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The Free Software Directory
by shriram pandey 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Dear forum members, The Free Software Directory is a project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The website catalogs useful free software that runs under free operating systems — particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants. Licenses are verified for each and every program listed in this directory. detail available on : http://directory.fsf.org/ Regards ShriRam 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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google movies
by S.F KATTIMANI 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

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library vacancies
by S.F KATTIMANI 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Dear Sir/friends, Applications are invited for the following Posts in GULBARGA UNIVERSITY, GULBARGA: 1. Deputy Librarian- No's of post- 01- GM:- Qualifications: 1. MLISc with 55% of Marks 2. 05 Years as College Librarian/Assistant University Librarian 3. Evidence of Innovative Library Services, Published work and Professional commitment, Computerization of the Library DESIRABLE: 1. M.Phil/Ph.D degree in Library Science/Information Science/Documentation/Archives and Manuscript Keeping, Computerization of the Library 2. Assistant Librarians No's of posts-02- 01 for GM and 01 for Category III-B Qualifications: 1. NET conducted by the UGC or any other agency approved by the UGC; 2. Master's degree in library and information science/Documentation/ or an equivalent degree with 55% of Marks or its equivalent grade of B in the UGC seven point scale plus a consistently good academic record, computerization of the library 3. M.Phil and PhD holders are exempted from NET 4. Library Assistant/Cataloguer- No's of post- 01- GM Qualifications: 1. Degree of a recognized university or Diploma in Library Science, 2. Two years in a responsible position in Library will be preferred. HOW TO APPLY:- The prescribed application forms can be had from the 'Registrar, Gulbarga University, GULBARGA: 585 106, Karnataka' on production of Demand Draft in favour of 'The Finance Office, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga or Challan at State Bank of Hyderabad, University Branch, Gulbarga for Rs. 300/- (Rs. 150/- in the case of SC/ST Candidates) towards Application Fee. The Candidates who desires to have the application forms by post should send a self- addressed envelope to the Registrar, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga: 585 106. Karnataka. Affixing postage stamps of Rs. 30 with a requisition for the purpose. -- S.F.KATTIMANI DEPUTY LIBRARIAN M.S.RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (AUTONOMOUS) M.S.RAMAIAH NAGAR BANGALORE 560054 PH: 080 23600822/23606934 EXT 223 & 107 MOB: 9886821032 -- 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] Promoting reading Habits
by Raj K Bhardwaj 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Dear Divya , Idea of mapping of interest will surely work, in addition to this if we could organize some quiz, group discussions and book exhibitions that could be a result oriented. Even a Phd work could be initiated on promoting reading habits.Reading habits could be promoted when library services would be qualitative and interesting which inculcate them to visit library and read somthg. Promotg the reading habits is the issue among all academic community and we library professionals should come forward to play the lead role. with regards Raj Kumar Bhardwaj Hon'ble Judges Library High Court of Punjab and Haryana Chandigarh > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Promoting reading habits (divya soni) > 2. Fw: Promoting books and reading (Rajan) > 3. TERI Library, New Delhi, requires Information Assistant (N Deepa) > 4. Re: promoting reading habit - organising journal clubs (T. Shahab) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: 23 Apr 2008 10:55:51 -0000 > From: "divya soni" <divya100ni(a)rediffmail.com> > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Promoting reading habits > To: "Parinita Samant" <parinitas(a)hexaware.com> > Cc: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, binu david <binudavid(a)indiainfo.com > > > Message-ID: <20080423105551.29860.qmail(a)f4mail-234-231.rediffmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear All, > Its really a crucial part of librarianship, we should discussed and search > out some important and special ideas for improving the reading habits. I > have a suggestion regarding this > !. We should maintain a user profile(Specially for faculty, researchers > and special users, where we mapping their interest areas. after this as any > material come to our library we can inform the concern user through a mail, > by this they will feel special attention towards them and they'll come to > read to the library. > I think this idea will work, what all you thinks. > > > Regards > Divya Soni > Assistant Librarian > Development Alternatives > New Delhi-17? > > > > > -- > http://raajchd.googlepages.com/home > > " There is a difference between an objective and actions. Unless you > understand your objective, you will be wasting your time in actions. Know > your objective first " – > > Swami Vivekananda -- 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] Promoting reading habits
by divya soni 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Dear All, Its really a crucial part of librarianship, we should discussed and search out some important and special ideas for improving the reading habits. I have a suggestion regarding this !. We should maintain a user profile(Specially for faculty, researchers and special users, where we mapping their interest areas. after this as any material come to our library we can inform the concern user through a mail, by this they will feel special attention towards them and they'll come to read to the library. I think this idea will work, what all you thinks. Regards Divya Soni Assistant Librarian Development Alternatives New Delhi-17 On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 Parinita Samant wrote : >Dear All, > >This could be a very interesting point for discussion, as promoting >reading habits will always be an important topic for all librarians. > >Could we professionals work together on this forum and try to list out >all possibilities for increased readership in libraries? > >Thanks & Regards > >Parinita Samant >Hexaware Technologies Ltd >Mahape, Navi Mumbai 400710 > >67919595 - Xt- 9707 >"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is >all" -Oscar Wilde >-----Original Message----- > From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >[mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of binu david >Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 3:13 PM >To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Promoting reading habits > >Dear Friends > >I am a Librarian with a self financing engineering college(only >BTech/BE) in Kerala. Our library subscribes to around 80 print >periodicals in the area of engineering and allied subjects. To >promote reading habits of periodicals among students and faculty >we have taken initiate like user education, current awareness etc. >But the response to these initiatives are meagre. Yearly we are >spending around 2 lakh on periodicals. So i need some valuable >suggestions from my colleague's in promoting reading habits of our >periodicals in optimum. > >Hope soon I will receive a lot of suggestion from you people. > >Thanking you > >Sincerely > >Binu David >Librarian >N J College of Engineering >Pothandi >Palghat > > >-- >______________________________________________ >IndiaInfo Mail - the free e-mail service with a difference! >www.indiainfo.com >Check out our value-added Premium features, such as an extra 20MB for >mail storage, POP3, e-mail forwarding, and ads-free mailboxes! > >-- >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 e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the >use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, >distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same alongwith >all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com . >*************************************************************************************************************************** > > > >*************************************************************************************************************************** >This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the >use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, >distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same alongwith >all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com . >*************************************************************************************************************************** > > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. > > >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum 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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CrossCheck from CrossRef- Antiplagiarism Software on Their Authors
by Shalini Urs 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Here is a very interesting and potentially useful tool for strengthening scholarship. CrossRef, a publishing industry association, and the software company iParadigms announced a deal this week to create CrossCheck, an antiplagiarism program for academic journals. For details see the Chronicle of Higher Education story at <http://chronicle.com/free/2008/04/2546n.htm> http://chronicle.com/free/2008/04/2546n.htm. One of the obstacles that I have come across - in ETD movement in India is the issue of plagiarism. Such software solutions should help us combat this obstacle to ETD /Open Access movements. 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 - new age school for the knowledge economy 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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TERI Library, New Delhi, requires Information Assistant
by N Deepa 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

TERI Library, New Delhi, requires Information Assistant Key Responsibility Areas: Circulation, Shelving, Binding, System generated daily reminders, Reference service Desired Skills: Excellent communication skills in written and oral, Knowledge of library software and experience in computerization / Digitization of library; should be a proactive service provider & a good team player. Required Qualification: Diploma or Degree in library science with minimum two/three years experience in similar field. Male candidates are encouraged to apply. Those with required background and qualifications may email their resume with a 1000 word essay explaining why you think you are suitable for this position. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Last Date: April 30, 2008 Email: infodesk(a)teri.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Promoting books and reading
by Rajan 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

Dear All, As Mr Singh rightly pointed out, the problem lies certainly somewhere else. If good books are there in libraries, users will certainly visit and use the library even without much promotion. The best seller book The Google Story - a must read for librarians- will tell you that a useful product - like Google - needed no advertisement at all. This lesson is applicable to libraries too.Good library collection will get readers, if other enabling factors are there at work. So the need is to create an enabling factor. Developing a useful collection is not an easy task. It requires a lot of work, in finding out, choosing the right one, assigning priority in purchase and all that. It lead us again to the discussion on librarians role in building book collection, which we had discussed a bit as per Dr Saheb's query.Unless we become good designers of libraries in many aspects including book collection, we cannot make it useful. This topic requires further discussion, it seems. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India Email rajankila(a)gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Message: Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:05:17 +0530 From: "Sukhdev Singh" <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Promoting reading habits To: "Parinita Samant" <parinitas(a)hexaware.com> Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, binu david <binudavid(a)indiainfo.com> Message-ID: <c13c85220804230135q40b3ec1do358e05bf64eb3413(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 But aren't we trying to reinvent the Wheel? Let us go back to our science. Read and Understand the Second Law: Better Buy a Copy and keep it on your table. I don't have to tell you the title. http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/1220/ Also remember the Second Law comes Before Third Law. The problem lies somewhere else. Poor students!! Always at receiving end!!. One question? Who told them to read SMSes? Second Question? Who told them to Google? Answer = IF SOMETHING IS USEFUL, IT WILL BE USED!! So if the Library collection is useful, it will be used. Put your useful books in Seven Locks, people will still ask for it. Don't you observe it daily in your library? Sorry, the problem lies somewhere else. Do you still want to know the problem? --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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CFP - ICADL 2008 Bali, Indonesia, Dec 2-5,2008
by Shalini Urs 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

************************************************************************ **** We apologize if you received multiple copies of this Call for Papers. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested. ************************************************************************ **** Call for Papers The 11th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2008) http://icadl2008.org/ Bali, Indonesia December 2-5, 2008 The conference proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the series of LNCS. See the LNCS Authors Instructions page (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) Online Submission: http://icadl08.cs.waikato.ac.nz/openconf/openconf.php The annual International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL) series is a significant forum for digital libraries research, providing an opportunity for researchers, educators, and practitioners to share their experiences. The International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL), initiated in 1998 and rotated among Asian-Pacific countries, has become one of the premiere meetings in digital library. Since its humble beginning in Hong Kong (ICADL 1998), the meeting has been held in Taipei, Taiwan (ICADL 1999); Seoul, Korea (ICADL 2000); Bangalore, India (ICADL 2001); Singapore (ICADL 2002); Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (ICADL 2003); Shanghai, China (ICADL 2004); Bangkok, Thailand (ICADL 2005); Kyoto, Japan (ICADL 2006); and Hanoi, Vietnam (ICADL 2007). ICADL welcomes submissions from a variety of perspectives-previous conferences in this series have included presentations from computer science, library and information science, knowledge management, and areas in the social sciences and humanities. We particularly welcome submissions associated with the ICADL 2008 theme, Digital Libraries: Universal and Ubiquitous Access to Information. With this theme, the digital libraries community can reflect on its progress towards supporting people in finding and using the information that they need. ICADL 2008 will be held in Bali Island - Indonesia, a world renowned travel destination with exotic nature and exquisite culture. Bali has been in many of Conde Nast Traveller's lists of tourist destinations over the years. It specifically mentions on its website that Bali "offers an extraordinary caliber of luxury accommodation" Submissions may include research, system evaluation, digital library infrastructure and architecture, case studies, social and institutional policy issues, and position papers. Topics include, but are not limited to : Mobile services Digital preservation and archives Interoperability issues Content and knowledge management Information retrieval Information seeking and use Intellectual property Data and information mining Collection development and management User communities Interface and interaction design Security and privacy Multimedia digital libraries Multi-language support Digital libraries in education Document genres and categorization Social media / Web 2.0 Metadata and cataloguing Sustainability in digital libraries Open Source tools and systems Information filtering Grid architectures Important Dates : Submission of Full Papers : 22 June 2008 Notification to Authors : 22 August 2008 Contact: Kalarensi Naibaho, E-mail: info(a)icadl2008.org, (or cnaibaho(a)yahoo.com) Organizing Committee: General Chair : Zainal Hasibuan (University of Indonesia, Indonesia) Vice Chair : Liauw Toong Tjiek/Aditya Nugraha (Petra Christian University, Indonesia) Program Co-Chairs : Sally Jo Cunningham (University of Waikato, New Zealand) Rolly Intan (Petra Christian University, Indonesia) George Buchanan (Swansea University, UK) Edna Reid (Clarion University, USA) Tutorial Chairs : Mohammad Aries (University of Indonesia, Indonesia) Publication Co-Chairs : Rolly Intan (Petra Christian University, Indonesia) Publicity Co-Chairs : Henny Widyaningsih (University of Indonesia, Indonesia) Anita Nusantari (Petra Christian University, Indonesia) Local Arrangement Chair : Kalarensi Naibaho (University of Indonesia, Indonesia) Adi Wibowo (Petra Christian University, Indonesia) ---- Shalini ICADL Steering Committee, Vice-Chair 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 - new age school for the knowledge economy 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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promoting reading habit - organising journal clubs
by Kumaravel C 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

This is response to the optimum use of journals subscribed.This is a problem not unique to any particular college alone.To satisify the norms of the councils like MCI, PCI, AICTE, DCI, INC and various other councils, the libraries are forced to subscribe to journalsinspite of the shrinking budget.Apart from routing of journals to the particular college/depts.,we organize 'Journal Club' where a student from everycollege/department has to present a paper from the latest journal issueon a particular day of a week.Again the initiative has to come from the concerned department headand a faculty will monitor the session.  This method seems to have a double impact wherein the student and the faculty are forced to gothrough the  latest journal articles.Kumaravel.CSr.Librarian,MTIHS,Puducherry. Kumaravel.C -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Promoting reading habits
by Pandurang Shendage 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

Dear David, Mr. Das has suggested very relevant techniques for promoting reading habits of library users. I want add some. 1. We should present information sources by organizing exhibitions, Programs in the library. 2. We can arrange some quiz/contest regarding search of information and put some sort of gifts as convenient. 3. We can identify best users form faculty side and from student side and put some awards for motivation purpose. Best User Award 4. If possible arrange a program of free distribution of some general periodicals for attracting users to library. Periodical back issues, which we are not binding. 5. Arrange all magazines as per user convenience. If possible keep all magazines near the entrance of library. 6.We should communicate with users, try to understand their needs. We should not wait for them. Take the initiative. Get the right article, find the right user and give it on right time. Generally we are trying a lot. Success is depend on how users are taking it only thing is we should think positively and maintain our interest towards providing better services. Thanks, Pandurang Shendage On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 library_vcil wrote : >Dear David, > >I can suggest the followings for increasing the reading habit : >1. You can send the Current Title Service to all the Engg. student if you >the facilities to do so. >2. You can also make some sort of Gist / Synopsis service for interesting >articles. >3. You can also make phone/sms type of service to the respect faculty for >the respective journals >4. You can have a systematic study about the users' need and accordingly >you can suggest them some readings from the journals. >5. I don't know, if you have some sort of recreational / political >Magazines in your collection. If it not there, you may add some >recreational Magazine which will attract the user and ultimately when they >will find some good articles in the Engg. journals, they may have the chance >to read those. It is just like some kind of browsing facilities in a >different way. >6. You can study the students behavioural interest and what type of project >they are going to do, you can find out that type of articles and can inform >to the respective students. > >Regards, >Pradip Das >================================================= >Pradip Das. M. Phil, ADIS/DRTC, B. Sc. (Chem.) >Sr. Librarian / TPM & Training Co-ordinator, >Pidilite Industries Limited, >A/21, MIDC, Mahad, Maharashtra - 402309. India. >Ph. : 02145- 31444(R), 02145 - 232043 to 46 (Off.) Extn. : 226 >Fax. : 01245 - 232048 >Mobile : 09420836138 >E-mail : librarymahad(a)pidilite.co.in >or, pradipbhadreswardas(a)gmail.com >Web : www.pidilite.com >================================================ >----- Original Message ----- > From: "binu david" <binudavid(a)indiainfo.com> >To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 3:12 PM >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Promoting reading habits > > > > Dear Friends > > > > I am a Librarian with a self financing engineering college(only > > BTech/BE) in Kerala. Our library subscribes to around 80 print > > periodicals in the area of engineering and allied subjects. To > > promote reading habits of periodicals among students and faculty > > we have taken initiate like user education, current awareness etc. > > But the response to these initiatives are meagre. Yearly we are > > spending around 2 lakh on periodicals. So i need some valuable > > suggestions from my colleague's in promoting reading habits of our > > periodicals in optimum. > > > > Hope soon I will receive a lot of suggestion from you people. > > > > Thanking you > > > > Sincerely > > > > Binu David > > Librarian > > N J College of Engineering > > Pothandi > > Palghat > > > > > > -- > > ______________________________________________ > > IndiaInfo Mail - the free e-mail service with a difference! >www.indiainfo.com > > Check out our value-added Premium features, such as an extra 20MB for mail >storage, POP3, e-mail forwarding, and ads-free mailboxes! > > > > -- > > 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 Thank You Shendage Pandurang Baburao Assistant Librarian Tolani Maritime Institute Induri, Talegaon Dabhade Pune 410507 Phone - (02114 ) 241870-73 Ext- 3401, 3402 Rec. 5272 Mobile- 9921314358 www.tolani.edu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application for Library Trainee
by Mallikarjun K 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

Dear Moderator, Please post this information in the LIS-Forum. Thank you. Applications are invited from fresh BLIS OR MLIS.degree holders (Male Candidates Only) for Library Trainee (One Post) in the Knowledge Centre for Bangalore Management Academy. The selected candidates will be paid a consolidated stipend of *Rs.5,OOO/-p.m*. They may be required to work in shifts and on Sundays. Candidates should have good communication skills with the knowledge of Computer & Library Software will be given preference. Interested candidates are requested to send your detail bio-data with photographs by email to prakash(a)bmaindia.com. The last date for receiving the application is 30th April, 2008. The short listed candidates will be called for interview, the dates for which will be communicated later over the email. *Mr.Praksah I N* Manager-Knowledge Centre Bangalore Management Academy Thanks&regards, -- *Mallikarjun M Kappi* Asst.Librarian-Knowledge Centre #17, Ashirwad Towers, Doddanekkundi Cross, Mahadevapura Ring Road, Maratahalli Post, Bangalore - 560 037 E-mail: mkmallikarjun(a)gmail.com Mallikarjun(a)bmaindia.com -- 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: Latest Issue
by MacLeod, Roderick A 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '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/irn161/irn161.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 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): ScienceWatch.com Blogorama Selected interesting blogs, RSS feeds and related news items RSS feeds for Professional Society News in Engineering Book Review: Research methods in information, by Alison Jane Pickard 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 Blogging at: http://hwlibrary.wordpress.com/ Heriot-Watt University is a Charity registered in Scotland, SC000278 -- 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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SMS searches on Google via mobile phones
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

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Message from DG of UNESCO on the occasion of World Book and Copyright Day
by Mailing List Admin 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:30:54 +0100 (BST) From: Puna Das <puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in> Message from Mr Ko�chiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of World Book and Copyright Day 23 April 2008 Since 23 April 1996, World Book and Copyright Day has brought together millions of people in more than 100 countries in both the South and North in the solemn celebration of the many functions of the book in the life of human society. It has also invited them to reflect on the place of copyright in connection with books. In 2008, this event offers a new opportunity for political decision-makers, economic agents and those active in civil society to give pride of place, each in their own field, to this unique instrument of culture, education, participation, communication and entertainment � the book. Books contribute to shaping and maintaining the educational, cultural and economic fabric of our societies, and play multiple and fundamental roles in it. These works of the mind protected by copyright, which enrich the intangible heritage of humanity, are also merchandise, a duality that has been highlighted and analysed on many occasions. Books are thus the pivot in a vast chain of incomegenerating activities and professions, and an important component of economic development. The proclamation by the United Nations General Assembly of 2008 as International Year of Languages invites us moreover to reconsider another dimension of books which complements those mentioned above: the linguistic dimension of publishing. Books are in fact a means of expression which live through language and in language. Every book is written, produced, exchanged, used and appreciated in a specific linguistic framework. When selecting their language, authors are also selecting their readers, who should be able to understand what they write. Translation helps to build linguistic bridges leading to new books and new readers. When a language has no access to the world of publishing, it is excluded � together with those who speak it � from a significant part of the intellectual life and economic activity of society. Hence the importance of developing multilingualism through translation. At a time when the proclamation of International Year of Languages has brought the matter of languages and multilingualism to the top of the international agenda, it is more essential than ever to reflect on the future of books as vehicles for expression and linguistic recognition. In this context, it is then a matter of urgency to give languages broader access to publishing, so as to promote the exchange of books and editorial content, and thus �the free flow of ideas by word and image� enshrined in the Constitution of UNESCO. On this thirteenth World Book and Copyright Day, I solemnly call upon all the Member States, partners and friends of UNESCO to join us in reflection and action to ensure that the place of books and reading receives full recognition for the benefit of a world that can claim to be genuinely multilingual, even in practice. Source: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001571/157181e.pdf ; http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=42278&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION… See Also: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=26397&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India

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LIS Research In India- your response is needed to compile the directory
by Manjunath K 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

Dear LIS Professionals, (sorry for cross posting) I am trying to compile comprehensive directory of LIS researches in India awarded by Indian Universities. I have already started extracting data from inflibnet, Vidyanidhi and University news. Though the number of hits is significant, I feel the data is not comprehensive. I request your full cooperation to compile the comprehensive databank of LIS researches in India. I will post the cumulated info on our e-forums for the benefit of our professionals. I am using googledocs to compile a comprehensive directory of LIS research. Please click the following link and respond the query. http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pGIJhUehDUUas09WOeerUfQ&email=t… If you cannot open the link, please copy and paste the link on your web browser. The survey takes just two minutes for you to respond to the queries as it is asking minimum info. Thanks are due to Mr. Sukhdev Singh of NIC suggesting googledocs for conducting spreadsheet supported online survey. I need your cooperation. With regards, Manjunath ------------- Dr. Manjunatha K Librarian T.A. Pai Management Institute Manipal - 576 104 Udupi Dist. Karnataka, India Ph: +91-0820-2573551(0ff); 2575161(Res) email: manjunath(a)mail.tapmi.org; manju_tapmi(a)yahoo.com web: http://www.tapmi.org ------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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India Today (Political Weekly) : Read Free Full Text
by Mukesh Anand 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

Dear Members', U may read free full text of India Today (Political Weekly) in Hindi as well as in English. I am giving the steps for Free Full Text Access of it. 1. Log on to www.indiatoday.com 2. u 'll be swithed to http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/ 3. Go to eMagazine , which is below Archives on the Home Page 4. Click eMagazine a. India Today Hindi http://emagazine.digitaltoday.in/IndiaTodayHindi/23042008/Home.aspx This web Link is of India Today (Hindi), issue dated 23 April, 2008. If u wish to browse other issue for example 16 april, then only u've to make a slight change in the weblink from 23042008 to 16042008.I am making it more clear by giving web link of 16 April,2008 issue http://emagazine.digitaltoday.in/IndiaTodayHindi/16042008/Home.aspx, b. India Today English http://emagazine.digitaltoday.in/IndiaTodayEnglish/28042008/Home.aspx Same as Hindi By this way u may browse ur desired India Today issue, if it is uploaded as eMagazine. U can read free full text of India Today. Facilities available on this weblink i. Contents page, Previous page, Next page ii. Zoom in & Zoom out iii. Single / Double Page View iv. Hand, Print , Share, Clipping, Speech, Download v. Search, Subscribe, RSS vi. This Issue, Previous Issues, Supplements, Other Mgazines vii. First Page, Last Page,Direct Access Page by selecting ur desired page no. in the box viii. Feedback ix. Sphere it, Digg it, Newsvine Enjoy Leasure Reading ! Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Indian Railways Officers' Training College 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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Today’s Job Alerts in LIS
by Badan Barman 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

*Today's Job Alerts in LIS* * * Librarian and Computer Lab Assistant at Bengal School of Technology, Hooghly Last Date of Application: 06/05/2008 URL of Job Posting Site: http://www.bstindia.org Print Access to this Advertisement: The Telegraph, Tuesday 22 April, 2008 p. Jobs 3. Send your application with resume to Sugandha, Near Chinsurah Rly Station, Hooghly-712102. E-Mail: bstpharmay(a)rediffmail.com Phone: 033-2686 6064/2027/4281 Fax: 033-26864281 If you like these posts then you are requested to join at http://lislinks.ning.com/main/authorization/signUp?target=http%3A%2F%2Flisl… for other such information. -- Thanking you Yours faithfully Sri Badan Barman Research Scholar DLISc, Gauhati University ---------------------------------------------------------- Important Resources for LIS Professionals Upcoming Seminars, Conferences, Workshops & Refresher Courses in LIS: http://lisseminar.blogspot.com/ Jobs in LIS: http://lisjob.blogspot.com/ Awards, Prizes, Scholarships or Fellowships in LIS: http://lisscholarship.blogspot.com/ Admission Notice for Courses in LIS: http://liscourse.blogspot.com/ Latest Happenings & Contemporary Issues in LIS: http://lislatest.blogspot.com/ Search all OA LIS Journals: http://lis-journals-swicki.eurekster.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Confidentiality: This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information. Any unauthorized disclosure or use of this information is prohibited. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Kindle, Amazon's e-book reader, is hot, but how does it handle?
by noufal palliparamban 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

Hello: Very good stuff on Kindle, Please see it http://www.sacbee.com/107/story/864829.html regards --------------------------------------------------------------------- Noufal.PP Assistant Librarian XLRI Jamshedpur Mob: 09430766010 --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- Bollywood, fun, friendship, sports and more. You name it, we have it. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Public funding and open access
by Saiful Amin 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

Sorry for cross posting. Thought of sharing this editorial from The Hindu: http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/22/stories/2008042255590800.htm * Public funding and open access * Of what use is research, particularly when it is funded by the government, if the results published in peer-reviewed journals are not freely accessible to the scientific community? Since many journals allow access to published papers only on subscription, researchers, especially those in developing countries, find themselves at a disadvantage. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), the United States' federal agency for conducting and supporting research, has now corrected the anomaly. The Consolidated Appropriations Act passed recently makes it mandatory for researchers funded by the NIH after April 7, 2008, to submit their final peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication to the agency's PubMed Central online repository for free access not later than one year after the official date of publication. The scientific community is bound to greatly benefit as nearly 80,000 publications arise from NIH-funded projects every year. Yet, allowing for an embargo of up to a year is not healthy, particularly in the field of medicine. By making it mandatory to submit the manuscript even before its publication, the new policy has ensured that free access will be possible immediately after the expiry of the embargo date. Its initial move in 2005 to make free access possible failed as investigators were under no compulsion to comply. Though several open access peer-reviewed journals have come into being, they are not the first choice for paper submission since they do not enjoy the same standing as the established journals. Though subscription is a source of revenue for journals, the apprehension that free online access would hurt their bottomline is misplaced; the Act is applicable only to papers arising from NIH-funding. In fact, a number of publishers have already agreed to make published articles available to PubMed Central directly. It is commendable that the NIH did not allow commercial interests of publishers to override the merits of free dissemination of information as an essential requirement for scientific advance. The NIH has resolved the contentious issue of copyrights that was dogging free access. By making the authors responsible for working out a copyrights transfer agreement with the publishers that allows them to comply with the policy, it has ensured greater compliance. And by spelling out clearly that compliance with the policy is a "statutory requirement" and that non-compliance will delay or prevent future grants, the policy has ensured that open access becomes a reality at last. -- Saiful Amin +91 9343826438 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian and SLIA
by Dr. K.P.S.Sengar 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KANPUR Special Recruitment drive for SCs/STs/PHs and OBCs alongwith some vacancies for unreserved category Advertisement No. 1/2008 IIT Kanpur, an Institute of national importance, invites applications from Indian nationals for the following posts : Librarian : 01 post (UR) (Pay Scale : Rs.16400-22400/-) Senior Library Information Assistant : 01 post (OBC-1) (Pay Scale : Rs.5500-9000/-) Fee : DD of Rs. 50/- for the posts 3 to 7 and Rs. 100/- for post no. 1 to 2 only, drawn in favour of "The Registrar, IIT Kanpur" payable at SBI, IIT Kanpur. SC/ST and PH candidates not required to submit the demand draft. For complete details like qualification ancd exeperience, age, general condistions, area of specialisation and mode of applying and Application Form etc. interested candidates may see the IIT Kanpur's website http://www.iitk.ac.in . Prescribed application form can be downloaded from the website and can also be obtained free of cost either in person or by post by sending a self-addressed envelope of 28cm x 12 cm size bearing postage stamp of Rs.10/-. The completed application must reach the IIT on or before 26th May, 2008. _______________________________________ Dr. K.P.S.SENGAR Knowledge Resource Centre http://172.141.122.14/libnet/index.html) INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY (CSIR, Govt. of India) Sector-39 A, Chandigarh-160036 Phone No. 0172-2636680-94(15 Lines) Ext. 3194(Off.) 2178(Resi.) Mobile- 09417397688 (6 PM to 8.45AM) Email- ksengar1(a)yahoo.com --------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for detail information on "Collection development policy of University Libraries of India"
by M. Saikia 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

Dear friends, Do you feel that libraries specially university libraries should have written "collection development policy"? Do you have any policy for collection of documents, government documents, e- resources for your library?If you have written collection development policies, Will you kindly help me by sending a copy of your "Collection Development Policy" to the address mentioned below: Dr. M.Saikia Deputy Librarian Tezpur University Napaam, Tezpur-28 Dist.: Sonitpur(Assam) PIN.784028 E-mail: mukesh(a)tezu.ernet.in Mobile:09435563017 Thanking you. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Creating a Course in Digital Resources and Digital Libraries for Management Teachers
by arun kishore 21 Apr '08

21 Apr '08

Dear friends, We have been entrusted to create course materials for a reputed university's distant education programme. The module titled ' Digital Libraries and Digital Resources ' is actually part of a course for management teachers. So the module shall be created with customer orientation rather than the production orientation. We seek your valuable suggestions to make it meaningful. We thought of creating a blog for structuring and developing the content through open discussions with knowledgeable friends outside. Please follow this link for the tentative structure arrived at. http://teamdc.wordpress.com/project009/module-number-7-digital-libraries-an… Please put your valuable comments on the blog. With warm regards, Arun Kishore. B.L. Librarian ...................................... DC School of Management and Technology One School Avenue Pullikkanam P.O Idukki-685 503 Kerala, South India Tel:00-91-4869-248322/248323 Mobile: 9446224580 Fax:00-91-4812-564758 E-mail: arunkishore(a)dcschool.net __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KALA-Elections
by I.R.N.Goudar 21 Apr '08

21 Apr '08

KARNATAKA STATE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Dear Professionals, As already communicated earlier the General Body meeting along with elections of KALA will be held on 29th April 2008 (Tuesday) at 5.00 pm in Granthangana, City Central Library, RPC Layout. I request active members to come forward to contest for election and also elect suitable office bearers. Last date for self nomination is 24 April 2008. Goudar ============================================================================= Details of Election Process and Posts 1.Office Bearers : President - 1 Post Vice President - 2 Post Secretary - 1 Post Joint Secretary - 1 Post Treasurer - 1 Post 2.Date of Election: 29-04-2008 (Tuesday) 6.00 pm 3.Venue - City Central Library, Granthangana, RPC Layout, Hampinagar (near RPC Layout bus terminus), Bangalor 560040 4.Last date for Nomination - 24-04-2008 (Thursday) 5.Withdrawal of nomination - 29-04-2008 Instructions: 1. Members desiring to contest the election for the above posts of KALA should submit self-nomination on plain paper to the Election Officer. 2. The members contesting for election to the said posts must be present physically at the GB Meeting venue. 3. The decision of the Election Officer is final in all the matters of election process. 4. For any other details contact the Election Officer at following address: Mrs. Seethalakshmi Chinnappa Election Officer, KALA Chrystal Meadows, 3556, Flast 2B Doopanahalli, 3rd Cross HAL II Stage, Bangalore-560038 Mobile: 9845042582 Residence: 25281815 Email:slc@indegene.com slc33in(a)yahoo.co.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Sci F & Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html -- 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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Job Alerts in LIS
by Badan Barman 21 Apr '08

21 Apr '08

*Job Alerts in LIS* * * *Junior Library Attendant at Indian Council of Historical Research, 35, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110001* Applications are invited for the post of Junior Library Attendant at the ICHR North Eastern Regional Centre (NERC), Guwahati, Assam. Number of Posts, Reservation Status: 1 (Unreserved) Last Date of Application: Within 30 days from 19/04/2008. Desire Qualification: Middle Pass. Age Limit: 18-28 Years as on 19/04/2008 Scale: Rs. 2550-55-2660-3200 URL of Job Posting Site: http://www.ichrindia.org Print Access to this Advertisement: Employment News 19-25 April 2008. p. 47. Send application form to the Member Secretary, Indian Council of Historical Research, 35, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110001. * * * * *Junior Library Assistant (Grade-I) at The Indian Law Institute, New Delhi* Number of Posts, Reservation Status: 1 Last Date of Application: 13/5/2008. Scale: Rs. 4000-100-6000 URL of Job Posting Site: http://www.ilidelhi.org Print Access to this Advertisement: Employment News 19-25 April 2008. p. 6. Application form can also be obtained from The Indian Law Institute, Bhagwan Das Road, New Delhi-110001. * * * * *Library Attendants at Acharya Narendra Dev College, New Delhi* Number of Posts, Reservation Status: 1 (General) Last Date of Application: 5th May, 2008. Scale: Rs. 2650-65-3300-70-4000 URL of Job Posting Site: http://www.andcollege.du.ac.in Print Access to this Advertisement: Employment News 19-25 April 2008. p. 5 For the application form please send a self address envelop with stamps worth Rs. 10/- affixed to Acharya Narendra Dev College (University of Delhi), Govindpuri, Kalkaji, New Delhi-110019. * * *Librarian at Sainik School Kodagu, Karnataka* Number of Posts, Reservation Status: 1 Last Date of Application: 30/04/2008. Essential Qualification: a) Graduates in Library Science with proficiency in computer knowledge to handle automated library. b) Proficiency in English both written and spoken is compulsory. c) 3 years experienced as librarians in any reputed institutions. Desire Qualification: a) Master Degree in Library Science. b) Proficiency in written and spoken English and games and sports. Age Limit: 21 to 35 years as on 01/06/2008. Consolidated Pay: Rs. 7500/- (Rent free accommodation, free food will be provided) Print Access to this Advertisement: Employment News 19-25 April 2008. p. 54. Send your application form to Principal, Sainik School Kodagu, P. O. Kudige. Pin: 571232, Karnataka along with a self address stamp envelop (Rs. 22) *Librarian at Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition, Kurukshetra, Faridabad* Number of Posts, Reservation Status: 1 (General) Last Date of Application: 25/4/2008 Essential Qualification: a) Degree in Library Science or graduate with Diploma in Library Science. b) 3 Years working experience. Desire Qualification: a) Certificate course in computer. Age Limit: maximum 40 years as on 25/4/2008. Scale: Rs. 4000-100-6000 URL of Job Posting Site: http://www.fcifbd.com Print Access to this Advertisement: Employment News 19-25 April 2008. p. 62. Application form also can be obtained from Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition, Kurukshetra. C/O: Food Craft Institute, Badkhal Lake Chowk, Faridabad-121001 If you like these posts then you are requested to join at http://lislinks.ning.com/main/authorization/signIn?target=http%3A%2F%2Flisl… other such information. -- Thanking you Yours faithfully Sri Badan Barman Research Scholar DLISc, Gauhati University ---------------------------------------------------------- Important Resources for LIS Professionals Upcoming Seminars, Conferences, Workshops & Refresher Courses in LIS: http://lisseminar.blogspot.com/ Jobs in LIS: http://lisjob.blogspot.com/ Awards, Prizes, Scholarships or Fellowships in LIS: http://lisscholarship.blogspot.com/ Admission Notice for Courses in LIS: http://liscourse.blogspot.com/ Latest Happenings & Contemporary Issues in LIS: http://lislatest.blogspot.com/ Search all OA LIS Journals: http://lis-journals-swicki.eurekster.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Confidentiality: This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information. Any unauthorized disclosure or use of this information is prohibited. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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WORKSHOP ON DSpace
by Mailing List Admin 21 Apr '08

21 Apr '08

Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:17:20 +0100 (BST) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> Helo dear friends , the dept of Library and information science in collaboration with Academy of Library Science and Documentation, Hyderabad is organising a three day work shop on Dspace from 9-11 May 2008. the emphasis of this workshop is to provide hands on expereince to the participants. Only 25 seats are available and the admission is first come first serve. Prof Laxman rao ======================================================== Workshop on DSpace May 9 - 11, 2008 Organized by Department of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad in collaboration with Academy of Library Science & Documentation (ALSD)

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Rs 10,000 crore for Mother of all Digital Libraries
by Shaheen, Farooque 21 Apr '08

21 Apr '08

A mega project, called 'National Mission for Education through Information and Communication Technology,' to create a national knowledge resource hub will be launched. It can be accessed from any part of the country through Internet. The information will act as supplementary education on any subject and genre of education. The Union Ministry of Human Resource and Development has selected all the seven IITs, Jadavpur University, IGNOU, the Indian Institute of Science of Bangalore and the IT arm of Benaras Hindu University, ITBHU to create the new-age mega digital resource centre for students, teachers and other learners. The Planning Commission has already allocated Rs 10,000 crore for this ambitious project in the 11th Five year plan. The project proposal has been passed in the Cabinet in the current session. It has also got the go-ahead from National Development Council and Planning Commission. For more detail visit the URL given below. http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article&sectid=3&contenti… Thanks & Regards Farooque Shaheen Keane India Pvt Ltd. Bangalore-560004 +91-80-26678388 Ext 4105 (Tel) -- 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] ebrary Honors National Library Week, Offers Complimentary Access to Library Science E-books
by Mailing List Admin 21 Apr '08

21 Apr '08

Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:39:23 +0530 From: Dayanand Kamble <kamblelibrarian(a)gmail.com> Hi Mr. Sandeep Bhavsar has given such a informative link and all library professionals, faculties and students of library science must go through the said link with reference to ebrary Honors National Library Week, Offers Complimentary Access to Library Science E-books for one year thanks for such a good info. Mr. Dayanand Kamble Librarian Indira School of Business Studies Wakad, Pune - 33 Mb. 9822337422 E-mail: kamblelibrarian(a)gmail.com On 4/17/08, Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > > Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:47:55 -0700 (PDT) > From: sandeep bhavsar <sandeep31581(a)yahoo.co.uk> > > ebrary Honors National Library Week, Offers Complimentary Access to > Library Science E-books for one year > > To receive complimentary access, students, faculty, and librarians > may register at > http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=iLchAc260S528_2botn4tcig_3d_3d. > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Workshop at University of Mysore
by Divakar Babu 21 Apr '08

21 Apr '08

Dear Professionals, University of Mysore is going to conduct TWO DAY WORKSHOP ON LAMP / WAMP, during 28-29 April 2008. Venue: Department of Library and Information Science & University Computer Centre Manasagangotri, Mysore - 570 006 About the Workshop In the world of information science, with the advent of IT in the education sector ,it is the need of the hour to know the information technologies. So in this context we propose to introduce in the library professionals the new technologies with open source environment. These new echnologies we refer to as LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) / WAMP ( Windows, Apache, MySQL and PHP). In this workshop hands on experience with adequate theory on all the above components of web technologies will be dealt with. Resource persons: Experts from the University Computer Centre will handle both theory and practical classes. Participants: Library and Information professionals. Information Managers, Information Scientists, teachers of Library and Information Science can participate in the work shop. . Registration Fee : A registration fee of Rs. 2000/- (two thousand only). This includes, course material, working lunch and tea. Accomodatation: Accomodation at a nominal cost could be arranged for a limited number of participants on first come first serve basis at the University Guest House. Coordinator: Dr Khaiser Nikam Chairperson, Dept. of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore - 570 006. Phone: 0821-2419399, 2419389, 2415202, Mobile: 9845328672 email: khaiser.nikam(a)gmail.com Participants can register by sending filled in registration form and DD in favour of the Chairperson, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore - 570 006 Two Day Workshop on LAMP / WAMP 1. Name:________________________ 2. Designation:____________________ 3. Institution: _____________________ 4. Address: ______________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ 5. Phone: ________________________ 6. Email: __________________________ 7. Accomodation Required: 8. Registration Fee: Rs. 2000/- 9. D.D. No._________, Date: / /2008 P l a c e : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10. Date: Signature For more Details please go to this url http://www.uni-mysore.ac.in/unity/news/view?id=68 -- Regards: Divakar H.S. IKM Trainee NCSI,IISc Campus Bangalore-560012. E-mail ID: divakar(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in hsdivakarbabu(a)gmail.com Mobile No: 9986719212 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Using Google Docs for Conducting Research and Surveys Online - Easy and Simple
by Sukhdev Singh 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

Dear friends, If you are doing some research or survey, you know how difficult and time consuming it is to prepare questionnaire, mail it and tabulate the responses. However, today a number of online survey tools and services are available, like the SurveyMonkey. Unfortunately, there are restrictions for free versions of such online survey tools. If you don't like restrictions, move on to Google Docs. It is an Online Office suite from Google - http://docs.google.com - still, it can prove to be a handy tool for conducting research or survey online. Thanks to some new features added to it. These features enable Questionnaire / Survey Forms creation and emailing them directly. The beauty of Google Docs is that there is always a background spreadsheet linked for each such form. The responses to the questions are automatically added to spreadsheet in Google Docs. With Google Docs, you can create your Online Survey / Research Forms. Send these through Email or simply send the unique URL of the online survey form. Survey participants do not require any Sign-in for filling online survey forms. Their responses can be filled out directly from email client. As already told, responses are automatically added to a Linked Spreadsheet. This spreadsheet can be used to further analyse the responses. It is easy, simple and fun with Google Docs. For creating a Survey Form, visit Google Docs. Use your Gmail User ID and Password to login. If you do not have an Account with Google, better create it now. Once logged in, select a new spreadsheet. Make it sharable by clicking on "Share" tab. It will prompt to enter the title for the spreadsheet and save it. After that, from available options, select "to fill out a form". Next step is to create a Survey Form. It is very simple and intuitive. Once the form is complete, you can preview it and send it by emailing it to large number of participants. The Google Docs responds back with a confirmatory email. As the participants start filling up the form, data is captured in a linked spreadsheet at back. I have created a small presentation for explaining it. The same is available at http://www.slideshare.net/sukhi along with other presentations. You can also follow the following direct link - http://snipr.com/252r6 - to view this presentation. Thanks, --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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Need Information
by JK 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

Dear All, We have developed a global search software of e-resources/e- contents. We have observed many problems on the user's side such as when the URL of a particular e-resource gets changed (usually from the publishers side) then users are not able to access and view the e-resources. To prevent this problem, somebody has advised us to create our own link server. Therefore, could anybody help me as to how we can create our own Open URL.. Your earliest reply will be appreciated. *Regards* *Jaya Kalra* *Senior Consultant - LIS Group* *Total IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd.* *412-C, Suneja Tower - I,* *District Centre, Janak Puri* *New Delhi - 110058* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NACLIN 2008 : Call for Papers & Participation
by Sangeeta Kaul 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

Dear Professional Colleagues I am glad to inform you that Elevanth National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2008) will be held from November 4-7, 2008 at Karunya University, Coimbatore, India. The theme of this year's Convention is "Digital Futures : Strategies for Developing World Class Libraries" The sub-themes for the Convention and the other details are available in NACLIN 2008 brochure which is available online at www.naclin.org (Please write to us if you wish to get a print copy of the brochure) We look forward to receiving your paper for the convention and to meet you at NACLIN 2008. With kind regards Yours sincerely Sangeeta Kaul _______________________________________________________________________________ Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network JNU Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 Tel: 91-11-32471010, 32471002, 32471011, 9810329992 (M) 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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Wikipedia's list of projects related to digital libraries.
by sri priya 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

This is a list of projects related to digital libraries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_digital_library_projects Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Requre an article from Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
by Aloor Thomas Francis 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

Dear professionals, One of our scientists is urgently need a copy of the following article: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry: "Vanillin and related flavor compounds in vanilla extracts made from beans of various global origins. Arvind S. Ranadive. pp 1922 - 1924; DOI: 10.1021/jf00022a039 We will be highly obliged if you could arrange to send a copy of the article by e-mail. Yours fiathfully, A..T. Francis Librarian College of Horticulture Thrissur, Kerala. 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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Digital Archive service by OCLC
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

Dear Friends, OCLC is now providing a Digital Archive service for long-term storage of originals and master files from libraries' digital collections. The Digital Archive service is simplified to fit with a variety of digital library workflows and to keep the costs of safely storing these important files within the budget of a library's digital program. The service will provide automated monitoring and reports on stored digital collections. Source: http://www.librarytechnology.org/diglib-fulldisplay.<http://www.librarytechnology.org/diglib-fulldisplay> Thanking You, Dinesh K. S. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NewGenLib demo now on a public IP
by L J Haravu 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

Dear Forum professionals I am happy to let you know that it is now possible for anyone to use open source NewGenLib via the server-side installation on one of our public IP machines. Please follow the steps given below. With this, you can use all the functionality as though the software is installed for you. However, the data added will be stored only temporarily and may be deleted. Please note that although this is a full fledged application, it is only to demonstrate to professionals and to help then get a first hand feel of the software. 1. Install J2RE1.4.2 on one or more client machines from the Sun Microsystems web site. This is the run time version of Java and needs to be installed on all clients that plan to access NewGenLib functionality. 2. Once you have successfully installed J2RE1.4.2 on your client machine, open your Internet browser and enter the URL, http://121.246.154.208:8080/newgenlibctxt/LaunchApplication 3. You will soon see a JAVA Starting window and the very first time that you launch the NewGenLib client, it will download the application from our server to your machine. This may take time and depends on the bandwidth you have. From the second and subsequent times, the applet is loaded from your client unless there has been an update of the server side software. 4. You will soon see a dialog where you need to enter the IP address of the server. This is 121.246.154.208. The port by default shown is 8080. You need not change this. Click OK in this dialog. 5. Next you will see the Login screen of NewGenLib. Enter xyz as the User_id and abc as the password. This user does not have all the System Administrator permissions. 6. Soon you will see the main menu of the NewGenLib applet with the functional modules on top. Click any of the main menu options to see the different functions possible within the module 7. To see the OPAC of the installation, open your Internet browser and enter 8. http://121.246.154.208:8080/newgenlibctxt and you will soon see the opening page of the OPAC with search and other options I would be happy to answer any questions but better still would be for professionals to go the discussion forum on Sourceforge.net, http://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=210780 and create an account and post your problems, suggestions. Best regards. Haravu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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job opportunities at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)
by Thapar, Amit 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Aligarh (UP) Advertisement No. 2/ 2008 Applications on the prescribed form are invited for the following posts by 26/05/2008. 1. University Librarian, Maulana Azad Library : 01 post, Pay Scale : Rs.16400-22400/- 2. Lecturer in Library Science, Dept of Library & Information Science : 01 post 3. Deputy Librarians, Maulana Azad Library : 02 posts 4. Assistant Librarians, Maulana Azad Library : 08 posts How to Apply : Apply in the prescribed format. Persons downloading the Form from the Net are required to send a Cash receipt issued by the Cash Section, Finance Office, AMU, Aligarh or Demand draft of Rs. 150/- payable to Finance Officer, AMU, Aligarh at State Bank of India, AMU Branch, Aligarh (code 5555) along with the duly filled employment form complete in all respect. Complete application form procured in the above manner may either be delivered personally at the Reception Counter of Administrative Block or sent by post, super scribing on the top left of the cover the post applied for, advertisement number and date, to the Deputy Registrar, (Selection Committee), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh-202002, so as to reach him by 26/05/2008. Kindly visit http://www.amuregistrar.com/11april08.html for complete details of the vacancies and application form is available at http://www.amuregistrar.com/Form.doc Best of Luck !! Amit Thapar Library & Information Centre National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) (Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Govt. of India) Sector 67, S.A.S. Nagar-160062, Punjab (INDIA) "To make yourself exceptional is the biggest achievement of your life." -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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job opportunity
by Thapar, Amit 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) Manora Peak, Nainital-263129 Applications are invited through direct recruitment from eligible candidates for the post in the prescribed format: Scientific Assistant 'B' - Library : 02 posts, Pay scale: Rs. 4500-125-7000, Qualification : First Class Bachelors degree in Science with Bachelor Degree in Library Science/ Information Science/ Documentation or its equivalent degree from recognised university., Desirable : Knowledge of Computer Applications. General Conditions: 1.. The application should be on the format provided on Website http://aries.ernet.in/ of the institute with relevant details and affixing one self attested recent colored passport size photograph. 2.. The Maximum age limit is 45 for sl. no. 2 and 40 years for others as on 30/04/2008. The age limit is relaxable as per Govt. of India rules for SC/ST/OBC and PH (except Blindness or Low Vision Category.) on production of relevant certificates. 3.. Advance increment can be considered for meritorious candidates. 4.. Reservation is applicable as per the guidelines of the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India norms. 5.. Applications will be accepted upto 5:00 PM of 15 May, 2008 6.. The envelope containing the application must be superscribed in Bold letters "Application for the post of Engineer 'B'-Computer" 7.. The Institute will not be respnsible for any postal delays. No correspondence in th matter will be entertained in this office. 8.. Mere fulfilling of prescribed qualification and experience will not vest any right in candidates to be called for test/interview. The Director reserver the right to reject any or all applications without assigning any reason. 9.. Self attested Photostat Copies of the documents of all the supporting facts must be attached. 10.. All the applications should be sent to The Director, Aryabhatta research Institute of Observational Sciences, (ARIES), Manora Park, Nainital - 263 129 (Uttrakhand). 11.. The candidates will be called for test/interview after screening. 12.. The selected candidate can be posted at ARIES, Manora Park or Devasthal 13.. Application should be forwarded through proper channel or NOC should be produced at the time of Interview. Vigilance clearance as per the follwing format should be attached with the applications. " Certified that there is no vigilance / disciplinary case pending / contemplated against Shri Smt Kr. ______________________ of this organisation" Best of luck !! Amit Thapar Library & Information Centre National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) (Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Govt. of India) Sector 67, S.A.S. Nagar-160062, Punjab (INDIA) "To make yourself exceptional is the biggest achievement of your life." -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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job opportunity in PGIMER, Chandigarh
by Thapar, Amit 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

PGIMER, Chandigarh Advt.No.4/2008 (Estt.I) Applications on prescribed form are invited from the citizens of India for the following Group 'B' post on regular basis : 1.. Senior Library and Information Assistant : 01 post (UR), Pay Scale : 5500-9000/- Application form : The application forms and other information viz. qualification, experience, age limit can be obtained from the Recruitment Cell either personally or on written request accompanied by a self addressed stamped (Rs.10/-) envelope (27 cm x 12 cm) along with DD of Rs.525/0 (Rs.275/- for SC/ST candidates) in favour of the Director PGIMER, Chandigarh payable at State Bank of India, Sector 12, Chandigarh (Code No.1524) The same information and application form can also be downloaded from PGIMER web site at http://pgimer.nic.in/oppor.htm . A DD of Rs.500/- (Rs.250/- for SC/ST candidates) should be attached with application downloaded from the web site. Last date for receipt of application is 19/05/2008 Best of luck !! Amit Thapar Library & Information Centre National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) (Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Govt. of India) Sector 67, S.A.S. Nagar-160062, Punjab (INDIA) "To make yourself exceptional is the biggest achievement of your life." -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Motivation Survey
by esukhdev＠gmail.com 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

Friends, I am experimenting on Using Google Docs for Creating and Conducting Surveys. For this I am conducting a real survey on "What attracts / motivates people to join Library and Information (LIS) Field". Is it a sheer chance, accident, job availability or philosophy? I am not collecting your personal information. So your privacy is protected and would be protected during analysis and in results too. Remember, THIS IS A REAL SURVEY, Please fill in your responses. Your few minutes can make a difference!!! Thank you, Sukhdev Singh, NIC If you cannot view this form properly, you can fill it out here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p4GBbR26ZPytvtls2v-qhBw&email=t… Your Age Group In years Under 25 Between 25 - 30 Between 31 - 35 Between 36 - 40 Between 41 - 45 Between 46 - 50 Between 51- 55 Between 56 - 60 Above 60 Your Occupation Please give your nearest present occupation Student - BLIS Student - MLIS Research Only Research, but Employed Employed in LIS Domain Employed in non-LIS Domain Employed but LIS Student of Distant / Correspondce Course Employed but non-LIS Student of Distant / Correspondce Course Retired Why you choose LIS Profession? Tick most nearest option Jobs are / were easily available in LIS Just joined it without caring what it is all about Wanted to spend some more time at university I loved the philosphy of the profession I had to do something, What is your problem? Nothing better was available to me I was employed in another field, studied LIS during job and now I am well off. Any comments? powered by Google Docs Terms of Service - Additional Terms -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarians of Private Academic Institution
by Balesh Kumar 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

Dear Sir, As you need the information regarding the status of Librarians of Private Academic institutions. I would like to say the following: Now there are instititution who are paying at par with the Govt. Institutions. they are following the AICTE/UGC norms now to a great extent. I am working in a private engg. college in Haryana and availing all the benefits that are available in a govt. institute in terms of money. Now pension scheme is not available even in govt. employees who are being employed in recent few years. other future provisions are being given to us like EPF, grauty, medical insourance etc. As for security is concerned it is totally dependent on your performance, capabilities and abilities. There can not be secuurity like the govt. institutions. The private institutions who are in sound financial position may impliment the sixth pay commission with immidiate effect or may take some time but not much more or may not pay with the back effect. Thanking you, Balesh Kumar Balesh Kumar Librarian Haryana College of Technology & Management Ambala Road, Kaithal-136 027 (Haryana) Ph.: (O) 01746-280100, 280102, Fax: 280711 (M) 09416073008 --------------------------------- Did you know? You can CHAT without downloading messenger. Click here -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lack of operational freedom in libraries
by gayathri sen 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

Dear friends, I completely agree with the opinion of all three that is, Dr.Sahib, Shri.Rajashekaran and Shri. Koteshwara Rao 1. Collection development of a particular library has to take place by the participation of all stake holders concerned. ie., faculty, students and librarian. 2. An innovative and dynamic librarian with working experience in a big library is definately capable of making good selections. He can choose quality publishers and select only in areas of study at the institution keeping in mind institutional goals and aspirations provoided required freedom is given. 3. to add one copy of each book in relevant subject areas should not be withheld from the responsibilities of librarian. At least that much freedom he should be given. Reason for poor collections of books in many institutions is, librarian does not have the authority to add, teachers do not have the time or interest. It is the student who suffers to the maximum extent. Institution never progresses academically because of poor collection. Information when wanted is not available. 4. 50% of the budgeted amount can be utilised for faculty selection, 25% for student request and 25% for librarian's choice 5.The % can also change depending on institutions policy. 6. NBA, NAAC, AICTE, UGC etc from top level and the Library associations together has to ensure that proper freedom and working environments has to be provoded for librarians to acheive and proove themselves. 7. I have noticed that in most cases, it is due to lack of freedom and support that librarians cannot achieve. It may be automation, good collection development etc. etc. 8. I have also noticed many new comers to the profession, especially those who qualify through correspondence, do not have an idea of how a library should run. 9. Institutions, especially private managements want to hire people giving the least possible salaries. naturally, the quality of work force is equally bad. This creates a very bad impression about all librarians. 10. Not many from science background are taking up this profession and as my esteem collegue pointed out they just to not have idea about science or engineering subjects, either for book selection or classification. Who will bell the cat is the question?(or how to solve this problem) Regards, Gayathri Sen PESIT __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] POD in libraries
by Suvarsha Walters 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

I am sorry, I didn't see the origin of this email thread. My response was mainly to the following and hence I've been referring to digitization rather than Print-On-Demand (POD). > > > When some (rare) resources are uploaded so that everyone can have it for free, is it not defeating the purpose if someone tries to earn profit from it? While I am aware of the POD concept, I was not sure how libraries could be involved because of cost issues. But this document does speak of the possibilities: http://www.library.cornell.edu/communications/2006/newsarchive/ALA06%20_Pre… Thanks, Suvarsha --- On Thu, 4/17/08, Leonard Fernandes <leonardfernandes(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Leonard Fernandes <leonardfernandes(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Digitization of rare materials - Interactive Relighting > To: suvarsha_w(a)yahoo.com > Date: Thursday, April 17, 2008, 10:07 AM > Just to recap... > > UNESCO had archived the contents of the library of > Xavier's at Kolkota and, being a POD publisher, I > mentioned of an offer I made to the Goa Central Library to > print one copy of their digitized collection so that the > physical copy could circulated among researchers and > students. > > I guess the question being asked is if it is ethical for me > to make money while providing a service that will, in turn, > be provided for free i.e. the books produced will be > provided to researchers for free > > There is no such thing as free lunch. Someone's got to > pay. If I provide the printing service for free, it is > probably the last time I provide such a service because I > will not be able to live on love and fresh air for very > long. Because I charge, I can sustain myself for another > day so that I am able to provide the same service to > another library or institution. > > We pay for water too. By the same argument, what right does > the government have to charge for a natural resource that > is, so to speak, freely available. But because the > government earns from it, it is able to lay pipelines, > afford to have a maintenance crew, etc.. So there is > justification in charging for the water, isn't there? > > Technology on its own is both neutral and without merit. > Only when it is used for a specific purpose does it assume > significance of any kind. I think POD is a technology worth > experimenting with instead of merely rubbishing. > > Regards, > > Leonard Fernandes > ============================== > Cell: +91-98503 98530 > Skype: leonardjensan > http://books.dogearsetc.com (our online book store) > http://cinnamonteal.dogearsetc.com (our print-on-demand > service) > http://thepost.dogearsetc.com (our weekly newsletter) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- 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] vacancy of Librarian at TAPMICEE, Bangalore- Urgent requirement
by Pandurang Shendage 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

Dear Sir, If there is condition of 3/4 years experience and your not giving scale to Library professionals. What is this? Why you are not giving scale? Your expectations are quite strong as per your convenience. This is insult of Skilled Professionals. I want to explain whichever person will join for this job. He will suffer a lot. We can see his expenditure - Home rent, electricity bill, Grocery bill, Future fund, Children Education, Parent Care, Etc. Can he manage all with 12000 to 13000 maximum? Now there is time to think Over it. I don't want to blame any body or any organization. So I request all LIS professionals that we should do thing. Thanks Pandurang Shendage On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 Manjunath K wrote : >T.A. Pai Management Institute Centre for Executive Education, >Koramangala, Bangalore > > > >Respected LIS professionals, > > > >We need a Library Professional for the post of LIBRARIAN in our T.A. Pai >Management Institute Centre for Executive Education, Koramangala, >Bangalore (TAPMICEE, Bangalore)). As it is an urgent requirement, please >help us to locate a candidate for this post. He will be directly >reporting to Prof. Ramesh-who is In-charge of the centre. > > > >Our expectations and offers: > > > >1. the candidate should be a postgraduate in library & information >science (MLIS) >2. 3-4 years of experience + desirable -computer skills >3. the salary would be around Rs. 12000 to Rs. 13000/month and it >can be negotiable subject to the suitability of the candidate >4. on selection he should be in a position to join immediately/at >short notice >5. the designation will be Librarian >6. Location of work: TAPMI-CEE, Koramangala, Bangalore > > > >Interested candidates can contact Prof. N. Ramesh, at CEE immediately >with his/her bio-data. > >Prof. N. Ramesh TAPMI-CEE, Mahayogi Vemana Road, 100 Ft. Road, IV block, >Koramangala, Bangalore. - 560 038 > >Prof. Ramesh can be contacted through ph: (080) 41501900/902, mobile- >98441 35841 > >The CV can be emailed to Prof. Ramesh or Mr. Johnson. > > > >Email: Prof. ramesh: nramesh(a)tapmi-blr.org > >Mr. Johnson: johnsonp(a)tapmi-blr.org > > > > Regards, > > > >Manjunath > >------------- > >Dr. Manjunatha K > >Librarian > >T.A. Pai Management Institute > >Manipal - 576 104 > >Udupi Dist. Karnataka, India > >Ph: +91-0820-2573551(0ff); 2575161(Res) > >email: manjunath(a)mail.tapmi.org; manju_tapmi(a)yahoo.com > >web: http://www.tapmi.org > > ------------- > > > > >-- >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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Request from USA
by vimal kumar 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

Dear Friend, My friend from a US library requests a help from me. Following is his request, anybody can help him. I wanted to ask for a little help: lately I've been cataloging a number of works in Hindi (mostly videos) and Panjabi (books, music and videos). Usually the Panjabi books have a Romanized title on the verso that we can use for our English-language cataloging records, but these are usually phonetic and seldom transliterated into English. It occurred to me that, with the 22 languages in official use throughout India, perhaps there might be a multi-lingual glossary of common words used in library work, general terms such as 'fiction', 'poetry', 'biography' etc. We use a list of this kind in Spanish here, because it is virtually the second language in California. Have you ever come across a resource like this in library school? I'm mainly interested in this kind of terminology in Hindi and Panjabi, but if there is a master library glossary or 'cheat-sheet' for other Indian languages, I think my boss would be happy to get a hold of one! Vimal Kumar Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 http://www.asb.edu.in/vimal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ebrary Honors National Library Week, Offers Complimentary Access to Library Science E-books
by Mailing List Admin 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:47:55 -0700 (PDT) From: sandeep bhavsar <sandeep31581(a)yahoo.co.uk> ebrary Honors National Library Week, Offers Complimentary Access to Library Science E-books for one year In support of National Library Week, April 13 to 19, 2008, ebrary(R), a leading provider of e-content services and technology, today announced that it will provide librarians as well as students and faculty in library science and related programs with complimentary access to its Library Center for one year. Subsidized by ebrary, the Library Center includes more than 85 full-text e-books covering topics such as digital library development, general collection development, and the history of libraries and librarianship, as well as illustrated guides from the Library of Congress. Contributing publishers include Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Idea Group, Inc., Greenwood Publishing Group, Library of Congress, and MIT Press. To receive complimentary access, students, faculty, and librarians may register at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=iLchAc260S528_2botn4tcig_3d_3d. 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

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a Chief Librarian for our Central Library at MVJ College
by Mailing List Admin 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:56:35 +0530 (IST) From: m.j.bala chandar <mj_balachandar(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Professionals, we are in need of a Chief Librarian for our Central Library at MVJ College of Engineering, near Whitefield, Bangalore. The requirement is urgent since we are in expansion mode. Apart from a first class in MLIS, the person should possess atleast 10 years experience with P.hd. Salaries will be as per AICTE Scale in Professor's cadre + state government's allowances. Please help us identify an experienced and suitable person. Regards Balachandar

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Probationer Trainee - Library-1, Requirement at RAJASTHAN STATE MINES & MINERAL LIMITED (RSMM)
by Thapar, Amit 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

RAJASTHAN STATE MINES & MINERAL LIMITED (RSMM) (A Government of Rajathan Enterprise) 4, Meera Marg, Udaipur - 313001 RSMML intends to appoint qualified personnel in executive's cadre as General Manager/ Dy. General Manager & Trainee Probationer in the following disciplines 1.. General Manager (Mining) : 02 posts, Pay Scale : Rs.14300-18300/-, Age : 50 years as on 31/3/08 2.. Dy. General Manager (Mining) : 02 posts, Pay Scale : Rs.13500-17500/-, Age : 45 years as on 31/3/08 3.. Dy. General Manager (Mechanical) : 01 post, Pay Scale : Rs.14300-18300/-, Age : 50 years as on 31/3/08, Pay Scale : Rs.13500-17500/-, Age : 45 years as on 31/3/08 4.. Probationer Trainee : 47 posts (Mining-13, Mechanical-3, Electrical-2, Civil-3, Finance & Accounts -9, Pers & Admn-5, Material Management -3, Marketing-3, Ore-Dressing-1, Laboratory-1, Survey-1, Systems-1, Instrumentation-1, Library-1), Pay Scale : Rs.8000-13500/-, Age : 26 years as on 31/3/08 How to Apply: Applicant should appy in the prescribed proforma which can be downloaded from the website enclosing true copies of marksheets, certificates of all the exam passed, experience, caste (in case of SC/ST/OBC), age, etc should be sent to the Chief (Personnel & Administration), Rajasthan State Mines & Minerals Ltd., 4 - Meera Marg, Udaipur - 331001 alongwith a DD/Indian Postal Order of Rs. 100/- (Rs. 50/- for SC/ST) drawn in favour of " RSMML Udaipur" latest by 10/05/2008. For Complete details and application proforma please visit http://www.rsmm.com/careers.htm; http://www.rsmm.com/download.php?file=recruite-042008.pdf -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarians of Private Academic Institutions
by Niraj Barua 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

Dear Professionals,I would like to get some informations about the status of Librarians working in private educational institutions like those approved by UGC, AICTE etc. Some of my queries relates to: 1.Whether they enjoy full status of a librarian as in Govt institutions. 2.Whethet they get the same pay scales as in Govt institutions or higher. 3.Whether their jobs are secure? 4.Whether they are entitled for pensions? 5.Whether their payscales would also be revised in tune with revisions recommended by 6th Pay Commission. I would be very much greatful if someone working in Private insttutions as Librarian responds to my queries. Thanking You All. -- Niraj Barua Phone:9435346637(Mobile) Email:nbar@iitg.ernet.in niraj_barua(a)yahoo.co.in. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KALA-GB and FUTURE?
by I.R.N.Goudar 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

KARNATAKA STATE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Dear Professionals, As already communicated earlier the General Body meeting along with elections of KALA will be held on 29th April 2008 (Tuesday) at 5.00 pm in Granthangana, City Central Library, RPC Layout. The details are attached below. General Body notices have been sent to all those members as per the addresses given in the list with KALA. In case of non-receipt of of the invitation please treat this LIS-FORUM message as the invitation and please attend the meeting without fail. We need to revive and make KALA more vibrant both in terms of activities and membership. A good number of youngsters are interested in joining the association and carry forward its objectives. Although there are good number of professional associations, they scope is limited to academic or public library etc. We need to make KALA fully functional as an apex association at the state level. The need of the hour is: 1. To elect a cohesive and active group to take over as the office bearers of the KALA. 2. We can think of having: - an experienced professional as the President - talented, enthusiastic and hard working professional as Secretary. - a treasure who will work in collaboration with Secretary, preferably working very close to Secretary's place 3. We should change the by-laws of the association to suit the present requirements. 4. We should take up the membership drive seriously 5. Apart from conducting monthly lectures we should organize some seminars, workshops, etc. I openly admit that we could not do much especially in the later part of our tenure due to many constraints. For many years SRELS has been kind enough to give its premises for KALA activities. The KALA does not have its own address. We should discuss and take appropriate steps in this direction. I invite all member to attend the meeting and specifically request the young professionals to take over the regime from us. Those interested are requested to send their self-nomination to the election officer as detailed in the mail attached below. With regards, (Dr. I.R.N. Goudar) President, KALA. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: KALA GB MEETING & ELECTIONS Karnataka State Library Association Notice for General Body Meeting and Elections The General Body Meeting of Karnataka State Library Association is schedule to be held on 29-04-2008 (Tuesday) at 5.00 pm at City Central Library, Granthangana, RPC Layout, Hampinagar, (near RPC Layout bus terminus), Bangalore - 560040 ( Buses: Mejestic 87, Shivajinagar 63, 195, Many Buses comming to Attiguppe from all destinations) All the Members are requested to attend the meeting without fail. AGENDA 1.Presentation & Approval report on KALA activities during the years 2006 & 2997. 2.Presentation & Approval of details of revenue and expenditure during the years 2006 & 2007. 3.Conducting of elections for Office Bearers and EC Members of KALA and announcement of results. 4.Any other matter. Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Prof. T.D.Kemparaju President, KALA. General Secretary, KALA. ============================================================================= Details of Election Process and Posts 1.Office Bearers : President - 1 Post Vice President - 2 Post Secretary - 1 Post Joint Secretary - 1 Post Treasurer - 1 Post 2.Date of Election: 29-04-2008 (Tuesday) 6.00 pm 3.Venue - City Central Library, Granthangana, RPC Layout, Hampinagar (near RPC Layout bus terminus), Bangalor 560040 4.Last date for Nomination - 24-04-2008 (Thursday) 5.Withdrawal of nomination - 29-04-2008 Instructions: 1. Members desiring to contest the election for the above posts of KALA should submit self-nomination on plain paper to the Election Officer. 2. The members contesting for election to the said posts must be present physically at the GB Meeting venue. 3. The decision of the Election Officer is final in all the matters of election process. 4. For any other details contact the Election Officer at following address: Mrs. Seethalakshmi Chinnappa Election Officer, KALA Chrystal Meadows, 3556, Flast 2B Doopanahalli, 3rd Cross HAL II Stage, Bangalore-560038 Mobile: 9845042582 Residence: 25281815 Email:slc@indegene.com slc33in(a)yahoo.co.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Sci F & Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Return of Search term "abortion" popline database
by Rajesh Aldarthi 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

Dear Professionals, Librarian's cry of over a month to restore, "Abortion" as a search term in Reproductive Health Database POPLINE (population Information Online) bought up fruitful results to researchers, in retrieving good amount of information. Earlier term abortion has been added to stop list, because of federal laws dating back to 1973. Popline is being funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development and contains more than 360,000 items about family planning and sexually transmitted disease. To read full article follow the below link... http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/currentnews/newsarchive/2008/april2008/popl… Rajesh Aldarthi GEC Library! Infosys Technology! Mysore DC-570 018 Ex. 74891! Mobile: 09886268857 Email: - Rajesh_222670(a)infosys.com<mailto:Rajesh_222670@infosys.com> "You don't have to be big. (r) To make a big difference" **************** CAUTION - Disclaimer ***************** This e-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original message. Further, you are not to copy, disclose, or distribute this e-mail or its contents to any other person and any such actions are unlawful. This e-mail may contain viruses. Infosys has taken every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, but is not liable for any damage you may sustain as a result of any virus in this e-mail. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening the e-mail or attachment. Infosys reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the Infosys e-mail system. ***INFOSYS******** End of Disclaimer ********INFOSYS*** -- 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] Profit and Value: UNESCO helps preserve Indian documentary heritage
by Suvarsha Walters 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

This discussion is interesting - of making profit and creating value. A lot of the web is free, yet we use it everyday. It is not devalued just because it is free. And again, there are a lot of people making huge profits (money) by providing things for free - for example this very email service that I use for free. It is about creating value - if it is valuable, people will use it and you can also make money with it. A collection of rare material may not be of value to everyone - but it is of value to a specific set of users - historians, antropologists etc. and it is of great value to a nation in general. If our library has such a collection then we are entrusted with two responsiblities (our value add for the salary we get) - preserve it and make it accessible. Now how we do it efficienty is left to us - get funds, raise funds; outsource, do it inhouse. If an external vendor can do it for you more efficiently (for example for a small collection it may work out cheaper), then you should go ahead with it. The vendor making profits is not our concern at all, as long as he delivers for what he is being paid for. That is his value add to society. Thanks and regards, Suvarsha Information Analyst, HP Labs India Bangalore --- On Wed, 4/16/08, Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > From: Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] UNESCO helps preserve Indian documentary heritage > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 12:24 AM > Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:52:49 +0530 > From: Kshipra Sardesai <kshipra.sardesai(a)gmail.com> > > Madam, > I also support your views. There is no imprtance or real > valuation of rare > things unless we priced it.I found whatever is free to > public no one > bothers > for the services offered by such organisations like Library > which are doing > a great job of making such things available to public.The > profit makers are > always in search of ways out to make money.Government may > fix some nominal > charges on such rare collection and can divert this revenue > for > digitisation > and infrastructure required for libraries to give best > services. > > Kshipra Sardesai > Asstt Librarian > RBI, Bandra > Mumbai 400051 > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Mailing List Admin < > mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:19:29 +0530 > > From: Susmita Chakraborty > <susmitachakraborty94(a)gmail.com> > > > > With regard to Mr. Leonard Fernandes' comments, I > have a question to ask > > the LIS community. > > > > When some (rare) resources are uploaded so that > everyone can have it for > > free, is it not defeating the purpose if someone > (publisher or any other > > other profitmaking body) tries to earn profit from > it? > > On the other hand, I feel that libraries having such > rich archives must > > go > > the digital way(digitization and dissemination of rare > materials) by > > exploring state/national government or other funds and > then try to derive > > some revenue from these resources to cover the running > costs of those > > libraries. > > > > In these days of finance-crunch, it may point out one > way to break-even. > > > > Regards. > > > > Susmita Chakraborty > > Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur, > Howrah, W.B. > _______________________________________________ > 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. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fiction and Facts Regarding new NIH open access policy
by Sukhdev Singh 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

Dear Friends, As most of you know that in United States a legislation has been passed dealing with its National Institute of Health's Policy on Open Access (No wonder, why US is the world leader). This policy will ensure that public will have access to the published results of NIH funded research. It requires scientists to submit journal articles that arise from NIH funds to the digital archive PubMed Central (http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/) The Policy requires that these articles be accessible to the public on PubMed Central to help advance science and improve human health. US National Library of Medicine comes under NIH and is the leading library and resource in for Biomedical Research. There are some doubts (probably created by publishers' interests) regarding this policy. I am reproducing a table from an article by Peter Suber about the "Common misconceptions about the new NIH open access policy" and the facts. Fiction 1: The mandate is to publish in open access journals. Fact 1: The mandate is to deposit in an open access repository (PubMed Central). Fiction 2: The mandate is to bypass journals and peer review. Fact 2: The mandate is to provide open access to articles already published in peer-reviewed journals. Fiction 3: The mandate applies to the published version of articles. Fact 3: The mandate applies to the final versions of the authors' peer-reviewed manuscripts. Fiction 4: The mandate directs deposits to PubMed. Fact 4: The mandate directs deposits to PubMed Central. Fiction 5: The mandate requires a 12-month embargo on the copy in PubMed Central. Fact 5: The mandate permits an embargo of up to 12 months on the copy in PubMed Central. Fiction 6: The new NIH budget is US$29 million. Fact 6: The new NIH budget is US$29 billion. Fiction 7: The new mandate will last for only 1 year. Fact 7: The new mandate will last indefinitely. Fiction 8: The mandate requires violation of copyright law. Fact 8: The mandate requires compliance with copyright law. Sources: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/earlham/dGCQ/~3/271893090/more-on-oa-mandate… http://www.openmedicine.ca/article/view/213/135 --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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Re: [LIS-Forum] Help evaluate the Open Training Platform
by sunder singh bg 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Profit and Value: UNESCO helps preserve Indiandocumentary heritage
by Sukhdev Singh 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

So, the moral of the story is - "In Net Age, Don't make profit from Content, Generate it from Somewhere Else". This "Somewhere Else" is the key to success. And profit does not always mean "money". At least not for a library meant for academic / social purposes. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 7:12 PM, sathya <sathya(a)informindia.co.in> wrote: > Yes. Lots of companies pay tons of money to buy Ad. Space from Google. > In less than ten years time, Google has emerged as #1 information company in > the world, almost twice bigger than Thomson and Elsevier who use to share > #1/#2 slots. > Google's 2007 revenue is $16.6 billion. (Rs.65,000 crores). > And all this growth, without owning any information! > > Sathya > ----------------------------------- > | N V Sathyanarayana | Managing Director | Informatics (India) Ltd | 194, R > V Road, Basavanagudi | Bangalore 560 004. INDIA | ww.informindia.co.in | > Phone +91-80-4038-7777 | FAX +91-80-4038-7600 | > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Sukhdev Singh > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 5:49 PM > To: suvarsha_w(a)yahoo.com > Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Profit and Value: UNESCO helps preserve > Indiandocumentary heritage > > -- Does anybody pay to Google? Yet Google is taking over (Buying) more and > more companies. > > -- Shabir Bhatia gave free email accounts (Hotmail) and become famous and > rich. > > -- Baba Ram Dev gives free demonstration of Yoga on TV. It is now Famous and > Rich. > > -- VIRGIN Mobile pays if you receive a Call (Earlier they use to charge Rs. > 8 per minute for incoming calls) > > -- Magazines like India Today and Out Look gives you Gifts worth equal to > their subscription rates. > > -- We sell our Old Newspapers at home to scrap dealers and get almost back > the cost of its subscription. > > All the above are not fools, they have MBAs working for them. > > Understand the Business of New Economy!!!. > > --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Suvarsha Walters <suvarsha_w(a)yahoo.com> > wrote: > > This discussion is interesting - of making profit and creating value. > > > > A lot of the web is free, yet we use it everyday. It is not devalued just > because it is free. And again, there are a lot of people making huge profits > (money) by providing things for free - for example this very email service > that I use for free. It is about creating value - if it is valuable, people > will use it and you can also make money with it. > > > > A collection of rare material may not be of value to everyone - but it is > of value to a specific set of users - historians, antropologists etc. and it > is of great value to a nation in general. > > > > If our library has such a collection then we are entrusted with two > responsiblities (our value add for the salary we get) - preserve it and make > it accessible. > > > > Now how we do it efficienty is left to us - get funds, raise funds; > outsource, do it inhouse. > > > > If an external vendor can do it for you more efficiently (for example for > a small collection it may work out cheaper), then you should go ahead with > it. The vendor making profits is not our concern at all, as long as he > delivers for what he is being paid for. That is his value add to society. > > > > Thanks and regards, > > > > Suvarsha > > > > Information Analyst, > > HP Labs India > > Bangalore > > > > --- On Wed, 4/16/08, Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > wrote: > > > > > From: Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: > > Re: [LIS-Forum] UNESCO helps preserve Indian documentary heritage > > > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008, > > 12:24 AM > Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:52:49 +0530 > From: Kshipra > > Sardesai <kshipra.sardesai(a)gmail.com> > > Madam, > I also support > > your views. There is no imprtance or real > valuation of rare > > > things unless we priced it.I found whatever is free to > public no > > one > bothers > for the services offered by such organisations like > > Library > which are doing > a great job of making such things > > available to public.The > profit makers are > always in search of > > ways out to make money.Government may > fix some nominal > charges > > on such rare collection and can divert this revenue > for > > > digitisation > and infrastructure required for libraries to give best > > > services. > > > > > > Kshipra Sardesai > > > Asstt Librarian > > > RBI, Bandra > > > Mumbai 400051 > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Mailing List Admin < > > > mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > > > > > > > Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:19:29 +0530 > > From: Susmita > > Chakraborty > <susmitachakraborty94(a)gmail.com> > > > > With regard > > to Mr. Leonard Fernandes' comments, I > have a question to ask > > > > the LIS community. > > > > > > > > When some (rare) resources are uploaded so that > everyone can > > have it for > > free, is it not defeating the purpose if someone > > > (publisher or any other > > other profitmaking body) tries to earn > > profit from > it? > > > > On the other hand, I feel that libraries having such > rich > > archives must > > go > > the digital way(digitization and > > dissemination of rare > materials) by > > exploring state/national > > government or other funds and > then try to derive > > some revenue > > from these resources to cover the running > costs of those > > > > libraries. > > > > > > > > In these days of finance-crunch, it may point out one > way to > > break-even. > > > > > > > > Regards. > > > > > > > > Susmita Chakraborty > > > > Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur, > Howrah, W.B. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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. > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > ______________ > > Be a better friend, newshound, and > > know-it-all with Yahoo! 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Requirement for Library Trainees
by JK 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Dear all, Currently we are looking for Library Trainees (2 Positions). Candidates doing B.Lib and looking for training can send their CVs to hr(a)totalit.co.in *Contact Person : * Vijeta Kumari HR Executive Total IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 412-C, Suneja Tower - I, District Centre, Janak Puri New Delhi - 110058 *Regards* *Jaya Kalra* *Senior Consultant - LIS Group* *Total IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd.* *412-C, Suneja Tower - I,* *District Centre, Janak Puri* *New Delhi - 110058* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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All are invited for the Inaugural function
by Arunachalam Hariharan 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

SALIS Chennai Chapter and Sri SAI RAM ENGINEERING COLLEGE, CHENNAI-44. Invitation Workshop cum Training programme on WEB PAGE DESIGN 18-19th April 2008 Programme Schedule Day I 18th April 2008 9.30-10.30 a.m - Inauguration 9.30-9.35 -Prayer 9.35-9.37 -Lighting Kuthuvillaku 9.37-9.45 - Welcome Address by Dean Dr.S.Seetharaman 9.45-9.50 -Felicitation by Principal Dr.R.Kannappan 9.50-10.25 - Key note address by Chief Guest Dr.HarishChandra 10.25-10.30 -Vote of thanks by Salis President Mr. A.Hariharan 10.30-11.15 a.m - Introduction about HTML, XML,Web Page design, etc. 11.30a.m - 1.30p.m - Flash 2.00- 3.45 p.m - Photoshop Day II 19th April 2008 9.15- 11.15a.m - Photoshop continuation 11.30- 1.30 p.m - Practical session 2.30-3.30p.m. - Valedictory 2.30-2.35 -Prayer 2.35-2.45 - Welcome Address by Dean 2.45-2.50p.m -Felicitation by Principal 2.50- 3.20p.m. Valedictory address & distribution of Certificates 3.20-3.25p.m - Feed back by participants 3.25-3.30p.m. - Vote of thanks by Lib. Officer All are invited for the inaugural and validictory function More details are avaialble at salis website http://autolib-india.net/salis -------------------------------------- A.Hariharan SALIS ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Position vaccant at IIHMR Bangalore
by lata＠iihmr.org 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Dear Professionals, We need a Library Professional for the post of LIBRARIAN for our sister concern at Bangalore. Expectation/Desirable. Masters in Library and/or Information Science 2-3 years of relevant experience Some demonstrated reference / searching experience IT capability Good interpersonal and communication skills Ability to work positively, productively with diverse agencies in an environment of rapid change Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relations with faculty, staff and students Able to work with minimum supervision and as a member of a team. Salary depends upon your experience and merit Send your resume immediately to Dr. Kishore Murthy, Director, Institute of Health Management Research 52/1, Kudlu Gate, Hosur Main Road, Bangalore-560068 Email : kmurthy(a)ihmr.org Please mention the email reference of the undersigned as we have not published advertisements for the position. Thanks Lata Suresh =================================== LATA SURESH Librarian Institute of Health Management Reserach 1, Prabhu Dayal MArg Sanganer Airport Jaipur - 302033 Rajasthan INDIA Phone: +91-141-2791431-34 ext. 328 Fax : +91-141-2792138 URL : http://www.iihmr.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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vacancy of Librarian at TAPMICEE, Bangalore- Urgent requirement
by Manjunath K 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

T.A. Pai Management Institute Centre for Executive Education, Koramangala, Bangalore Respected LIS professionals, We need a Library Professional for the post of LIBRARIAN in our T.A. Pai Management Institute Centre for Executive Education, Koramangala, Bangalore (TAPMICEE, Bangalore)). As it is an urgent requirement, please help us to locate a candidate for this post. He will be directly reporting to Prof. Ramesh-who is In-charge of the centre. Our expectations and offers: 1. the candidate should be a postgraduate in library & information science (MLIS) 2. 3-4 years of experience + desirable -computer skills 3. the salary would be around Rs. 12000 to Rs. 13000/month and it can be negotiable subject to the suitability of the candidate 4. on selection he should be in a position to join immediately/at short notice 5. the designation will be Librarian 6. Location of work: TAPMI-CEE, Koramangala, Bangalore Interested candidates can contact Prof. N. Ramesh, at CEE immediately with his/her bio-data. Prof. N. Ramesh TAPMI-CEE, Mahayogi Vemana Road, 100 Ft. Road, IV block, Koramangala, Bangalore. - 560 038 Prof. Ramesh can be contacted through ph: (080) 41501900/902, mobile- 98441 35841 The CV can be emailed to Prof. Ramesh or Mr. Johnson. Email: Prof. ramesh: nramesh(a)tapmi-blr.org Mr. Johnson: johnsonp(a)tapmi-blr.org Regards, Manjunath ------------- Dr. Manjunatha K Librarian T.A. Pai Management Institute Manipal - 576 104 Udupi Dist. Karnataka, India Ph: +91-0820-2573551(0ff); 2575161(Res) email: manjunath(a)mail.tapmi.org; manju_tapmi(a)yahoo.com web: http://www.tapmi.org ------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post of "Library Assistant".
by kuber kumbar 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Dear Library Professionals, Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology Krishnadevarayanagar Hunasamaranahalli, NH-7 Yelhanka Bangalore-562157 E-Mail: sirmvitbgl(a)gmail.com sirmvit(a)bgl.vsnl.net.in Tel. No: 080-28467248 Applications are invited for the posts of "Library Assistant". Qualification B.Lib or D.Lib Pay scales as per Qualification and experience. Interested and eligible candidate apply within 10 days on above mention the Address or mail. Thanks/Regards Kuber K.P Librarian Sir M VIT KUBERA K.P I/C LIBRARIAN Sir.M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology. --------------------------------- Best Jokes, Best Friends, Best Food. Get all this and more on Best of Yahoo! Groups. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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presentation
by valentina01＠indiatimes.com 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Hi Everyone! I'm an M.Phil Scholar who want to know how to attempt the theory paper. Especially the pattern of writing. After my 10 + 2, I never attended college regularly, I'm a correspondent student till my Post Graduation. After a long gap, I started attending college for library science course. Can anyone please give some guidelines as to how to start answering, to proceed and to finish. It's not like the under-graduation or post-graduation paper, a scholarly presentation is needed. I need some help so that I can start preparing for my part-1 paper. My papers are: 1. Research Methodology 2. current developments in LIS Thanks in advance. Valentina. -- 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] extremely well communicated presentation (by sukh dev singh)
by Mailing List Admin 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:25:26 +0530 From: Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> My thanks to Bhawna and Others. All my slides are available at http://www.slideshare.net/sukhi/ These can be viewed online as well as downloaded. The latest one I have included is on creating "Ticker" in Firefox browser from RSS Feeds. This could be latest news or recent items added in your library. You can put this on your Library Workstations. Your readers could be alerted on latest News or recent additions in your library or whatever you want. It is available at: http://www.slideshare.net/sukhi/displaying-rss-feeds-in-a-ticker/ or http://snipr.com/24h2z Your comments are welcomed. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 08:52:16 -0500 > From: bhawna vashishtha <bhawnavashishtha(a)gmail.com> > > We have been regularly telling readers how to subscribe to a RSS Feed > through a subscribed database. But i think this presentation has proved to > be very useful for us to let them understand how they can get the > latest updates from their favourite website. I want to thank Dr. Sukhdev > Singh for sharing his efforts through forum. Sir i want to further write > that today i came to know that if we are using Mozilla FireFox then we may > also opt for "Subscribe this page" option under "bookmarks" menu. > > Bhawna Vashishtha > Semi Professional Assistant > Central Library > Delhi University >

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Position Vacant Asst. Librarian
by ramachandra Loni 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Dear Library Professionals, Position Vacant Asst. Librarian at MVJ Medical College and Research Hospital, Hoskote, Bangalore. ** *Qualifications & Experience* ** MLISc/ BLISc with Knowledge of Computer (0-3 Years of Experience) Approx.Salary: Rs. 5000 to 6000/-P.M. Ready to work in shifts and preference will given to local candidates Mail your resume to: ramachandra.loni(a)gmail.com Ramachandra Loni Librarian MVJ Medical College & Research Hospital, Hoskote Bangalore-562114 Mobile No-9448703742 -- 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] UNESCO helps preserve Indian documentary heritage
by Mailing List Admin 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:52:49 +0530 From: Kshipra Sardesai <kshipra.sardesai(a)gmail.com> Madam, I also support your views. There is no imprtance or real valuation of rare things unless we priced it.I found whatever is free to public no one bothers for the services offered by such organisations like Library which are doing a great job of making such things available to public.The profit makers are always in search of ways out to make money.Government may fix some nominal charges on such rare collection and can divert this revenue for digitisation and infrastructure required for libraries to give best services. Kshipra Sardesai Asstt Librarian RBI, Bandra Mumbai 400051 On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Mailing List Admin < mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:19:29 +0530 > From: Susmita Chakraborty <susmitachakraborty94(a)gmail.com> > > With regard to Mr. Leonard Fernandes' comments, I have a question to ask > the LIS community. > > When some (rare) resources are uploaded so that everyone can have it for > free, is it not defeating the purpose if someone (publisher or any other > other profitmaking body) tries to earn profit from it? > On the other hand, I feel that libraries having such rich archives must > go > the digital way(digitization and dissemination of rare materials) by > exploring state/national government or other funds and then try to derive > some revenue from these resources to cover the running costs of those > libraries. > > In these days of finance-crunch, it may point out one way to break-even. > > Regards. > > Susmita Chakraborty > Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur, Howrah, W.B.

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PhD admissions at Osmania University (fwd)
by Mailing List Admin 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:43:47 +0100 (BST) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> hi The osmania university had advertised the admissions to PhD program and the details can be had from the website: www.osmania.ac.in those who r desirous may luk into the advt. all the best laxman rao

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Position for Library Trainees
by JK 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

Currently we are looking for Library Trainees (2 Positions). Candidates doing B.Lib and looking for training can send their CVs to hr(a)totalit.co.in *Contact Person : * Vijeta Kumari HR Executive Total IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 412-C, Suneja Tower - I, District Centre, Janak Puri New Delhi - 110058 *Regards* *Jaya Kalra* *Senior Consultant - LIS Group* *Total IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd.* *412-C, Suneja Tower - I,* *District Centre, Janak Puri* *New Delhi - 110058* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Swapping Best Practices in Librarianship
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

I agree with Dr Laxman rao. Lots can be done by the librarian who is 1) innovative & 2) ready to sweat it out. Recently a senior professional remarked: "What is there in Lis-forum?. Only forwards of messages from some other Forum. There are no discussions". I asked him how many discussions did he initiate or take part? He became quiet. You see the point? Though I am out of the loop as far as active librarian ship is concerned I do have an active interest in knowing what is happening. How about librarians exchanging best practices. Best practices need not be costly or hightech. For instance the site www.160by2.com permits sending free SMS to mobile numbers from the web. About 50 text messages per day is free. Web based texting permits automation. This can be used by ALSD to send info about meetings to members. Librarians can use it for announcing events. I am using it very successfully to send reminders for meetings concerned with Resident welfare associations. Vyasamoorthy On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > helo > while appreciating the statements of Ms Gayatri, i would like to request > every one to take into consideation of ground realities. > > 1. most important responsibility is librarian. as many teachers and students > r not aware of new books / documents. the librarians need to take more > interest in identification of the new and useful books and bring to the > notice of the teachrs and students. generally they approve it for purchase. > > if this effort is succesful, indirectly we will be able to bring to their > notice about new documents, and then in turn the usability increases. > > 2. there is general complaint about awareness of new documents. the library > professionals use the listserv. and can we use this forum as a place for > giving information to fellow librarians about the new and useful > documents.it solves the problem of awareness about new publications. > > 3. we can find details of many publications and documents are found in these > listserv, but hw many of the librarians are using the facility for > procurement of the collection. > > 4. over all we need to change the culture in the libraries. we all are > luking for ward to the young blood to bring the revolution in the library > services, by using the technology. > > 5 today people comment tht we do only issue and return of the books, in > spite of having so much knowledge on various topics learnt at the schools > and outside.our complaint s tht we hav no resources or no staff. but there > are some librarians , who are able to do wonders with in their resources. > > 6. i suggest tht the forum should hav a special focus on publicising gud > publications, their price and edition. the professionals should give the > details of both priced and free publications. it will help in qualititaive > collection development. > > 7. iam not criticising any professionals but we hav to try to overcome the > limitations to project our services and build the image of the profession, > especially in the context of extensive use of technology. > > laxman rao > > gayathri sen <gayatsen(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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archnet.org
by sri priya 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

This site collects all informations about Historical Monuments ,Contemporary Architecture images,etc... all arround the world. http://archnet.org/library/images/ Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re : Fw: Librarians Role in Book Selection
by sckumaresan 13 Apr '08

13 Apr '08

Dear Dr. Saheb,Its is my earnest opinion that we have to involve the patrons in resource selection for our libraries. Only this will help us in having a good and well balanced collection, please do not feel encroached, take it in a positive way and think that its a team play. You should certainly accept that a faculty with a specialization can do a better job in the kind of resource that is required in that field than a librarian, taking in to account the kind of research that is going on in each field and the enarmous development in each field, i think a librarian alone can not do a better job. However try to take the leadership in that team and guide the faculty in the bookselection process, give them criterias to select and options in resources. We should accept that we can not be experts in all the fields so give the devil its due. This is the international practice too. We at BITS, Pilani Dubai involve students also in the resource selection process, but of course ! there is a procedure involved in it but I have the final say in acquiring the resources according to the budget and other factors. When you involve all the stake holders then there will be a sense of belonging that you can feel among the patrons while using the library. They will be more involved in the library activities and even be of immense help in doing a lot of good things to the library. Ultimately it is the patrons who are going to use the library so let them have a say in what they want to read. You will definetly see that there will be a lot of change in the functioning and that will be for good. So my opinion is not to be rigid, but "involve to evolve".Thanks and RegardsS.C.KumaresanSenior LibrarianBITS, Pilani - DubaiOn Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:51:03 +0530 "Rajan" wroteDear All,It seems that Mr. Saheb (?), the original query poser, requires moral support in exerting himself as a professional librarian in his work place where he might have been sideline! d and left to be in defensive without providing the basic support by h is institutional managers. So he should be motivated to do whatever he can in choosing books, classifying them properly, providing better services and in demanding more institutional support.He should not be discouraged or dissuaded just because some others in the profession cannot read, understand, select, classify qualitatively the books or information materials on the emerging subjects and leave aside some critical part of their professional work, either to the book suppliers who can even manage faculty recommendation or to the faculty who remain as 'rent-seekers' of the book supply firms. There can be much variant scenario too in many other better libraries. But specialist faculty members alone are not good book selectors for developing a comprehensive collection, in majority of cases. It doesn't mean that the entire faculty should be kept away, like a leprosy patient, from the entire process of book selection. The former is a strenuous route of deeply involving in book ! selection by utilizing the well read facility and the latter is to leave aside everything to others and get even 'speed money' from the book supplier. This is the practical reality in our library scene which we need not be afraid of to speak.  If you choose the former option, you can become a provider of information or knowledge materials to the most learned professor or academic dean in your institution and can become a most respected knowledge manager on par with your professors. Other wise, your can became a 'store keeper librarian' or a bureaucratic librarian and possibly a 'money maker' too. The option is yours.Almost all our libraries (except a very few) and the library profession, which I belong to, doesn't command respect in India like most other professions as per my experience. The most important delimiting factor is our attitude that doesn't motivate us to grow and our tendency to confine ourselves in some earlier learned rudimentary things without knowing m! uch about the knowledge development and technology environment around us. The 'post Google era' provided us so many tools to develop, grow and flourish ourselves as god knowledge managers due to the imaginative work of the information technology professionals, which we are poorly using.I think that  we, as librarians, should be able to gather about new ideas, important books and digital information in diverse areas which we deal with so as to feed the users as a knowledgeable professor, as we get professors salary and better  facilities.The purpose of this third and last mail is to motivate the query poser to develop a healthy disregard for the status quo in order to him as a good library professional and not to convince others.Best Regards,K RajasekharanLibrarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA)Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , IndiaEmail   rajankila(a)gmail.com----- Original Message ----- From: Dr. M. Koteswara RaoTo: RajanCc: Dr. M. Koteswara RaoSent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 6:29 PMSubject: [?? Probable! Spam] Re: Librarians Role in Book SelectionDear Colleagues,I do not mean to hurt the sentiments or demoralise the library profession, butlet us be practical in approach. I am aware that librarians are taught about'book selection' in LIS schools, but it does not mean that they should selectbooks for the library. For a specialised library dealing with a subject or two,the librarian can make the selection. Imagine a University library or a medicallibrary or an engineering library where the subjects are specialised and/or toomany, and I am sure that no librarian can really do justice in selecting thebooks. I think it is foolish to think so, and if someone feels that 'we areexperts in all subjects' then we will be called 'jack of all and master ofnone'. In todays world books are written on very narrow subjects, which ourprofessional colleagues are not able to even classify them. I sincerely feelthat we should restrict ourselves to our duties rather than trying to learn allthe s! ubjects of the universe of knowledge. I think that Librarians can stil lcommand respect and participate in the collection building process in many otherways.Dr. M. Koteswara RaoLibrarian, UoH -- This message has been scanned for viruses anddangerous content byMailScanner, and isbelieved to be clean. S.C.Kumaresan SeniorLibrarian, BITS, Pilani - Dubai UAE -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Position for the post of "Library Assistant"
by rishi tiwari 13 Apr '08

13 Apr '08

Birla Institute of Management Technology Plot No. 5, Knowledge Park Phase II Greater Noida,201306 Ph: 0120-2323001-10,Fax: 0120-2323025 Applications are invited for the posts of "Library Assistant". Qualification and pay scales as per AICTE norms. Apply within 10 days on plain paper along with testimonials. Regards Rishi Tiwari Librarian Rishi Tiwari Librarian & ILA Executive Member Birla Institute of Management Technology(BIMTECH) Plot No.5, Knowledge Park-II Greater Noida(NCR) U.P.-201306 Mob.:09810583623 Off.:0120-232301-10 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lecture Invitation
by SRELS 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to announce the following invitation for the benefit of lis-forum members. Thanking you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS, Bangalore ******** Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures Committee, Bangalore cordially invites you to the Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures (14) (2008) on PROMOTING READING HABIT AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN: AN EFFECTIVE APPROACH by Mr. D.N. Nagaraja Rao Consultant, Library and Management Services, Mysore Ms. Usha Mukunda School Librarian and Facilitator for School Libraries, Bangalore presides on Wednesday, 16th April 2008 at 6.00 pm at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, (Near Syndicate Bank) III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 RSVP: K.N. Prasad - Ph: (080) 23305109 E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NIH Public Access Policy becomes mandatory from April 7th 2008
by Swapan kumar Patra 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

In compliance with the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy all peer-reviewed articles published from research funded by NIH to be deposited in the PubMed Central archive, from April 7th 2008. (Source BioMed Central Blog : http://blogs.openaccesscentral.com/blogs/bmcblog/entry/mandatory_nih_public…) Swapan Kumar Patra Research Scholar School of Social Science Center for Studies in Science Policy Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi-110067 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE
by Swapan kumar Patra 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE (An organ of Ranganathan Research Trust, Regd.:25953, 1995) J8/123, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi Manager Program Committee SUBHASH DESHMUKH A-103, C-DOT Apartments, GH 2, Gurgaon, Haryana 122003 Ph. 95124-2578715, 9873680484 Date : 19th April, 2008 We have the pleasure to announce the 130th Monthly Meeting of RRC on 19th April, 2008 (3rd Saturday) at 10.00 hrs. The Meeting is to celebrate *"World Book Day"* *Venue : National Social Science Documentation Center, * * **Firoz Shah Road**, Near Mandi House Metro Station,* * New Delhi-110 001 * * * *Speaker : Prof. S. Ansari * * Former Librarian & Head, Department of Library and Information* * Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi * * * *Topic : Use of Books in Digital Era* * * Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting and participate to benefit the group by discussions. Swapan Kumar Patra Research Scholar Center for Studies in Science Policy School of Social Science Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi-67 -- 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] UNESCO helps preserve Indian documentary heritage
by Mailing List Admin 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:19:29 +0530 From: Susmita Chakraborty <susmitachakraborty94(a)gmail.com> With regard to Mr. Leonard Fernandes' comments, I have a question to ask the LIS community. When some (rare) resources are uploaded so that everyone can have it for free, is it not defeating the purpose if someone (publisher or any other other profitmaking body) tries to earn profit from it? On the other hand, I feel that libraries having such rich archives must go the digital way(digitization and dissemination of rare materials) by exploring state/national government or other funds and then try to derive some revenue from these resources to cover the running costs of those libraries. In these days of finance-crunch, it may point out one way to break-even. Regards. Susmita Chakraborty Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur, Howrah, W.B. On 4/10/08, Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > > Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 16:07:57 +0100 (BST) > From: Leonard Fernandes <leonardfernandes(a)yahoo.com> > > Bold step indeed!! > > Being a print-on-demand publisher myself, we had approached the Goa > Central Library with a unique proposal. The Central Library, instituted > during the Portuguese rule in Goa, has a unique collection of rare > manuscripts written in Konkani, Marathi, English and Portuguese, not to > mention a vast archive of newspapers. However, the collection has aged and > is fragile. Therefore, when people come to research on this part of the > world and have to either turn them away or risk damaging the books > further. > > We had proposed that we will scan these books and produce one copy (most > copyrights have expired) that they can use to give to researchers and > other visitors. Print-On-Demand allows printing of just one copy at a time > and the technology is aptly suited for this kind of a situation. We had > also proposed that we will print their books that are stored in microfilm. > Both proposals met with rejection despite the curator being in favour of > them because "books were a step backward when the whole world was going > digital" > > In the context of such hare-brained decisions, one can only admire the > initiative taken by the Xavier college at Kolkota > >>Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: Date: Mon, 7 Apr >>2008 11:02:21 +0530 From: Susmita Chakraborty > >>Congratulations to The Librarian, The Principal and the other members of >>the team for doing a tremendous piece of work towards preserving great >>cultural heritage of mother India. > >>Hope many others will get inspired. > >>Regards. > >>Susmita Chakraborty > >>Kolkata > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >

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Talk on Copyright Compliance in Organizations
by madhuresh.singhal 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Dear All, A one hour talk on Copyright is being organized by NCSI-Net tomorrow 12th April 2008 at NCSI Seminar Hall at 11 AM. Sorry for such short notice. Below is the detail. Topic: "Copyright Compliance in Organizations: Can Library and Information professionals take the challenge?" Speaker: Ananda T. Byrappa, Manager, Whitney Knowledge Centre, GE India Technology Centre. Place: NCSI Seminar Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. All are welcome to attend the talk. Regards Madhuresh Singhal Deputy Manager - Knowledge Services Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 28394959; Mobile 098861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/ ************************************************************************************************* This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Haryana Institute of Engineering & Technology : Jobs
by sri priya 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Haryana Institute of Engineering & Technology 6th K.M. Stone, Ambala Road, Kaithal - 136 027 (Haryana) Phone: 01746-280100, 280102, Fax: 01746-280711 (Under Dr. Puran Chand Dharmarth Trust) Received Letter of Intent from AICTE, New Delhi and is under process of establishment from session 2008-09 Applications are invited for the following posts Librarian, Asstt. Librarian & Library Assistant. Qualification and pay scales as per AICTE/Kurukshetra University norms. Apply within 10 days on plain paper along with testimonials. Source :http://www.careerage.com/cgi-bin/showad.cgi?file=/20080410/cf30d859a02204d0ce8be2fed5818df9.html&kwd=be Regards, S.Sripriya __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Position for Junior Professional Officer, JPO - Maternal and Newborn Health - India
by Tomas Allen 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Position for Junior Professional Officer, JPO - Maternal and Newborn Health Dear Friends I am hoping that as medical Health librarians, you will be willing to share this with potentially interested candidates for the position of Junior Professional Officer, JPO - Maternal and Newborn Health It is a wonderful opportunity for those that qualifyThank you for any assistance in advertising this positionTomas AllenWHO LibraryGenevaThe Belgian government has agreed to sponsor one Junior Professional Officers (JPO) from a developing country to WHO in the area of reproductive health in the Western Pacific Region (Viet Nam) . In order to find the best young and dynamic individual for this post, we would like to kindly request your assistance in spreading the word of this vacancy through your networks via any appropriate means. Details of the positions and how to apply can be found under the following web link: http://www.jposc.org/content/programme/current_vacancies-en.html Thank you so much in advance for helping provide an opportunity to JPOs from the developing world. Yours sincerely, From Tomas of WHO Library but please to contact for further information via email. Cornelia GrissHuman Resources Officer Recruitment, Career Management and Organizational Designjpoapplications(a)who.int _________________________________________________________________ Going green? See the top 12 foods to eat organic. http://green.msn.com/galleries/photos/photos.aspx?gid=164&ocid=T003MSN51N16… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Refresher course
by gopikuttan gopikuttan 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Dear professionals, Academic staff college of University of Kerala has invited applilactions for refresher course in library science, which is proposed from May 8th onwards. Details can be had from the website of Academic Staff college,University of Kerala. Thanking you Dr.A.Gopikuttan Department of Library & Information Science University of Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Meet people who discuss and share your passions. 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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Fw: Librarians Role in Book Selection
by Rajan 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Dear All, It seems that Mr. Saheb (?), the original query poser, requires moral support in exerting himself as a professional librarian in his work place where he might have been sidelined and left to be in defensive without providing the basic support by his institutional managers. So he should be motivated to do whatever he can in choosing books, classifying them properly, providing better services and in demanding more institutional support. He should not be discouraged or dissuaded just because some others in the profession cannot read, understand, select, classify qualitatively the books or information materials on the emerging subjects and leave aside some critical part of their professional work, either to the book suppliers who can even manage faculty recommendation or to the faculty who remain as 'rent-seekers' of the book supply firms. There can be much variant scenario too in many other better libraries. But specialist faculty members alone are not good book selectors for developing a comprehensive collection, in majority of cases. It doesn't mean that the entire faculty should be kept away, like a leprosy patient, from the entire process of book selection. The former is a strenuous route of deeply involving in book selection by utilizing the well read facility and the latter is to leave aside everything to others and get even 'speed money' from the book supplier. This is the practical reality in our library scene which we need not be afraid of to speak. If you choose the former option, you can become a provider of information or knowledge materials to the most learned professor or academic dean in your institution and can become a most respected knowledge manager on par with your professors. Other wise, your can became a 'store keeper librarian' or a bureaucratic librarian and possibly a 'money maker' too. The option is yours. Almost all our libraries (except a very few) and the library profession, which I belong to, doesn't command respect in India like most other professions as per my experience. The most important delimiting factor is our attitude that doesn't motivate us to grow and our tendency to confine ourselves in some earlier learned rudimentary things without knowing much about the knowledge development and technology environment around us. The 'post Google era' provided us so many tools to develop, grow and flourish ourselves as god knowledge managers due to the imaginative work of the information technology professionals, which we are poorly using. I think that we, as librarians, should be able to gather about new ideas, important books and digital information in diverse areas which we deal with so as to feed the users as a knowledgeable professor, as we get professors salary and better facilities. The purpose of this third and last mail is to motivate the query poser to develop a healthy disregard for the status quo in order to him as a good library professional and not to convince others. Best Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India Email rajankila(a)gmail.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Dr. M. Koteswara Rao To: Rajan Cc: Dr. M. Koteswara Rao Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 6:29 PM Subject: [?? Probable Spam] Re: Librarians Role in Book Selection Dear Colleagues, I do not mean to hurt the sentiments or demoralise the library profession, but let us be practical in approach. I am aware that librarians are taught about 'book selection' in LIS schools, but it does not mean that they should select books for the library. For a specialised library dealing with a subject or two, the librarian can make the selection. Imagine a University library or a medical library or an engineering library where the subjects are specialised and/or too many, and I am sure that no librarian can really do justice in selecting the books. I think it is foolish to think so, and if someone feels that 'we are experts in all subjects' then we will be called 'jack of all and master of none'. In todays world books are written on very narrow subjects, which our professional colleagues are not able to even classify them. I sincerely feel that we should restrict ourselves to our duties rather than trying to learn all the subjects of the universe of knowledge. I think that Librarians can still command respect and participate in the collection building process in many other ways. Dr. M. Koteswara Rao Librarian, UoH -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Teachers/Course Coordinators for Library and Information Science required
by Raman Nair. 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Please publish the following information in LIS Forum Teachers/Course Coordinators for Library and Information Science required for the proposed IGNOU Study Center at Kottayam Public Library. Kottayam Public Library proposes to establish a School of Library and Information Science, which will be offering BLISc and MLISc courses as well as PGD in Library networking etc of the Indira Gandhi National Open University. The School will have a high tech Informatics lab and lecture hall with all modern facilities like computers, LCD projector and Net connectivity. Library is searching for teachers and Course Coordinators for the School. The candidates should have First Class MLISc, good exposure to ICT and automated library systems. Experience will be counted. UGC Net and PhD will be preferable. Interested candidates are requested to send detailed bio data and copies of the certificates to: The President, Kottayam Public Library, Shastri Road, Kottayam, Kerala. Telephone: 0481 2562915. Electronic copies of the data can be mailed to kottayampubliclibrary(a)yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Teachers/Course Coordinators for Library and Information Science for the IGNOU Study Center Kottayam Public Library Proposes to Establish
by Raman Nair. 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Please publish the informatin related to requirement of LIS teacheres at Kottayam Public Library provided below: Teachers/Course Coordinators for Library and Information Science for the IGNOU Study Center Kottayam Public Library Proposes to Establish. Kottayam Public Library proposes to establish a School of Library and Information Science, which will be offering BLISc and MLISc courses as well as PGD in Library networking etc of the Indira Gandhi National Open University. The School will have a high tech Informatics lab and lecture hall with all modern facilities like computers, LCD projector and Net connectivity. Library is searching for teachers and Course Coordinators for the School. The candidates should have First Class MLISc and UGC Net and good exposure to ICT and automated library systems. Experience and PhD will be preferable. Further details if any will be published at http://www.acaemiclibrarian.net.tc Interested candidates are requested to send detailed bio data and copies of the certificates to: The President, Kottayam Public Library, Thirunakkara, Kottayam, Kerala. Telephone: 0481 2562915 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[Lis-Forum] Re: Librarians Role in Book Selection]
by Mailing List Admin 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:47:56 +0530 (IST) From: Dr. M. Koteswara Rao <mkrlib(a)uohyd.ernet.in> Dear Colleagues, I do not mean to hurt the sentiments or demoralise the library profession, but let us be practical in approach. I am aware that librarians are taught about 'book selection' in LIS schools, but it does not mean that they should select books for the library. For a specialised library dealing with a subject or two, the librarian can make the selection. Imagine a University library or a medical library or an engineering library where the subjects are specialised and/or too many, and I am sure that no librarian can really do justice in selecting the books. I think it is foolish to think so, and if someone feels that 'we are experts in all subjects' then we will be called 'jack of all and master of none'. In todays world books are written on very narrow subjects, which our professional colleagues are not able to even classify them. I sincerely feel that we should restrict ourselves to our duties rather than trying to learn all the subjects of the universe of knowledge. I think that Librarians can still command respect and participate in the collection building process in many other ways. Dr. M. Koteswara Rao Librarian, UoH > Dear All, > > I presume that there would be some librarians,like me, who think that the > selection of books and other documents in a library is the most critical > factor in bettering the library services in which librarian should play a > very prominent role as a key selector based on the principles he learned > from the subject ' book selection' he studied in the library schools. > [truncated] > Best Regards, > > > K Rajasekharan > Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) > Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India > Email rajankila(a)gmail.com

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Colonial Archive
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Dear Friends, There is a report on William Covey Library of Serampure, near Kolkatta in Business Line (Bangalore Edition) on 11/04/2008. William Covey Library caressess of special interest to historians, linguistics and other branches of humanities Indian & abroad. Thanking You, Dinesh K S -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Celebrating World IP Day in New Delhi
by Puna Das 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

(1) Seminar on Harnessing IP for Nation Development April 26, 2008, FICCI, New Delhi FICCI in association with Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Government of India, is launching a "National IPR Campaign" for public awareness on IPR issues and facilitating capacity building/orientation programmes for Industry, Judiciary, Enforcement agencies and the office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks CGPDTM for generating public awareness. The campaign would begin with a Seminar on "Harnessing IP for Nation Development" on the World IP Day on 26th April 2008 at FICCI, Tansen Marg, New Delhi 110001. The aim of the Seminar is to make the world community aware about India's commitment towards protection of Intellectual Property and to project India as an international destination for manufacturers, innovators, contract research organizations, researchers etc. Should you require any further information in this regard, please contact Ms. Sheetal Chopra, Sr. Assistant Director or Ms. Gouri, Assistant Director, IPR Division at Tel: 011 23766930 (D) or 23357389 (D) / 011 23738760 Extn # 368 or email at sheetal.chopra(a)ficci.com / gouri(a)ficci.com / fax: 011 23765333 (D), 23320714. Programme Schedule & Registration Form http://www.ficci.com/events/events-ahead/apr08/apr26.htm (2) Brainstorming Meet on Open Access, FLOSS and Copyright Law for Scholarly Communication and Literary Work April 26, 2008, INSA, New Delhi Indian National Science Academy an apex body of scientists engaged in nurture, promote and recognize excellence in Science and Technology in the country is organising a Brainstorming Meet on Open Access, FLOSS and Copyright Law for Scholarly Communication and Literary Work at its premises in Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi at 0930 hrs on Saturday, the 26th April 2008. The main aim of the meeting is to give explicit recommendations to the Govt of India for changes in policy and law that may be needed to be in tune with the digital information explosion and Indias aspirations to become the knowledge superpower and to ensure democratic and equitable access to information across the country and across the world. Date & Time : 26th April 2008 at 0930 hrs 1330 hrs Venue : Indian National Science Academy, 1, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002 Should you require any further information in this regard, please contact: A K Tagore/Anoop Kapoor at publ-insa(a)nic.in; Fax (011)2323-1095, Tel (011)23221945 Ext. 335 & 325 Registration Form: www.insaindia.org/news1.htm ------------------------ Thanking you Anup Kumar Das New Delhi --------------------------------- Meet people who discuss and share your passions. Join them now. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library section For Visually Handicapped
by priya gopalkrishna kaimal 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Dear Members, I request contact details of Librarians ( E-mail address) from the Universities in India for My research study. Can any one give details of University Libraries in India Catering Visually handicapped in terms of Braille Books, CDS, Online datas, Audio Casettes, Talking Library etc. Please help me in contacting above libraries . kindly send the address of Librarian with Email address. Priya Librarian Bombay Teachers Training College Apollo Bunder, Colaba Priya R Pillai -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Suden demise of Mrs. Ms K Kalaiselvi, Chief Librarian, VIT
by Arunachalam Hariharan 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

We are very sad to inform about the sudden demise of Ms K Kalaiselvi, CHief Librarian, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), University on 9th.Apr 2008 ( yesterday night) at Vellore. She joined at VIT in 1984. She has contributed a lot for the growth of VIT Library since 1984. She was a member of many professional bodies including MALA, SALIS, etc She was the Advisor of SALIS Vellore Chapter also. She has oganised many seminara at VIT On behalf of SALIS, we deeply express our heart felt condolences on the sad and sudden demise of Ms K Kalaiselvi, Chief Librarian, VIT May her soul rest in peace. SALIS Vellore Chapter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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About : World eBook Fair: July 4th to August 4th
by sri priya 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

World eBook Fair: July 4th to August 4th During the rest of the year you may continue to download your selection of about 500,000 PDF eBooks by joining the World Public Library. Annual membership is only $8.95 per year. July 4th 2008 for Third Annual World eBook Fair. To provide Free access for a month to One Million eBooks. 2006 First Annual World eBook Fair: July 4th to August 4th offered 1/2 Million. 2007 Second Annual World eBook Fair: July 4th to August 4th offered 3/4 Million. 620,000 Free eBooks + ~110,000 Commercial eBooks Grand Total about 3/4 Million Total eBook Files Available eBooks in over 100 Different Languages! Created by Contributions from 150+ eLibraries Around the World Last year 1,000 newspapers carried this story when 1/3 million eBooks were offered free of charge at The First World eBook Fair. This year there will be twice as many eBooks!!! Last year The World eBook Fair gave away about 1 million eBooks a day for 30 days between July 4 and August 4. 2007 Additions: 1,000 eBooks for the One Laptop Per Child Computer as seen on "60 Minutes" just two weeks ago. These books were specially commissioned by One Laptop Per Child and created by the World Public Library for use at no charge, (View Collection). 110,000 commercial eBook titles from Digital Pulp Publishing (See Coupon), & eBooks About Everything, eBooksAboutEverything.com (See Coupon) and other fine commercial eBook sources. 220,000 eBooks from The Internet Archive, (Open-Access Text Archive) Archive.org, The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, they provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public. 500,000 eBooks from World Public Library, WorldLibrary.net. Membership supported access to 130 Collections of the finest digital books on the Internet (Browse Collections page). Contacts: Michael S. Hart Founder, Project Gutenberg 405 W. Elm, Urbana, IL 61801 hart@pglaf.org,hart@pobox.com US Phone 217-344-6623 John Guagliardo Founder, World Public Library Honolulu, Hawaii john(a)gutenberg.cc US Phone 808-292-2068 http://www.worldpubliclibrary.org Source : http://worldebookfair.com/ Regards, S.Sripriya __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] UNESCO helps preserve Indian documentary heritage
by Mailing List Admin 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 16:07:57 +0100 (BST) From: Leonard Fernandes <leonardfernandes(a)yahoo.com> Bold step indeed!! Being a print-on-demand publisher myself, we had approached the Goa Central Library with a unique proposal. The Central Library, instituted during the Portuguese rule in Goa, has a unique collection of rare manuscripts written in Konkani, Marathi, English and Portuguese, not to mention a vast archive of newspapers. However, the collection has aged and is fragile. Therefore, when people come to research on this part of the world and have to either turn them away or risk damaging the books further. We had proposed that we will scan these books and produce one copy (most copyrights have expired) that they can use to give to researchers and other visitors. Print-On-Demand allows printing of just one copy at a time and the technology is aptly suited for this kind of a situation. We had also proposed that we will print their books that are stored in microfilm. Both proposals met with rejection despite the curator being in favour of them because "books were a step backward when the whole world was going digital" In the context of such hare-brained decisions, one can only admire the initiative taken by the Xavier college at Kolkota >Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: Date: Mon, 7 Apr >2008 11:02:21 +0530 From: Susmita Chakraborty >Congratulations to The Librarian, The Principal and the other members of >the team for doing a tremendous piece of work towards preserving great >cultural heritage of mother India. >Hope many others will get inspired. >Regards. >Susmita Chakraborty >Kolkata

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Post - Librarian : CVR College of Engineering
by sri priya 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

CVR College of Engineering Accredited by NBA-AICTE for the branches of EEE, ECE, CSE & IT (Approved by AICTE & Govt. of A.P. and Affiliated to JNT University) Vastunagar, Mangalpalli (V), Ibrahimpatan (M), R.R. District-501 510. Ph: 08414-252222, 252369, Tele Fax: 08414-252396 Website: http://cvr.ac.in Appointments Notification Librarian M.L.I.Sc. with six years experience & exposure in Library Automation. Salary negotiable. Email Principal : principal(a)cvr.ac.in General Information: info(a)cvr.ac.in Advisor/Correspondent: cmr(a)cvr.ac.in Placements info: placement(a)cvr.ac.in Interested candidates may send their resume by Monday 21st April, 2008 either by email or post. To Principal. 2) St. Francis Degree & Post Graduate College for Women (A Catholic Minority Institution) (An Autonomous College of Osmonia University) Uma Nagar, St. No. 6, Begumpet, Hyderabad-16, Ph.: 23403200/ 23418308 Required Library Assistant Visit : http://www.stfranciscollege.ac.in/ Email: mail(a)stfranciscollege.ac.in alumnae(a)stfranciscollege.ac.in curriculum(a)stfranciscollege.ac.in goldenjubilee(a)stfranciscollege.ac.in Regards, S.Sripriya __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KALA GB MEETING & ELECTIONS
by I.R.N.Goudar 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

Karnataka State Library Association Notice for General Body Meeting and Elections The General Body Meeting of Karnataka State Library Association is schedule to be held on 29-04-2008 (Tuesday) at 5.00 pm at City Central Library, Granthangana, RPC Layout, Hampinagar, (near RPC Layout bus terminus), Bangalore - 560040 ( Buses: Megestic 87, Shivajinagar 63, 195, Many Buses comming to Attiguppe from all destinations) All the Members are requested to attend the meeting without fail. AGENDA 1.Presentation & Approval report on KALA activities during the years 2006 & 2997. 2.Presentation & Approval of details of revenue and expenditure during the years 2006 & 2007. 3.Conducting of elections for Office Bearers and EC Members of KALA and announcement of results. 4.Any other matter. Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Prof. T.D.Kemparaju President, KALA. General Secretary, KALA. ============================================================================= Details of Election Process and Posts 1.Office Bearers : President - 1 Post Vice President - 2 Post Secretary - 1 Post Joint Secretary - 1 Post Treasurer - 1 Post 2.Date of Election - 29-04-2008 (Tuesday) 6.00 pm 3.Venue - City Central Library, Granthangana, RPC Layout, Hampinagar (near RPC Layout bus terminus), Bangalor 560040 4.Last date for Nomination - 24-04-2008 (Thursday) 5.Withdrawal of nomination - 29-04-2008 Instructions: 1. Members desiring to contest the election for the above posts of KALA should submit self-nomination on plain paper to the Election Officer. 2. The members contesting for election to the said posts must be present physically at the GB Meeting venue. 3. The decision of the Election Officer is final in all the matters of election process. 4. For any other details contact the Election Officer at following address: Mrs. Seethalakshmi Chinnappa Election Officer, KALA Chrystal Meadows, 3556, Flast 2B Doopanahalli, 3rd Cross HAL II Stage, Bangalore-560038 Mobile: 9845042582 Residence: 25281815 Email:slc@indegene.com slc33in(a)yahoo.co.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Sci F & Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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post of Library Attendent at LNPE, Gwalior
by vijay kumar 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

Dear Library Professionals, Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education,Gwalior , Govt of India , invites application for the post of Library Attendent. Total number of post- 1(one) Pay Scale- Rs 2550-3200 For Details see the Employment news dated 5-11 April 2008 Thanks Vijay Kumar NCSI -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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application for the apprenticeship at Defence Scientific and Documentaion Center, New Delhi
by vijay kumar 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

Dear Library Professionals, Defence Scientific and Documentaion Center invites application for the apprenticeship under the Apperentice Act of 1961 for person holding Degree in Library and information science Total post for Apprenticeship is 6 Monthly Stipened - Rs 1970 For Details see the Employment news dated 5-11 April 2008 Thanks Vijay Kumar NCSI -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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"Project Assistant" required for another Project at ISI, Kolkata
by Shikha Bhowmik 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

Dear Moderator, Please post this information in LIS-Forum. Thank you. One Project Assistant is required in ISI Library for a period of one year to work in the project entitled "Digital repository of the contributions of Professor P.C.Mahalanobis using open source software (Dspace)". Essential qualification: A consistently good academic record with Masters degree in Library & Information Science or its equivalent from a recognized University/Institute with knowledge in computer applications in library operations. Desirable qualification: Familiarity with the concepts of Digital Library and Open source software (Dspace). Total remuneration is RS.5000/- plus 30%HRA per month. A walk-in-interview will be conducted on 23 April 2008 at 10.30 A.M. Candidates are required to bring with them an application addressed to the Director,Indian Statistical Institute along with bio-data and photocopies as well as original copies of their certificates and they must report at the office of the ISI Library half an hour before the time mentioned. Shikha Bhowmik Indian Statistical Institute Library -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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How to get a usage feedback? - Need inputs
by Suvarsha Walters 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

Hi everyone, I want to measure usage of Journals/Magazines (J/M) used in the library. Let me give you the setting of the library: Ours is a small corporate library where borrowing and returning of library material works mostly on trust. So it's up to the user to record material that he/she takes out of the library - including books and journals on cards placed in the library. While most of our users sincerely record books taken out, they are not bothered about the J/M. Moreover, J/M are also scanned and read when inside the library and replaced back (which is also usage). For the last few months I tried attaching little slips of paper to new issues and asked people to write their names if they used it. But that was not very successful. I am now looking at new ways to record usage. If you have had any practical experience or can come up with some innovative ideas, do let me know. Thanks very much, Suvarsha Information Analyst, HP Labs India Bangalore __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request for article
by sheeba jasmine 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

Dear Professionals, I need the full text of the following articles. It will be helpful to me if anyone can send these articles. 1. literature of disasters from the human factors point of view: a descriptive analysis - Nestor L. Oscorio, Jitka Hurych - Collection Building - V.23, 2 - 2004 - p.64-72 - Emerald 2. Bibliometric analysis of tsunami research - Scientometrics - V.73,1 - October 2007 - p.3-17 - Akademiai Klado with Springer Science+Business media Thank you, with regards, Sheeba Jasmine Librarian Valliammai Engineering College Kattankulathur Tamil Nadu 603 203 Ph:044-22391011 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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Free access in April from RSC Publishing
by Thapar, Amit 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

Free access to RSC journal content in April Free access in April 14 March 2008 Do you enjoy reading journals from RSC Publishing? Would you like to have access to even more RSC content? From April 1st to April 30th 2008, you can! "We are delighted to have this opportunity to reward all our valued customers for their continued loyalty." - Philip Abrahams, Customer Services Director Like any organisation, we are keen to reward our loyal customers. So, to show our appreciation for your continued support of RSC journals, we are giving you free online access to all of our online journals - completely free! Whatever your area of interest, you are sure to find relevant research in RSC journals. And, as an existing customer, you know that you can rely on the high quality of the articles. You can also take the opportunity to check out the award-winning RSC Prospect enhanced HTML articles, which use subject ontologies and identified compounds to link related articles, and provide links to definitions, synonyms and structures. No other publisher can offer these added-value enhancements. All you need is a current institutional subscription (or rights to access online) for one or more RSC journal titles. Then, for the whole of April 2008, you and your colleagues will be able to read all content, published between 1997 and the present day, in the following journals: a.. The Analyst b.. Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry c.. Chemical Communications d.. Chemical Society Reviews e.. CrystEngComm f.. Dalton Transactions g.. Faraday Discussions h.. Green Chemistry i.. JAAS j.. Journal of Environmental Monitoring k.. Journal of Materials Chemistry l.. Lab on a Chip m.. Molecular BioSystems n.. Natural Product Reports o.. New Journal of Chemistry p.. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry q.. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics r.. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences s.. Soft Matter Information for Librarians/Information scientists We have arranged access via the IP addresses you have already supplied, so no action is required. Usage statistics can be made available on request. Usage Statistics See what your institution is using with your own usage statistics. Project Prospect Home For FAQs, examples, contact information and latest news about Project Prospect Journals Home RSC Journals are recognised as the fastest in the field. This is made possible by a dedicated, professional staff and innovative electronic workflow systems. Contact and Further Information Sales and Customer Services Royal Society of Chemistry, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0WF, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 432360 Fax: +44 (0)1223 426017 Email: Sales and Customer Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Organize Books & Music Quickly
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

Dear Friends, The Software LIBRA, which is completely free for non-commercial use. It has some nifty features such as the ability to use any web cam as a barcode scanners. You can hold the book in any orientation and it will recognize the barcode. This is a real time saver and takes much of the tedium out of creating the catalogue. One of the important aspect of this is, it pulls information from amazon databases. LIBRA can be download from www.getlibra.com. (Source: PC World, April 2008, Vol. 13, Iss. 10, P.60) Thanking You, Dinesh K S -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Neglected Role of Librarians
by Rajan 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

Dear All, Dr Shahab has raised a very pertinent issue. Librarians were appointed, given all the responsibilities and not provided with necessary enabling environments. So libraries are tend to fail in delivering the services normally. Why does this happen? Many librarians are happy with confining themselves to some routine duties and not interested to think, plan and implement library development and services. Some others are incapable of functioning as a professional librarians due to their poor exposure and lack of interest. Other capable and innovative librarians do not get the luxury of a supportive and enabling environment for their professional work. Very few institutions provide reasonable environment for library development. This is a very bad situation. The book selection is considered to be a domain of some experts and librarian is considered not capable of proper book selection. The selection of books should be in tune with the information needs of the users. Book selection can be done without the deeper knowledge of the subject or reading seriously, if you know the criteria to evaluate a book based on the quality consideration of the publisher, book reviews and even the citation statistics, if one is a capable librarian. On the other hand teachers, having doctorate degrees etc and incapable of making a good selection for the library, are provided with the right to selection based on the knowledge that they are experts and librarians are ignorant. We need to change this situation for which the library professional associations should raise this issue, promote the concept and should show good results at least in some institutions where librarians can build a better collection, if provided with a free hand. Unless the librarian is supported with facilities like men money, materials , methods etc, they cannot go ahead reasonably in proper library development. In this age of interdisciplinary studies, proper book selection require very good understanding of the main subjects in general and their inter- relationships. Librarian should develop that knowledge by becoming a generalist, rather than a specialist. Library schools should work as a breeding ground of such new breed of library professionals. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India Original Message Subject: [LIS-Forum] Seeking discussion on problems with a balance BOOK SELECTION POLICY & PROCEDURE From: T. Shahab <tshahab(a)jamiahamdard.ac.in> Dear Memberss, Through the popular LIS-Forum for exchanging professional ideas, I wish to engage the valuable attention of the practicing librarians to the ever increasing problem of breach in librarians' domain by faculty members in light of the shrinking role of librarians in determining the policy and procedures involving many of the library activities, particularly the collection development through BOOK SELECTION. In some libraries that I know, the Acquisition Dept. has been turned into just like a clearance house; the librarian is not consulted on matters of Book selection; even the budgeted amount under the Central library has to be used on the authorization of the Vice-chancellor or one of his/ her nominees. Book suppliers will directly contact the faculty members get the books recommended and pass-on the recommended lists to the Acquisition Dept. for necessary followups. Some times, two or more departments may recommend the same title, and the librarian being unaware of the reason, has only to meekly put his/her signature. Even in matters of acquiring multiple copies of the already purchased books (on students' demand), the hands of a librarian is bound. A Librarian being in close touch with the students is always approached by them with their requests on different library related matters, but the librarian is most of the cases is unable to make any firm committment for a facility or extension of services to the students. This change in power dynamics in Universities is making the job of a librarian a very unsavoury one; most librarians are feeling dejected and professionally emasculated. Please, take the above write-up as a point of discussion. Feel free to express your considered opinion on this matter of great importance. Regards. Dr. T. SHAHAB -- 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] UNESCO helps preserve Indian documentary heritage
by Mailing List Admin 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:02:21 +0530 From: Susmita Chakraborty <susmitachakraborty94(a)gmail.com> Congratulations to The Librarian, The Principal and the other members of the team for doing a tremendous piece of work towards preserving great cultural heritage of mother India. Hope many others will get inspired. Regards. Susmita Chakraborty Kolkata On 4/4/08, Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > > Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 11:46:12 +0100 (BST) > From: Puna Das <puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in> > > UNESCO helps preserve Indian documentary heritage > 04-04-2008 (New Delhi) > > A UNESCO-supported project "Preservation and Conservation of Rare > Documents of St. Xavier's College Library, Kolkata" has recently been > completed. Several thousands of pages of rare documents from the College > library have been recovered, preserved and digitised.

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extremely well communicated presentation (by sukh dev singh)
by Mailing List Admin 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 08:52:16 -0500 From: bhawna vashishtha <bhawnavashishtha(a)gmail.com> We have been regularly telling readers how to subscribe to a RSS Feed through a subscribed database. But i think this presentation has proved to be very useful for us to let them understand how they can get the latest updates from their favourite website. I want to thank Dr. Sukhdev Singh for sharing his efforts through forum. Sir i want to further write that today i came to know that if we are using Mozilla FireFox then we may also opt for "Subscribe this page" option under "bookmarks" menu. Bhawna Vashishtha Semi Professional Assistant Central Library Delhi University -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Cheers to Chikkamallaih on his superannuation
by Mailing List Admin 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 17:38:16 +0530 From: Sulochan <sulochanp(a)gmail.com> Everybody has to give place to new face and Mr Chikkamallaiah is no exception - he has had good and great time of his quality service rendered tirelessly from that stalwart stone building of IIM, Bangalore. The one-point 'service focused' appraoch of Chikkamallaaih was always amazing and today the IIM-B Library stands tall among the best and finest libraries in the country - a tall model to be emulated. So to use the Kannada tone, today Chikkamallaiah is not small, but really deserves to be called 'Doddamallaiah'. Inserting higher qualifications and feathers of recognitions on his head was not his passion. I understand, his single-point passion to render service first and last to the users was great and this focus might have put less 'need and greed' in him towards acquiring higher or doctorate qualification. (Not that one should not go for higher qualification. All professionals do need that, along the line of quality and dedicated service to the users.) Only once or twice I might have some personal interaction with him - which he even may not remember. As Dr IRN Goudar has aptly pointed out, his services and contributions to the profession, his invisible qualities of supporting, inspiring and shaping up of the many young budding professionals on the corridor and campus of that tall stone buliding of IIM-B is as strong as the very shining stones there. Cheers to Chikkmallaiah - you have done it. P Sulochanan, Bangalore.

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For the post of Librarian and assistant librarian at Veer Narmad South Gujarat University
by vijay kumar 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

Dear Library professionals, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University invites application for the post of Librarian(1) and Assistant Librarian(1) Last Date for submission of complete form is 30-04-2008 For Details visit the website http://www.sgu.ernet.in/job/index.php Thanks Vijay kumar NCSI -- 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 and Library attendent at DU
by vijay kumar 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

Dear Library professionals, Application are invited on the prescribed form for Assistant Librarian, and also for Library Attendant (for Physically Handicapped Persons) latest by 28 April 2008 For Details visit DELHI UNIVERSITY website http://www.du.ac.in/career.html Thanks Vijay kumar NCSI -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation to write text books
by L J Haravu 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

Dear Members One of the objectives of the Kesavan Inst. of Information & Knowledge Management (KIIKM) (http://www.kiikm.org) is to provide a forum and assistance to senior professionals in publishing good quality text books for use in library and information science courses. KIIKM will consider getiing such publications edited and published. I welcome experienced professionals to write books on topics of current interest as well as on those which expose important concepts in library and information science/management. Manuscripts may be submitted to me. These will be peer reviewed before a decision to edit/publish it is taken. I also welcome views of members on topics on which text books are needed. Haravu . -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Explore the nexus and..
by Rupak Chakravarty 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

Dear All, 1. please explore ResearchID.org (http://www.researchintelligentdesign.org/wiki/Main_Page) It is really a springboard for innovative research ideas. 2. Also build your own newsletter: 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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Annals of Library and Information Studies: Table of Contents
by gmahesh＠niscair.res.in 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

Annals of Library and Information Studies Vol 55, No. 1, March 2008 Changing pattern of user expectations regarding the library catalogue as an information retrieval tool: a case study of Mangalore University S.S.Kumbar and T. Y. Mallaiah.................................7 Research publication trends in structural engineering based on Journal of Structural Engineering S. Maheswaran, R.D. Sathish Kumar and K.R. Sridharan...............17 Open access journals and institutional repositories: practical need and present trends in India Mohammad Nazim and Maya Devi...............................27 Citation analysis of Journal of Oilseeds Research 1993 2004 Surendra Kumar and S. Kumar..................................35 Strengthening R&D information systems through library consortium: A case of CSIR laboratories Prakash Chand and Nishy P......................................45 Pramana - Journal of Physics: A scientometric analysis Anil Kumar, E. R. Prakasan, V.L. Kalyane and Vijai Kumar.............52 Use of search engines by research scholars and faculty members of physics departments in the universities of Karnataka State B.S. Biradar and B.T. Sampath Kumar..................................52 Strategic Management Journal: a citations study Tapas Kumar Raut, Sada Bihari Sahu and Shantanu Ganguly..............69 Scientometric profile of the journal Mausam K.C. Garg, Praveen Sharma and Suresh Kumar...........................76 Book Review......................................................81 G. Mahesh Scientist, NISCAIR ----------------------------------------- This email was sent using NISCAIR's web mail service. "" http://niscair.res.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Manuscriptology.
by rajiv tripathi 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

Dear Moderator: Kindly announce the following in LIS Forum. Rajivaksh Tripathi mlib student of BHU Banaras. BHU is going to start a new course Manuscriptology. Duration of course is one year for detail contact to BHU website. Rajivaksht Tripathi rajiv.lis2008(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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UNESCO publishes a book on Open Access to Knowledge in South Asia
by Puna Das 07 Apr '08

07 Apr '08

UNESCO publishes a book on Open Access to Knowledge in South Asia 07-04-2008 (New Delhi) UNESCO Office in New Delhi has released Open Access to Knowledge and Information: Scholarly Literature and Digital Library Initiatives the South Asian Scenario. This book illustrates South Asian initiatives on open access to information and knowledge. It has its genesis in the recommendations and proceedings of UNESCO-supported international conferences and workshops. Universal access to information and knowledge is a key principle in UNESCO's overall mandate to promote the free flow of information by word and by image and thus to place information and knowledge at the doorsteps of communities. In the information society, free flow of information is a fundamental principle for bridging the knowledge gaps between privileged and under-privileged communities. Open access to information and knowledge is an innovative mode of scholarly communication within the digital environment, which is gaining momentum in developed countries that already have necessary information infrastructure. The emerging economies amongst the developing countries are not far behind in building up necessary information infrastructure, essential for sustainable economic development. These emerging countries, however, have limitations in terms of bridging the digital divide within their societies, due to the co-existence of marginalized and privileged communities. The South Asia sub-region is now in the forefront of the open access movement within developing countries, with India being the most prominent partner in terms of its successful open access and digital library initiatives. The book describes successful digital library and open access initiatives in the South Asia sub-region that are available in the forms of open courseware, open access journals, metadata harvesting services, national-level open access repositories and institutional repositories. It may be considered an authoritative source-book on open access development in this sub-region. The publication is available online in PDF format: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=26393&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT…. Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=26397&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… Thanking You Anup Kumar Das New Delhi India --------------------------------- Bollywood, fun, friendship, sports and more. You name it, we have it. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Farewell to CHIK sir
by Dipen Deka 07 Apr '08

07 Apr '08

I have met sir while visiting the central library of IIMB last year. And i can say that person like him are rare in the profession. he is friendly and so helpful that whenever i requested for some information immediately he responded. myself on behalf of the Departmentof Library and Information Science, Gauhati University wish him a healthy and happy future. Dipen Deka JRF, DLISc Gauhati University Assam -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2009 Endeavour Award - Australia - Applications close 31 July 2008.
by Bhojaraju G 07 Apr '08

07 Apr '08

Dear All, *2009 Endeavour Award - Australia - Applications close 31 July 2008.* The Endeavour Awards is an internationally competitive, merit-based program providing opportunities for citizens of the Asia-Pacific region to undertake study, research and professional development in Australia. Awards are also available for Australians to do the same abroad. A smaller number of awards are available for participants from Europe and the Americas. The Endeavour Awards provide individuals with a unique opportunity to take the next step in their academic or professional career. For more details, please refer http://www.endeavour.dest.gov.au/ Thanks & Regards *Bhojaraju Gunjal* **2008 Endeavour Research Fellow School of Computer Science and Mathematics Victoria University Footscray Park, Melbourne Phone: 61 3 9919 4574 Fax: 61 3 9919 4050 Mobile: 61 402 530 568 Email: Bhojaraju.Gunjal(a)vu.edu.au<http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/post?postID=nzp7ATn5JARBH5WP8d0…> Web: http://www.vu.edu.au -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Articles/Papers for Prof. M.P. Satija's Festschrift Volume
by Jagtar Singh 07 Apr '08

07 Apr '08

Dear Colleagues, We have got tremendous response to our request for articles/papers for Prof. M.P. Satija's Festschrift Volume. It was on select invitation only. But now many friends have phoned me that they also want to contribute to this project. Therefore we have decided to publish the Festschrift in two volumes and issue a public call. Please contribute an article/paper by 15 May 2008and use the APA Style for references and bibliography. Prof. Satija is superanuating on 30 June 2008 and his brief CV is papsted below. You may focus on: Collection Development Knowledge Organization, Information Management Knowledge Management Content Management Open Source Software Web-based Resources and Services Search Engines and Online Searching Reference and Information Services Library Consortia Use and User Studies Portals, Vortles and Gateways Capacity Building Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning Digital Preservation, LIS Education, Research and Training Continuous Professional Development & Workplace Learning. These are only indicative areas, but you are free to choose any other topic of importance to our moorings and the cutting-edge. Please mail me immediately if you are interested to contribute. Paper should not be more than 10 typed pages. Regards, Jagtar Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com *Mohinder Partap Satija*, currently a Professor and Head of the Department of Library and Information Science in the Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, is in the library profession for the last three decades. As an author of more than a dozen books, about 150 papers and 200 bookreviews and many conference papers published in India and abroad, he has collaborated with international experts namely, Dr. John Comaromi, Editor DDC (1979-1991), Ms Joan S. Mitichell, current editor DDC, Dr Ray Prytherch, Editor, Harrod's Glossary and Dr. S. P. Agrawal, former Director, National Social Science Documentation Centre, New Delhi. Some of the journals he has been published are *Libri, International Classification*, *Knowledge Organisation,* *Third World Libraries* (USA), *Information Management Report *(UK), *Cataloging and Classification Quarterly* (USA), *Asian Libraries*(Thailand), Emarld journals (UK), *Herald of Library Science, & Journal of Information Management and Scientometrics. *His works have been translated into Hindi, Spanish, German and French. His major contribution lies in enriching library science literature. Many bibliometric studies have found him a prolific author. Having done his Ph. D. on Ranganathan studies, he has been instrumental in interpreting and propagating Ranganathan's works and ideas to the new generation. He has written extensively on Classification, Book Numbers, Ranganathan Studies and Indian Library Literature. Aboard he is known for his expertise on Colon Classification and Indian state of the art on classification. Accordingly, he is often invited to contribute papers in these areas for books and journals. At home, he started the trend of commentative yet readable bookviews in the library and information science. No wonder then he is a sought after bookviewer in the country. His textbooks on Colon Classification and the Dewey Decimal Classification are being used as class texts in many library schools in India. On receiving his long article on Call Number & Book Number (Published in Encyclopedia of Library & Information science *(Marcel Dekker, vol 45) *Prof. Allen Kent the editor described that as a " Master piece". His various writings on the Sears List of Subject Headings have won the commendations of its chief editor Dr. Joseph Miller (H. W. Wilson. Co.). He has visited Germany, France, Finland, England, Nepal, the Netherlands, Belgium and Sri Lanka in connection with professional work. He is associated with many library journals such as *Information Management Report* ( Bowker-Saur, UK), *Library Times International* (USA), *The Lucknow Librarian* (India*), Library Progress* (*Int*) (India), *Ranganathan Research Bulletin *(India) and *Knowledge Organisation* (USA/Germany). He is the Indian Coordinator of the International Society for Knowledge Organisation (ISKO) (USA), and member UDC Consortium. Dr. Satija is a life member of many library and information science associations: and has delivered lectures in many universities and has written lessons for distance education students of IGNOU, Kurukshetra University, Kota Open University and Aligarh Muslim University. In the summer of 1988 he worked with Dr. Ingetraut Dahlberg in Frankfurt for three months to assist her on various then on going projects. He served as a Visiting Fellow for three months in Maastricht McLuhan Institute, University of Maastricht, the Netherlands in the summer of 1999 and the visit was followed by another visit of six weeks in May 2001. The work done there fructified in the publication of *A* *Dictionary of Knowledge Organization,* (Guru Nanak Dev University, 2004). In 2005 he was invited by the University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka to serve as a Visiting Professor. There he was instrumental in instituting library & information science doctoral programme in the Department of Library of Information Science which is the first ever research degree programme in the country. There he also served as bibliography consultant to the National Library Services Board of Sri Lanka. As is an advisor to the Harrod's Librarians Glossary (Gower, UK) he made considerable input to revise entries relating to classification. He is member advisory board of the *International Yearbook of Library and Information Management*(Library Association Publishing, London) *and Indian Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science* (S. Chand & Co., New Delhi). As a trustee of Professor Kaula Endowment for Library Science, he has actively contributed for its development. Important Publications 1. "Book Number and Call Number" *Encyclopedia of Library & information science* (Marcel Dekker, 1990, Vol 45): 18-45. 2. *Manual of Practical **Colon** Classification. **New Delhi*: Sterling Publisher, 1994. 3. *S. R. Ranganathan and the Method of Science. **New Delhi**: Aditya, 1992.* 4. *Dewey Decimal Classification: A Practical Guide. **Dublin** **Ohio *: the OCLC, 1996 (co- author). 1. *Sears List of Subject Headings,* New Delhi: Concept, 2000. 2. *A Dictionary of Knowledge Organisation. **Amritsar**:* GND University, 2004. 3. *DDC: History and Current Status,* New York: Academic Publishers, 1989 (with Dr. John Comaromi). -- Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, & Dean, Faculty of Education and Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India) Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Tel: +91 (0)175 304 6179 (Work) +91 (0)175 228 2727 (Home) Fax: +91 (0)175 228 3073 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Again About LIS Accreditation
by J. K. Vijayakumar 06 Apr '08

06 Apr '08

Dear LIS Friends, I would like to request your attention to my earlier mail "LIS Departments need Accreditation System and New Courses". We have a good news that Indian Engineering Degrees will soon be accredited in US and other developed countries. Read the news from Rediff.com [ http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/jul/05eng.htm ] National Board of Accreditation (NBA) of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is the accreditation agency for Engineering Education in India. They did a good job in getting a provisional signatory membership in Washington Accord, which recognises engineering degrees among the member countries. NBA is allowed 2 years to to bring its academic programmes, curricula and syllabus, examination and evaluation system to the international level and revise its accreditation system to make it fully outcome based, with credit system for flexibility and continuous evaluation for improved learning being the basis of such programmes.If NBA and our technical institutes are successful in achieving this goal, Indian engineering degrees will be internationaly recognised. What is the message for LIS? Thanks ---------------------------------- J. K. Vijayakumar MLIS PhD IFLA-OCLC Fellow Assistant Director of Library American University of Antigua College of Medicine PB No W1451, St. Johns ANTIGUA, West Indies http://students.auamed.net/library ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Recommendations of vi th pay commission for lib professionals highlights
by jasbir singh 06 Apr '08

06 Apr '08

Recommendations of 6 th pay commission for lib professionals highlights th Central Pay Commission Report, March, 2008 is available on following weblink. http://pib.nic. in/archieve /others/2008/ mar/6th_payrepor t .pdf It's of 658 Pages, File Size 2.54 MB Browse specially :- Content Pages : 5-8 (4 pages) Summary of main recommendations : 651-657 (7 pages) Some Extracts in this report particularly for Library Staff, which I am giving below. Library staff 3.8.13 The Fifth CPC had recommended distinct cadre structure for Librarians. Consequent to upgradation of all Group 'D' posts being recommended by the Commission, the posts of Library Attendant Grade II and I shall stand merged and placed in therevised pay scale PB-1 of Rs.4860-20200 along with grade pay of Rs.1800 after their skills are suitably enhanced. The posts of Library and Information Assistant (present scale Rs.5500-9000) will come to lie in the revised Pay Band of PB-2 of Rs.8700-34800 along with grade pay of Rs.4200. The next higher post of Assistant Library Information Officer (present scale Rs.6500-10500) will be upgraded and placed in the revised Pay Band of PB-2 along with grade pay of Rs.4600 corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale of Rs.7450-11500. All other posts belonging to this category shall be extended the corresponding replacement pay band and grade pay. page # 221 Librarian Staff 7.5.11 Higher pay scales have been demanded for Library Staff in the Department of Industrial, Policy & Promotion. The Commission has made recommendations for the common categories of Librarians in Chapter 3.8. The recommendations contained therein shall apply in respect of Librarians working in this Department as well. Page # 401 Library Staff 7.9.11 The posts of Library Staff shall be regulated as per the recommendations given in Chapter 3.8 relating to common Page # 417 Librarians and the Library staff 7.57.21 Recommendations made in Chapter 3.8 in respect of Librarians and the Library staff shall also be extended to the similarly placed posts in UT of Delhi. Page # 620 Jasbir Singh Learning Resource Center Jaypee University of Information Technology Waknaghat, P.O. Dumehar Kandaghat, Distt. Solan (H.P.), India http://www.juit.ac.in/Library/staff.php --------------------------------- You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Using RSS Feeds for an external corporate site
by Sukhdev Singh 05 Apr '08

05 Apr '08

Dear Friends, I am forwarding one of my emails to another forum. Later on I thought that I should also share it with you all. [I have tried to protect the privacy of the person asking the question] My answer provide a solution on how sites can be enhanced by aggregating external content without any additional cost or time (after setup). The same solution can be implemented on Library Website of your own Institution. Hope it helps. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [IAMI Gen] RSS Feeds for an external corporate site What you are aiming at goes beyond just RSS Feeds. You will need one more step. Let me try to explain you the steps you will require and examples of my experiments in MASHUP. Step 1. Identifying the Resources: This is actually what you have asked for in your mail. I would suggest you do the following (in that order) a) - PubMed Search Strategy The best resource is PubMed <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/>. However it is a huge database. You will have to design a Search Strategy to get latest and relevant references from PubMed. Once you are satisfied, create a feed as explained in my tutorial (slides). This requires professional skills, I could have created a search strategy for you, unfortunately I am busy for next week. [I will be Chairing a session on "The Cochrane Library and EBM Resources" on 9th April 2008 at CMC Vellore for the 2nd South Asian Regional Symposium on Evidence Based Health Care, 'Investing in Evidence for Better Health - http://www.cochrane-sacn.org/symposium2008/index.asp ] b) - Look for core online Journals Online journals (even the paid ones ) allow TOC of their issues pulled through RSS. Open Access journals like those from BioMed Central <http://www.biomedcentral.com/> would be more useful as full text of their issues can be read immediately. Further you may take help of Directory of Open Access Journals <http://doaj.org> Look for the URLs of their RSS Feeds. There are tools (like Dapper) which can create feeds even for Non-RSS enabled sites. But to start with, it is better to go with only ready-made feeds. c) - Look for Blogs, forums, Wikis etc. If you need more, then you can look for Blogs, Forums and Wikis. Most of them provides RSS feeds. Step 2. You need to subscribe to all the feeds mentioned in above steps. Google Reader is one of the many available services. If you like, you can go for advance tricks for filtering useful content from your aggregation of feeds. Yahoo Pipes is one such tool (It is difficult to learn it). Once you are satisfied move to next step. Step 3. Well this I had touched in my slides but could not explain properly. Reading RSS is different from making them available publicly. This is sort of "MASHUP". There are abundant tools are available for doing it. The simple ones are the likes of SuprGlu / NetVibes. (Google Reader can also do it in limited manner). But these look unprofessional as you won't like their logos etc. You can also create Widgets and add to you site. Tools like feeddigest will allow to do that but they are free only upto a limit. You can also have a blog on blogger and insert you feeds easily (See my experiment mentioned below). I had done few experiments which are still live (and does not cost time or money to me). One is on SuprGlu - http://sukhi.suprglu.com/ . It picks up references from PubMed (slides are included in my presentation) for Medical Informatics in Indian Context. However, you will notice the service (SuprGlu) does some sort of advertisement. Another one uses Yahoo Pipes to filter content. It give only those content which has free full text on the topic - "Medical Informatics". The feed is displayed using a Blog - http://informaticsbits.blogspot.com/ from blogger.com I would be glad to help you in your project but only after I return from CMC (Medical College) Vellore. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 11:35 PM, clh < -- @gmail.com> wrote: > > What types of RSS Feeds would you recommend for a corporate external/ > publice site of a physician group practice management company? > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UNESCO helps preserve Indian documentary heritage
by Mailing List Admin 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 11:46:12 +0100 (BST) From: Puna Das <puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in> UNESCO helps preserve Indian documentary heritage 04-04-2008 (New Delhi) A UNESCO-supported project �Preservation and Conservation of Rare Documents of St. Xavier�s College Library, Kolkata� has recently been completed. Several thousands of pages of rare documents from the College library have been recovered, preserved and digitised. St. Xavier�s College was established in 1860. It is now one of the oldest colleges in the South Asian sub-region. The College library holds a golden treasury of very old printed documents, providing from donations of books by the provincial governments and European missionaries in the last century. The documentary collection includes philosophical thoughts of eminent thinkers of eighteenth century, philosophy of sciences, historical accounts, religious scriptures, etc. Unfortunately, this heritage is continuously decaying towards extinction, which would be an enormous cultural loss for India. Selected rare documents of the College library have been recovered, preserved and digitised under this collaborative project. Physical preservation was carried out for 31 614 pages from 52 volumes of books through fumigation, de-acidification and tissue lamination processes. 24 686 pages from 51 volumes of rare books and 99 rare paintings were digitally preserved on DVD-ROMs and intranet server. An exhibition of rare documents took place in March 2008 in the College premises. The oldest article among the exhibited pieces was published in 1632. Digitised collection of rare paintings of St. Xavier�s College, Kolkata: http://picasaweb.google.com/bidyarthi.bhaswati/RarePaintingsOfStXavierSColl… Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=26384&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… Thanking You Yours Sincerely Anup Kumar Das New Delhi

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Bidding Farewell to Mr.CHIKKAMALLAIAH-Librarian-IIMB
by Suresh Horakeri 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

Dear professionals, Today I came to know that Mr Chikkamallaiah, Librarian, IIMB was retired from the service on 31st March 2008 & his Farewell party to be held on Friday,4th April 2008 at IIMB-Library.Time: 11.00am Venue: Library-IIMB. Mr Chikkamallaiah, Librarian, IIMB has been a great source of inspiration to the young professionals community, a soft spoken gentleman and great Librarian. Naturally every body has to reach superannuation but professional bodies/ organization such as ILA, IASLIC, KALA, SIS and others should make use of his rich experience for the betterment of the profession and development of the library field. I wish him and his family good health, wealth and more peaceful life a head. Thanks, Regards, Horakeri Suresh D Horakeri BSc, MLISc,PGDLAN, Asst Librarian, BVB College of Engg & Tech, Hubli-31, Ph: 9341610603 (R) (0836) 2378422 2378422 (O) Emails ; sdhorakeri(a)yahoo.co.in horakeri(a)bvb.edu http://www.connotea.org/user/suresh1973 http://works.bepress.com/suresh_dh/ http://www.prajavani.net/jun192006/5758220060619.php ----- Original Message ---- From: "kk_suresh@blr..amrita.edu" <kk_suresh(a)blr.amrita.edu> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Cc: mat(a)IIMB.ERNET.IN; lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Wednesday, 2 April, 2008 8:31:43 PM Subject: [LIS-Forum] Bidding Farewell to Mr..CHIKKAMALLAIAH-Librarian-IIMB Dear Professionals, Sub: Bidding Farewell to Mr.CHIKKAMALLAIAH-Librarian-IIMB. ********** He served sincerely with all his dedication, more than Three decades as a Librarian in Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore.He has been associated with the Institute from the time of its inception. In many ways, Mr. Chikkamallaiah has been instrumental in establishing and developing IIMB Library and also he is the guiding force for all young library professionals in many ways. He was retired from the service on 31st March 2008 & his Farewell party to be held on Friday,4th April 2008 at IIMB-Library. Time: 11.00am Venue: Library-IIMB Those who are interested to attend the farewell function, kindly contact Mr.Mathias S.A. IIMB-Library Mobile:9844584127 Mr.KK Suresh Librarian Amrita School of Engineering Bangalore. Mobile:9448519116 Thanking you, Regards KK Suresh Librarian Amrita School of Engineering Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Deemed University Sarjapura Road Bangalore - 560 035 -- 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 5, 50, 500, 5000 - Store N number of mails in your inbox. Go to 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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National Workshop report
by lata＠iihmr.org 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

The recently held National Workshop report can be downloaded from the follwoing link. http://autolib-india.net/salis/IIHR.pdf ===================================== LATA SURESH Librarian, Organising Secretary, Workshop Institute of Health Management Reserach 1, Prabhu Dayal MArg Sanganer Airport Jaipur - 302033 Rajasthan INDIA Phone: +91-141-2791431-34 ext. 328 Fax : +91-141-2792138 URL : http://www.iihmr.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[lis-forum] another alternative to RSS feed
by bhawna vashishtha 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

Dear Friends This is the first time i am writing in this forum. I have noticed that when we try to subscribe any RSS Feed, on many websites we may have an option for RSS Feed or ATOM Feed, as ATOM Feed are becoming a widely used alternative. RSS and ATOM are two different types of XML Feed. XML is the underlying language used to provide the feed. So, for a librarian both the options are same as we are more concerned about the latest information we are getting by subscribing to any feed. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Bidding Farewell to Mr.CHIKKAMALLAIAH-Librarian-IIMB
by kk_suresh＠blr.amrita.edu 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

Dear Professionals, Sub: Bidding Farewell to Mr.CHIKKAMALLAIAH-Librarian-IIMB. ********** He served sincerely with all his dedication, more than Three decades as a Librarian in Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore.He has been associated with the Institute from the time of its inception. In many ways, Mr. Chikkamallaiah has been instrumental in establishing and developing IIMB Library and also he is the guiding force for all young library professionals in many ways. He was retired from the service on 31st March 2008 & his Farewell party to be held on Friday,4th April 2008 at IIMB-Library. Time: 11.00am Venue: Library-IIMB Those who are interested to attend the farewell function, kindly contact Mr.Mathias S.A. IIMB-Library Mobile:9844584127 Mr.KK Suresh Librarian Amrita School of Engineering Bangalore. Mobile:9448519116 Thanking you, Regards KK Suresh Librarian Amrita School of Engineering Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Deemed University Sarjapura Road Bangalore - 560 035 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seeking discussion on problems with a balance BOOK SELECTION POLICY & PROCEDURE
by Mailing List Admin 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 12:23:15 +0530 From: T. Shahab <tshahab(a)jamiahamdard.ac.in> Dear Memberss, Through the popular LIS-Forum for exchanging professional ideas, I wish to engage the valuable attention of the practicing librarians to the ever increasing problem of breach in librarians' domain by faculty members in light of the shrinking role of librarians in determining the policy and procedures involving many of the library activities, particularly the collection development through BOOK SELECTION. In some libraries that I know, the Acquisition Dept. has been turned into just like a clearance house; the librarian is not consulted on matters of Book selection; even the budgeted amount under the Central library has to be used on the authorization of the Vice-chancellor or one of his/ her nominees. Book suppliers will directly contact the faculty members get the books recommended and pass-on the recommended lists to the Acquisition Dept. for necessary followups. Some times, two or more departments may recommend the same title, and the librarian being unaware of the reason, has only to meekly put his/her signature. Even in matters of acquiring multiple copies of the already purchased books (on students' demand), the hands of a librarian is bound. A Librarian being in close touch with the students is always approached by them with their requests on different library related matters, but the librarian is most of the cases is unable to make any firm committment for a facility or extension of services to the students. This change in power dynamics in Universities is making the job of a librarian a very unsavoury one; most librarians are feeling dejected and professionally emasculated. Please, take the above write-up as a point of discussion. Feel free to express your considered opinion on this matter of great importance. Regards. Dr. T. SHAHAB

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The National Library of Australia launches Library Labs
by Mailing List Admin 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:22:28 +0530 From: DINESH SIDDAIAH <dinesh.ncet(a)gmail.com> Dear Friends, The National Library of Australia (http://www.nla.gov.au) has been doing a great deal of work toward the design and development of a library automation infrastructure following the service oriented architecture. These efforts show great promise in the creation of a number of key library automation components available as open source software.In recent days, NLA has launched a wiki called Library Labs with lots of information about their work. With regards, Dinesh K S

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Google Reader/ RSS Feed
by Rajan 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

Dear Mr Singh, Your presentation on RSS Feed is a window to an easier and deeper use of internet to which most of the users should be exposed to as the growth of new features in the post Google era is so amazing and useful for the information seekers. Unfortunately most of the librarians remain ignorant of such features of internet and hence cannot train their users on the easy ways to gather information from the sites in the so dynamic internet. We expect similar internet use familiarization presentations on similar areas of easier web use from Mr Singh and others. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India Original Message: Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:22:35 +0530 From: "Sukhdev Singh" <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Surviving the Web Explosion: Keeping in touch with RSS Dear Friends, For last two years I have been teaching Doctors and Medical Librarians in using RSS Feeds for keeping in touch with latest information on the web. Today I am sharing my slides on it at the following link. http://snipr.com/23ck1 This slide show tells why RSS is better way for alerting us on latest information being posted on web on particular area of interest. I tried to explain what all is required for this new method. I took an example on how to subscribe for feeds on - News (from NDTV.COM) Blogs (Puter Suber's Blog); Open Access Repository (OpenMED@NIC - http://openmed.nic.in ) and from a Database (PubMed). At the end I have given an example to create "MASHUP" from RSS Feeds. Hope it would be of your interest. --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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Latest Open Access Book by Mr. Anup Kumar Das has been Archived at OpenMED@NIC
by Sukhdev Singh 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

We would like to thank Mr. Anup Kumar Das for archiving his following book on 'Open Access' in OpenMED@NIC - http://openmed.nic.in . It is contained in a single PDF of around 12 MB File size. Das, Anup Kumar (2008) Open Access to Knowledge and Information: Scholarly Literature and Digital Library Initiatives – the South Asian Scenario. UNESCO, New Delhi, India. ISBN 9788189218218 http://openmed.nic.in/2789/ Thanks Mr Das. --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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Change of time for the bidding farewell to Mr.Chikkamallaiah
by Mailing List Admin 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 15:42:10 +0530 (IST) From: kk_suresh(a)blr.amrita.edu Dear professionals, Please note the the change in the timing of farewell function. It is at 2.15 pm afternoon. with regards mathias IIMB-Library Regards KK Suresh Librarian Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Bangalore - 560 035

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Repeatation of information
by Apurba Jyoti Majumder 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

dear all sometime i find that an information which has been posted in LIS forum is also sent to individual e-mail unnecessarily. it is just a repeatation of effort. we the member of the forum get the information. through mailing list. those are mainly forwarder messages from mailing list. it should be avoided. sometime itis a matter of great harrasment. -- Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Department of Library & Information Science Gauhati University, 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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National Workshop on LIS research
by Apurba Jyoti Majumder 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Diamond Jubilee Year, Gauhati University *National Workshop on Trends in Library and Information Science Research* 7th - 9th May, 2008 As part of the Diamond Jubilee Celebration of the Gauhati University, Assam , the Department of Library and Information Science is organizing a three days National Workshop on "Trends in Library and Information Science Research" during 7th - 9th May, 2008. Working librarians, researchers and other prospective researchers representing especially different Social Science organizations from NE India are eligible to participate. The aims and objectives of the workshop are to analyse the trend of research in LIS and to identify the thrust areas of studies for future. Moreover, the workshop will train researchers for quality output of research works. Main Theme: "*Trends in Library and Information Science Research*" Sub-Themes *Trends in LIS Research in India; Research and Library Development; Research Methodology in Library and Information Science; Literature Search in an online environment; Standard Citation Style for preparing References and Bibliographies; Statistical Methods in LIS research; Documenting a Research Work; and others* Intake Capacity: The intake capacity is Twenty five (25). Registration: Interested LIS professionals are suggested to apply in the prescribed form attached. The filled in form is to reach us on or before *25th April, 2008*. Application may be submitted through email also either to dlisgu(a)gmail.com or nlahkar(a)gmail.com. Selected candidates will be informed immediately through Email or by post (if, no Email address is available). Participants are entitled to get working launch and tea during sessions. Registration Fees: The Registration fee is Rs. 200/- (Rupees Two Hundred) only. Selected candidates on hearing from the Workshop Co-ordinator are to deposit the amount in the form of DD to be drawn in favour of Director, ICSSR Payable at New Delhi latest by 7th May (ie at the Registration Desk). Workshop Dates: May 7-9, 2008 (Monday - Wednesday). Accommodation: Participants are to arrange accommodation of their own. However, Organizing Committee will help them in getting accommodation in reasonable price either in university Guest House or in other Guest Houses. For further details please contact Dr. Narendra Lahkar Workshop Director Prof. & Head, DLISc, GU Mobile: 098640-53349 Email: nlahkar(a)gmail.com or Dr. Rajani Kanta Barman Co-Ordinator Reader, DLISc, GU Mobile: 094353-08676 Email: rkbarman1(a)gmail.com . N.B: Application format can be obtained online on requst . send ur request to badanbarman(a)gmail.com, or apurbajyoti(a)gmail.com -- Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Department of Library & Information Science Gauhati University, 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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Surviving the Web Explosion: Keeping in touch with RSS
by Sukhdev Singh 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Dear Friends, For last two years I have been teaching Doctors and Medical Librarians in using RSS Feeds for keeping in touch with latest information on the web. Today I am sharing my slides on it at the following link. http://snipr.com/23ck1 This slide show tells why RSS is better way for alerting us on latest information being posted on web on particular area of interest. I tried to explain what all is required for this new method. I took an example on how to subscribe for feeds on - News (from NDTV.COM) Blogs (Puter Suber's Blog); Open Access Repository (OpenMED@NIC - http://openmed.nic.in ) and from a Database (PubMed). At the end I have given an example to create "MASHUP" from RSS Feeds. Hope it would be of your interest. --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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Environmental Protection Agency reopens all its libraries
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Dear Friends, The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) had closed 3 of the 10 regional libraries and two libraries at the agency's Washington headquarters because of limited public use and resources being available online. This closings prompted criticism from lawmakers. Now EPA plans to reopen five closed libraries to the public by this september 30. These libraries house scientific documents on health and the environment and are used by both agency employees and the public. More details could be obtained in http://www.chron.com. Thanking You, Dinesh K. S. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Astronomy: PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT - LISA VI
by Library 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Dear Moderator: Kindly announce the following in LIS Forum. Y.M.Patil, RRI,Bangalore. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT: LISA VI Conferences on Library and Information Services in Astronomy (LISA) have been held periodically with the aim of providing a platform to discuss the state-of-the-art in astronomy librarianship in respect of information management, storage, retrieval, delivery and preservation and to discern the new directions in which our profession is evolving. Over the last two decades, five conferences were held covering a wide range of subjects including acquisition, organization and maintenance of books, journals, preprints and other specialized materials both in print and electronic formats, use of information resources, astronomical information seeking on the internet/world wide web, bibliographic and full text astronomy databases, online astronomical catalogues, changes in libraries and librarians' tasks, Astronomical Data Centres, conservation and archiving, preservation and history of astronomy, electronic publishing trends,bibliometrics, astronomy user expectations, astronomy libraries in developing countries, astronomical information network, beyond ADS and GOOGLE, cutting edge technologies and Virtual Observatory. Between 1988 to 2006, there were five international seminars, viz. LISA I: July 1988, Washington, D.C.,USA LISA II: May 1995, Munich, Germany; LISA III: May 1998, Tenerife, Canary Island, Spain LISA IV: July 2002, Prague, Czech Republic LISA V: June 2006, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA We are pleased to announce that the LISA VI conference will be held in India, hosted by the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), at Pune, in the State of Maharashtra. This conference will be organized under the auspices of FORSA (Forum for Resource Sharing in Astronomy and Astrophysics), a group of astronomy and physics related Institutes in India, during 14-17 February 2010 as per the tradition of organizing LISA once in every four years and also to enjoy the favorable weather conditions at Pune, India. The generally accepted theme of the conference will be: "21st Century Astronomy Librarianship: from new ideas to action" We are seeking expression of interest from potential participants for this conference and any other suggestions at this stage. We request you to kindly indicate your interest in participating in this conference in India to Mrs. Nirupama Bawdekar at IUCAA, Pune, before 30th April 2008. Kindly send your responses to: Mrs. Nirupama Bawdekar, Scientific Officer "D", Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Post Bag No.4,Ganeshkhind, PUNE - 411 007, India. e-mail:nub@iucaa.ernet.in xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dr.Y.M.Patil Librarian & FORSA Coordinator, Raman Research Institute, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore 560 080. ympatil(a)rri.res.in Dr.Christina Birdie, Librarian, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore 560 034 chris(a)iiap.res.in Mrs. Nirupama Bawdekar, Scientific Officer "D", Library, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Post Bag No.4, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007. nub(a)iucaa.ernt.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Surface computing in libraries?
by Suvarsha Walters 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Hello everyone, An interesting article on the possibilities of Surface Computing in libraries. http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6545452.html?industryid=47077 with regards, Suvarsha Information Analyst, HP Labs, India. ____________________________________________________________________________________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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They don't know that DRTC/ADIS is equivalent to M. Lib. Sc.
by librarymahad 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

I had applied for the post of Dy. Manager (Library) in Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Aircraft Division. Ojhar, Tal Niphad, Dist. : Nashik, Maharashtra. All the requirements were fulfilling but they said that my Qualification is not Valid. Even though I have confirmed them that ADIS = Associateship in Documentation and Information Science from Documentation Research and Training Center, Indian Statistical Institute, is a recognized one and equivalent to M. Lib. Sc. But they didn't agreed even though I am having the proof. They even charged Rs. 200/- as application fees. I would like to get feedback from DRTC, ISI, Bangalore. If it is happening so, where shall we stand afterwords. If a Govt. organisation is not admitting DRTC's ADIS course where shall we go? This is for your kind information and necessary action please. What we DRTCian should do in such situation? Regards, Pradip Das ================================================= Pradip Das. M. Phil, ADIS/DRTC, B. Sc. (Chem.) Sr. Librarian / TPM & Training Co-ordinator, Pidilite Industries Limited, A/21, MIDC, Mahad, Maharashtra - 402309. India. Ph. : 02145- 31444(R), 02145 - 232043 to 46 (Off.) Extn. : 226 Fax. : 01245 - 232048 Mobile : 09420836138 E-mail : librarymahad(a)pidilite.co.in or, pradipbhadreswardas(a)gmail.com Web : www.pidilite.com ================================================ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MEET on Open Access, FLOSS and Copyright Law at INSA on April 26, 2008
by Sangeeta Kaul 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Brainstorming Meet On Open Access, FLOSS and Copyright Law for Scholarly Communication and Literary Work 26th April, 2008 at Indian National Science Academy, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg New Delhi The Indian National Science Academy (INSA) is organizing brainstorming session on the 26th of April, 2008 at its premises. The major aim of the meet is to draft the recommendations for changes in Policy and Law to the Government of India to be in tune with changing technologies in the new information era and the international developments. The meet will start at 9.30 AM on the 26th. The first session will concentrate on OA and FLOSS. Lectures by Prof Subbiah Arunachalam, Dr Sunil and Dr Sahu will be followed by a discussion on and finalization of the Recommendations for changes in Policy and Law for enabling an Indian initiative in OA and FLOSS. After a Coffee break between 11.30 AM and 12.00 Noon, there will be talks on Copyright for Scholarly Communication and Literary work by Prof N. Balakrishnan and Shri Pravin Anand. From 1.00 PM to 1.30 PM, the draft recommendations will be brainstormed and finalized. The meet will end with a Lunch. The outcome of the meet will affect you directly or indirectly. If you are a Student, Teacher, avid reader, Publisher, Scientist, Technologist, Government Employee, Policy maker, Lawyer and a concerned citizen who likes to believe in democratization of Knowledge, we need you and your inputs in shaping up the recommendations to the Government. Please register at www.insaindia.org or by sending an e-mail : publ-insa(a)nic.in or fax : 011-23231095. All are Welcome _______________________________________________________________________________ Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network JNU Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 Tel: 91-11-32471010, 32471002, 32471011, 9810329992 (M) 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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Information Economy Report 2007-2008 – Science and Technology for Development: The New Paradigm of ICT, UNCTAD, 2008
by shriram pandey 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Dear professionals. The Information Economy Report 2008 - Science and technology for development: the new paradigm of ICT, analyses the current and potential contribution of information technology to knowledge creation and diffusion, In particular, the Information Economy Report 2007-2008 addresses the following issues: * Trends in ICT access and use consisting of basic ICT indicators and an analysis of how ICTs impact on enterprises in developing countries; * The ICT producing sector and the emerging South examines the role of the sector from the perspective of South-South trade, while exploring issues of the relationship between ICTs and employment, FDI and outsourcing; * Measuring the impact of ICT on productive efficiency through a case study of Thailand confirms that developing countries can benefit as much as developed ones from increasing ICT use; * ICT, e-business and innovation policies highlights the need for balance between policy stability and flexibility to meet the needs of evolving ICTs and feedback from policy implementation; * E-banking and e-payments explains the potential of ICTs to improve overall business efficiency and assist in bringing SMEs and micro-enterprises into the formal economy; * ICTs for the poor are discussed within the scope of the increasing use of mobile telephones and supportive policy measures and the potential of telecentres to promote livelihoods by providing access to relevant information and business opportunities to rural and poor populations. more detail on :http://www.unctad.org/Templates/WebFlyer.asp?intItemID=4462&lang=1 -- Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore Official mail: shriram(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Create and search your own library on Google Book Search
by Rupak Chakravarty 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

You can now create personalized libraries on Google Book Search whereyou can label, review, rate, and of course, full-text search, acustomized selection of books. Check this out: http://books.google.com/googlebooks/mylibrary/ 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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TISS-SaciWATERs 14-day workshop on research methodology (17-30, Apr, 2008; TISS Mumbai)
by Puttaraj Choukimath 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

Dear All, TISS-SaciWATERs Workshop on Research Methodology, April 17 - 30, 2008, Mumbai The Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, in collaboration with the South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies (SaciWATERs), Hyderabad, invites applications for a 14-day workshop on research methodology. The workshop will comprehensively train participants in the philosophy, methodology and design of social science research, with a view to learning to use an interdisciplinary approach and multiple perspectives to produce research that has an impact. The workshop is designed for PhD scholars registered at an academic institution in India, who have completed at least one year of course work and who already have a research proposal or an advanced conceptualisation of their proposed research. The proposed research must be related to natural resource management, preferably on issues related to water. Selection will be competitive. About ten selected participants will be given free boarding and lodging. Travel support is being considered. Participants who successfully undergo the training this year will be given preferential selection for an advanced workshop on analysis and writing to be held next year. The application must include: (1) A 4-6 page essay on the proposed research. (2) A one-page note on what the applicant is seeking from such a workshop. (3) A curriculum vitae detailing the applicants academic background, current academic affiliation, work experience, if any, and contact details. Applications may be sent either (and preferably) as softcopy to Ms. Sharmila Joshi, Research Associate, at: rmtiss(a)gmail.com. Or as hardcopy to Dr. Lakshmi Lingam, Professor, Centre for Womens Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai 400 088, India. regards, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Apprentice Trainees Position at ISI Bangalore Centre
by meera bunglow 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

Dear Moderator, Please post this information on LIS-Forum Thank You Applications are invited for two temporary positions as specified below at the Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre Library, as "Apprentice Trainees" for a period of one year from April 2008 to 31st March 2009. 1. One position with Bachelors Degree and Masters Degree in Library Science and the remuneration will be Rs. 7000/PM. 2. One position with Diploma in Library Science with the remuneration of Rs. 5000/PM Interested candidates may apply with full details of their Educational Qualification/experience to "The Head, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE Post, Bangalore-560059" so as to reach before 10th April 2008. Online applications also may be forwarded to "meera(a)isibang.ac.in". Fresh candidates with good aptitude also will be considered. Candidates with good academic background and computer knowledge will be preferred. Dr B.M. Meera, In-charge Library Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre Library, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE Post Bangalore - 560059 email: meera(a)isibang.ac.in Date: 02 April 2008 Chat on a cool, new interface. No download required. Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free web materials published by facet publishing.
by Sanjeev Kumar Jain 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Dear LIS Professionals Many of recent books have companion websites offering updated weblinks and extra information. Useful for LIS professionals http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/websupport.shtml Sanjeev Kumar Jain C/o Anministration Deptartment National Institute of Fashion Technology, GH-0, Behind Infocity Gandhinagar-382 007 Ph: 079-23240832, 232408034 ext. 106 Email: infolibrarian(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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TLC releases Library Solution Version 4.0
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Dear Friends, TLC is a automation solutions company which includes library automation, cataloging and authority control solutions, automated material handling systems and RFID. TLC has released Library Solution Version 4.0, one of the most significant updates to Library Solution. It introduces new functions such as 'suspend hold', support for borrower photographs, express user configurations and several new "one-click" navigational aids. (Source: http://www.librarytechnology.org/diglib-fulldisplay.pl?) With regards, Dinesh K. S. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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intership programme - BHU
by Mailing List Admin 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Date: 1 Apr 2008 01:18:21 -0000 From: shyam pai <rajiv01(a)rediffmail.com> dear friends, bhu is going to start intership programme for one year for all his mlib students. it is the first university to start this type of programme. Rajivaksh Tripathi Mlib student of B.H.U,Varanasi

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Emerald Research Fund awards
by Mailing List Admin 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:14:45 +0100 From: Rajneesh Rajpal <RRajpal(a)emeraldinsight.com> I am pleased to share that due to high interests shown by the researcher's , we are extending the deadline till 30th April 2008 for receipt of papers. Thanks Emerald Research Fund Awards 2007/2008 - Indian LIS category Call for Indian LIS research proposals "Supporting the dissemination of knowledge for social good in India" This year, Emerald is proud offer to a research grant for an Indian project in the field of library and information science (LIS). The funding award will amount to up to �2,000 (US$4,200 equivalent). Applications should address the dissemination of knowledge for social good with a specific orientation toward benefit for India. Eligibility At least one member of the research team must be based in India. Judging criteria Each application will be judged, by a panel of experts, on the five criteria below. The research must: * Be of significance, particularly illustrating how it will benefit the social good. * Demonstrate originality and innovation. * Make an outstanding contribution to theory and its application. * Illustrate the appropriateness and application of the methodology. * Demonstrate sound implications for theory and practice. Application requirements Each proposal, to arrive either by post or by e-mail, must contain: 1. A summary stating specific goals, outcomes and benefits of the research. This should not exceed 2,000 words (note that tables, figures, appendices and reference lists, if provided do NOT count to the 2,000 word total). 2. A covering letter containing contact details for all researchers involved in the project. Please state clearly which researcher will be the main point of contact. The 2,000-word summary must: * Display clearly a statement of purpose and intent. * State clearly the methodology(ies) applied and explicitly describe the research process. * State expected research outcomes and expected impact and possible application. * Specify the expected timescales of the research process. * Outline projected costs and total research grant required. Where to send your application Please send all applications (either by post or by e-mail), and address any questions, to: Rajneesh Rajpal Country Manager Emerald Group Publishing Ltd E-mail - rrajpal(a)emeraldinsight.com Ruth Heppenstall External Relations Assistant Emerald Group Publishing Limited Howard House Wagon Lane Bingley BD16 1WA United Kingdom Tel: 01274 785261 Fax: 01274 785200 E-mail: rheppenstall(a)emeraldinsight.com <mailto:rheppenstall@emeraldinsight.com> Key dates The closing date for applications is 1 April 2008. The initial short-list will be completed by mid-June 2008. Winners will be announced in early July 2008. Details of the 2008 Emerald Research Fund Awards: Management Category will be announced in early 2008. 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

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Received article
by Kshema Prakash 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Dear friends, It is for your information that have received the article (Srivastava, K. and Sharma, R. 2007. A Level Structure Based Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm for the Edge Bisection Problem. Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Multimedia Applications (ICCIMA 2007) - Volume 02. Pages 146-150) I requested from Sangeetaji of DELNET. Thanks for cooperation. -- 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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NewGenLib open source - Conversion tools
by L J Haravu 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

Dear Members Based on the requests that we have received from libraries who have downloaded the open source NewGenLib, we have developed tools for conversion of data from SOUL and E-Granthalaya. The tools are available as part of the services that are provided to open source users. Interested libraries may send an email to bala(a)verussolutions.biz of Verus IT Services Pvt. Ltd., with details of number of records to be converted. Haravu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dr. Jagtar Singh appoined Dean, Faculty of Education and Information Science
by Jagtar Singh 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that our Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor has appointed me Dean, Faculty of Education and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala w.e.f. 1.4.2008 for a period of two years. I hope to get your kind cooperation and expert guidance to enable me to come upto the expactations of the stakeholders. Profound regards -- Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India) & Standing Committee Member, IFLA Information Technology Section Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Tel: +91 (0)175 304 6179 (Work) +91 (0)175 228 2727 (Home) Fax: +91 (0)175 228 3073 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Here is the Breaking News - An Open Access Society for India
by Sukhdev Singh 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

Dear Friends, India now has a number of individuals and institutions working for the cause of Open Access. Time has come to further boost such efforts through a body fully dedicated for it. Such a body can promote better coordination of individual initiatives under a collaborative framework aiming Open Access in India. I am happy to inform you that a group of young professionals has formed a Registered Society under The Travancore Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955 on 19th March 2008 with Registration Number : ER-157/08. It is known as Open Knowledge Society (OKSociety). Its website is located at http://www.oksociety.org This newly formed 'OKSociety' aims to promote Open Access in India through creating awareness and organizing training programmes. However we all know this is not enough. After getting the training on implementing institutional repositories, automation of libraries and on-line journal publishing; people do need some support services in putting their training into practice. These support services or 'hand-holding' are essential at least in initial stages. Unfortunately these support services are not available in the present market scenario. As this is too specialized domain with very small niche. OKSociety would act as a forum to provide support services through an array of volunteers. One another major bottle neck for small and medium institutions is that they do not have high end servers connected to Internet on 24/7 basis. This hinders the visibility of good work done by such institutions. Better servers and Internet infrastructure sometimes become too expensive to justify the exposure of good work done at such institutions. Even in large institutions, libraries may not be able to get good share of the server and bandwidth from the institutional pools. OKSociety could create a pool of high end servers having adequate bandwidth. This pool of infrastructure could be used by member institutions. Such a common reliable infrastructure can also be used for publishing Open Access Journals as well as hosting Institutional Repositories under the supervision of the Society. I wish the society all the success. I am one of its members and hope in near future more people will get associated with it. This Society would need dedicated people to carry forward its mission. I can understand it is just the beginning and more information needs to be put on its site. Which I hope will evolve in due course in time. --Sukhdev Singh. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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POST : ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN AT NIFM (fwd)
by Mailing List Admin 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:00:45 +0530 From: Sanjeev Kumar Jain <sanjeevmlis(a)gmail.com> *NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT* (A Society under Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India) *Sector 48, Pali Road, Faridabad 121001. (Haryana)* *About NIFM:* The NIFM is a Centre of Excellence established by the Government of India, Ministry of Finance for teaching, research and consultancy in the areas of Public Finance, Financial Management, Accounting, Audit and Information Technology. The Institute conducts a two-year full-time PGDBM (FM) Programme besides other training programmes. The NIFM follows Central Govt. Rules in regard to pay & allowances and other service matters. Faculty at the Institute are entitled to other benefits as decided by the Board of Governors including sharing of consultancy income according to Institute's rules. The Institute also has residential accommodation for faculty members which is allotted subject to availability. The institute invites applications from Indian Citizens for faculty positions in the areas of Economics; Finance & Accounts; Information Technology; Quantitative Techniques; Organisational Behavior and Human Resource anagement. *POST : ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN (Rs.8,000- 13,500)* *Qualifications & Experience:* A Master Degree and Ph. D. in Library Science/ Library Information Science with 5 years continuous experience in a reputed and well stocked Library of University recognized by University Grants Commission (UGC), or recognized management institutes of national / international repute. *Age*: Not exceeding 35 years for direct recruitment. *How to apply:* Interested persons may apply for the posts in the format available on NIFM's website www.nifm.ac.in The applications may be sent to the Chief Administrative Officer, National Institute of Financial Management, Sector- 48, Pali Road, Faridabad 121001 (Haryana) so as to reach latest by *11th, April 2008.* Sanjeev Kumar Jain C/o Anministration Deptartment National Institute of Fashion Technology, GH-0, Behind Infocity Gandhinagar-382 007 Ph: 079-23240832, 232408034 ext. 106 Email: infolibrarian(a)gmail.com

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The Federal Depository Library Handbook
by sri priya 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

The Federal Depository Library Handbook The Federal Depository Library Manual was intended to be a practical guide, providing workable solutions for day-to-day challenges in over 1,300 depository libraries. http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/fdlm/ Education Loan Rates Education or Student Loans from banks have become a preferred way of financing higher education in India and to study abroad. Banks have also become more market-oriented, making it convenient to avail such loans. Given below are the interest rates from some of the banks like State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and others. http://www.apnaloan.com/education-loan-india/rates.html With Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ OMG, Sweet deal for Yahoo! users/friends:Get A Month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. W00t http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text2.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Oxford Journals launches first peer-reviewed journal dedicated to undergraduate bioscience research
by Kaushik 30 Mar '08

30 Mar '08

26 March 2008 Oxford Journals is delighted to announce the launch of *Bioscience Horizons*, a free online journal showcasing the best undergraduate bioscience research from the UK and Republic of Ireland. As the first peer-reviewed journal dedicated to undergraduate bioscience research, it is the only journal to provide such a forum for students, their supervisors and universities, this journal is unique in its field. It is hoped that by publishing high quality undergraduate research work the journal will strengthen the link between teaching and research in higher education. This exciting new journal is published by Oxford Journals in conjunction with Oxford University Press' Higher Education department, and has been awarded a grant from the University of Leeds for its first year. It will be published twice a year and will include papers covering a wide range of the biological sciences, from molecular biology to ecology. The first issue is available online from today. For further information about this title, and publication details, please visit www.oxfordjournals.org For more information, please contact: Kaushik Ghosh | South Asia Sales Manager Oxford Journals | Oxford University Press Plot No A 1-5, Block GP, Sector V Salt Lake Electronics Complex Kolkata 700091 India + 91 33 2357 3739 / 2357 3947 telephone kaushik.ghosh(a)oxfordjournals.org -- 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 29 Mar '08

29 Mar '08

Hello Friends, Can some one help me by sending the full text of the below reference? Srivastava, K. and Sharma, R. 2007. A Level Structure Based Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm for the Edge Bisection Problem. Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Multimedia Applications (ICCIMA 2007) - Volume 02. Pages 146-150 Thanks and 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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LIBRARIAN POST
by A.Manimekalai 28 Mar '08

28 Mar '08

Dear LIS Professionals, Please utilise the opportunity or inform to your friends: 1. * Post: Librairan* Organisation: Iindian INstitute of Management , Bangalore Scale: 12, 000 Requirement: I class or Higher II class in PG in Lib. Sc. or Allied Library Science course Desirable: Mphil or PhD Experience : 8 years in any large Library Environment For Address: Visit the Site *SOURCE: The Times of India- Times Ascent- III, Date: 28th MArch 2008.* ** *2. Post : Librarian :* 4 nos. Qualifications & Pay: AS Per AICTE Contact Mr. RR NARKEHEDE, CHairman, MAthurabai Rambhau Narkhede Memorial Trust IIMT, Sun Hi TEch Shashwat Institutes, B7- EL- 39/5 Bhosari, Pune - 26 Email: mba(a)iimtpune.com Source : *The Times of India- Times Ascent- III, Date: 28th MArch 2008.* ** From: Dr. A. Manimekalai, Asst. Librarian,(Sr.Sc) Faculty of Engg. & Tech. Library, Annamalai University Annamalainagar- 608 002. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Job Vacancy at INFLIBNET Centre for Scientific/Technical Officer-I (Library Science)
by Dr K Prakash 28 Mar '08

28 Mar '08

Dear Members, Job Vacancy at INFLIBNET Centre...for Scientific/Technical Officer-I (Library Science) Advt. No. 02/2008 INFLIBNET Centre invites applications from Indian Nationals for the purely temporary post of Scientific/Technical Officer-I (Library Science) . 1 (One) post for the period of one year only and likely to continue further. Job Description : The incumbent will work in the library and information group of the Centre. He/she will assist the Senior Scientists in the areas relating to library automation,creation of database, digital library consortium, providing information service, conducting training programmes for the library professionals, organizing seminar/workshop/convention etc. Qualification & Experience : M.Lib./MLISc or its equivalent OR B.Lib./BLISc from a recognized universities with 8(eight) years relevant experience. Upper Age Limit : 30 years. Scale of Pay :Rs.6,500-200-10,500 (pre-revised) (At present Gross Rs.16,435/- per month at the minimum of the scale). The scale of pay and emoluments is likely to be revised upon implementation of 6th Central Pay Commission. For more details and application format please visit http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/advt022008.pdf With best regards. Bye. _____________________________ Dr. K Prakash, PhD Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009 India URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com Tel: 079-2630 5971/2630 4695(Off); 2676 3724(Res) Cell: 94270 00758 Fax: 91-079-2630 0990/ 2630 7816 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Digital Bookmobile
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 28 Mar '08

28 Mar '08

Dear Friends, Digital Bookmobile (www.digitalbookmobile.com) is launching national tour of public libraries in US from August 2008. The Digital Bookmobile will host hands-on, interactive training events at public libraries in cities around the United States. Libraries will be encouraged to make the Digital Bookmobile a part of multi-day community events, book fairs, and other reading initiatives. Dinesh K. S. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Why and How to Use Blogs to Promote Your Library's Services
by Jignesh Amin 28 Mar '08

28 Mar '08

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Google Docs and Spreadsheets
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 28 Mar '08

28 Mar '08

Dear Friends Just in case you do not know. Google Docs and spreadsheets are a great way to compose documents in a co-operative way. Google spreadsheet NOW allows you compose a form for collecting data for a survey, send the form to your friends via email, have them filled out & submitted via submit link in the form, then have the data go directly into a spreadsheet you have made! Only analysis remains! Even this may be automated. This is a boon to librarians doing all kinds of surveys among their clients. No special programming skills are needed. http://docs.google.com/ -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278 http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Experience in a workshop
by Jinu Sudhakaran 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Dear Friends. Last Day(24th-25thMarch. 2008) I attended a National Workshop on Building Digital Libraries using DSpace, (Organised Jointly by School of Engineering & Centre For Information Resource Management (CIRM) Cochin University of Science & Technology in Collaboration with Central Library, IIT Madras). It was such a good experience for me.Unlike other workshops which give importance for the resource persons expertise, this workshop stood different, which gave good emphasis for the participants and I believe that the seminar inculcated good knowledge about Dspace.It dealt with the practical and theoretical session of Dspace. In the practical session good emphasis was given for How to Install Dspace in Windows. Earlier I believed or in other words most of my colleagues told me installing Dspace is a herculean task, which could be installed only with the help of a computer professional. But by attending this workshop, I am confident, and I could confidently say that we Library Professionals also can install dspace with minimal efforts and which would contribute a revolutionary change in the Open Access Movement by setting up our Digital Repositories using Dspace. I would like to Congragulate all the team members especially Resource Person G.Santhosh Kumar and Workshop Co-ordinator Surendran Cherukodan who took all the efforts to organise such a wonderful workshop Thanking You Jinu Sudhakaran Research Scholar DLIS University of Kerala JINU SUDHAKARAN ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Jinu Sudhakaran Research Scholar DLIS, University of Kerala --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Renumeration for Internship
by Swati Gajakose 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

I completely agree with Snehal. I say you are right Snehal. MLISc and BLISc Graduates are not paid much as interns and also as regular employees and to add insult to injury non-qualified staff (10th and 12th pass people with no library science background) are given status on par with a MLISc/BLISc graduates. Why is it that librarians themselves give step-motherly treatment to the freshers (MLISc and BLISc graduates) in this profession? A measly salary of 3000/- or 7000/- only discourages. Swati Gajakose Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. To know how, go to 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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Dspace 1.5 release
by Mallikarjun 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Dear Professionals The DSpace community is pleased to announce the release of DSpace 1.5! This is an important release of DSpace with many new features, including a completely new theme-able Manakin user interface, SWORD integration, many new configurable options, and scalability improvements. Please Visit http://www.dspace.org// Mallikarjun Dora 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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Programme for circulation
by Mailing List Admin 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:52:22 +0530 From: Ratnakar Aspari <aspari_r(a)hotmail.com> RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE J8/123, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi We have the pleasure to announce the 129th Monthly Meeting of RRC on 29th March, 2008 (5th Saturday) at 10.00 hrs. Venue : National Social Science Documentation Center, Firoz Shah Road, Near Mandi House Metro Station, New Delhi-110 001 Speaker : Smt. Jayapradha Ravindran National Archives of India, New Delhi Topic : Archival Information and Collection at National Archives of India Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting and participate to benefit the group by discussions. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, SUBHASH DESHMUKH

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ALA releases report of its study on library service for non-English Speakers.
by Sukhdev Singh 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Dear Friends, ALA has released a report of it's study on library service for non-English Speakers. .."The findings presented in this study can provide a venue for developing better and more precise materials, services and programs for those linguistically isolated".. .."American Library Association (ALA) study provides new information about library services and programs developed for non-English speakers, including effectiveness of services, barriers to library use, most frequently used services and most success library programs by language served".. Full report is available from http://snipr.com/22pzh --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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Reduced Sized File of our Panjab University Seminar Paper Presentation
by Sukhdev Singh 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Dear Friends, Some of you had problems in downloading the power point presentation of our recent paper on OpenMED@NIC [From http://snipr.com/229f4 and http://openmed.nic.in/2762/] . It was due to large size of the file. I have now created a PDF file that contains heavily reduced quality pictures but is of much lighter in size about 2 MB as compared to original presentation of 16 MB. This File has been uploaded to OADL Group under files[ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oadl/ ] section and should be available from http://snipr.com/22pxt directly. If still you feel that it should be mailed to you, please let me know. Thanks --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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Librarian's E-Library
by vimal kumar 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Dear Friend, Karen Muller, ALA Librarian and Knowledge Management Specialist, used the Google Co-op Custom Search Engine (CSE) to build this useful tool. and explains the goal of its use is "to be able to focus searches of web-based materials...," adding that, "Although many of the sites [included], particularly the association sites, have 'business information,' they are rich resources for articles on the range of library activitiescollection management, security issues, preservation, reader services, service to special populations, management, statistics, etc. At least at the outset, all the sites are live, active sites that are information rich." Link http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=015271347771663724636%3Acmwvisovdsg Vimal Kumar Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 http://www.asb.edu.in/vimal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UNESCO Training the Trainers (TTT) Regional Workshop on Information Literacy at Punjabi Unioversity, Patiala
by Jagtar Singh 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Dear All, You would be glad to know that UNESCO had initiated a project entitled "Train the Trainers (TTT) Workshops on Information Literacy". In all 12 Workshops are being organized throughout the globe. Punjabi University is hosting the "TTT Regional Workshop on Information Literacy (IL) for South and South Asia" from 5-7 November 2008. In this workshop, IL trainers and other interested professionals from 14 countries of South and Central Asia are expected to participate. The number of participants will be between 30-50 and facilitators for this workshop will be of international standing. This is only a very brief information for the stakeholders. More information will be flashed in the next mail and also put on a dedicated web page created by us for this purpose. All the information will be available to the interested professionals during the first week of April 2008. Nevertheless for immediate information, please send your queries to: TTTW.Patiala(a)gmail.com or jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Profound regards, Jagtar -- Dr. Jagtar Singh, TTT-IL Workshop Coordinator & Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India) Standing Committee Member, IFLA Information Technology Section Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Tel: +91 (0)175 304 6179 (Work) +91 (0)175 228 2727 (Home) Fax: +91 (0)175 228 3073 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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need fllowing papers
by Yashwant G Kanade 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

Dear Moderator, Could you please broadcast this message to LIS-FORUM members? It is needed by one of our Ph.D. student urgently. With Warm Regards Yashwant Kanade. ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: need fllowing papers From: "Ashok Kumar Mallik" <ashok(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in> Date: Wed, March 26, 2008 2:11 pm To: kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Sir, Could you please get me following papers which are published in Russian Journal of Herpetology and Dumerilia. I am writing my PhD proposal so I need them. 1) Orlov N. L. and Ryabov S. A. (2002), A new species of the genus Boiga (Serpentes, Colubridae, Colubrinae) from Tanahjampea Island and description of black form of Boiga cynodon complex from Sumatra (Indonesia), Russ. J. Herpetol., 9(1), 33 56. 2) Orlov N. L., Kudryavtzev S. V., Ryabov S. A., and Shumakov O. V. (2003a), A new species of genus Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae) and color atlas of boigas from Bengkulu Province (Sumatra, Indonesia), Russ. J. Herpetol., 10(1), 33 52. 3) Orlov N. L., Ryabov S. A., Nguyen V. S., and Nguyen Q. T. (2003b), New records and data on the poorly known snakes of Vietnam. Russ. J. Herpetol., 10(3), 217 240. 4) Pauwels O. S. G., Laohawat O.-A., David P., Bour R., Dangsee P., Puangjit C., and Chimsunchart C. (2000), Herpetological investigations in Phang-Nga Province, southern Peninsular Thailand, with a list of reptile species and notes on their biology, Dumerilia, 4(2), 123 154. Thanks Yours sincerely Ashok ================================================= ASHOK KUMAR MALLIK Research Scholar Centre for Ecological Sciences INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE BANGALORE PIN:560012 INDIA ------------------------------------------------- e-mail: ashokgene(a)gmail.com Phone:+919986919048 ================================================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner @CES, and is believed to be clean. -- YASHWANT G KANADE Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560012, Karnataka, INDIA Tele Phone:91-080-23600985/ 22932506 Extn.-106,107 Fax: 91-080-23601428 E-Mail: kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in; kanade_yg12(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner @CES, and is believed to be clean.

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JNU, New Delhi's vacancy for Librarian & Library Attendant
by Mukesh Anand 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

Dear Members', Jawaharlal Nehru University has notified for the post of Librarian & Library Attendant. Details r available on following web link. http://www.jnu.ac.in/Career/Advertisement_2008.doc Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Indian Railways Officers' Training College 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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Talk (All India Radio, Bangalore) - Dr.K.N. Prasad
by SRELS 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

Dear Moderator : Kindly announce the following for the benefit of LIS-FORUM subscribers. S. Chitra Devi, Staff, SRELS ***** Dr. K.N. Prasad, Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore, will be presenting 'Chintana' on All India Radio, Bangalore on 2nd, 12th and 22nd April 2008 at 6.30 am. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lecture invitation
by SRELS 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to announce the following invitation for the benefit of lis-forum members. Thank you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS, Bangalore ******** The Chairman & members of the Board of Trustees of the Ranganathan Centre for Information Stuides in association with the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science cordially invite you to a Special Lecture on 'COLON' AS AN ONTOLOGY by Prof. Michael Shepherd Dean, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada on Thursday, 27th March 2008 at 6.00 p.m. at 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 RSVP: K.S. Raghavan Ph:9448041026 E-mail: ksragav(a)hotmail.com K.N. Prasad 23305109 srels(a)dataone.in -- 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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concept of pay & publish your paper
by sunil satpathy 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

Dear Professionals, You all may be aware that now a concept has been developed in our field that "you pay and publish your paper " particularly in case of Seminar/conference Volume which I think is the detoriation of quality of these publications.It is a matter of great regrate that the Natial associations like IASLIC,ILA etc are also demanding money with the paper even if these associations are not financially able to publish a pre seminar/conference volume without collecting money. When we are saying about the development of LIS profession and professionals ,we should think what short of development can be acheived with this system. So I draw your kind attention towards this emerging concept which aims to detoriate the quality of LIS literatures,education and profession. thanking you Dr Sunil Kumar Satpathy Sr.Librarian C.V.Raman College of engineering Bhubaneswar,Orissa --------------------------------- Why delete messages? Unlimited storage is just a click away. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Future Libraries - Interview
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

Dear Friends, The *Times of India* published an interview of Claudia Lux, New President of IFLA on 26th March 2008 (Page No. 20). She had spoke about future libraries and answered some of the questions like, (i) How has technology impacted libraries? (ii) What will the future library be like? (iii) Is there a role for the govt. in managing libraries? (iv) Do you have a programme for libraries in developing counties etc., Thanking You Dinesh K. S. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NewGenLib open source web site using a Content Management System (CMS)
by L J Haravu 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

Dear Members I am very happy to announce that the open source NewGenLib software's web site www.newgenlib.com now has been revamped to use an open source Content Management Software (CMS) called Drupal. The use of a CMS makes lfe extremely easy to administer and update web sites such as ours. I invite professionals to visit the site. This will now be frequently updated. Best regards. Haravu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Remunaration for internship
by Snehashree Rahalkar 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

Dear Professionals, I have seen a lots of advertisements here for internship or for contractaul positions. But remunaration or stipend is too low from 3000-7000 for MLISc or BLISc level. Dont u think so for a master level remuranation should be more than 10,000. Dont u think so itz a degradation of our profession? A simple BA,Bcom or BSc guy also get more than that. What you say? Snehashree Shriram Rahalkar. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Book needed!
by Mailing List Admin 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:12:51 +0530 (IST) From: Riki Krishnan <riki(a)ias.ernet.in> Dear All I would like to know if your library has the book mentioned below: "Travers, M. W. : A Life of Sir William Ramsay K.C.B., FRS; Edward Arnold Publishers: London, 1956" With regards Riki Krishnan *************************************************************************** Riki Krishnan * Indian Academy of Sciences * C.V. Raman Avenue, P.B. No. 8005 * 121 AECS Layout Sadashivanagar, Bangalore 560 080 * Between 14th & 15th Cross Tel: +91-80-361 2310/222 * Sanjaynagar Fax: +91-80-361 6094 * Bangalore 560 094 E-mail: riki(a)ias.ernet.in * Tel: +91-80-334 3812 (Res.) rikikrishnan(a)mailcity.com * ommriki(a)yahoo.com * *************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Endowment Lecture on Digital Libraries at MyDLIS
by N.S. Harinarayana 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

Informatics (India) Ltd., Bangalore has instituted an endowment lecture series on digital libraries at the Department of Library and Information Science (MyDLIS), University of Mysore, Mysore. Four lectures were held previously. Prof. Vijay V. Raghavan, Professor of Computer Science, University of Louisiana, Lafayette (USA) will be delivering a endowment lecture on "Text Mining for Knowledge Discovery from Biomedical Digital Libraries" on 27th March 2008 at 4 PM. Sri. N.V. Sathyanarayana, Chairman and Managing Director, Informartics (India) Ltd., Banglore, will be the Guest of Honour. Prof. T.C. Shivashankar Murthy, Vice Chancellor, University of Mysore, Mysore will preside over the function. The venue of the event is Rani Bhaddhur Auditoriam, Bahadur Institute of Management Sciences, Mysore All are cordially invited. -- 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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Invitation to ALSD Formation Day Celebrations on 7th April 2008
by Dimple Patel 24 Mar '08

24 Mar '08

Dear Professional Colleagues, Its my pleasure to invite you to the FORMATION DAY CELEBRATIONS (on the UGADI day) of Academy of Library Science and Documentation (ALSD) on Monday, the 7th of April, 2008 at 4.30 pm at City Central Library, Ashok Nagar, Hyderabad. As part of the Celebrations, a Guest Lecture by Prof. E. Rama Reddy, Visiting Professor, Mahasarakham University, Thailand (Formerly, Librarian, IGM Library, University of Hyderabad) is organized on LIS Education in Thailand: a Comparative Account. Your gracious presence at the Celebrations shall be greatly appreciated. Yours sincerely, Dr. K.H. Sunitha, General Secretary, Academy of Library Science and Documentation (ALSD). --------------------------------- Save all your chat conversations. Find them online. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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vacancies in an engineering college - hyderabad
by Sridhar K 24 Mar '08

24 Mar '08

Applications are invited for the posts of Librarian > & Library Assistant, for a new engineering college > in Hyderabad affiliated to JNTU & Approved by > A.I.C.T.E. New Delhi. > > Qualififcations & Experience > > 1. Librarian : MLISc with first class ( 0-3 Years of > Experience) > > 2. Library Assistant : CLISc (0-5 years of > experience) > > Mail your resume to: > > kanakanala(a)rediffmail.com, kanakanala(a)gmail.com > > > > K SRIDHAR REDDY > BRAHMOS AEROSPACE, DRDL Campus > KANCHANBAGH > HYDERABAD - 500058 > ANDHRA PRADESH > INDIA -- K SRIDHAR REDDY -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop cum Training Programme on Web Page Design
by Arunachalam Hariharan 24 Mar '08

24 Mar '08

Workshop cum Training Programme on Web Page Design Jointly Organized by Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai And Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science SALIS Chennai Chapter Date 18-19 Apr 2008 Venue Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai About the Workshop Libraries are undergoing tremendous changes due to revolution of ICT. Internet, web resources, digital libraries, ICT tools and techniques, etc have made a significant change in the existing library system services. Librarians need to play a variety of roles to meet the demands, requirements and expectations of the users and institutions. Library professionals need to learn and update their skills to perform various tasks and roles which are required in the digital era. Objectives The training programme will provide unique opportunity to LIS professionals to design, and develop web pages on their own using various tools and techniques Topics covered Web Page, Web site, Home page Web Server, Browser, Anatomy of URL Web Page Design, Concept and guidelines Elements of a Web page (title, web address, contents, design, structure and hyperlinks) Library website design and contents The Basics of HTML and XML Overview of HTML - Basic Tags CSS Macromedia Dream weaver basics interface inserting pictures and images using frames- multimedia - Adding multimedia elements working with layers Adobe Photoshop features basic - design- manipulation Button- animation drawing photo effects Adobe Flash Introduction Flash in HTML tweening guide tween- shape button animation sound integration Integration of images and flash files in web page linking Installation and Configuration of IIS Web server Web Hosting Web site maintenance Maintenance of Web sites Do's and Don't Do's Methodology Lecture, presentation and Hands on Experience. Computer will be provided for practical training Faculty Experts from Industry and Professional Web page developers Eligibility & Fee Practicing Librarians, information professionals. LIS Professionals (SALIS members) Rs.350 Other Professionals Rs. 500 Students Rs. 300 The registration fee includes Workshop kit, working lunch and tea for two days. (Only 30 participants, first come first serve) Registration Intending participants are requested to fill-up and send the attached form along with a DD in favour of The Principal Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai, towards the registration fee on or before 10th Apr08. Completed registration form can be sent to: Mrs. Sivakami Senior Librarian SRI SAI RAM ENGINEERING COLLEGE Sai Leo Nagar, West Tambaram, Chennai - 600 044. Tamil Nadu. India Phone : 044- 2238 0031 / 2238 3322 / 2238 3377 / 2238 1177 7333 Email : Librarian(a)srisairamengg.com n_siva70(a)yahoo.co.in Web Page Design 18-19 Apr 2008 Registration Form Name Designation Name of the Institution Address for Communication Tel. : Off Res. E-mail ID Mobile No. Particulars of Payment (Bank Draft) Name of the Bank : __________________ Rs. _________ D D No. _______________ Date _______________ Signature Last date : 20.04.2008 About Sri Sai Ram Engineering College Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai, established in the year 1995 by MJF.Ln.Leo Muthu, Chairman of Sapthagiri Educational Trust, is non-profitable, and non-minority institution. The College is functioning at Sai Leo Nagar in a sprawling campus of 300 acres. The college buildings are architecturally designed with 25,000 sq. meters plinth area as per AICTE norms. The college aims in providing quality technical education to both urban and rural students from Tamil Nadu as well as other states. Sri Sai Ram Institute of Management and Computer Applications, a unit of Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, was established in 1997, and it offers MBA and MCA programmes. Sri Sai Ram Engineering College has developed into a reputed Engineering Institution with ISO 9001: 2000 Certification. All the Engineering programs got accredited by National Board of Accreditation. Offering top quality technical education and molding the younger generation with the spirit of service to society, the college has spared no efforts to induct dedicated faculty and provide adequate infrastructure facilities. The college is affiliated to Anna University and also approved by All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi. The college has an excellent library, fully computerized and air-conditioned with Reference Section, Magazine Section and Stack Area. Presently there are more than 29,346 books and reference volumes stacked for the benefit of staff and students. The library subscribes more than 180 specialized journals, over one third of them being international --------------------------------------------- A.Hariharan ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Collection development of annual reports
by vimal kumar 24 Mar '08

24 Mar '08

Hi Friends, I would like to know the availability of Annual Reports of Indian companies in DVD or CD. Whats the procedure to request Annual Reports (print copy) directly from companies? I sent letters to many companies requesting print copy of annual reports, but no one responded positively. Vimal Kumar Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 http://www.asb.edu.in/vimal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IFLA President in the hindu metoplus
by shihabudeen kunju 23 Mar '08

23 Mar '08

*Beyond words * ** ** ** Claudia Lux talks to SANGEETA BAROOAH PISHAROTY about how to make a roomful of books vibrant Photos: V.V. Krishnan *Of untapped potential International Federation of Library Associations President Claudia Lux in New Delhi * How many of us go to a public library these days? Honestly, not many. If you ask yourself why, the answer might vary from shortage of time for such luxuries, to easy accessibility of the Internet for information, to how such libraries are often full of only old books, many of which might be sitting on the shelves for years as someone tore off their vital pages. And then, there are the better run private libraries to rummage through or say those run with excellent facilities run by the likes of The British Council, The American Center, Max Mueller Bhavan, etc. Plus the convenience of having specialised libraries these days, some even digitalised, with multiple services for members with an interest in medicine, arts, culture, and so on. Stemming the tide Claudia Lux, President, International Federation of Library Associations, understands the times the public libraries are going through the world over in the age of immediate responses, specialisation and the IT revolution. But Lux also knows how this tide can be stemmed. "What you need first is a positive attitude," she says. And that is what, adds the German native, "I have told the delegates here." Lux is in New Delhi to take part in "Libraries on the Agenda!", an international seminar on library advocacy, organised by Max Mueller Bhavan this past week. The seminar emerged from the National Knowledge Commission's recommendations to turn our libraries into resource centres to help India become a knowledge hub. The NKC's list of recommendations also includes a library commission. "Such a body to look into library affairs can be useful, but what is also required is the coming together of library operators, private and public, to send out one voice to the commission to usher in changes," she feels. Talking about possibilities, she cites the Parliamentary library in Buenos Aires which has 24 hours free Internet facility for the public. "It has got four awards for creating possibilities for citizen participation." Then, there is a small library in one of the remotest corners of Malaysia with no phone connection. "With the help of the regional library, it now has Internet facility for the villagers besides providing information to farmers about special crops, market prices, etc." The possibilities are many, she says. "You can do a lot by connecting rural libraries to the regional ones." Though India has a culture of community libraries as in Kerala, "one needs more of that. Finally, all you need is Rs.60,000 to set up a good community library and Rs.30,000 annually to maintain it." On her second trip to India after a gap of over three decades, Lux has visited some city libraries. "The specialised libraries here have excellent competence," she feels, referring to the digitised library at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. She liked the Parliamentary library too. "Do you know, it has a children's corner too?" she asks excitedly. But what she saw in the Delhi Public Library was far from satisfactory. "Its children's corner particularly needs a change. It is too dark, has too many old books. Also as a central library, it is very small," she comments, adding, "It however has just started an Internet facility." Lux sums up with a clincher. "To make public libraries popular, more than policy designers, we need dynamic heads of libraries." *Libraries on the Agenda* *Stefan Dreyer, Regional Director, Max Mueller Bhavan * "The National Knowledge Commission's emphasis on making India a knowledge resource is extremely interesting. Taking this as a cue, we thought of providing a platform for exchange of ideas and also to bring perspectives on library advocacy from Europe. What followed is the international seminar on library advocacy, "Libraries on the Agenda". We hope to have created a new network, and maybe there will be follow-ups on the ideas discussed here." *Getting it right * ** ** ** ** Germany's Wurzburg public library director on how a promotional strategy restored its popularity Photo: V.V. Krishnan *The strategist Hannelore Vogt in New Delhi * Hannelore Vogt doesn't have that typical look of a staid librarian sitting behind an old table at a dank public library, with the hum of a lazy ceiling fan for company. She has a spring in her step, a wide grin on her cherry red lips, and a success story to relate. A story that many public libraries can learn from. If at all those who man them want to take the pains to make people see a library as much more than a mere house of old books. A bubbly Vogt, sitting on the lawns of New Delhi's Max Mueller Bhavan, takes out a file of computer printouts to illustrate her tale — how she, as the director of Germany's Wurzburg public library, turned it around. "We could have put our hands up and requested the Government to help us. But this would have given an impression to the public that it is an old library of no use. So we took the reins in our hands," says Vogt, here to share her experience at an international seminar on library advocacy. Brainstorming sessions with her staff led to an effective marketing strategy, to bring the public back to the once-popular library. Companies and cash Flipping the pages, she shows what that strategy was. "We went to some local companies. That included a popular roast chicken outlet and a well-known winery. When it comes to giving cash, companies often cringe, but they love to give their products," explains Vogt. So what worked out is this: "The winery pasted a picture of our library on a Riesling wine bottle, and we got 25 cents from every bottle that sold. Wurzburg is a tourist destination and it helped our cause, as people liked the picture of that place's library to take back home." The 25-cent strategy worked with the chicken outlet too. "We roped in the city mayor, and the local newspapers carried her picture selling chicken for the library." Children's events were also organised, and the prize was a night stay at the library. "We didn't have money, so we thought of that and made it exciting with activities like storytelling, etc." Also, a company made bags for plays that were mounted in the local theatres. With such schemes, Vogt and her staff turned a forgotten library into a public hub. "We used the money to give people more and more facilities. The continuous activities kept us in news," she states. So, it was only natural the Wurzburg public library was given the German Library of the Year Award in 2003. And became for the staid public libraries, a much-needed example. S.B.P -- Shihabudeen Kunju. S # 21, A-24, Patel Chest Universtiy of Delhi Delhi-7 mob: 09911928321 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Pronetos: Social network for scholar
by Mallikarjun 23 Mar '08

23 Mar '08

Dear All Pronetos is a home to communities and scholar of every academic discipline : a global think tank of the leader in your fields. it is a platform to network and collaborate with your collegue all over the world. You can share paper, find scholar, post course material, collaborate, find research ..... Visit to http://pronetos.com Mallikarjun Dora IIM, Ahmedabad ...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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Do you twitter? I am getting addict to it.
by Sukhdev Singh 23 Mar '08

23 Mar '08

Friends, As you know, I am always experimenting with one thing or the other. Few weeks back I came to know about something called "twitter" - http://www.twitter.com. It is light web based application where you can write short messages. Others can read these messages. If you wish, you can control who all can read these messages. Reading others' messages is called "following" in twitter's terminology. You can write whatever you feel like. It is basically meant to tell your friends on what you are doing at a particular moment. What is your mood? What are you thinking at a particular moment? Or how do you wish to react to your surrounding. You can write whatever you feel like provided it is limited to 140 Characters. If you share a long link, it will be automatically converted into a shorter link through "TinyURL" - http://tinyurl.com/ . You can write messages either by going to its site and logging in, or adding "twitter" as your buddy in your Instant Messenger like Google Talk - http://www.google.com/talk/ , or sending them by SMS (I have not tried it) or logging via your GRPS enabled phone. I normally login from my GPRS enabled phone while away from my system. My MTNL phone is quite affordable in this matter - just 2 Paise / KB for its GPRS service. Most handsets are now GPRS capable. But you have to subscribe to GPRS data service from your service provider and download and install settings. Your service provider will send you the settings through SMS on request. You have to simply save these. Once you have GPRS on your set, the Internet is in your phone. You can surf the net through you phone's browser. I would again like to recommend Opera Mini - http://www.operamini.com/ . You can download and install in your phone (Your phone should able to run Java applications). For better experience I would recommend smart phones starting from Rs. 7000 onwards especially with expandable memory. Now coming back to twitter, what is big advantage of using twitter? Well there is no answer to it. It is one of social networking applications. If you believe in online communities, then it is for you. There is other many applications built around the twitter. You can generate RSS feeds from it and Mash it on your blog or site. Libraries are experimenting with it elsewhere. What all I can say it that is a Hot application these days and I am already addicted to it. You can follow me at http://twitter.com/esukhdev . To some it may appear very silly thing to do, yes I was also not very much convinced to start with. But not now. --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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Why plagiarize when we can write?
by Sukhdev Singh 21 Mar '08

21 Mar '08

Just back from a seminar organized by Department of Library and Information Science, Panjab University Chandigarh. This seminar, Trends and Strategic Issues for Libraries in Global Information Society, took place at the university itself from 18th to 19th March 2008. While going through the printed proceedings of the seminar, one paragraph looked very familiar to me. Oh, we had written it only few months back to report a group discussion on open access. This report, we made widely available over net through various discussion forums. We also archived it in our repository. This familiar looking paragraph was included in a paper. I quickly jumped to reference section to see if we are lucky to get a citation. In vain, I should have remembered that people, who plagiarize, don't mention their actual source. Well, not even indirectly. For them, references are mere formality, so they will cite sources, which they might have not even seen before. But why get got? There are number of softwares for rewriting articles. Read "The best article rewriting software on earth" (http://snipr.com/229vs ). It mentions WordFlood 2.0, Content Rewriter Pro and Essay Town. With the help of these tools one can rewrite articles and hope to escape being caught by search engines like Google. However, do you know the best software? No prize for guessing it right, it is our brain. One can definitely use tools along with brain. WordWeb could also be of great help. It is a small free utility to serve as English thesaurus and a dictionary. There are no copyrights on ideas. Only well documented innovations are protect through patents. But coping ideas' written expressions as such without acknowledging the original authors is called plagiarism. It does not go well in academics when someone is trying to project others' idea as one's own. Punishment is mostly in form of bad reputation among the peers and negative employer's assessment. Better would to express the idea in one's own words. Tools can help you if you are at lost for better words. Importantly, it won't cost anything if you cite the original author. At the most you will have to add more line in your word processor. It is always a bad idea to plagiarize Open Access material because everybody knows about it. Being openly accessible, such material is widely indexed by Internet search engines. It will always show up. Modern search engines are designed in a fashion to understand which one is original and which one is plagiarized. --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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Re: [LIS-Forum] Library science curriculum
by Jai Haravu 21 Mar '08

21 Mar '08

Dear All It is indeed a good sign that a library school has begun looking at revamping the syllabus for the Bachelor's degree in Library Science and is seeking the help and advice of concerned professionals. Having had some experience of interacting with both students and tecahers of library science, I feel that the following issues are vital to be addressed. 1. The quality of intake into B.L.I.Sc and M.L.I.Sc courses is key to ensuring that future professionals in this field provide the leadership and ensure greater advocacy to libraries and visibility of the profession with the users, managers, and decision makers. I think it is well known that most students who come to library schools in India are those who do not make it to the other so called elite courses. In other words, people who join library courses do so without really a career in their minds. To most of them a degree in library science is a way to a job, any job. Unless our admission norms along with the content are made attractive both to students and potential sectors of the country like corporates (who require innovative information managers, knowledge coordinators/facilitators), research and development centres, academic and public libraries. Academic libraries need to see how their presence is felt in respect of the teachng and learning objectives of the academic environment they are to serve. 2. The course curriculum at present, in my view, is too much steeped in traditional subjects. These are required but need to be re-oriented to their application in computer- and web- based environments. Fundamental concepts and the theories underlying these are important to be emphasized and then how these are used in both a traditional library and in information systems needed across application environments is required. 3. My own experience of most new library science graduates have very poor soft skills. Their oral and written skills are extremely poor, evidence of the backgrounds from which they come. This does not help them in their jobs, nor are they able to create an impact on others. They need also to be trained to think logically. It is essential that they should be taught life skills in understanding and improvong their self confidence and self image, the value of their skills to society, and in seeing the bigger picture in which they exist as professionals. I beleive these are sorely lacking in most of our library courses. 4. Many library schools do not provide adequate access to past and current literature (both books and current journals) although the syllabus does contain many topics of current interest. Faculty and students in these courses cannot keep themselves updated and refer to classic writings in these fields. 5. My experience is that even in post graduate courses the student is not encouraged to become self-reliant. The emphasis is on completing the syllabus and passing the exams rather than learning and skill development. This can only be done by asking students to do assignments that help them understand the subject or skill (e.g., subject indexing, searching). Performance in the assignments and the student's capability to present his work are important skills that need to be inculcated in these courses. 6. Many others will, I am sure, spell out in detail new topics in the computer and web related areas in which library professionals need to be equipped with. I congratulate the university library school in thinking of changing the syllabus. Haravu On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 Subbiah Arunachalam wrote : > Friends: > > A leading Indian university library school is in the > process of revising its > BLISc curriculum. The school is seeking the opinion of > many experts. I am > also asked to give my suggestions - perhaps as an avid > user of academic and > special libraries and as one involved in scholarly > publishing. > > I will be grateful if you could give me your valuable > ideas and suggestions, > latest by 29 March. Surely the situation has changed a > lot from the days > when most of us went to college. Then there was no > Internet, no Web, no > journal aggregators or online journals, no > institutional repositories and > the list can be really long. But the purpose of > libraries remains the same. > The tools have changed and the way we do things are > somewhat different. The > question is how best we can train the new librarians to > excel in their > profession in today's context. We are not concerned > only with academic and > special libraries; graduates will find jobs in the > corporate sector, in > government and public libraries as well. > > Best wishes. > > Arun > [Subbiah Arunachalam] -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Digital library software
by rajesh kusanur 21 Mar '08

21 Mar '08

Hi Friends, I would like to know the Digital library software (Commerical) other then Green stone Digital Library software. with regard Rajesh K A rajesh.ka(a)rediffmail.com raajesh.ka(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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Our paper: Opportunities and Challenges of establishing Open Access Repositories
by Sukhdev Singh 21 Mar '08

21 Mar '08

Singh, Sukhdev; Pandita, Naina and Dash, Shefali S. (2008) Opportunities and Challenges of establishing Open Access Repositories: A case study of OpenMED@NIC. Trends and Strategic Issues for Librarians in Global Information Society: ICCSR Sponsored Seminar, March 18,19, 2008, Organized by Department of Library and Information Science, Panjab University Chandigarh. pp. 98-104. http://openmed.nic.in/2762/ National Informatics Centre had established a subject repository in May 2005. It is meant for Medical and Allied Sciences and named as OpenMED@NIC <http://openmed.nic.in>. It has MeSH(R) based subject categorization and this makes it one of its own kind. Taking OpenMED@NIC as a case – this paper discusses key issues in establishing and maintaining an open access repository. Librarians and information science professionals can play active role in providing access and exposure to quality research and academic content generated in their institutions. Mature and standard open sources softwares are now available for setting up repositories. Libraries can install one of these on existing institutional or library servers to setup repositories. However to ensure better access and faster response time, dedicated hardware and reliable connectivity would be required. Librarians and information science professional can play important role in exposing intellectual content produced by their organizations. They can take of various roles like – generating awareness among staff, researchers and students about benefits of self arching in institutional or subject repositories; training them in uploading their articles and other documents in such repositories; acting as meta-data editors and repositories managers. Establishing a repository, administrating and inviting authors to deposit their articles and other works in it is golden opportunity available to librarians and information science professionals. This opportunity should be grabbed with open hands. The presentation can also be viewed from: http://snipr.com/229f4 --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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Just Published: "Open Access to Knowledge and Information: Scholarly Literature and Digital Library Initiatives the South Asian Scenario" (UNESCO, New Delhi)
by Puna Das 20 Mar '08

20 Mar '08

Dear Colleagues Just Published: "Open Access to Knowledge and Information: Scholarly Literature and Digital Library Initiatives the South Asian Scenario", by Anup Kumar Das; edited by Bimal Kanti Sen and Jocelyne Josiah. ISBN 978-81-89218-21-8 Published by: United Nations Educational Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO), New Delhi Pages: 137 About the Publication: This book discusses successful open access and digital library initiatives in India and other South Asian countries. This book may be considered an authoritative source-book on Open Access development in this sub-region. For getting a free copy of this book for your library, please write a request letter and along with a self-addressed stamped envelope (a good quality A4 size envelope, affixing Indian postal stamp worth Rs. 52.00, for sending by Registered Parcel) to: Ms. Audrey DSouza, UNESCO House B5/29, Safdarjung Enclave New Delhi-110029 Thanking You With Best Wishes Anup Kumar Das New Delhi Email: puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in Mobile: +91-9911479926 --------------------------------- Why delete messages? Unlimited storage is just a click away. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need article
by Murugan 20 Mar '08

20 Mar '08

Dear All, I would be grateful to anyone send the full text journal artilce for the following. Land Use Policy, (Vol. 22, No. 2) April 2005, Pages 75-93. 'Received Wisdom' in agricultural land use policy: 10 years on from Rio. Sincerely, Thank you very much. B. Murugan Information Resource Center M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation 3rd Cross Street, Institutional Area, Taramani, Chennai. 600 113. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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happy holi
by Satendra Dhaka 20 Mar '08

20 Mar '08

Wish you a very Happy Holi. Please celebrate Holi keping in view the sentiments of others. Take care of health. again very very happy holi. -- Dr S.S.Dhaka Director(Library & Information) Ministry of External Affairs Patiala House, Annexe "B" Tilak Marg, New Delhi-110001 Phones: 0091-11-23073685, 23389073 Fax: 0091-11-23386340, 23387700 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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(no subject)
by rishi tiwari 20 Mar '08

20 Mar '08

Dear friends, This is for your kind information that Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida is conducting three days Workshop on NewGenLib Open Source Library Automation Software from 17-19 May 2008. The detals of the workshop is given on the Institute's website. (www.bimtech.ac.in) or you may also contact to organising secretary (Mr. Rishi Tiwari)newgenlib.workshop(a)gmail.com Vinay Kumar Rishi Tiwari Librarian & ILA Executive Member Birla Institute of Management Technology(BIMTECH) Plot No.5, Knowledge Park-II Greater Noida(NCR) U.P.-201306 Mob.:09810583623 Off.:0120-232301-10 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Now Wait For Breaking NEWS
by Sukhdev Singh 20 Mar '08

20 Mar '08

Dear Friends, Some of us have been working silently on one aspect of Open Access in India. Wait for an important Breaking News in couple of days in this forum. - - Sukhdev Singh. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Project Assistant post at NCSI
by anu＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, requires a project assistant for a period of one and a half years from April 2008 for an ongoing project at NCSI PROJECT ASSISTNAT (1 post) Qualification: MCA or B.E./B.Tech/ in Computer Science Required skill set: Strong academic background with enthusiasm to learn new areas. Strong analytical abilities, programming in C, C++ and JAVA, under the Linux and Windows operating system is essential. Knowledge of relational database management system, distributed database search and retrieval system is desirable. How to apply: Send your CV before 25th March to Ms.Anuradha.K.T., NCSI, IISc, Bangalore 560012 (email:anu@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in), Emoluments : Rs.9000-14000/-pm (fixed) depending on experience and proficiency

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Education & Library Science
by sri priya 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

Education & Library Science GetEducated.coms Best Distance Learning Graduate Schools: Education & Library Science, Online Degrees in Teacher Education, Instructional Technology is a free 60+ page downloadable college guidebook to the best accredited education distance learning graduate schools operating in the USA today, including 101 online degrees in online teacher education, educational technology, and related areas. Download your 100% free copy now! http://www.geteducated.com/index.asp http://www.geteducated.com/formreq/bdlgsed.asp Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Trainee at NSHM, Kolkata
by Nihar Patra 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

Dear Professional, The NSHM Knowledge Campus, Kolkata is stepping towards automation and digitization of Library, catering to the information needs of academic and research community in the areas of Management, Media and Communication and Pharmacy. Applications are invited for the post of *Two* *Library Trainees*. The applicants should be fresh post graduates with first class in Library Science and well versed in computer application in Library Science. Duration of Training is for a period of *one year* with no guarantee of continued employment (purely temporary/contractual basis), carrying a stipend of *Rs.5000/- per month* with no other facilities / benefits, as applicable to regular employees, excepting contractual leave. Applications with Bio-data with latest Passport size photograph should reach the undersigned on or before 15th April 2008 super-scribing on the cover APPLICATION FOR LIBRARY TRAINEE or send the Bio-Data to nihar.kanta.patra(a)nshm.com or Assistant Librarian - * supriya.benerjee(a)nshm.com* ** *Nihar K Patra *Librarian NSHM Knowledge Campus 60 (124), B L Saha Road Kolkata – 700053 -- Nihar K Patra -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Registeration Form and Library Brouchere for NewGenLib Workshop at BIMTECH, Greater Noida
by mohammad azeem siddiqui 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

Hi Dear Library Professionals, Please download the Registeration Form and Library Brouchere for the NewGenLib Workshop at BIMTECH, Greater Noida. Mohammad Azeem Siddiqui Research Scholar Department of Library & Information Science Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University) Lucknow-226 025 Mobile: 09936067170 Personal URL: http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Mohammad_Azeem_Siddiqui 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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NewGenLib Workshop at BIMTECH, New Delhi
by mohammad azeem siddiqui 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

Dear friends, This is for your kind information that Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida is conducting three days Workshop on NewGenLib Open Source Library Automation Software from 17-19 May 2008. The detals of the workshop is given on the Institute's website. (www.bimtech.ac.in) or you may also contact to organising secretary (Mr. Rishi Tiwari). Mohammad Azeem Siddiqui Research Scholar Department of Library & Information Science Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University) Lucknow-226 025 Mobile: 09936067170 Personal URL: http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Mohammad_Azeem_Siddiqui 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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Right to Information Act -Jobs should be given to Information Professionals
by vasanth raj 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

Dear Sir/Madam, The much awaited Right to Information Act has come into force in India.And already we have seen and heard that there is a great demand for information which are vital to its functioning and also to contain corruption and to hold Governments and their instrumentalities accountable to the governed.But Govt Authorities have totally neglected the library and Information Professionals, most of the people who have appointed as public Information Officer have came from Journalism and mass communication." Public Information Officer" job is best suited for LIS professionals where the skills of storage , organise and dissemination of Information is highly required.Already there are instances that Public Information Officers have failed to provide right information to the right people at a right time.This is because of lack of skills to organise and storage of Information.This is the right time to Library Association and Universities to pressurize Govt. appoint library and Information professionals as " Public Information Officer" and this will definitely helps people to have information quickly whenever they need.This will not only helps govt to function smoothly and huge opportunities for LIS professionals as well. Your Sincerely ------------------------- Vasantha Raju N --------------------------------- Enjoy this Diwali with Y! India Click here Dear Sir/Madam, The much awaited Right to Information Act has come into force in India.And already we have seen and heard that there is a great demand for information which are vital to its functioning and also to contain corruption and to hold Governments and their instrumentalities accountable to the governed.But Govt Authorities have totally neglected the library and Information Professionals, most of the people who have appointed as public Information Officer have came from Journalism and mass communication." Public Information Officer" job is best suited for LIS professionals where the skills of storage , organise and dissemination of Information is highly required.Already there are instances that Public Information Officers have failed to provide right information to the right people at a right time.This is because of lack of skills to organise and storage of Information.This is the right time to Library Association and Universities to pressurize Govt. appoint library and Information professionals as " Public Information Officer" and this will definitely helps people to have information quickly whenever they need.This will not only helps govt to function smoothly and huge opportunities for LIS professionals as well. Your Sincerely ------------------------- Vasantha Raju N Enjoy this Diwali with Y! India http://in.promos.yahoo.com/fabmall/index.html Click here

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Norms for Library Professionals in Univery Libraries
by A.Manimekalai 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

Dear All, Please any one of you know about the following information kindly reply with proper evidence. it will be usefull to many of our professionals as most of the prefessionals in the university libraries are suffering like anyhting in getting their promotions. For University Library Professionals 1. How was the professional assistant experience is measured? Is it be accounted for promotion as asst. Librarian 2. What is the norms for promotion of Asst Librarian? 3. What is the norms for Promotion to Deputy Librarian? How is the Professional assistant / TEchnical Assistant service is accounted? 4. Are the services of Professional Assistant period ignored for the higher promotions ? Please any one who know about the norms kindly send reply with official approval. Thanks, manimekalai -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop report on IDR
by Sambhunath Halder 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

*Report of the 4-days Training Workshop on Designing Institutional Digital Repository on Social Sciences Organized by University of Kalyani in collaboration with NASSDOC ICSSR, New Delhi 11-14, March, 2008* It is good news that Department of Library and Information Science e of University of Kalyani in collaboration with the NASSDOC ICSSR, New Delhi recently organized a 4-day training workshop on Designing Institutional Digital Repository on Social Sciences. The programme was fully satisfactory, because of its so many lectures, lab-demonstrations and finally hands-on training of IDR software DSpace. Mr. Arun Ghosh, Former Librarian of Centre of Studies in Social Sciences has given lecture on Social Science information: characteristics, growth and organization. Dr. P. R. Goswami, The Director of NASSDOC-ICSSR has through the light on Information system and services of NASSDOC. In the next session an overview of LINUX Operating System and its installation lecture has given by Dr. Dibyendu Paul, Lecturer of DLIS, University of Kalyani. Finally, Dr. Partha Sarathi Mukhopadhyay, Lecturer of Burdawn University and Dr. Aditya Tripathi, Faculty member of Banaras Hindu University have discussed and presented so many lab-demonstrations of different aspects of Institutional Digital Repository and its software like DSpace including its installation, administration, customization, etc. side by side lectures have given on Metadata standards, Lucen search engine, Unicode and other related issues. Therefore, this kind of programme is very helpful for LIS professionals in different ways. Sincerely yours Sambhu Nath Halder -- =================================== Regards, Sambhu Nath Halder Library and Documentation Centre, Narula Institute of Technology, 81, Nilgunj Road, Kolkata 700109. Contact No. : +91 9733964714; 9851280201 =================================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Addition to list of Standards by Sri Priya ( Specific to RFID ) on 15th March
by Dhaval H K 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

Dear Friends, I just wanted to add extra information about standards relating to Library Industry. They are listed below http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/RP-6-2008.pdf Above is a document which has been made public by NISO as a set of guidelines to be followed for implementing RFID technology in library industry. The same guidelines are going to take shape of few ISO standards in future. http://litablog.org/2008/01/29/rfid-in-libraries-standards-and-guidelines/ The above link has a small description about the standards which are coming up in future as ISO standards for RFID in Libraries. You can visit the link for more details on the same. Thank you Regards http://www.rapidradio.co.in/library.html <http://www.rapidradio.co.in/library.html%20> -- Dhaval H Kotecha RapidRadio Solutions Private Limited B-404, Satyamev I, Opp. Gujarat High Court, Sarkhej Gandhinagar Highway, Ahmedabad - 380 060 Web: www.rapidradio.co.in, Email: dhaval(a)rapidradio.co.in Office: +91 79 27665256 "It is not important how "BIG" you Dream, but it is important how "LONG" you Dream "BIG"" -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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3-day workshop for M. Lib students begins at Kashmir University
by intekhab alam 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

Srinagar, Mar 17: A three-day workshop on 'Open Access Repositories and Greenstone Software' was inaugurated in the Library Science department of Kashmir University Monday. The inaugural function was presided over by the vice-chancellor KU, Prof Riyaz Punjabi. Prof Shabahat Hussain, a guest from Aligarh Muslim University who specially visited the valley to attend the seminar was chief guest on the occasion. In his presidential address, the VC said that open access system utilizes new technology and "it is time for us to adhere to this new technology in order to keep pace with the changing times." "Open access repositories is something close to my heart," he said. He advised the management of the department to look for possibilities to help affiliated colleges of the University to benefit from the new concept. The VC showed an urge for the formation of a committee, which would carry forward this work. "The open access movement attempts to reassert control over publicly funded research in order to make research output transparent and freely accessible," he added. In his address Prof Shabahat said that repositories were being established world over as free access to knowledge. "Open access repositories are being developed in the world and it is high time that the concept be seriously taken up," he said. Prof Riyaz Rufai, Librarian, Prof Muhammad Aslam, HoD MERC, besides students, scholars and other dignitaries were also present on the occassion. The workshop will continue for two days and noted scholars from the field will read out their papers on the subject. ********************************************************* INTEKHAB ALAM SIDDIQUI (Librarian) New Law Academy Azam Campus, Pune - 411 001 Phone : +91-20-26442068(Off.), +91-9890865605 (Mob.), Fax : +91-20-26435959 www.nlapune.org --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Useful site for information search in Google
by Shihab Illias 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

Dear professionals Soople website This Sites softens all the fantastic advanced functions Google offers. This site is meant for all those who are not yet familiar with all the possibilities of Google and all the required syntaxes. Furthermore there are many useful tools Google offers; search in the latest news, look up definitions or use Google as a phonebook. Calculator. This amazing tool let's you do all kind of (very advanced) calculations. Soople has added the unit-converter, which is based on this calculator, for the conversion of all the commmon units/measures (meters<--->yards). It also provides translation services into foreign languages. http://www.soople.com/soople_int_india.php To know more about New Scientific inventions http://www.pbs.org/ Shihab.I. Librarian Muslim Association College of Engineering Venajramoodu (PO) Trivandrum, Kerala shihabillias(a)yahoo.co.in librarianmace(a)yahoo.co.in http://shihabillias.googlepages.com/ --------------------------------- Share files, take polls, and discuss your passions - all under one roof. Click here. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Scholarship in India
by sri priya 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

Admission News : portal for indian education and admission updates http://www.admissionnews.com/entrance_details.aspx?eid=406 http://www.admissionnews.com/libraryadmission.aspx Scholarship in India http://www.admissionnews.com/scholarshipindia.aspx Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- 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: Mar/Apr Issue
by MacLeod, Roderick A 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '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/irn160/irn160.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 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): MasterKey Power Search Blogorama Selected interesting blogs, RSS feeds and related news items RSS Feeds for new book announcements in engineering Book Review: Providing effective library services for research, by Jo Webb, Pat Gannon-Leary and Moira Bent 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 SCO SC000278 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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