Chairman and Members Prof. S. Parthasarathy Festschrift Committee, Bangalore RSVP: Ph: 080-23305109 (Prasad) 080-28483002 - Extn.492 (Raghavan) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Launch of Emerald InTouch
by Rajneesh Rajpal 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

Launch of Emerald InTouch - Learn. Share. Network. Collaborate Emerald InTouch is a Web space and hosting service designed to support learning and collaboration. By bringing together technologies such as blogs, wikis and RSS into one place, Emerald InTouch enables users to create and join communities of practice, engage in reflective learning and collaborate with peers online. The rise in popularity of Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs, wikis, RSS and community-building tools has created new opportunities for students and teachers to communicate, share ideas and engage in the learning process. Emerald InTouch is a learning networking site that allows users to take advantage of Web 2.0 tools to support learning within a safe and secure environment. Audience * Distance learning departments in business schools and universities * Heads of department and faculty who require students to capture evidence of informal learning * Corporate learning providers wishing to connect with attendees before, during and after courses * Organizations wishing to encourage communication amongst stakeholders at all levels, particularly with those overseas * Alumni officers to facilitate networking and retain connections with former students Features Users can: * Create and join communities - based around courses, projects, research interests or modules. Anyone can create a community so students can participate in inter-departmental or inter-course work; * Work simultaneously on projects/reports online - using the wiki or file-share functionality users can collaborate on documents from dispersed locations; * Store and share multimedia files - the filestore and community blogs allow users to share files relating to their course or research area; * Capture and retain information - InTouch allows communities to build up a 'collective memory' by capturing discussion threads, snippets of information and wiki documents; * Record personal reflections - the personal learning tools on the website allow users to create personal learning logs, store important pieces of work and record career aspirations and goals; * Access course materials - teachers can store course lectures, notes and links to recommended reading on the InTouch platform; * Continue to use InTouch after graduation - because InTouch does not rely on student registration numbers, users can stay connected to their institution after they have left. Benefits * Control over registered users provides secure environment for learning and reflection; * Student centred, not course led; * Communities can capture and retain shared knowledge / learning; * Reduces isolation for distance learners; * Hosted service frees up institutional IT resources; * Comprehensive access controls - content can be as private or as public as you wish; * Provides opportunity for institutions to maintain links with former students and connect with future students Rajneesh Rajpal Country Manager Emerald group publishing Limited --------------------------------------------- 301,Vikas Surya Shopping Mall, Mangalam Place,Sector -3 , Rohini New Delhi -110085 -------------------------------------------- rrajpal(a)emeraldinsight.com www.emeraldinsight.com Mobile no- 91-9810224423 Tel no. -011-27948437-38 The world's leading publisher of management Research Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Registered Office: Howard House, Wagon Lane, Bingley, BD16 1WA United Kingdom. Registered in England No. 3080506, VAT No. GB 665 3593 06 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian's Day
by prasadkn＠vsnl.net 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

"Wish all the library professionals in the country a very happy and delightful Librarians' Day." K.N.Prasad Sarada Ranganthan Endowment for Library Science bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulations!
by SRELS 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

Dear all, Congratulations to Ms. Gayatri Sen. May her tribe increase. May she be blessed with many more such laurels. K.N.Prasad -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Happy Librarian's Day
by Mailing List Admin 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:40:25 +0530 From: Pardeep Rai <raipardeep(a)gmail.com> Happy Librarian's Day In the Memory of Respected Dr Ranganathan we should work hard for the development of our profession and professionals Pardeep Rai Librarian Maitreyi College University of Delhi Chanakya Puri, New Delhi 110021( India) Mobile no 9899359373

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WALK-IN-INTERVIEW ON 26-08-2008 AT 11.00 A.M. FOR LIBRARY TRAINEES AT BIT MESRA, RANCHI
by Mailing List Admin 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:29:53 +0000 From: Dr.V. Sreenivasulu <v_sreenivasulu(a)hotmail.com> Dear friends Prospective candidates are invited for Walk-In-Interview for the post of Library Trainees on Tuesday, 26-08-2008 at 11.00 AM at Central Library, Birla Institute of Technology, Deemed University, Mesra, Ranchi Position : Library Trainee No. of Posts : TEN (10 posts) Qualification : M.L.I.Sc. or equivalent Degree from DRTC/NISCAIR/MIS Remuneration & facilities : Rs. 5000/- P.M. + Hostel Accommodation Candidates meeting the above requirement(s) are to bring their applications on plain paper, giving the Bio-data i.e. Candidate�s Name, Father�s Name, Sex, Date of Birth, Qualification (Giving name, University/Board, Institution and Place, Qualification & Year obtained and percent marks) from highest down to SSLC, Caste (SC/ST/OBC/Gen) Address (Permanent & Correspondence), Experience, Copies of all testimonials and Certificates duly attested by a Gazetted Officer and two copies of photographs submit them to the Librarian, B.I.T., Mesra, Ranchi - 835 215 or e-mail to library(a)bitmesra.ac.in Those who get selected should be ready to join with immediate effect. NO TA will be paid for attending the Walk-In-Interviews For more details / information contact Librarian The Central LibraryBirla Institute of Technology DEEMED UNIVERSITYMesra, Ranchi- 835215, IndiaTel:0651-2276675 Fax:0651-2275401Mobile:09430730106 library(a)bitmesra.ac.in http://www.bitmesra.ac.in/ Dr.V. Sreenivasulu M.C.A., M.L.I.Sc., Ph.D.(LISc) Librarian, I/C. Central LibraryBirla Institute of Technology DEEMED UNIVERSITYMesra, Ranchi- 835215, IndiaTel:0651-2276675 Fax:0651-2275401Mobile:09430730106 v_sreenivasulu(a)hotmail.com library(a)bitmesra.ac.in vsreeni(a)bitmesra.ac.in http://www.bitmesra.ac.in/

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silver light technology from Microsoft
by jasim s 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

Microsoft Silver light is a relatively new technology that enables developers to design highly rich user interfaces for web-based sites and applications for any browser.read more at http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/overview/whatis.aspx jasimudeen.s Thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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"LimSys" the Library Information & Management System.
by Pankaj Kr. Thakur 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

Friends, We are proud to announce the launch of LimSys Enterprise 3.0, a True Web enabled Library Information & Management System. "LimSys" the Library Information & Management System, is a Multi User LAN & WEB based, Unicode supported Multi Lingual Library Automation Software on Windows. LimSys Provides the Complete Solution for any library Large or Small, for its day-to-day activities. "LimSys", the Flagship Product of Renuka Group is Designed and Developed by Renuka Infotech Pvt. Ltd., a Renuka Group Software Development Company. LimSys is currently available in three versions "LimSys Prof." Multi-Lingual Single User & LAN Version (Multi User) on Windows and LimSys Enterprise is a Web enabled Software. LimSys Prof. Multi User can be integrated with MSDE 2000, to make LimSys Prof. a True Multi-user Software where the Client can not afford to have any RDBMS such as MS SQL or Oracle, which is a compulsion for other Library Automation Software. This helps in reducing the Cost of ownership of the Client and at the same time provide the User a true Multi User environment. However LimSys Prof. can be integrated with Back End Database Server such as MS SQL. "LimSys" Enterprise Ver.3.0 is the Web enabled, Unicode compatible, Multi-User with Multi-Lingual data entry facility compatible to various databases such as MSSQL or Oracle for maintaining the Inventory on the Server. The state of the art OPAC Facility & Member Request Module helps user to keep in touch with the virtual Library on Web. "LimSys" supports internationally accepted Library standards such as MARC21 format for Retro-Conversion and AACR2 for cataloguing & ISO 2709 the International Library Congress Data Transfer Protocol to Export and Import of Library Books and Periodical Inventory. To access "LimSys" Enterprise 3.0 from remote through the internet, the User will require a dedicated Web Connectivity with a unique IP Address assigned by their Internet Service Provider. It is how ever suggested that if the User wants to connect their "LimSys" Server to Internet, for web accessibility, they must install a Hardware based Firewall between the "LimSys" Server and Internet. Looking forward to a positive response. Regards. Sincerely Yours Pankaj Kr. Thakur Chief Architect Software Renuka Associates Pvt. Ltd. RZ-2698-A/29, Tuglakabad Extn. New Delhi - 110019. Ph: 011 32612300 Fax:011 2608 1455 Mo: 093 131 81455 Email: <mailto:pkt@limsys.net> pkt(a)limsys.net <mailto:limsys@gmail.com> limsys(a)gmail.com Websites: <http://www.limsys.net> www.limsys.net -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha version 3.0.0 released
by Mallikarjun 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

Dear All, Koha version 3.0.0 released Koha 3 is the next-generation release of the award-winning Koha open-source integrated library system. You can obtain Koha 3.0 RC1 from the following link , http://download.koha.org/koha-3.00.00-stableRC1.tar.gz With regards mallikarjun Mallikarjun Professional Assistant(Library) VS Library IIM, Ahemadabad ...The Future is here, Its just unevenly distributed..... http://curiouslib.blogspot.com/ Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Strategic Analysis co Published by Taylor & Francis Group
by Sharma, Yogeeta 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

Hi Strategic Analysis (www.informaworld.com/RSAN) is the flagship journal of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA). As a forum for research, analysis and debate on global and regional security issues, the journal seeks to reflect a wide range of views from within the Indian strategic studies and international relations community. Global in its coverage and scope, it reflects India's growing international interests and role. The aim of the journal is to reach out to an audience interested in an Indian analysis of global and regional issues. IDSA (established in 1965) is India's premier strategic and security studies think tank. It is a registered society with a well qualified, multi-disciplinary research faculty drawn from academia, the armed forces, and the civil services. Strategic Analysis is published six times a year by the journals division of Routledge, Taylor and Francis Books India Pvt Ltd. The journals division consists of Jaya Bhattacharji (Editorial Manager), Yogeeta Sharma (Marketing Executive) and Kritika Shrivastava, (Assistant Editor). Globally, we publish more than 1400 academic journals and around 2,000 new books each year in disciplines ranging from science to social sciences and anything that falls in between, under the following imprints: Accelerated Development, Aslib, Bios Scientific Publishers, Brunner Routledge, Cavendish, CRC Press, David Fulton, Europa Publications, Fitzroy Dearborn, Frank Cass, Garland Science, Institute of Physics ,, Marcel Dekker, Martin Dunitz, LEA ,Parthenon, Psychology Press, Routledge, RoutledgeCurzon, RoutledgeFalmer, Spon Press, Swets & Zeitlinger/Balkema, and Taylor & Francis. Annual Print Subscription Rates for Strategic Analysis (in Indian rupees) for India & SAARC are: Individual: Rs.600/ Institutional: Rs.900 We accept only demand drafts or cheques, in favour of Taylor & Francis Books India Pvt. Ltd. Please mail your subscription payments to the postal address given below. For more information please mail Yogeeta Sharma (yogeeta.sharma(a)tandfindia.com) Regards, Yogeeta Sharma Marketing Executive (Journals & eResources) Taylor & Francis Books India Pvt. Ltd. 912 Tolstoy House |15 - 17 Tolstoy Marg |New Delhi - 110001 Tel: +91 (0) 11 2371 2131, 2371 2134, 2371 2135, 2335 1453 Fax:+91 (0) 11 2371 2132 yogeeta.sharma(a)tandfindia.com <mailto:yogeeta.sharma@tandfindia.com> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Presentation on Library 2.0
by Rajesh Chandrakar 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

Hello there, Keynote address delivered by Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET Centre during the Librarian's Day 2008 organized by ADINET, INFLIBNET and AMA, Ahmedabad on 9th August 2008 is available on the INFLIBNET YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/inflibnet. You may also click on the following links for watching the videos: Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0muP-jvBbJc Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDFHZY7J-wM With best regards, Rajesh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajesh Chandrakar, Commonwealth Professional Fellow Scientific & Technical Officer INFLIBNET (INFormation and LIBrary NETwork) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House, PB No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380 009, India Tel. +91-(0)79-26305971/ 8528/ 4695(O), 26873805(R) Mobile: +91-9427527894 Fax: +91-(0)79-26300990, 263007816 E-mail: rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in; rchandrakar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in Video Gallery: http://www.youtube.com/INFLIBNET ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Special lecture on the eve of Prof. S.R. Ranganathan's birthday
by raghunandana m 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

BANGALORE UNIVERSITY Dept of Library and Information Science LIBRARIANS DAY CELEBERATION (Dr. S.R. Ranganathans Birth day) Special Lecture By, Dr. IJARI, S.R Former Professor & Chairman Dept of Library and Information Science Karnatak University Dharwad Topic: Contributions of Prof. S.R. Ranganathan in Classification Date: 12-08-2008 Time: 11:30 AM Venue Prof. S.R. Ranganathans Hall ALL ARE WELCOME Raghunandana M M.A.,MLISc. Lecturer, Dept. of Library & Information Science Bangalore University Bangalore - 560056 -- 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] Article Published In Economic Times
by Mailing List Admin 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:41:54 +0530 From: Kshipra Sardesai <kshipra.sardesai(a)gmail.com> Dear All If anyone help me to get the list of audio books. with Regards Kshipra Sardesai Asstt Chief Librarian RBI,DSIM,Bandra Mumbai 400051 Ph No 26572315 On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 9:53 AM, BHAVESH PATEL <bhaveshlib(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear Library Professionals, > > Article Published In ECONOMIC TIMES ( 8 August, 2008) > Libraries step into the age of iPod ( > http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/quickiearticleshow/3339612.cms) > > With Best Regards, > > Bhavesh Patel, > Library Assistant/ Trainee > IGIDR, Goregaon, > Mumbai > > -- > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Evergreen 1.2.3 released
by Vimal Kumar 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

Evergreen 1.2.3 was released August 5, 2008. Evergreen is consortial-quality, open source library automation software originally developed by Georgia Public Library Service for its PINES resource-sharing network and now used in libraries across the United States and Canada, and elsewhere. New features include a Shelving Location search filter, search configuration parameters, the ability to set the per-circulation maximum fine amount to a percentage (including more than 100%) of the item price, web-based Self-Checkout functionality, and support for XML-only Z39.50 servers, such as MARCXML-backed Zebra installations. Bugs fixed in this release include two new reporter operators, report editor display (horizontal scrolling) issues, potential encoding problems for RSS and Atom feeds, fine interval parsing and enhancements for single-location installations. For more about Evergreen, see http://open-ils.org -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/ To Join LibraryAlert by SMS, send JOIN LIBRARYALERT to 567678 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Kerala University PhD Entrance test
by Vimal Kumar 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

Kerala University invited applications for PhD entrance test for various subjects. Those who seek research in Library Science also can apply. Exam Date: - November Qualifications: - Master Degree with minimum 55% UGC NET/CSIR/JRF/ICAR/GATE/MPhil. holders are excluded from eligibility test. Examination Duration: - 3 hours General Knowledge (40 Marks) Subject related Short Answers (120 Marks) and Essays (40 Marks). Exam Fee-Rs.750 Old question papers are available at http://keralauniversity.edu/questionbank/mcjentrance.htm Online application can be downloaded from http://keralauniversity.edu/forms/ph_d19_7_7.pdf Take DD in favor of Finance Officer, University of Kerala. Pay extra Rs.10 if you make use applications downloaded from university website. Send application form with attested certificates and mark list to Registrar University of Kerala Thiruvananthapuram- 695 034 Last date for application submission- August 30, 2008 More details at Kerala University Press release archive, http://keralauniversity.edu/news_archive/july08/press25_07_08.pdf -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/ To Join LibraryAlert by SMS, send JOIN LIBRARYALERT to 567678 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Conferences and Workshops from corner to corner of India
by Charu Mathur 10 Aug '08

10 Aug '08

Respected Friends, (Apology for cross posting) Here are valuable information of LIS conferences and Workshops to be held across the India. All are requested to go through the following links for further and detail information-------- - *Managing Information Resources in the Digital Age*: A training programme on library, information management, \ documentation and web-based outreach, Sept 2-5, 2008, CSE, New Delhi *Organizers:* CSE, New Delhi http://www.cseindia.org/aagc/managinginformation.asp - National Workshop on *Developing Digital Libraries using Dspace software* on 27-29 August 2008, MSRIT, Bangalore *Organizers:* MSRIT, Bangalore http://msritlibdspaceworkshop.googlepages.com - National Conference on *Library 2.0: The Confluence of Web 2.0 and the Library Paradigm*, August 21-22, 2008, Uni of Mysore, Mysore *Organizers:* DLIS, University of Mysore http://www.isim.ac.in/mylib/mydlis2.0.htm - National Conference on *Digitization and Digital Preservation*, December 2008, DESIDOC, Delhi *Organizers:* DESIDOC http://www.drdo.org/ncddp/ncdp2008.htm - International Workshop on *GenISIS*, Sept 6-9, 2008, Marian College, Kuttikkanam *Organizers:* Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam and Marian College, Kuttikkanam http://www.genisis.net.tc - International Conference on *Knowledge Networking in ICT Era*, Jan 22-24, 2009, Crescent Engineering College, Chennai *Organizers:* Crescent Engg College Library and SALIS http://crescentlib.googlepages.com/knict Source: www.Infolibrarian.com <http://www.infolibrarian.com/> Regards Miss Charu Mathur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for Research Paper
by Shailesh Lohiya 09 Aug '08

09 Aug '08

Dear Sir, I request you to let me help to provide the following research paper. Generating desirable sampling plans by the technique of trade-off in experimental design Authors: Hedayat A.S.; Majumdar D.1 Source: Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Volume 44, Number 2, 1 April 1995 , pp. 237-247(11) Publisher: Elsevier Thanking you -- Shailesh Kumar Lohiya Librarian Amrapali Institute, Siksha Nagar, Haldwani 263139 Ph. 05946-238201,238202 Mob. 9897400551 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The celebration of Librarian’s day at DLISc in University of Mysore
by kannika.gp kannika 09 Aug '08

09 Aug '08

Dear professionals, On behalf of the Dept. of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysore. You are cordially invited for 'the celebration of Librarian's day (S R Ranganathan birthday)' on 12th August at 11-30. Dr. M. Krishnamurthy, University librarian, Manasagangothri, Mysore, is giving a lecture on this event. Venue 1st year MLISc hall. Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri, Mysore-6 Date: 12-08-2008 Place: Mysore -- Kannikaparameshwari G. MLISc Student DOS Library and Information Science Manasagangotri, Mysore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Published in Times of India (Pranesh Shantaram)
by pranesh moolbharati 09 Aug '08

09 Aug '08

Dear Library Professionals, One article Published In Times of India (9 August, 2008) (Page No: 15 , Times Trends) *"New Chapter: Libraries step into digital age "* Click here for more information http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/HealthSci/Libraries_step_into_digital_ag… Regards, Pranesh Shantaram Librarian Indira Institute of Business Management Sector - 9, Sanpada, Navi Mumbai - 400 705. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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refresher course at Osmania University, Hyderabad
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 09 Aug '08

09 Aug '08

Helo Professional friends UGC Academic Staff College is organising a three week refresher course from 10-9-2008 to 1-10-2008 for the Lecturers and librarians from colleges and Universities. Those interested may apply through proper channel in prescribed form. You can download the form from the website www.osmania.ac.in/asc Laxman rao luking forward for many college and university professionals. Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, & Director, UGC-Academic Staff College, & Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Association of British Scholars (Hyderabad Chapter) Ph:++91-40- 27098102 (telefax-off) 91-40-27171565 (res): 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)gmail.com __________________________________________________________ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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For the post of Scientific Asst-C [Library]
by Tapas Kumar Das 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

Dear Professionals Post: National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar is looking for Scientific Asst-C [Library] Scale of Pay: Rs.6500-10500 Last Date: August 29, 2008 For more information, please check at: http://niser.iopb.res.in/session08-09/NISER-staff-08.php Source: www.Infolibrarian.com Regards, Tapas Kumar Dads Mangalayatan University Aligarh, U.P. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: urgent article request!!
by library cdac 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: library cdac <libsedek(a)gmail.com> Date: Aug 6, 2008 1:59 PM Subject: urgent article request!! To: lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear Friends, if anyone has access/subscription to the following article, please send to us at the following email /postal address. email: truptee.shah(a)gmail.com *Postal Address:* Truptee Shah Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Gulmohar Cross Road No. 9 Juhu, Mumbai 400 049 We will pay the Postal and photocopying charges if any. thanks --truptee Article: Diagnostic expert systems in US agricultural extension Journal: EPPO Bulletin Volume 20 Issue 2, Pages 307 - 313 Published Online: 28 Jun 2008 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Recognizing and Avoiding Plagiarism
by Vimal Kumar 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

Dear Friends, With the availability of online resources people follows a tendency to blindly adapt the whole idea with authors text without give him credit. As information professionals, we can guide our users how to avoid plagiarism. I would like to introduce a small hand by Cain Project, it give a basic idea of how to recognize and avoiding Plagiarism. http://cnx.org/content/m15883/latest/ With regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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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what is Librianship
by mythili` krishnamurthy 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

Sir, According to my spontaneous opinion of Librarianship isSsearching for information and dissemination of correct information to people who are are in need of the information and in the bargain Librarians become more knowledgeable and they become needy persons in the society for the benefit of information. Withregards, Mythili.K Librarian Seshadripuram Evening Degree College Bangalore 560 020. -- mythili.k -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar is looking for Scientific Asst-C [Library]
by Vinod Singh 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

Dear Professionals Post: National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar is looking for *Scientific Asst-C [Library]* Scale of Pay: Rs.6500-10500 Last Date: August 29, 2008 For more information, please check at: http://niser.iopb.res.in/session08-09/NISER-staff-08.php Source: www.Infolibrarian.com <http://www.infolibrarian.com/> Regards, Vinod Kumar Singh (Vikusi) Research Scholar University of Delhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai is looking for Technical Asst-Gr III [LIS] [Res for OBC]
by Vinod Singh 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

Dear Professionals Post: Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai is looking for *Technical Asst-Gr III [LIS]* [Res for OBC] Scale of Pay*:* Rs.4500-7000 Last Date: August 19, 2008 For more information, please check at: http://www.tn.nic.in/clri/ Source: www.infolibrarian.com Regards, Vinod Kumar Singh (Vikusi) Research Scholar University of Delhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian Post in Kerala School of Mathematics, Kerala
by Vinod Singh 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

Dear Professionals Post: 1. Librarian (Rs 8390 - 13270): 1 Last date:20 august, 2008. Source: *Opportunities* in *The Hindu* (August 6, 2008). Regards Vinod Kumar Singh (Vikusi) Research Scholar University of Delhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Job in Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), Raipur Spam
by Vinod Singh 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

Dear professionals\ Post: 1. Assistant Librarian (8000-275-13500): UR-1 Plz pardom me. The last date of this university post was 31 may, 2008 . Earlier I mentioned August 20, 2008 which is wrong. Plz check the site http://www.hnlu.ac.in/ADVERTISEMENT%20Notification%20no.5-%2017.4.2008.doc Regards Vinod Kumar Singh (vikusi) Research Scholar (M.Phil) Dept. of Lib. & Info.Sci. University of Delhi Delhi -110007 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CMS at ACTREC library
by Satish Munnolli 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

ACTREC library has unveiled its new library home page on 7th of August 2008. It is available at http://library.actrec.gov.in:8080. The Web Content Management System (CMS or Web CMS) is designed and developed by using open source code software - Joomla 1.5.3 by two young Engineers (BITS, Goa) Mr Abhimanyu and Mr Arjun as a small project. The WCMS is used to manage and control a large, dynamic collection of Web material (HTML documents and their associated images). It facilitates document control, editing, and timeline management. A WCMS typically requires an experienced coder to install and add features at the beginning. But when it is installed and hosted on a server a non technical person can administer the contents of entire modules with ease and comfort. "Chromatophore" template (http://www.rockettheme.com) has been used for the design, style and to have a professional look. Colour chooser on top of the site a special feature will give an option for the end user to change colour scheme of site. Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 210 Ph: +91 22 2740 5026 Email: smunnolli(a)actrec.gov.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS jobs in North Eastern Hill University, Shillong
by Vinod Singh 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

Dear Professionals Post: 1. Professor: UR-2 2. Reader: UR-1 Last date:28 August, 2008. For advertisement clik the site http://www.nehu.ac.in/Announcements/EsttII240708.doc . For application form click the site http://www.nehu.ac.in/Announcements/ApplicationForm.pdf Regards, Vinod Kumar Singh (Vikusi) Research Scholar (M.Phil.) Dept. of Lib. & Info. Sci. University of Delhi Delhi-110007 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Published In Economic Times
by BHAVESH PATEL 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

Dear Library Professionals, Article Published In ECONOMIC TIMES ( 8 August, 2008) Libraries step into the age of iPod ( http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/quickiearticleshow/3339612.cms) With Best Regards, Bhavesh Patel, Library Assistant/ Trainee IGIDR, Goregaon, Mumbai -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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google with a new tool-google "insights"
by jasim s 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

Google insights is an extension of the updated Google Trends tool . Like Google Trends, the Insights software lets users type in search terms and then see search volume patterns over time as well as the top related and rising searches.,Eventhough it is primarily meant for market researches,for LIS professionals,i think it could be a new tool for studying user approaches.swift to the link http://google.com/insights/search/#<http://adwords.blogspot.com/2008/08/announcing-google-insights-for-search.h…> jasimudeen.s Thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: ERIC Unveils New Look, Expanded Coverage
by Shamprasad Pujar 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

FYI -- Original Message -- From: bsmith70(a)csc.com To: diglib(a)infoserv.inist.fr Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:08:20 +0200 (METDST) Subject: [DIGLIB] ERIC Unveils New Look, Expanded Coverage ERIC Unveils New Look, Expanded Coverage August 6, 2008 Were pleased to announce two recent advances in ERIC of interest to librarians and all ERIC users: the addition of more than 130 new comprehensively indexed journals, and release of a redesigned and enhanced Web site at www.eric.ed.gov. Users can now search a richer collection of education-focused literature while taking advantage of improvements that speed information discovery on the public ERIC Web site. In addition, a new area just for librarians includes useful information for patron support and collection maintenance. New Journals in ERIC As of June 30, 2008, ERIC has added more than 3,600 new records from newly acquired journals. Work is underway to increase coverage even further by seeking additional partnerships with publishers of both journal and non-journal literature. New journals are indexed from 2004 forward, except for titles indexed prior to ERICs 2004 transition to an all-electronic service. Once recent titles have been acquired and indexed, ERIC will acquire 2002-2003 electronic back issues of previously indexed titles to prevent gaps in journal coverage. The ERIC Team would like to give special thanks to all members of the library community who have collaborated with ERIC to make the acquisition of new resources a reality. If you would like to recommend an education-related title or potential source for grey literature for inclusion in ERIC, go to "For Librarians" on the ERIC Web site and submit your suggestion using the link provided under Getting Involved. Redesigned Web Site ERIC released a redesigned Web site (http://www.eric.ed.gov) on August 3. Highlights include: A major restructuring features clearer, more intuitive paths to information, making the site easier to use. A completely new and expanded Help section that includes brief tutorials, a glossary, and a searchable index. Help tools have been integrated into the ERIC Web site. How do I links and help tips on key fields and features provide direct access to information that helps you take advantage of ERICs robust search tools and submit documents. A new section, "For Librarians", consolidates information of interest to the library community into a single location. This area includes flyers, brochures, lists of ERIC microfiche, links to frequently used help topics, and other relevant information, including ways to provide feedback about ERIC. Lighter visual design, so pages load faster and new graphics refresh the site while retaining ERICs look and feel. For more information about ERICs new journals and the redesigned site (including a detailed list of whats changed), see the rotating features area on the home page of the ERIC Web site Dr S.M. Pujar Deputy Librarian IGIDR, Mumbai, India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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urgent article request!!
by library cdac 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

Dear Friends, if anyone has access/subscription to the following article, please send to us at the following email /postal address. email: truptee.shah(a)gmail.com *Postal Address:* Truptee Shah Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Gulmohar Cross Road No. 9 Juhu, Mumbai 400 049 We will pay the Postal and photocopying charges if any. thanks --truptee Article: Diagnostic expert systems in US agricultural extension Journal: EPPO Bulletin Volume 20 Issue 2, Pages 307 - 313 Published Online: 28 Jun 2008 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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What is Librarianship now?
by Mukesh Saikia 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

Dear Colleague, Librarianship is the profession for the preservation and transfer of knowledge in al recorded forms across time and space for the benefit of the humankind. It is a profession which concern with the principle and practice of selecting, acquiring, organizing, disseminating and providing access to information and knowledge in accordance with the specific needs of individuals or groups.Do you agree with the definitions of Librarianship? What you think librarianship is all about now. Kindly give me your spontaneous response on what is librarianship now? -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Searching for two research paper
by Mailing List Admin 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:55:36 +0530 (IST) From: Vijayakumara <vijayakumar71(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear All, � One of our research scholar is in the need of following research papers, kindly accelerate his research by providing the electronic or print copy of the same.� Even we are ready to pay the nominal fee for the same. � 1. K.B. Abramova, V.P. Validskii, I.A. Zlatin et al,. Emmision caused by rapid deformation and fracture of metals" Dokl. Akad. Nanksssr, Vol. 201 (6), 1971, pp 1322-1325 � 2. G.I Kael and A.N> Dremin.� Electric signals in metals compressed by schock waves"� Dokl. Akad. Nanksssr, Vol. 211 (6), 1973, pp 1314-1316 � Awaiting for your positive help � Thanking you, Dr. Vijayakumar M. MSc., PGDLAN., Ph.D. Deputy Librarian Birla Institute of Technology, Technical University University Mesra, Ranchi- 835215, India Tel:0651-2276675 Fax:0651-2275401 http://www.bitmesra.ac.in/

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storage capacity at skyrocketting pace
by jasim s 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

....PIONEER corporation,Japan,has developed a 400 GB storage gadget.It is said to be* a big step toward future large-capacity archive system.* see the press release http://pioneer.jp/press/release193.html jasimudeen.s Thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Assistant Librarian (Serials and Electronic Resources) in London (United Kingdom)
by Vinod Singh 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

** Dear Professionals Assistant Librarian (Serials and Electronic Resources) EMPLOYER Courtauld Institute of Art PUBLISHED 25 July 2008 LOCATION London SALARY £23,790-£27,271 pa inc LW pro rata STATUS 19 hours per week, ideally Mon-Wed EMPLOYER DETAILS DESCRIPTION You will be responsible for our collection of print and online serials and related e-resources. Educated to degree level or equivalent, with a postgraduate qualification in librarianship or equivalent, you will have experience of working with an automated library system, ideally including serials control. You will work one late evening (until 7.00pm) each week during term time and have excellent IT, communication and interpersonal skills. You will also line manage, develop and support one part time library assistant. Reading knowledge of at least one modern European language and a background or demonstrable interest in the academic study of art history are desirable. Experience of user education and staffing an issue/enquiries point would be useful. For further details and an application pack, please download details at http://www.courtauld.ac.uk/vacancies/, email recruitment(a)courtauld.ac.uk or telephone 020 7848 1881 Closing date: 12.00 pm, 11 August 2008 Interview date: 20 August 2008 With Best Regards Vikusi Research Scholar (M.Phil) Dept. of Lib. & Info. Sci. University of Delhi Delhi - 110007 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian post in Mizoram University, Aizawl
by Vinod Singh 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

Dear Professionals 1. Librarian (16400-22400): Post-1 Last Date*:* August 14, 2008. For detail click the site http://www.mzu.edu.in/adv.htm Mizoram University, Aizawl With best regards Vikusi Research Scholar (M.Phil) Dept. of Lib. & Info. Sci. University of Delhi Delhi - 110007 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Job (Contractual for one year) in Delhi Institute of Tool Engineering, Delhi
by Vinod Singh 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

Dear professionals 1. Lecturer in Lib. & Info. Sci. (17640 consolidated) : Post-1. Interview date: August 12, 2008. For detail click the site http://tte.delhigovt.nic.in/ or http://sarkari-naukri.blogspot.com/2008/07/walk-in-at-delhi-institute-of-to… With Best Regards Vikusi Research Scholar (M.Phil) Dept. of Lib. & Info. Sci. University of Delhi Delhi - 110007 <http://sarkari-naukri.blogspot.com/2008/07/walk-in-at-delhi-institute-of-to…> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Job in Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), Raipur
by Vinod Singh 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

Dear Professionals 1. Assistant Librarian (8000-275-13500): UR-1 Last date: August 20, 2008. For detail about the qualifications click the site http://www.hnlu.ac.in/ADVERTISEMENT%20Notification%20no.5-%2017.4.2008.doc. For application form click the site http://www.hnlu.ac.in/Application%20form%20for%20Appointment.doc With best regards Vikusi Research Scholar (M.Phil) Dept. of Lib. & Info. Sci. University of Delhi Delhi - 110007 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Jobs in Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU)
by Vinod Singh 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

Dear Professionals Post: 1.Librarian (School): 2 Post 2.Library Assistant: 1 Post 3.Library Attendant: 2 Post Last date: September 9, 2008. For advertisement click the site http://www.manuu.ac.in/Employment_23_2008.html. For detail about the qualifications click the site http://www.manuu.ac.in/WordDoc/Gen_Inf_Non-Teaching_23_2008.doc. For application form click the site www.manuu.ac.in/wordDoc/Application_Form_23_2008.Doc With best regards Vikusi Research Scholar (M.Phil) Dept. of Lib. & Info. Sci. University of Delhi Delhi - 110007 -- 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: A Seminar with National Knowledge Commission On Building India's Knowledge Economy: Need for Generational Changes
by Puna Das 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

Dear Sir/ Madam, We are pleased to inform you that FICCI is organizing a Seminar with National Knowledge Commission, Government of India titled "Building India's Knowledge Economy: Need for Generational Changes" from 1400-1730 on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at Federation House, New Delhi. The main objective of the meeting is to discuss the · Policy and implementation imperatives with key stakeholders · Mechanisms to create appropriate industry-academia linkages to enhance quality and relevance Mr. Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Knowledge Commission (NKC), Government of India will be giving the Vision Address. Mr. Janardan Dwivedi, Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee, Human Resource Development, Government of India has been invited to deliver the Special Address. Other key NKC members would make presentation on specific areas like higher education, vocational education, entrepreneurship and innovation. Please find the draft Programme attached for your reference. Both the Government and Industry is in agreement that to retain global competitiveness and leadership in the knowledge economy, we need to focus on develing highly skilled manpower both at the shop floor and managerial levels, create knowledge networks, increase investment in education, research and development and enhance industry participation in education. FICCI strongly feels that it's timely and appropriate to review the NKC recommendations and push for implementation of reforms. In this context, we invite you to join us for the seminar and participate in the discussions. Your valuable and incisive views would help in evolving an action plan for the reform process. Looking forward to receiving your confirmation in the enclosed registration proforma. With kind regards, Yours sincerely, (Amit Mitra) _________________________________________________________ REGISTRATION PROFORMA A Seminar with National Knowledge Commission, GoI On "Building India's Knowledge Economy: Need for Generational Changes" August 13, 2008, at 1400-1730 FICCI, FEDERATION HOUSE, NEW DELHI Name: Designation: Organisation: Address: Tel.(with city code): Fax: Mobile: Email: Delegate Fee: NO FEE Signature Send this Registration Form to: Ms. Rashmi Sarita Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi – 110 001 Tel: 011-23736306 (D); 23738760-70 Extn. 212 Fax: 011-23765333, 23721504, 23320714 Email: indiarnd(a)ficci.com; rashmisarita(a)ficci.com _________________________________________________________ Draft Programme 1400 -1430 Registration 1430 - 1440 Welcome/Opening Remarks by Dr. Amit Mitra, Secretary General, FICCI 1440 - 1510 Vision Address by Mr. Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Knowledge Commission, Government of India. NKC Members will Address on 1510 -1525 Skill Development 1525-1540 Higher Education 1540 - 1655 Entrepreneurship 1555 - 1615 Special Address by Mr. Janardan Dwivedi, Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee, Human Resource Development 1615 - 1645 Discussion & Concluding Remarks 1645 - 1730 High Tea ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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GenISIS - international workshop
by University LIbrary Mahatma Gandhi University 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

Sub: *International Workshop **on UNESCO's WINISIS/GenISIS **For Digital Libraries/Archives* Mahatma Gandhi University Library is organizing in association with Marian College Kuttikkanam an International Workshop on UNESCO's WINISIS/GenISIS For Digital Libraries/Archives from 6-9 September 2008 at Marian College, Kuttikkanam, Peermade, Idukki, Kerala India The workshop intended for researchers, librarians and information managers will provide capacity to the participants: for developing and managing Digital Archives, Digital Libraries and personal e-Document collections using WINISIS and GenISIS, making them accessible with search mechanisms over Intranet/Internet using GenISISWEB, publishing them with search engine in CDROMs using GenISISCD; all simple and easy to use open source packages from UNESCO. At the end of the workshop participants will be able to create electronic publications with search and full text retrieval facility and launch Digital Libraries/Archives of full text, image, audio and video files, accessible over the Web. Resource Persons will be experts in developing and publishing e-documents/collections using GenISIS including K. Rajasekharan from KILA who has developed the simplified manuals used worldwide on the concerned packages, and Sainul Abideen P from IIITM-K, who has developed various electronic publications and collection using the package. Participants need only prior basic knowledge in using computers. Training Kit will be a functional CDROM Publication demonstrating the power of the packages covered and will include the software, manuals, and course materials. The venue of the programme; Marian College Kuttikkanam occupies a site, nestled in the Sahyadri mountain ranges of Kerala. The scenic environment is mountainous, with forestland and mist covered landscape. The eco friendly Campus is situated at *Kuttikkanam*, a famous tourist place beside Kottayam-Kumily road. Located at an altitude of 4500 ft. above the sea level in a sylvan setting of scenic beauty, the temperature at the Campus vary from 12 degree C to 30 degree C. The College provides quality education in Information Technology, Commerce, Social Work and Management. *Kuttikkanam lies 14 km from Wagamon the hill station amidst pine forests, *40 km from the famous Periyar Tiger Reserve and Lake Resort of Thekkady, 72 km. from Kottayam (nearest Railway Station), 125 km. from Ernakulam/Cochin (nearest Airport), 125 km. from Munnar hill station, 212 km. from Trivandrum (State Capital), 84 km. from Kumarakam lake resorts and 100 km from Alleppey the famous backwater tourist centre. Further details can be had from the Website on the workshop: www.genisis.net.tc OR >From the Unesco site http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=27432&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… To know more about University Library please visit www.mgu.ernet.in MG University web sit www.mguniversity.edu Or you can contact the Programme Director: Dr. R. Raman Nair, University Librarian, Mahatma Gandhi University,Priyadarshini Hills P.O, Kottayam -686 560,Kerala, India. Tel: 91-481-2731080. 2731018, 9387826738, 9495020591, URL: www.mgu.ernet.in E-mail: mgulibrary(a)gmail.com ramannair.r(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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KLA National Seminar Blog
by Sainul Abideen P 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

Dear Friends, For the benefit of the Library professionals who are working at various locations, Kerala Library Association (KLA) has created a blog (http://klaseminar2008.blogspot.com/) detailing the proceedings of the National Seminar on 'Redefining the Role of Public Libraries in India:The Knowledge Society Imperatives', organised by Kerala Library Association, and Co-sponsored by Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata, during 6 8 August, 2008 at Thiruvananthapuram. This blog aims to bring you with the latest update on different sessions, details of the papers presented (possibly with abstracts), photographs etc as and when the seminar progresses i.e inaugural session to valedictory function. Hope it will be a unique experience for the Library professionals to remotely access the details of the national seminar, as and when it progresses.... without worrying where ever they are!! Keep updating/refreshing your browser to get latest updates immediately after it happens in Thiruvananthapuram. Blog will be updated from today (6th Aug) 2.30 PM onwards. for Kerala Library Association Sainul Abideen P Member EC, KLA Sainul Abideen P IIITM-Kerala Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram 695 581 www.iiitmk.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 at guwahati in January 2009
by Mailing List Admin 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 12:59:57 +0530 From: Apurba Jyoti Majumder <apurbajyoti(a)gmail.com> Dear Professionals, National Seminar on* "*Digitization and Networking of Library and Information Centers in NE India" *Organized jointly by * Department of Library and Information Science, Gauhati University, Guwahati (Assam) & Central Reference Library , Department of Culture, GOI, Kolkata Theme: Digitization and Networking of Library and Information Centers in NE India Sub Themes - Application of ICT in LICs of NE India: present and future - Digitization of library resources: planning - Role of LIS Schools - NE India Library Network (NEILIBNET) Dates: January 9-10, 2009 (Friday-Saturday) more details will come shortly on www.gulis.110mb.com Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF. Department of Library & Information Science. Arts Block, Gauhati University, Jalukbari, Guwahati-781014 Ph: 0-94352-68733

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New Library Policy of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
by faisal sl 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

Dear all, The newly adopted library policy (Library Charter) of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, New Delhi is available at http://www.kvsangathan.nic.in/LIBRARY%20POLICY.pdf -- S.L.Faisal Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom,Thiruvananthapuram-695 004 Kerala India Ph.09447699724 www.librarykvpattom.wordpress.com www.librarynext.wordpress.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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web information retrieval
by jasim s 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

A useful and must read article on new trends in web information retrieval can be accessed from the following Url. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008080450071600.h… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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WORKSHOP ON DEVELOPING DIGITAL LIBRARY USING DSPACE (A Program under TEQIP-WORLD BANK )
by shankar nadoor 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

Dear Professional Friends We have great Pleasure to inform you all that,The M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Technology,Library & Information Centre is intending to have a "THREE DAY WORKSHOP ON DEVELOPING DIGITAL LIBRARY USING DSPACE (A Program under TEQIP-WORLD BANK )"The workshop is open to the Librarians and Information Professionals of engineering Colleges & R & D Centres.We propose to hold the programme on 27th , 28th & 29th August 2008 at Hi-Tech Seminar Hall MSRIT,Bangalore.Hence we request all the professional friends to take part in this workshop and make it a grand success. With Regards , Sd/- Dr.M.Manogar Organizing Secretary For more information pls visit the below URL address http://msritlibdspaceworkshop.googlepages.com/ Thanking You Shankar Nadoor Assistant Librarian M.S.R.I.T shankarnadoor(a)gmail.com www.freewebs.com/shankarnadoor -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IGNOU course materials online available at eGyankosh
by Mukesh Anand 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

Dear Members', Now IGNOU course materials are available online at eGyankosh. eGyankosh(www.egyankosh.ac.in) - a national digital repository to store, index, preserve, distribute & share digital learning resources developed by the Open and Distance Learning Institutions in the country.All course materials of IGNOU can now be accessed & downloaded free of cost.The collection comprises print & video based content.Items in eGyanKosh are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved by IGNOU, unless otherwise indicated. You can Browse 1.Titles 2. Author 3. eGyankosh Blog 4. eGyankosh Wiki Other Links available 1.IGNOU Online 2. Education Broadcast Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Oficers' Training College for Indian Railways Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Journal of thermal sciences...
by poornima＠css.nal.res.in 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

Hello One of our scientist is in urgent need for articles from the 'Journal of Thermal Science', a Springer publication. Please let me know if anyone is subscribing to this title either in print/e form. We are prepared to pay the charges as per the norms of the subscribing institution. Thanks Poornima Narayana ------------------------------------------------------------ Poornima Narayana Contact: 080-25086083 (O) Dy Head, ICAST 080-26682781 (R) N.A.L E mail: poornima(a)css.nal.res.in Airport Road prn_1_in(a)yahoo.com Bangalore 560 017 poornima.narayana(a)gmail.com Fax: 080-25086083 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Internet Resources Newsletter: Issue 164
by MacLeod, Roderick A 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

____________________________________________ Internet Resources Newsletter ____________________________________________ The latest edition of the FREE monthly newsletter for academics, students and researchers is now available at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn164/irn164.html No subscription or registration is needed to access this full-text newsletter at the above site. You can also subscribe to the free, full-text email version at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html An RSS feed for the newsletter is available: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.rss Featured in this issue: Comment Internet Resources Newsletter by email and RSS Random Quotes News items of interest A-Z New & Notable Web Sites: About 100 new and notable websites: new services, ejournals, directories, search engines, publishers, government sites, eResources, booksellers, calls for papers, software, news services, conferences, research groups, plus anything of interest, etc, etc. Nice Web Site(s): Wordle, and DRIVER Search Blogorama Selected interesting blogs, RSS feeds and related news items Recent Internet books in the Library Get a life! Leisure Time After hours Published by Heriot-Watt University Library, and edited by Roddy MacLeod (R.A.MacLeod(a)hw.ac.uk) Catherine Ure and Marion Kennedy -- Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC000278. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Document Management System
by Nagawa 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

Dear All, Recently we installed a Document Management System for all organization's members to access while both within and outside the building. However, I have faced a lot of resistance (indirect) from Colleagues. For example each member is required to upload documents for internal communication onto the system but up to now most members have not done so. And instead are using the old system of sending them as email attachments. I therefore ask for your ideas on how to enhance usage of this system. Regards, Nagawa Peace Library Assistant Economic Policy Research Center 51 Pool Road Makerere University Campus P.o Box 7841 Kampala Tel. 256-41-541923 email: nagawa(a)eprc.or.ug -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SALIS 2008 Nat Conf - INAUGURAL & Valedictory Function Invitation -8.8.08
by Arunachalam Hariharan 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore & Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science Solicit your gracious presence on the occasion of the INAUGURAL Function Of the Conference on SALIS 2008: Re-Building the Libraries: Learning from the past to Plan for the Future At 9.30 A.M on 8th Aug 2008, Friday At Sir M. Visveswaraya Hall Dr. Mahalingam Vigyan Bhavan Arutselvar Dr. N. MAHALINGAM Chairman, Sakthi Groups Presides & releases the Conference Proceedings Prof. S. RAVICHANDRA REDDY Director (Acting), NAAC, Bangalore Delivers the Inaugural Address & Releases the Conference Souvenir Prof. Dr. K. ARUMUHAN Vice Chairman, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore Distributes the awards Programme 09.30 A.M. – Invocation 09.35 A.M. – – Welcome Address Dr. Joseph V. Thanikal Principal, KCT 09.50 A.M. – About SALIS 2008 Prof. M. Prasad Kumar, Prof. in-charge Library, KCT 09.55 A.M . – Presidential Address & Release of Conference Proceedings Arutselvar Dr. N. Mahalingam, Chairman, Sakthi Groups 10.15 A.M. – Inaugural Address & Release of Souvenir and Distribution of Awards Prof. S. Ravichandra Reddy, Director i/c., NAAC, B’lore 10.35 A.M Distribution of Awards Prof. Dr. K. Arumugam Vice-Chairman, KCT 10.45 A.M. – Role of SALIS for Professional Development Mr. A. Hariharan President, SALIS 10.50 A.M.. – Key Note Address Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT Madras, Conference Director 11.00 AM Felicitation Dr.S. Sadasivam Dean (Academic), KCT, Coimbatore 11.10 AM. – Vote of thanks Mr. M. Mandhirasalam Orgnaising Secretary & Deputy Librarian, KCT Valedictory Function Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore & Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science Solicit your gracious presence on the occasion of the ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Valedictory Function Of the National Conference on SALIS 2008: Re-Building the Libraries: Learning from the past to Plan for the Future At 4.00 PM on 9th August 2008, Saturday At Sir M. Visveswaraya Hall Dr. Mahalingam Vigyan Bhavan Dr.A.Selvakumar, Joint Correspondent, KCT Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore Presides Dr. K. Kulandaivel Advisor, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore Delivers the Valedictory Address Dr. Joseph V. Thanikal Principal, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore Distribute the Awards Programme 04.00 P.M. - Welcome Address Mr. A. Hariharan President, SALIS 04.05 PM – Conference Report Dr.S.Surianarayanan, Rapporteur General Vice-President, SALIS 04.15 - Feedback from the delegates 04.25 P.M. – Presidential l Address Dr.A.Selvakumar Joint Correspondent, KCT 04.40 P.M. - Distribution of Awards Dr. Joseph V. Thanikal Principal, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore 04.50 PM - Future of LIS Dr. S. Srinivasa Ragavan Librarian & Head, DLIS, Bharathidasan University, 05.00 P.M. - Valedictory Address Dr. K. Kulandaivel Advisor, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore 04.50 PM - Future of LIS Dr. S. Srinivasa Ragavan Librarian & Head, DLIS, Bharathidasan University, 05.15 PM – Vote of Thanks Mr.L.Parisutharaj, General Secretary, SALIS 05.20 PM – National Anthem -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Change of Date of WALK-IN-INTERVIEW ON 26-08-2008 AT 11.00 A.M. FOR LIBRARY TRAINEES, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranch
by Mailing List Admin 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 13:06:40 +0000 From: Dr.V. Sreenivasulu <v_sreenivasulu(a)hotmail.com> BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MESRA, RANCHI (A Deemed University u/s 3 of UGC Act, 1956) Change of Date of WALK-IN-INTERVIEW ON 26-08-2008 AT 11.00 A.M. FOR LIBRARY TRAINEES, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranch WALK-IN-INTERVIEW ON 26-08-2008 AT 11.00 A.M. FOR LIBRARY TRAINEES Eligible candidates are invited for Walk-in-Interview for the post of Library Trainees for working at Central Library, Birla Institute of Technology (A Deemed University), Mesra, Ranchi. Position : Library Trainee No. of Posts: TEN (10) Qualification : M.L.I.Sc. or equivalent degree from DRTC/NISCAIR/MIS Remuneration: Rs. 5000/- P.M. + Hostel Accommodation Interview Details: Type: Walk-in Date: 26th August 2008 Time: 11.00 AM Place: Central Library of BIT Mesra, Ranchi Candidates meeting the above requirement(s) are to bring the following at the time of Interview: a. Resume b. Photographs � 2 copies (passport size) c. Certified copies of Certificates and Testimonials Original certificates & testimonials will also be required for verification at the time of joining. Selected candidates will be required to join at very short notice NO TA/DA will be paid for attending the Walk-In-Interview For more information, you are requested to our website http://www.bitmesra.ac.in/library.html Librarian Central LibraryBirla Institute of Technology DEEMED UNIVERSITYMesra, Ranchi- 835215, IndiaTel:0651-2276675 Fax:0651-2275401Mobile:09430730106 library(a)bitmesra.ac.in http://www.bitmesra.ac.in

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OUP launches Electronic Enlightenment portal
by Mailing List Admin 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:35:17 +0530 From: venkata.kesavan(a)timesgroup.com Dear All, OUP launches Electronic Enlightenment (EE) portal. It is a scholarly research project of the University of Oxford Humanities Division. According their website, "Electronic Enlightenment' offers unrivalled access to the web of correspondence between the greatest thinkers and writers of the long 18th century and their families and friends, bankers and booksellers, patrons and publishers." Within EE one can search or browse: * nearly 6,000 correspondents; * over 53,000 letters and documents; * over 80,000 document sources including both manuscripts and early editions; * nearly 230,000 critical annotations. For more details and a trial access and please visit: http://www.e-enlightenment.com/ Regards, R. Venkata Kesavan Chief Manager Times Archives & Knowledge Centre Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times Group) The Times of India Building, 2nd Floor Dr. D. N. Road Mumbai 400 001 Ph: (D): +91-22-22731024 Ph: (B): +91-22-66353535 (Ext.: 4470) Fax : +91-22-22731437 e-mail : venkata.kesavan(a)timesgroup.com

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Cybrarian Launched (http://www.cybrarian.in)
by INFO＠DLIBCOM 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

Ahmedabad (India), July 27, 2008 Cybrarian - Asia's first revolutionary Library Management Software System was launched by CR2 Technologies Ltd., Ahmedabad (India). Cybrarian - is a next generation web based, seamless & fully integrated Library Management software System hosted on a Remote Server. This is based on SaaS (Software as a Service) concept where users have to pay-as-you-use basis. Cybrarian was launched during LIBRARIANR Users Meet held in the city on 26th July'08. A group of librarians across the country, who are active users of LIBRARIANR - a Library Management Software, assembles once in a year to share & discuss their problems & experience with the Library Management software. The experience of each librarian is unique and they come out with new ideas to improve & to add new features to the software to make it more functional, user friendly & effective, the company announced today. "Cybrarian allows the librarians to access & run the software with the help of an ordinary low cost PC having a web browser and they can carry out on line all the transactions like Acquisition, Cataloguing, Circulation, Periodicals Management (PMS), Article Indexing, Reports Management etc. as if the entire application is running on their desk," said Suyash K., the company's Chief Executive Officer, CR2. "One can access the application anytime (24x7x365) from anywhere, & from any machine with built in webOPAC facility in the software. At a very low hosting fee, Cybrarian provides users facilities like Software Usage, Secured Data Storage & Management, Virus Protection, Backups, Patch Management, Product Updates, Technical Support, Maintenance etc. Cybrarian follows all the international standards like MARC21, Z39.50, AACR2, MARCXML, ISO 2079 etc. and is having UNICODE (Multilingual) facility. The most attractive feature of Cybrarian is that librarians or Resource Centre Manager can customize the application as per their requirements without the help or need from the software vendor. Moreover, the reports can also be self-customized." "Cybrarian also allows the member libraries to form or create their own network of libraries from similar related subjects / background / industries for resource sharing by collecting, storing & disseminating information and would offer networked services like information about resources scattered in the libraries throughout the world, referencing materials to meet the requirements of students, researchers, scholars & the general public, Inter Library Loan etc. without incurring any extra cost, " said Sohaon K., Chief Operating Officer of the company. "Cybrarian is the result of 10+ man years of research & development and helps libraries to reduce their OPEX by 80-90%. SaaS is a new model for delivery of software over internet. It is a shift from packaged software to Software as a Service (SaaS). In this new model, the user is saved from the hassles of buying licensed copies of software like OS, R/DBMS, Application Software, Anti virus etc. They are also not required to buy costly hardware like Servers, PCs, Networking components etc. The user is also free from the daily problems of installation, management, maintenance, back up, security etc. Initial cost of Investment and recurring cost every month is as good as nil. The recruitment of expert IT professionals can also be avoided. According to Gartner, the SaaS opportunity globally is estimated to be around $19.1 billion by 2011. McKinsey reports that the proportion of CIOs considering adoption SaaS applications in the coming year has gone from 38% a year to 61%. By 2010, at least 65 percent of all businesses will have deployed at least one SaaS application. According to Springboard Research, the Market for SaaS in India is expected to touch US$ 165 Million by 2010 (over Rs 700 Crores). About CR2 Technologies Ltd. CR2 Technologies Ltd. (www.cr2.in) is a new start up company established in the year 2007. The company is engaged in designing & development of software products for different application areas. Utilizing Microsoft's latest .NET technology, CR2 has come out with various software products useful for Educational & Health Care industries. CR2's other leading software products include LIBRARIANR, eduERPTM, MAXOpmsTM. CR2 is the technology partner of MICROSOFT & HP. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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software for more precise websearch
by jasim s 04 Aug '08

04 Aug '08

Make every Web search a super-search with Copernic Agent Basic.It queries leading search engines to bring you back relevant, high quality results. Its intuitive user interface quickly allows you to make the most of the numerous search enhancement features included, making your Internet searches faster and easier than ever.for details,follow the links.. http://www.copernic.com/en/products/agent/index.html http://download3.copernic.com/copernicagentbasic.exe Jasimudeen.s Thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Copy cataloguing of bibliographic records
by Prem Chand 04 Aug '08

04 Aug '08

Dear Members I am pleased to announce the facility of copy cataloguing of bibliographic records from the INFLIBNET's web site. Library professionals can download bibliographic records of books according to ISO 2709 format from the union catalogue of the Centre , which contains holdings of major university libraries in India. The Centre has opened the facility to download searched or matched records according to MARC21, ASCII and CCF. In order to make use of this facility, you may visit our site at http://www.inflibnet.ac.in or http://202.141.12.214:8080/unicat/book.jsp . SOUL users can directly import ISO files in to their local database and update the local fields (Accession no). We believe that this facility will benefit those libraries, who are yet to automate their libraries. They can simply search and save matched records. Those who wish to contribute bibliographic records in union catalogue, please contact INFLIBNET Centre. With best regards Prem Chand Scientist- D Convener UGC-INFONET Digital library Consortium Information & Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET) An Inter University Centre of UGC, Near Gujarat University Guest House Navrangpura, Ahmedabad Gujarat. India Phone: 079-26305971, 26304695 ( Office) 070- 29096170( R) 09427001489 prem65_chand(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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SAGE free acess
by Dipen Deka 04 Aug '08

04 Aug '08

Dear professionals Free access to sage e-journals are available at the following link https://online.sagepub.com/cgi/register?registration=FT8300UKR<http://sage-news.msgfocus.com/c/1ikt4q4HCUaO0YlF> -- Dipen Deka, JRF Department of Library & Information Science Arts Block, Gauhati University Guwahati-781014 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation to attend Webinar and Lecture
by sarika sawant 04 Aug '08

04 Aug '08

Dear Friends, We the The American Library, Mumbai, S.H.P.T. School of Library Science and the Special Library Association's (SLA) Asian Chapter cordially invite you to a webinar on 'Electronic Library Collection Development' by Diane K.Kovacs President, Kovacs Consulting - Internet & Web Training followed by a lecture on 'E-libraries: Collection Development, Organization, and Management' by Mr. R. Venkata Kesavan, Printer & Publisher, Chief Manager Times Archives & Knowledge Centre, Mumbai on Friday August 8, 2008 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. American Center auditorium, Mumbai. For details please see the attachment and carry a copy of invitation with you. We look forward to your active participation. Sincerely Usha Sunil, Dr. Sushama Powdwal, Meera Gaikaiwari Ms. Sarika Sawant Lecturer, SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT Women's University, 1 # N.T. Road, Marine Lines, Mumbai 400 020 INDIA http://www.shpt-econtent.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy at Kerala School of Mathematics
by Vimal Kumar 04 Aug '08

04 Aug '08

The Kerala School of Mathematics (KSM), Kozhikode need a librarian. Qualification: 1. Degree in Library Science. Post graduates will be preferred. 2. Experience in reputed libraries and working knowledge in computer preferred. Age: Below 40 yrs as on 01.07.'08 Scale of Pay: Rs.8,390- 13,270/- Visit http://kscste.kerala.gov.in/vacancy.htm for more details. -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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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Invitation - Inaugural Session of Kerala Library Association's National Seminar
by Sainul Abideen P 04 Aug '08

04 Aug '08

Dear Friends, Kerala Library Association cordially invite you to the Inaugural Session of the National Seminar on Redefining the Role of Public Libraries in India: The Knowledge Society Imperatives to be held at Priyadarshini Auditorium, Science & Technology Museum, PMG Junction, Thiruvananthapuram. Dr. T. M. Thomas Issac, Hon. Minister for Finance, Govt. of Kerala has kindly consented to inaugurate this seminar, which is Co-sponsored by RRRLF, Kolkata. Dr. G. Balamohanan Thampi, President, Kerala State Library Council & Former Vice Chancellor, University of Kerala will preside over the function. Date & Time: 6th August 2008, 3.30 pm PROGRAMME Invocation Welcome : Shri N. Sukumaran Nair, President, Kerala Library Association Chairman : Dr. G. Balamohanan Thampi, President, Kerala State Library Council Inaugural Address : Dr. T. M. Thomas Issac, Minister for Finance, Govt. of Kerala Keynote Address : Shri K. Jayakumar, IAS Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Kerala Release of the Souvenir : Shri C. Jayan Babu, Worshipful Mayor, Corporation of, Thiruvananthapuram Felicitations : Shri K.K. Banerjee, Director, Raja Rammohun Roy, Library Foundation,Kolkata Smt. Kalpana Dasgupta, Chairperson, Working Group on Libraries, National Knowledge Commission & Former Director, Central Secretariat Library Shri Palode Ravi Ex-MLA & Member, RRRLF Vote of Thanks : Dr. K.P. Vijayakumar, General Secretary, Kerala Library Association For any details about the seminar please contact : 09447213155 (N. Sukumaran Nair), 09496252786 (Sainul Abideen P) or visit http://www.keralalibraryassociation.org/ For Kerala Library Association (KLA) Sainul Abideen P Member, Executive Committee, KLA Sainul Abideen P IIITM-Kerala Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram 695 581 www.iiitmk.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Registration Open for IGNOU’s MLIS Online Programme
by Uma Kanjilal 04 Aug '08

04 Aug '08

Registration Open for IGNOU’s MLIS Online Programme MLIS programme is now available online on the LIVE platform. LIVE (Library and Information Virtual Education) is a Learning & Content Management System developed in-house by IGNOU for imparting online education. It is a complete virtual learning suite covering all the activities from registration to certification. For registration please visit the site at http://www.ignouonline.ac.in/live The online platform has the following features: 1. Walk in admission- admission will be available throughout the year. Registration form has been specially devised with the facility of uploading scanned certificates, other required documents and photograph. Registration will be confirmed only after verification of the certificates and payment of the required admission fee. Facility for online payment is available through the payment gateway of AXIS Bank. Session commences immediately once a group of minimum 20 students register for the programme. 2. Integrated multimedia courseware- once registered, learners will have access to personalized learning space (My Page). This includes self instructional material, related audio/ video, slides, self check exercises etc. weaved in one platform. 3. Online counseling and mentoring – web cast based counseling integrated with text based chatting facility is to be used for counseling purposes. Experts from the country will be be available for counseling and mentoring. 4. 24×7 learner support- asynchronous and synchronous modes of interaction will be used to provide just in time support to learners. 5. Portfolio based continuous evaluation- portfolios with individualized randomly generated assignments (both objective and subjective) is automatically generated from the question bank. Portfolio space is used for keeping track of course status, assignment status and grades. Objective questions will be evaluated by the system automatically and the subjective question by the e-councellor. 6. E-tutor based practical- online instructions and e-tutorials for hands on practice of WINISIS and Library Automation Packages will be used for the practical sessions. Multimedia manuals for self learning are provided online. 7. Group based online seminar- Blogs, chat rooms and discussion forums and web conferencing facility are used for group based seminars. 8. Online Project platform – templates are available for synopsis submission, project uploading and evaluation. Viva voce will be conducted through through web based video conferencing tool. 9. Online Term End Examination- Online examinations will be conducted in specified centres in proctored environment. The methodology adopted is different from the conventional three hour examination. The programme will be completely monitored by the faculty at the Headquarters in New Delhi. Eligibility The programme is available to the candidates who have BLIS Degree or its equivalent from any recognized university and similar institutions. If you are already enrolled with IGNOU as MLIS student you can ask for transfer to the online mode. For further details contact Prof. Uma Kanjilal ukanjilal(a)ignou.ac.in. For the online programme access to computer and internet is a must. The facility will not be provided by the University. Before registration please ensure that you have basic infrastructure available at your end. Duration The programme can be completed in a minimum period of 1 year and a maximum period of 4 years. Programme Structure The 36 credit programme comprises 6 core courses, one project and 2 electives (to be selected out of 6 electives being offered now). Medium of Instruction The Programme is offered in English. Fee Structure The fees for the Programme including registration fee is as follows: · Indian Residents - Rs. 6,700 · SAARC countries - Rs. 23, 000 · Other countries- US $ 1000 Contact Person For further details and clarifications please contact: Prof. Uma Kanjilal Director, School of Social Sciences Indira Gandhi National Open University, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi Pin:-110068 Phone: +91 11 29534336 Fax: +91 11 29533845 E-mail: ukanjilal(a)ignou.ac.in. _________________________________________________________________ >From salsa lessons to filmy gossip, news to music concerts - watch it all on MSN Video http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Institutional Repositories (IRs) of India
by Ajay Kum Sharma 04 Aug '08

04 Aug '08

Dear Professional, Actually, I need the list of all Institutional Repositories (IRs) of India with thier URLs. I have collected some of them which are mentioned below. 1. Etd@IIT Bombay: http://www.library.iitb.ac.in/~mnj/etd/ 2. Eprint & Etd@IIT Delhi: http://eprint.iitd.ac.in/dspace/ 3. Etd@IIM Kozhikode: http://eprints.iimk.ac.in/ 4. Eprints@IISc Bangalore: http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/ 5. DU Eprint Archive: http://eprints.du.ac.in/ 6. Dspace@dce: http://202.141.12.109/dspace/ 7. Dspace@nitr: http://dspace.nitrkl.ac.in/dspace/ 8. Dspace@Thapar University: http://dspace.tiet.ac.in:8080/dspace/ 9. Indian Institute of Information Technology GNU EPrints (OAI): http://eprints.iiita.ac.in/ I, thereofore request you to please share your knowledge for compilation of list for the global visibility through a common interface for the intellectual output of all Indian Institution's scholarly researchor. Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian, Central Library, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, Birbhum - 731235, W.B. Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/ *********************************************************** 1. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg 2. Join today LIS-Forum mailing list http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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library Vacancy in IAF
by Rajivaksh Tripathi 03 Aug '08

03 Aug '08

*Dear professional* One post for library assist is vacant in Indian Air Force for detail see employment news dated 2-6 August *Rajivaksh Tripathi* Library Trainee XLRI Jamshedpur Jharkhand -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Links site is removed from http://lislinks.110mb.com
by Badan Barman 03 Aug '08

03 Aug '08

I am sorry to say that LIS Links site has been removed due to some unavoidable circumstances. By this time, if you have any thing to say, contact at lislinks(a)gmail.com. Thanks to Shamprasad Pujar <pujar(a)igidr.ac.in>, and Saeed Ahmad <sahmad(a)wihg.res.in> to inform me about the problem. -- Thanking you Yours faithfully (Sri Badan Barman) Academic Consultant, Library & Information Science, Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University, Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Dispur, Guwahati-781006, Assam, Phone: 0361-2234964 / 2235971, Fax: 0361- 2235398. Website: www.kkhsou.org, Email: kkhsou(a)gmail.com, kkhsoul(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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Urgent Information Needed
by JK 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

Dear all, Could anybody give me the details of the institutes/organisations conducting training programmes related to Library standards and their technical knowledge. Thanks Jaya Kalra Senior Consultant-LIS Group Total IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Newdelhi - 110058 Website : www.totalit.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Global Consortia Survey - Participate - Win Chance for Free Registration to 75th WLIC in Milan, Italy!!
by J. K. Vijayakumar 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

> --- On Fri, 8/1/08, Marvin, Stephen > <SMarvin(a)wcupa.edu> wrote: > > From: Marvin, Stephen <SMarvin(a)wcupa.edu> > Subject: [UNIVERS] Global Consortia Survey - Please > participate - Win Chance for Free Registration to 75th WLIC > in Milan, Italy!! > > Date: Friday, August 1, 2008, 8:02 PM > With sincere apologies for posting to multiple lists... Your cooperation is requested to participate in the Global Consortia Survey! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=kjGxkGVZ_2bp6z5c5zhDYH_2fQ_3d_3d The Academic and Research Libraries(ARL) Section is very > aware of the > need to offer members tangible benefits of membership in > addition to the > once-a-year congress. The ARL Section meeting considered > feedback > provided by participants at the mentoring session held in > Durban, South > Africa and developed the Project outline to see whether the > benefit in a > developing country could be extended. The experiment > resulted in the > discovery of a greater need toward identifying professional > partnership > development opportunities. ARL received a 2,000 Euros grant > to develop > guidelines! > > The Global Consortia Survey will provide information to > develop > opportunities for interaction among more experienced > professionals. > > The project aims to develop guidelines for: > (1) Libraries in the developed world who are willing to > partner > with a library in a developing country stating requirements > and > expectations; > (2) Libraries in the developing world who wish to be > partnered > with a library in the developed world stating requirements > and > expectations; > (3) Guidelines for partner institutions; and > (4) Review, evaluate and terminate partnerships over time. > More details available in the current ARL Newsletter - > http://www.ifla.org/VII/s2/pub/s2-newsletter-July08.pdf > > Your assistance to identify existing consortia/cooperatives > or network > services is greatly appreciated. As an incentive to > participate in this > survey, one participant will be selected to win a free > registration to > the 75th WLIC in Milan, Italy. > > You are also welcome to send this request to others, > translate, print, > mail, fax or other method of assistance. > > Please contact me if you have any difficulty with the link > to this > survey or other questions or comments. > > Thank you for your cooperation. > > Stephen Marvin, MLS > IFLA, Academic and Research Libraries > Secretary/Information Coordinator > FH Green Library > 25 Rosedale Avenue > West Chester University > West Chester, PA 19383 > smarvin(a)wcupa.edu > 610-436-1068 > Fax-436-2251 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UNESCO Bangkok releases new publication 'Strategy Framework for Promoting ICT Literacy in the Asia-Pacific Region'
by Puna Das 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

UNESCO Bangkok releases new publication on ICT literacy in the Asia-Pacific 01-08-2008 (Bangkok) The UNESCO Office in Bangkok, Thailand, has released a new e-publication entitled Strategy Framework for Promoting ICT Literacy in the Asia-Pacific Region. This paper targets individuals and organizations engaged in providing ICT literacy education. It offers an analysis of ICT usage in Asia-Pacific countries and defines measures for promoting ICT literacy development in the region. There is almost universal acceptance that information and communication technologies (ICT) are good for development. These technologies, most particularly those that are Internet-connected, increase access through distance learning, enable a knowledge network for students, train teachers, broaden the availability of quality education materials and enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of educational administration policy. Educational systems, both formal and non-formal, are powerful social institutions infused with the mission of developing desirable values among the public – and especially among the youth. Thus, they must be most sensitised to ICT potential dangers and be proactive in addressing them. ICT literacy education provides an appropriate venue for this. Moreover, given that there is continuous development of ICT and the people who use them, so should there also be continual assessment of ICT education and curricula by the educational systems/institutions that offer them. In a world where information and knowledge are currency, governments aspire to develop their countries as optimised knowledge societies. In order to address these issues UNESCO's Office in Bangkok commissioned this paper, which is now published in electronic format. It provides, in its first section, a situational analysis of ICT usage in the Asia-Pacific region, both to examine current dominant thrusts in ICT literacy education and to serve as background for the strategy framework. The second section details this framework. It defines goals, objectives, and approaches, as well as discusses conceptual and operational measures for promoting ICT literacy development throughout the Asia-Pacific region. By so doing, this paper helps contribute to Asia Pacific Information Network (APIN) ICT literacy programming efforts. Download the book: www2.unescobkk.org/elib/publications/188/promotingICT_literacy.pdf Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=27446&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be the first one to try the new Messenger 9 Beta! Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/win/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Last date extended for submission of paper to National Conference on ‘Library 2.0’ at MyDLIS
by N.S. Harinarayana 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

National Conference on Library 2.0: The Confluence of Web 2.0 and the Library Paradigm (MyLib 2.0) August 21 – 22, 2008, Mysore (A UGC-SAP- Programme) Organised by: Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore The last date for submission of papers to the National Conference has been extended up to August 7, 2008. The following are the sub-themes: * Understanding Web 2.0 * Web 2.0 and Libraries * Digital Library 2.0 * Wikis and blogs for libraries and library services * Tags, Clouds and folksonomies for the library world * Collaborative Workspaces * Exemplars of Library 2.0 Submit your papers to the following Dr. Shalini R. Urs Program Chair - MyLib 2.0 Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore – 570006 Email : mydlis.sap at gmail.com For registration details and more information on the conference visit: http://www.mydlis-sap.ac.in or http://www.isim.ac.in/mylib -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Job Alert - Library Assistant at NICM
by Mailing List Admin 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

Date: 31 Jul 2008 06:39:11 -0000 From: amol suresh chawande <amolchawande(a)rediffmail.com> Dear Professionals One post of Library Assistant required at National Institute of Construction Management & Research, Pune. Kindly go through website www.nicmar.ac.in. Regards Amol Chawande --

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Fw: NOW AVAILABLE: Production-Ready Fedora 3.0 Fits With the Web
by Mailing List Admin 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:57:46 +0530 (IST) From: Shamprasad Pujar <pujar(a)igidr.ac.in> -- Original Message -- From: Carol Minton Morris <clt6(a)cornell.edu> To: diglib(a)infoserv.inist.fr Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:17:18 -0400 July 30, 2008 NOW AVAILABLE: Production-Ready Fedora 3.0 Fits With the Web Ithaca, NY Today Fedora Commons released version 3.0 of the popular Fedora software that completes all general release features. Dan Davis, Chief Software Architect, Fedora Commons, explained, "We are pleased to offer a Fedora 3.0 that is a foundational step towards a model-driven content architecture." He went on to say, "Users will find it simpler to maintain and operate their repositories with version 3.0-it's more scalable and fits better into the Web." For more details, visit http://sourceforge.net/projects/fedora-commons> Dr S.M. Pujar Deputy Librarian IGIDR, Mumbai, India

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Librarian, Pondicherry University
by Mailing List Admin 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:51:24 +0000 From: Gowri Ravindranth <gravindranth(a)hotmail.com> Dear Friends: We, at the Madras Library Association (MALA) are proud that our President Dr.R.Samyuktha, the University Librarian i/c of University of Madras has been appointed as Librarian, Pondicherry University . She will assume office on 1st Aug, 2008. With best wishes, L.R. GowriSecretaryMALA

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MEDICAL/HEALTH LIBRARIES ON THE WEB
by jasim s 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

A listing of numerous medical libraries can be had from the link http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/hslibs.html#other .Medical librarians from India can add their library Url's to the list .Presently there is no one is there from India. jasimudeen.s Thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IGNOU's BLIS, MLIS.CICTAL & PGDLAN Course Materials Online
by Mukesh Anand 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

Dear Members', IGNOU's Course Material of BLIS, MLIS, CICTAL & PGDLAN are available Online. (A) Bachelor of Library and Information Science (BLIS) Collections in this community Videos_BLIS [30] Sub-communities within this community BLIS-01 : Library and Society [16] BLIS-02 : Library Management [17] BLIS-03 : Library Classification Theory [15] BLIS-03P : Library Classification Practical [13] BLIS-04 : Library Cataloguing Theory [18] BLIS-04P : Library Cataloguing Practical [17] BLIS-05 : Reference and Information Sources [16] BLIS-06 : Information Services [8] BLIS-07 : Information Technology : Basics [13] Web Access :- http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/handle/123456789/7235 (B) Master's Degree in Library and Information Science (MLIS) Collections in this community· Videos_MLIS [5] Sub-communities within this community· MLI-101: Information, Communication and Society [16] ·MLI-102: Management of Library and Information Centres [8] ·MLIE-101 Preservation And Conservation of Library Material [15] ·MLIE-102 Research Methodology [18] ·MLIE-103: Academic Library System [14] ·MLIE-104 Technical Writing [14] ·MLIE-105: Informetrics and Scientometrics [0] ·MLIE-106 Public Library System and Services [7] ·MLII-101: Information Sources, Systems and Services [19] ·MLII-102: Information Processing and Retrieval [19] ·MLII-103 Fundamentals of Information Communication Technologies [14] ·MLII-104 Information Communication Technologies - Applications [16] ·MLIP-002: Project/Dissertation [1] Web Access :- http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/handle/123456789/1331 (C) Certificate in Information & Communication Technology Applications in Library (CICTAL) Sub-communities within this community · BLII-001 Basics and Context [12] BLII-002 Database and Content Organisation [14] BLII-003 Library Automation and Digitisation [9] BLII-004 Network Based Information Services [9] Web Access :- http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/handle/123456789/5786 (D) Post Graduate Diploma in Library Automation and Networking (PGDLAN) Collections in this community· Videos_PGDLAN [5] Sub-communities within this community· MLI-001 Introduction to Computers [10] ·MLI-002 Library Automation [0] ·MLI-003 Information Systems [14] ·MLI-004 Networking and Internet Technology [13] ·MLI-005 Internet Resources [0] ·MLI-006 Content Development [0] ·MLI-007 Programming Language [3] ·MLIP-008 Project [0] Web Access :- http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/handle/123456789/938 A Sample Access :- 1.Go to http://www.egyankosh.ac.in 2.Click India on the Homepage 3.Click IGNOU 4.Click School of Social Sciences 5.Click PGDLAN 6.Click Networking & Internet Technology 7.Click Library & Information Networks 8.Click Management of Library & Information Networks Now you need to Login eGyankosh Account For Registration in eGyankosh Account You have to Fill a Online Registration Form You have to Select Registration Type :- Student(IGNOU Student), IGNOU Faculty or General Then register at folllowing web address for General http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/register Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Officers' Training College for Indian Railways Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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part time research at kerala univ for library staff
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

hi every one there was serious discussion regarding ban of registration to administrative staff for registration to PhD. i discussed this with Prof Devarajan. he told tht it is not exclusive to librarians and the order is issued in general.he already took up the matte or librarians. a committee is appointed by the univ to consider the issue. Prof devarajan being a member of syndicate and also heading this committee is confidant of getting back the facility for librarians. the effort made by prof devarajan needs appreciation and cheers. for further information u may contact prof devarajan all the best laxman rao Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, & Director, UGC-Academic Staff College, & Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Association of British Scholars (Hyderabad Chapter) Ph:++91-40- 27098102 (telefax-off) 91-40-27171565 (res): 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)gmail.com __________________________________________________________ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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University of Calicut - DLIS Positions
by J. K. Vijayakumar 31 Jul '08

31 Jul '08

University of Calicut - DLIS Positions Reader-1 (ETB) Lecturer-1 (Open) Details are available at http://www.universityofcalicut.info/JOHN/TECH.htm Regards Dr. J K VIJAYAKUMAR -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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need artticles
by khushpreet singh 31 Jul '08

31 Jul '08

Dear professionals I need full text of the the following articles. If anyone has access to any of the following documents, kindly provide me the full text of these. - Baker PG, Goble CA, Bechhofer S, Paton NW, Stevens R, and Brass A. An ontology for bioinformatics applications. Bioinformatics. June 1999. 15(6 ):510–20 - Bartlett JC, Toms EG. Developing a protocol for bioinformatics analysis: an integrated information behavior and task analysis approach. Journal of American Society for Information Science and Technology, March 2005,56( 5):469–82 - MacMullen WJ, Denn SO. Information problems in molecular biology and bioinformatics. Journal of American Society for Information Science and Technology, March 2005,56(5):447–56. - Stevens R, Goble C, Baker P, and Brass A. A classification of tasks in bioinformatics. Bioinformatics. February 2001. 17(2):180–8. regards Khushpreet singh Librarian Guru Nanak Ayu. Med. College, Muktsar. mobille: 09815303000 email: kh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New generation Internet bookmark manager "hooeey"
by Naveen M 31 Jul '08

31 Jul '08

Dear Professionals, The idea behind hooeey is that Internet users can re-use their browsing history in a productive manner to reduce time spent in searching for previously visited web pages, easily share interesting web pages with others and to use the provided dashboard to manage their browsing time more efficiently.hooeey tackles the drawbacks of existing information re-locating tools and services (bookmarks, search engines, on-line tagging and link management sites) by following a simple approach fallow the link to catch it. http://www.hooeey.com -- Naveen C.M. IKM Trainee National Center For Science Information, Indian Institute of Science. Bangalooru-12. Cell - 9740349997 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Request for response
by Jatashankar Gupta 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

Dear Professionels, I am conducting a dissertation work on "Creation of Database of LIS Teachers in University in India". I have prepared a data collection survey which is available on following URLs. Your positive response is required for successful completion of this work. These two Urls are listed following: 1. http://www.surveymonkey.com/MySurvey_CollectorList.aspx?sm=0aURDtC1hfGSrvi%… Steps: (i) Go to Member Login username jatashankar password jatash (ii) Go to my survey (iii) click on my survey Jatashankar Gupta Library Trainee, Knowledge Centre & Library Online Delhi College of Engineering, Bawana Road, Delhi. Mobile: 9211328039 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Job Alert for August, 2008.
by Badan Barman 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

Respected All, The following is the abstract of job post taken from LIS Links: http://lislinks.110mb.com. Candidate in need of details can consult the site. 1. Library and Information Officer and Assistant Library and Information Officer at Government of India, Ministry of Defence. Last Date of Application: 4/9/2008. 2. Assistant Professor at in LIS at UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN, JAIPUR. Last Date of Application: 30/08/2008. 3. Scientific Asstt (C) Library at NISER, Bhubaneswar. Last Date: 29/08/2008. 4. Librarian (Female) at Templeton Academy International. Last Date of Application: Not Mentioned. 5. Librarian at Educomp Solutions Limited, India. Last Date of Application: Not Mentioned. 6. Library Assistant at Office of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India, 40, Amarnath Jha Marg, Allahabad-211002. Last Date of Application: 26/8/2008. 7. Library Trainee at Birla Institute of Technology. Date of Interview: 25/08/2008. 8. Graduate Apprentices in NIT, Rourkela. Date of Written Test, interview & Result: August 23, 2008. 9. Professors, Reader and Lecturer at Pondicherry University, R. Venkataraman Nagar, Kalapet, Puducherry – 605 014, India. Last Date: 19.08.08. 10. Technical Assistant in CLRI Chennai. Last Date: 19/08/2008 (online application). 11. Librarian at Institute Of Business Management & Research. Last Date of aplication: Not Mentioned. 12. Research Librarian at Corporate Executive Board, Delhi, Delhi/NCR, Gurgaon. Last Date of Application not mentioned. 13. Library Apprenticeship Trainee at DVK central Library Bangalore. Last date: 15/08/2008. 14. Librarian in Mizoram University. Last Date: 14 August 2008. 15. Librarian and Library Attendant in Ramjas College. Last date: 12 August 2008. 16. Librarian in Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences. Last Date of Application: 12/08/2008. 17. Asstt. Librarian in Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences. Last Date of Application: 12/08/2008. 18. Post of Librarian and Library Attendant in Ramjas College. Last date of aplication: 12/08/2008. 19. Reader and Lecturers at Dept of Information Science, University of Madras. Last Date of Application: 11.08.2008. 20. Post of Librarian, Deputy Librarian and Asst. Librarian at Visakhapattanam. Last date: 4/08/2008. 21. University librarian, M.S.University of Baroda. Last date 04/08/2008. 22. University Library, Deputy Librarian, Assistant Librarian at GITAM University, Visakhapatnam - 530 045, A.P. Last Date of Application: 04/08/2008. 23. Librarian at Kerala University. Last date 04.08.2008. Thanking You. Sri Badan Barman -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KLA National Seminar- Duty leave for Library Professionals
by Vimal Kumar 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

Dear Professionals, Kerala government grants duty leave to Library Professionals to attend the KLA National Seminar Order No. GO(Rt) No.1106/2008/H.edn dated Thiruvananthapuram 24.07.08. For more details, see the KLA website, http://www.keralalibraryassociation.org/ -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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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Searching for 'New Library Setter Group'
by harshal pawar 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

Dear Collegues, I am Harshal, currently working as a librarian in business school located in Pune. Anyone can tell me is there any avtive group engaged in library science field which is professionaly sets the new library or information centre? Or such type of activity running anywhere around Pune by library professionals? Kindly inform to me. Harshal Bhimsen Pawar. Librarian MERC Institute of Management Pune. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for Fulltext
by Arup Raychaudhury 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

Dear Member, We shall be grateful if we could get the fulltext of the following articles: 1)J N Hooker,Resolution vs. Cutting plane solutions of Inference problems:Some Computational Experience,Operation Research Letters, 7,1988,1-7. 2)J N Hooker,A Quantitative approach to logical inference, Decision Support Systems,4,1988,45-69. Arup Raychaudhury Library, Documentation & Information Science Division Indian Statistical Institute 203 BT Road Calcutta 700 108 INDIA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library standards
by neeru 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

Dear Sir/Madam Kindly provide the detailed information on Library standard as per Central Govt. norms. Regards NEERU SHARMA LIBRARY CDAC NOIDA Ph-3063391,92 EXTN-452 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KLA National Seminar- registration date extended to July 30
by Vimal Kumar 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

Dear Friends, Sorry for the error occurred in the last posting regarding the extended registration date. Extended date for KLA National seminar registration is July 30, 2008. Please confirm your participation by email to kla.org(a)gmail.com Registration fee and other details are available at KLA website, www.keralalibraryassociation.org -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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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CUIL ; a cOOl challenge to gOOgle ?
by J. K. Vijayakumar 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

Ex-Google employees unveil a new search engine today out to challenge their former employer: Cuil, pronounced "cool," launches with 120 billion web pages in its index. http://www.cuil.com/ Dr. J K Vijayakumar Visit http://libinfospace.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Announcement for Special Publication of IASLIC
by Pijushkanti Panigrahi 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

Announcement for Special Publication of IASLIC IASLIC is bringing out the following special publication in the memory of Late Prof. Prabir Roy Choudhury a devoted teacher & a veteran leader in LIS profession “LIS Profession in the Changing Environment Prof. Prabir Roychoudhury Memorial Volume” Editor: Prof.Arjun Dasgupta Editor: Prof.Arjun Dasgupta Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Reader, Dept of Lib and Inf Science, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, (M) : +91 94342 43522. Joint Secretary, IASLIC, Convenor, Education Division, 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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Request for Content Pages of Library Herald & IASLIC Bulletin
by vinay channavenkatesh 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

Dear all, I am in need of the Content pages of all the issues of "Library Herald" for the years 2005 & 2006 and also the content pages of IASLIC Bulletin Vol.49 No. 1 (2004) as I couldn't get these issues in the Libraries around Bangalore. I am need of these issues for my project work on Content Analysis of Indian LIS Periodicals. If anybody is having the 2005 & 2006 issues of Library Herald, and Vol. 49 (1) issue of IASLIC Bulletin can you please send me the content pages Thanking you, Sincerely yours, Vinay. C Librarian SJB Institute of Technology, BGS Health & Education City, Uttarahalli Road, Kengeri, Bengalooru-560 060. Karnataka Phone; 28605445 / 46. E-Mail: vinayc1975(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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Wasafiri Journal offered by Taylor & Francis Group
by Sharma, Yogeeta 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

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Invitation for the Unveiling Ceremony of the Bust of Padmashri Dr S R Ranganathan
by Mailing List Admin 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:30:49 +0530 (IST) From: Rakesh Kumar Bhatt <rakeshkumarbhatt(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Sir/Madam � I feel honoured and privileged to inform you that the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi is installing the Bust of Father of Library Science Padmashri Dr S R Ranganthan on 31st July, 2008. The Bust will be inaugurated by Prof. Deepak Pental, Honorable Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi on 31st July, 2008 at 3.00 p.m. as per the programme attached. � You are requested to kindly attend the above function and join us in our endeavour and �pay your tribute to legendary academician and scholar par excellence Dr S R Ranganthan.Invitation Card and Programme attached. With warm regards, Yours sincerely, � Rakesh Kumar Bhatt Reader & Head Department of Library & Information Science University of Delhi, Delhi - 110007 Phone No. 011-27666656(Office), 011-55153105(Res)

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Required Apprentice Trainee at DVK Library, Bangalore
by Mailing List Admin 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:27:50 -0700 (PDT) From: alex arun <antony_alex2k(a)yahoo.com> Dear LIS Professionals, DVK central Library (http://www.dvk.in/centrallibrary.htm) Bangalore Invites applications for Library Apprenticeship Training Programme. Qualifications: B.L.I.Sc/ M.L.I.Sc. First Class (The candidates who have appeared or appearing the M.L.I.Sc. final examination and are expecting the result can also apply Duration: Six month from the date of joining. Stipend: Rs. 30000/M.L.I.Sc, & 25000/B.L.I.Sc (for 6 month. Nature of internship: The training programme will impart training in the area of Digital Library, Overall library administration, and Special training on Personality development & Technical skills. Last date for apply: 15th August, 2008 Address for sending the application: dvklibrary(a)yahoo.com Only short listed candidates will be called ( a separate communication through email will be sent) for an interview. No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview Please bring all your certificates in original supporting your educational qualification and proof of age when you come for interview. Regards Fr. Thomas CMI ------------------------------------------------------------- Librarian & Programme Co-ordinator DVK Central Library Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram Dharmaram College Post Bangalore 560 029 Ph:080-41116350, 09986369612 E-mail: dvklibrary(a)yahoo.com Thanks & Regards Alex

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ALA and its Conferences
by Charu Mathur 27 Jul '08

27 Jul '08

* Respected Professionals,* * * Greetings for the nice day, Information about LIS Conferences and events are all-time accepted by people of LIS Zone by open arms. USA and ALA can be considered as Mecca and Medina for LIS conferences and events. To get the information about forth coming as well as retro details of LIS Conferences one may consult the *Librarian's Datebook.* *Librarian's Datebook** *is lastly updated on 29 June, 2004 can provide the chronological detail of 392 Conferences from 2004 to 2014 held in USA, China, UK, Uganda, and many other points on the globe. * *(http://www.hsl.unc.edu/libcal.htm#2005) Along with above, the detail information about ALA and its conferences I request to my respected friends to visit the following link-------- http://charu-virtualworld.blogspot.com/ Regards Miss Charu Mathur Dept of Education, Delhi. Lib.wrd.2008(a)gmail.com Virtual.cosmos.08(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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KLA National Seminar registration date extended
by Vimal Kumar 26 Jul '08

26 Jul '08

Dear Friends, Kerala Library Association is organizing a National Seminar on "Redefining the Role of Public Libraries in India: Knowledge Society Imperatives" on August 6-8, 2008 at Priyadarshini Auditorium, Science and Technology Museum, PMG Junction, Trivandrum. The seminar is co-sponsored by Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata. KLA National Seminar will be inaugurated at 3.30 pm on 6th August 2008 by Sri. Thomas Isaac, Hon. Finance Minister, Govt. of Kerala. Representatives of RRRLF, National Knowledge Commission, The Directors of Public Libraries of the States and Union Territories, noted experts, administrators and decision makers in the field will participate. The National Seminar is expected to be a landmark in the history of library development in the country. The seminar would be useful to LIS Professionals since it proposes to cover the developments in all spheres connected with libraries. Registration fee and other details are available at KLA website, www.keralalibraryassociation.org Registration date extended up to 5 pm 30th August 2008. Please confirm your participation by email to kla.org(a)gmail.com -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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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Re: [LIS-Forum] DDC Price
by Apurba Jyoti Majumder 26 Jul '08

26 Jul '08

Dear Ms Divya SIngh The price of DDC is $ 550. in Indian Currency: Rs. 22500 approx Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Department of Library & Information Science. Arts Block, Gauhati University, Jalukbari, Guwahati-781014 Ph: 0-94352-68733 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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For Info:Good news for PhD aspirants
by Puna Das 26 Jul '08

26 Jul '08

FYI Good news for PhD aspirants Sat, Jul 26 01:20 AM Teachers wanting to do PhD at Delhi University have a reason to smile. The University will now allow PhD scholars to take a break in between and then re-register. While Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) already has this facility, DU introduced the system in the Academic Council meeting held on Thursday. "Many times, after enrolling himself a PhD scholar gets an offer to teach or is offered a project for which he has to take leave. After his registration is confirmed, he can take up to three years' leave and then re-register himself," said Pankaj Garg, council member. "While a PhD student can take up to five years to complete his thesis, the three-year leave period will not be counted within the five-year time frame," Garg said. Also, permanent, ad hoc and temporary teachers with two years of teaching experience can enroll in a PhD programme. This would encourage teachers to pursue their doctorate, Garg said. College teachers will also find representation in the Board of Research Studies and Department Research Committee. "Moreover, college teachers with a PhD are now entitled to supervise research students. This is a positive step since the number of PhD students under a faculty member affects his/her promotion," said council member Janmejoy Khuntia. In another step that will ensure funding for maximum PhD scholars, DU will hold entrance tests/interviews for those students who have been unable to qualify for UGC's Junior Research Fellowship or other such tests. "Earlier, students who did not get a UGC fellowship were often left high and dry. Now, if they qualify the entrance/interview they will be eligible for various other scholarships such as SAP and Research Fellowship for Meritorious Students given by the Centre for Advanced Studies," said Khuntia. Moreover, the span period for the submission of a thesis has been reduced from five to four years. Source: http://in.news.yahoo.com/32/20080726/1053/tnl-good-news-for-phd-aspirants.h… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/citygroups/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New award for Best Book in Library Literature
by Charu Mathur 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Respected Friends. The ALA can be considered as cream of the crop in Knowledge world. To justify this statement it has took an initiative to honour the best book in library literature. This award was initiated in Annual Conference held in Anaheim from June 26 to July 2, 2008. It has been decided that from 2009 through 2013, the Greenwood Publishing Group Award for the Best Book in Library Literature will consist of $5,000 and a commemorative plaque. It will be given to an author or co-authors whose work exemplifies excellence in library and information studies. The director of Greenwood Publicity believes that an informed, up-to-date library is a healthy, vital and productive one. To get the detail of this news I would like to request my respected friends please go through the following link---- http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2008/July2008/Developmentliblit.cfm Regards Miss Charu Mathur, Dept. of Education, Delhi- virtual.cosmos.08(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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DDC cost
by divya singh 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Dear Professionals Can anyone please provide me the information about the price of 21 st and 22nd edition of DDC? Regards Divya Singh Asstt. Librarian IMS Engineering College Ghaziabad -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Scholarship Announcement - Museum Computer Network 2008 Conference (fwd)
by Mailing List Admin 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:04:17 +0530 (IST) From: Shamprasad Pujar <pujar(a)igidr.ac.in> - - - Apologies for Cross-Postings - - - SCOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT - Museum Computer Network 2008 Conference MCN is delighted to offer the opportunity to apply for scholarships to attend the MCN annual conference in November. The annual conference provides an occasion where you can meet and learn from experts on the technology topics challenging today's museums. It's also a great opportunity for networking and establishing new relationships to strengthen your resources for the coming year. SCHOLARSHIP BASICS (http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=2053) APPLICATION DEADLINE: August 22, 2008. WHO? This scholarship is available to museum professionals who meet one of the following criteria: - Employed at an institution with no more than 20 permanent staff. - First-time MCN conference attendee. - New to the profession with less than 2 years experience in the field. WHAT? Five stipends are available to attend MCN's 2008 annual conference. Each stipend includes the full conference registration fee and an additional $500.00 toward hotel and travel. WHERE? LET'S DO I.T. RIGHT! 36th Annual MCN Conference November 12-15, 2008 Washington, DC http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/ WHY? The annual MCN conference offers tremendous personal and professional benefits and rewards. Not only do attendees gain professional knowledge from sessions, they also have the opportunity to network with professionals from around the world. Application Deadline is August 22, 2008. Apply today at (http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=2053) EMERGING PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP RATE MCN has just introduced an introductory membership rate of $35 for students and emerging professionals new to the museum/cultural heritage and technology field. Join our community! Get more information at http://www.mcn.edu/join/index.asp?subkey=2042

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Walk-In-Interview Library Trainees (10 posts), Central Library, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi
by Mailing List Admin 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:10:38 +0000 From: Dr.V. Sreenivasulu <v_sreenivasulu(a)hotmail.com> Dear friends Prospective candidates are invited for Walk-In-Interview for the post of Library Trainees on Monday, 25-08-2008 at 11.00 AM at Central Library, Birla Institute of Technology, Deemed University, Mesra, Ranchi Position : Library Trainee No. of Posts : TEN (10 posts) Qualification : M.L.I.Sc. or equivalent Degree from DRTC/NISCAIR Remuneration & facilities : Rs. 5000/- P.M. + Hostel Accommodation Candidates meeting the above requirement(s) are to bring their applications on plain paper, giving the Bio-data i.e. Candidate�s Name, Father�s Name, Sex, Date of Birth, Qualification (Giving name, University/Board, Institution and Place, Qualification & Year obtained and percent marks) from highest down to SSLC, Caste (SC/ST/OBC/Gen) Address (Permanent & Correspondence), Experience, Copies of all testimonials and Certificates duly attested by a Gazetted Officer and two copies of photographs submit them to the Librarian, B.I.T., Mesra, Ranchi - 835 215 or e-mail to library(a)bitmesra.ac.in or reach to BIT Central Library with your BIODATA. Those who get selected should be ready to join with immediate effect. NO TA/DA will be paid for attending the Walk-In-Interview For more details / information contact Dr.V. Sreenivasulu M.C.A., M.L.I.Sc., Ph.D.(LISc) Librarian, I/C. Central LibraryBirla Institute of Technology DEEMED UNIVERSITYMesra, Ranchi- 835215, IndiaTel:0651-2276675 Fax:0651-2275401Mobile:09430730106 v_sreenivasulu(a)hotmail.com library(a)bitmesra.ac.in vsreeni(a)bitmesra.ac.in http://www.bitmesra.ac.in/

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Academic Archive Online
by Satish Munnolli 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

* Aplogogies for cross posting * DiVA, the Academic Archive Online (Digitala Vetenskapliga Arkivet in Swedish) is a collaborative effort of universities in Scandinavia which offers both publishing services and technical solutions for local repositories. The DiVA system, developed and maintained at the Electronic Publishing Centre at Uppsala University, Sweden, supports workflows for both electronic publishing and printing. Through DiVA, fulltext documents from the participating universities are published and archived - hence the name Academic Archive On-line. The archive contains mainly doctoral and undergraduate theses and research reports, but DiVA also supports the deposit of preprints and postprints of scientific articles. Monographs and chapters can also be published. http://www.diva-portal.org/index.xsql?lang=en Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 210 Ph: +91 22 2740 5026 Email: smunnolli(a)actrec.gov.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Refresher course in Library & Information Science at Gauhati University
by Apurba Jyoti Majumder 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Refresher course in *Library & Information Science* at Gauhati University Date: 09-03-2009 (Tuesday) to 29-03-2009 (Sunday) Venue: Academic Staff College, Gauhati University Application form may be obtained by sending a DD of Rs 100.00 in favour of Academic Staff College, Gauhati University or may be collected in person by payment in cash. All completed application forms will have to be submitted with a DD of Rs. 500.00 (non-refundable) payable as above at least 4 weeks before the course. Applications will be considered on 'first come first' basis. Email: ugcascgu(a)rediffmail.com or asc_gu(a)yahoo.co.in Phone no: 0361- 2570599 Fax: 0361-2570599 Address: UGC Academic Staff College Gauhati University, Jalukbari Guwahati – 781014 Assam, India visit: http://www.gulis.110mb.com/activity.htm -- Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Department of Library & Information Science. Arts Block, Gauhati University, Jalukbari, Guwahati-781014 Ph: 0-94352-68733 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FW: Research Publications Online: Too Much of A Good Thing?
by Suvarsha Walters 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Forwarding an interesting article on research and citations > Research Publications Online: Too Much of A Good > Thing?<http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_images.jsp?cntn_id=111928&org=NSF> > > "New research shows that as more scholarly and > research journals are available online, researchers cite > fewer, newer papers > > Having research papers and other scholarly writing > available online gives researchers access to a great deal of > materials without having to enter a library. But how does > this impact the new research that they produce? James Evans > at the University of Chicago has studied this question and > his conclusion is surprising--despite having greater access > to scholarly materials, researchers are actually citing > fewer papers. The papers they do cite tend to be newer and > are likely to be cited by other researchers. > > Thanks to the Internet, scientists now have access to an > astonishing number of research papers, scholarly journals > and other papers. But according to new research con ducted > by James Evans, a professor sociology at the University of > Chicago, researchers are actually citing fewer papers than > ever, and they tend to cite newer papers that are also cited > by many of their peers. In this interview, James discusses > what got him interested in the topic, how he conducted his > research and what he believes are some of the implications > of this trend. > > The researcher's findings appear in the July 18 issue > of Science magazine." > > SOURCE: National Science Foundation, > www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111928&govDel=USNSF_51<http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111928&govDel=USNSF_51> Suvarsha Minj, Information Analyst, HP Labs India, Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lecture on Legal Information System in India, at NASSDOC, New Delhi on 26th July, 2008
by Mailing List Admin 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:30:15 +0530 (IST) From: Puna Das <puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Colleagues We have the pleasure to announce the 131st Monthly Meeting of RRC on 26th July, 2008 (4th Saturday) at 10.00 hrs. Venue: National Social Science Documentation Center (NASSDOC), Firoz Shah Road, Near Mandi House Metro Station, New Delhi-110 001 Speaker: Dr. R.K. Shrivastava, Chief Librarian, Judges Library, Supreme Court of India, New Delhi Topic: Legal Information System in India Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting and participate to benefit the group by discussions. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Subhash Deshmukh Manager, Program Committee Ranganathan Research Circle (An organ of Ranganathan Research Trust) A-103, C-DOT Apartments, GH 2, Gurgaon, Haryana 122003 Tel. 0124-2578715, 09873680484 Email: subhashdes(a)gmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Information System on Malayalam Publications - Supply o Data - regarding
by Raman Nair. 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

Centre for South Indian Studies is documenting all the Malayalam Books published in India and other countries. Authors, publishers and those who have old or antique publications in their collections are requested to send data related to books held by them or published by them to the Centre for inclusion of data in the Information System on Malayalam Publication (ISMP). Centre can also provide support to those who hold rare and antique books to strengthen and conserve them if essential after the information on the book is included in ISMP. The formats for providing information on the books can be had from Centre for South Indian Studies, A4, Ganga Nagar, Trivandrum 43 or from the web site: csis.net.tc. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Google Launches Knol, the Wikipedia Alternative
by Shaheen, Farooque 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

Google has launched Knol (from: knowledge), the Wikipedia alternative that both polices and rewards contributers. The reward mechanism is due to integration of AdSense into the articles, with a revenue share between the authors of a particular topic. A group of authors are allowed to create an article, or a Knol, this group then moderates the article by acting as gatekeeper to any changes made by other users outside the creator group. This imparts a sense of ownership to the author group. More than one knol can be created on a subject. Each knol can be rated by a group of users; rating which would perhaps be leveraged to search and sift through the numerous knols sure to be created on a topic. http://knol.google.com/k/knol# Thanks & Regards Farooque Shaheen Keane India Pvt Ltd. Bangalore-560004 ______________________________________________________________________ Disclaimer: This communication, along with any documents, files or attachments, is confidential, intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above and may contain information that is legally privileged, attorney work product or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient(s) or have received this message in error, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of any information contained in or attached to this communication is strictly prohibited; instructed to immediately notify the sender by return email or by a phone call to the sender; and required to delete this message from your computer. This communication does not form any contractual obligation on behalf of the sender, the sender's employer or such employer's parent company, affiliates or subsidiaries. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Position for School 'Librarian'
by mahammad rafi havaragi 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

Dear Professionals, We are looking for a Librarian for our State and ICSE School. Interested candidates please contact Principal as early as possible. Qualification : MLISc, Diploma in LIS or BLISc Salary : Negotiable Basic Knowledge of Computers is Desirable. Address: Sudarshan Vidya Mandir 26th "A" main raod, 4th "T" Block Jayanagar, Bangalore - 41 Phone : 080 26641982 --------------------------------- Explore your hobbies and interests. Click here to begin. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Part time research
by N.S. Harinarayana 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

Lot of discussion is going on the topic 'part-time Vs fill-time research'. I would like to share my ideas. All of us agree that quality of higher education in general; PhD in particular is a matter of concern. Various measures to maintain the quality have been the taken in the past. For example introduction of UGC-NET scheme, in my opinion, is a quality control mechanism adopted by UGC for employment and research grants. It is working fairly well. Different universities follow different strategies for maintaining the quality. Like many other universities, for example, University of Mysore also follows an entrance test for admission to MLISc course. Though this move was initially resisted, now it has been accepted. There may not be a huge difference. However, there is a noticeable change in the quality of input. Similarly I am sure we have to adopt some quality control mechanisms to PhDs also. A few universities have gone for entrance test for admission to PhD just like MLISc. The eligibility tests, seminars, pre-thesis colloquium etc are few other measures to maintain the quality. Probably it is in this context, universities like JNU, Kerala etc., have restricted admission to PhD only to full-timers. We all agree that quality depends upon many other factors too. No single measure would drastically change the situation. The combination of various measures might add positively to the cause. A serious research calls for time and commitment from the researchers. It is a general belief that more the time available for research, better would be its quality. If certain universities take this aspect more seriously and try to work out some measures to implement, it may not be a good idea to counter attack their motives. Instead of dismissing their attempt out-rightly, let us allow them experiment with their new stand and come out with a new model. After all, several other universities are available without such restrictions for those who really interested in pursuing their doctoral degree. University of Mysore follows an alternative strategy. It puts a bar on the maximum number of part-time researchers a guide can take. Of course, this rule is applicable to all the disciplines including library science. At the time of submission of thesis, a certification is required stating that the researcher has been in the Department/with the Guide for 100 days exclusively for research work. What does this certificate mean? Does it not mean that the university wants the researcher to be away from his/her other duties and concentrate on the research work? Instead of finding fault with the universities going for full time researchers, can we not find ways of fulfilling the requirements? Faculty Improvement Programme available to college librarians of Karnataka, wherein the librarians are allowed to take up research work for two years, is a good way out for the problem. The employers should also encourage the employees by deputing them. Many of the companies do not allow certain category of their employees to undergo any educational programs. Why is it so? Because they think that it might have an impact over the performance of the employee in the company. That means company expects the employee to be physically and mentally free to attend to the work of the company. For the similar reason, government employees are not allowed to accept part-time assignments, even though they appear to have enough spare time. It is but natural that employers take certain measures to see that their employees provide maximum service to them. Similarly, if a department wants its students to concentrate on the job (in this case the research) more seriously by imposing certain conditions, what is wrong in it? After all, it is up to the Departments/Universities to safeguard the educational standards. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC-Infonet workshop on Access to e-resources and Digital Library Consortium
by suruli nathi 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

Dear Professionals We are happy to announce that, Bharathidasan University Library is organizing two days workshop on " Access to e-Resources and Digital Library consortium" on 1-2 August 2008 in collaboration with INFLIBNET. Interested Candidates kindly confirm your participation on or before 30.07.2008. NO REGISTRATION FEE Send your confirmation to.. Dr. Srinivasa Ragavan Librarian & Head i/c University Library Bharathidasan University Trichy -24 Email: bdulib(a)gmail.com cell: 9486916358 with regards M. surulinathi Assistant Librarian cum Lecturer -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need of Book Supplier/Vendor address:
by DR.K.ADHINARAYANAN 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

Dear Professionals, I need the book supplier/vendor or those who are dealing the following subject area: Value Education,Science in Ancient India, History of Science in India,Indian Scientific Heritage, Indian science Technology,Ancient Indian Mathematics,Indian Astronomy,Vedic Mathematics,Cultural Education in India,Indian sciences through ages Computing Science in Ancinet India etc. Kindly send me the address,e-mail,phone numbers of the vendors. Sincerely, Dr. K. Adhinarayanan, Amrita University, Coimbatore-641105,Tamilnadu INDIA Tel:Resi:91-422-2430827 Mobile:098940-43062 From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/citygroups/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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M.Tech @ ISiM, University of Mysore - Admissions Open
by Angrosh 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

For those looking for an exciting career in information systems and management - Admissions are now open for a truly multidisciplinary M.Tech Programme in Information Systems and Management offered by the International School of Information Management (ISiM), University of Mysore in collaboration with some of the leading Information Schools in the US. What do we offer? · Cutting edge global curriculum blending the science, technology and management of information. Our course catalogue includes courses ranging from information economics to software systems to data mining and data warehousing to information security. Check out our syllabus for details. · Truly international learning experience with faculty drawn from our partner institutions. Course would be taught by world renowned experts from across the academia and industry · Need based Bridge courses · World class facilities a brand new well appointed 24 x 7 accessible Wi-Fi enabled building. · Internships and projects with leading industry partners · Informal but rigorous pedagogy Who is eligible? Engineering Graduates / 4-Year Degree Graduates (10+2+4) / Masters Degree in any Discipline Admissions based on CAT/MAT/GATE/PGCET/ISiM Entrance Test Scores Course Fee: Rs. 60,000/- per year Last date for receiving applications: July 28, 2008 Course start date: September 1, 2008 ISiM Collaborating Partners: · Dalhousie University, Canada · University of Michigan, USA · University of Pittsburgh, USA · Syracuse University, USA · International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore · Informatics (India) Ltd., Bangalore For application forms and more details, please visit www.isim.ac.in or contact us at: International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Mobile: Angrosh - 98869 70411 Fax: +91-821-2519209 Email: office(a)isim.ac.in *************************************************** M. A. Angrosh Project Manager International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore - 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; Fax: +91-821-2519209 Email: angrosh(a)isim.ac.in website: www.isim.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article request
by DEEPAK PANT 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

Dear Moderator kindly post the message: Kindly send the undermentioned article, which is urgently required: Lymphatic filariasis:possible pathophysiological nexus with oxidative stress Transanction of royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene Vol.100 (7) 2006 p. no. 656-662 Thanking you, Deepak Pant Libraray and Infomation Assistant National institute of communicable diseases, delhi pantdeepak2005(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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XXV IATLIS National Conference, 2008
by Rupak Chakravarty 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

Dear LIS Teachers and Professionals, We are pleased to announce that the annualIATLIS conference is to be held at Department of Library &Information Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh. The theme of theconference is Changing Face of LISEducation: Learning Styles and Teaching Methodologies.The conference is scheduled to be held during November 27-29, 2008. Theme ofthe Conference: ChangingFace of LIS Education: Learning Styles and Teaching Methodologies Sub-Themes: * Emerging Paradigms: Causes and Consequences * Learner, Knowledge and Assessment Centered Environments * LIS Education and Job-market expectations * Emerging Learning Styles and Teaching Methodologies * Collaborative Learning and Teaching * Best Practices in Teaching, Learning in Assessment and Evaluation * Open and Distance Learning (ODL) * Continuing Professional Development * New Curricula and New methods of Teaching * Research agenda and literature support symbiosis of classroom, computers, library and the web * Future of LIS Education: Convergence and Divergence Call forPapers: Papers onthe above facets of the basic theme Changing Face of LISEducation: Learning Styles and Teaching Methodologies for theXXV-IATLIS National Conference should reach Dr. B.D. Kumbar, GeneralSecretary, IATLIS, C/o Department of Library Information Science,Karnatak University, Dharwad 580 003, on or before Oct 31st, 2008. The paper should not be more than 3000 words. Please sendyour paper in print and electronic form on a 3�″ floppy or CD inWord and a soft copy through email to bdkumbar@yahoo.com.Registration:IndianDelegates: Sponsored : Rs.2500/- Non-Sponsored : Rs. 2000/- RetdProfessionals : Rs.1500/- LocalParticipants : Rs.1500/- ForeignDelegates: SARRCCountries: $ 100 OtherCountries: $ 150 Theregistration fee covers conference kit, proceedings of theconference, accommodation, boarding and local transport. Accompanyingperson shall not be entitled for conference kit. Delegatesare requested to include registration fees for accompanying personwhile forwarding their registration forms since it would not bepossible to entertain last minute requests in view of shortage ofaccommodation. Delegates are also requested to intimate their travelplan in advance to avoid inconvenience.The DemandDraft along with duly filled Registration Form should be sent on orbefore November 15, 2008 to:Prof.Ranjana VohraChairperson & Organising Secretary XXV IATLIS National Conference Deptt. of Library andInformation ScienceArts Block IVPanjab University, Chandigarh160014Email:ranjanashiv@yahoo.comPhone no.(0172)2541866, 2534769/ 71Mobile: 09915338208 ImportantDates: Receiptof full papers: 31st October, 2008 Lastdate for Registration: 15 November, 2008 SeminarDates: 27-29 November, 2008 Weextend a very cordial invitation to all LIS teachers and librariansfor participation in XXV IATLIS National Conference 2008. * Prof. C.R. Karisiddappa, President, IATLIS, Dept of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad 580003. Email: karisiddappa(a)gmail.com. Cell - 09880329880 * Dr. B.D.Kumbar, General Secretary, IATLIS, Dept. of Dept of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad 580003. Email: bdkumbar(a)yahoo.com. Cell 099454 08212 * Prof. Ranjana Vohra, Organizing Secretary, Chairperson, Deptt. of Library and Information Science, Arts Block IV, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, Email: ranjanashiv(a)yahoo.com, Phone no. (office) (0172) 2541866, 2534769, 2534771 * Prof. Preeti Mahajan, Joint Organizing Secretary, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Arts Block IV, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, Email: ipreeti2001(a)yahoo.com, Phone no. (office) (0172) 2534773, 2541866 For more information please visit: http://libsc.puchd.ac.in Regards and Best Wishes. Rupak Chakravarty Lecturer-cum-Assistant Librarian Department of Library & Information Science Panjab University, Chandigarh - 160014 INDIA Website: http://libsc.puchd.ac.in Phone # (0172) 2700459(R) (0172) 2534775(O) 9217133380(M) Email: rupak2811(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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Free Video Lectures
by Kshirod 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

Dear Professionals, Find the free video lectures in different discipline. Link: http://freevideolectures.com/index.html Regards, -- Kshirod Das National Institute of Technology Roukela Rourkela-769 008, Orissa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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need an article
by khushpreet singh 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

Dear professional I need this article urgently "False Drops-How they arise...how to avoid them" by Elaine Wagner published in Online volume 10 issue 5 (September 1986) pp. 93-96 If anyone have access please send me at my email khushpreet.singh(a)gmail.com thanking you Khushpreet Singh Librarian Guru Nanak Ayu. Medical college Muktsar (Punjab) email: khushpreet.singh(a)gmail.com mobile: 09815303000 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Microsft's Live Mesh
by Rupak Chakravarty 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

https://www.mesh.com/Welcome/Welcome.aspx According to ReadWriteWeb "The new Live Mesh service that justlaunched as an invite only "technology preview" is Microsoft's attemptto tie all of our data together. Live Mesh synchronizes data acrossmultiple devices (currently just Windows computers, but theoreticallyit will extend to mobile and other devices in the future) as well as toa web desktop that exists in the cloud. It can sync data across devicesused by a single users, as well as create shared spaces for multipleusers. On the surface, Mesh is a lot like competing file sync servicessuch as Dropbox, SugarSync (which we covered in January), and even Microsoft's own FolderShare product. But what sets Live Mesh apart is its platform approach." But: At present the tech preview program is currently full Rupak Chakravarty Lecturer-cum-Assistant Librarian Department of Library & Information Science Panjab University, Chandigarh - 160014 INDIA Website: http://libsc.puchd.ac.in Phone # (0172) 2700459(R) (0172) 2534775(O) 9217133380(M) Email: rupak2811(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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Attending nation/international seminar/conference/symposium
by Susmita Chakraborty 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

Dear All, Pl let me know the leave/funding and other rules of your university with regard to attending nation/international seminar/conference/symposium, etc. I want to compare my university rules with respect to that. Thanks & regards. Ms. Susmita Chakraborty Bengal Engineering and Science University (http://www.becs.ac.in) Shibpur, Howrah-3, West Bengal, India Email: susmitachakraborty94[at]gmail[dot]com Personal Blog: http://susmitachakraborty.blogspot.com/ Please support: MANAS - a society for mentally disturbed persons their family and friends http://www.geocities.com/manas_teghari/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy-Technical Assistant-CLRI, Chennai
by Thapar, Amit 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)) Adyar, Chennai-600020 Advt. No. 3/2008 Online Application invited for the following posts on or before 19th August, 2008. 1.. Technical Assistant Gr .III(1) : 01 post (OBC), Pay Scale : Rs.4500-7000/-, Age : 31 years Application Fee : Rs.100/- drawn in favour of Director, CLRI payable at Chennai. How to Apply : Apply Online. Print out ot completed applications with recent passport size photograph supported by attested copies of certificates should be sent to the Controller of Administration, Central Leather Research Institute, Sardar Patel Road, Adyar, Chennai- 600020 so as to reach on or before 19/09/2008. Please visit http://www.tn.nic.in/clri/ for details and online submission of application. regards, amit@urservice -- 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] Part-Time research
by Mailing List Admin 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:14:56 +0530 From: vijay anand <anandwarm(a)gmail.com> dear professionals, I don't think that if JNU starts PG course in Library & Inf. Sc. then "World Class" thesis will be produced there. In my opinion, the quality of research depends upon the scholars,guides and the facilities provided by the instiutions. thanks Vijay Anand Head, Library MCRPSV, Noida Campus

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Vacancy- Scientific Asstt (C) Library-NISER, Bhubaneshwar
by Thapar, Amit 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) (An Autonomous Institution within Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India) Institute of Physics Campus, Sachivalaya Marg, P.O. Sainink School, Bhubaneswar 751005 Advt. No. 05/2008 The National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) has been setup at Bhubaneswar by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) of the Government of India to be a unique institution of its kind pursuing undergraduate and post-graduate education in science combined with frontline research. The Institute is now looking for suitable Indian Nationals for appointment, on regular/deputation basis, to the following posts: a.. Scientific Asstt (C) Library: 01 Post a.. Pay: Rs. 6,500 - 10,500 Last Date: 29.08.08 For full details please visit the official website of NISER http://niser.iopb.res.in http://niser.iopb.res.in/session08-09/NISER-staff-08.php Vacancy details REgards, amit@urservice -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Part time Research
by Mohan T A 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

Dear all With reference to recent decision to withdrawal of in service Ph.D. programme by JNU University and Kerala University which will affect the academic progress of inservice librarians. I would like to suggest that Library and Information Science should be introduced as one of the subjects at pre university and undergraduate level along with other subjects viz. physics , mathematics, biology, History, economics etc. This will hugely benefit library graduates and postgraduates; in academic excellence and job opportunities Mohan T.A. Librarian Central Library BLDE University Bijapur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Opening in Novell Software Library - Contract position
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

Hi All, There is an opening for the position Information - Executive at Novell Software India Pvt. Ltd. Following are the requirements in brief: Maintenance of Library: Coordinating with the vendors for Books Purchase / Journal Subscription. Cataloguing and Classifying them Taking care of the links of freely available e-books and e-journals. Handling of Audio / Video Resources Managing the Software Licenses. CAS, News alert services Working hours: Working hours - 10:15 - 07:30 Salary: According to the Industry Standards. Preference to be given for Science graduates Pls contact Mr. Vijayakumar on 98451 07449 OR tvijayakumar(a)novell.com for more details Thanks ~ Sreeharsha BG -- 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 Pandurang Konnur 20 Jul '08

20 Jul '08

Dear Professionals, SORRY FOR CROSS POSTINGS If any one subscribe/ Access electronically the following paper, Kindly send me a copy: Journal of Educational Computing Research Issue: Volume 21, Number 1 / 1999 Pages: 1 - 23 Teachers' Conceptions of the Internet and the World Wide Web: A Representational Toolkit as a Model of Expertise Thanks, Konnur -- Dr.P.V.Konnur Fulbright Fellow (University of Illinois) University Librarian, Bangalore University Library, Jananabharati, 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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Book Publishers Entry to LIS Forum
by Susmita Chakraborty 19 Jul '08

19 Jul '08

Dear Friends, >From a couple of weeks or more, we are regularly getting mails from Viva Books through LIS FORUM. As librarian, we may need book-catalogues, etc. But should we allow publishers and booksellers to use our Forum. I sincerely hope, NOT. This is our private Forum where we librarians share our professional achievements/ worries and what not. Being an informal platform, sometimes we also get carried away with our emotions and talk not with our heads but hatreds. Let us confine our sighs and sorrows, our delights and our dogmas within ourselves and bar Viva Books and such other business people from entering our brief heaven. With best wishes. Ms. Susmita Chakraborty Bengal Engineering and Science University (http://www.becs.ac.in) Shibpur, Howrah-3, West Bengal, India Email: susmitachakraborty94[at]gmail[dot]com Personal Blog: http://susmitachakraborty.blogspot.com/ Please support: MANAS - a society for mentally disturbed persons their family and friends http://www.geocities.com/manas_teghari/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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How are Social Network Sites Embedded in the Web? An Exploratory Link Analysis
by shriram pandey 19 Jul '08

19 Jul '08

Dear Professional, Social Neworking concept became a very popular among organisation and people.It is a kind of Knowledge Management tool for create, build and share knowledge.I find an interesting article on this tipic.Hope it will be useful for you also.Here i am giving part of abstract and link... Social networking sites like MySpace represent a new and powerful communication technology, rivalling even commercial search engines in terms of total visits. There is hence a need to understand how these sites relate to the rest of the Web. For this study, links to the U.S. top twenty social network sites were gathered from commercial search engines and investigated using an information science link analysis........ full article available on :http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics/articles/v12i1p1.html -- Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar on Comparative Analysis of Citation Databases- Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar
by Mailing List Admin 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 17:54:31 +0530 From: ayesha khatoon <ayesha.drtc(a)gmail.com> Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College Post Bangalore-560059 Seminar Comparative Analysis of Citation Databases: Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar The volume of scientific literature grew exponentially as a result of increased R& D activities after World War II. This posed different problems for users and indexers of information. The shortcomings of traditional subject indexes resulted in duplication of scientific activity. Sometimes, the terms used in subject index were ambiguous. These problems necessitated a unified index to scientific literature that was current, free from semantic difficulties and not dependent on the knowledge of subject indexers. Citation index emerged not only as retrieval tool but also used as an evaluation tool for evaluating scientists and to provide a way to search for and analyze the literature in a way not possible through simple keyword/topical searching. It also enables users to gather data on the "impact" of individual authors and journals, as well as assessing particular areas of research activity and publication. ISI (Thomson Scientific) citation databases have been used for decades as the only tools for locating citations. ISI databases (currently known as Web of Science), however, may no longer be sufficient because it covers only journal articles. There are other citation databases, which covers non-journal documents also. This seminar will present a pilot study of the new citation databases like, Google Scholar & Scopus. Its features, strength and limitations etc. Speaker: Ayesha Khatoon 2nd Year ADIS All are cordially invited Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 12th December, 2007 Time: 2 p.m.

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Regarding part time Ph.D
by nag naga raja 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Dear LIS professionals I read many comments about part time Ph.D.My opinion is that working librarians having more experience can do part time Ph.D. The limit of experience can be decided by the individual universities.It cab be 8 years or 10 years.The only thing important is that the research work should be new and useful to the LIS and to the society. The out come of the research should be the solution to the current problems of LIS whether it may be a part time or full time Ph.D work.The working librarians having more experience cannot compete with the candidates with Ph.D with less experience.And also there should not discriminate between part time and full time Ph.D's.There should not be any restriction to gain knowledge in any subject. Why working librarians have to be kept in dark place.It is the responsibility of all the Universities to maintain quality or standards in admission and award of Ph.D's.So I request all the librarians to urge the concerned bodies to maintain quality or standards in admission and award of Ph.D's,rather than simply to stop part time Ph.D's. A.Nagaraja Librarian ABMR College of Pharmacy Bangalore NAGARAJA.A -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Indian Currency Note(Rs.10-1, 000) :Know more on Reserve Bank of India Site
by Mukesh Anand 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Dear Members', 1. Log on to www.rbi.org.in 2. Click to For Common Person (which is at right down corner of the RBI homepage) 3. Then a new Window will open (http://www.rbi.org.in/commonman/English/Scripts/Home.aspx) 4. In Financial Education section Go to Advertisements Then Go to Currency Note Posters (http://www.rbi.org.in/commonman/English/Scripts/CurrencyNotePosters.aspx) Here u'll get Reserve Bank of India Department of Currency Management Know your Bank Note (of Rupees 10 - 1,000) Salient Features Obverse (Front) Side Reverse (Back) Side & Other Salient Features N.B. :- This Webpage is not Printable. Acknowledgement :- I am thankful to Ms. Kshipra Sardesai, Librarian, Department of Statistics & Information Management, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai for providing me this information. Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Officers' Training College for Indian Railways Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- 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] [INDIA-LIS] FW: Indian Librarians Forum [ILF]
by Kshipra Sardesai 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Dear Pujar, Thanks for the information which is a lamp post movement initiative in this profession. *a.*The issues regarding the post of Information Providers/Librarians in the organisations where those are occupied by the officials other than Librarians may be an one of the agenda. *b. *The academic and college libraries must be with technical staff for in-house instead of peons. *c.* The librarians should not just be a goldsmith of knowledge society. *d.Sir, I like your idea/image of Librarian as Ornamental role* I am also enthu to assist in such missions and make a parallel position of library professionals as it is in Europian Countries. Regards Kshipra Sardesai Librarian, RBI, Dept of Statistics & Information Management Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai 400 051 022-26572315 On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:54 AM, L J Haravu <haravu(a)newgenlib.com> wrote: > This is an excellent initiative and all serious minded professionals should > contribute to the forum (ILF). I was fortunate to participate in the IFLA > seminar and all of us were struck forcefully at the manner in which public > libraries in Europe implement advocacy programmes and the success they have > met with. > > For a start I think we can begin with some of these ideas: > > > 1. Develop case studies of successful interactions between library > staff and users (e.g., faculty, students) resulting in adding value to the > user, e.g., in their development of good course material. > 2. Such case studies should be publicized not only with the local > managements but also across institutions even as well in written news > reports including the possibility of developing small videos which can be > posted to sites like YouTube > 3. Sponsor an objective study (This can probably be done by an all > India body - ILA, IASLIC, IALA) which targets say the academic libraries in > the country (or a select sample). The study should result in a thorough > analysis of how well libraries are stocked, staffed, used and more > importantly how well the libraries fit into the learning and knowledge > environment of the different institution's concerned. I feel that the > teachers in most of our educational instns., (with a few notable exceptions) > are more focussed on syllabi and completing it rather than learning and > knowledge; most students are focussed on passing examinations and getting > degrees and not on developing self-reliance, knowledge, and skills and the > capacity to reflect, discuss, communicate and question. In such a scenario, > neither the teachers nor the students think that the library has more than > an ornamental role to play in the scheme of things. How can libraries make a > difference in such a scenario is a question that requires a different > approach than what we have all along been doing. I hope the forum will raise > such issues. I would be happy to participate in such a study. > > Thanks. > > Haravu > > > Shamprasad Pujar wrote: > > ** Sorry for Cross Postings, if any ** > * > -- Original Message -- > *From: Digital Library Research Group <dlrg(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in><dlrg(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in> > To: dlrg(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in > Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:59:30 +0530 (IST) > Subject: [Dlrg] ILF: Indian Librarians Forum > > Dear Colleagues, > > As already informed through this forum and other modes of communication, > Max Mueller Bhavan in collaboration with the French Embassy, British > Council and Instituto Cervantes organised "Libraries on the Agenda" ": An > International Seminar on Library Advocacy. The seminar was also supported > by The National Knowledge Commission. > > The seminar was intended to provide a platform to Indian professionals and > other stakeholders to explore ways and means of taking the NKC > recommendations to the implementation stage. The seminar culminated into > workshops and the professionals taking part in the workshops deliberated > upon developing a blue print and an action plan, which would be helpful in > reviving and modernising the library landscape in India. The Executive > summary of the workshop results is available at the National Knowledge > Commission website at: > > http://knowledgecommission.gov.in/ > > One of the suggestions given by Mr. Sam Pitroda, Chairman NKC, while > delivering the inaugural address during the seminar was to form a group of > librarians to carry out library advocacy work, to sensitise the government > bodies and the other stake holders about the needs of the profession and > to help NKC in its efforts towards taking the recommendations given to the > implementation stage. > > An "Indian Librarians Forum" (ILF) came into existence as a follow up to > the seminar and is accessible at: > > http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ILF > > Dr. Ravinder Kumar Chadha is the convener of this Forum. > > The main objectives of the forum are: > > -To initiate an effective advocacy campaign/plan with clear goals and > objectives; to use media effectively and to lobby with legislators and > decision makers at the political/administrative level as well as > stakeholders who shape the public opinion and control support for library > services > > - To find the ways and means for librarians to be more visible not only in > their own organizations, but also in their community and state > > - To support NKC in implementation of the recommendations of the working > group on libraries > > - To offer a platform to all the Indian Librarians to have a view about > the legislative framework, required support and financial backing to the > library sector, which in turn will facilitate the coordinated development > of libraries across different sectors > > Some of the most profound changes in our world have come about as a result > of efforts in the form of social movements. Often these movements > germinated in the minds of a few people who rose up for a cause, then > blossomed into mass mobilizations that have ended up bringing major > changes in the world. This is the power of the movements - what people > without access to power can not accomplish > alone, they can accomplish together through collective action. The > thinking behind ILF (Indian Lirbarians' Forum) is to motivate and mobilise > collective professional thoughts that eventually would lead towards the > transformation of the LIS sector in India. > > All the library professionals are encouraged to become members and to join > the discussion forum to voice their opinion and suggestions. Please note > that it is not a general discussion forum. Members are requested to post > e-mails regarding NKC recommendations only. > > Dr. R.K. Chadha > ilf(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in > Indian Librarians Forum > > > > _______________________________________________ > DLRG mailing list > DLRG(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in > http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/dlrg > > > > > Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar > Deputy Librarian > Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research > Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (East) > MUMBAI-400 065, India > > Phone: 91-22-2841 6565 ; 2840 0919 Ext: 565 > E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in > URL: http://www.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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Part-time research
by Dr.Dineshan K 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Dear Mr. Rajasekharan and other professional colleagues In response to Mr. Rajasekharan's remark about Kerala University's decision to stop part-time research facility to librarians, I would like to say with all respect to him that he has also become part of the feudal librarianship. Dear Rajasekharan sir, your remark is quite unreasonable, unbecoming and unexpected from a senior professional like you. What do you expect from academic research? You must also remember that Law of Gravity was not the result of any part-time or full time research. I would like to express my solidarity with Dr. Chudamani who took Ph. D. with the interest of acquiring knowledge. I took my Ph.D. from Calicut University through part-time research. You can find more than a dozen Ph.D. theses in library science in Calicut University contributed through part-time as well as full time research. You may kindly compare these theses and come to a conclusion whether quality comes out of part-time or full time if you have deep knowledge in research methodology. There may be good and bad theses in both the groups. Sir, quality comes out of human endeavour, not through stream of research. Dozens of students and researchers including the full time scholars in central universities are contacting me regularly over phone and e-mail to clarify their doubts in research methods and for assistance. It is not because I have done full time Ph.D. You may be right in one sense that some persons are getting some posts through political influence. Let them enjoy that. Sir, if you do not know, I have Ist Rank MLISc, NET, Ph. D, PGDCA and some other degrees. Many of them I acquired after entering the library profession. I got no extra paise out of this. Even after 15 years of service, I am still a Junior Librarian without having even the eligibility to apply for the post of Deputy Librarian and I do not have research guideship in any Indian university. In your opinion this may be because of the political mafia in Kerala rather academic mafia I would say. You must not forget about people who have received and are still receiving all the benefits of UGC without doing anything. I do feel that doing something whether research or any other academic/ professional activity is better than simply sleeping in the library and receiving UGC salary. The feudal thought of some "man gods" in library science that every thing should revolve round him has already shattered the library profession in Kerala. You too have bitter experience of that kind. We expect supporting words and helping hands to the young professionals from people like you. -- Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai (Secretary, Kerala Library Association, Kozhikode Region) Calicut University Study Centre P.T.Usha Road Kozhikode-673 032 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Part time PHD
by divya soni 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Respected Professionals, I am very new in the profession but i feel there is need for the thrust of knowledge in our professional for establishing thenselves among the other professions. see we all always worried abt the standard of our professionals with respect to the knowledge and compatibility with the newly emerged knowledge and trends.dont you all thinks at one side we worried abt that all and another side if any of us wants to upgrade themselves with any parttime courses we restrict them, i think this is the dual mentality. i feel our existance is still like a storekeepers, if we truely wanna to make people realise importance of our profession and ourselves we encourage the like peoples to learn and updated more for survival. Phd is not only a need for increment but also for knowledge. you all are senior and most respectful to me but i would like to say thet if u all see the reality we are (not all) legging behind. all the professions allow their professionals to join the training and courses but in case of us all upper level people think there is no need to librarians for training and other expertise. do some thing positive , if we not choose to lead, we always led by others. Miss. Divya Soni Professional Trainee Library Indian Institute of Management Indore, Pigdamber Rau, Phone-91-731-4228625-628 Mobile No.-09926624935 Indore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum] Parochial (Narrow-minded/Close minded/unsophisticated) Careerist aspirant Librarians
by NIKHIL EYEROOR 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Dear LIS forum Members Hats off to Dr. Konnur! If Universities deny part time research and belittle Open University degrees and part-time degrees, we could lose several real professionals in our field. Such draconian laws by Universities make us doubt that we are still in the Stone Age. The real life story of Dr. Konnur from library attender to University Librarian is more motivating than 1000s of motivational literature and a blast to the dark forces which deny the right of knowledge seekers. Let this hardcore life experience of Dr. Konnur shed light into the narrow mind of decision makers who deny the democratic right of research aspirants and let this help them revise the decision for the goodness of our profession. Warm regards -- NIkhil Eyeroor Chief Librarian P.A Aziz College of Engineering and Technology, Green Hills, Karakulam, Trivandrum Pin: 695 564 Mob: 09447515691 -- 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] Part Time Research
by Puna Das 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Dear Colleague Yes, you can do PhD in Scientometrics/ Informetrics from JNU's Centre for Studies in Science Policy. Few other Centres in SSS and SIS of JNU also invite PhD applications for interdisciplinary studies, where qualified librarians (MLIS) can fit into. Direct PhD Admission <http://www.jnu.ac.in/main.asp?sendval=DirectPhd> is given twice in a year. Wish You All the best. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- On Thu, 17/7/08, lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: From: lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 64, Issue 23 To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Date: Thursday, 17 July, 2008, 6:23 PM Dear All, If India's top renowned university JNU starts P.G course in Library and information Science then "World Class" theses will also be produced in INDIA. Thanks, Praveen Vaidya Librarian, Tolani Maritime Institute, (Off campus of BITS, Pilani) Induri, Talegon Dabhade, Pune-410 507 Tel: 02114-241870-873 Ext:3018/3017(O) 5215 (R) www.tolani.edu From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/citygroups/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Acknowledgement - Received article
by Kshema Prakash 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Dear all, Thank you very much for your kind and immediate response for my request for a copy of - Stephen Grossberg's article. I have received it and its a great help. With best regards, Kshema -- Ms. Kshema Prakash Faculty Librarian - Gr I Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282 0110 Uttar Pradesh, India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Written accession register mandatory?
by bhagyashree sane 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Dear Sudarsan, We are following the parallal practice of maintaining Accn Register virtual and manual since last 3 yrs. We take print out of Accn register from Libsys everyday/after accessioning and get the printouts bound for the period April to March. We had submitted the same to AICTE during the visit. Similarly one may keep the same on CD/s and preserve. I think AICTE or similar body is concerned about the contents and physical presence of Accn Register and not the media. Bhagyashree J. Sane Chief Librarian Alma Mater Library National Insurance Academy Pune 411 045 Ph:20-27204064 bjsane(a)gmail.com bsane(a)niapune.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Parochial (Narrow-minded/Close minded/unsophisticated) Careerist aspirant Librarians
by Pandurang Konnur 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Dear All the Parochial (*Narrow-minded/Close minded/unsophisticated*) Careerist aspirant Librarians, I strongly protest the words used by (Dr?)Mr. Rajashekharan *(**parochial careeristic aspiration of a few under-employed librarians). *The meaning of these word denotes that *Unsophisticated underpositioned who are aspiring for their increments and promotions* and the word "*underemployed librarians*" also denote that * "Undeserved"* (If my meaning is wrong any one may correct me). I do not know how Mr. rajashekharan has raised to the position he holds and what INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SCHOOL he has been produced from. But to my knowledge most of the contemporary Librarians have joined their services either after their Masters Degree level and some of them like me have joined at a lower cadre in Libraries and did their Basic degrees and Professional degrees during their service. (I agree that some of the open universities have spoiled the quality of LIS education, but not IGNOU). I am an example for that, I joined as an Attender in Department of Public Libraries in Karnataka and raised step by step by acquiring degrees (Evening Cources) and professional course by deputation to a regular course and completed Part time PhD in Library Public Relations. Entire country has seen my expertice and initiatives done in Goa University and Bangalore University as University Librarian. I was also selected by the Fulbright Foundation as a Scholar in the year 2002-03 If (Dr?)Mr. Rajashekharan wants to challenge my knowledge content, I am ready. My another question to Mr. Rajashekharan is that: Are these so called standard Universities which are helping for advancing fronteres of knowledge have done away with part time research in all the subjects or only for Library Science? If an Assistant Registrar or any non teaching employee of these standard Universities desires to register for his doctorate degree in Social Science subjects, is he permitted to do or not? If yes for the above question, why not for Librarians? Mr. Rajashekharan, using standard English Language will not elevate a Librarians to a higher standards. He need to serve people with dedication and gain their confidence. This work can be done by any *parochial careeristic aspirant and under-employed librarians. *If you want to witness this kind of service, please visit my Library during your visit to Bangalore on 19th of July 08. Mr. Rajashekharan, I suggest you to kindly stop giving such provocative statements on the discussion forums and waste our time in responding to them. I hope my other *parochial careeristic *Librarian friends will advise him and mr/mrs Pune Das. Thanks, Dr.P.V.Konnur President IALA. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ On 7/16/08, Rajan <rajankila(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear All, > > It seems that the library careerists masquerading as professionals, may not > be able to appreciate the pre-eminence of the decisions of a few > universities like Kerala University & JNU which dispensed with part time > research of working librarians. Standard Universities institute research to > serve the public purposes of advancing the frontiers of knowledge rather > than to address the parochial careeristic aspiration of a few > under-employed > librarians to gain a couple of increments or a shortened tenure of career > advancement. > > There exist innumerable universities which would send a doctorate degree > for > a payment of a fee and submission of any typed rubbish in the form of a > thesis. Such degrees will be enough for anyone to get a higher job, if he > is > ready to invest some sort of 'political capital' into his career desires. > So > kindly let some other universities like JNU to have provision for some sort > of qualitative kind of research, by committed fulltime researchers leading > to > the growth of professional body of knowledge in librarianship, as a measure > to ensure plurality of options. > > If the thinking about upliftment of library profession revolves round > gaining increments, obtaining promotions or supremacy of designation, the > library fraternity cannot grow above the level of a clerk, a store keeper > or > at the most a technician. That would not be good for improving the > professional image of librarians in general which is at the low ebb right > now. > > Best Regards, > > K Rajasekharan > Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) > Thrissur > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Puna Das <puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in> > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Part Time Research > > Dear Colleagues > > India?s one of the top universities Jawaharlal Nehru University is followed > the same rule, i.e., direct PhD enrolment is allowed to full-time > researchers only. A world-class thesis is produced there in JNU only > because > of this rule. I welcome the decision of University of Kerala. Other > universities should also follow the same and raise the university research > standards in India. UGC, AICTE, CSIR, ICMR and other apex bodies should > revise their rules on study leaves and should allow working library > professionals to avail this facility. > > With Best Wishes > > Anup > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > -- Dr.P.V.Konnur Fulbright Fellow (University of Illinois) University Librarian, Bangalore University Library, Jananabharati, 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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Written accession register mandatory?
by sudarsan kumar 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Dear LIS forum members Technological developments have restructured all the age old practices and conventional working systems in every realm of human endeavor. Library science is no exception to these transformations. The disappearance of the conventional catalogue cards from the scenario is an example. I have my own doubts as to whether it is mandatory to maintain a written accession register in a library. Does AICTE or other bodies insist on written accession register in libraries? Now most of the software's are having an option to print stock register. Friends please open up. Sudarsan N.R Assistant Librarian P.A Aziz College of Engineering and Technology Karakulam, Trivandrum 09847784502 sudarsannr(a)gmail.com darsanshiva(a)gmail.com sudarsannr.blogspot.com sudarsannr.wetpaint.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Part-time Ph.D work
by Juran Sarkhel 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Dear LIS Professionals, I have gone through all the comments regarding part-time research. Undoubtedly, such a debate is welcoming one. Only thing I like to point out here that we must be careful in using the language. It should not hurt the feelings of others, whether they are in favour or against of part-time research. The aim of research is not only to earn a Ph.D degree. One may carry out research not merely for obtaining a Ph.D degree but for the purpose of advancing the frontiers of knowledge. We can cite a good number of contributions of LIS professionals in this direction in India and abroad. These contributions have the qualities that deserve our respect, attention and admiration. The contents of LIS have been enriched by these contributions. In respect of Ph D in LIS, personally I feel that the scope of part-time research for LIS professionals should be there since the LIS is an applied discipline and the LIS professional can find out the answer(s) to the research question(s) they faced while practicing the profession. This, in turn, will enrich the different facets of LIS. In this context, I like to draw the attention of our LIS professionals to the following fact: Emanating from the consensus emerged in the National Conference of Vice-Chancellors, organised by the UGC on 10-11 October, 2007, Prof. Sukhadeo Thorat, Chairman, UGC in a letter D.O.No.F.1-2/2008 (XI Plan) dated January 31, 2008 addressed to the Vice-Chancellor urged upon all the universities to initiate the process of implementing academic reforms as incorporated in the 11th Plan of the UGC. In regard to the M.Phil and Ph.D degrees, it has been stated in the said letter that “the M.Phil and Ph.D programmes need to be made formal. Admission to these programmes should be based on combined merit of entrance examination and interviews conducted by the respective universities. The informal methods currently used in some universities for admission to Ph.D. need to be discontinued and the admission methods to these high level research courses should be made formal and transparent. There is a need to introduce course work in Ph.D, rather than making it only dissertation/thesis based”. With the receipt of this letter, many universities are toying with the idea of discontinuation of part-time Ph.D work and introduction of the course-based full-time Ph.D work. With greetings,Professor J. K. SarkhelDept of Library & Information ScienceUniversity of KalyaniKalyani-741235West Bengal; India _________________________________________________________________ Searching for the best deals on travel? Visit MSN Travel. http://msn.coxandkings.co.in/cnk/cnk.do -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Discussions on Part time research and Negative publicity
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Dear professional friends, I have been watching the postings that came under the heads "Negative publicity" as well as "Part time research". The discussions on part time research opportunity itself is creating a chance for negative publicity. People who are arguing in a professional forum for something should use polite language. I appreciate the intervention of a senior librarian Dr. Konnur, Bangalore University. Please make this forum a place for fruitful discussions only. Do you know how useful the postings regarding the job opportunities for youngsters? In this juncture, I would like to add something too. The University of Kerala (or the Department of Library and Information Science, KU)has never shown a lenient approach to working librarians. With due respect to my alma-mater, I should say that they have not recognized the courses conducted by any of the universities through distance mode (including IGNOU). This may be the case with other universities too. But why the teachers in those departments go for paper valuations and related jobs? If they are worried about the quality of teaching through distance mode tell the policy makers to change things. Many who responded have already talked with emotions. Let us stop this somewhere! "Librarian teachers" should feel the agony and worries of working librarians. This is my humble request. Dr GOPAKUMAR V. Librarian (UGC), University College,Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram, PIN 695 034. gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com 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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Recruitment of Graduate Apprentices in LISc - NIT Rourkela
by YS Rao 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

*Dear Professionals,* The National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Biju Patnaik Central Library invites applications for the recruitment of Graduate Apprentices* *in the field of Library and Information Science (LISc). Name and No. of the Posts : *Graduate Apprentices* - 8 Minimum Qualification : BLISc with Bachelor Degree in any discipline Stipend : Rs. 4000/- Duration : One Year Date of Written Test : August 23, 2008 (Time: 9.00 AM to 10.00 AM) Date of Interview (for qualified candidates only) : August 23, 2008 (Time: 2.00 PM) Date of Result Declared : August 23, 2008 (Time: 6.00 PM) Venue : Biju Patnaik Central Library, NIT Rourkela Date of Joining : September 01, 2008 Components of training : Advanced training in Library Classification & Cataloguing System, Automated Circulation System, Digital Library Information System, Information Management & Services, Information Retrieval and Dissemination, etc. Candidates fulfilling the above requirements may send their applications in the prescribed format (see www.nitrkl.ac.in) along with xerox copies of all certificates addressed to the Professor In-Charge Biju Patnaik Central Library, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela-769008, Orissa on or before 15th August 2008. Apprentices would be expected to work on any of the two shifts including night shifts (up to 10.00 PM), Saturday, Sunday and holidays. Hostel accommodation may be provided if available. The applications other than in this format or incomplete applications are liable to be rejected. For details to visit website www.nitrkl.ac.in. Note: The Institute will have no obligation to absorb the Apprentices on completion of the Apprenticeship. Apprentices will be relieved at the end of the training. -- Y. Srinivasa Rao Assistant Librarian NIT Rourkela-769008 Orissa Ph. 0661-2462101 (O) Ph. 0661-2463102 (R) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Calling Delhi KMers
by Ravi Nandhan 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Hi, Calling all KMers to join the KM community @ New Delhi. Though I had posted the idea a few days back on Orkut, the negativity of Orkut forums which does not inform user about the new post has kept most of us apart. I hope this mail would definitely do wonders in bringing us together for Sharing, Caring and whatever-ing. While at Bengalooru, I had been regularly attending the Bangalore KM - www.k-community.org meets and know the value it carries and benefits all the good companies (ones which have KM) have. Initially it is good if we start it online until a few companies come and participate. Later on we shall have the monthly meetings to discuss, share and learn from each other. There is nothing to worry about the confidential data, we would never use them in our discussions or sessions. All we are going to do is share what we know, learn what we do not know. We may have to arrange the meetings in different corporates once in a month. Let me "Stop Talking – Start Doing" Requesting you to join Delhi KM Community on Linkedin (if you are not a member on Linkedin please be one, since it is the so called - professional networking service). http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/125245/57E1073545BA To know the Membership Requirement please check www.k-community.org – also good to be a member here. You are welcome to contact me over phone or mail. Thanks for your K-Sharing in Advance. -- With warm regards, Ravi Nandhan. V KM Specialist The Smart Cube | New Delhi M: +91 9958784666 www.thesmartcube.com ----------------------------------------- Knowledge can be acquired through books, but intelligence only through actions. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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asking for help
by Mailing List Admin 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:38:17 +0100 From: Samia Nemouchi <jouwayria79(a)gmail.com> hello im samia from algeria i need articles about "marketing strategy in information systems". I didn't find any through the Internet. Can somebody help? Thanks, Samia -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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How much time does it take to self-archive?
by Suvarsha Walters 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Apologies if this has been posted earlier. But here is a good article you could use to convince researchers at your organizations to self-archive. Suvarsha Keystroke Economy: A Study of the Time and Effort Involved in Self-Archiving Carr, L. and Harnad, S. (2005) Keystroke Economy: A Study of the Time and Effort Involved in Self-Archiving. Technical Report UNSPECIFIED, ECS, University of Southampton. (Unpublished) A common objection to self-archiving is that it is an extra task that puts an unnecessary burden on each researcher. In particular, the need to enter the extra bibliographic metadata demanded by repositories for accurate searching and identification is presumed to be a particularly onerous task. This paper describes a preliminary study on two months of submissions for a mature repository and concludes that the amount of time spent entering metadata would be as little as 40 minutes per year for a highly active researcher. http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10688/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for an article
by Kshema Prakash 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Can someone kindly send me a copy of the following article? I shall be grateful. *Grossberg, **Stephen**. 2003. **How Does the Cerebral Cortex Work? Development, Learning, Attention, and 3-D Vision by Laminar Circuits of Visual Cortex. Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews, Vol. 2, No. 1, 47-76. *Kshema* * -- Ms. Kshema Prakash Faculty Librarian - Gr I Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282 0110 Uttar Pradesh, India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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14th Delhi Book Fair (30 Aug.-7 Sept.' 08) at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
by Mukesh Anand 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Dear Members', 14TH DELHI BOOK FAIR (30 August TO 7 September 2008) Venue: Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Date: 30 August to 7 September 2008 Delhi Book Fair 2008 The Federation of Indian Publishers, in collaboration with the India Trade Promotion Organisation, is organising the 14th Delhi Book Fair from 30 August to 7 September 2008 in the Hall of Special Displays with state-of-the-art facilities at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Concurrently with the Fair, a number of Conferences, Seminars, buyer-seller meets, book releases, book launches and a host of other activities including cultural evenings will also be organised. For More Details visit http://www.fipindia.org/events1.php With Regards, Mukesh Anand Assistant Librarian Officers' Training College for Indian Railways Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post of Assistant Librarian in Gautam Buddha University (Noida)
by Vinod Singh 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Dear Professionals Post: 1. Assistant Librarian (8000-275-13500). Last date: July 31, 2008 For details about the post and its qualifications, click the site: http://www.gbu.org.in/adver/advertisement%20staff.pdf and for appliocation click the site: http://www.gbu.org.in/adver/Application%20form%20for%20staff.pdf With best regards Vinod Kumar Singh (Library Virus) Research Scholar (M.Phil) Dept. of Lib. Sci. University of Delhi Delhi 110007 -- 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 in Mizoram University (A Central University)
by Vinod Singh 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Dear Professionals Post: 1. Librarian (16400-22400) Last Date: 14 August 2008. More details about the post and its qualifications, click the site: http://www.mzu.edu.in/short_employment_notice_jul08.zip With best regards Vinod Kumar Singh (Library Virus) Research Scholar (M.Phil) Dept. of Lib. Sci. University of Delhi Delhi 110007 -- 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 and Library Attendant in Ramjas College (University of Delhi)
by Vinod Singh 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Dear Professional Few posts are advertised: 1. Librarian (8000-13500) 2. Library Attendant (2650-4000) Last date: 12 August 2008. More details about the post and its qualifications, click the site: http://governmentjob.googlepages.com/RamjasCollegeJul08.jpg With best regards Vinod Kumar Singh (Library Virus) Research Scholar (M.Phil) Dept. of Lib. Sci. University of Delhi Delhi 110007 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KLA National Seminar
by Vimal Kumar 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Dear Friends, Kerala Library Association is organizing a National Seminar on "Redefining the Role of Public Libraries in India: Knowledge Society Imperatives" on August 6-8, 2008 at Priyadarshini Auditorium, Science and Technology Museum, PMG Junction, Trivandrum. The seminar is co-sponsored by Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata. Representatives of RRRLF, National Knowledge Commission, The Directors of Public Libraries of the States and Union Territories, noted experts, administrators and decision makers in the field will participate. The National Seminar is expected to be a landmark in the history of library development in the country. The seminar would be useful to LIS Professionals since it proposes to cover the developments in all spheres connected with libraries. Registration fee and other details are available at KLA website, www.keralalibraryassociation.org LIS professionals are requested to enlist their participation before 25thJuly 2008. -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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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Re: [LIS-Forum] Part Time Research
by Puna Das 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Dear Colleagues India’s one of the top universities Jawaharlal Nehru University is followed the same rule, i.e., direct PhD enrolment is allowed to full-time researchers only. A world-class thesis is produced there in JNU only because of this rule. I welcome the decision of University of Kerala. Other universities should also follow the same and raise the university research standards in India. UGC, AICTE, CSIR, ICMR and other apex bodies should revise their rules on study leaves and should allow working library professionals to avail this facility. With Best Wishes Anup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- On Tue, 15/7/08, lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > From: lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Dear Mr. Rajasekharan, > > It is rediculous to say that librarians should not do > research while doing > his/her job. I feel that a working librarian with > sufficient experience has > better understanding of the subject and is in a position to > work on a research > problem leading to PhD. On the otherhand, a fresh graduate > is said to have very > little knowledge or understanding on how to do research > since he/she does not > have the relevant experience or approach to problem > solving. > > The Kerala government must be crazy in introducing this > draconian Act. I am sure > there must be some senior (cynical) library professionals > behind this 'dirty' > Act, who for reason known to everyone does not want others > to do research. We > should remember that when teachers can do research, the > librarians also can do > research. > > I am sure that everyone will agree that only working > librarians can and should > do research, which does not affect his/her job. I do not > understand why we > (Indians) are always 'first in doing wrong things' > when the whole world looks > forward with positive ideas and thinking. Let us put an end > to such > short-sighted ideas. > > > Dr. M. Koteswara Rao > Librarian > Univ of Hyderabad > > > > Dear All, > > > > It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken > a right decision not to > allow working librarians to do part time research for > obtaining PhD. If any > librarian is interested, he can do research without any > registration and publish > his findings in research journals, without affecting his > job. When a person is > employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his job > for which he is > employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his job, > there will be > compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of > which are not good at > all. > > > > Regards, > > > > K Rajasekharan > > Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local > Administration(KILA) > > Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Dear LIS Forum Members > > Considering the dynamic and educative role of > librarians, especially those who > are working, carreer advancement and further learning is an > essential factor. In > this context many Universities in India is encouraging the > working professionals > either directly or indirectly for further learning. > However, it is sad that the > University of Kerala by its order > > No.Ac.E1.B/2007 dated 5/10/2007 restricted the > opportunity for Part Time PhD > registration only for the Teachers.Till then, there were > opportunites for > registration, and all on a sudden the University took such > a drastic step.As a > result of this, the working people have to either take > leave for doing PhD > (Full time Research) or not doing PhD at all. > > I hope that all librarian fraternity take up this > issue seriously and comment > on this so that the higher up can come to know of it and > change for the better. > > > > Eldho Joy E > > -- From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/citygroups/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Part time Research
by Rajan 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Dear All, It seems that the library careerists masquerading as professionals, may not be able to appreciate the pre-eminence of the decisions of a few universities like Kerala University & JNU which dispensed with part time research of working librarians. Standard Universities institute research to serve the public purposes of advancing the frontiers of knowledge rather than to address the parochial careeristic aspiration of a few under-employed librarians to gain a couple of increments or a shortened tenure of career advancement. There exist innumerable universities which would send a doctorate degree for a payment of a fee and submission of any typed rubbish in the form of a thesis. Such degrees will be enough for anyone to get a higher job, if he is ready to invest some sort of 'political capital' into his career desires. So kindly let some other universities like JNU to have provision for some sort of qualitative kind of research, by committed fulltime researchers leading to the growth of professional body of knowledge in librarianship, as a measure to ensure plurality of options. If the thinking about upliftment of library profession revolves round gaining increments, obtaining promotions or supremacy of designation, the library fraternity cannot grow above the level of a clerk, a store keeper or at the most a technician. That would not be good for improving the professional image of librarians in general which is at the low ebb right now. Best Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Thrissur ----- Original Message ----- From: Puna Das <puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Part Time Research Dear Colleagues India?s one of the top universities Jawaharlal Nehru University is followed the same rule, i.e., direct PhD enrolment is allowed to full-time researchers only. A world-class thesis is produced there in JNU only because of this rule. I welcome the decision of University of Kerala. Other universities should also follow the same and raise the university research standards in India. UGC, AICTE, CSIR, ICMR and other apex bodies should revise their rules on study leaves and should allow working library professionals to avail this facility. With Best Wishes Anup -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fee Concession for Student Registration - National Conference on Library 2.0 at MyDLIS
by N.S. Harinarayana 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

National Conference on Library 2.0: The Confluence of Web 2.0 and the Library Paradigm (MyLib 2.0) August 21 – 22, 2008, Mysore (A UGC-SAP- Programme) Organised by: Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Mysore Students and full time research scholars are given 50% concession for registration to the 'National Conference on on Library 2.0'. The concession applies only to the registration fee. The registration fee for the students and full time researchers is Rs. 500/- (without accommodation). Those who want accommodation to be arranged by the organizers may have to pay an additional amount of Rs.600/-. The students and researchers availing the concession have to send a relevant certificate from their respective departments along with their registration form. Payment Details: Please send the registration fee in the form of Demand Draft drawn in favour of MyLib 2.0 payable at Mysore. Send your registration to: Prof. V. G. Talawar Chair, UGC-SAP Seminar on Library 2.0, Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006 Email: muvgt(a)yahoo.co.in Phone Numbers: 0821-2419394 For registration form visit: http://www.isim.ac.in/mylib http://www.mydlis-sap.ac.in -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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M.S.University of Baroda Post of University Librarian
by Mailing List Admin 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:05:12 -0700 (PDT) From: ravindra kale <kale_ravi(a)yahoo.com> � kindly post the information in the forum � The Post of University librarian has beenpublished in the daily newpaper. Notification no. ADE 15/02 of 2008-2009. Last date 14/7/2008 To 04/08/2008 Scale : 16,499 - 450- 20,900 - 500 - 22,400. � Other detail you may be collect form the Website : www.msubaroda.ac.in � Ravindra S. Kale http://kaleravi001.googlepages.com/ �

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100 Essential Firefox Add-Ons for Librarians
by Rupak Chakravarty 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

By Jessica Merritt 1. 100 Essential Firefox Add-Ons for Librarians Please check: http://oedb.org/library/features/100_firefox_addons_for_librarians 2.Top 10 Firefox Web 2.0 Add-ons Also good review at: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_10_firefox_addons.php Rupak Chakravarty Lecturer-cum-Assistant Librarian Department of Library & Information Science Panjab University, Chandigarh - 160014 INDIA Website: http://libsc.puchd.ac.in Phone # (0172) 2700459(R) (0172) 2534775(O) 9217133380(M) Email: rupak2811(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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ResearchGATE: Free
by Rupak Chakravarty 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

ResearchGATE is for scientists built by scientists driven by the concept of Science 2.0 https://www.researchgate.net/ Rupak Chakravarty Lecturer-cum-Assistant Librarian Department of Library & Information Science Panjab University, Chandigarh - 160014 INDIA Website: http://libsc.puchd.ac.in Phone # (0172) 2700459(R) (0172) 2534775(O) 9217133380(M) Email: rupak2811(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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PART TIME RESEARCH
by jasim s 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

The country is expecting some world class works from researchers.No doubt, Full time Research will helps to improve the quality of phD works.so kudos to kerala university for its order to putoff part time research for librarians.let's wait for some newsmakers in library science from among the full time research scholars of kerala university.But what mr.sreeram pointed out is also a matter of concern.i agree with him that working librarians have better outlook on reasearch than freshers. jasimudeen.s Thrissur Kerala -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Business Daily Newspaper in Hindi, Gujarati & English
by Mukesh Anand 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

Dear Members', Business Standard , A prominent Business Daily Newspaper is being published in Hindi, Gujarati & in English. The newspaper is published in colour from twelve centres in India – Mumbai, New Delhi,Kolkata,Chennai,Bangalore,Ahmedabad,Hyderabad, Pune,Lucknow,Chandigarh,Kochi & Bhubaneswar. Check out below mentioned web link in the concerned languages. 1. Hindi :- www.bshindi.com 2. Gujarati :- http://gujarati.business-standard.com 3. English :- www.business-standard.com Madhya Pradash based Dainik Bhaskar Group is going to publish Hindi Business Daily soon. With Warm Personal Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Officers' Training College for Indian Railways Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Part-Time Research
by bidyarthidutta 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

Dear Dr. Chudamoni I completely agree with you. Some senior LIS teachers are afraid of practising librarians overtaking the faculty in finding solutions to problems. This is the actual reason behind such short-sighted and feudal decision of Kerala University.Why the librarians would be resisted to upgrade their knowledge? Some senior and cynical library professionals are trying to restrict us from gaining knowledge. It is quiet unfortunate. They are implementing such dirty act in one side, and on the other side, they are delivering lecture in the classroom about knowledge society, open source etc. etc. etc. Oh!!! What a filthy hipocracy!!! Come on and wake up the Librarians. Let us firmly protest altogether against such anti-librarian act. Thanking you Sincerely Yours Bidyarthi Dutta Bidyarthi Dutta On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote : >Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: [Lis-Forum] Part time Research (Mailing List Admin) > 2. Re: Part time Research (Mailing List Admin) > 3. Re: Part time Research (kannan satheesan) > 4. K-Community Event on 16-Jul-2008 hosted by Tata Consultancy > Services, Bangalore (M Nandeesha) > 5. Urgent Information needed (JK) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:28:56 +0530 (IST) > From: Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] [Lis-Forum] Part time Research >To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0807151727070.13493(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > >Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:40:44 +0530 > From: poornima <poornimakulkarni7(a)gmail.com> > >My dear Professional people, > >I totally disagree with the descision of University of Kerala for not >allowing the Librarians to go for research. I dont think anybody can >restrict someone whos might be really interested in doing something. This is >our Indian education system, we are not allowed to do something we are >interested in doing something. But forced to do which we do not like at all. >Come on people wake up, its high time to restrict something. Do our >professionals know something about multitasking? Librarian has to be one, >moreover it is his part of professional requirement. Wake up people wake up > from slumber!! > >First of all there is hell of misunderstanding about the librarians in >India, moreover if he is restricted to enhance his knowledge then this >profession will be drowned. This today's concept of librarian is framed >because of old professionals who hardly did work towards progress and so >mainly the professionals are not at all PROACTIVE. Please change yourself >and fit in today's world. Darwins theory holds good for all times.. >"Survival of the Fittest", keep yourself fit to compete with other >professions. > >Move towards progress--------> >Poornima---------> >-- > >"Be Good, Do Good For Good Things Leads To Good End". > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:32:05 +0530 (IST) > From: Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Part time Research >To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0807151730330.13493(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > >Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:49:12 +0530 (IST) > From: ksc(a)library.iisc.ernet.in > > >WITH due respects to who so ever has taken the decision > >Are they afraid of practising librarians overtaking the faculty in finding >solutions to problems. Whatever the job demands are (who provide no >objection certificate) make necessary arrangements to fulfil any void >arising out of such an endeavour. > >The authorities must amend the rules to make it mandatory to work in >libraries for at least one year so that they gain experience in >understanding practical problems. > >Chudamani > >On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Mailing List Admin wrote: > > > > > On 7/14/08, Rajan <rajankila(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Dear All, > >> > >> It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken a right decision > >> not > >> to allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD. > >> If any librarian is interested, he can do research without any > >> registration > >> and publish his findings in research journals, without affecting his > >> job. > >> When a person is employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his > >> job > >> for which he is employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his > >> job, > >> there will be compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of > >> which > >> are not good at all. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> K Rajasekharan > >> Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) > >> Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:13:49 +0530 > From: "kannan satheesan" <kannan.satheesan(a)gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Part time Research >To: "Dr. M. Koteswara Rao" <mkrlib(a)uohyd.ernet.in> >Cc: Lis forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, Rajan > <rajankila(a)hotmail.com> >Message-ID: > <695bbd840807150443v660c5d59w9a521faed56d8ebb(a)mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >Sirs > > > I am a MLISc student and on the verge of passing out from DLIS, Kerala >University.What i feel is, part time research should continue. There is some >point in saying that, freshers cannot take up research projects. All >librarians agree upon one thing for certain - there is sea difference >between what one studies in class and what one practices. Experiance is >something which cannot be replaced with classroom lectures. Myself, when >required to prepare a project proposal for a JRF fellowship felt this >difficulty. And moreover research is something which should not be for >personal benefit alone, it should be for the society or community atleast( i >mean librarian community). A programme of research, a social science >research in particular should start with identification of a 'hot' research >problem,and will there be a hot problem for a fresher ?. Definitely he has >to take up some problems his professional seniors prescribes. If research is >for increasing and supplementing one's own knowledge and nothing beyond, ok >there shouldnt be research facility for practicing librarians. > > >On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Dr. M. Koteswara Rao <mkrlib(a)uohyd.ernet.in> >wrote: > > > Dear Mr. Rajasekharan, > > > > It is rediculous to say that librarians should not do research while doing > > his/her job. I feel that a working librarian with sufficient experience has > > better understanding of the subject and is in a position to work on a > > research > > problem leading to PhD. On the otherhand, a fresh graduate is said to have > > very > > little knowledge or understanding on how to do research since he/she does > > not > > have the relevant experience or approach to problem solving. > > > > The Kerala government must be crazy in introducing this draconian Act. I am > > sure > > there must be some senior (cynical) library professionals behind this > > 'dirty' > > Act, who for reason known to everyone does not want others to do research. > > We > > should remember that when teachers can do research, the librarians also can > > do > > research. > > > > I am sure that everyone will agree that only working librarians can and > > should > > do research, which does not affect his/her job. I do not understand why we > > (Indians) are always 'first in doing wrong things' when the whole world > > looks > > forward with positive ideas and thinking. Let us put an end to such > > short-sighted ideas. > > > > > > Dr. M. Koteswara Rao > > Librarian > > Univ of Hyderabad > > > > > > > Dear All, > > > > > > It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken a right decision > > not to > > allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD. If any > > librarian is interested, he can do research without any registration and > > publish > > his findings in research journals, without affecting his job. When a person > > is > > employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his job for which he is > > employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his job, there will be > > compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of which are not good > > at > > all. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > K Rajasekharan > > > Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) > > > Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Message: 2 > > > Dear LIS Forum Members > > > Considering the dynamic and educative role of librarians, especially > > those who > > are working, carreer advancement and further learning is an essential > > factor. In > > this context many Universities in India is encouraging the working > > professionals > > either directly or indirectly for further learning. However, it is sad > > that the > > University of Kerala by its order > > > No.Ac.E1.B/2007 dated 5/10/2007 restricted the opportunity for Part Time > > PhD > > registration only for the Teachers.Till then, there were opportunites for > > registration, and all on a sudden the University took such a drastic > > step.As a > > result of this, the working people have to either take leave for doing PhD > > (Full time Research) or not doing PhD at all. > > > I hope that all librarian fraternity take up this issue seriously and > > comment > > on this so that the higher up can come to know of it and change for the > > better. > > > > > > Eldho Joy E > > > -- > > > > > > > > > -- > > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > > believed to be clean. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. > >

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FW: Indian Librarians Forum [ILF]
by Shamprasad Pujar 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

** Sorry for Cross Postings, if any ** -- Original Message -- From: Digital Library Research Group <dlrg(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in> To: dlrg(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:59:30 +0530 (IST) Subject: [Dlrg] ILF: Indian Librarians Forum Dear Colleagues, As already informed through this forum and other modes of communication, Max Mueller Bhavan in collaboration with the French Embassy, British Council and Instituto Cervantes organised "Libraries on the Agenda" ": An International Seminar on Library Advocacy. The seminar was also supported by The National Knowledge Commission. The seminar was intended to provide a platform to Indian professionals and other stakeholders to explore ways and means of taking the NKC recommendations to the implementation stage. The seminar culminated into workshops and the professionals taking part in the workshops deliberated upon developing a blue print and an action plan, which would be helpful in reviving and modernising the library landscape in India. The Executive summary of the workshop results is available at the National Knowledge Commission website at: http://knowledgecommission.gov.in/ One of the suggestions given by Mr. Sam Pitroda, Chairman NKC, while delivering the inaugural address during the seminar was to form a group of librarians to carry out library advocacy work, to sensitise the government bodies and the other stake holders about the needs of the profession and to help NKC in its efforts towards taking the recommendations given to the implementation stage. An "Indian Librarians Forum" (ILF) came into existence as a follow up to the seminar and is accessible at: <http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ILF>http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ILF Dr. Ravinder Kumar Chadha is the convener of this Forum. The main objectives of the forum are: -To initiate an effective advocacy campaign/plan with clear goals and objectives; to use media effectively and to lobby with legislators and decision makers at the political/administrative level as well as stakeholders who shape the public opinion and control support for library services - To find the ways and means for librarians to be more visible not only in their own organizations, but also in their community and state - To support NKC in implementation of the recommendations of the working group on libraries - To offer a platform to all the Indian Librarians to have a view about the legislative framework, required support and financial backing to the library sector, which in turn will facilitate the coordinated development of libraries across different sectors Some of the most profound changes in our world have come about as a result of efforts in the form of social movements. Often these movements germinated in the minds of a few people who rose up for a cause, then blossomed into mass mobilizations that have ended up bringing major changes in the world. This is the power of the movements - what people without access to power can not accomplish alone, they can accomplish together through collective action. The thinking behind ILF (Indian Lirbarians' Forum) is to motivate and mobilise collective professional thoughts that eventually would lead towards the transformation of the LIS sector in India. All the library professionals are encouraged to become members and to join the discussion forum to voice their opinion and suggestions. Please note that it is not a general discussion forum. Members are requested to post e-mails regarding NKC recommendations only. Dr. R.K. Chadha <ilf(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in>ilf(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in Indian Librarians Forum _______________________________________________ DLRG mailing list <DLRG(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in>DLRG(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in <http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/dlrg>http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/dlrg Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: 91-22-2841 6565 ; 2840 0919 Ext: 565 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in URL: http://www.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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The July/August 2008 issue of D-Lib Magazine is now available.
by sandeep bhavsar 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

Respected All The July/August 2008 issue of D-Lib Magazine (http://www.dlib.org/) is now available. This issue contains four articles, a project update, two conference reports from JCDL 2008, the 'In Brief' column, excerpts from recent press releases, and news of upcoming conferences and other items of interest in 'Clips and Pointers'. This month, D-Lib features Audobon's Birds of America at the University of Pittsburgh, courtesy of Edward A. Galloway. The articles include: Copyright Renewal, Copyright Restoration, and the Difficulty of Determining Copyright Status Peter B. Hirtle, Cornell University Battle of the Buzzwords: Flexibility vs. Interoperability When Implementing PREMIS in METS Rebecca S. Guenther, Library of Congress A Format for Digital Preservation of Images: A Study on JPEG 2000 File Robustness Paolo Buonora, Archivi di Stato; and Franco Liberati, Universita degli Studi di Roma Researcher Profiles and Portfolios: Use Cases of the Facebook Service and the University of Queensland Researchers Service Belinda Weaver, University of Queensland The Project Update is: Google Still Not Indexing Hidden Web URLS Kat Hagedorn and Joshua Santelli, University of Michigan The Conference Reports are: 2008 Joint Conference on Digital Libraries Spans Culture and Technology Carol Minton Morris, Cornell University 1st Collaborative Information Retrieval Workshop: Held in Conjunction with the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) 2008 Jeremy Pickens and Gene Golovchinksy, FXPAL; and Meredith Ringel Morris, Microsoft Research D-Lib Magazine has mirror sites at the following locations: UKOLN, University of Bath, Bath, England http://mirrored.ukoln.ac.uk/lis-journals/dlib/ The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia http://dlib.anu.edu.au/ State Library of Lower Saxony and the University Library of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany http://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/edoc/aw/d-lib/ Universidad de Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina http://www.dlib.org.ar Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan http://dlib.ejournal.ascc.net/ BN - National Library of Portugal, Portugal http://purl.pt/302/1 (If the mirror site closest to you is not displaying the July/August 2008 issue of D-Lib Magazine at this time, please check back later. There is a delay between the time the magazine is released in the United States and the time when the mirroring process has been completed.) Bonnie Wilson Editor D-Lib Magazine Thanks and Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W) 400601 MUMBAI. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : 9987049099 elibrary :http://www.vpmthane.org/im/elib/main.htm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ __________________________________________________________ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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K-Community Event on 16-Jul-2008 hosted by Tata Consultancy Services, Bangalore
by M Nandeesha 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Dear All, Tata Consultancy Services, Bangalore is hosting this month's K-community (http://k-community.org) event for a panel discussion on ?Managing Knowledge in Large Transformational Projects? at the following venue -- Tata Consultancy Services Pioneer Building, International Tech Park (ITPB), Padandhur Agrahara, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560 066, Karnataka, India For details, pls visit http://k-community.org/Events/K-Community-Event-for-the-month-hosted-by-Tat… Please note: Participants are requested to confirm their participation before 1:00 PM on 16-Jul-2008 to Mr. Nandeesha. M (m.nandeesha(a)tcs.com) to facilitate security clearances at ITPB & at TCS. Also, participants need to produce their ID card, if asked by security while entering the ITPB and TCS facility. Regards, M Nandeesha Tata Consultancy Services L-Centre, Plot No.78, 79 & 83 EPIP Industrial Area,Whitefield, Bangalore - 560066,Karnataka India Mailto: m.nandeesha(a)tcs.com Mobile: 9886798310 Website: http://www.tcs.com ____________________________________________ Experience certainty. IT Services Business Solutions Outsourcing ____________________________________________ =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Urgent Information needed
by JK 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Dear All, Could anyone give me the name and contact details of the companies engaged in the technology creation and upgradation for *article level searching specifically.* Regards Jaya Kalra Senior Consultant - LIS Group Total IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Website : www.totalit.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Part time Research
by Mailing List Admin 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:49:12 +0530 (IST) From: ksc(a)library.iisc.ernet.in WITH due respects to who so ever has taken the decision Are they afraid of practising librarians overtaking the faculty in finding solutions to problems. Whatever the job demands are (who provide no objection certificate) make necessary arrangements to fulfil any void arising out of such an endeavour. The authorities must amend the rules to make it mandatory to work in libraries for at least one year so that they gain experience in understanding practical problems. Chudamani On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Mailing List Admin wrote: > > On 7/14/08, Rajan <rajankila(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> Dear All, >> >> It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken a right decision >> not >> to allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD. >> If any librarian is interested, he can do research without any >> registration >> and publish his findings in research journals, without affecting his >> job. >> When a person is employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his >> job >> for which he is employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his >> job, >> there will be compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of >> which >> are not good at all. >> >> Regards, >> >> K Rajasekharan >> Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) >> Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India

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Details of Pondicherry Central University DLIS Positions
by J. K. Vijayakumar 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Details, Application forms etc of Pondicherry Central University DLIS positions are available at http://www.pondiuni.edu.in/circular/fac_rect040708.html Professor - 1 Reader - 2 Lecturer - 3 ---------------------- Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar > --- On Wed, 7/9/08, Arunachalam Hariharan > <hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > From: Arunachalam Hariharan > <hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com> > > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Pondicherry Central University > needs Prof, Reader and Lecturers for the DLIS > > Pondicherry Central University Advertised the following > > posts for the > > Dept of Library and Information Science > > > > 1 Professor - 1 > > 2. Reader - 2 > > 3. Lecturer - 2 > > > > For more details, pl see the Hindu dt 09.7.2008 > > > > A.Hariharan > > SERC > > Chennai > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] [Lis-Forum] Part time Research
by Mailing List Admin 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:40:44 +0530 From: poornima <poornimakulkarni7(a)gmail.com> My dear Professional people, I totally disagree with the descision of University of Kerala for not allowing the Librarians to go for research. I dont think anybody can restrict someone whos might be really interested in doing something. This is our Indian education system, we are not allowed to do something we are interested in doing something. But forced to do which we do not like at all. Come on people wake up, its high time to restrict something. Do our professionals know something about multitasking? Librarian has to be one, moreover it is his part of professional requirement. Wake up people wake up from slumber!! First of all there is hell of misunderstanding about the librarians in India, moreover if he is restricted to enhance his knowledge then this profession will be drowned. This today's concept of librarian is framed because of old professionals who hardly did work towards progress and so mainly the professionals are not at all PROACTIVE. Please change yourself and fit in today's world. Darwins theory holds good for all times.. "Survival of the Fittest", keep yourself fit to compete with other professions. Move towards progress--------> Poornima---------> -- "Be Good, Do Good For Good Things Leads To Good End".

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Library an Information Management Trainees
by Francis Jayakanth 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560012 Invites Application for TRAINEES in the LIBRARY AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMME in the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) and the JRD Tata Memorial Library and Digital Information Services Centre. Advt No. R(IB)008/2008, No of Positions: 20 (GEN-11, OBC-4, SC-2, ST-1 :one of the positions is reserved for Physically Handicapped, Sponsored Candidates-2) Minimum Qualifications: A Bachelor's degree in any discipline followed by a M.L.I.Sc. or Master's Degree in any discipline with B.L.I.Sc. or Associateship in Documentation and Information Science awarded by DRTC / NISCAIR or its equivalent. The applicant should have secured minimum of First Class or equivalent as declared by University in the said qualifying Degree(s) and also in basic degree. SC/ST candidates with pass class will be considered. Conditions: candidates who possess the minimum qualification as on the date of advertisement and also those who are in the final year/semester, expecting to complete all exams/project and acquire minimum qualification latest by 31.07.2008 can apply. The training is for a period of 12 months on a fixed stipend of Rs.7,500/- per month. No stipend will be paid for the sponsored candidates. The sponsored candidates should forward their applications through proper channel. For more details about the training programme, please visit http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/training/ General Conditions: Trainees would be expected to work on any three shifts including night shifts and holidays. No accommodation will be available on the Campus during the course of training. Candidates who are desirous to be considered on the aforesaid conditions may fill-in the electronic online application registration form. Thereafter a duly signed hard copy of the online application registration form with photo copies of the Marks cards, Caste Certificate of SC, ST, OBC (OBC Certificate should be in GOI format for reservations of jobs), in case of Physically Handicapped candidates, copy of the medical Certificate in the prescribed form issued by the Competent Medical Authority for the purpose of employment, should be sent to ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, UNIT-IB, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, BANGALORE - 560012 superscribing on the envelope "Application for the post of TRAINEE in the LIBRARY AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMME" ON OR BEFORE 8TH August, 2008. Incomplete applications in a format other than the online version on the above mentioned website are liable to be rejected. DATE: 7th July, 2008 REGISTRAR

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Part time Research
by Rajan 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Dear All, It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken a right decision not to allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD. If any librarian is interested, he can do research without any registration and publish his findings in research journals, without affecting his job. When a person is employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his job for which he is employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his job, there will be compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of which are not good at all. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India ------------------------------ Message: 2 Dear LIS Forum Members Considering the dynamic and educative role of librarians, especially those who are working, carreer advancement and further learning is an essential factor. In this context many Universities in India is encouraging the working professionals either directly or indirectly for further learning. However, it is sad that the University of Kerala by its order No.Ac.E1.B/2007 dated 5/10/2007 restricted the opportunity for Part Time PhD registration only for the Teachers.Till then, there were opportunites for registration, and all on a sudden the University took such a drastic step.As a result of this, the working people have to either take leave for doing PhD (Full time Research) or not doing PhD at all. I hope that all librarian fraternity take up this issue seriously and comment on this so that the higher up can come to know of it and change for the better. Eldho Joy E -- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request
by amudhavalli alagusundaram 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Dear Moderators, Kinldy arrange to announce the follwing in the forums, please amudha Please refer to the Advt in The Hindu dt. 14th July 2008 for the following vaccant positons in the Dept of Information Sciecne, University of MAdras: 1. Reader - I Post - GT 2. Lecturers - 2 Posts - One reserved for SC and the one GT. LAST DATES: To obtain Application Form - - 08.08 2008 Submission Date - - 11.08.2008 Prof.A. Amudhavalli Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. Ph: 2539 9672 (Off- Direct) Ph: 2845 3343 (Residence) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Beautiful Libraries
by Denny M.X. 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Dear LIS Professionals, Everyone has some kind of place that makes them feel transported to a magical realm. For some people it's castles with their noble history and crumbling towers. For others it's abandoned factories, ivy choked, a sense of foreboding around every corner. For us there has always been something about libraries. Row after row, shelf after shelf, there is nothing more magical than a beautiful old library. http://curiousexpeditions.org/2007/09/librophiliac_love_letter_a_com.html With Regards Denny M.X. -- 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] Part time Research
by Mailing List Admin 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:03:31 +0530 From: Sriram V <vsrirams(a)gmail.com> Dear Fellow Professionals and teachers, With all due respect to Rajasekharan Sir, i beg to differ. If someone enhances their qualification it is generally good for the organisation where he/she is employed. That is the major reason why world over employers encourage staff to undertake studies. Doing part time studies arise out of necessity. People opt for part time course because you have to take care of a family as well as you really wish to enhance your knowledge. You have to work had for a full time course. For part time course you are expected to work even harder. If the employer and the guide are completely satisfied i believe there is no reason why someone hoping to gain knowledge should be prevented from that. Perhaps we should gather the opinion of employers and teachers regarding this. Regards V Sriram Technical Services Executive LibSys Corporation Mob: +91 9447251892 On 7/14/08, Rajan <rajankila(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > Dear All, > > It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken a right decision > not > to allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD. > If any librarian is interested, he can do research without any > registration > and publish his findings in research journals, without affecting his job. > When a person is employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his job > for which he is employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his > job, > there will be compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of > which > are not good at all. > > Regards, > > K Rajasekharan > Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) > Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Dear LIS Forum Members > Considering the dynamic and educative role of librarians, especially > those > who are working, carreer advancement and further learning is an essential > factor. In this context many Universities in India is encouraging the > working professionals either directly or indirectly for further > learning. > However, it is sad that the University of Kerala by its order > No.Ac.E1.B/2007 dated 5/10/2007 restricted the opportunity for Part Time > PhD > registration only for the Teachers.Till then, there were opportunites for > registration, and all on a sudden the University took such a drastic > step.As > a result of this, the working people have to either take leave for doing > PhD (Full time Research) or not doing PhD at all. > I hope that all librarian fraternity take up this issue seriously and > comment on this so that the higher up can come to know of it and change > for > the better. > > Eldho Joy E > -- > >

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Re: [LIS-Forum] part time Ph.D.
by nazim malik 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

This has reference to views of K Rajasekharan regarding not to allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD. As K Rajasekharan suggested that interested people can do research without any registration and publish their findings in research journals, without affecting their job. So I would like to know: 1 Whether doing research for publishing papers without registration would not affect their job. 2 How many research papers shall be sufficient to considered research work equal to Ph.D.? 3 How many fellows in India have been considered equal to Ph.D. at the time of appointment or promotion on the basis of their research work/papers? 4 How does the job of teachers not affect when they do part times Ph.D. Ph.D. for librarians is needed for the following reasons: 1 If an Assistant Librarian has eleven year experience and having PhD will be promoted to Dy. Librarian through Career Advancement Scheme of UGC. 2 Recently Indian Academic Library Association has submitted a concept paper to Chadda Committed to consider Librarians (AL/DL/Librarians) at par with teachers. If it were accepted then Ph.D. will become essential qualification. Therefore, part time Ph.D. is equally important for both teachers and Librarians. Mohammad Nazim Central Library BanarasHindu University Varanasi-221005 Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now, on http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NEW COPYRIGHT TECHNOLOGY FOR UNITED STATES
by jasim s 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

see the newsrelease for details http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2008/08-115.html jasimudeen.s Thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Use of the phrase "knowledge of computer"
by Atanu Garai 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

Dear Colleagues This is an anecdote. Back in 2006, I was writing quite a lot of statements of purpose and application letters as part of the application process for admission to PhD. Then I collected all those documents in a single place and went to my teacher in Calcutta University to get his recommendation letters. He smiled and told me that instead of writing 'knowledge of computer', the phrase should be written as 'knowledge of computing'. I realized my mistake and corrected it. Since then I have never used the phrase "knowledge of computer", instead put the phrase of knowledge of computing. When I see the phrase knowledge of computing, it reminds me of his smile immediately. So, when today I saw the phrase quite frequently I searched for the connotations of the words 'computer' and 'computing'. The definitions given in wikipedia are: Computer: A computer is a machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer) Computing: /"In a general way, we can define computing to mean any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computers. Thus, computing includes designing and building hardware and software systems for a wide range of purposes; processing, structuring, and managing various kinds of information; doing scientific studies using computers; making computer systems behave intelligently; creating and using communications and entertainment media; finding and gathering information relevant to any particular purpose, and so on. The list is virtually endless, and the possibilities are vast." (Source: /The Joint Task Force for Computing Curricula 2005. Computing Curricula 2005: The Overview Report (pdf) <http://www.acm.org/education/curric_vols/CC2005-March06Final.pdf>, quoted in, /http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing). /Essentially, these terms have a relationship but they evoke different meanings. Best greetings, Atanu Garai -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Trainees (2 Posts) @ Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG)
by Smita Chandra 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

Dear Library professionals : We at the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG) Library are in need of 2 'Library Trainees' . Candidates selected from the 'Walk-In-Interviews' to be held on the 24th of July 2008 will get a chance to gain experience in all aspects of the library functioning, including, acquisitions, cataloging, serials control, circulation, inter-library loan, handling user queries, searching bibliographic databases, coordinating with our other centers, digitization and long-term access of creating and maintaining digital materials, using basic HTML, etc. Please go through the complete details below, as well as the attachment and join us on the 24th of July 2008. We look forward to working with fresh Library Science graduates with good academic record, basic computer knowledge, and good communications skills. Please go through the details below for any further queries. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Smita Chandra Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Kalamboli-Panvel Highway New Panvel, new Mumbai 400 218 Ph.22-2748 4000 _________________________________________________________________ APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF 'LIBRARY TRAINEE' at the INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM The Indian Institute of Geomagnetism is a premier research institute in the field of geomagnetism and allied areas of Upper Atmospheric Physics and Solid Earth Geophysics. The Institute is a successor to the Colaba Observatory which was set up in 1823 by East India Company, and where the first magnetic observations were started in 1841. It became an autonomous research institute under the Department of Science & Technology in 1971, and was named as the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism. Apart from basic and applied research, the Institute operates 10 modern magnetic observatories spread across the country and has two research centres at Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu and Allahabad , U.P. The Institute library has a comprehensive collection of more than 20,000 books and bound journal volumes in geomagnetism and its allied fields. Other formats like maps, reprints, reports and non book material are also available to the users. The library is automated and all the library operations are done using the SLIM21 software. Library facilities are also made available to our observatory staff and the two research centres. The selected candidate will get hands on experience of working in different sections of the library and will have opportunity of working in a library with modern facilities. JOB TITLE : Trainee Librarian NUMBER OF POSTS : Two QUALIFICATION : The interested candidate should have a post graduate degree in Library & Information Science (MLISc) from a recognized university with good academic record. Candidates with a Science degree and basic computer knowledge will get preference. PERIOD OF SELECTION : The candidates will be initially selected for a period of 6 months, that may be extended as per the requirements of the Institute. AGE GROUP : Preferably 25-28 years SALARY : Rs.7000/- per month. CONTACT PERSON : Mrs.Divya Mehta Senior Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Ph.: 22-2748 4046/4047 email : divyam(a)iigs.iigm.res.in Candidates fulfilling above requirements may walk-in for an interview on 24th July 2008 at 10.30 a.m. to the Institute premises at Kalamboli-Panvel Highway , New Panvel (W) with necessary certificates, mark lists etc. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Assess Yourselves
by loan fayaz 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

Respected/Dear Professional Colleagues, It is time to assess ourselves where we stand. In United States our profession is one of the top TEN professions of the world but here in India it is considered beneath of all. Who is to blame and Who is responsible? Think seriously, are we still custodians or information providers? Who transforms the theory into pratice? and who provides the CAS, SDI, IAS and the like? My request to one and all is that we should be ambitious to achieve pinnacle of professional competencies. This is particularly true today when swift change is sweeping across the globe.We cannot close our eyes to the realities around as does the ostrich when he faces some danger. Open your eyes, see what changes are taking place and try to understand and adopt them.Information access environment is changing in the ICT environment; librarians have to change and keep pace; or, they will be said thank u very much u have done your role and pl.go. With best wishes Fayaz Lone (Documentation Officer) Centre of Central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar. Explore your hobbies and interests. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop
by SRELS 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to announce the following forthcoming workshop for the benefit of lis-forum members. Thanking you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS, Bangalore ***** Forthcoming Event Workshop on GENISISWEB, WINISIS DATABASE TO GSDL (18-20 August 2008) Organized by Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore with Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies, Bangalore WORKSHOP OBJECTIVE To provide intensive training in GENISISWEB and conversion of WINISIS database into GSDL. WORKSHOP CONTENT - WINISIS archiving of full text documents in all ordinary formats including a fully downloaded website. - Creation of web front end with GenisisWeb for making it user-friendly and accessible over a network - Creation of a CD-ROM library of full text documents - Conversion of a WINISIS database into GSDL archive RESOURCE PERSON K. Rajasekharan, Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA), Thrissur, Kerala The target audience includes librarians, information professionals and others interested in building different types of databases. WORKSHOP FEE Sponsored candidates : Rs.3,000/- Students (to be duly certified by the Head of the Department) : Rs.1500/- Those interested are invited to register for the Workshop on or before 1st August 2008 on payment by DD drawn in favour of 'Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science'. The duly filled-in form along with the payment should be forwarded to the Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 on or before 1st August 2008 For more information contact: Dr. K.N. Prasad, Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore Tel: 080-23305109 E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Openings for Library Trainee position at NIFT,Mumbai
by anand bandi 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

Dear Candidate, There are openings for fresh Post-Graduates in the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Government of India. Candidates should possess the sound knowledge of Computer. The selection process will be done within 20 days of this notification.Interestd candidates may submit the softcopy of their respective CV to the undersigned. 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.niftindia.com Bring your gang together. Do your thing. Find your favourite Yahoo! group at http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Conference at MyDLIS on 'Library 2.0'
by N.S. Harinarayana 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

National Conference on Library 2.0: The Confluence of Web 2.0 and the Library Paradigm (MyLib 2.0) August 21 – 22, 2008, Mysore (A UGC-SAP- Programme) Organised by: Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Mysore Conference Theme The profession of librarianship and the field of library and information sciences have been in a constant state of flux. Libraries – the millennia old institutions have been reinventing themselves in different ways with the onset of new technologies and paradigms. The latest buzz phrase in the technology front is "Web 2.0". Leveraging the approaches typified by Web 2.0's principles and technology offers library profession many opportunities to transform libraries from venerated age-old institutions to agile ones. The term Library 2.0 has been adopted by a growing group of libraries, librarians and information professionals to recalibrate the processes and the paradigms of the library and information services. This new model of library is all about amalgamation of – Ajaz, Apollo, Web Standards, User Centric Design, RSS, Blogs, Wikis, Mashups, Tagging, Folksonomies and so on into library and information services. Library 2.0 is not just a technology or a thing but a new paradigm and a state of mind. The heart of Library 2.0 is user-centred change. It is a model that encourages constant and purposeful change, inviting user participation. The Conference will be a forum for discussing the emerging processes, technologies and paradigms of the library profession in the backdrop of the new technology of Web 2.0 and efforts to integrate the same into the library services. This two-day seminar will ponder over the issues related to Web 2.0 technologies and highlight the initiatives and case studies towards deploying them for making libraries contemporary and user centred. Objectives of the conference This two-day conference is to present the current thinking and practices, encourage academic and industrial interaction in the areas related to Library 2.0 involving librarians, library science educators, researchers, information professionals, and students from all over India. Topics/Sub-themes * Understanding Web 2.0 * Web 2.0 and Libraries * Digital Library 2.0 * Wikis and blogs for libraries and library services * Tags, Clouds and folksonomies for the library world * Collaborative Workspaces * Exemplars of Library 2.0 Call for Papers Papers are called for presentation and publication of conference proceedings from librarians, information professionals, teachers of LIS, researchers and students. The paper must be a original contribution based on research, survey and case studies. General presentations and papers giving just historical background are not encouraged. The paper should accompany with an informative abstract (not more than 150 words) and key words. The paper in Microsoft Word format may be sent over email to the Co-ordinator of the Seminar on or before July 31, 2008. The paper shall not be more than 10 pages and the font size is to be 12 in Times New Roman. Submit your papers to the following Dr. Shalini R. Urs Program Chair - MyLib 2.0 Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore – 570006 Email : mydlis.sap(a)gmail.com Chair: Prof. V. G. Talawar Professor, Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore Co-Chair: Dr. Mallinath Kumbar Reader, Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore Program Chair: Prof. Shalini R. Urs Professor, Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore Registration Fee : 1. Without accommodation – Rs.1000 2. With Accommodation ( at Guest Houses) – Rs. 1600 Payment Details: Please send the registration fee in the form of Demand Draft drawn in favour of MyLib 2.0 payable at Mysore. Send your registration to: Prof. V. G. Talawar Chair, UGC-SAP Seminar on Library 2.0, Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006 Email: muvgt(a)yahoo.co.in Phone Numbers: +91-821-2419394 For details please visit : http://www.mydlis-sap.ac.in or http://www.isim.ac.in/mylib You can down load the proforma for registration from the above sites. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CITESEER
by jasim s 13 Jul '08

13 Jul '08

*CiteSeer* is a public search engine and digital library for scientific and academic papers.citeseer crawls and harvest academic and scientific documents on the web and use autonomous citation indexing to permit querying by citation or by document, ranking them by citation impact.the link is http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/. jasimudeen.s Thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Braintrack Index
by Charu Mathur 13 Jul '08

13 Jul '08

Respected Friends, Braintrack Index is a an exclusive link which host 8851 links of Universities, Polytechnics, colleges and other higher educational institutes across the globe. This commendable assignment designed by AAA Science Network, an Australian company, whose staff is constantly monitoring and updating the database as well as collecting information about new universities in all the five continents Africa, America, Asia, Australasia and Europe. Apart of that there is an alphabetical list of all 217 countries are there, so that one can search by country name only, in case if he does not know the exact location of same country. The NEW LINKS provide the latest and updated information of inclusion of any university or higher education institution on anywhere on the globe. For detail one can make a swift entry on following link : http://www.braintrack.com/ Miss Charu Mathur, virtual.cosmos.08(a)gmail.com http://charu-libraryworld.blogspot.com/ http://charu-virtualworld.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Urgent requirement of Library Trainees
by manoj kumar 13 Jul '08

13 Jul '08

Dear All, DCSchool of Management and Technology, Kerala is looking for Two Trainee Library Assistants urgently for its Research Centre at Vagamon Campus, Idukki. Qualifications : BLISc/ MLISc Duration : One year Stipend : Rs. 3000/- (Consolidated) Other benefits : Free accomodation plus concession rate in canteen Interested candidates may please send your CV directly to the following e-mail ids. library(a)dcschool.net, and manjukaliany2000(a)yahoo.co.uk Regards, Manoj Kumar Assistant Librarian DCSMAT, Kerala S. India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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sing&search your favorite music
by jasim s 13 Jul '08

13 Jul '08

sing the song for atleast 10 seconds and search it on http://www.midomi.com/ jasimudeen.s Thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New version of linux desktop operating system
by jasim s 13 Jul '08

13 Jul '08

*The **openSUSE project** is a worldwide community program sponsored by ** Novell** that promotes the use of Linux everywhere.As part of the project new version of linux desktop operating system has released.read more on at http://www.opensuse.org/* ** *jasimudeen.s* *Thrissur* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New antitheft tool from McAfee
by jasim s 13 Jul '08

13 Jul '08

Security technology company McAfee has released a file-protection tool to provides privacy and theft protection on a PC. Read more on it from computer business review http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F3B43AD6-C44A-47AB-98D0-B9B1… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Knowledge Temple
by Charu Mathur 13 Jul '08

13 Jul '08

Respected Friends, In the digital age where it has been assumed that Internet is much sought after source of knowledge, and newspaper can be read on your Blackberry, Here is eye opener news appear. There is a temple in Dhamtari District of Raipur a place where no gods or goddess are worshiped. In this temple NEWSPAPERS has a divine status here and worshipped daily. The temple built in 1993, and known as Gandhi Mandir and look after by Halba sect of Gond tribe of the Chhatisgarh. The locals have string reasons for expressing their faith in print media. This clearly shows in words of Gandhi Mandir priest Balram Markam, which are "*The Newspapers are eye openers, create awareness, remain watchful of the evils and crimes in society, inculcate human values and prevent people from committing wrong"* The temple is decorated with various slogans and hymns dedicated to the nation, Mahatma Gandhi and the people who are dubbed the 'Janata Gandhi'. Here Newspapers and books are considered as any other religious epic. Any newspaper can get here place here without any discrimination of language or region barrier. The detail of this news can be read with the help of this link: http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleImage.aspx?article=13_07_2008_011_0… Regards, Miss Charu Mathur, Virtual.cosmos.08(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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Part time research facililties for Library Professionals
by Eldho Joy 12 Jul '08

12 Jul '08

Dear LIS Forum Members Considering the dynamic and educative role of librarians, especially those who are working, carreer advancement and further learning is an essential factor. In this context many Universities in India is encouraging the working professionals either directly or indirectly for further learning. However, it is sad that the University of Kerala by its order No.Ac.E1.B/2007 dated 5/10/2007 restricted the opportunity for Part Time PhD registration only for the Teachers.Till then, there were opportunites for registration, and all on a sudden the University took such a drastic step.As a result of this, the working people have to either take leave for doing PhD (Full time Research) or not doing PhD at all. I hope that all librarian fraternity take up this issue seriously and comment on this so that the higher up can come to know of it and change for the better. Eldho Joy E Kerala University Library Trivandrum. -- 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 @ SMVIT
by kuber kumbar 12 Jul '08

12 Jul '08

Dear professional, We are looking for young LIS professionals with Very good academic qualification, computer knowledge and very good management skill, communication skill. Post: Librarian Qualification: Master of Library and Information Sciences, With Ph.D or M.Phil or NET And Minimum 5 or 8 years experience (preferably engineering college or R & D center working Candidates) (preferably Male Candidates) Scale: As per AICTE Norms. Other Benefits: PF, Group & Medical Insurance and other welfare schemes. Post: Library Assistant Qualification: BLISc or DLScSalary: Depending on qualifications and Experience. Those are interested may please send their resume within 05days from the date of this advertisement., To: sirmvitbgl(a)gmail.com or kuberkp(a)gmail.com www.sirmvit.com KUBERA K.P I/C LIBRARIAN Sir.M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology. Best Jokes, Best Friends, Best Food and more. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/bestofyahoo/ -- 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 position of Documentation Assistant at CSE, New Delhi
by Kiran Pandey 11 Jul '08

11 Jul '08

Advertisement for the position of Documentation Assistant at Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi Environment Resources Unit of the Centre for Science and Environment, based at New Delhi invites applications for the post of Documentation Assistant (entry-level position) Qualifications: Graduate, BLISc or MLISc degree with some experience in electronic filing/cataloguing, key wording, abstracting, net browsing, etc. Good communication skills in English and Hindi (verbal and written) is essential. Salary range: Rs. 8,000-10,000 per month (working for 6 days a week). Interested candidates may send in their resume at kiran(a)cseindia.org or contact the Coordinator- Environment Resources Unit at the following address or in person. Kiran Pandey Coordinator-Environment Resources Unit Centre for Science and Environment 41, Tughlaqabad Institutional Area (Near Batra Hospital) New Delhi -110062 Tel: 29955125, 29955124 (Extension- 287) Email: kiran(a)cseindia.org Ms. Kiran Pandey **************************************************************** CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT ( CSE ) 41, TUGHLAKABAD INSTITUTIONAL AREA, NEW DELHI- 110 062 TELE: 29955124 29956110, 29956394,29956399 FAX : 91-11-29955879 VISIT US AT: http://www.cseindia.org Email: kiran(a)cseindia.org ext:233 **************************************************************** -- 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] Negative publicity
by Shalini Urs 11 Jul '08

11 Jul '08

Let me add my own 2 cents on this issue (and put myself in the line of fire :-) ---- Perhaps you have heard the adage, "All publicity is good publicity " and " no publicity is bad publicity." Obviously this statement goes along with the premise that even negative publicity mentions 'you', so it can only add to your overall popularity. This aside - we should have and show a 'sense of humour' and show our maturity by taking it in our stride. I feel that we need NOT be defensive and get into protests etc. I would think protest is a sign of insecurity. Is our profession so weak that we need to 'defend' through protests? If a certain image is portrayed, and we are not comfortable with that image - then let us do something to change it positively, rather than protesting. Thanks and Regards Shalini Dr. Shalini Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 ISiM-Management School for IT, Technology School for IM www.isim.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vaccancy
by saroj panda 11 Jul '08

11 Jul '08

Dear Professionals, Application invited for the post of Librarian (one) and Assistant Librarian (one) in a reputed management institution (affiliated to WBUT & approved by AICTE) within 7 days from the date of advertisement. Contact to the Chairman, IBRAD School of Management and Sustainable Development, Prafulla Kanan, V.I.P. Road, Kestopur, Kolkata – 700 101. Phone : 2711-6424/6425/ 6330, E-mail : ibradschool@ rediffmail. com -- Regards, Saroj kumar INFLIBNET Centre -- 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] Negative publicity
by UPENDRA PANDYA 10 Jul '08

10 Jul '08

Dear All, We should represent in strong voice by memorandum to this perticular TV channel through our reputed/recognised association.I hope our associations will take this matter in favour of Indian library profesiionals. Sincerely, Upendra PandyaProfessional Assistant-SeniorIIM - AhmedabadMobile: 9879301847E-mail: upendra(a)iimahd.ernet.in--- On Mon 07/07, Aman Jha < aman.jha(a)ciionline.org > wrote:From: Aman Jha [mailto: aman.jha(a)ciionline.org]To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.inDate: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:15:35 +0530Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity Friends, Monster.com's recent advertisement in television portraying librarian as a boaring profession is a negative and bad publicity to the profession. We must protest against it and request the agency whosoever to stop broadcasting such ads. Regards,Aman Jha DISCLAIMER:Sample Disclaimer added in a VBScript.-- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________LIS-Forum mailing listLIS-Forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.inhttp://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Nominations for SATKAL Awards 2008
by Sangeeta Kaul 10 Jul '08

10 Jul '08

SATKAL Satinder Kaur Ramdev Memorial Trust for Advancement of Librarianship Call for Award Nominations Nominations are invited for the 2008 SATKAL Awards given each year to an individual for outstanding achievement in Library and Information Science and for promoting Librarianship. The last date for receiving nominations is August 20, 2008. Kindly send your nominations for * Punjab National Librarian Award * Young Librarian Award * Women Librarian Award * School Librarian Award Eligibility The working Library and Information Science professionals of Indian origin are eligible to apply. Age Limit : For Young Librarian Award, Professional must be below 45 years. The nominations can be either self nominations or nominated by someone. Written nominations must include Name of the nominee, Job Title, Organisation, Mailing Address, Phone No., Email Address, Award Category, A detailed profile highlighting the educational & professional experience, significant contributions made in the field of Library and Information Science, publications etc., a paragraph (limit to one page) stating how you find yourself eligible for the award. The only way the people who make a difference can be recognised is if "you" nominate them. Do it now. Please send the nominations to: Dr. (Mrs.) Devinder Kaur President, SATKAL 114 Civil Lines Patiala-147004 Email: satkaltrust(a)gmail.com Website: www.satkal.org ******************************************************************************* NACLIN 2008 at Karunya University, Coimbatore from November 4-7, 2008. Download the brochure from www.naclin.org or write to us ****************************************************************************** _______________________________________________________________________________ Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 Tel: 91-11-32471010, 32471002, 32471011 Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Access to J-STOR through GDNET
by Shamprasad Pujar 10 Jul '08

10 Jul '08

Dear Members, Good news for the researchers, who do not have access to J-STOR! GDN announced access to JSTOR to eligible registered researchers on GDNET Knowledge Base. Access is granted to Business, Business II and Arts and Science II Collections at <http://www.gdnet.org/JSTOR>http://www.gdnet.org/JSTOR If already registered, update of profile is required to activate access to JSTOR. If a new member, Register now. The access is limited only to the researchers, you may encourage researchers working in your organization to register for this service. Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: 91-22-2841 6565 ; 2840 0919 Ext: 565 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in URL: http://www.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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LIBRES - Library and Information Science Electronic Journal
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 10 Jul '08

10 Jul '08

Dear professionals, An electronic journal "LIBRES" published from the Curtin University of Technology of Perth, Western Australia on Library and Information Science is available through the link http://libres.curtin.edu.au/. This journal enlists some research articles by authors from India too. The archive contains issues from 1996 onwards. Make use of it. Dr GOPAKUMAR V. Librarian (UGC), University College,Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram, PIN 695 034. gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com 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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Regarding Monster Advertisement
by giridhar gopal 10 Jul '08

10 Jul '08

Dear Professional Colleagues, It is time for us to come to gether and fight against unpopularity, illtreatment of Librarians and Library Profession. The Monster advertisement regarding the Library as a Boaring professions is indeed condemned by every library professional in India. At present we are at the cross roads regarding the profession for which it is categorised under teaching or non teaching staff. In the present day scenario society thiks thatthe librarians job is neither teaching nor non teaching but it is a mere clerical job. In this connection I severely condemned the monster advertisement as it is sending wrong signals to the Library Profession and future librarians. thanking you, P.V.GIRIDHAR GOPAL LIBRARIAN, K.M.I.T. HYDERABAD Explore your hobbies and interests. Go to http://in..promos.yahoo.com/groups/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reality Check- Monster.com Add
by Emmanuel E C (RBEI/HRL1-D-KCI) 10 Jul '08

10 Jul '08

Dear All, I understand the pain behind seeing our own image being wrongly portrayed/represented or damaged by some one. Let us take it bit lighter and laugh for a while on being "Librarywalas" as shown in the add,it is really cute. First of all we need to develop tolerance and understand why we are wrongly portrayed/criticised/mocked at. Criticism or some one telling something about us should help to introspect our self and check whether the criticism/comments are valid, if they are valid then we need to change our self. If it is not valid then forget it, as it shows the level of the person who made that comment/showed something wrongly. But at the same time I feel this is the high time to do reality check. Let us recall our own experiences with Library/Library staffs in different environment (Academic library /Public library/Special) the way they behaved with us when we had been to them as user? how user friendly they were? In what way they supported users in finding the information on net/journal or book on self ? The user who passes through such experience may develop a kind of unfriendly attitude towards library/library professionals and when get a chance they show such things or express them. At the same time I am not generalizing it, as generation by generation Library professionals are changing themselves and becoming more customer/user focused , dynamic and developing multiple skills which are required for the survival of self and Profession. I also accept some of our friends suggestion on protesting but today is monster.com and tomorrow someone else will give one more add and with how many people you will protest? Can this protest changes the thinking of the people or our image in the society? But one thing can change our image in the society that is "changing ourselves" and becoming more dynamic, customer focused, user-friendly and more knowledgeable persons. Friends let us together move towards building right image in the eyes of users by: 1. Having self esteem. 2. Loving our profession( be comfortable with being a librarian). 3. Learning one new skill every quarter (once in three months). 4. Forming associations at local levels and sharing our experiences & knowledge with fellow professionals & linking these local associations with state & National Level associations. 5. Creating our visibility in the organization where we work. 6. Along with library activity let us involve in Knowledge Management initiatives, Open Access initiatives, education fair, book fair etc. 7. Learning more about e-resources & sharing such knowledge with fellow professionals. 8. Publish some newsletters relevant to your parent organization (electronic/Print-newsletters). 9. Do user surveys to check what user community feel about your services & about librarian. 10.Impress/influence on the mind of your organizational Heads about importance of information and how you can support them with the required information. 11.Learn more about customer relationship as we all learned a lot about technical aspects of library but forgot the user. Together we can make a difference !! Regards Emmanuel -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open archives — the alternative to open access
by Sukhdev Singh 10 Jul '08

10 Jul '08

Dear Friends, Check out the following link where Padmanabhan Balaram, director of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, India tells K. S. Jayaraman why he favours 'open archives' as the way forward for scientific publishing. http://www.scidev.net/en/features/open-archives-the-alternative-to-open-acc… An extract: -- Why is scientific publishing becoming such a contentious area? "The reason is simple. Much research in countries such as India is publicly-funded. Scientists do the research work and then publish their findings. But journals use these papers to make money. The real question is: do the commercial publishers give enough back to the community that keeps them going?" ... --How is the debate going? "The main debate is between publishers and committed open access advocates. The people who should be really concerned — the working scientists — form a huge silent majority. They either have no view or choose not to engage in the controversy." .. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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