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LIS Departments need Accreditation System and New Courses
by J. K. Vijayakumar 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Dear Colleagues, It is good to see the ongoing discussion about integration of ICT technologies to LIS Courses in India. I agree that we need to incorporate ICT in LIS Syllabus, and most of the Departments have done that already. I doubt about the quantity practical orientation provided by them, it varies from one to another. A good IT lab with latest hardware and software is still a dream for many of the Departments. Few of them have collaboration with IT / Computer Science departments. This is the era or Globalisation and Specialisation. India is trying to become a developed nation, and we have to think from this background. In this regards, I have two points to discuss. 1. Our main problem is that, we do not have a "National Accreditation Process for Library Science Programmes" in India. NAAC accredits the Universities as a total. There are national library associations bearing this responsibility in developed nations, like ALA for USA, CILIP for UK etc. The accreditation process is carried out regularly and Departments will get accreditation for 5 /6 years. The course, syllabus, teaching methods, ability of faculty, facilities etc are standardised or regularised through this process. Departments failing in accreditation can not attract students, because the employers always prefer to appoint candidates with an accredited degree. If we implement this system in India, we can set standards for LIS Departments and its courses. We can approach associations from other countries to get our Courses recognised, may be in developed countries like USA and UK. Indian Library Association should take up this issue and find out the ways to start accreditation process in India. This will help us in making our candidates globally accepted. With my experience, I know that it is not simple as I wrote here, but we should start somewhere. 2. Second point is about starting new (specialised) courses. If you watch LIS Departments in developed countries, you can see atleast two or three master level courses are offered by them. Those are specialised courses, but clearly fits in our area of services, like Knowledge Management, Information Science, Medical/Helath librarianship, Information Systems, Electronic Information Management, Digital Libraries, School Librarianship etc apart from pure Library and Information Science. In India, our tendency is that, we compress all these subjects in to a 2 year course and call it as MLISc. Along with MLISc, why can't we think of starting few more Masters from any of the above mentioned areas. We also need specialisation in our Courses to supply specialised library professionals to the present vibrant job market. Market needs Knowledge Managers, Digital Librarians, Medical Librarians, Information Analysts etc. For this, along with the present faculty members, we may need new members or collaboration with other departments. I hope our teachers, practitioners and celebreties in Indian LIS will give importance to these two points. Thanks for reading. Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar --------------------------------- Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Infolibrarian is back!!!
by moumita dey 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Dear All, one of our favourite site Infolibrarian, now can be accessed at http://www.infolibrarian.com/index.htm. We missed it for long days!! Search through Google still results in portlandX, means some more problems are still there. But the desired page is accessible directly using the above mentioned link. rgrds, Moumita Dey -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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InfoVision 2007-the Knowledge Summit - Round the Corner-Hurry Up!
by Angrosh 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

InfoVision 2007 The Knowledge Summit, Dec 17-18, 2007, The ITC Maratha, Mumbai ----------- Come to InfoVision 2007. Listen to... Inaugural Speaker · Dr. F C Kohli, Father of Indian Software Industry (Former Vice-Chairman, Tata Consultancy Services) Other Keynote Speakers: · Mr. Ajit Balakrishnan, Founder Chairman and CEO, Rediff.com · Mr. John Blossom, President & Senior Analyst, Shore Communications Inc., USA · Mr. Sriram Bharatam, iridiumInteractive Ltd. · Prof. Hsinchun Chen, University of Arizona, USA · Dr. Jayanta Chatterjee, Professor, IME Dept., Kanpur · Prof. Noshir Contractor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA · Mr. Ashok Krish, TCS · Dr. Kris Kumar, Professor, PESIT, Bangalore · Dr. Kavi Mahesh, Knowledge Management Consultant, Infosys & Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, PESIT, Bangalore · Dr. Pandu Nayak, Google, USA · Dr. Bino Paul G.D., Associate Professor, TISS, Mumbai · Dr. Prabhakar Raghavan, Head, Yahoo! Research, USA · Prof. Vijay V. Raghavan, Distinguished Professor, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, USA · Mr. A.S. Rao, Advisor, DSIR, Govt. of India · Dr. Madanmohan Rao, AMICC · Mr. Satya Rao, CEO, Axiom Consulting, Bangalore · Ms. Waltraut Ritter, Knowledge Enterprises, HK · Mr. Arun Ramanujapuram, Director of Advanced Technology, Yahoo! · Prof. Rohini Srihari, CEO, Janya Inc. and Faculty Member, State University of New York, Buffalo · Dr. L. Venkata Subramaniam, Research Staff Member, IBM India Research Lab (IRL) · Mr. Rohit Agarwal, Founder and CEO, techTribe Networks, USA & India · Mr. Bob Stembridge, Thomson Scientific, UK · Dr. G.S. Singh, TCS Session Themes: · Small World, Network Theories and Models · Web 2.0 and Mashups · Social Networking and the Semantic Web · Weblogs and the Wisdom of the Crowds · Organizational Communication and Group Dynamics · Networks, Creativity and Innovation · Innovation and Knowledge Assets Special Attraction 2007 Thomson Innovation Award, 17th Dec, 2007 evening during the gala dinner Registration Fee: Corporate and Industry: INR 8000.00 per delegate Academic Institutions: INR 6000.00 per delegate Students: INR 4000.00 per delegate 3 or more delegates from same organization 10% discount 10 % special discount for CSE, BCIC & K-Community Members For online registration and updates: www.infovision2007.org Register online, tell your friends, come and participate in the stimulating discussions. For more details, contact: International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Fax: +91-821-2519209 Angrosh - 9886970411 Email: office(a)infovision.org.in; office(a)isim.ac.in See you at InfoVision 2007! -------- ************************************* M. A. Angrosh Project Manager International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore - 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; Fax: +91-821-2519209 Email: angrosh(a)isim.ac.in website: www.isim.ac.in ******************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IT now happens in India!!!!: Library NEXT
by Sukhdev Singh 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Dear Friends, Fully functional Next Generation libraries now becoming reality in India. This I realized only last Saturday (1st December 2007). I happened to visit NATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE DOCUMENTATION CENTRE-NASSDOC (ICSSR) at 35, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi 110 001. They hosted a meeting of "Ranganathan Research Circle". After the meeting, the hosts took us for a visit of their library. Well I was fascinated to see latest technology working for their library. An ordinary library user needs to have his / her RFID embedded library card to get hold and carry home a book of his/her choice. That too without having to come in personal contact with library staff. The reader would be able to enter the library by swiping one's card at a special entry / exit automated gate. Once in the library, the user can search library catalogue. It is computerised and available in the form of an online database commonly known as OPAC - Online Public Access Catalogue. I found three terminal aesthetically placed in front of large banner depicting the utility of catalogue. Searching OPAC could be useful. But as we know, most users would browse through the stacks. This comes naturally to human mind. One can easily browse the library stack area with help of guides. These guides are full of colours with well thought out background and labels. Book stakes are made of wood that matches with the lovely atmosphere of the library. The shelves are made of think glass slabs. Not wonder sliding books to withdraw give a silky touch and hence protect book edges. All books have a RFID tag pasted below the accession slip. The tag is in the shape of a white small square patch that is noticed only when observed. After getting a document of choice, one can choose to sit in a well lighted reading area. Few computer workstations are also available. So internet and electronic databases are are also available to readers. Taking a book home is easy. Keep it with library card on the Automated Issue / Return Kiosk. Issue it and take it away. The automated security exit would not make any fuss. I hope Indian Libraries would soon witness adoption of such innovative technologies. The library staff would be spared from routine issue / return activities. Now they can devote their time and energy in some better activities. The 'stereo typed public perception' about librarians would also change. So can we call such libraries as ATM Libraries? I have blogged the above message with few photographs. You may like to see the photographs. You may also leave you comments there. http://sukhdev.blogspot.com/2007/12/it-now-happens-in-india-library-next.ht… or http://snipurl.com/1ulrs Regards --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 education
by Aman Jha 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Dear All This is a very good write up. Those who are new to the Lis-Forum would like to adhere to the standard of writing on the forum like this. I find here much more clarity on the topic, original & balanced thoughts, simple expression and moreover, there is no junk in the body. We must focus on these issues while sending a message on this Forum or any other discussion forum. I request moderator to encourage such write up and invite original intellectual contribution. Note: Please do not relate this message to the ongoing discussion on Library science education. Regards, Aman Jha -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Rajan Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 4:03 PM To: Lis forum Subject: [LIS-Forum] Library education Dear All, This refers to the ongoing discussion on library training or subject specialisation of the grooming librarians. Librarians should emerge as knowledge managers in their institution, on their specific subject and in the community around them particularly because we live in a knowledge society. For that we should learn the specific subjects, our library handles, with the eagerness of a Professor and keep in touch with the information technologies like an enthusiastic computer man. He should not ignore the core library subjects and his role in the knowledge generation-supply-use chain. It is the duty of the enterprising library school student or young professionals to learn themselves all these by continuous efforts. It is better if the library schools provide a basic frame and motivation rather than teaching all necessary subjects. It is impossible too as the library schools may have that much subject expertise. The situation of most of our library schools are far from satisfactory to groom capable library professionals. If some professionals coming out from the schools are performing good. it may be because they hav put in extra efforts and have used their common sense well. I think it is high time to look at the deficiencies in our profession and use the excellent opportunities offered by the emergent knowledge society, computers, information technologies, Internet, focus on knowledge management etc. Now ample opportunities are there for self learning anything from swiming to driving to creating bombs using self -instructonal manuals available in Internet. Library professionals should use such opportunities..Learning any computer application is not at all a difficult thing as in the past. There was a time when even installing our cds-isis was a herculean task. If any library school or teacher claims that all is well, it shows the lack of his exposure or his disinterest in making his students as good peformers.It is a difficult to remain as a good teacher in a library school, when everything is changing so fast. Any library professional should have a good knowledge on library science, the specific subject he deals with and information technologies. We can go ahead only when we learn that we know less and there exist a lot more to learn. Regards,. K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India Ph 0487 - 2200244+208 (O) 2201428 (R) -- 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 DISCLAIMER:The information in this message may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Any information in this message that does not relate to official business shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by the Confederation of Indian Industry. Reach us via our unique Membership Helpline: 00-91-11-435 46244 / 00-99104 46244 (Monday-Saturday: 0900-1700 hrs) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Know about HINARI project to access to 3500 journals of major publishers
by Binod Yadav 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Dear friends, The Health Internetwork Access to Research Initiative( HINARI) project set up by WHO with collaboration of major publishers. This project provides free or very low cost online access to about 3500 journals and databases in biomedical and related fields. For more details, open the given website. http://www.who.int/hinari/en/ URL http://www.healthinternetwork.net Binod Yadav MLISc Student Dept. of Library & Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri, Mysore-06 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DRTC Seminar
by samiksha yadav 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Topic: RFID and its Application with Emphasis on Libraries Date: 5th Dec 2007, 2:00 PM Venue: DRTC Classroom Speaker: Radha Rani --------------------------------- Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarians from other countries visit THE HINDU library, Chennai - a report in THE HINDU
by sankaran arumugam 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Dear All, An interesting report published in THE HINDU on page 2 of Chennai Edn. Highlights: SHARING INFORMATION: Chief Librarian of The Hindu K. Rajendrababu interacts with librarians taking the certificate course in modern library practices for overseas library professionals at The Hindu office in Chennai on Monday. CHENNAI: Librarians from several Asian, African and South American countries visited The Hindu library on Monday as part of a certificate course in modern library practices. India is far ahead of several other developing countries when it comes to using technology in libraries, several of them said. For detailed report, please click the following link http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120492170200.htm With regards Sankaran A --------------------------------- Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. Click here to know how. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Favorite leisure time activities - Reading tops
by Aman Jha 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Dear All There is an interesting report recently released by Harris Interactive Inc on favorite leisure time activities among Americans. And the most favorite among top five activities is still READING. May be an interesting read for all of you. Aspirant research scholars may find this as interesting research topic. Top five leisure-time activities---------------->>>>>>>>>>> 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2007 % % % % % % Reading 31 28 26 24 35 29 TV Watching 23 20 15 17 21 18 Spending time with family/kids 14 12 11 17 20 14 Computer activities 6 7 4 5 7 9 Going to movies 6 7 6 7 10 7 View report - http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=835 Regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry 249-F, Sector 18, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Gurgaon - 122 015, Haryana Reach us via our Membership Helpline (Monday-Saturday: 0900-1715 hrs). Dial: +91-11-43546244 / 9910446244 DISCLAIMER:The information in this message may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Any information in this message that does not relate to official business shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by the Confederation of Indian Industry. Reach us via our unique Membership Helpline: 00-91-11-435 46244 / 00-99104 46244 (Monday-Saturday: 0900-1700 hrs) -- 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] Friday Talk by Dr. M.S. Sridhar at MyDLIS
by T. Shahab 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

The brief information about the lecture by Dr. Sridhar and the subsequent interaction with students reveal that the session would have been very fruitful and lively. To me the crux of the problem lies in the decreasing reading habit among youths and students. Why so? The problem lies in the methodology of education and teaching. Low interest on creativity, lack of originality in presentation, development of a mind set which seek ready made & quick results; we don't feel shy of rehashing things; etc & etc. Regards. -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of N.S. Harinarayana Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 11:16 AM To: Listforum Subject: [LIS-Forum] Friday Talk by Dr. M.S. Sridhar at MyDLIS Mysore University Library and Information Science Student Association (MULISSA) of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore organised a Friday lecture by Dr. M.S. Sridhar, Head, Library and Documentation, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore on the topic 'Librarianship as a profession' on November 30, 2007. A summary of the lecture and the student interaction which followed is given below. Libraries are under utilized. Only 1.5% of the population have access to the libraries. The myth that evolution of Internet has made libraries redundant contributes further to the less use of libraries. Dr. Sridhar counter argued that in spite of invasion of technology number of printed books and journals has not reduced. On the other hand it has increased. He said one in five books published and one out of three books borrowed from libraries are related to IT. If IT eliminates the printed books, why this trend he questioned. Dr. Sridhar presented some of the quality issues that need to be taken note of by the Internet users. Authenticity and accuracy are the major ones. Libraries are more reliable source for a common man. Filtering mechanism adopted in libraries ensures the quality and accuracy. On the other hand, Internet is increasingly becoming more popular creating the impression that libraries are no more required. Dr. Sridhar trying to rationalise this trend said accessibility, ease of use and perceived utility are the major factors for popularity of Internet. He opined that Internet and IT are supplement to the libraries and in real perspectives they are not threats. Giving some tips for students Dr. Sridhar said that domain knowledge (library based skills), communication, research bent of mind, reading habit and ICT skills are the expected core competencies by the employers. He said that competition for job is increasing as number of qualified professionals coming out of library schools has increasing drastically. A huge chunk of graduates are coming out of library schools from open universities. This has created an imbalance between supply and demand as for as library professionals are concerned. In this context Dr. Sridhar gave advice to the students that they should go for specialization and be ready when the opportunity arises. Dr. Sridhar's lecture was followed by an interesting and elaborate interactive session. Students asked varieties of questions and sought clarifications on various intriguing issues. Some of the questions asked/issues discussed are as follows: - Can Internet substitute a library? - Whether the present university syllabus enough for developing a good librarian? - How can one encourage young people to read? - How to ascertain needs/wants of remote readers in the context of digital libraries? - How one should equip to get good job? - What are the core competencies of librarians? - Whether classification and cataloguing are redundant in Internet era? - How to improve social status of libraries? - Libraries have been changing their names over the years from 'Libraries' to 'Knowledge centres', 'Information Centres' to 'Information Kiosks' etc. Whether this change in name inevitable? -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- 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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Library education
by Rajan 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Dear All, This refers to the ongoing discussion on library training or subject specialisation of the grooming librarians. Librarians should emerge as knowledge managers in their institution, on their specific subject and in the community around them particularly because we live in a knowledge society. For that we should learn the specific subjects, our library handles, with the eagerness of a Professor and keep in touch with the information technologies like an enthusiastic computer man. He should not ignore the core library subjects and his role in the knowledge generation-supply-use chain. It is the duty of the enterprising library school student or young professionals to learn themselves all these by continuous efforts. It is better if the library schools provide a basic frame and motivation rather than teaching all necessary subjects. It is impossible too as the library schools may have that much subject expertise. The situation of most of our library schools are far from satisfactory to groom capable library professionals. If some professionals coming out from the schools are performing good. it may be because they hav put in extra efforts and have used their common sense well. I think it is high time to look at the deficiencies in our profession and use the excellent opportunities offered by the emergent knowledge society, computers, information technologies, Internet, focus on knowledge management etc. Now ample opportunities are there for self learning anything from swiming to driving to creating bombs using self -instructonal manuals available in Internet. Library professionals should use such opportunities..Learning any computer application is not at all a difficult thing as in the past. There was a time when even installing our cds-isis was a herculean task. If any library school or teacher claims that all is well, it shows the lack of his exposure or his disinterest in making his students as good peformers.It is a difficult to remain as a good teacher in a library school, when everything is changing so fast. Any library professional should have a good knowledge on library science, the specific subject he deals with and information technologies. We can go ahead only when we learn that we know less and there exist a lot more to learn. Regards,. K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India Ph 0487 - 2200244+208 (O) 2201428 (R) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Adding specialization to LIS
by Mailing List Admin 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:30:01 -0800 From: Hemantha Rao K.R. <hemantharao.kr(a)gmail.com> hi This is Hemantha Rao K.R. student of MLISc of Mysore University, its my personnel opinion regarding Adding specilization to LIS. As discussed about adding additional theory paper at 3rd and 4th semester in degrees to make more specialist in this domain. As a student I am not statisfy with this idea, because most of the students will study in the point of examination only, so adding one more theory paper is not sufficient. In my opinion adding one more practical paper or training will more helpful than theory paper. Thanking you Hemantha Rao K.R. MLISc(IIIrd Sem) University of Mysore Mysore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ------=_Part_1466_16187542.1196429401756 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>hi</div> <div> </div> <div>This is Hemantha Rao K.R. student of MLISc of Mysore University, its my personnel opinion regarding Adding specilization to LIS.  In there you mentioned about adding additional theory paper at 3rd and 4th semester in degrees to make more specialist in this domain.  As a student I am not statisfy with this idea, because most of the students will study in the point of examination only, so adding one more theory paper is not more sufficient.  In my opinion adding more one more practical paper or training is more helpful than theory paper. </div> <div> </div> <div>Thanking you</div> <div> </div> <div>Hemantha Rao K.R.</div> <div>MLISc(IIIrd Sem) </div> <div>University of Mysore</div> <div>Mysore</div> <br />-- <br />This message has been scanned for viruses and <br />dangerous content by <a href="http://www.mailscanner.info/"><b>MailScanner</b></a>, and is <br />believed to be clean. ------=_Part_1466_16187542.1196429401756--

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Fwd: Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

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Announcement- Volunteers/Interns to work in Environment Documentation Unit (Newsclippings team)
by Kiran Pandey 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

Centre for Science and Environment (www.cseindia.org) , New Delhi invites interns/volunteers to work in Environment Resources Unit (News clippings team). Number of posts: three Essential qualifications: BSc and BLISc Venue: Centre for Science and Environment, 41, Tughlaqabad Institutional Area, New Delhi- 110062 Other qualifications: Good communication skills in English along with knowledge of MS Office. Objective: To provide hands-on experience of working in a special documentation centre. This is also expected to provide volunteers with knowledge of documenting news clippings sourced from web and print editions of newspapers and newsmagazines. Interested candidates are requested to send their application and Curriculum vitae. Kiran Pandey Coordinator-Environment Resources Unit Centre for Science and Environment New Delhi Ms. Kiran Pandey ************************************************************** ** CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT ( CSE ) 41, TUGHLAKABAD INSTITUTIONAL AREA, NEW DELHI- 110 062 TELE: 29955124 29956110, 29956394,29956399 FAX : 91-11-29955879 VISIT US AT: http://www.cseindia.org Email: kiran(a)cseindia.org ext:233 ************************************************************** ** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Access thousands E-journals of Societies and other well known commercial Publishers
by Binod Yadav 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

Dear Professionals, *International Network for the availability of Scientific Publications(INASP)* was established by the International Council for Science (ICSU) in 1992, as a direct response to a study on how to meet the information needs of scientists in the developing world. INASP operated within the legal entity of ICSU until 2003, and was formalised as an Interdisciplinary Body of ICSU in 2005. PERI is a programme to support capacity building in the research sector in developing and emerging countries by strengthening the production, access and dissemination of information & knowledge. We can register with several publishers and access free full text of articles form a large number of journals published . Please visit the given URL , choose your country and registered with the resources available under a specific country. Resources available in Nepal – *Institute of Physics Publishing*<http://www.inasp.info/file/382/institute-of-physics-publishing.html> *, **Emerald Group Publishing Ltd*<http://www.inasp.info/file/406/emerald-group-publishing-ltd.html> *, **Cochrane Library*<http://www.inasp.info/file/374/cochrane-library.html> *, **American Physical Society APS*<http://www.inasp.info/file/590/american-physical-society-aps.html> * …* * http://www.inasp.info/file/104/peri-programme-for-the-enhancement-of-resear… * Binod Kumar Yadav Librarian BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal Currently ongoing training MLISc Dept. of Library and information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri, Mysore-06 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Friday Talk by Dr. M.S. Sridhar at MyDLIS
by N.S. Harinarayana 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

Mysore University Library and Information Science Student Association (MULISSA) of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore organised a Friday lecture by Dr. M.S. Sridhar, Head, Library and Documentation, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore on the topic 'Librarianship as a profession' on November 30, 2007. A summary of the lecture and the student interaction which followed is given below. Libraries are under utilized. Only 1.5% of the population have access to the libraries. The myth that evolution of Internet has made libraries redundant contributes further to the less use of libraries. Dr. Sridhar counter argued that in spite of invasion of technology number of printed books and journals has not reduced. On the other hand it has increased. He said one in five books published and one out of three books borrowed from libraries are related to IT. If IT eliminates the printed books, why this trend he questioned. Dr. Sridhar presented some of the quality issues that need to be taken note of by the Internet users. Authenticity and accuracy are the major ones. Libraries are more reliable source for a common man. Filtering mechanism adopted in libraries ensures the quality and accuracy. On the other hand, Internet is increasingly becoming more popular creating the impression that libraries are no more required. Dr. Sridhar trying to rationalise this trend said accessibility, ease of use and perceived utility are the major factors for popularity of Internet. He opined that Internet and IT are supplement to the libraries and in real perspectives they are not threats. Giving some tips for students Dr. Sridhar said that domain knowledge (library based skills), communication, research bent of mind, reading habit and ICT skills are the expected core competencies by the employers. He said that competition for job is increasing as number of qualified professionals coming out of library schools has increasing drastically. A huge chunk of graduates are coming out of library schools from open universities. This has created an imbalance between supply and demand as for as library professionals are concerned. In this context Dr. Sridhar gave advice to the students that they should go for specialization and be ready when the opportunity arises. Dr. Sridhar's lecture was followed by an interesting and elaborate interactive session. Students asked varieties of questions and sought clarifications on various intriguing issues. Some of the questions asked/issues discussed are as follows: - Can Internet substitute a library? - Whether the present university syllabus enough for developing a good librarian? - How can one encourage young people to read? - How to ascertain needs/wants of remote readers in the context of digital libraries? - How one should equip to get good job? - What are the core competencies of librarians? - Whether classification and cataloguing are redundant in Internet era? - How to improve social status of libraries? - Libraries have been changing their names over the years from 'Libraries' to 'Knowledge centres', 'Information Centres' to 'Information Kiosks' etc. Whether this change in name inevitable? -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2collab officially launched.
by Kumar, Perdeep (ELS-DEL) 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

Elsevier Launches 2collab, New Research 2.0 Platform Elsevier, a publisher of science, technology and medical (STM) information, announced the official launch of 2collab (www.2collab.com) a free online platform for scientific collaboration. 2collab is a free web application that provides researchers with a platform to share resources with networks of peers and specialists, creating an online community that facilitates information discovery, evaluation and debate. This official launch follows a successful beta testing period and incorporates feedback gained from researchers based at Elsevier's Development Partners, which include a range of premier academic, government and corporate institutions worldwide. 2collab allows researchers to add, share and rate bookmarks, tag resources, and to add comments and create topical groups. Each user is encouraged to create a personal profile, which everyone can view to ensure the authenticity of fellow users. This creates an accessible environment where specialists can work together on evaluating new research, discussing current controversies and opportunities as well as providing a place for first-time authors to promote their research. An integrated 2collab bookmark button will be automatically switched on in all Scopus and ScienceDirect accounts. 2collab helps users connect with others in their fields, making it possible to: * Discover new research material * Share and identify quality information * Collaborate without email * Elevate reputations and highlight research * Mine collective wisdom of 2collab participants From the Elsevier India Team -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy - Librarian & Assistant Librarian
by HELP LIBRARY 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Dear Moderator, Please post this information on LIS-Forum Thank You ------ Applications are invited for a two posts - Librarian and Assistant Librarian at Health Education Library for People, CST, Mumb The candidate should possess excellent communication and administrative skills and should be able to get along well with people. Freshers may apply. Candidates from Mumbai only please apply. Interested candidates may apply with full details of their Educational Qualification/Experience and post applied for to helplib(a)vsnl.com or helplibrary(a)gmail.com Dr.Aniruddha Malpani, M.D., Health Education Library for People, 206, Dr.D.N.Road, Gr.Floor, Near New Excelsior Building, CST, Mumbai - 400 001. ----- 30th Nov'07 -- Dr.Aniruddha Malpani, M.D., Health Education Library for People, National Insurance Building, Ground Floor, 206, Dr.D.N.Road, Mumbai - 400 001. Tel Nos.65952393/ 65952394/22061101 www.healthlibrary.com Free Ask the Librarian service for all your health queries at http://www.healthlibrary.com/information.html For complete details of our free health talks check our 'HELP TALK' google calendar at http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ciugckkj8jvnk97j6dbiioaghg%40group… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Manager
by HELP LIBRARY 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Dear Moderator, Please post this information on LIS-Forum Thank You ------ Applications are invited for a Library Manager at Health Education Library for People, CST, Mumbai. The candidate should possess excellent communication and administrative skills and should be able to get along well with people. Minimum of 2 years' experience will be an added advantage. Candidates from Mumbai only please apply. Interested candidates may apply with full details of their Educational Qualification/Experience to helplib(a)vsnl.com or helplibrary(a)gmail.com Dr.Aniruddha Malpani, M.D., Health Education Library for People, 206, Dr.D.N.Road, Gr.Floor, Near New Excelsior Building, CST, Mumbai - 400 001. ----- 30th Nov'07 -- Dr.Aniruddha Malpani, M.D., Health Education Library for People, National Insurance Building, Ground Floor, 206, Dr.D.N.Road, Mumbai - 400 001. Tel Nos.65952393/ 65952394/22061101 www.healthlibrary.com Free Ask the Librarian service for all your health queries at http://www.healthlibrary.com/information.html For complete details of our free health talks check our 'HELP TALK' google calendar at http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ciugckkj8jvnk97j6dbiioaghg%40group… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IIT Kharagpur Requires Professional Trainees for its Central Library (Last Date: December 15, 2007)
by Sandeep Pathak 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Dear Friends, This is to inform you all that IIT Kharagpur requires Professional Trainees for its Central Library. The training is for a period of one year. Stipend: Rs. 4000.00 per month The candidates having postgraduate degree holding First Class in both B.Lib.I.Sc., M.Lib.I.Sc. and age below 30 Years may apply. Last Date: On or before 15th December, 2007 For more detail, please visit following link: http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/topfiles/non_teaching_top.php Regards, S K Pathak ------------------------------------------------------------------- S K Pathak [MSc(IT), MLIS, MA, B.Sc.(pcm), Ph.D. submitted] Assistant Librarian Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur - 721 302 Previously: IUCAA, Pune. INFLIBNET, A'bad. IPR, G'nagar. Mobile: 09732648020 Ph.: 03222-282466(O) / 03222-282453(R) URL: http://www.library.iitkgp.ernet.in/pathak/skp.htm Residence: C1-174, IIT Campus, Kharagpur - 721 302 ------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application are invited for the post of Librarian, for the reputed school in KUWAIT
by sri priya 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Application are invited for the post of Librarian, for the reputed school in KUWAIT Librarian B.sc or M.sc, in Library Science with good communication skills and able to handle Library (classes LKG to XII). Only the candidates with minimum five years exp. need apply. E-mail your Bio-Data only without certificates and other credentials to the E-mail Id given, within 4 days jkskt(a)qualitynet.net Dated in The Hindu 28/11/07 - Wednesday Paper. Regards, S.Sripriya Librarian ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.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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The SPARC : Awards
by sri priya 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

The SPARC Discovery Awards challenges you to illustrate in a short video presentation what you see as the value of sharing information. Use your imagination to suggest what good comes from bringing down barriers to the free exchange of information. submitted by December 2, 2007. http://www.sparkyawards.org/details.php ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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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How long should copyright last?
by Aman Jha 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Dear all There is a very good article on the life of copyright for an intellectual product in today's Guardian. I wish all of you to please read realise the situation in India. The link is given below. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/nov/29/comment.intellectualpro perty The same can be read in today's 'The Hindu' on page no. 11 as well. Regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry 249-F, Sector 18, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Gurgaon - 122 015, Haryana Tel: 91-124-4014060-67 Fax: 91-124-4014080 Reach us via our Membership Helpline (Monday-Saturday: 0900-1715 hrs). Dial: +91-11-43546244 / 9910446244 DISCLAIMER:The information in this message may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Any information in this message that does not relate to official business shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by the Confederation of Indian Industry. Reach us via our unique Membership Helpline: 00-91-11-435 46244 / 00-99104 46244 (Monday-Saturday: 0900-1700 hrs) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacanice in AICTE
by kuber kumbar 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Dear professionals, AICTE invites applications in the prescribed preformed from well-qualified, experienced and dedicated candidates for the following post: ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN, SCALE OF PAY : Rs. 6,500-200-10,500/-, Post:01, (01-UR), Age limit: Not exceeding 35 years. (On direct recruitment basis) Last date for receipt of applications -10.12.2007 The details regarding qualifications, experience and general conditions, along with prescribed proforma for application is available at the AICTE website : www.aicte.ernet.in as well as in the Employment News dated 24th November, 2007. KUBERA K.P LIBRARIAN Sir.M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology. --------------------------------- 5, 50, 500, 5000 - Store N number of mails in your inbox. Click here. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Major Search Engines and Directories
by Mailing List Admin 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:48:30 +0530 From: venkata.kesavan(a)timesgroup.com Dear All, For guidance on the major search engines and directories, please try the following page at the www.searchenginewatch.com <http://www.searchenginewatch.com/> website. Search Engine Watch provides a guide to the major search engines of the web, which are either popular or well-used. http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2156221 Regards, R. Venkata Kesavan Chief Manager Times Archives & Knowledge Centre Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times Group) The Times of India Building, 2nd Floor Dr. D. N. Road Mumbai 400 001 Ph: (D): ++91-22-22731024 Ph: (B): ++91-66353535 (Ext.: 4470)

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53 ALL INDIA LIBRARY CONFERENCE- REQUEST
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

"53rd All India Library Conf. 2007" <ailc2007(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Dear Professionals, Thank you for your enthusiastic response to the 53rd All India Library Conference - 2007 being held at Osmania University, Hyderabad. The Organizing Committee is eagerly looking forward to meet and interact with you all at the conference. Many of you have confirmed your attendance to the conference, but have requested to pay the Registration Fee on-the-spot. This is an appeal to you all to kindly send your Registration Fee in advance at the earliest, so that accommodation can be arranged / reserved for you well in advance. In lieu of not receiving the Registration Fee in advance, it will be difficult for us to book accommodation at the last minute. please make a note the weather here is cool going about 10 C Please make a note that Hyderabad is A1 city and accomodation is difficult for such a conference and we also need to pay advance for accomodation. therefore we are looking for confirmation with registration fees. The participants who have already sent the Registration Fee(s) in advance may please ignore this mail. With Best Regards, Prof. N. Laxman Rao, Organizing Secretary, 53rd All India Library Conference - 2007. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now. -- 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] Position Vacant Librarian at Mangalore
by Rajesh Rangappa 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

> > > librarian > > SAHYADRI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY > > > > Job Function : Teaching/Education > > Specialization : Librarian > > Industry : Educational/Training > > Qualification : Post Graduation- Graduate (Relevant Stream) > > > > Experience : 1 -2 > > Location : KARNATAKA (Mangalore) > > Key Skills : Requisite knowledge, skills and ability to work > > regarding librarian. > > > > JOB DESCRIPTION : > > Role requires handling the work related to librarian. > > > > ADDITIONAL INFORMATION : > > Affiliated to VTU Belgaum & Approved by Govt. of Karnataka and AICTE > > New Delhi. > > Qualification & experience as per AICTE norms. Salary pay scales as > > per AICTE and DA as per state Government norms. Retired persons may > > also apply. Faculty will be motivated to participate in national and > > international seminars, workshops, consultancy projects. Institute > > will extend possible financial and technical assistance. Higher start > > will be given to deserving candidates. > > Send your applications along with a recent photograph before > > 10.12.2007. Dr. D.L.Parbhakara Principal & Director, Sri Manjunath > > Bhandary President. > > > > CONTACT INFORMATION : > > Address : Adyar N.H. 48 Mangalore 575009 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > RAJESH ALDARTHI > > LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) > > #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, > > Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 > > Email: deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com > > -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89(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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Obituary Note
by srels 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Dear Moderator, Please announce the following obit note. K.N.Prasad SRELS, Bangalore .......... I regret to inform our professional colleagues, the sad and untimely demise of Shri. K.T.Somashekar, Retd. University Librarian, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, on 29th November 2007after a very short illness. He was an alumnus of the Dept. of Library & Information Science, University of Mysore. He had served the University of Agricultural Sciences for a very long period of time. Shri. Somashekar was a very soft spoken, mild-mannered person. He was a regular attendee of professional meetings. May his soul rest in peace. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar on Applying Facet Analysis in the Web
by ayesha khatoon 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

*Indian Statistical Institute* *Documentation Research and Training Centre* *8th Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College Post* *Bangalore-560059* Seminar on Applying Facet Analysis in the Web Although researchers have theorized the critical importance of faceted classification in the organization of information in libraries, still it is not prevalent in the digital environment. But slowly Web Information Architects are also recognizing the importance of facet analysis for organizing and managing the content of the Web, because faceted classification addresses the very foundations of the business of effective information storage and retrieval. It effectively deals with the dynamic nature of Web. Unlike a simple hierarchical scheme (like yahoo directory), faceted classification gives the users the ability to navigate through the content in multi dimensions. Making the Web 'semantic' would entail such a classification in web, where the mapping and rearrangement of concepts will be the privilege of the end user. Therein lies the importance of the theory of 'freely faceted classes' in which the roles of the concept are demarcated while the order can be synthesized as per need. This seminar will discuss some instances of application of Facet Analysis in Web. It will also explore some of the tools available in this regard. The relevance of facet analysis in the context of Semantic Web will be also briefed. *Speaker: Mithun Raj M* * 2nd Year ADIS* * * * * *All are cordially invited* * * *Venue: DRTC Classroom Professor and Head* *Date: 30th November, 2007 DRTC* *Time: 2 p.m. * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Major digital library project led by Indian-origin Professor
by Kshirod 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

All those books online. Nearly a decade ago, computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University embarked on a project with an astonishingly lofty goal: digitise the published works of humankind and make them freely available online. The architects of the Universal Library project said on Tuesday they had surpassed their latest target, having scanned more than 1.5 million books and are continuing to scan thousands more daily. Most of the books scanned are in the Chinese language. For detail article : http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/29/stories/2007112958412200.htm Regards, -- Kshirod Das Information Service Division National Institute of Technology Roukela Rourkela-769 008, Orissa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Adding specialization to LIS
by Rajesh Rangappa 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Dear professionals, I appreciate Mrs.shailaja for raising with very good question.(quoted her) "If it has to be an addition in the existing MLIS Module, the course duration will have to be increased. Is it feasible?". To this, I can add one more question which is related (my friend asked while discussing) Will this increase's the burden of students?. Answer is we need not increse the duration because normally in professional courses paper's studied will range from 4-6 in a sem, but majority of LIS courses adopted 4 theory papers policy, so i feel, we can add 1 more paper at 3rd and 4th sem. By this burden of student will increase but they have that capacity to cope up, since they are Master degree students (above age to be burdened and matured enough to adjust). I am really thankful to Mrs. Shailaja for mentioning the idea(quoted her) "Like in universities in other countries short term courses may be introduced in the University departments in specialised subjects.LikeMedical information Science,Software company information Science, Newspaper & Media Information science Etc."This can be applied to specialization like medical and engineering which can't be adopted at this point of time. Regarding {(quoted her) "This can have a apprentice training and close interaction with specialists and the industries and institutions."} increasing in-trainship training period, will be very good alternative, if we can't start specializartion now in case, it gives student enough time to know about subject in which particular institution deals. "Another major need of the hour is training in Communication and Language which is a major requirement in Library & Information Centres." i full agree about this view. Thanks and regards -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89(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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Hand-On training/ Managing Information Resources in the Digital Age/Dec 11-14, 2007
by Kiran Pandey 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Managing Information Resources in the Digital Age Dec 11-14, 2007 Centre for Science and Environment, a premier research organisation working on environment since 1980 from New Delhi and recognised for its knowledge-based activism has announced Managing Information in the digital age: a hands-on training on library, information management and special documentation techniques ", to be conducted at CSEs office in New Delhi from December 11-14, 2007. The training is being organised by CSE's Environment Resource Unit, among South Asia's premier research and documentation centres. Training details available at http://www.cseindia.org/aagc/managinginformation.asp Last date for receiving completed applications Applications must reach CSE on or before December 5, 2007 Please note: The course offers only a limited number of seats. Applications are being accepted on a first come-first served basis. The course fee does not cover travel or accommodation expenses. Contact Person: Kiran Pandey, Coordinator,Environment Resources Unit E-mail: kiran(a)cseindia.org Ph: 91-011-29955124/5125/6110/6394/6399, Fax: 91-11-29955879 Ms. Kiran Pandey **************************************************************** CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT ( CSE ) 41, TUGHLAKABAD INSTITUTIONAL AREA, NEW DELHI- 110 062 TELE: 29955124 29956110, 29956394,29956399 FAX : 91-11-29955879 VISIT US AT: http://www.cseindia.org Email: kiran(a)cseindia.org ext:233 **************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Apprentice Trainee positiones at ISI , Bangalore
by meera bunglow 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Dear Moderator, Please post this information on LIS-Forum Thank You Applications are invited for two temporary positions at the Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre Library, as "Apprentice Trainees" for a period of 4 months from December 2007 to 31st March 2008 (Likely to continue further). 1. One position with Bachelors Degree and Bachelor or Masters Degree in Library Science and the remuneration will be Rs. 5000/PM. 2. One position with Diploma in Library Science with the remuneration of Rs. 4000/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 December 2007. 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: 29th November 2007 Forgot the famous last words? Access your message archive online at 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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Adding Specialisation
by Rajesh Rangappa 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Dear professionals, Its really good doubt raised by Ms. Latha, We all have to agree that specialization in all subject's canont be started at single point of time, but LIS departments can start up specialization in those subject's like law, science subjects( chemistry, biology, physics etc) commerce and management, finance, computer application even in some of social science subjects also, which are at their disposal.( this courses are offered in all most all universities, so faculty, research student and infrastructure can be easily made available to cick start) and later on think of adding Medicine, engineering etc which needs some time to adopt. we all know these specialized subject contain both depth and breadth in them, so we need not master over subject's with such caliber, in 3rd sem lets study the resource's, organization, courses available, then in 4th sem learn basics of subject's. Atlast reagrding interviewer requirements has per my experiance and knowledge (gained through sharing experiance of my friends and senior's) all of them are asked only for good idea of basic's in subject. but i still agree that they may ask more. Its unfair if fear of being asked for more knowledge and not willing to learn the requirements. We are dedicated professional, and ready to take up challenges in sprit. with hope of further doubts and questions Thanks and Regards -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89(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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Errata for 'Refresher Course at University of Mysore Inaugurated'
by N.S. Harinarayana 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

In my earlier posting with the subject line "Refresher Course at University of Mysore Inaugurated", the professional affiliation of Prof. K.S. Raghavan has been wrongly mentioned. It may be read as Dr. K.S. Raghavan, Professor, Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore. I apologize for the inadvertent error. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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article request from the jnl Global Biogeochemical Cycles
by Abdunnasar. A 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Dear Friends, I need the following article for my colleague. "Methane in the southern north sea: low salinity inputs, esturine removal and atmospheric flux" by R.C. Upstill-Goddard et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles Vol.14 No.4 Page No.1205 1218 If you access to this artilce, please let me have a softcopy of it. Thnaking you. Abdunnasar. A Scientist - B CESS Library, Trivandrum --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Refresher course in Lib. & Info. Sc.
by Pardeep Rai 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

*Academic staff college* Dr Hari Singh Gaur University, Sagar, M.P conducting a refresher course in the Library & Inf. Sc. from10.12.2007 to 30.12.2007. previousy it was schduled from 3.12.07 to 23.12.07 information in regarding the change in schduled has been intimated to the candidates,who have already applied, by the Director of ASC Dr S. J. singh by telephone/mail this is for information -- Pardeep Rai Librarian Maitreyi College University Of Delhi Chanakya Puri, N. D. 21 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Adding specialization
by Rajesh Rangappa 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Dear Professionals, Librarianship is fundamentally a service profession, we serve large organisations, which deals with versatile subject, from Basic Social science subjects to Specific Science and education subjects. For eg, R&D's libraries requires Library professional who has good knowledge in Chemistry or Physics or Biology etc. And Law institutions require person with Law knowledge and the same is the case with Management, Corporate (finance) and Software organisations, So every one wants specialised library professional. I would like call discussion on adding a specialisation subject in 3rd and 4th sem of MLISc course, let the specialisation be elective(student choose subject of intrest). Subject in 3rd sem should contain study about sources available on Subject for example Law : Journals(both print and Electroinc their publisher, cost, ways of subscribing and Unsubscribing), Books ( famous authors in Law with details of contact).Internet Information(both free and paid), Reference Sources in law, ( encyclopedia, dictionaries, directories, manuals, year books, etc), Institutions offering courses on law(with admission dates fees etc), Associations(full details, objective, mission, activities, publications etc), organisations etc. And in 4th sem students should study the basic's or core topics in subject. I can understand non of the Library teachers can teach these specialized subject's, but they can request person who is eligible to teach or request Reseach student in subject to engage, since we have different departments on various subject's in universities, i hope its possible.Since many of Library and Information students are from BA background, it opens opportunity to them to join institutions in their field of intrest. At this point of time, I would like share my experiance, when I attended interview in *aurigene: Dicovery technologies, *Yes i was all most selected, after testing my communication, Library : skills, techniques and behaviour but after that they gone through my resume and asked me are you not a BSc student. I said no, i am Management student(BBM)... they started to test my Chemistry skills, since i have studied Chemistry in My 9th and 10th(CBSE Syllabus) i was in a position to answer few questions, but they asked me to draw the stracture of Benzim, i was stuck up. That costed me very good job. They asked their requirements because their database is such that we have to draw structure's of chemicals and search information but we are not prepared. By this way I belive, we can adopt to change and fulfill needs of market. I have to make it cristal clear that specialization should be added to present subjects in syllabus but not substituting one, because librarian needs to have knowledge in all subjects, if he has to serve academic and public sector. Hence i feel, your present pattern of education is outdate and targeted particualarly towards later sector then earlier mentioned sectors. Hope for good discussion with problems(for and agnist) and solutions. Thanks and Regards -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com Phone: 9886268857 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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What they don't teach you at LIS Schools?
by Rafiq Ansari 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Dear Professionals, Probably, one of the best topics is being discussed in this forum. However, I reckon it would be more appropriate to concentrate more on what is NOT taught than what is part of syllabus. This would lead to know as to "What They Don't Teach You at LIS Schools". I believe everyone, who has put in a year in practical life, is aware of what is not taught is our LIS schools. They do not teach us how to read and how to write --- yes, they don't teach us how read people, nor do they teach us how to write our impressions on others. Changes are taking place with time, no doubt. For instance, when I was a student of LIS in 1994, they did not teach me anything (literally nothing) about library softwares. When I was interviewed by Libsys, I was asked about this software, and my reply was simple: "...sorry Sir, I don't anything about it...." "Have you heard about this software?" No Sir"...and then I worked for about four year for Libsys Corporation! Well, today I am told that they do teach about all major library softwares. Similarly, good amount of time and energy are spent on acquainting students with latest tools and technologies used in libraries today (e.g. RFID and other security systems - incidentally, in 1994 my university library collections were not bar-coded, hence nothing of the sort was taught either!). Besides, students are also now being equipped with various sources of information - internet, databases, online journals, etc. So, on the whole, good progress. But, my conviction is that the ability to read and write people techniques is still not taught in LIS School. Once we are able to equip our students with these very basic tools, the pattern and topics of our discussions would be different. Why do you think MBA freshers are able to take up better positions in any industry - be it petrochemical or pharmacy or cement? When LIS student faces an interview for a petrochemical company, he is asked questions about chemistry. But not so with an MBA...the difference is in people management. In fact we can be superior to an MBA in the sense that we have a specialized knowledge of LIS and we can learn people management too; which is next to impossible for an MBA! So my urge to all LIS Schools is to train our students on people management vis-à-vis the core syllabus of library science. This skill is acquired per force by each one of us in practical life; else it would not have been possible that our professionals are spread across all industries. What is imperative is that we start teaching it and emphasizing its importance now, today. Rafiq L Ansari Media Asset Controller / Archivist AJE Archives Al-Jazeera English Channel PO Box 23127 Doha, Qatar Mobile: +974 6628254 Email: rafeeque.ansari(a)aljazeera.net / rafiq.ansari@gmail.com@gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Online library offers 1.5 million works and counting
by KR. Senthil Kumar 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Dear Professionals See Library Related News Online library offers 1.5 million works and counting http://www.news.com/2100-1025_3-6220358.html -- KR.SENTHIL KUMAR MCA -LIBRARIAN KARPAGAM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING COIMBATORE http://alagusenthil.googlepages.com http://alagusenthil.tripod.com Mobile:09382804980 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reg IATLIS Press clippings
by Suresh Horakeri 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Dear Sir/Madam, A brief report and Deccan Herald Newspapers clippings of IATLIS 2007. For ur kind information, Thanks, Regards, Horakeri IATLIS – 2007 XXIV National Conference on Equity of LIS Education in IT-Based Pedagogical Environment of the Knowledge Society held at Dharwad, Karnataka from 19th to 21st November 2007, organized by the Department of Library and Information Science Karnataka University, Dharwad, KARNATAKA Dr. S.K. Saidapur, F.A.Sc., FNA,Vice-Chancellor, Karnataka University, Dharwad was the chief guest of the inaugural function. Dr. B.S. Maheshwarappa, Professor and Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga delivered keynote address. Shri. N.V. Satyanarayana, Managing Director, Informatics India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, presided over the function. Dr. V.G. Talwar, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore , acted as Director of the Conference Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa, President, IATLIS and Dr B D Kumbar, organizing secretary were present on the stage. Afternoon and day two morning total 5 technical sessions were conducted and all participants attended all technical sessions, at the end of each technical session good interaction was observed. On day 2 afternoon, Nadoja Dr. Patil Puttappa M.A. (Journalism) USA, Senior Journalist, Hubli was the chief guest of beautiful and colorful of Dr C R Karisiddappa sir’s felicitation function and felicitated Dr Karisiddappa and his wife Mrs. Shanta on this auspicious occasion. Dr S K Saidapur, VC, KUD, Vinay Luthra, Registrar, KUD, Dr P S Halyal, Dr Jagatar Singh, Dr P Padi, Prof R S R Varalakshmi, Dr S L Sangam, Dr Keshav, Dr Ramesh Naik, Dr B D Kumbar, Dr S B Patil, Dr Gaddagimath, Dr Kamaiah, Dr D Chandran, Dr IRN Goudar, Dr Koogunurmath, Dr Mallinath Kumbar, different University Professor, Librarian’s and others were present. More than 500 peoples witnessed Dr Karisiddappa sir’s felicitation function. Dr Ismail Abdullai, Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Sciences, North Carolina Central University, USA was the guest of honor of this felicitation function. On day 3 afternoon valedictory function was held Chief Guest: Shri. Vinay Luthra, I.F.S.,Registrar, Karnatak University, Dharwad Dr C R Karisiddappa, UGC Emeritus Professor, Director, Academic Staff College Karnatak University, Dharwad presided over the function. Dr B D Kumbar proposed vote of thanks. 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 Share files, take polls, and discuss your passions - all under one roof. 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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Project fellow -required at DIS, UNOM
by Mailing List Admin 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:28:47 -0800 (PST) From: amudhavalli alagusundaram <amudha75(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Project fellow -required at DIS, UNOM UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS (Established under the Act of Incorporation XXVII of 1857- Madras University Act 1923) DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SCIENCE NOTIFICATION The Department of Information Science, University of Madras has been recognized for the UGC � SAP�DRS III level status for the period 2007 � 2012. The thrust area of the Department under this programme is �Digitization� project. A Project Fellow has been allocated to assist the project under the UGC pay scale. With reference to this, Applications are invited in plain paper along with Certificates and CV from the eligible candidates for the post of Project Fellow. Eligibility: P.G. in Library and Information Science + Computer skills Scale: As per UGC norms. Last Date: On or before 30th November 2007 to the under signed. (A. AMUDHAVALLI) COORDINATOR Prof.A. Amudhavalli Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. Ph: 2539 9672 ( Off- Direct) Ph: 2245 5922 - Residence

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Laws of Library Science
by kuber kumbar 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Laws of library sciences in different contest. In Hypertext links contest. Links are for use Every surfer his or her link Every link its surfer Save the time of the surfer The web is a growing organism In Software contest. Software is for use Every user his or her software Every Software its user Save the time of the user A Software Library is a growing organism KUBERA K.P LIBRARIAN Sir.M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology. --------------------------------- 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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Refresher Course at University of Mysore Inaugurated
by N.S. Harinarayana 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

The fourteenth Refresher Course in Library and Information Science was inaugurated by Dr.K.S. Raghavan, Professor in Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore organized by UGC-Academic College, University of Mysore, Mysore in collaboration with the Department of Library and Information Science (MyDLIS), University of Mysore, Mysore on November 28, 2007. The theme of the Refresher Course is "ICT based Library Services". In his address, Prof. Raghavan recalled the efforts of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan and Sri. B.S. Keshavan to bring parity to library profession in comparison to other professions. Dr. Ranganathan instituted a Chair Sarada Ranganathan Professorship at Madras University as early as 1957. This is an unparallel exemplar as Dr. Ranganathan donated all his life savings to the Chair. That was the commitment of a great soul this this profession. Citing the above example, Prof. Raghavan called upon the professional to have a passion and sense of belongingness to the profession. He said ICTs have brought tremendous changes in the profession. But, he cautioned in the zeal of adopting ICTs we should not forget that all over endeavours should be towards achieving greater 'user satisfaction'. Dr. V.G. Talawar spoke on the occasion, said that the in-service training for professionals at universities was a brain child of Prof. Yeshpal, the then Chairman of UGC. The present course is aimed at equipping the participants with more IT skills. Dr. G. Venkatesh Kumar, the Director of Academic College was present. About 27 professionals are participating in the Course. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- 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 Programme
by Mailing List Admin 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:18:06 +0530 From: Ratnakar Aspari <aspari_r(a)hotmail.com> RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE New Delhi We cordially invite you to the 128th Monthly Meeting of RRC on 1st Dec, 2007 (1st Saturday) at 10.00 hrs. Venue : Social Science Documentation Center, Firoz Shah Road, New Delhi-110 001 Speaker : Mr. B. G. Sunder Singh Sr. Scientist, DSIR, New Delhi Topic : Activities of Technology Information Facilitation Programme : Opportunities for Professional Projects Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting and participate to benefit the group by discussions. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, SUBHASH DESHMUKH Progranmne Coordinator

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Re Lis- Forum on Specialisationfor Lis Students.
by naganarasimha shailaja 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Sir Are we not going back to late 70's and 80's? where students had "Methodology of Study of Stubjects". Students Studied one subject in Detail like the meaning,the broad coverage,its branches etc.and collected information about the reference & Text books available,journals,experts etc. As such the opening to the LIS Students are less. With specialisation their opening will be much more restricted.Instead they should be taught how to learn about a subject field fast. And in a work situation they can be asked to learn about the subject with which the institution works for Two or Three months. The experience shows that computers and soft wares are not every thing.They should be sharp in learning things as and when required. If it has to be an addition in the existing MLIS Module, the course duration will have to be increased.Is it feasible? Like in universities in other countries short term courses may be introduced in the University departments in specialised subjects.Like Medical information Science,Software company information Science, Newspaper & Media Information science Etc.This can have a apprentice training and close interaction with specialists and the industries and institutions.Another major need of the hour is training in Communication and Language which is a major requirement in Library & Information Centres. Shailaja N Chief Information Officer Information Centre Deccan Herald Bangalore 560 001 PH.No.25880521,25880545 E-Mail:naganarasimhas@yahoo.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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Specialisation
by latha krishnaprasad 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Dear Professional Regarding Mr.Rajesh Aldarthi's discussion I have a doubt. Specialisation in many branhes of scince,commerce or arts whatever it may be is it possible to study entire subject in one semester? for eg.Chemistry, is it possible to learn about the subject in deapth to know the structure of any compound?. Upto what extent university has to incorporate? interviewer may ask more than that if he comes to know he/she has taken that particular subject as a specialization. Latha --------------------------------- Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. Click here to know how. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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multimedia CD
by sheeba jasmine 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Dear Professionals, I am looking for multimedia CDs in Engineering education. I am also looking for educational VCDs in Engineering education. If anybody has any information regarding this please send details to me. with regards, D. Sheeba Jebaseeli, Librarian, Valliammai Engineering College, Kattankulathur, TamilNadu 603 203 Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now, on http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IT JOB OPPORTUNITY AT IODE PROJECT OFFICE
by Murari 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Dear colleagues, IOC/Unesco has posted the job opportunity for an IT specialist at their Project Office in Belgium. Interested individuals may see for more info at: http://www.iode.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=115 With warm regards, Murari P Tapaswi National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula 403 004 Goa, India Phone: 91-(0)832-2450275; Fax: 91-(0)832-2450602 www.nio.org, www.coastalhazards.info, www.mangroveindia.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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vacancy for the post of project fellow at CESS Library Trivandrum
by Mailing List Admin 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:54:35 -0800 (PST) From: Abdunnasar. A <abdulnazar75(a)yahoo.com> Dear Friends, Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS), Thiruvananthapuram conducts a walk-in-interview for selection of Project Fellows for the project Modernisation of CESS Library�(Plan � 106). Date : 12/12/2007 (Wednesday) Time : 9.30 AM Venue : CESS, Akkulam, Thiruvananthapuram 695 031 Number of posts : Two Essential Qualification: M.L.I.Sc First Class Desired Qualification: 1. Working knowledge in any Library application software 2. Working knowledge in digital Library Software like GSDL, Dspace Remuneration : Rs. 5,000/-pm Age limit 30 years as on 01.01.2007.(relaxation upto 5 years for SC/ST and 3 Jyears for OBC candidates. Interested candidates may appear for the walk-in-interview with an application specifying the project code (plan-106) with detailed Curriculam-Vitae along with copies of certificates showing educational qualifications, experience, age etc and original certificates for verification. Abdunnasar. A Scientist � B CESS Library Thiruvananthapuram

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Lis- Forum on Specialisation for LIS Students.
by Rajesh Rangappa 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

Madam, I have clearly mentioned in my posting that specialization subject should not be substitute but insted addition to present topics. I dont understand when a student learn's all topics along with specialization how his/her opportunity of getting job get's restricted.. insted i say that he/she will have better chance in getting into his/her field of interest. I request all the professionals to post their reply through LIS Forum, so that every one comes to know about you and your idea's. Please don't send personal emails. Thanks and regards -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com Phone: 9886268857 Sir Are we not going back to late 70's and 80's? where students had "Methodology of Study of Stubjects". Students Studied one subject in Detail like the meaning,the broad coverage,its branches etc.and collected information about the reference & Text books avaialable,journals,experts etc. As such the opening to the LIS Students are less. With specialisation their opening will be much more restricted.Instead they should be taught how to learn about a subject field fast. And in a work situation they can be asked to learn about the subject with which the institution works for Two or Three months. The experience shows that computers and softwares are not every thing.They should be taught How learn about the subjects and soft wares as and when required. Shailaja N Chief Information Officer Information Centre Deccan Herald Bangalore - 560 001 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] Adding specialization
by Rajesh Rangappa 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

Dear professionals, I am thankful to "Mr. sukhdev singh" for sending me *"Lastest syllabus" * of "PU chandigarh MLIS course". For the information of all professionals, I am providing the link of same,* **http://libsc.puchd.ac.in/syllabus.pdf*<http://libsc.puchd.ac.in/syllabus.pdf> requesting all professional to have a look and let me know what specialization they are providing(except Health science to some extent) and how useful it is? keeping in mind current market requirements. how can broad subject like social science be called specialization is a question of million dollar, and I want to know with this subject specialization, which sector provides job? Then coming to business information paper, except the name their is nothing useful enough, this can be learnt in single class assignment. I am really wondering if this is latest syllabus, what would have students of MLIS of PU chandigarh in 1986-87 might have stuidied. I am really getting confused, what *some of* experianced professional want ? I am getting personal emails to keep quite, and change my approach, i want to make it clear to everyone, we young professionals need guideline and encouragement from big professionals. you have all reached certain positions, we want to learn and reach their, using this forum and take profession towards growth. Thanks and regards On 11/27/07, Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > [Not CCed to lis-forum as yet] > > > > Fortunately, still there is scope of specialization in social > sciences. Other comments are uncalled for. > > > Please check out latest syllabus from > http://libsc.puchd.ac.in/syllabus.pdf especially for these papers. ( > epecially the Pages 28 to 30). > > Paper Code : MLS-7234 > PAPER TITLE : INFORMATION SYSTEMS : > OPT. ("A") : SOCIAL SCIENCES INFORMATION SYSTEM > > Paper Code : MLS-7235 > Paper Title : INFORMATION SYSTEMS : > OPT. ("B") : BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEM > > Paper Code : MLS-7236 > PAPER TITLE : INFORMATION SYSTEMS : > OPT. ("C") : HEALTH SCIENCE INFORMATION SYSTEM > > > --Sukhdev > > On Nov 27, 2007 1:53 PM, Rajesh Rangappa <deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > mention's back to 1986-87, where MLIS course was for one year and he had > > specialization in social science and other subjects then why its not > > continued, i wish to go through syllabus of "PU Chandigarh 1986-87" if > he > > has a copy. Up to my knowledge non of indian universitie's MLISc has > > specialization in other subjects(law,medicine,engineering, subjects in > > science nor in social science). > ... > > RAJESH ALDARTHI > > LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) > > > > > On Nov 27, 2007 1:53 PM, Rajesh Rangappa <deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear professionals, > > I really confused by the reply of "Sukhdev Singh, NIC" every employer > has > > his own requiremnts, it may be certain technique, skill, knowledge on > > subject, or way of communicating and behaving etc based on the work /job > to > > be performed. We being information professional can't say no. Regarding > > newness of issue, i have to appreciate " Mr.Sukhdev Singh, NIC" because > he > > mention's back to 1986-87, where MLIS course was for one year and he had > > specialization in social science and other subjects then why its not > > continued, i wish to go through syllabus of "PU Chandigarh 1986-87" if > he > > has a copy. Up to my knowledge non of indian universitie's MLISc has > > specialization in other subjects(law,medicine,engineering, subjects in > > science nor in social science). They teach topics related to LIS, hardly > > with application of ICT and Management. Now after 20 years also we are > not > > in a position to change, learning social science and learning > specialized > > subject makes lot of difference. > > I dont know why some of experianced persons are agnist change (may be > not > > willing to learn and may have to face job security problems, if that's > case > > hopefully they can stay in position by learning and guideing, younger > > generation to right direction, we has respect them whole heartedly, > since > > they are flag barrer's and taken your profession to respectful position > but > > don't misguide us. I will raise this issue possible very soon after > > searching few facts and figures.) > > Hence friends lets change with need and take profession towards growth. > > > > > > On 11/27/07, Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > > > > Sukhdev Singh. I still remember, We had a paper in our MLIS > > > > > > > > > > > > (1986-87, PU Chandigarh), where we had studied "Social Sciences" as > > > such including it's philosophers and their works. > > > > > > I can not forget it!!! Coming form 'Science' stream - the things were > > > quite alien to me. But I enjoyed it and still boast of my knowledge in > > > these disciplines. > > > > > > So, I think the options for specialization might still available at > > > Master's level. > > > > > > The problem in this particular case [ asking a candidate to draw > > > "Benzim" structure] is with the employer. They do not know what to > > > look for in an Information Professional. > > > > > > --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. > > > > > > > > > On Nov 26, 2007 5:04 PM, J. K. Vijayakumar <vjkjk(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Dear Professionals, > > > > > > > > I fully agree with Rajesh. We need specialized > > > > courses to make specialized Librarians. That is > > > > the need of the hour. Adding elective modules > > > > (papers) about resources and systems in Law, > > > > Medicine, Sciences and all specialized subjects > > > > in 4th Semester is absolutely a good suggestion. > > > > Off course, our library schools should involve > > > > practicing Librarians in these specialized > > > > courses. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > RAJESH ALDARTHI > > LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) > > #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, > > Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 > > Email: deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com > > Phone: 9886268857 > -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com Phone: 9886268857 -- 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: December Issue
by MacLeod, Roderick A 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

The latest edition of the FREE monthly newsletter for academics, students and researchers is now available at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn157/irn157.html No subscription or registration is needed to access this free, 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 Online Information 2007 spineless? a finalist News items of interest A-Z New & Notable Web Sites: About 100 new and notable good quality websites: new services, ejournals, directories, search engines, publishers, government sites, etexts, booksellers, portals, calls for papers, software, news services, conferences, research groups, plus anything of interest, etc, etc. Nice Web Site(s): Smashing Magazine Blogorama Selected interesting blogs, RSS feeds and news items Recent Internet books in the Library Book review: The library in the twenty-first century, 2nd edition, by Peter Brophy 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Journal Systems in Hindi
by Thomas Abraham 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

Dear Colleagues, I would like to share a piece of information regarding Open Journal Systems(OJS). We have developed a Hindi interface for OJS as a part of "Scientific Journal Publishing in India" project <http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/> which was done at National Centre for Science Information. A demo version of OJS with Hindi user interface (UI) can be accessed at; <http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/ojshindi/> Although we have made the requisite changes for handling Hindi content, for the present, we haven't yet added any content in Hindi. If somebody is interested in publishing a prototype newsletter or a journal, published in Hindi language, is welcome to get in touch with us to publish such content using OJS. Looking forward for your feedback and suggestions. Thanks in advance With regards Thomas Abraham Project Assistant National Centre for Science Information, 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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ALUMNI CELL, BHU, Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Science
by anand shukla 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

Dear All, Department of Library and Information Science, BHU, Varanasi, has launched its website on 6th November, 2007. Department has made a webpage for their alumnies and wants to create a list of dintinguished alumnies of the Department. So for this regard, myself on behalf of Department, requests you all to mail your detailed information to the Department( "akhandanandshukla(a)gmail.com" & "anand_shukla003(a)yahoo.co.in" subject should be ALUMNI CELL BHU ). Please inform all of your batchmates. Thanking you, With Regard Akhandanand Shukla Junior Research Fellow Deptt. of Lib. & Inf. Science BHU, Varanasi. http://internet.bhu.ac.in/lis.html http://internet.bhu.ac.in/dlis/akhandanandshukla.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UNESCO International Conference and Exhibition on Knowledge Parks
by Mailing List Admin 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:22:08 -0800 (PST) From: J. K. Vijayakumar <vjkjk(a)yahoo.com> --- UNESCO's Communication and Information Sector On behalf of Mr Abdul Waheed Khan, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information at UNESCO, it is my pleasure to inform you that we are organizing an International Conference and Exhibition on Knowledge Parks that will take place in Doha, Qatar on March 29-31, 2008. Please visit the Conference website at: http://www.unesco.org/en/knowledgeparkconference/

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Position Vacant Assistant Executive
by Mailing List Admin 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:43:05 +0530 From: Rajesh Rangappa <deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com> Dear Friends Assistant/Executive-1 & Assistant/Executive-2 India Habitat Centre For details, visit, http://www.indiahabitat.org/main.htm

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Fixing price for a book
by Dr.D.P Prathap 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

Dear professionals, Ours is a central institute under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and we would like to have some information (such as existing Govt.Office orders, publishing norms/guidelines for public institutions ) on the following issues: - Is there a standard 'norm' for fixing the price for a book, especially when a public-funded research institution like ours publishes it? - Should it necessarily cover the cost of printing? Sincerely, ============================== (D.PUTHIRA PRATHAP) OFFICER IN-CHARGE, LIBRARY SUGARCANE BREEDING INSTITUTE, COIMBATORE – 641 007. INDIA PHONE: 91-422-2472621; FAX: 91-422-2472923 www.sugarcane-breeding.tn.nic.in sbilibrary(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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Mumbai Based Professionals : Ind. PC Mag June Issue
by Dipaali K Bhosle 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

GlacierDear All, I am looking for the issue of Indian PC Magazine, June 2007. I have checked all the possible resources including publisher's office. I want this copy just for references. If you have your copy so please let me know I can return you back on the same day. Thanks & Regards, Ms. Dipaali K Bhosle Sr Executive Library & Information Services ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ D: 91 22 40302508 Board: 91 22 24232323 Fax: 91 22 24302707 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Infomedia India Ltd. 5th Fl, A Wing, Ruby House, J.K. Sawant Marg, Dadar[W], Mumbai 400028 www.infomediaindia.com Infomedia India Ltd. is one of the leading publisher in business to business and business to consumers magazines and well known for Yellow Pages [Formerly Tata Yellow Pages]. We are also into business of printing, direct marketing and publishing outsourcing. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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17 Ways to Get Free Books | Frugal Panda
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Here is a link that gives you 17 ideas to get free books. As a librarian we should exploit it. http://www.creditpanda.com/blog/2007/17-ways-to-get-free-books -- 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] topics for development of LIS professionals
by Rajesh Rangappa 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Dear professionals, I want to thank all professional and students for accepting and showing interest in preparing notes on " topics for development of LIS professionals ". and at the same time surprised by the reply of "Ms/Mr.N.A. Umme Asima student of MLISc from Mysore university" in LIS Forum digest vol-56, issue No-16 dated 26-11-07". Its quite interesting to answer his/her question. Being a informational professional we should know all subjects and for that matter with out knowing computer and its topics its very hard to name yourself information professional. The basement on which your profession is standing is computer and communication at present. I will make brief of my explanation. Natural language processing ofcourse is computer topic but its also required for Information professionals, It involves some of aspects techniques, skills which are essential for us. for eg: understanding systems,stressing words etc. I would suggest him/her to read this article in wikipedia. "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_language_processing" Then coming to graphic design its also required for informational professional because grapics can be effective way of presenting information in understandable and interesting to user, even its required in many aspects other than presentation I want Her/ him to visit following site to know who uses Graphic design " http://www.educationcenteronline.org/articles/Design-Schools/Who-Uses-Graph… " Lastely regarding Applied database design, we are major user of databases in world, we provide various services using database, so whats wrong in learning how to desing a database? Even some of universities have database management (RDBMS) etc as subject or topic, so its advancement of same and its application. For more details he/she can visit "http://www.databasedesign-resource.com/" to have firm idea on what database is? how its helpful for informational professionals. etc. and before concluding i want to answer some questions asked by emailing personally to me about my personnel details? I am proud to be student of Gulbarga University Dept. of LISc uotput for the year 2007. I know syllabus i have studies is most updated then any other University's, with practical exposure software like SOUL, EASYLIB and appropriate structure of 4 theory and 2 practicals. Good lab facility, covering almost all aspects of NET syllabus but still i feel that these are out date topics but my student friend has ideas the otherway round. He/she should have atleast gone through available literature, if not the contents of subjects before replying and should have contacted some of working informational professional other then her teacher's. Don't they feel this subjects and topics are useful and required for information professionals. I well come future questions? Thanks and regards -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com Phone: 9886268857 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library furniture suppliers
by Seema Vasishta 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Dear Friends Please provide me list of Library furniture suppliers in India, particularly for purchase of Pigeon Hole Display Racks for Periodicals. Regards Seema Vasishta Sr. Librarian Punjab Engineering College(DU) Chandigarh-160012 --------------------------------- Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. Click here to know how. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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53 rd ALL INDIA LIBRARY CONFERENCE- weather in hyderabad is cool
by Mailing List Admin 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 03:45:31 +0000 (GMT) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> hello professional friends I am looking forward for recieving all the friends at Hyderabad, for attenidng the 53 rd ALL INDIA LIBRARY CONFERENCE during 13-16 Dec 2007 The weather here is cool and it is going around 10 C. Please come prepared with necessary clothes. Laxman rao Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, & Director, UGC-Academic Staff College, & Organising Secretary, 53rd All India Library Conference-2007 Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA)

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Interesting article on 'ebooks'
by N.S. Harinarayana 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

An interesting article has appeared in recent issue of 'Aslib proceeding' on ebooks. The details are as follows: Article Title: What do faculty and students really think about e-books? Authors: Ian Rowlands, David Nicholas, Hamid R. Jamali, Paul Huntington Link to Page: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do?contentType=Articl… -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- 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] topics for development of LIS professionals
by Sukhdev Singh 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Dear Friends, While Dr Rath wishes to differ with me but I fully agree with him that fundamental research is needed for the future of LIS. In fact no discipline or practice can stand of its on without having a core of theories and organized supporting science. I have been suggesting my following model for LIS Education and Practice. It consists of three encapsulating cores. 1 - CORE - having the essential LIS philosophy, theory, Tools and Best Practices. 2 - MIDDLE CORE - comprising of Information Technologies (All ICE Technologies) that boosts the effectiveness of the CORE (1). 3 - INTERFACE CORE - This is the face that is perceived by Prospective Employers. It takes the feedback from the job market, adjusts the MIDDLE Core to satisfy the Employers' requirements. Dr. Rath would find that Innermost CORE consists of theory and philosophy of LIS. This is where fundamental research in LIS is a must. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On Nov 26, 2007 11:39 AM, Prabhash N. Rath <prabhash(a)gipe.ernet.in> wrote: > Dear Dr Sukhdev Singh > > While I see merit in your reaction to Mr Rajesh Rangappa's posting, I beg to > differ little on certain issues. It is true that foreign universities impart > such type of training that any LIS professional can work in any type of > library, simultaneously I feel that some research is needed for conventional > library science topics also. This helps in maintaining the academic flavour > of the subject. You must have noticed that very good qualitative articles on > such topics regularly appear in journals like Library Quarterly, Libraries > and the Cultural Record, Knowledge Organisation etc. > > The problem with most of the LIS researchers here is that they don't do any > research rigorously. Even on convetional topics, good research can be made > and in a social science subject topic, we can't say that some thing is > outdated. For example, many of us don't know 'whys' of many event happened > in the past. Recently, while submitting a paper to Libraries and the > Cultural Record, I was asked some interesting questions by their editor like > what made to the enactment of Press and Registration of Books Act 1867 (with > documentary evidence), and why INB provides both DDC and CC in its entries > etc. So I feel, while recruiting teachers, we need to identify > specialisation on which we require teachers. In India, except specialisation > in IT, I have never seen any advertisement giving any other specialisation. > > With regards > Prabhash N. Rath > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sukhdev Singh" <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> > To: "Rajesh Rangappa" <deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com> > Cc: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 1:00 PM > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] topics for development of LIS professionals > > > >I fully endorse the feeling of Rajesh. > > > > While interacting with young professionals, I am observing an > > increasing level of frustration. Perhaps they expect much more from > > senior professionals. > > > > While comparing with foreign universities we may remember one thing - > > they compete with other to attract better students. They cost much > > more. The same does not apply to Indian Universities. Competition, if > > any, among Indian Universities is yet to start. > > > > --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. > > > > > > > > On Nov 22, 2007 4:51 PM, Rajesh Rangappa <deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > Dear Professional, > >> > > >> > Don't we feel the syllabus of MLISc, and even the topics on which your > >> > privileged Universities are undertaking research in LIS are so old and > >> > outdated. Except few topics which are to be integral part of Library > >> professional's, ( like classification and cataloguing). Others are of > >> very > >> > less use, > > > > -- > > 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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International Conference on Building Knowledge Repositories
by Sanjeev Kumar Jain 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Dear LIS Professional International Conference on Building Knowledge Repositories: Cross- Sectoral Collaborations during 7-9 February 2008 at Gandhi Darshan Complex, Opposite Gandhi Samadhi New Delhi (India) Last date for submission of paper or presentation is-31st December 2007. For more: http://www.niftindia.com or write to the undersigned SANJEEV KUMAR JAIN Resource Centre/Library NIFT Campus, ITI Colony, Doorbhash Nagar Rae Bareli (U.P.) 209 010 Mobile: +91-94529-68706 Email: sanjeevmlis(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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LIS-Forum guidelines
by Mailing List Admin 24 Nov '07

24 Nov '07

Dear Member, Currently, an interesting discussion is underway based on Prof. Arunachalam's posting related to the writing of Liz Lyon. While the discussions are most welcome but members should keep in mind that while replying to a posting only the specific portion of the original posting should be included, preferably at top before the reply portion begins. What's been happening now is that with a very few exceptions, rest of the members who participate in a discussion, include the entire message to which they are replying to. This practice will unnecessarily bloat the size of the messages and many a times fellow members may loose track of the on-going discussion. As a reminder, I'm including the guidelines of this list for your perusal. Thanks for your cooperation. With best regards, - Moderator, LIS-Forum Discussion List NCSI, IISc, Bangalore, India LIS-Forum guidelines -------------------- 1. Mails to LIS-Forum should be sent in "Plain text format" only. This can be ensured by making suitable changes in your mail client software. For example, if you have a Yahoo! email id, then to set the email composing mode to 'Plain Text', all that it takes is a few mouse clicks, as indicated below: - Login to your account - Click on 'Option' (right below the search box) - Scroll down to locate 'General Preferences' and click on it - Scroll down to locate 'Composing E-mails' and check the 'Compose messages as plain text' radio button. The above actions will ensure that your mail will be sent in Plain Text' format. 2. Mails with attachments (.doc, .pdf, etc) will not be approved for distribution. Such mails will be discarded. 3. Appropriate 'Subject' should be provided for every posting.. 4. When responding to emails, please retain ONLY any relevant portion of the original, if needed - at the TOP. Do not include one or more threads. 5. Please post mails only for discussing Library and Information Science and related issues. If seeking help (eg an article) - please mention that you have tried other resources and are asking for help from the forum, only because you have not succeeded from other resources 6. Do ensure that your complete Signature details are present (Name, organization, address, phone/fax nos) 7. If the content of your mail is already available online then your mail should just provide the gist of such content and provide its correct URL. 8. Mails meant for LIS-forum should be sent only to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in and not to any other email id 9. Messages are to be posted without the covering note to the moderator. 10. Do not compose the entire mail in capital letters

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Re: [LIS-Forum] topics for development of LIS professionals
by Umme Asima 24 Nov '07

24 Nov '07

Dear Professionals, I am a student of MLISc from University of Mysore. I would like to respond to the issue raised by Mr. Rajesh Aldarthi on updating the syllabus. I have very limited exposure in the field but still want to record my opinion on the issue. I agree in principle that the changes are required. However, I do not tend to agree with the sweeping remarks, like the one made by Mr. Aldarthi, that the syllabus of universities are 'so old'. For instance, the syllabus I am studying at MyDLIS, Mysore is fairly futuristic and I have heard this comment from external professionals (including the ones coming from outside our country). When I discussed this issue with my teachers, they say that a few universities have already included many upcoming courses relevant to library and information science. As Mr. Sukdev suggested that we have to be careful in adopting the western syllabus. The topics suggested by Mr. Aldarthi confused me further that whether we have to get ourselves trained as "Information Professional (Librarian)" or "Computer professional"? Topics such as "Natural Language Processing", "Advanced Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval", "Graphic Design", "Database Application Design" and so on appears to me as core computer science topics. As a student I am confused about the competencies that I should develop to become a good information professional. N.A. Umme Asima Student of MLISc Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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open repositories conference 2008
by vijay kumar 24 Nov '07

24 Nov '07

dear library professionals, Repositories play a pivotal role in the evolving scholarly information environment of open access research outputs and scholarly collections. With its theme of "Practice and Innovation", OR08 will create an opportunity for practitioners and researchers to share experiences and to explore the challenges of the new scholarly communication. They call for papers so follow the following links http://or08.ecs.soton.ac.uk/index.html thanks vijay kumar -- 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] Attention please
by Vara Lakshmi Rudrabhatla 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

Yes what Prof Amudha stated is true. Let us do something in action. There is need to promote our profession as suggested by Ms Vasumati Sriganesh since public have a different opinion. 1. Let us write articles in newspapers and telecast talks about the changing face of the profession. I will write one today itself for local newpaper and workout for a telecast in local cable vision. I am ready to write the same for national newspapers also but it should not be duplicated. I think if a working professional from corporate sector writes with his experience it will have more effect. 2. It is time for the LIS departments to to put a note in admision notification that 'candidates with good academic record have positions in corporate sector after completion of the course'. 3. Interaction with working professionals, as suggested by Mr Koteswara Rao, certainly boost the morale of students and motivate them. The departments in metros, where there are industries and business houses, had already initiated such programmes. The problem is with remote departments where they have to find means to meet their TA. 4. Regarding teacher expertise....Collaborative teaching is a viable option though not acceptable to many. Faculty exchange programmes atleast within a state may help to share the expertise of teachers with low cost. thanks varalakshmi -- Dr. RSR Varalakshmi Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science., Andhra University. Visakhapatnam. _________________________________________________________________ Post free property ads on Yello Classifieds now! www.yello.in http://ss1.richmedia.in/recurl.asp?pid=221 -- 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] topics for development of LIS professionals
by Rajesh Rangappa 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

> Dear Professional, > > Don't we feel the syllabus of MLISc, and even the topics on which your > privileged Universities are undertaking research in LIS are so old and > outdated. Except few topics which are to be integral part of > Library professional's, ( like classification and cataloguing). Others are > of very > less use, Even though they are suitable for Indian environment and > Infrastructure facilities. > > The student's like us are not exposed to current technology > and > trends, we are studying the same old subjects, what your teachers have > studied in their years of study and research… Its like running a old > horse > in race and betting to win. > > So lets determine yourself to update your knowledge, skills > and > techniques of developing profession .. Hence I have made an attempt to > bring > some topics, which are to be studied by an information professional. This > are based on the syllabus of Master of Science in Information from > School of Information in Michigan US. *Borad topics > * > Archives and Records Management (ARM) > > Community Informatics (CI) > > Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) > > Incentive-Centered Design (ICD) > > Information Analysis and Retrieval(IAR) > > Information Policy (IP) > > Library and Information Services(LIS) > > School Library Media Certification > > Preservation of Information (PI) > > Social Computing (SC) > > They all will include the following topics specific topics on which > current research can be conducted for, Application and implementation for > professional development. I am interested in preparing notes on these topics > , so you all can help to contribute for our profession's future students. > Design of Complex Web Sites > Programming I (Java) > Networks: Theory and Application Human Interaction in Information Retrieval > Natural Language Processing Database Application Design > Recommender Systems > Data Manipulation > Exploratory Data Analysis > Information Retrieval > Searching and Databases > Networks: Theory and Application > Language and Information > Natural Language Processing > Advanced Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval > Evaluation of Systems and Services > Interface and Interaction Design > Fundamentals of Human Behavior > Graphic Design > Information-Seeking Behavior > Multimedia Production > Visual Persuasion > Natural Language Processing > Database Application Design > Recommender Systems > Data Manipulation Exploratory Data Analysis > Security in the Digital World > Information Visualization Information Architecture > Information in Organizations > eCommunities: Analysis and Design of Online Interaction > Environments > Computer-Supported Cooperative Work > Natural Language Processing > Semantic Web > Preserving Information > Digital Libraries > Evaluation of Systems and Services > Information Visualization > Interface and Interaction Design > > > -- > RAJESH ALDARTHI > LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) > #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, > Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 > Email: deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com > Phone: 9886268857 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Made in India (MS Office like- suite)
by Kshirod 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

Dear Professionals, Bangalore-based InstaColl, co-founded by Sabeer Bhatia, Sumanth Raghavendra and Kaushal Cavale, today launched an application called Live Documents, which is a hybrid online-offline office suite of applications with features similar to Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. for details about this read the complete articles: http://www.business-standard.com/iceworld/storypage.php?leftnm=8&subLeft=1&… Regards, -- Kshirod Das Information Service Division National Institute of Technology Roukela Rourkela-769 008, Orissa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: OpenDOAR hits 1000th Repository
by Subbiah Arunachalam 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

>From Leslie Carr of Southampton University Congratulations to the OpenDOAR team for keeping track of all these repositories. I wish them even more future success! The magic figure of 1,000 is both a milestone for OpenDOAR and an opportunity for reflection by the community. In the computing field some twenty years ago the NeXT workstation was designed to be the first 3'M' workstation - ie one that had more than one Megabyte of RAM, a Megapixel display and Megaflop performance. In the intervening time, workstation performance has increased hugely and my workstation has 2 megapixel display, a 2,000 megabyte memory and performance measured in tens of thousands of megaflops. But the scale of the repository world is measured in thousands (K) rather than millions (M). As well as the 1,000 representing the number of repositories, it describes the size of their contents (repositories commonly hold around 1,000 items) and the size of their constituency (each serves around 1,000 faculty/academic users). So the repository world is currently in a 3'K' state. But what can we expect from the future? University communities are likely to stay the same size but the number of repositories will increase - perhaps by a factor of ten (to include all the institutions across the world) - or perhaps by a hundred (as individual departments and projects get their own repositories). But the real growth will come from capturing an increasing proportion of the thousands of thousands of faculty and researchers and research students for each of those repositories. If every person contributed 10 items every year to their repository (research outputs, publications, posters, data sets, presentations, teaching materials) then over the course of a decade a typical repository would accrue 100,000 items. So in ten year's time I look forward to ten times as many repositories each containing a hundred times as many items as the present. But size isn't everything, and its important to think about how such a change in capacity might lead to new capabilities. Looking back on the computer world, the 3M technical capacity achieved in the NeXT workstation gave Tim Berners-Lee the platform on which he was able to design and implement the first prototypes of the World Wide Web. And so I look forward to unprecedented improvements in scientific and scholarly enquiry created by a huge increase in repository capacity and openly accessible knowledge. Once again, congratulations to Bill, Pete, Gareth, Stephen and all the OpenDOAR technical and reviewing teams! -- Les Carr Caveats: obviously in the above text I'm working in approximate scales, rather than statistically valid estimates. But while some find it unrealistic, I stand by my assertion that every faculty member could reasonably contribute ten "intellectual outputs" per year to their repository. For more figures and calculations to support this, see http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july07/carr/07carr.html ________________________________________________________ You're not bound to your email address, it's a snitch to switch. Give Yahoo! Mail a try. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/isp_targeting2.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Personal library
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

This is really a large personal collection put to students use. Great social work. VRAJ PATEL, Excise inspector His library has 50,000 books on subjects ranging from Mathematics to Metaphysics. Patel trains students for the civil services entrance exams for a nominal fee. Address: Palm View Bldg., 1st Floor, AWing, Flat no. 4, LN Road, Near Swami Narayan temple, Dadar (E), Mumbai - 400 014. # 24125174 (Taken from an article on Silent souls saving the society) -- 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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FW: Attention Please
by Koteswara_Tumuluru 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Prof, Thank you for an interesting discussion and your valid comments on teaming up in the current scenario. I think here is a huge opportunity for everyone to collaborate and improve the situation. I strongly feel LIS schools and LIS professionals are doing good and of course can do better. This cautiously optimistic outlook or operating with the Feel Good Factor (FGF) will help everyone a lot and fosters Synergy. The third major component, I wish to add, is 'Practicing LIS Professionals' in any institution/industry. Just as the IT domain is embarking on the Industry-Academia Collaboration for learning, teaching, research, Knowledge Transfusion (KT), sharing of the best practices & unleashing the next practices etc, the stakeholders of LIS profession also need to collaborate closely to give practical perspective and orientation to the students. Librarian as Teacher (besides as Continuous Learner as you mentioned and questioned by Arun) is one of the important dimension to be explored much better for imparting wisdom on emerging trends and also survival skills to be a successful Information Professional in this information-intensive knowledge era. I strongly feel, the practicing Librarians should collaborate with academicians/professors, visit LIS schools, talk to students, answer some of the unanswered questions in their budding minds or at least briefly share their experience, learning and knowledge. Joseph Joubert said 'To Teach is to Learn Twice' and thus it would benefit all the stakeholders in the best interest of our Profession. I am gradually trying this in my own little way and always ready to visit nearby LIS schools to talk to our students (the budding professional colleagues) to induce confidence in themselves and learn from them myself. These are some of my own thoughts I thought I should share to reflect on this discussion and thank you for reading the note. T Koteswara Rao Librarian Satyam Computer Services Ltd Telephone: 098408 23377 From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of amudhavalli alagusundaram Sent: 21 November 2007 10:52 To: Subbiah Arunachalam Cc: Varalakshmi Rudrabhatla; mala; Sewa Singh; Samyuktha Ravi; vijayakumar kp; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; commodore shekhar; sashi singh; sangita gupta Subject: [LIS-Forum] Attention Please Sir, You are right and free to do so. Students performance and matching the requirements are based on several factors. The two major components are students and teachers. Teachers, you know need to update themeselves and be committed. you can only advise or suggest to this group and it is oneself who will lhave to lead in his/her career. AS far as students are concerned, the input into the schools are very disappointing. Both quantitatively and qualitatively, they are so low, it is extremely difficult to mould them to be even a 'better lot' if not the 'best'. Candidates below the medocre line enter our profession, unfortunately. They have no vision or mission. We try to inculcate that in them to the best of our ability. In 2 two years is everythiing cannot be accomplished though best of our efforts are put into that process. Our curricula has been changed, by and large in most of the LIS Schools across the coun try, particularly in the South. Infrastrcucture has been improvised. What else you need????? Profssional bodies at all levels are initiating lectures, workshops, discussions etc for betterment of the professionals. Not many respond or even iof they do so, not intersted or ready to learn and or change, It has become a very challenging task for all of us. People have to change themselves, I feel. Ther seems to no competency, competition or communcation skills amongst the professionals, which is very disappointing. Yes, We speak and talk and talk, but what is the net result?. Who is to be blamed?? Ofc ourse, Not any one single individual or group. All of us need to team up together to create awareness and upgrade the literacy level. I am willing to take up any task at any time to be involved in this attempt. I Look forward for some concrete suggestions and movements to participate myself. Thanks amudha Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Friends: Professor Amudhavalli of the University of Madras found the presentation by Liz Lyon of UKOLN http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html very useful. A few others may say the same thing. But what matters is are we preparing our students for the new era? Will the LIS students of today be able to excel in the fast changing technology-dominated environment? Will they be able to find their niche when constantly improving technology and the culture of networking and virtual collaboration among scientists may make intermediaries redundant? Are we training them to become life-long learners who can adapt to any situation? Or are we still in an age when it takes years to get even a minoe change in the syllabus? It seems to me that we need to go a long way. Correct me if my perception is wrong. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----- Original Message ---- From: amudhavalli alagusundaram <amudha75(a)yahoo.com> To: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, 19 November, 2007 3:12:34 PM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Open science Very Useful Link, Sir. Thanks amudha Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Friends: I am sure you are following the writings of Liz Lyon of UK LON. I just stumbled upon this presentation: "Open Science and the Research Library: Roles, Challenges and Opportunities?" http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html Best wishes. Arun ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail now has unlimited storage, which means you can have spam control and more space for those important e-mails. http://uk.mail.yahoo.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 Prof.A. Amudhavalli Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. Ph: 2539 9672 ( Off- Direct) Ph: 2245 5922 - Residence ________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. 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Any review or reliance by others or copying or distribution or forwarding of any or all of the contents in this message is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by email and delete all copies; your cooperation in this regard is appreciated. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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TERI announces three-day Workshop on Building Digital Archive using Advanced Features of GSDL, 8 ?10 January 2008
by N Deepa 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

TERI announces three-day Workshop on Building Digital Archive using Advanced Features of GSDL 8?10 January 2008, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi TERI is organizing the Workshop on Building Digital Archive using Advanced Features of GSDL. The aim of the Workshop is to equip participants with adequate practical knowledge so as to enable them to efficiently carry out digital library projects. The workshop will be held at TERI, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. For more details about the workshop, please visit the website http://www.teriin.org/events_new.php Workshop Objectives: To facilitate the understanding of implications of digitization and with practical knowledge on the digitization process To enable participants to develop the practical skills in the installation and implementation of digital libraries, which they can then utilize in their own institution To offer hands-on experience on advanced features of GSDL software programme: The workshop programme will include tutorial-type presentations, demonstrations, practical sessions, and will cover the following topics: E-resources & their management OAI-PMH GSDL: an overview GSDL installation, configuration and administration Converting CDS/ISIS databases to GSDL Collection building with GLI (GreenStone Librarian Interface), designing and creating standard metadata sets Customization using GLI Customization using macro files and style-sheet : -Home page customization : -Collection specific customization The faculty will comprise of digital library experts from TERI and other institutes. Participants: The workshop is intended for library and information professionals, knowledge managers, information entrepreneurs, and e-content developers, who have the interests, initiatives, and need to set up digital libraries in their organizations. To allow rich and useful interactions, the number of participants is being limited to 25. Registration: The registration fee is Rs 3500/ per participant. Additional registration from the same organization qualifies for 10% and student 15% discount. Please note that registration closes on 28 December 2007. To register for the workshop, you can register online at http://www.teriin.org/events/dlworkshop or download registration form from workshop website and fax or mail it to: DL Workshop Secretariat Library and Information Centre, TERI, Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 Fax: 91-11-24682144, 24682145 E-mail: DLWorkshop(a)teri.res.in ************************************ About Library and Information Centre, TERI ************************************ The LIC (Library and Information Centre) at TERI maintains a pioneering research library?South Asia?s finest repository of readings on energy, environment, and sustainable development. The LIC has undertaken digital library initiatives and has developed a comprehensive electronic library that provides rich and structured content through online, remote, and continuous access to resources. It is a common gateway that provides free facility to browse and search various forms of digital publications. The Centre regularly organizes seminar, workshops, and conferences with an objective to create a forum for interaction among library and information professionals to keep abreast of the latest developments in the fields of information science and related IT applications. **** Contact: DL Workshop Secretariat Library and Information Centre TERI Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 Tel: 91-11-24682141, 24682100 or 41504900 Fax: 91-11-24682144, 24682145 E-mail: DLWorkshop(a)teri.res.in Web: http://www.teriin.org/events_new.php -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Central building Research Institute requires Research Intern
by Kshirod 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Dear Moderator, Please accept and circulate this message through LIS-FORUM. Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee requires Research Intern in LIS field. for details read the details CENTRAL BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE ROORKEE – 247 667 ADVERTISEMENT No.CBRI - 3/2007 CBRI, a constituent establishment of CSIR, invites applications for Research Intern awards from Indian Nationals. The Research Internship is meant to be a preparatory phase for young interns in imbibing the spirit of inquiry and learning the tools and techniques of research through participation & doing. * RESEARCH INTERN – 25 Positions. Qualifications *: First class or equivalent GPA in B.Arch / B.E./B.Tech(Civil Engg. / Mechanical Engg /Chemical Engg) OR First class or equivalent GPA in MCA / M.Sc.(Computer Science) / B.Tech*. (*Computer Science/ Information Technology) / *M.Lib.& Inf. Science*. OR First class or equivalent GPA in M.Sc. (Physics/ Geophysics/ Geology / Mathematics/Chemistry / Botany) * Age*: 25 years (as on the last date for receipt of applications) which is relaxable upto 5 years in the case of SC/ST/OBC/Physically Handicapped and female candidates. * Stipend*: Rs.7500/- per month consolidated. No other allowances are payable. *Tenure: *Maximum two years, not extendable under any circumstances and subject to satisfactory performance to be evaluated every 6 months. The interns shall have no claim for further extension, absorption or regularization in CSIR after expiry / termination of the internship. *Mode of Selection: *The selection may be based on a candidate's academic records, and/or (b) performance in aptitude test, and (c) interview. The application shall be short-listed after scrutiny by a duly constituted screening committee to restrict the number of candidates for test/interview. The screening committee can adopt its own criteria to shortlist candidates. Mere fulfilling of minimum prescribed qualifications will not vest any right in a candidate for being called for test/interview. * General conditions : * Those who have already availed 2 years research internship will not be considered. Interns would be free to appear for NET /GATE and secure regular fellowships for doing Ph.D. The award of Internship does not imply any assurance or guarantee for subsequent employment by CSIR or at CBRI, Roorkee. If a intern is reported to have been lacking in his or her research assignment or misconduct, the award is liable to be terminated. No TA will be paid for appearing in the test / interview. * How to apply: * The application has to be submitted on prescribed application form. This advertisement along with application form can be downloaded from CBRI website http:// www.cbri.org.in Applications duly filled in (neatly typed / hand written) and complete in all respects, accompanied by attested photograph and copies of the mark-sheets / certificates / testimonials etc. in support of date of birth/age, qualifications, experience and certificate in case of SC/ST/OBC/PH as mentioned in the application should be submitted to – The Director, Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee – 247 667, by mentioning the Advt. No. and the subject of Intern on the envelope within 21 days from the date of publication of this advertisement in Employment News. Incomplete, unsigned applications or applications received after the due date will not be considered at all. CANVASSING IN ANY FORM AND/OR BRINGING IN ANY INFLUENCE WILL BE TREATED AS DISQUALIFICATION. F.76(2)01/2007-PL Controller of Administration -- Kshirod Das Information Service Division National Institute of Technology Roukela Rourkela-769 008, Orissa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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An interesting article
by Mailing List Admin 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:12:45 +0530 From: venkata.kesavan(a)timesgroup.com Dear All, Article: Amazon Kindle e-Book Reader Please read an article on Amazon's Kindle e-Book Reader, titled 'The Future of Reading' by Steven Levy, published in the NEWSWEEK magazine (Nov 26, 2007, pp.52-58). The article can be accessed online at: http://www.newsweek.com/id/70983 <http://www.newsweek.com/id/70983> Regards. R. Venkata Kesavan Chief Manager Times Archives & Knowledge Centre Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times Group) The Times of India Building, 2nd Floor Dr. D. N. Road Mumbai 400 001 Ph: (D): ++91-22-22731024 Ph: (B): ++91-66353535 (Ext.: 4470)

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Open science
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Friends: Professor Amudhavalli of the University of Madras found the presentation by Liz Lyon of UKOLN http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html very useful. A few others may say the same thing. But what matters is are we preparing our students for the new era? Will the LIS students of today be able to excel in the fast changing technology-dominated environment? Will they be able to find their niche when constantly improving technology and the culture of networking and virtual collaboration among scientists may make intermediaries redundant? Are we training them to become life-long learners who can adapt to any situation? Or are we still in an age when it takes years to get even a minoe change in the syllabus? It seems to me that we need to go a long way. Correct me if my perception is wrong. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----- Original Message ---- From: amudhavalli alagusundaram <amudha75(a)yahoo.com> To: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, 19 November, 2007 3:12:34 PM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Open science Very Useful Link, Sir. Thanks amudha Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Friends: I am sure you are following the writings of Liz Lyon of UK LON. I just stumbled upon this presentation: "Open Science and the Research Library: Roles, Challenges and Opportunities?" http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html Best wishes. Arun ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail now has unlimited storage, which means you can have spam control and more space for those important e-mails. http://uk.mail.yahoo.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 Prof.A. Amudhavalli Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. Ph: 2539 9672 ( Off- Direct) Ph: 2245 5922 - Residence Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FOSS.IN/2007
by Francis Jayakanth 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Apologies for cross-posting --------------------------- Dear Member: FOSS.IN is one of the world's largest FOSS (free open-source software) events, held annually in India. This year, it is being held at National Science Symposium Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, during Dec 4-8. For more details and registration, please visit, http://foss.in/2007/info/Home Do note that prior online registration will fetch 50% discount on registration fee. With Regards, - Francis NCSI, IISc Bangalore

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Seminar on KM
by Mailing List Admin 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Date: 20 Nov 2007 13:57:32 -0000 From: raiyan ghani <syedraiyanghani(a)rediffmail.com> Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College Post Bangalore � 560059 Seminar on Knowledge Management: Tools, Methods and Technologies Some argue that Knowledge management deals with creating, identifying, codifying and sharing knowledge that is valuable to the organization. However knowledge management is essentially about tacit knowledge. It is aimed at making tacit knowledge explicit and then sharing that knowledge for use, across an organization. There are different tools for Knowledge management. The primary focus, however, is on knowledge sharing and collaboration tools. The tools for knowledge management can be conveniently grouped into two categories: (i) Information technologies/ tools and (ii) Web �based (IT) tools. In coming years it will present a set of new tools for managing knowledge by providing an extremely rich common language for representing knowledge. Some of the web-based and web-enabled software tools will be discussed. Speaker: Syed Raiyan Ghani 2nd Year ADIS Student All are cordially invited Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 21.11.07 Time: 2pm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation for DRTC Colloquium on 29th Nov
by nitu＠drtc.isibang.ac.in 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRANING CENTRE 8th MILE MYSORE ROAD, BANGLORE-56005 DRTC COLLOQUIUM - 3 (2007-2009) ON Information as a Marketable Commodity ABSTRACT Information is a tradable commodity that is exchanged in the market in the form of information products and services. Attributes like individuality, non-depletability, inherent uncertainty, and other special features like shareability, compressibility, and substitutability characterize it. The idea of information as a commodity is closely connected to the concept of economic exchange. Information is considered to be one of the basic resources for development and hence considered to be an essential commodity. The discussion will be on the production and generation process, demand and supply and finally the distribution aspects of information. Information is product different type of human activity. The demand of any commodity is human needs. Information is now increasingly getting economic importance as a marketable commodity. FACETS SPEAKERS 1. Introduction Jamil Ahmed 2. Generation / Production of Information Nihal Alam 3. Demand and Supply of Information Ajazur Rahman 4. Distribution and Marketing of Information Kaushal Giri 5. Conclusion Nitu Kumari Venue : DRTC classroom Date : 29th of November 2007 Time : 2:00 pm All are cordially invited Prof. K.S.Raghavan (Colloquium Coordinator) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Assistant manager (Library specialist cadre )in State Bank Of India
by vijay kumar 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Dear library professionals, There is one post for Assistant manager (Library specialist cadre )in State Bank Of India, Hyderabad Post position: One Pay scale :Rs 14,200 Maximum age limit :30 years Educational Qualification: BLISc. with a post graduate degree and minimum 5 Years of experience of working in a reputed institute/ University / College /Public sector / Bank you download from the website http://forms.sbi.co.in/sbi_detailed_English_20071107.pdf or Visit http://www.statebankofindia.com/ Last date for accepting application form 01-12-2007 Best of Luck with Regards 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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LibrarySpot.com
by shriram pandey 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

hello list, LibrarySpot.com web site describes itself as "a free virtual library resource center for educators and students, librarians and their patrons, families, businesses and just about anyone exploring the Web for valuable research information." It seeks to bring library and reference sites hand-selected and reviewed by its editorial team together in one user-friendly spot. It is published by StartSpot Mediaworks, Inc. Visit on : http://www.libraryspot.com/ -- Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore Official mail: shriram(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Open science
by T. Shahab 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

The profession of librarianship is undoubtedly under going through great pull & pressure since the advent of ICT; we are expected to prove the rational behind the practices of LIS. The writer has correctly pointed out the fact that the growth of virtual collaboration among scientists may render the intermediate profession of librarians redundant if we don't adapt to changing demands of our users. But the solution doesn't just lie in transforming the syllabus of library science frequently. Everyone has to walk in his/her own size of boot! The librarians need not to be a communication scientist. Librararianship is both a methodolgy and a philosophy. Since the very evolution of the art & science of LIS, there have been some percentage of users who are adept at searching out the required information by themselves. But the majority always look up to the librarians for assistance and guidance. Libraraianship as a profession appear to be more attuned to the need of the masses rather than to a minority of scholars who have the priveleges of direct electronic connectivitiy and access to various kinds of knowledge aids.To me Ranganathan's diagnosis of a library being "at a perpetual disadvantage in developing either its own distinctive functions or the functions common to all administrations along newer, more scientific, and more efficent lines" because it is always facing two opposing forces still rings true. (Library Adminstration by S.R.Ranganathan, 2nd. ed, Bangalore:Sarada Ranganathan endowment for library science, 1959. P.26-27) Regards. ________________________________ From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Subbiah Arunachalam Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 4:05 PM To: amudhavalli alagusundaram; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; naglaxman(a)yahoo.com Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Open science Friends: Professor Amudhavalli of the University of Madras found the presentation by Liz Lyon of UKOLN http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html very useful. A few others may say the same thing. But what matters is are we preparing our students for the new era? Will the LIS students of today be able to excel in the fast changing technology-dominated environment? Will they be able to find their niche when constantly improving technology and the culture of networking and virtual collaboration among scientists may make intermediaries redundant? Are we training them to become life-long learners who can adapt to any situation? Or are we still in an age when it takes years to get even a minoe change in the syllabus? It seems to me that we need to go a long way. Correct me if my perception is wrong. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----- Original Message ---- From: amudhavalli alagusundaram <amudha75(a)yahoo.com> To: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, 19 November, 2007 3:12:34 PM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Open science Very Useful Link, Sir. Thanks amudha Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Friends: I am sure you are following the writings of Liz Lyon of UK LON. I just stumbled upon this presentation: "Open Science and the Research Library: Roles, Challenges and Opportunities?" http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html Best wishes. Arun ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail now has unlimited storage, which means you can have spam control and more space for those important e-mails. http://uk.mail.yahoo.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 Prof.A. Amudhavalli Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. Ph: 2539 9672 ( Off- Direct) Ph: 2245 5922 - Residence ________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51732/*http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/> ________________________________ Copy addresses and emails from any email account to Yahoo! Mail - quick, easy and free. Do it now... <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/yahoo_com/trueswitch/*http://uk .docs.yahoo.com/trueswitch2.html> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner <http://www.mailscanner.info/> , and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Emerging Technologies for Knowledge Resource Management - new book
by M. Paul Pandian 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Dear All, Emerging Technologies for Knowledge Resource Management by Dr.M. Paul Pandian and Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa Publisher: Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd Place: Oxford Pages: 212p Price: US$69.95 This book mainly covers the aspects mentioned in the UGC Model Curriculum and the latest developments in the emerging technologies for knowledge resource management. There is a detailed account of the factors, which are contributing to an enabled environment for optimum utilization of information resources. The book also deals with the concept of bringing people and information resources together and unified portals as technology to access and sharing of heterogeneous resources. A detailed review off the existing portal models for sharing the resources with some identified gaps in meeting the objectives is also provided. In addition the book provides a framework for the cost effective unified portal model to share the electronic information resources available with the participating libraries in a distributed digital environment. Books can be ordered from: Mr. Ravindra Saxena Sara Books Pvt Ltd 4832/24, Ansari Road, Dariyaganj, New Delhi 110 002. Tel: +91-11-23266107, +91-11-65676781 Fax: +91-11-23266102 email: sarabooks(a)eth.net ravindrasaxena(a)sarabooksindia.com About the Authors: Dr.M.Paul Pandian Dr. M. Paul Pandian is Head, Library and Information Resource Centre at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India. He was earlier the Head, Library and Information Resource Centre at the Indian Institute of Management, Indore, India and Scientist at INFLIBNET, UGC, India Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa is President, Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS), Director, Academic Staff Collegeand Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad, India. He was Convenor-UGC Subject Panel, Covenor-UGC Curriculum Development Committee. He was awarded IATLIS Motiwale National Best Teacher in Library and Information Science --- Thanks, Pandian Dr.M.Paul Pandian Institute of Mathematical Sciences CIT Campus, 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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librarian required at delhi
by Mailing List Admin 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:01:12 +0530 From: Rajesh Rangappa <deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com> Dear Friends Personnel Junction is loking for a Librarian Experience:1 - 2 Years Location:Delhi, Delhi/NCREducation:UG - Any Graduate - Any Specialization PG - Post Graduation Not Required Industry Type:Education/ Teaching/TrainingFunctional Area:Teaching, EducationPosted Date:17 Nov Job Description 1. Maintaining law Books and law journals. 2. Classifying law books and soft copies. 3. Organizing law books and documents. 4. Update law journal subscriptions. 5. Maintaining records of law books, journals and soft copies of documents. Desired Candidate Profile Required: Well organized with high IQ. Desired: Familiarity with Legal Sector. Candidate has to maintain all data source which is required for maintaining Library. Preference Candidates having experience in Law Firms/Institutes/Col Company Profile: India's Topmost Corporate Law Firm Contact Details Company Name:Personnel Junction Website:http://www.personneljunction.com Executive Name:Ms. Pooja Singh Address:Not Mentioned Email Address:careers@personneljunction.com Telephone:011- 41639476 Reference ID:PJ- LI -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com Phone: 9886268857

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reg... infolibrarian website
by Rajesh Rangappa 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Dear professional, I found that its not opening since 10-15 day... The possible reasons i can think of is some technical problem they (website organisers) are not aware of it.. or posssible they are updating(making attractive page and easy enough to user) See in the other website which is opening insted of infolibrarian http://portlandcp04.portlandx.com/suspended.page/ its is mentioned their is some temprory technical problem.. we have to inform website organiser if they are not aware of things.. or hope to get it rectified soon -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com Phone: 9886268857 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Infolibrarian.com
by Rasmita Mohanty 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Dear professional ! Do anybody noticed that one of the major gateway/Resource in the field of Library and Information Science viz. http://www.infolibrarian.com has been hacked or due to some other problem it is not being accessed now a days.If we will type the URL then another site i.e.http://portlandcp04.portlandx.com/suspended.page/ is comming out. can anybody tell , what is the reason behind this.and I m requesting all the professional to findout the solution for this -- RASMITA MOHANTY J.R.D.Tata Memorial Library Indian Institute of Science Bangalore- 560012 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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urgent need of kidney doner
by Rajesh Rangappa 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Respected sir/ Madam Dear mentor please add this in your issues of LIS- Forum because its a matter of life of library professional. Dear professionals, A young library professional is suffering form failure of both kidnies .. he needs transplantation to serve this profession more.. very talanted, kind hearted and loved by all friends and co-workers, dedicated worker.. Think once, a person of just 25 years getting worse in condition day by day. Specification is blood group should be o+ve, free from BP and diabeties Please help him... he wants to serve your profession.... any one intersted can contact at given address. Waiting with a ray of hope.. Thank you -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com Phone: 9886268857 -- 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 Preserving Our Scientific Heritage - Dr. Vagiswari
by vagiiap＠iiap.res.in 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Dear All, The Indian Institute of Astrophysics, the Indian Institute of Science and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research are joining together to organize a National Workshop on Preserving Our Scientific Heritage on January 21 22, 2008, at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore. (Refer to our earlier mail dated 13th September 2007) The objective is to create an awareness of the importance of historical scientific materials available in several organizations in the country, which need special care and use. The librarians, archivists and policy makers will come together during the workshop, to discuss plan and set up archives within their organizations. We welcome participation from librarians, archivists, scientists and students who are already working in archives and also those who have interest in this area. For more details on the workshop kindly visit our homepage: http://www.iiap.res.in/archives Contact: Dr. Christina Birdie, Convener, E-mail: chris(a)iiap.res.in Dr. A. Vagiswari Member, Scientific Organizing Committee E-mail: vagiiap(a)iiap.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Licenses
by shriram pandey 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Hello List, This article published by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is an extract from a draft of Chapter 6 'Open licences' of Copyright for authors, educators and librarians. It was written by Julien Hofman and Paul West. From the introduction: "An open licence, as used in this chapter, is a neutral expression for a licence from a copyright holder allowing anyone to use the copyright material subject to the conditions in the licence. There are many different open licences, some for computer software and some for other forms of copyright material. Each has its own terms, conditions and technical vocabulary and their supporters do not always agree with one another. Some, disliking the business practices of commercial software suppliers and publishing houses, want to replace copyright with open licences. Some want to allow anyone to profit from the work of others without even telling them they are doing this. ." Please read the full article online. at http://www.col.org/colweb/site/cache/offonce/pid/4765 Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information andchange' at MyDLIS
by T. Shahab 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Quite interesting discussion1 Myself was once a while working for the Library/Information centre in the Times of India newspaper at Patna (Bihar). I found the job very interesting and hectic. We used to keep index files on various local, national and international issues as well photo shots of different personalities and episodes like a situation of flood, a devastation brought by eathquake,accidental fire, etc.Often during election times, besides the editorial staff, I was supposed to be available in person to let them have materals on the character of a constituency. Sometimes, the editorial dept. would put a telephone call to my residence in nights to let them know how then can locate back year information on a particular case. I also used to interact with the editor as well as. Truly, it said that people in the press keep ready obituary materials in advance so that they can reach first with full coverage to the public.The traffic of users was always heavy. I don't know on what premise the students of journalism are calling the art & science of Libray business 'no more required' as already thigns are available on the net. We librarians are not internet shy. We quite well know the quantity & quality of materials available there. Regards. -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of N.S. Harinarayana Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 12:48 PM To: LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information andchange' at MyDLIS Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information and change' : A report On Friday, November 16, 2007, Mysore University Library and Information Science Student Association (MULISSA) of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore organised an interactive discussion programme, first of its kind in the university campus, with the students and faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication on an interesting topic "Information and Change". Dr. Niranjana, Reader and Chairperson, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication along with Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Reader and Chairperson, Department of Library and Information Science moderated the discussion. Dr. Niranjana in his introductory remarks appreciated the Department of Library and Information Science and MULISSA for taking this initiative which would foster the mutual relationships. He said that library science and journalism disciplines and their respective professions complement each other like hardware and software in a computer system. The discussion was started with preamble laid by two students, one from each department. In their talk they narrated the role of information in their profession and the changes that both the professions are undergoing. Dr. Niranjana's comment that "Libraries are no more required as the number of users have diminished drastically" triggered a spirited discussion. One student from Journalism trying to reason out the comment said that when the information is easily available on Internet, libraries would become redundant. Moreover the lack of service and good quality collection in the libraries add to the problem, he said. Library Science students, found little offended by the comments, said that librarians alone can not be blamed for the situation. Moreover, the concept of libraries is changing from "four wall libraries" to "Wall less libraries". One student rationally argued, by citing the 10 reasons given by American Library Association, why Internet can't substitute a library. Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, who spoke in the mid of the discussion, said that libraries are under the tremendous influence of information and communication technologies. They have seen a paradigm shift in their approach to serve the users. While speaking on their turn, the library science students explained the changes in the profession by discussing interesting issues like "Content Vs. Container", "Access Vs Ownership", "Myths of digital libraries", "Knowledge commission and libraries" etc. Participants from Journalism also talked about media's role in acting as a catalyst to propel the change and impact on change in information society and emergence of e-papers. Dr. Niranjana concluded the discussion by stating that both media and libraries work on the principle of dissemination of information to the society, Both together play an important role in shaping the society. Dr. M. Chandrashekara and Dr. N.S. Harinarayana also participated in the discussion. For more information on MULISSA's activities please visit the blog http://mulissa.blogspot.com/ -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Faculty Advisor for MULISSA Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. 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Open science
by Subbiah Arunachalam 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Friends: I am sure you are following the writings of Liz Lyon of UK LON. I just stumbled upon this presentation: "Open Science and the Research Library: Roles, Challenges and Opportunities?" http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html Best wishes. Arun ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail now has unlimited storage, which means you can have spam control and more space for those important e-mails. http://uk.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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ICIKM 2008
by Mailing List Admin 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:31:29 -0800 (PST) From: Pijushkanti Panigrahi <panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com> ICIKM 2008 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management March 24-29 , 2008, Kathmandu, Nepal ICIKM 2008 is to bridge the knowledge gaps between the developing and the developed countries in the field of information and knowledge management, and the conference will aim to strengthen the academic collaboration and strategic alliances in the development of information and knowledge management across the world in digital form. The conference will provide an international forum for sharing of information, experiences and ideas among researchers, educators, practitioners and policy makers from a variety of disciplines such as Library and Information Science, Computer Science, Archival and Museum studies and Knowledge Management. Theme : Information and Knowledge Management in a Connected World: A Challenge for the Developing Countries For early Bird Registration Visit Website : http://www.icikm-2008.com.np Call for Papers Full and short papers will be included in the conference proceedings and will be presented at the conference. Papers must be in English with a limit of 10 pages (approximately 5000 words) for full papers and 2 pages for short papers. All papers must be original contributions (i.e., not have been previously published or currently under review for publication elsewhere). All contributions are to be submitted in electronic form via the ICIKM-2008 submission web page, following ACM format guidelines and using the ACM template. .For Submitting Abstract, follow the Abstract Submission Guidelines Preferred submission formats are PDF or Microsoft Word. Full and short papers are due Feb 29, 2008. For more information, contact Dr. Mohan Raj Pradhan at mpradhan(a)healthnet.org.np. For Questions or comments Contact info(a)icikm-2008.com.np. Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Reader, Dept of Lib and Inf Science, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, (M) : +91 94342 43522. Secretary, Education Division, IASLIC; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin, IASLIC, Kolkata-700 054

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Celebration of National Library Week
by srels 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Bangalore ............ Dear Friends, LAXMINARAYANA CHADAGA MEMORIAL CHARITABLE TRUST(R) "Adarsha" No. 307, 2nd Block, 17th Cross, R.T. Nagar, bangalore 560 032 TARALABALU KENDRA 3rd Main Road, 2nd Block, R.T. Nagar, Bangalore 32 LIONS CLUB OF BANGALORE R.T. NAGAR Bangalore 32 SHIVARAMA KARANTHA VEDIKE (R) R.T. Nagar, Bangalore 32 CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK (14-11-2007 to 20-11-2007) Valedictory Function Date: 20-11-2007 (Tuesday) Time: 4.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. Inauguration: Lion P.S. Venkatachalam District Governer - District 324 - D6 Chief Guest: Dr. K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Venue: Main Auditorium of Tarala Balu Kendra 3rd Main, 2nd Block, R.T. Nagar, Bangalore 560 032 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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HOW TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS YOU HAVEN'T READ
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 18 Nov '07

18 Nov '07

I hate to forward a post from another group in full. This is an exception. If you an avid reader, this review (or the reviewed book) may interest you. It is also of interest to librarians who are "about" persons (- the librarian is interested only what a book is all about and he is not interested in knowing the actual contents per-se). Vyasamoorthy ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: goodbookz <openoffizz(a)yahoo.co.uk> Date: Nov 11, 2007 9:07 AM Subject: [goodbookz] HOW TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS YOU HAVEN'T READ To: gb <goodbookz(a)yahoogroups.com> HOW TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS YOU HAVEN'T READ By Pierre Bayard. Translated by Jeffrey Mehlman. 185 pp. Bloomsbury. $19.95. Faking It By JAY McINERNEY Published: November 11, 2007 Carrying this book around recently I've caught more than a little flak, not least from my kids, who once thought of me as a literary intellectual, or at the very least as a guy who espoused the virtues of reading. Hey, really, I told them - as well as my wife and the guy sitting next to me on the subway - no kidding, it's a serious book, written by a professor of literature who's also a psychoanalyst. A French professor/shrink, no less, who's written books on Proust, Maupassant, Balzac, Laclos and Stendhal, among other canonical heavyweights. So lay off. It seems hard to believe that a book called "How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read" would hit the best-seller lists in France, where books are still regarded as sacred objects and the writer occupies a social position somewhere between the priest and the rock star. The ostensible anti-intellectualism of the title seems more Anglo-Saxon than Gallic, an impression reinforced by the epigram from Oscar Wilde: "I never read a book I must review; it prejudices you so." Bayard's critique of reading involves practical and theoretical as well as social considerations, and at times it seems like a tongue-in-cheek example of reader-response criticism, which emphasizes the reader's role in creating meaning. He wants to show us how much we lie about the way we read, to ourselves as well as to others, and to assuage our guilt about the way we actually read and talk about books. "I know few areas of private life, with the exception of finance and sex, in which it's as difficult to obtain accurate information," he writes. There are many ways of relating to books that are not acknowledged in educated company, including skimming, skipping, forgetting and glancing at covers. Bayard's hero in this enterprise is the librarian in Robert Musil's "Man Without Qualities" (a book I seem to recall having read halfway through, and Bayard claims to have skimmed), custodian of millions of volumes in the country of Kakania. He explains to a general seeking cultural literacy his own scheme for mastery of this vast, nearly infinite realm: "If you want to know how I know about every book here, I can tell you! Because I never read any of them." If he were to get caught up in the particulars of a few books, the librarian implies, he would lose sight of the bigger picture, which is the relation of the books to one another - the system we call cultural literacy, which forms our collective library. "As cultivated people know," Bayard tells us, "culture is above all a matter of orientation. Being cultivated is a matter of not having read any book in particular, but of being able to find your bearings within books as a system, which requires you to know that they form a system and to be able to locate each element in relation to the others." Musil's librarian is a purist, but a perusal of the reviews in this and other publications would probably yield, if only we had the proper instruments, many less extreme examples of literate nonreading. Book reviewers generally imply that they have read the entire oeuvre of the author under discussion, as well as those of his peers, and I have no doubt they will continue to do so. You'd think Nicholson Baker's "U and I" (a short book I read in its entirety), in which the younger novelist writes a kind of critique of John Updike based on his admittedly fragmentary and incomplete reading, would have cured us of the omniscient stance in book reviewing. But I don't see many phrases like "From what I've read about 'Moby-Dick ..." or "the part of 'Finnegans Wake' that I tried to read ..." in the review pages. Bayard, though, regards such disclaimers as understood. He doesn't blame us for fudging, and he doesn't want us to blame ourselves. He proposes, and employs, a new set of scholarly abbreviations to go along with op. cit. and ibid.: UB: book unknown to me; SB: book I have skimmed; HB: book I have heard about; and FB: book I have forgotten. For Bayard, who is well served by Jeffrey Mehlman's fluid and elegant translation, skimming and sampling are two of the most common forms of reading behavior, particularly with regard to Proust. Paul Valéry, in his funerary tribute in La Nouvelle Revue Française, makes a virtue out of his admittedly sketchy knowledge of Proust by claiming: "The interest of the book lies in each fragment. We can open the book wherever we choose." Bayard defends skimming as a mode of reading. "The fertility of this mode of discovery markedly unsettles the difference between reading and nonreading, or even the idea of reading at all. ... It appears that most often, at least for the books that are central to our particular culture, our behavior inhabits some intermediate territory, to the point that it becomes difficult to judge whether we have read them or not." Lest the reader, or the nonreader, think that Bayard underestimates the power of reading, he proposes that we are all essentially literary constructs, defined by our own inner libraries: the books we've read, skimmed and heard about. "We are the sum of these accumulated books," he writes. (And make no mistake about it, this prof is far more literate and widely read than he pretends to be.) After anatomizing the different types of nonreading, Bayard addresses the social implications in a section called "Literary Confrontations." I commend his advice for meeting an author and being forced to say something about his or her new book: "Praise it without going into detail." The funniest section in the book describes the encounter between the anthropologist Laura Bohannan and an African tribe, the Tiv, whom she has been living among. She tries to read "Hamlet" to them in the hopes of demonstrating the universality of the story, but the way in which the tribe rejects those parts of the tale that don't square with their own cultural traditions - they don't believe in ghosts, for instance - renders the attempt ludicrous. Bayard proposes the term "inner book" to designate "the set of mythic representations, be they collective or individual, that come between the reader and any new piece of writing, shaping his reading without his realizing it." This notion coincides with Stanley Fish's concept of "interpretive communities" of readers, although Bayard's own inner book may be more indebted to home-team text destabilizers like Derrida and Lacan. Indeed, Bayard sounds more French in the later pages as he employs phrases like "consensual space" and dissolves the boundaries and false oppositions between reader and writer and book into one big sloppy pool of écriture. To what end? Bayard finally reveals his diabolical intent: he claims that talking about books you haven't read is "an authentic creative activity." As a teacher of literature, he seems to believe that his ultimate goal is to encourage creativity. "All education," he writes, "should strive to help those receiving it to gain enough freedom in relation to works of art to themselves become writers and artists." It's a charming but ultimately terrifying prospect - a world full of writers and artists. In Bayard's nonreading utopia the printing press would never have been invented, let alone penicillin or the MacBook. I seriously doubt that pretending to have read this book will boost your creativity. On the other hand, reading it may remind you why you love reading. Jay McInerney's most recent books are "The Good Life," a novel, and "A Hedonist in the Cellar: Adventures in Wine." ================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information and change' at MyDLIS
by N.S. Harinarayana 17 Nov '07

17 Nov '07

Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information and change' : A report On Friday, November 16, 2007, Mysore University Library and Information Science Student Association (MULISSA) of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore organised an interactive discussion programme, first of its kind in the university campus, with the students and faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication on an interesting topic "Information and Change". Dr. Niranjana, Reader and Chairperson, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication along with Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Reader and Chairperson, Department of Library and Information Science moderated the discussion. Dr. Niranjana in his introductory remarks appreciated the Department of Library and Information Science and MULISSA for taking this initiative which would foster the mutual relationships. He said that library science and journalism disciplines and their respective professions complement each other like hardware and software in a computer system. The discussion was started with preamble laid by two students, one from each department. In their talk they narrated the role of information in their profession and the changes that both the professions are undergoing. Dr. Niranjana's comment that "Libraries are no more required as the number of users have diminished drastically" triggered a spirited discussion. One student from Journalism trying to reason out the comment said that when the information is easily available on Internet, libraries would become redundant. Moreover the lack of service and good quality collection in the libraries add to the problem, he said. Library Science students, found little offended by the comments, said that librarians alone can not be blamed for the situation. Moreover, the concept of libraries is changing from "four wall libraries" to "Wall less libraries". One student rationally argued, by citing the 10 reasons given by American Library Association, why Internet can't substitute a library. Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, who spoke in the mid of the discussion, said that libraries are under the tremendous influence of information and communication technologies. They have seen a paradigm shift in their approach to serve the users. While speaking on their turn, the library science students explained the changes in the profession by discussing interesting issues like "Content Vs. Container", "Access Vs Ownership", "Myths of digital libraries", "Knowledge commission and libraries" etc. Participants from Journalism also talked about media's role in acting as a catalyst to propel the change and impact on change in information society and emergence of e-papers. Dr. Niranjana concluded the discussion by stating that both media and libraries work on the principle of dissemination of information to the society, Both together play an important role in shaping the society. Dr. M. Chandrashekara and Dr. N.S. Harinarayana also participated in the discussion. For more information on MULISSA's activities please visit the blog http://mulissa.blogspot.com/ -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Faculty Advisor for MULISSA Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Text book reprinted
by Jai Haravu 17 Nov '07

17 Nov '07

Dear Members I had many requests for a copy of my book Library Automation: Design, Principles and Practice published in 2005 by Allied Publishers. The first imprint was sold out and now Allied Publishers has reprinted the book. Interested professionals may like to get in touch with Allied Publishers in Hyderabad or other cities where Allied has an office. Thanks. Haravu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Talk on Libraries as Knowledge Resource Centers ~V a User~Rs Perspective
by Mailing List Admin 16 Nov '07

16 Nov '07

Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:04:08 +0000 From: Gowri Ravindranth <gravindranth(a)hotmail.com> Dear Friends: The Madras Library Association (MALA) & Tamilnadu Police Academy as part of the National Library Week celebrations Invite you for a talk on Libraries as Knowledge Resource Centers � a User�s Perspective by Mr. Amit Varma, I.P.S. Additional Director General of Police, Tamilnadu Police Academy, Chennai on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 6.00 p.m. Venue: TamilNadu Police Training College, Ashok Nagar (near Ashok Pillar), Chennai 600 083 Tea: 5.30 p.m. We look forward to your participation with your friends and colleagues. Regards, L. R. Gowri Secretary, MALA

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Social networking and LIS Professionals-come to InfoVision 2007-Early bird offer closes
by Shalini Urs 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

Dear LIS Professionals, Welcome to the 3rd edition of InfoVision - The Knowledge Summit Series (www.infovision2007.org) Come to InfoVision 2007, listen to and interact with the 'who is who' of the Social Networking Community at The Maratha, Mumbai - Dec 17-18. Why should LIS professionals participate in InfoVision 2007? . InfoVision is a platform and a forum to know, understand and implement the cutting edge Information Management Tools and technologies in one of oldest Knowledge Portals - the libraries . InfoVision will provide an opportunity for LIS professionals to reinvent, reposition and be relevant in the current information world by adopting/adapting contemporary tools and technologies The theme of InfoVision 2007 - 'Social Networks, Knowledge Discovery and Innovation' is one of the current buzz words. American Society for Information and Science and Technology (ASIS & T) 2007 annual conference held during October 2007 at Milwaukee, was on the same theme. Social computing and networking platforms and software have emerged as the key technologies that are changing the paradigm and landscape of the information world. InfoVision 2007 will help you - To build library 2.0 - a participatory library model. Learn social networking technologies to build library user communities, Friends of Friends communities and such other online communities to serve your patron better; To learn and implement social networking technologies for serving library patrons better, to provide engaged library services, and publicise and promote libraries as knowledge hubs. Key take-away for the LIS profession: 1. An over view of Social networking software that let libraries interact online with the communities they serve. 2. Understanding the implementation of Web 2.0 technologies and tools including blogs, RSS, wikis , folksonomies and other types of social networking systems, even down to pod casting and IM for providing web services . 3. To learn from the users and designers their processes of knowledge discovery in order to integrate them with library services. 4. An opportunity to learn some of the emerging platforms for collaborations and community. 5. Listen to case studies that to assess, implement and use web 2.0 software successfully, offering real-world scenarios and examples all along the way So. what are you waiting for? Register online or contact us See you expand your social network at InfoVision 2007! Dr. Shalini R. Urs Program Co-Chair: InfoVision 2007 & Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Mysore - 570006 India Tel : 91-821-2514699 Fax : 91-821-2519209 Email : shalini(a)isim.ac.in URL : 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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International CALIBER 2008 - Call for Papers
by Rajesh Chandrakar 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

CALL FOR PAPERS CALIBER (Convention on Automation of Libraries in Education and Research Institutions), an international convention of the INFLIBNET Centre organized every year at different parts of the country in collaboration with universities, invites high quality papers on research & technical works, case studies, technology updates etc. related to the themes and sub-themes of the convention as per mentioned below. The convention provides a unique forum to the library and information professionals, teachers, IT professionals, consultants and users involved in automation and networking of libraries as well as information providers to come together and interact on the subjects of mutual interest. The theme of the 6th International CALIBER 2008 is "From Automation to Transformation". The convention is being organized at the University of Allahabad (a Central University), Allahabad during 28th to 29th February and 1st March 2008. Theme: From Automation to Transformation Sub Themes a.. Impact of ICT in LIS: Major Shifts & Practices b.. Digital Libraries: Federated Search & Metadata Harvesting c.. Content Aggregations & Content Representations d.. Standards & Protocols in LIS e.. Evolving Technologies: RSS Feed, Blogs, Web 2.0, Lib 2.0 f.. Use of e-Resources and UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium IMPORTANT DATES Receipt of full papers : January 15, 2008 Intimation to Author(s) : January 30, 2008 Last date for Registration : February 15, 2008 Convention Dates : February 28 to 29 and March 1, 2008 Detailed Guidelines and Editorial policy for International CALIBER 2008 will be available very soon in the INFLIBNET website http://www.inflibnet.ac.in. Contact Details Paper Submission Sh. Rajesh Chandrakar Convener, International CALIBER 2008 Scientific & Technical Officer INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, (Gujarat) India Phone: +91-79-26304695/8528/5971/0002 Fax: +91-79-26300990/26307816 E-Mail: rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in; caliber2008(a)inflibnet.ac.in Registration and Accommodation Dr. A P Gakhar Organising Secretary, CALIBER 2008 Librarian, University of Allahabad, Allahabad - 211 002, Uttar Pradesh Phone: +91-532-2460050 (O) +91-532-2644636 (R) Fax: +91-532-2461157 E-mail: ap.gakhar(a)rediffmail.com; apgakhar(a)yahoo.co.in Organizer Dr. Jagdish Arora Director INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, India Phone: +91-79-26304695/5971/8528 +91-79-26305702 (Direct) Fax:+91-79-26300990/26307816 E-Mail: director(a)inflibnet.ac.in; jarora(a)inflibnet.ac.in ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajesh Chandrakar, Commonwealth Professional Fellow Scientific & Technical Officer INFLIBNET (INFormation and LIBrary NETwork) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House, PB No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380 009, India Tel. +91-(0)79-26305971/ 8528/ 4695(O), 26873805(R) Mobile: +91-9427527894 Fax: +91-(0)79-26300990, 263007816 E-mail: rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in; rchandrakar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC NET exam postponed
by Ajay Kum Sharma 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

Dear Library Professional, The University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test, which was scheduled for December 16 has been postponed to December 30 in view of the Assembly elections in Gujarat on December 11 and 16. UGC Joint Secretary MV Krishnaswamy in a communication to Acharya Nagarjuna University has said that the timing for the examination will remain unchanged. The UGC has asked the university to inform the candidates of the change in dates. Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Project Associate, INDEST-AICTE Consortium Central Library, IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016 011-26596627 (O) 09899339808 (M) Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Talk on National Knowledge Commission and its implication on Libraries by Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam
by Gowri Ravindranth 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

Dear Friends: Madras Library Association and Roja Muthiah Research Library Trust invite you to a Lecture bySubbiah Arunachalam(Distinguished Fellow, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, ChennaiVisiting Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore) OnNational Knowledge Commission and its implication on Libraries Date: 27 November 2007 Time: 5.30 p.m. Venue:Roja Muthiah Research Library3rd Cross Road, Central Polytechnic CampusTaramani, Chennai 600 113Phone: 2254 2551 / 2 (Tea will be served at 5.00 p.m.) ----------------------------------------Short CV of Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam Subbiah Arunachalam started his career as a research chemist, but found his calling in information science. An avid admirer of the printed word right from school days, it was while he was a student at the Indian Institute of Science his native flair for searchig information came to be recognised. In the past four decades, he has been a student of chemistry, a laboratory researcher, an editor of scientific journals, the secretary of a scholarly academy of scieces, and a teacher of information science. For the past 12 years he is a volunteer with the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation and is associated with the Foundation's information and communication technology-enabled rural development project. He is an honorary fellow of CILIP, a life member of IASLIC and a member of ASIST. He is on the editorial boards of eight international refereed journals including Journal of Information Science, Scientometrics, Journal of Community Informatics, and Current Science. His current research interests include improving information access both for scientists and for the rural poor; scientometrics, and open access. He has travelled extensively and delivered talks in more than twenty countries. He is on the Executive Committee of the Global Knowledge Partnership, on the international advisory board of IICD, The Hague, and a trustee of the Electronic Publishing Trst for Development. His papers have had an influence on Indian science policy. -----------------------------------------Summary of the talk The past two decades have seen a tremendous transformation in India. Largely thanks to the late Prime Minister Mr P V Narasimha Rao and his Finance Minister Prof. Manmohan Singh, a new era was ushered in and like Hercules unchained India started realizig her potential and today we are among the fastest growing economies in the world and capital is flowing in at a rate unimaginable only a few years ago. All of a sudden, the world found that they needed young Indian professionals, to start with in the IT industry but later on also in management and manufacturing industry. It became clear to the rising middle class in India that the learned would be welcome everywhere. The oft repeated cliche that knowledge is power became true in the lives of many young people. India as a whole has come to realise how knowledge can bring about great transformations. It is this realization that led to the setting up of the Knowledge Commission. I will talk about the mandate of the Commission and its working. In particular, I will dwell upon the work and recommendations of two working groups, viz. the WG on Libraries and the WG on open and distance education. And talk about how the benefits of the knowledge revolution could be made more inclusive, a challenge which needs to be addressed immediately. I will touch upon the implications of the Commission's recommendations for libraries - mainly public libraries, but also research libraries. -Subbiah Arunachalam------Hope to see you on 27th. With best wishes, L. R. Gowri Secretary, MALA _________________________________________________________________ Check out some new online services at Windows Live Ideas—so new they haven’t even been officially released yet. http://www.msnspecials.in/windowslive/ -- 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] Reply to Puna Das from the Milion Books project
by T. Shahab 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

The initiative taken by the various centres of CDAC regarding the million book project is no doubt commendable. But we can not call it enough on the scale of number of documents digitised so far and the quality of metadata being maintained to help in retieving materials on any specific subject, say "Biochemistry or Pharmacology or Toxicology". Moreover, it appears that only 107761 books with 32491737 pages have been so far converted into digitised format rather than one million (ie 10 lakh?) as claimed. Let us continue and improve, welcome more libraries to join in this cooperative endeavour! Regards. -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Subbiah Arunachalam Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 8:54 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; franc(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; thulasi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Reply to Puna Das from the Milion Books project Friends: Prof. N Balakrishnan has provided a clarification to Mr Anup Kumar Das, who had posted a message to this list on 6 November (from Puna Das). Subbiah Arunachalam ===== Dear Arun: The guy is again wrong regarding the CDAC Kolkatta books and has not spent even a minute looking at the web site- Please go to www.new.dli.ernet.in and just click on the left hand side on the search button leaving all fields default- you will get the total number of books as on that date- Next if you choose scanning centre as cdac Kolkatta then you will find 3565 books totaling more than 1.6 million pages- all these are common sense and you must make sure th guys without exploring do not make unsavy comments- we are professional and have done what no one has done so far- Put one million books on the web- Balki Regards Balki > Dear Balki: > > There is some concern expressed about the Million Books project. I am > forwarding a mail I received today. Best wishes. > > Arun > > > --- Puna Das <puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: > >> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 06:49:01 +0000 (GMT) >> From: Puna Das <puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in> >> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >> CC: digilib_india(a)yahoogroups.com, >> atanu.garai(a)gmail.com >> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] CMU Million Book Project >> >> Dear Colleagues >> >> Atanu wanted to point out so called 'current status' of Digital >> Library of India project. This is >> very unfortunate that the tech-savvy DLI team could not provide us >> latest statistics on its site. The statistics available here is more >> than a year old. >> Another point I would like to raise, DLI's Kolkata Mega Scanning >> Centre could not provide us access to a single book they have scanned >> using tax-payers money. To my estimate, less than 25% scanned >> documents are available through DLI websites. How can we please help >> out this overburdened project team having a blurred vision? >> >> Thanking you >> >> Anup Kumar Das >> CSSP, JNU >> New Delhi-110067 >> Email: puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in >> Ph. 011-26704400 >> >> ___________________________________________________________ Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.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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Anwarul Uloom College Of Pharmacy : Requires Librarian
by sri priya 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Dear Friends Anwarul Uloom College Of Pharmacy Permitted by the AICTE & Govt. of A.P. & Affiliated to JNTU, New Mallepally, Hyderabad. Requires Librarian - Qualification: M.LiSc./B.LiSc. Qualification and experience: As per AICTE norms. Payscale: As per AICTE norms. Interested candidates please apply by email with all copies of certificates or post within 7 days to Sd/- Hon'ble Secretary Anwarul Uloom College Of Pharmacy Permitted by the AICTE & Govt. of A.P. & Affiliated to JNTU, New Mallepally, Hyderabad. Regards, S.Sripriya --------------------------------- Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you 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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IRstats for Institutional Repositories
by Mallikarjun 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Respected All IRStats Released IRStats is a tool for analysing usage of Institutional Repositories.It is released as Open Source under a BSD license. Its support both Eprints and dspace. For more details please Visit http://trac.eprints.org/projects/irstats With regards Mallikarjun Dora Sambalpur University, Orisaa Cell-9777034183 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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WORKSHOP ON SAP FOR TIFP
by Mailing List Admin 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Date: 14 Nov 2007 06:34:18 -0000 From: suresh jange <suresh_jange(a)rediffmail.com> Dear Sir / Madam, I am pleased to inform you that a Sensitization and Awareness Program for Technology Information Facilitation Program is being organized at Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, Karnataka on 17th November 2007 in collaboration with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi. One of the objectives of this program is to identify information requirements of Project Investigators and Academicians working in Academic/Research Institutions and Industries for the cause of promotion and development of information use and access to provide inputs to S&T research and industrial development. I am sure this program would not only enlighten the participants with rich knowledge transfer and use, but also provide an opportunity to discuss with the DSIR officials in formulating the research projects and developmental activities for possible financial support by the DSIR. I request you kindly to participate in this program by registering at the earliest to the Co-ordinator. There is no registration fee and TA & DA has to be borne by the sponsoring institutions. However, local hospitalities and free accommodation would be extended by the University. With kind regards, Dr. Ravi.B.Gaddagimath University Librarian & Coordinator SAP/TIFP Gulbarga University, Gulbarga � 585 106 (Karnataka) Telephone; 08472 � 263260; Fax: 08472 263265; Mobile 9740476888; 9844226604 e-mail rbggug(a)rediffmail.com Dr.Suresh S Jange Assistant Librarian (Sr.) & Head, Digital Resource Centre Gulbarga University, Gulbarga - 585 106 Karnataka, India Mobile - 09880224971

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Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship
by shriram pandey 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

dear colleagues, Do you want to learn more about the potential of social networking Web sites to serve development goals and practitioners ? Please consult this interesting article on "Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship" written by danah m. boyd and Nicole B. Ellison and published by the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (JMC). website url : http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/boyd.ellison.html Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore Official mail: shriram(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Visit also at : http://ram.mlib.googlepages.com/home "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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IATLIS-2007 CONFERENCE INVITATION
by Mailing List Admin 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:10:32 +0000 (GMT) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> Dear Members: INVITATION FOR IATLIS CONFERENCE 2007.ALL ARE REQUESTED TO ATTEND LAXMAN RAO XXIV National Conference On Equity of LIS Education in IT-Based Pedagogical Environment of the Knowledge Society IATLIS - V 2007 19th to 21st November 2007 Organised by the Department of Library and Information Science Karnatak University, Dharwad � 580 003, KARNATAKA INAUGURATION Chief Guest: Dr. S.K. Saidapur F.A.Sc., FNA Vice-Chancellor Karnatak University, Dharwad Keynote Address: Dr. B.S. Maheshwarappa Professor and Chairman Department of Library and Information Science Gulbarga University, Gulbarga President: Shri. N.V. Satyanarayana Managing Director Informatics India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore Date: 19th November 2007 Time: 11-30 a.m. Venue: Manasollasa Auditorium, Karnatak University, Dharwad Director of the Conference Dr. V.G. Talwar Professor Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Mysore VALEDICTORY Chief Guest: Shri. Vinay Luthra I.F.S. Registrar Karnatak University, Dharwad President: Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa UGC Emeritus Professor Director, Academic Staff College Karnatak University, Dharwad Date: 21st November 2007 Time: 1-00 p.m. Venue: Manasollasa Auditorium, Karnatak University, Dharwad ================================================================== Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa Felicitation Committee Department of Library and Information Science Karnatak University, Dharwad � 580 003, Karnataka State, India Felicitation to Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa UGC Emeritus Fellow Director, Academic Staff College, Karnatak University, Dharwad Chief Guest Nadoja Dr. Patil Puttappa M.A. (Journalism) USA Senior Journalist, Hubli Guest of Honour Shri. Vinaya Luthra I.F.S. Registrar, Karnatak University, Dharwad President Dr. S.K Saidapur F.A.Sc., FNA Vice-Chancellor. Karnatak University, Dharwad Date: 20th November, 2007 Time: 4-30 p.m. Venue: Manasollasa Auditorium, Karnatak University, Dharwad All are Cordially Invited Dr. V.G. Talawar Dr. S.B. Patil Dr. B.D. Kumbar President Treasurer Convenor Committee Members SPEAKERS 1. Dr. P.S. Halyal, Professor (Rtd.), Karnatak University, Dharwad 2. Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 3. Dr. Muttayya Koganuramath, University Librarian, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai 4. Shri. N.B. Satyanarayan, Managing Director, Informatics India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore 5. Dr. S.L. Sangam, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad

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SOUL Helpline
by K Prakash 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Dear All, INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad is pleased to announce a dedicated Help Line for SOUL Software users. The help line will be supporting for about 1400+ SOUL software customers for sorting out of any issues related to the software. Please dial 079-2630007 between 0930 Hrs to 1800 Hrs on all working days. With best regards. Bye. _____________________________ Dr. K Prakash, PhD Scientific/Technical Officer-I 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/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New Job
by madaiah krishnamurthy 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Dear Friends, It is my pleasure to inform you that I, Dr. M.Krishnamurthy (Previously Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore ) joined as University Librarian at University of Mysore. As such further communication may please be sent on the following address. Thanking You, Yours Sincerely, M.Krishnamurthy Dr.M.Krishnamurthy,M.A.,M.L.I.Sc., PhD. University Librarian University of Mysore Manasagangothri, Mysore 570006 Ph :91-0821-2514808 (Direct) Fax: 91-80-2419335 _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Spaces is here! It’s easy to create your own personal Web site. http://spaces.live.com/?mkt=en-in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Tumkur University, Tumkur Re-notification for Various Posts
by Muniraju T 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Dear Professionals Tumkur University, Tumkur, Re-Notification for Professors, Readers, Lecturers & Librarian, Deputy Librarian, Assisstant Librarian, For More Information Please Visit this Link http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOI/navigator.asp?Daily=TOIBG&lo… If This Link not open means see, Times of India Paper 13th November 2007 With Kind Regards, MUNIRAJU.T Central Library PES Institute of Technology t_muniraj(a)yahoo.co.in http://muniraj.t.googlepages.com/ http://www.lisresearch.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------- 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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Reply to Puna Das from the Milion Books project
by Subbiah Arunachalam 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

Friends: Prof. N Balakrishnan has provided a clarification to Mr Anup Kumar Das, who had posted a message to this list on 6 November (from Puna Das). Subbiah Arunachalam ===== Dear Arun: The guy is again wrong regarding the CDAC Kolkatta books and has not spent even a minute looking at the web site- Please go to www.new.dli.ernet.in and just click on the left hand side on the search button leaving all fields default- you will get the total number of books as on that date- Next if you choose scanning centre as cdac Kolkatta then you will find 3565 books totaling more than 1.6 million pages- all these are common sense and you must make sure th guys without exploring do not make unsavy comments- we are professional and have done what no one has done so far- Put one million books on the web- Balki Regards Balki > Dear Balki: > > There is some concern expressed about the Million > Books project. I am forwarding a mail I received > today. Best wishes. > > Arun > > > --- Puna Das <puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: > >> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 06:49:01 +0000 (GMT) >> From: Puna Das <puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in> >> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >> CC: digilib_india(a)yahoogroups.com, >> atanu.garai(a)gmail.com >> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] CMU Million Book Project >> >> Dear Colleagues >> >> Atanu wanted to point out so called current >> status of Digital Library of India project. This is >> very unfortunate that the tech-savvy DLI team could >> not provide us latest statistics on its site. The >> statistics available here is more than a year old. >> Another point I would like to raise, DLIs Kolkata >> Mega Scanning Centre could not provide us access to >> a single book they have scanned using tax-payers >> money. To my estimate, less than 25% scanned >> documents are available through DLI websites. How >> can we please help out this overburdened project >> team having a blurred vision? >> >> Thanking you >> >> Anup Kumar Das >> CSSP, JNU >> New Delhi-110067 >> Email: puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in >> Ph. 011-26704400 >> >> ___________________________________________________________ Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Organization of Sensitization-cum-Awareness Programme for Technology Information Facilitation Programme (TIFP) -Cochin.
by Dr C Beena 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

Dear Professionals, Cochin University and Department of Scientific Industrial Research (DSIR)Jointly organizing a one Day workshop for Sensitization-cum-Awareness Programme for Technology Information Facilitation Programme (TIFP) on 10th december 2007 at Travancore Court Warriam Road,Ernakulam,Cochin.Details regarding the workshop is avalible at URL www.cusat.ac.in with regards Beena Assistant Librarian -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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InfoVision 2007 - Early Bird Offer closes on 20th November 2007 - Hurry Up!
by Angrosh 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

InfoVision 2007 The Knowledge Summit, Dec 17-18, 2007, The Maratha, Mumbai ----------- Come to InfoVision 2007. Listen to... Inaugural Speaker · Dr. F C Kohli, Father of Indian Software Industry (Former Vice-Chairman, Tata Consultancy Services) Other Keynote Speakers: · Mr. Ajit Balakrishnan, Founder Chairman and CEO, Rediff.com · Mr. John Blossom, President & Senior Analyst, Shore Communications Inc., USA · Prof. Hsinchun Chen, University of Arizona, USA · Prof. Noshir Contractor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA · Dr. Kavi Mahesh, Knowledge Management Consultant, Infosys & Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, PESIT, Bangalore · Dr. Pandu Nayak, Google, USA · Dr. Prabhakar Raghavan, Head, Yahoo! Research, USA · Prof. Vijay V. Raghavan, Distinguished Professor, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, USA · Mr. A.S. Rao, Advisor, DSIR, Govt. of India · Mr. Satya Rao, CEO, Axiom Consulting, Bangalore · Mr. Arun Ramanujapuram, Director of Advanced Technology, Yahoo! · Prof. Rohini Srihari, CEO, Janya Inc. and Faculty Member, State University of New York, Buffalo · Dr. L. Venkata Subramaniam, Research Staff Member, IBM India Research Lab (IRL) · Mr. Rohit Agarwal, Founder and CEO, techTribe Networks, USA & India · Mr. Bob Stembridge, Thomson Scientific, UK Session Themes: · Small World, Network Theories and Models · Web 2.0 and Mashups · Social Networking and the Semantic Web · Weblogs and the Wisdom of the Crowds · Organizational Communication and Group Dynamics · Networks, Creativity and Innovation · Innovation and Knowledge Assets Special Attraction 2007 Thomson Innovation Award, 17th Dec, 2007 evening during the gala dinner Registration Fee: Corporate and Industry: INR 8000.00 per delegate Academic Institutions: INR 6000.00 per delegate 3 or more delegates from same organization 10% discount Early Bird Offer Registration before 20th November, 2007 Corporate and Industry: INR 7000.00 per delegate Academic Institutions: INR 5000.00 per delegate 3 or more delegates from same organization 10% discount 10 % additional discount for CSI members For online registration and updates: www.infovision2007.org Register online, tell your friends, come and participate in the stimulating discussions. For more details, contact: International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Fax: +91-821-2519209 Angrosh - 9886970411 Email: office(a)infovision.org.in; office(a)isim.ac.in See you at InfoVision 2007! -------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Bentham Publishers recently launched over 200 peer-reviewed open access jrnls
by Krishnan 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

Bentham Publishers recently launched over 200 peer-reviewed open access journals. Bentham Open Access http://www.bentham.org/open/ Krishnan -- Dr. S.Krishnan Head, Information Division National Chemical Laboratory Pashan Road PUNE 411008, INDIA e-mail: s.krishnan(a)ncl.res.in Tel: +91-20-25902650 Fax: +91-20-25902850 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free access to books and other references on web
by Shihab Illias 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Dear Professionals The bartleby.com is preeminent Internet Publisher of literature, reference and verse providing unlimited access to books and information on web, free of charge. Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition Containing nearly 51,000 entries (marshalling six and one-half million words on a vast range of topics), and with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references, the current Sixth Edition is among the most complete and up-to-date encyclopedias ever produced. http://www.bartleby.com/65/ The World Factbook, 2003 The U.S. governments complete geographical handbook, featuring 268 full-color maps and flags of all nations and geographical entities. Each country profile tracks such demographics as population, ethnicity and literacy rates, as well as political, geographical and economic data. http://www.bartleby.com/151/ The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes http://www.bartleby.com/61/ Rogets Thesauri http://www.bartleby.com/thesauri/ Quotations http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/ English Usage, Style & Composition Search Usage: http://www.bartleby.com/usage/ Free English fictions http://www.bartleby.com/fiction/ Free English Non-fictions http://www.bartleby.com/nonfiction/ E- Books Index to Subjects http://www.bartleby.com/subjects/ E- Books Index to titles http://www.bartleby.com/titles/ Search Reference http://www.bartleby.com/reference/ Search Verse http://www.bartleby.com/verse/ Link to bartleby.com http://www.bartleby.com/ With regards 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/ --------------------------------- 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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Librarian in Reliable Software Systems Pvt. Ltd.
by Mailing List Admin 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 07:37:18 -0800 (PST) From: sri priya <sri_lib(a)yahoo.com> Dear Friends Librarian needed for Reliable Software Systems Pvt. Ltd. Experience:1 - 6 Years Location:Mumbai Compensation:Rupees 1,00,000 - 2,25,000 We offer good salary, good working environment and ample opportunity to grow Education:UG - Other Graduate - Any Specialization PG - Other Industry Type:IT-Software/ Software Services Functional Area:Teaching, Educationi Posted Date:30 Oct Job Description Maintaining Books and journals. Classifying books and soft copies. Organising books and documents. Update journal subscriptions. Maintaining records of books, journals and soft copiesof documetns. Desired Candidate Profile Required: Familarity with computers, mostly computer work. Well organised with high IQ. Desired: Familarity with financial sector. Must: Good communication Skills, Patience and quick. Energy and Descipline. Company Profile Reliable Software is in the business of providing real-time information and decision support software for financial services sector. Our products Falcon, Trend and @Risk are used by most of the large financial institutions in India. Contact Details Company Name:Reliable Software Systems Pvt. Ltd. Website:http://www.reliable.co.in Executive Name:Ms. Ranu Address:Reliable Software Systems Pvt Ltd 42,1st Floor,R.N.A Arcade, Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri(W) Mumbai - Maharashtra ,IND 400053 Email Address:careers@reliable.co.in Telephone:91-022-40918931,40918900

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Kannada in Computers - A MULISSA lecture at MyDLIS
by N.S. Harinarayana 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Mysore University Library and Information Science Student Association (MULISSA) organised a lecture on "Kannada in Computers" by Dr. Panditaradhya, a well-known speaker in this region. It was held at the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore on 7th November 2007. The lecture was the third one in the series of "Friday talks" for the current year. Because of the festive week, the lecture was advanced to Wednesday itself. In his speech, Dr. Panditaradhya said that a language is basically learnt orally. The oral communication has been dominating the written communication for centuries. The invention of printing press by Gutenberg has enhanced the impact of written communication over the society. The emergence of computing and communicating technologies has proved a shot in the arm for written communication. Dr. Panditaradhya traced the development of encoding standards from ASCII to ISCII to Unicode to Nudi ( a local standard approved by Government of Karnataka). He said though English was a dominating language in computers, it is not any more. Any script in any language of the world can now be stored in computers. Cashing on his experience in Nudi, the speaker showed how Kannada scripts could be entered in computers. Answering a query from the audience, Prof. Panditaradhya clarified that Nudi employs phonetic based data entry method unlike Baraha which uses transliteration technique for data entry. Compared to its competitors, he said Nudi has several features and is based on scientific studies. Nudi, a product of Kannada Ganaka Parishat, is a standard approved by Government of Karnataka. Mr. G. N. Narasimha Murthy, Secretary, Kannada Ganaka Parishat who was present during the lecture, gave a demo on "Kannada Viswakosha" (Kannada Encyclopaedia) which was recently released by Prasaranga of University of Mysore, Mysore. He showed browsing, searching, multimedia, audio and other features of the encyclopaedia. Similarly a demo of "Pampa Bharata" a legendary work of 10th century poet Pampa was shown. Vikramarjuna Vijaya, also known as Pampa Bharata, is a Kannada version of the Mahabharata which was originally written by Vyasa. The electronic version of the work, to be released shortly, contains the original poems with meaning and annotations. The oral recitation of the poems both in Gamaka method and normal reading method is given to each poem. The program was well attended by students and staff of MyDLIS, other departments in the campus and general public. The whole programme was managed by the student representatives. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CYBERMETRICS: Taking the web seriously"
by shriram pandey 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

dear professionals, CYBERMETRICS: Taking the web seriously" Under this article Isidro Aguillo explains how university websites can be compared and why this gives meaningful insight into the institutions research output. learn more at : http://www.researchinformation.info/features/feature.php?feature_id=149 -- Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore Official mail: shriram(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SciDev Science Publishing Quick Guide
by shriram pandey 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

dear all , SciDev publishes a series of Quick Guide related to Science and Innovation. This one is fully dedicated to science publishing, including introduction materials, articles, Web links and more. Introduction : "This guide explores various approaches – from 'open-access' publishing and self-archiving to differential pricing initiatives – to using the Internet to increase access to scientific information in the developing world. It includes topical news on this issue, and a range of opinion and feature articles." Please visit SciDev Web site to discover its Quick Guide to Science Publishing at : http://www.scidev.net/quickguides/index.cfm?qguideid=4 -- Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Yojana(Development monthly) special issue on “50 years of Indian IT”
by Mukesh Anand 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Dear Members', Yojana a premier monthly, carries the message of economic development to the people.It is published by Publications Division, M/o Info. & Broacasting, Govt. of India. The November- 2007 issue of Yojana Focusses on "50 years of Indian IT" • Big Successes, Large Gap- Jairam Ramesh In IT, there is great scope for true PPP as for example in the area of education and training. I do hope that while exulting in its global success, every once in a while Nasscom reminds itself of its local roots and its domestic imperatives. • IT for Development and Social Welfare- D Dutta Majumder It is well known that computers were designed by mathematicians and engineers mainly to solve numerical problems, and even in fourth-generation computers, there has not been any significant change in that respect. • IT: Ambience for Growth- N Seshagiri India is still in a nascent stage in exploiting the global potential of software and dservices market. Therefore, there is no room for complacencey. • Fifty years of Indian IT- S Sadagopan Research output from Indian academic institutions R&D establishments is coming of age. Globally relevant and significant output is coming out of India-based research wings of global companies like HP, Miscrosoft and Google. • IT and Administration in Government- N Vittal As India emerges as a major economic power on the global scene, ITin Government will increasingly plays a major role in keeping India as a well governed country. This introductory Article detail is available on http://www.publicationsdivision.nic.in/j_show.asp?id=24 Yojana is published in 12 Indian Languages besides English viz.-Hindi,Urdu,Gujarati, Bengali,Assamese,Kannada,Malayalam,Marathi,Oriya,Punjabi,Tamil &Telugu. I am wishing you all the Members' of this Discussion -List Shubh Deepawali & Chhath. Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand Assistant Librarian 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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google dhamaka
by S.F KATTIMANI 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

these google guys are toooooooooooooooooooo much!! http://www.google.com/transliterate/indic Type any Tamil/Malayalam/kannada regional language word in English (same way as we pronounce it) and press "SPACE bar"... it gets translated to that regional language.That too, it is very accurate !!!!! * * -- S.F.KATTIMANI DEPUTY LIBRARIAN M.S.RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY M.S.RAMAIAH NAGAR BANGALORE 560054 MOB: 9886821032 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Programme on Programme on Information Literacy Awareness for Corporation School Children
by Arunachalam Hariharan 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Dear friends, Sub: National Library Week Celebrations You are cordially invited for a one day programme on Promotion of Information Literacy and Reading Habits among Corporation School children, Chennai Jointly organized by Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS Chennai Chapter) & Connemara Public Library, Chennai Date: 11 Nov 2007 Time: 10 .30 A.M Venue: Connemara Public Library, Chennai Programme 10.30 Tea 11.00 A.A â Welcome Address 11.15 Lecture on Importance of Information Literacy Skills and Reading Habits for School Children 11.45 Speech Competition on âLibrary is a Self Learning Centreâ Participants: Students from 26 Corporation Schools at Chennai will be participating Programme will continue till the speech competition is over Vote of Thanks ******** Winners will be selected by a panel of judges. Cash Awards will be distributed to the winners First Price: Rs.1000/- Second Price: Rs.750 Third Price: Rs.500/- Certificates will be distributed to the participants --------------- P.Panneerselvam Secretary SALIS Chennai Chapter A.Hariharan Structural Engineering Research Centre CSIR Campus Taramani Chennai - 600 113 hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com Cell: 9841601901 Off:044-22549133 -------------------------------------------------- SALIS B2-Solai Apatments Mount-Poonamallee Road (opp.to.MGR Garden) Chennai - 600 116 Tel: 044-22522448/42014772 www.autolib-india.net/salis __________________________________________________ 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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The Gates Foundation Global Libraries Program
by shriram pandey 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

dear all, Computers and the Internet can connect people to crucial information that can improve health, education, and employment opportunities. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the world's population—more than 87 percent, or 5.5 billion people—lack access to these powerful, modern tools. Gates Foundation's Global Libraries initiative forms partnerships with select developing countries to provide free public access to information technology. It also presents an annual Access to Learning Award for innovation to a library outside the United States. With its partners, the Global Libraries program is helping to improve the services of public libraries in these selected countries. learn more at :http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalDevelopment/GlobalLibraries Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free Newspaper Archive and directory of online newspapers
by Shihab Illias 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

Dear professionals The Newspaper Archive This site recognizes that every newspaper story is about someone – your ancestors, political leaders, celebrities, classmates or historical figures! Find their stories today in the world’s largest online newspaper archive. http://www.newspaperarchive.com/ Online Newspapers.com Thousands of world’s newspapers on your finger tips. The most of the popular newspapers are accessed as online newspapers. http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/ Newspapers of the World on the Internet Newspapers of the World on the Internet help to Browse newspapers directory geographically http://www.actualidad.com/ With regards 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/ Why delete messages? Unlimited storage is just a click away. 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] CMU Million Book Project
by Puna Das 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

Dear Colleagues Atanu wanted to point out so called current status of Digital Library of India project. This is very unfortunate that the tech-savvy DLI team could not provide us latest statistics on its site. The statistics available here is more than a year old. Another point I would like to raise, DLIs Kolkata Mega Scanning Centre could not provide us access to a single book they have scanned using tax-payers money. To my estimate, less than 25% scanned documents are available through DLI websites. How can we please help out this overburdened project team having a blurred vision? Thanking you Anup Kumar Das CSSP, JNU New Delhi-110067 Email: puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in Ph. 011-26704400 lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote: ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 19:36:12 +0530 From: "Atanu Garai" Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] CMU Million Book Project Dear Colleagues The status of the digitization under this project is available here - http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/status.html. Sorry for this oversight. Thanks and regards Atanu Garai Globethics.net On 10/31/07, Atanu Garai wrote: (Apologies for multiple postings) Dear Colleagues: I am requesting information on the status of the CMU Million Book Project in India. Shall be thankful if you can provide updates on this. Thanks and regards Atanu Garai Consultant Globethics.net New Delhi Phone + 91 98996 22884 Email: atanu.garai(a)gmail.com --------------------------------- Bring your gang together - do your thing. Start your group. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Digitization and Its Discontents by Anthony Grafton
by vimal kumar 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

Dear Friend, The current issue of the New Yorker has an article by Anthony Grafton called Digitization and Its Discontents that discusses the ongoing tension between the traditional print library model versus the Google Book projects of the world. The article is well written and provides an excellent general overview of the issues. Link http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/11/05/071105fa_fact_grafton Vimal Kumar Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 www.asb.edu.in/vimal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White __________________________________________________ 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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A demo cum lecture on 'ListServs' at MyDLIS
by N.S. Harinarayana 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

The Department of Library and Information Science (MyDLIS) under the aegis of Mysore University Library and Information Student Association (MULISSA) organised a demonstration cum lecture on 'ListServs' on 2nd November 2007 by Dr. M. Chandrashekara, Reader, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore. Dr. Chandrashekara explained the concept of 'ListServs' and its usage as group discussion forums. 'ListServ' is an electronic forum which facilitates online communication. He gave a step by step demonstration about 'ListSevs' to the students by taking 'LISFORUM' as an example. He said that one must first join the listserv as a member in order to send messages to the list. Members must also correspond with the listserv using the email address they subscribed to the list with. 'LISFORUM' is an moderated list in which moderators approves and prunes the messages. He opined that the challenges of a 'ListServ' include striking a balance between quality and participation, which can be achieved through careful planning and moderation. In his demonstration of 'LISFORUM', Dr. Chandrashekara explained its features including searching of archives, default settings etc. He drew the attention of the students towards various ListServs available in the field of Library and Information Science. In order to encourage the participation in ListServs, a competition for the MLISc students was announced. The students of the current batch of MLISc in MyDLIS have to become members of LISFORUM and participate in the discussion. The best participant would be awarded with an attractive prize. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Faculty Advisor, MULISSA Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KPSC Called for Public Library: Librarian , Asst Librarian , Library Asst, Posts
by Muniraj. T 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

Dear Professionals, KPSC invited applications for public library, for more information please visit this link http://kpsc.kar.nic.in/Notification%20dt%202-11-07.PDF Good Luck for applicants With Kind Regards MUNIRAJU.T PES Institute of Technology t_muniraj(a)yahoo.co.in http://muniraj.t.googlepages.com/ http://www.lisresearch.blogspot.com/ Now you can chat without downloading messenger. 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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The first National Librarian
by Manju manju 04 Nov '07

04 Nov '07

Padma Shri B.S. Kesavan is the first National Librarian of independent India. He is also known as Father of Indian National Bibliography as it was first brought out in its leadership on August 15, 1958. Later, he became the first Director of the Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC) at New Delhi. In recognition of his great service to the nation, the Government of India honoured him with Padma Shri Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._S._Kesavan#Kesavan_Institute_of_Information… P.S. MANJUNATHA BNMIT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES BANGALORE -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy - Librarian
by HELP LIBRARY 03 Nov '07

03 Nov '07

Dear Administrator, Please post it on LIS -Forum as it will help librarians who are looking out for an opening. Thks, Anjoo Chandiramani for Health Education Library for People. Dear All, Urgently required Librarians and Library Manager for Health Education Library for People (HELP) an NGO at CST Mumbai. The candidate should have a degree in Library Science, BLISC/MLISC, with excellent communication skills, knowledge of computer applications and should have a pleasing and outgoing personality. For the post of a Library Manager a postgraduate diploma in management will be desirable. Only Candidates from Mumbai desired. Freshers may apply. Please e-mail your resume to helplibrary(a)gmail.com or helplib(a)vsnl.com . Our contact numbers are: 65952393/65952394/22021101 Regards, Anjoo Chandiramani for HELP ------ -- Dr.Aniruddha Malpani, M.D., Health Education Library for People, National Insurance Building, Ground Floor, 206, Dr.D.N.Road, Mumbai - 400 001. Tel Nos.65952393/ 65952394/22061101 www.healthlibrary.com Free Ask the Librarian service for all your health queries at http://www.healthlibrary.com/information.html For complete details of our free health talks check our 'HELP TALK' google calendar at http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ciugckkj8jvnk97j6dbiioaghg%40group… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UNESCO and Library of Congress sign agreement for World Digital Library
by K.R. Mulla 03 Nov '07

03 Nov '07

UNESCO and the US Library of Congress will join forces to build a World Digital Library, following the signing of an agreement by Abdul Waheed Khan, UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, and the Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 17 October 2007. http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=25521&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. Tel. +91-80-25441722, 25443744 Ext 152 ................................................................................................. Engg-Lib-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Engg-Lib-Forum/ Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ Library: http://203.90.120.126:8081/ **************************************************************************** -- 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] CMU Million Book Project
by Atanu Garai 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

Dear Colleagues The status of the digitization under this project is available here - http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/status.html. Sorry for this oversight. Thanks and regards Atanu Garai Globethics.net On 10/31/07, Atanu Garai <atanugarai.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote: (Apologies for multiple postings) Dear Colleagues: I am requesting information on the status of the CMU Million Book Project in India. Shall be thankful if you can provide updates on this. Thanks and regards Atanu Garai Consultant Globethics.net New Delhi Phone + 91 98996 22884 Email: atanu.garai(a)gmail.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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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I T & Library science free magazines
by Shihab Illias 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

Dear professionals Computers in Libraries Computers in Libraries is a monthly magazine that provides complete coverage of the news and issues in the rapidly evolving field of library information technology. http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/ Information Today Information Today delivers total coverage of late-breaking news and long-term trends in the information industry. Accurate, timely news articles inform the reader of the people, products, services, and events that impact the industry, while hard-hitting, topical articles explain significant developments in the field. http://www.infotoday.com/IT/default.asp FreePint Newsletter FreePint FUMSI reports: comprehensive information, practical guidance and hands-on tools to help you Find, Use, Manage and Share work-related information http://www.freepint.com/ Internet News letter Internet News letter is a free monthly electronic newsletter, edited by Heriot-Watt University Library staff and published by Heriot-Watt University. The newsletter aims to raise awareness of sources of information of interest to academics in all subjects, but especially engineering, science, and social science. http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/ ONLINE magazine ONLINE is written for information professionals and provides articles, product reviews, case studies, evaluation, and informed opinion about selecting, using, and managing electronic information products, plus industry and professional information about online database systems, CD-ROM, and the Internet. http://www.infotoday.com/online/default.shtml Emerald Management Xtra provides access to 160 full text journals and reviews from the top 300 management journals. It is the largest, most comprehensive collection of peer reviewed management journals and online support for librarians, students, faculty and researchers. Please note that the Emerald Journals are not free Journals http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/products_services/AtoZList.jsp Librarian’s Cartoons: just for Fun http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/l/librarian.asp With regards 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/ Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now, on http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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free e-book :Guide to business planning for launching a new Open Access Journal
by shriram pandey 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

dear colleagues, Open Society Institute published a series of guides to assist journal developers and publishers to create Open Access Journal. This guide provides a good starting point for those contemplating the launch of a new journal based upon an Open Access business model that provides free availability of research papers. For those who are already in the process of launching an Open Access journal, this Guide provides resources to help ensure that your planning is complete u can see it on: http://www.soros.org/openaccess/oajguides/html/business_planning.htm -- Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore Official mail: shriram(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
by Amit Thapar 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ The Consortium says it's "the world's largest archive of digital social science data. We acquire, preserve, and distribute original research data and provide training in its analysis." The data files are searchable and browsable; each item retrieved includes a description, scope of the study, dates and geographic region, methodology, and information on access. There's a data use tutorial on the website as well. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Internet Librarian International Presentations
by sandeep bhavsar 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

Respected All http://www.internet-librarian.com/Presentations/ The presentations given at the Internet Librarian International 2007 conference in London, England are now available on the conference website including Stephen Abrams keynote - Next Generation Libraries: The 2.0 Phenomenon, Phil Bradleys closing keynote Facing the Challenge of Web 2.0 as a Disruptive Technology and others including: Implementations of Library 2.0 Virtual Libraries Blogging Inertia and 2.0 Scepticism 23 Things The Impact of 2.0 Portals and Wikis at Work http://www.internet-librarian.com/Presentations/ 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 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ --------------------------------- For ideas on reducing your carbon footprint visit Yahoo! For Good this month. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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British Library CEO Lynne Brindley's conversation in Harvard Business Review November, '07issue
by Mukesh Anand 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

Dear Members', British Library CEO Lynne Brindley on helping to spur business innovation In Forethought Conversation column by Sarah Cliffe published in Harvard Business Review November, 2007 Vol.85, Issue 11 Five questions of the conversation appeared online are listed below. 1. How did you get interested in serving the business community? 2. How did the library make that happen? 3. You've overseen a major strategic and cultural change at the BL. What have you learned? 4. You're the first IT professional—and the first professional librarian—to head the BL. How has that affected the way you do your job? 5. Do you have a favorite piece from the collection? For Web Access of this Conversation :- visit www.hbr.org Then in Current Issue (November, 2007) Go to Departments Forethought Then click British Library CEO..... OR go to following too long web-link. Page 1 Link:- http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/hbr/articles/article.jsp… Page 2 Link:- http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/hbr/articles/article.jsp… Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand Assistant Librarian 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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Univ. Libn.& Asst. Libn. post at IG Krishi Vishw., Raipur (Chhattisgarh)
by Mukesh Anand 31 Oct '07

31 Oct '07

Respected Members', Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidaylaya Krishak Nagar, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) No. Estt..-1/Advt./127/2007/ Raipur,Date: 11.10.2007 Advertisement Applications on prescribed form are invited for the following posts:- Sl. No.-Name of Post-No. of Post-Category 07-University Librarian- 01-UR 08-Assistant Librarian-1 each in UR, OBC, SC & ST category N.B. :- 1.Reservation for OBC/SC/ST applicant shall be givenes per C.G.Public Service(Reservation for SC,ST & OBC)Act,1994.The resevation benefit will be admissible to the applicant of the C.G.state.Applicant other then C.G.state need not apply against the reserved posts. 2. 30% reservation will be available for female applicant in each category as per rules. 3.Essential & desirable qualification, other terms & conditions of the posts is available on http://igau.edu.in/site/wp-content/6076_3102007.pdf (But this link did not work while mailing) & blank application form r available on http://igau.edu.in/site/wp-content/app.pdf 4. Application on prescribed form, completed in all respects together with all testimonials, should reach the Registrar on or before 20 Nov., ' 07. Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand Assistant Librarian 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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CMU Million Book Project
by Atanu Garai 31 Oct '07

31 Oct '07

(Apologies for multiple postings) Dear Colleagues: I am requesting information on the status of the CMU Million Book Project in India. Shall be thankful if you can provide updates on this. Thanks and regards Atanu Garai Consultant Globethics.net New Delhi Phone + 91 98996 22884 Email: atanu.garai(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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Video Journal of Conference Presentations
by sandeep bhavsar 30 Oct '07

30 Oct '07

Respected All Equipped with slidecasting, a novel media form by slideshare.net, OAHOST, the open-access house of science and technology, has set out to launch the first Video Journal of Conference Presentations (VJCP). VJCP is a new kind of scientific journal dedicated to archiving conference presentations and providing credit for their potential long-term impact. The basic VJCP article contains a title, a list of authors with their institutional affiliations, an abstract of no more than 500 words including references and conference information, and the conference presentation (a PowerPiont presentation synchronized with a mp3 file). All the presentations archived in VJCP are open access, free to read on the Internet. 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 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ --------------------------------- Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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What is Web 2.0
by shriram pandey 30 Oct '07

30 Oct '07

dear colleagues : if u want to know detail and good concept of "What is Web 2.0?",visit the URL give below in which Tim O'Reilly outlines his definition of Web 2.0, which is one of the more detailed and considered definitions available. http://www.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need article
by Murugan 30 Oct '07

30 Oct '07

Dear All, Good Morning. I will be grateful if you could send the full text article on Can science and technology feed the world in 2025? Field Crops Research, 104 ( Issues 1-3), October-December 2007, Pages 3-9. By Dr. M. S. Swaminathan. Thank you very much. Sincerely, B. Murugan Information Service Center M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation 3rd Cross Street, Institutional Area, Taramani, Chennai. 600 113 Tamil Nadu, India. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Friday Talk at MyDLIS - a report
by N.S. Harinarayana 29 Oct '07

29 Oct '07

Mysore University Library and Information Science Student Association (MULISSA) organised a lecture programme on "Life Skills" by Prof. Mohammad Shaik Saleem, Director, Zonal Institute for Education and Training, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan, Mysore on 26th October 2007. The summary of the talk is given below. Speaking on the occasion, Prof Saleem said that life skills are those abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour that enable individuals to deal positively with the demands and challenges of everyday life. Life skills include competencies that help people make informed decisions, solve problems, think critically and creatively, communicate effectively, maintain healthy relationships, empathize with others, and manage their lives in a healthy manner. Prof. Saleem said that stress has become the order of the day. Coping with stress and emotions are the life skills essential of modern man. The speaker said, unfortunately the formal education does not equip its students with essential life skills. Prof. Saleem explained the increased influence of the peer group on the youth. It tends to pull away from the close emotional ties that they share with their parents and prefer the company of their friends. The speaker touched upon some of the most influencing factors on youth like changes in interests, body image concerns, changes in morality, changes in family relationships, etc. He gave the young students present in the audience the tips to handle the peer pressure. Prof. Saleem ended saying that one does not have to compare oneself with others but to look within oneself for the strengths. He urged the students to acquire the essential life skills – thinking skills, social skills and negotiation skills. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Faculty Advisor for MULISSA Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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PGDLAN course : Importance & Introduction
by Mukesh Anand 29 Oct '07

29 Oct '07

Dear LIS Students' & Professionals', Here I am giving the importance & introduction of PGDLAN course of IGNOU.But one thing, I 've not done this course, so I don't have deep knowledge, but only have superficial & introductory information, which I am sharing with u. I expect, this little information will help to those, who r thinking to do this course. Importance :- In General:- In DSSSB advertisement (twice April & Sept/ Oct. this year), they 've mentioned in their criteria that candidates should have 2 years experince OR 1 year computer course.The minimum course duration of PGDLAN is 1 year. In Particular :- 3 years back, probably Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad's vacancy advt. PGDLAN course was mentioned. 2 years back, in Jawaharlal Nehry University, New Delhi's vacancy for Assistant Librarian I've seen probably PGDLAN was mentioned in the criteria. Introduction:-Course Title, Block Name, Video Programs and Counselling & Practical of the the PGDLAN course is mentioned below. Course Title- Block Name I. Introduction to Computers 1.Basics of Computers & Communication (Hardware) 2.Software 3.Computers & Society II. Library Automation 1.Introduction to Library Automation 2.Management of Library Automation 3.Automated Housekeeping Operations 4.Computerised Information Services III.Information Systems 1.System Analysis & Design 2.Types of Information Systems 3.Data Models & Database Design 4.Query Language & Query Processing IV. Networking & Internet Technology 1.Introduction to Networks 2.Library & Information Networks 3.Internet Technology V. Internet Resources 1.Types of Resources (by Form) 2. Types of Resources (by Subject) VI. Content Development 1.Content Analysis 2.Content Development VII. Programming 1.Theoritical Aspectes of Programming 2.Programming in Specific Language :Java 3.Programming in Specific Language : C++ 4.Programming in Specific Language : Visual Basic N.B. :- Each Course Title (I -VII) have Practical. VIII. Project A topic to be selected from following thrust areas for the project. Thrust Areas 1.Electronic Library : Design & Development 2.Information Services through Resource Sharing Network 3.Library Automation : Acquisition, Cataloguing, Circulation, Serials Control, Budget Management. 4.Web-Page Design for a Library & Information Centre 5.Information Resources on Web or Web Resources 6. (A) Development of (i) Web-based Learning/Development of Teaching Modules (ii) Web-enabled Databases (iii) Web-enabled Information Services (iv) Multimedia Presentation using Authoring Tools (v) Software for Inofrmation Services (vi)Management Information System for Libraries (vii) Electronic Marketing (viii) Current Awareness Service (ix) Selective Dissemination of Information (x) Analysis of Databases (Subject Databases) (xi) Content Development on Web (B) Study of Different Search Engines Video Programs 4 video programs've been developed by the Faculty to supplement the course material of PGDLAN Students.Titles of these programs r 1. Digital Library 2. Content Development in Electronic Environment 3. Library & Information Networking 4. National Information Infrastructure Counselling & Practical:-Counselling & practical sessions will be conducted in the Study Centre/ Tele Learning Centre allotted to students. There will be 15 sessions of counselling for each course.One session is equivalent to 2 hours.The no. of practical hours for each cours is mentioned in curriculum & syllabus. Laboratory exercises & Manual for each course will be made available to each student. N.B.:- Source for Course Title, Block Name, Video Programs and Counselling & Practical is the Programe Guide for PGDLAN course. Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand Assistant Librarian 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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LibriVox
by shriram pandey 29 Oct '07

29 Oct '07

dear professionals, LibriVox is a digital library of free public domain audio books that are read and recorded by volunteers. It was started in August 2005, and already has amassed over 150 recordings. Most of the recordings are in English but there are also recordings available in German, Spanish, Chinese, Russian and Japanese as well as other languages. visit fallowing link for details : http://librivox.org/ Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Deep Infrastructure Supports Digital Library Services By Paul Conway
by Muniraj. T 29 Oct '07

29 Oct '07

Deep Infrastructure Supports Digital Library Services By Paul Conway Libraries have always been central to the exchange of knowledge, but never have they been closer to the creation and dissemination of scholarly content, and to the fundamental processes of teaching and learning. Duke University has recognized the strategic importance of the digital library as a change agent. For Full Article View : http://campustechnology.com/articles/39784_1/ Digital Repositories: A Global Work Effort http://campustechnology.com/articles/51937/ MUNIRAJU.T PES Institute of Technology t_muniraj(a)yahoo.co.in http://muniraj.t.googlepages.com/ http://www.lisresearch.blogspot.com/ Now you can chat without downloading messenger. 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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Internet-based Library and Information Services: a survey
by Sambhunath Halder 29 Oct '07

29 Oct '07

On-line Survey Internet-based Library and Information Services Dear Reader, I am writing to invite your participation in a survey of "Internet based Library and Information Services". This survey is part of my Dissertation work for fulfilment of Masters' in Library and Information Science degree at Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata. I'm exploring why and how libraries are providing services using Internet in the present era. Your responses may help me to determine what libraries can do to better welcome and serve its user community by helping of Internet. Your participation is completely voluntary and you may skip any specific questions that you choose for any reason. The survey takes less than ten minutes to complete. If you have any questions or concerns about the study please contact me at sambhu_lis(a)yahoo.com or sambhu.halder(a)gmail.com or phone me at +91 9733964714 Thank you for your valuable time and thoughts. To participate in the survey please click on the following link or copy it and paste on address bar of your web browser: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=YJiO9pEqTpcuXHxhA63pWQ_3d_3d With regards, Sincerely Sambhu Nath Halder MLIS, Enrollment No. 06212800016, Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata 700 020. 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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Is this website is OK - need evaluation
by Shivanand 27 Oct '07

27 Oct '07

Dear professionals, Long back I have created a website for my library the same is being used by my customers satisfactorily. Now I feel that this needs evaluation (critically) and improvisation. Can anybody please go through the portal and keep this on discussion forum. OPAC option in the website will work only in the campus (LAN OPAC). Portal is best view in 800X600 IE 5.5 Please visit: http://jnmclibrary.googlepages.com <http://jnmclibrary.googlepages.com/> Your reply is highly useful and appreciated. Thanking you, Shivanand Murgod Librarian Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Nehru nagar, Belgaum - 590010 Ph - D (0831) 2470386 Cell - (0) 9448790619 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MLAI NATIONAL CONVENTION-2007
by prakash gouda 27 Oct '07

27 Oct '07

MLAI NATIONAL CONVENTION-2007 Dear Professionals, I, on behalf of the organizing Committee of MLAI 2007, feel immense pleasure in inviting you to the National convention of Medical Library Association of India at Anugrah Narayana Magadh Medical College, Gaya , Bihar. THEMES OF THE CONVENTION Vistas of Health Science Libraries Management Users, Librarians and Vendors relation Tracks A ( For librarians) Track I : Digitization of Health Science Libraries Track II : Knowledge Management of Health Scien(Libraries Track III : Management of E-Resources in Health ScienceLibraries Track IV : Consortia approach for Health Science Libraries Track V : Internet Based Services in Health Science libraries Track VI . User Needs in Health Science libraries Track VII. Problems of Health Science Libraries TrackVll1 . Varia Tracks B (For Medical Professionals) Track I : Prevention of Diabetes MellitusType II (Medicine: Track II . Importance of Stem Cell (Pathology) Track III . Child Sexual abuse & Psychosis (Psychology) Track IV . Microsurgeryfor Middle Ear (Otorhinolaryngology) Track V . Needs & Training of Modern Equipments ( Radiology) Track VI : Role of quality control of Laboratory Testin ( Biochemistry) TIME SCHEDULE FOR PAPERS Submission of abstract of the paper to the MLAI office or Convention Director 30th October, 2007 Intimation of the acceptance of paper by the Convention Director 5th November, 2007 Submission offull text of the papertothe MLAI office or 20th November, 2007 Convention Director, The time schedule will be strictly adhered. Registration fee Convention (upto 31 st October) On spot Registration 1. Member Rs.1,900/- Rs.2,000/- 2. Non-Member Rs. 2,100/- Rs.2,300/- 3. Accompanying Rs. 800/- Rs. 800/- person per head 40% discount in accommodation fee (for Author who is not a member of MLAI) Free accommodation and 50% discount in Registration fee (for Medical professionals, Undergraduate students and author) Accommodation Accommodation for participants will be provided in the hotels of Bodh Gaya, i.e.Nicho Lotus, Vishal International, Sujata, Lumbani International, Sidhartha International, and Ajatshatru (Gaya) . Each participant has to pay a sum of Rs. 1,900/- extra as accommodation charges other than Registration fee. The registration fee includes convention material, lunch, dinner, morning and evening tea with snacks for all four days. For more information please contact Kishori Mohan Prasad, librarian Organising Secretary Central Library A.N. Magadh Medical College, Gaya, Bihar Mobile-09431793698, 09430840297 09234867019,09431478047 College Fax No. 0631-2410339 e-mail: mlai2007gaya(a)gmail.com C.P. Verma, librarian Co-organizing Secretary Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, 61-65, Institutional Area, Janakpuri, New Delhi-11 0 058. Mobile - 09312266401 e-mail: opverma(a)yahoo.com Convention Director Dr. R.P. Kumar, Chief Librarian Allindia Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029. Tel.: 011-26593312 (0); 26593313 (R) 09891052128 (M) Fax No. 011-26588663 e-mail: drrpkumar(a)hotmail.com THANKS & REGARDS PRAKASHGOUDA S.U. SENIOR LIBRARIAN COORG INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES VIRAJPET- 571 218 COORG DIST KARNATAKA MOB: 09980910533 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Materials Missing At Library Of Congress
by KR. Senthil Kumar 27 Oct '07

27 Oct '07

Materials Missing At Library Of Congress - 13 Percent of Collection Misplaced, Survey Finds By James V. Grimaldi and Jacqueline Trescott, Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, October 24, 2007 About one-sixth of the books, monographs and bound periodicals at the Library of Congress weren't where they were supposed to be because of flaws in the systems for shelving and retrieving materials, according to a survey to be made public at a congressional hearing today. Officials at the library say they believe most of the missing materials are misplaced, not stolen or lost. Investigators for the congressional library have told lawmakers on a House oversight committee that its review of the retrieval system for the general collection concluded that a 17 percent of materials requested could not be found. "A subsequent review found 4 percent were either on nearby shelves, checked out to the public or marked with the wrong call numbers. But it remains deeply troubling that nearly 13 percent are unaccounted for by library officials," said Howard Gantman, staff director of the joint congressional committee on the library. The Library of Congress's Office of the Inspector General did the survey earlier this year but did not make it public. Library staff followed usual procedures and no follow-up audit was necessary, according to the report by Karl W. Schornagel, the library's inspector general, but the chairman and ranking member of the House Administration Committee were so upset by the finding that they have summoned James H. Billington, the librarian of Congress, to answer questions about it at a hearing today. The 17 percent rate of missing materials "is unacceptable, and a clear indication that we must reassess how we manage this Nation's priceless collection that exceeds 130 million items," said Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers (R-Mich.), the ranking Republican on the committee, in a statement. Since receiving the assessment in the spring, library officials have accelerated efforts to track down the books. "The number of not-on-shelf books has dropped each year. A quality assurance team in the past several months has reduced that rate to 10 percent," said Deanna Marcum, the associate librarian for library services. Established in 1800, the Library of Congress is one of the world's largest research facilities. It has 135 million items, including almost 20 million books, 59.5 million items in the manuscript division, and nearly 3 million sound recordings and radio and television broadcasts. It has 615 miles of shelving. Ehlers and committee Chairman Robert A. Brady (D-Pa.) told Billington they want a thorough accounting of how the library is managed and how the collection is protected. Since 2002 the library has been conducting an inventory, prompted in part by a series of thefts in the early 1990s. However, the inventory is only 20 percent complete, Marcum said. http://www.washingt onpost.com/ wp-dyn/content/ article/2007/ 10/23/AR20071023 01784.html? hpid=topnews<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/23/AR200710230…> or http://tinyurl. com/2xvlcf <http://tinyurl.com/2xvlcf> The entire article can be read at the above URL. Sincerely, -- KR.SENTHIL KUMAR MCA -LIBRARIAN KARPAGAM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING COIMBATORE http://alagusenthil.googlepages.com http://alagusenthil.tripod.com Mobile:09382804980 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The Public Library of Science
by KR. Senthil Kumar 27 Oct '07

27 Oct '07

I found a very interesting free website that has very interesting medical information -- the Public Library of Science -- http://biology. plosjournals. org. <http://biology.plosjournals.org./> The following is a statement from their website about copyright issues: "Open-Access License - No Permission Required -- The Public Library of Science (PLoS) applies the Creative Commons Attribution License (CCAL) to all works we publish (read the human-readable summary or the full license legal code). Under the CCAL, authors retain ownership of the copyright for their article, but authors allow anyone to download, reuse, reprint, modify, distribute, and/or copy articles in PLoS journals, so long as the original authors and source are cited. No permission is required from the authors or the publishers. In most cases, appropriate attribution can be provided by simply citing the original article (e.g., Kaltenbach LS et al. (2007) Huntingtin Interacting Proteins Are Genetic Modifiers of Neurodegeneration. PLoS Genet 3(5): e82. doi:10.1371/ journal.pgen. 0030082). If the item you plan to reuse is not part of a published article (e.g., a featured issue image), then please indicate the originator of the work, and the volume, issue, and date of the journal in which the item appeared. For any reuse or redistribution of a work, you must also make clear the license terms under which the work was published." Sincerely, -- KR.SENTHIL KUMAR MCA -LIBRARIAN KARPAGAM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING COIMBATORE http://alagusenthil.googlepages.com http://alagusenthil.tripod.com Mobile:09382804980 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Trial access to HistCite - Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization Software
by Mailing List Admin 26 Oct '07

26 Oct '07

Dear Friends, HistCite is a flexible software solution to aid researchers in visualizing the results of literature searches in the Web of Science. It is easy, fast, and provides perspectives and information not available from The Web of Science. HistCite lets you analyze and organize the results of a search to obtain various views of the topic's structure, history, and relationships. HistCite helps to - Identify the key literature in a research field; Analyze publication productivity and citation rates within a collection of research papers; Reconstruct the history and development of a research field. HistCite is a software implementation of algorithmic historiography, and has been developed by Dr Eugene Garfield, founder of the Institute for Scientific Information and the inventor of the Science Citation Index. HistCite performs its analyses on the results of searches from the Web of Science, which are exported to text files. In order to use HistCite effectively, you will need access to the Web of Science. Register for access to a fully functional 30-day free trial version - http://secure.softwarekey.com/solo/products/custom/2958023/histcitedemo.asp Thanks - Moderator

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Army Library Program (ALP)
by sri priya 26 Oct '07

26 Oct '07

Army Library Program (ALP) The Army Library Program's Web site is designed to serve as the portal to the Digital Army Library Service (DALS). The Army Library Program's worldwide network of academic, research, technical, general, and special libraries provides the Army community access to a selected group of Web resources via the Digital Army Library Service. The virtual reference desk, research tools, reading room for professional military education, databases, and links to Web-based library catalogs are accessible at your desktop . http://www.libraries.army.mil/index.htm 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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The freely available e-books.
by sri priya 26 Oct '07

26 Oct '07

The freely available e-books. Bartleby.com Great Books Online http://www.bartleby.com/ Bartleby publishes classics of literature, nonfiction, and reference free of charge on the Web. http://www.bartleby.com/ Classics at the Online Literature Library http://www.literature.org/authors/ The site provides access to a small, but easily navigated selection of online classic works of English Literature. http://www.literature.org/authors/ eScholarship Editions http://texts.cdlib.org/escholarship/titl es_public.html Access a collection of publically available electronic books from academic presses on topics in the arts and sciences. The collection is searchable and can be browsed by subject, author, or title. eScholarship Editions are published by eScholarship, the California Digital Library. http://content.cdlib.org/escholarship/titles_public.html Humanities Text Initiative http://www.hti.umich.edu/stacks/ The Humanities Text Initiative, a unit of the University of Michigan's Digital Library Production Service, collaborates with other U of M units and partners with other institutions to convert, create and deliver online texts and resources. You can access a number of freely available collections on the site. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/c/collsize/collsize?summ=all Internet Public Library Online Texts Collection http://www.ipl.org/reading/books/ Over 20,000 titles covering a broad range of subjects are available for searching or for browsing by author, title, or Dewey Decimal Classification. http://www.ipl.org/reading/books/ NLC Electronic Collection http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/e-coll-e/in dex-e.htm The Electronic Collection of the National Library of Canada (NLC) includes over 6000 Canadian book and periodical titles published online by commercial and government publishers. The publications exist in various formats, including HTML, PDF, ASCII and others and in some cases software such as Acrobat Reader is required to read the texts. Some titles are labeled "Restricted Access" and are accessible on-site at the NLC only. http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/e-coll-e/index-e.htm http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/003/008/099/003008-disclaimer.html?orig=/e-coll-e/… Online Books Page http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/ Search or browse over 16,000 online books and access relevant news, special exhibitions and links to other e-book collections. http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/ Online Medieval and Classic Library http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/ Access a collection of some of the most important literary works of the Classical and Medieval periods. http://omacl.org/ Oxford Text Archive http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/ Founded in 1976 and dedicated to encouraging the acceptance of electronic texts within academia, the Archive contains an extensive collection of high quality e-texts and reference works in a variety of languages. Oxford Text Archive http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/ Founded in 1976 and dedicated to encouraging the acceptance of electronic texts within academia, the Archive contains an extensive collection of high quality e-texts and reference works in a variety of languages.Oxford Text Archive http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/ Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg began in 1971 when Michael Hart decided that it would be a good idea to make many classic and important texts freely available worldwide. The project operates on a system of volunteers selecting a text that is no longer in copyright (in the USA the general rule is pre-1923), turning the text into e-text, and adding it to the archive. http://www.gutenberg.net/ Source : http://library.athabascau.ca/ebook.php Some free journals list also available through this site. Some Donated E-Books Under Copyright University of Kansas, USA. http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/texts/carrie_books/ 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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What should I read next?
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 26 Oct '07

26 Oct '07

Dear Friends www.whatshouldireadnext.com What Should I read next? This is a good site of great help to librarians. Amazon gives this service. The site mentioned above combines such results from several book sellers based sites. If you find a title is read frequently by your customers, you can easily find out similar popular titles on the same topic. The results you get are consolidations of readers' recommendations. This will be useful for further acquisitions, helping readers read more etc. -- 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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Reminder on Dr. TBR Memorial Seminar on Emerging ICT Skills for Information Professionals - 2007
by Maruthu Pandian 26 Oct '07

26 Oct '07

Dear Professionals, This is a gentle reminder about the forthcoming "Dr. TBR Memorial Seminar on Emerging ICT Skills for Information Professionals - 2007", being organized under the aegis of Dr.TBR Memorial by NCSI-Net. This Seminar is being conducted for the benefit of students and young professionals. The response to the seminar is very encouraging. We will be able to accommodate few more students and professionals for the seminar. In view of this, we have extended the deadline for registration till Wednesday, 31 October 2007. The details of the seminar are given below. Seminar Title: Dr. TBR Memorial Seminar on Emerging ICT Skills for Information Professionals - 2007 Date: November 03, 2007 (Saturday) Venue: National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore - 560012 Target audience: Students of Library & Information science course or its equivalent & budding information professionals. Seminar coverage: The Seminar is conducted with an intention to create an awareness amongst the students and budding budding information professionals about the latest developments in the information and communication technologies applicable to LIS profession. This year's Seminar will give an overview of Library Automation, open source software for Library Automation, and Open Access resources and tools relevant to information professionals. There will also be a session dealing with career building strategies and job opportunities for LIS professionals. Registration fee: Rs. 150/- for Students and Rs. 200 for budding professionals. Kindly bring this to the attention of the budding professionals and encourage them to attend the seminar. Participation in the seminar will also get an opportunity to interact with professionals working in the industry and academia. For further information, please visit the Seminar website at: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/seminar/index.html Registration form is available at: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/seminar/registration2007.html For further queries, please contact hipandian(a)gmail.com , umpradeep(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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OCA vs Google & Microsoft
by Mailing List Admin 26 Oct '07

26 Oct '07

Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:32:33 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> *NYU students ask university to join OCA<http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/2007/10/nyu-students-ask-university-to…> * NYU should digitize library content<http://media.www.nyunews.com/media/storage/paper869/news/2007/10/24/Opinion…>, *Washington Square News*, October 24, 2007. An editorial arguing that New York University <http://www.nyu.edu/> should join with the Open Content Alliance <http://www.opencontentalliance.org/>, not the Google Library project <http://print.google.com/googleprint/library.html>, to digitize the books in the NYU library. Excerpt: Since 2004, Google has been making thousands of books available to readers - including college students - online; Microsoft has also joined this effort. Both work with major university and research libraries, covering the costs of book scanning while requesting a non-exclusive agreement in return. Once a library has signed on, its scanned materials become solely accessible through either the Microsoft or Google search engines. The program, which counts universities such as Harvard, Oxford, and Stanford as participants, has recently come under criticism from a non-profit group called the Open Content Alliance. OCA raised concerns voiced by many other libraries: By trusting either Google or Microsoft to scan, store, and allow access to these libraries' content, the public would end up being dependent on the decisions of either corporation. While access is free today, what would stop either company from charging an access fee for its contents tomorrow? The Open Content Alliance, and the like-minded Boston Library Consortium, counters this oligopolist vision by arguing for a consortium of universities and private contributors who would create, finance and manage a similar book-scanning effort. Theoretically, this diffuse membership would prevent the type of unilateral decision-making some fear from Google or Microsoft. This option is not without its costs. While Google and Microsoft scan a library's contents for free, OCA members must pay up to $30 per book. We believe this is a price worth paying....Such a database would better serve all NYU students by saving on research and check-out time while, more significantly, expanding each student's access to content by freeing it from its physical quantity and location.... We recognize that costs must be investigated before NYU can or should commit itself to either system. Whatever the numbers, we urge the administration to digitize NYU's library content. [image: Permanent link to this post]<http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/2007/10/nyu-students-ask-university-to…>Posted by Peter Suber at 10/25/2007 12:28:00 PM.

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OA and the developing countries
by Mailing List Admin 26 Oct '07

26 Oct '07

Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:58:04 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> Friends: Please look up this article on open access and the developing countries by Carolina Rossini. <http://campus.diplomacy.edu/env/scripts/Pool/GetBin.asp?IDPool=3737> Arun

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(no subject)
by sonali odak 25 Oct '07

25 Oct '07

Hello friends, This is Sonali. I have done Master in Library & information Science from Jiwaji University Gwalior(MP). My M.Lib was in Hindi medium, is there any difficulty to do in English medium because I am planning to do PGDLAN through IGNOU or MPHIL in lib sc. Can anybody tell me what is the right path after M.LIb? Can you people help me to take a right decision? Thanks and regards Sonali -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Certificate Program in Medical Informatics
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 25 Oct '07

25 Oct '07

I am forwarding in full, a message that I read in medical informatics Course. ======================================================= Certificate Program in Medical Informatics (3rd Batch) Posted by: "eHealth-Care: Software Provider" bimlesh(a)ehealth-care.net Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:23 am (PST) Dear Friends, eHCF School of Medical Informatics, promoted by eHealth-Care Foundation invite you to the distance learning program ( 3rd Batch ) leading to Certificate in Medical Informatics. The course is designed particularly for you by stalwarts in Information Technology and Medicine. If you are a general practitioner and interested in knowing in and out of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) in Medicine and not have the time to give to a full time course - this might be the course that you are looking for. By spending a few hours in 3 months, you tend to get knowledge and certified by a certificate. The course will keep you abreast of advances that affect every day medical process. eHCF School of Medical Informatics has uniquely placed to provide just the right course for the practicing Physician, Surgeons and Paramedicals. Our faculties are engaged in routine day-to-day practice of medicine and Information Technology. The course material contains information tested in the front line and apt to practice situation. We have developed easy to understand format of problem less-oriented approaches, with tele medicine focus. We are looking forward to your active participation for this course. For more details browse link: http://www.ehealth-care.net/medicalinformatics.htm Sincerely, Bimlesh Gautam eHCF School of Medical Informatics =========================== Sent by: 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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Internet Resources Newsletter: November Issue
by MacLeod, Roderick A 25 Oct '07

25 Oct '07

____________________________________________ 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/irn156/irn156.html No subscription or registration is needed to access this free, 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 good quality websites: new services, ejournals, directories, search engines, publishers, government sites, etexts, booksellers, portals, calls for papers, software, news services, conferences, research groups, etc, etc. Nice Web Site(s): Google Guide Chipwrapper Blogorama Selected interesting blogs, RSS feeds and news items Recent Internet books in the Library Book review: Libraries and Google, edited by William Miller and Rita M Pellen 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UNITED STATES: DIGITAL RESOURCES:
by KR. Senthil Kumar 25 Oct '07

25 Oct '07

Princeton Public Library - Research Online (Digital Genealogy Collections) http://www.princeto n.lib.nj. us/research/ links/genealogy- digital.html<http://www.princeton.lib.nj.us/research/links/genealogy-digital.html> Digital Libraries Indexes By State or Region A - F G - L M - N O - S T - Z Other Digital Libraries In many cases, you can search for a keyword (title or subject) to find state, county, city, town, church or family histories; directories; government documents; and biographies or autobiographies. American Memory (Library of Congress) Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (Library of Congress) Digital Quaker Collection (Earlham School of Religion) Documenting the American South (University of North Carolina) Family History Archive (Brigham Young University) Google Books (Author or Title Search) Live Search Books Making of America (Cornell University) Making of America (University of Michigan) Perry-Castaneda Map Collection: Historical Maps (University of Texas) Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection (Cornell University) Useful for clergy, anti-slavery activists, African Americans, local history Their Own Words (Dickinson College) Indexes Library of American Civilization Titles Available Free on the Web (Quinnipiac University) The Online Books Page (University of Pennsylvania) By State or Region, A-Z Be sure to check the state and county sites within the USGenWeb Project and the USGenWeb Archives for any county in which you are doing research. They may contain digitized material or links to it. Alabama ADAH Databases (Alabama Department of Archives & History) Alabama Mosaic Historic Postcards of Alabama Alaska Alaska's Digital Archives Alaska's Gold Lode: A Database of Alaskan Primary Sources Appalachia Appalachian Treasures Gateway Archives of Appalachia Digital Library of Appalachia Arizona Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates PDF images of the original certificates Arizona State University Libraries Online Collections Hayden Arizona Pioneer Biographies Historical Photograph Collection at the Arizona State Archives Little Cowpuncher: Rural School Newspaper of Southern Arizona Southwest Electronic Text Center (University of Arizona Library) includes Books of the Southwest and selected Journal of Arizona History articles Through Our Parents' Eyes: History & Culture of Southern Arizona California Anne T. Kent California Room (Marin County Free Library) Digitized oral histories, photo albums, maps and more. Calisphere (UC Libraries) Thousands of images and primary source documents, 19th-20th centuries. Digital Anaheim (Anaheim Public Library) Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection Online Archive of California Regional Oral History Office (University of California, Berkeley) Sacramento History Online San Fernando Valley History Digital Library San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection (SF Public Library) San Joaquin Valley & Sierra Foothills Photo Heritage University of California History Digital Archives Includes University of California In Memoriam. Colorado Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection Colorado Plateau Colorado Plateau Digital Archives Connecticut Colonial Connecticut Records, 1636-1776 Connecticut History Online Quinnipiac's Digitized Connecticut History Books Yale University Manuscripts & Archives Digital Images Database Florida Florida History & Heritage Collection (Florida State University Libraries) Florida Memory Project PALMM: Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials Collections range from books and periodicals to the Sanborn Fire Maps for Florida cities. Georgia Digital Library of Georgia Georgia Historic Books Georgia Historic Newspapers The New Georgia Encyclopedia <snip> Also see: Archives and Historical Societies with Online Records http://www.nmgs. org/linkarc. htm <http://www.nmgs.org/linkarc.htm> CoSA - Primary Sources from State Archives http://www.statearc hivists.org/ arc/education/ primsources_ states.htm<http://www.statearchivists.org/arc/education/primsources_states.htm> CoSA - State Archives Collections Online: Directory of Digital Collections, Virtual Exhibits, and State Memory Projects http://www.statearc hivists.org/ arc/education/ online_coll. htm<http://www.statearchivists.org/arc/education/online_coll.htm> -- KR.SENTHIL KUMAR MCA LIBRARIAN KARPAGAM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING COIMBATORE -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Supplying Journal Articles - Does it Violate ( P.S. Manjunatha)
by Manju manju 25 Oct '07

25 Oct '07

Hi, The following website provides a details of Library copyright and fair. http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/l-intro.htm P.S. MANJUNATHA BNMIT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES BANGALORE -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Pronetos-Professor's Network
by Mailing List Admin 25 Oct '07

25 Oct '07

Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:44:18 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> *Official launch of Pronetos<http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/2007/10/official-launch-of-pronetos.ht…> * Pronetos <http://www.pronetos.com/> ("Professor's Network") has officially launched. From yesterday's announcement <http://blog.pronetos.com/?p=59>: Our development team at OpenSourcery <http://opensourcery.com/> has put the finishing touches on the site, and it's now open for general use!... What you see before you now is just the beginning. In the next 60 days, to augment the community, we will be rolling out some unique publishing tools designed especially around the needs of scholars. First and foremost, these tools reinforce our commitment to Open Access<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access>. In fact, we hope that our members will immediately begin using Pronetos as a global research archive<http://people.ccmr.cornell.edu/%7Eginsparg/blurb/pg00bmc.html>, as Paul Ginsparg has described. The next iteration of Pronetos, due in the next 30 days, will have document versioning and threaded comments. You can already post content to the site, and get comments on it, but the next iteration will be a huge step forward. The community of experts that gathers at Pronetos will be able to peer-review works in any field. And we'll archive that work forever. And we'll never lock your work away in a private subscription database. We want people to see your research. On Pronetos they will.... PS: Pronetos is a combination networking site and repository. I first blogged<http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/2007/05/new-networking-site-and-reposi…>it when it went online in May 2007. [image: Permanent link to this post] <http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/2007/10/official-launch-of-pronetos.ht…>Posted by Peter Suber at 10/24/2007 11:07:00 AM.

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RFID and Libraries
by Krishnan 25 Oct '07

25 Oct '07

I am collecting data on use of RFID technology in the Indian libraries. If your library of if you know of a library using RFID technology, please let me know I would need the name of the library software in use and the name of the vendor from where the library procured RFID system Is it necessary to procure RFID system from the vendor of the library system? What are the compatibility issues? Has any one tried to procured these from two different vendors and integrated the two to get a good system? You may directly respond to me - I will summarize the result for the lis-forum Thanks in advance Krishnan -- Dr. S.Krishnan Head, Information Division National Chemical Laboratory Pashan Road PUNE 411008, INDIA e-mail: s.krishnan(a)ncl.res.in Tel: +91-20-25902650 Fax: +91-20-25902850 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lecture on Librarians in the 21st Century: The Future of the Profession
by Gowri Ravindranth 25 Oct '07

25 Oct '07

Dear Friends: United States Consulate General, The American Library, Chennai Madras Library Association, Chennai and Guindy Campus Library, University of Madras, Chennai Cordially invite you to a lecture on Librarians in the 21st Century: The Future of the Profession by Steven Kerchoff Information Resource Officer, American Embassy, New Delhi 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 31, 2007 Venue: GNR Hall, Center for Advanced Studies in Crystallography & Biophysics, (Adjacent to the Library) Guindy Campus, University of Madras, Chennai 600 025 Refreshments: 5.30 p.m. Steven Kerchoff Steven Kerchoff is Information Resource Officer with the US Embassy in New Delhi, India, working with Embassy libraries in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Prior to his arrival in New Delhi in August 2007, he was Information Resource Officer for Mexico and Central America from 2005 to 2007. Prior to joining the State Department, Mr. Kerchoff worked for the Library of Congress for 21 years, including 13 years as a Network Program Specialist with the Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK), a network of libraries in federal government agencies. In 2000 he participated in a year-long detail to the Government Printing Office, working as an Electronic Transition Specialist with the Federal Depository Library Program. He has also worked as a consultant for the Sri Lanka National Library and Documentation Services Board under the auspices of the ALA/USIA Library Fellows Program. Mr. Kerchoff has given numerous presentations at conferences, including the American Library Association Annual Meeting, the Federal Depository Library Conference, and Online World. His articles and reviews have appeared in such publications as American Libraries, FEDLINK Technical Notes, Sci-Tech News, Information Processing and Management, New Review of Academic Librarianship, and the Foreign Service Journal. Active in professional associations, Mr. Kerchoff recently completed a 3-year term as an At-Large Councilor on ALA Council, the governing body of the American Library Association. He has also been President of the Library of Congress Professional Association and a Directory of the ALA Federal Librarians Round Table. Steven Kerchoff holds a Masters Degree in library science from the Catholic University of America and a Masters Degree in humanities from Georgetown University. Look forward to seeing you on 31st. With best wishes, Sincerely, L.R. Gowri Secretary, (MALA) _________________________________________________________________ Check out some new online services at Windows Live Ideas—so new they haven’t even been officially released yet. http://www.msnspecials.in/windowslive/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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OEDB database
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 25 Oct '07

25 Oct '07

http://oedb.org/library/features/250-plus-killer-digital-libraries-and-arch… The link above leads to several hundreds of digital libraru collections, directories, e-text archives etc. Worth exploring. -- 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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Wanted Research Librarian
by KR. Senthil Kumar 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

*Research Librarian for Education and Outreach* The University of California Irvine Libraries seeks a creative and energetic Research Librarian for Education and Outreach to play an integral role in developing and promoting the Libraries' information literacy program. The Research Librarian for Education and Outreach will be a leader in providing instruction to UCI students and in providing outreach to campus programs and departments in support of library partnerships. The incumbent will specialize in instruction and may also have a collection development or a general reference component. The specific collection development and/or reference assignment is open and will be influenced by the needs of the Reference or Collection Development Departments and the profile of the most qualified applicant. The successful candidate for this position will be based in the Department of Education and Outreach, a highly collaborative department that works across library departments, divisions, and functions to support the Libraries' instruction program. The position will report directly to the Head of Education and Outreach and may have a secondary reporting relationship to the Head of the Collection Development Department or the Head of the Langson or Science Reference Department. *Responsibilities* The Research Librarian for Education and Outreach is involved in the development, planning, promotion, delivery, and evaluation of the Libraries' information literacy programs. The position teaches information literacy skills to undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty and staff through active participation in the Libraries' general instruction program which includes the required undergraduate writing courses. The Research Librarian for Education and Outreach actively pursues and expands outreach partnerships with campus programs to take advantage of opportunities to integrate library resources, information literacy instruction, and information technology into academic curricula and special programs. In consultation with the Head of Education and Outreach, the incumbent develops collaborative programs and library initiatives with the Division of Undergraduate Education and the Division of Student Affairs, including the Student-Parent Orientation Program, the Campus-wide Honors Program, and the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. The incumbent identifies and uses instructional technology to develop new educational materials that teach research skills, helps train and supervise the Writing and Library Research Peer Tutors, and assists in the provision of professional development activities that support the improvement of library staff members' teaching abilities. In the area of collection development, the Research Librarian for Education and Outreach may be responsible for the selection, assessment, and management of collections and resources in at least one assigned academic discipline and serve as liaison to the faculty and students in that discipline. In the area of reference, the Research Librarian for Education and Outreach may provide reference assistance at one of the Libraries' reference desks or through the Libraries' online reference service. The Research Librarian for Education and Outreach will be expected to participate in a variety of library committees, task forces, and teams. *Qualifications* *Required* - Graduate degree in library science from an ALA-accredited institution or an equivalent combination of relevant advanced degree and library experience - Strong understanding of the key issues and trends in the design and delivery of library instruction in support of the academic mission of the university - Successful teaching experience - Skills to develop relevant and engaging instruction materials in collaboration with others. - Skills to deliver educational materials in an effective and interesting manner. - Ability to explore, recommend and use information technologies that further the instructional mission of the library - Commitment to user-centered services - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - Ability to work effectively in a team and in a dynamically changing environment - Ability to work effectively with diverse constituencies - Ability to meet the University of California requirements for advancement and promotion *Preferred* - Successful experience providing instruction in an academic library - Skill in developing, organizing, and maintaining web-based instructional resources - Educational background in or experience performing reference, instruction and/or collection development in a subject area that matches a collection development need of the UCI Libraries (subject specialist needs are too varied and too numerous to list). - Ability to develop collections and provide effective liaison to faculty and students in assigned subject area(s) *The Education and Outreach Department* The Department of Education and Outreach is responsible for leading an active, comprehensive instruction program which meets the needs of a growing campus and is responsive to the constantly changing environment of scholarly communication. The Department provides leadership for the Libraries' ambitious outreach and instruction programs, emphasizing research skills, information literacy, information technologies, and life-long learning. The Department of Education and Outreach has a lead role in the coordination, integration, and assessment of all library instruction activities, including subject-based, graduate, and professional school instruction. The Department provides professional development opportunities designed to improve the teaching skills of library staff members. The Department is responsible for identifying and developing partnerships with all campus units and also provides leadership in the area of outreach to the K-14 community. The Department operates in a collaborative, team-based environment and works closely with members of the Libraries' Reference and Collection Development Departments in order to fulfill its mission. There are 3 librarians (including the Department Head) and two library assistants in the department. *The Libraries* The UCI Libraries are committed to innovation and excellence and are in a major period of growth and change. The Libraries consist of the Langson Library, the Science Library, the Library Gateway Study Center, and the Grunigen Medical Library. The Langson Library primarily serves the Schools of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, Social Ecology, Business, the Department of Education, and Interdisciplinary Studies. The Science Library primarily serves the College of Health Sciences (including the School of Medicine) and the Schools of Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Information and Computer Sciences. The Grunigen Medical Library serves the clinical needs of the Health Sciences at the UCI Medical Center, located in Orange, 12 miles from the main campus. The UCI Libraries have a staff of 273 FTE and an organizational structure that includes the use of teams in conjunction with departments. The library collection consists of over 2.7 million volumes, over 48,000 current serial titles, and an aggressively expanding electronic resources collection. The UCI Libraries are a member of the: Association of Research Libraries (ARL), California Digital Library (CDL), Coalition of Networked Information (CNI), Center for Research Libraries (CRL), Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC). *University** of California**, Irvine* The University of California, Irvine, is nestled in over 1,500 acres of coastal foothills, five miles from the Pacific Ocean, between San Diego and Los Angeles. Founded in 1965, UCI is among the fastest-growing University of California campuses, with more than 26,000 undergraduate and graduate students and about 1,400 faculty members. UCI has had an extraordinarily rapid rise to distinction in its first forty years<http://today.uci.edu/facts/rankings_distinctions.asp>, including membership in the Association of American Universities, three Nobel prizes since 1995, and ranking in many surveys among the nation's best public universities. Student enrollment is planned to reach 32,000 by 2014 accompanied by a proportional growth in faculty and staff. Nearly 60% of UCI students identify themselves as Asian American, African-American, Chicano/Latino, or Native American. The University offers 40 doctoral programs in addition to the M.D. UCI's academic programs are ranked nationally among the top universities; several doctoral programs are ranked in the top ten. Librarians at the University of California Irvine are academic appointees and receive potential career status at the time of their initial appointment. Librarians periodically receive administrative and peer review for merit increases based on the following criteria: 1) professional competence and quality of service within the Library; 2) professional activity outside the Library; 3) university and public service; and 4) research and other creative activity. *Salary & Benefits*: Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. Preferred appointment level: $40,008 - $66,756 (Assistant Librarian I – Librarian I). Consideration will be given to applicants with a wide range of years of experience, including qualified early career librarians. Librarians are entitled to two days per month of annual leave, thirteen paid holidays, and one day per month sick leave. The University has an excellent retirement system and offers a variety of group health, life, and disability insurance plans. Benefits, which may also include an attractive mortgage program, are equal to approximately 40% of salary. *Deadline for Applications*: Applications received by* December 3, 2007*will receive first consideration, but applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled. *To Apply*: *Electronic applications are preferred*. Qualified applicants who wish to be considered for this position should send their application materials including: cover letter; complete résumé; and the names, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers of three references, with a statement of each reference's professional relationship to the applicant, to: e-mail: hr(a)lib.uci.edu Library Human Resources UC Irvine, P.O. Box 19557 Irvine, CA 92623-9557 confidential fax (949) 824-3270 Upon application, candidates should be in possession of proof of their legal right to employment in the U.S. In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, verification of legal right to work will be required between the time of final selection and hiring, and is absolutely essential in ultimately being hired. This position description is listed on the UCI Libraries Web site at http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/jobs/libvac.html*, *with links to additional Web sites featuring campus and community information. * * -- KR.SENTHIL KUMAR MCA LIBRARIAN KARPAGAM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING COIMBATORE -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LibraryHQ Resources
by sri priya 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

LibraryHQ Resources The LibraryHQ.com Resources page includes a wide range of information for library professionals, including library-oriented organizations, the latest conferences and seminars on library technology, and plenty of great hotlinks. http://www.libraryhq.com/resources.html It also links to Automation Resources,News,Conferences/Seminars, Etc Digital/Virtual Reference Service http://www.libraryhq.com/digref.html See also : New Modified Site http://www.sirsidynix.com/Resources/ 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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The Digital Library Tool Kit, 3rd Edition
by sri priya 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

The Digital Library Tool Kit, 3rd Edition Education And Research White Papers Preface: The Digital Library Tool Kit was sponsored by Sun Microsystems Computer Company in the hopes of addressing some of the leading questions that academic institutions, public libraries, government agencies, and museums face in trying to develop digital content and distribute it on the Worldwide Web. Librarians and Campus CIOs are dealing with a plethora of new technologies and issues in the realm of Digital Libraries. The evolution and coalescing of Java applications, digital object standards, Internet access, electronic commerce, digital media management models, search engines, and library automation systems, is causing educators, CIOs, and librarians to rethink many of their traditional goals and modes of operation. As one of the leading technology providers to the Education and Library Communities, Sun discerned the need for a comprehensive, state-of-the-art document that could give some guidance in the nascent field of Digital Libraries. Purpose and Scope This third edition is an update and expansion of the previous editions. It contains more of everything. In particular, the resources section has been expanded and updated, and a chapter on the impact of the Internet is added. This document is designed to help those who are contemplating setting up a digital library. Whether this is a first time computerization effort or an extension of an existing library s services, there are questions to be answered, decisions to be made, and work to be done. This document covers all those stages and more. The first part (Chapters 1 & 2) is a series of questions to ask yourself and your organization. The questions are designed generally to raise issues rather than to provide definitive answers. It also includes in Chapter 2 a look at the issues raised by the pervasiveness of the Internet and World Wide Web. The second part (Chapters 3 - 6) discusses the planning and implementation of a digital library. It raises some issues which are specific, but does contain answers and information to help answer these and a host of other aspects of a digital library project. The third part (Chapters 7 & 8) includes resources and a look at current research, existing digital library systems, and the future. These chapters enable you to find additional resources and help as well as show you where to look for interesting examples of the current state of the art. http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/whitepapers/digitaltoolkit.html http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/whitepapers/pdf/digital_library… 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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Wayne State University : Digital Library Services
by sri priya 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

Wayne State University - is one of six leading research institutions that have been chosen to participate in the Ralph Wilson Medical Research Foundation's Research Grant Program for Discovery in Biomedical Sciences for the past five years. Wayne State currently has six Wilson Scholars that have received funding from the Foundation for projects that will foster novel and innovative research in the areas of cardiovascular diseases, cancer, neurosciences and musculoskeletal disorders. http://www.wayne.edu/ Digital Library Services - Charged with creating, integrating, structuring, and ensuring access to digitized information services and resources that support teaching, learning, and research at WSU, primarily by delivery on the Web. The team also manages and supports the libraries' Integrated Library System (ILS) and related interfaces, which are used for both external operations (such as our Library Catalog, Patron Empowerment services, etc.), and for internal operations (such as our acquisitions, cataloging, serials control, circulation, etc.). http://www.lib.wayne.edu/geninfo/units/lcms/dls/index.php 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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Lecture by Prof. Robert Newton at DELNET on November 1, 2007
by Sangeeta Kaul 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

DELNET Developing Library Network cordially invite you and your colleagues to a lecture on Knowledge Management : The Indian Context by Prof Robert Newton Associate Dean (Research), Aberdeen Business School The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, U.K. on Thursday, November 1, 2007 at 4:30 p.m. at DELNET, JNU Campus, Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070 Prof. P B Mangla (Former Head, Dept. of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi) has kindly consented to preside Tea R.S.V.P. 4 p.m. 32471010/32471011 =========================================================================== About Prof. Robert Newton Robert Newton is a Professor in Information Management and a Teaching Fellow of the Robert Gordon University. Having previous experience as a course manager, programme manager and Associate Head responsible for Postgraduate Courses in ABS he is now Associ ate Dean of Research. He has a background in working in academic libraries and also worked for some time as a systems analyst. His research interests have in the past centred around the use of new technology in the effective delivery of information and education. In particular he has researched the evaluation of multimedia systems in delivering the curriculum in higher education and has been involved in a number of projects which contribute to a better understanding of both the pedagogical basis for implementing new technology into the curriculum in Higher Education and which have also promoted and facilitated use of such technol ogies. (In particular the NetLearn and ReMOTE web portal developments which deal respectively with accessing internet based teaching resources and Internet based resources for delivering Research Methods Instruction). Current research interests are based around the potential for academic librarians to play a key role in the delivery of information skills � particularly with respect to the support and interaction they provide when dealing with distance learners and other off ! campus students. His research interests also encompass the information seeking behaviour of users � particularly when using technology and the impact of cognitive and learning styles on how users approach searching and using information. Main teaching areas (which have a synergy with research interests) have centred around Information Retrieval, Multimedia learning technologies, and Knowledge Organization. He is a member of the AHRB peer review college and an associate editor for the journal Campus Wide Information. _______________________________________________________________________________ Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network JNU Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 Tel: 91-11-32471010, 32471002, 32471011 Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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InfoVision 2007, Dec 17-18, 2007, Mumbai- Great Speakers-Do not miss!
by Angrosh 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

InfoVision 2007 A great opportunity to listen to and interact with some of the best minds from the academia and the industry ----------- Come to InfoVision 2007. Listen to... Inaugural Speaker · Dr. F C Kohli, Father of Indian Software Industry (Former Vice-Chairman, Tata Consultancy Services) Other Keynote Speakers: · Mr. Ajit Balakrishnan, Founder Chairman and CEO, Rediff.com · Mr. John Blossom, President & Senior Analyst, Shore Communications Inc., USA · Prof. Hsinchun Chen, University of Arizona, USA · Prof. Noshir Contractor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA · Dr. Pandu Nayak, Google, USA · Dr. Prabhakar Raghavan, Head, Yahoo! Research, USA · Prof. Vijay V. Raghavan, Distinguished Professor, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, USA · Prof. Rohini Srihari, CEO, Janya Inc. and Faculty Member, State University of New York, Buffalo · Mr. Rohit Agarwal, Founder and CEO, techTribe Networks, USA & India · Mr. Bob Stembridge, Thomson Scientific, UK Session Themes: · Small World, Network Theories and Models · Web 2.0 and Mashups · Social Networking and the Semantic Web · Weblogs and the Wisdom of the Crowds · Organizational Communication and Group Dynamics · Networks, Creativity and Innovation · Innovation and Knowledge Assets Special Attraction 2007 Thomson Innovation Award, 17th Dec, 2007 evening during the gala dinner Registration Fee: Corporate and Industry: INR 8000.00 per delegate Academic Institutions: INR 6000.00 per delegate 3 or more delegates from same organization 10% discount Early Bird Offer Registration before 20th November, 2007 Corporate and Industry: INR 7000.00 per delegate Academic Institutions: INR 5000.00 per delegate 3 or more delegates from same organization 10% discount For online registration and updates: www.infovision2007.org Register online, tell your friends, come and participate in the stimulating discussions. For more details, contact: International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Fax: +91-821-2519209 Angrosh - 9886970411 Email: office(a)infovision.org.in; office(a)isim.ac.in See you at InfoVision 2007! -------- *********************************************** M. A. Angrosh Project Manager International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore - 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; Fax: +91-821-2519209 Email: angrosh(a)isim.ac.in website: www.isim.ac.in *********************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Supplying Journal Articles - Does it Violate Copyrights Laws ( Manju Naik )
by manju nayak 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

I would like to express few points about ongoing discussion on violation of copyright law by librarians? Whether librarian role is to protect copyrights on behalf of publisher, author etc ? When users are accessing library resources? Whether library professionals have to ask what purpose you are using whether is it for Academic or commercial use? What is commercial when R & D institutes are taking project, giving consultancy service earning revenue from this? Is it academic or commercial use? Is there any mechanism to check who is using for what purpose? Librarians are indirectly promoting publisher products in the name of copyright law? I dont understand what is the problem for some one ? if the professionals are sharing information on this forum? Whether he is taking too much care about publishers? Now days majority of the people are thinking about open access system. Copyright is hindrance to the progress of the society? It is very important to know the reason that who are sending article request? Even among government education institutes there is lot of disparity in distribution of resources? When all education institutions are run by public money why there is big gap between other institutes while allocation of finance? When each institute is subscribing for same journal is it not waste of public money? Why not they formulate uniform resources allocation for all government education institutes? Then everybody having similar resources question of requesting for particular article should not arise? Present day copyright law is not user oriented rather it is publisher oriented because all the terms and conditions are laid down by publishers are not in present copyright law. Thanks Manju Naik --------------------------------- Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Register for NACLIN 2007
by Sangeeta Kaul 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

NACLIN 2007 DELNET is organising the 10th National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2007) from November 20-23, 2007 at India International Centre, New Delhi. More than 300 delegates from different parts of India and abroad including USA, Australia, Oman, Sri Lanka and Botswan. The participation fee is Rs 2500 (for member institutions of DELNET), Rs 3500 (for non-member institutions), Rs 2000 (for individual LIS students/scholars). 25 % discount will be offered on more than one participation from the same Institute. Accommodation charges of Rs 1500 are extra. The details are available at www.delnet.nic.in or write to us. Thanking you, Yours faithfully Sangeeta Kaul Organising Secretary, NACLIN 2007 _______________________________________________________________________________ Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network JNU Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 Tel: 91-11-32471010, 32471002, 32471011 Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IGNOU Regional Centre at Pune & Mumbai for PGDLAN
by Mukesh Anand 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

Dear Ms. Patil, IGNOU Regional Centre at Pune 1st Floor, MSFC Building, 270, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune 411 016 IGNOU centre for Navy in Mumbai HQ, Western Naval Command, Mumbai-1 U may navigate IGNOU's website www.ignou.ac.in for downloading the Prospectus & Application Form for PGDLAN Course Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand Assistant Librarian Indian Railways Officers' Training College -- 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] Supplying Journal Articles - Does it Violate Copyright
by Chandrima Roy 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

Dear Professionals, I appreciate the way Dr. Manjunath has portrayed the present scenario in India. It is really ironical to know that even the existence of the Indian Copyright Act, which is compliant with most international conventions and treaties in the field of copyrights, the practice of copyright violation, still exists. Can't we together do something about it? With regards Chandrima Roy (Manager) Document Delivery & IndianJournals.Com [Products of Divan Enterprises] B-9, Basement, "A" Block, Local Shopping Complex Naraina Vihar, Ring Road New Delhi - 110028 Tel: +91-11-25770411/ 45055538 Fax: +91-11-25778876 Email: <mailto:croy@docdelserv.com> croy(a)docdelserv.com <mailto:croy@indianjournals.comW> croy(a)indianjournals.com Website: <http://www.docdelserv.com/> http://www.docdelserv.com <http://www.indianjournals.com/> http://www.indianjournals.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Invitation for International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management-2008
by mgsree＠iimk.ac.in 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

The International Conference on Information and Knowledge Managment will be held from Mar 24-29, 2008 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Registration is limited to 200 people, and is filling up fast! If you are interested in attending the conference, please register and submit your payment as soon as possible to secure a place. For details visit our website: http://www.icikm-2008.com.np One of the special aspects of this conference is three days long Pre-Conference Workshop on Building Digital Libraries using the Open Source Software: Greenstone Digital Libraries (GSDL), Open Journal System (OJS) and Open Conference System (OCS) and Integrated Library System (KOHA). Participants will have the opportunity to learn software hands-on practice. Dr. Mohan Raj Pradhan Member-Secretary mpradhan(a)healthnet.org.np -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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World Digital Library Project
by shriram pandey 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

dear all The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, architectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness, provide resources to educators, expand non-English and non-Western content on the Internet, and to contribute to scholarly research. According to a recent UN press release, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the United States Library of Congress have signed a pact paving the way for the creation of a World Digital Library which will digitize rare materials from libraries and other cultural institutions globally and make them available free on the Internet. for detail information click the fallowing link : http://www.worlddigitallibrary.org/project/english/about/ With regards, Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore -- Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore Official mail: shriram(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Creative Commons Content Licensing
by shriram pandey 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

dear colleagues : Creative Commons Australia has released a book focusing on Open Content Licensing issues with, of course, a special emphasis on Creative Commons licenses and projects. According to CC Australia, "As far as we are aware, this is the first case of a book being released independently by an Australian publisher under a CC license." Open Content Licensing: Cultivating the Creative Commons, a new publication from Sydney University Press, brings together papers from some of the most prominent thinkers of our time on the internet, law and the importance of open content licensing in the digital age. Drawing on material presented at the Queensland University of Technology conference of January 2005, the text provides a snapshot of the thoughts of over 30 Australian and international experts on topics surrounding the international Creative Commons movement, from the landmark Eldred v Ashcroft copyright term decision to the legalities of digital sampling in a remix world. detail can be see at : http://creativecommons.org.au/ocl -- Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore Official mail: shriram(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Supplying Journal Articles - Does it Violate
by Byrappa, Ananda (GE, Research) 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

LIS-Forum members, Some thoughts on copyright related issues... Most of us know that, using copyrighted material without rights-holders permission for any purpose can be a violation of copyright. However, there are some exceptions like Fair-use. If organizations/Libraries and Librarians want to be copyright compliant, then they should have clarity on scope of the fair use before making use of the copyrighted documents. Otherwise, Librarians may be risking their organizations for a possible copyright violation. Relative to the ILL/journal articles sharing/distribution, CONTOU guidelines indicate that Libraries can share/provide a maximum of 5 articles from a subscribed journal in a given year. More info is available at: http://www.cni.org/docs/infopols/CONTU.html Best Regards, Anand Ananda T.Byrappa Manager, Whitney Knowledge Centre GE India Technology Centre 122, EPIP, Phase 2, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560066, INDIA Phone: 91-80-25032618 Fax: 91-80-28412114 email: ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:14:32 +0530 From: "Sukhdev Singh" <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Supplying Journal Articles - Does it Violate Copyrights Laws To: "R.K.SHUKLA" <milanramakant(a)hotmail.com> Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <c13c85220710220444p4020c507t74c2d839ec9a8a2c(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Dear Dr Shukla and LIS-Forum Members I feel it is an interesting topic, therefore I have changed the subject of the discussion. The question is whether a Librarian violates Copyrights Laws if he supplies an Article to his user for personal use and research? This is perhaps accepted because here he is only working on behalf of the user. Also, so far Inter-Library Loans are concerned, there should not be any problem because no "copies" are made. Original Book / Journal is borrowed and given to user. Copyright Laws restricts only making copies of literary works. However, what happens when a librarian makes a copy and transmits over internet to requesting Librarian? Requesting librarian takes that digital copy, makes a print copy and hands over to its user, hoping that it would be used by its user for personal and research work. To me, it appears, there is a violation by the initiating librarian as he is not acting on behalf of his user. What others feel about this? --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On 10/22/07, R.K.SHUKLA <milanramakant(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Though I agree with Mr. SukhdevSingh but I don,t agree with Ms Sen .It will > not be a violation of copyright if article is for personal use adnd research > . The demand for article shall be fulfilled by us if possible there is not > need of using the help of commercial services . commercial services should > be the last resort only. > r.k.shukla > librarian > DCE > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: gayathri sen > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 3:02 PM > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Demand for service > > > Dear friends, > > I completely agree with Mr. Sukhdev Singh's mail regarding mention of the > efforts made to get a particular information before it is posted in Lis- > Forum. > > Example- article requests should be tried with DELNET or other commercial > provoiders of DDS or write to publishers and make payment for it, so that > you will not violate copyright, and if it is nowhere available, then it > needs to be posted to forum, as a last resort. > > Though we know the deficiency of written communication skills of few, effort > should be made to present in a proper manner by the person who is posting. > The moderator may decide not to post such requests basically to maintain the > dignity of our profession. > > 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. > > ________________________________ > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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by Vara Lakshmi Rudrabhatla 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

I don't see any violation of copyright in the case cited by Dr Sukhdev. We need not restrict the 'user' to a particular library/institution. In this case instead of one intermediary, there are two intermediaries to serve the user. The intension is to serve the user's academic or research information needs, apparently not for commercial purpose. -- Dr. RSR Varalakshmi Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science., Andhra University. Visakhapatnam. _________________________________________________________________ Get the new Windows Live Messenger! http://get.live.com/messenger/overview -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Total restructuring of school education on cards - news report in THE HINDU
by sankaran arumugam 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

Dear All, In the news report there is NOT a single word about role of libraries or librarians. If anyone have the details of full report of Committee, please circulate. Role of libraries/ librarians in `encouraging self-study' cannot be ignored. Highlights: Muthukumaran Committee report outlines radical steps Other suggestions Other recommendations include evolving examination modules to test analytical abilities, encouraging self-study, giving physical education, health, environment, moral and peace education, vocational education a place in the syllabus and making computer education an integral part of the curriculum (1) Total restructuring of school education on cards http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/23/stories/2007102359510800.htm The second item below is for general information (2) Re-construction of college library in Pudukottai nearing completion http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/23/stories/2007102360960100.htm Regards Sankaran --------------------------------- 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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Fwd: National Workshop on ICT application in Library Automation
by arun yadav 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

Iiformation about the seminar on ICT application in Library Automation Arun Yadav Librarian KV Dronacharya Cochin 09895487501 Note: forwarded message attached. --------------------------------- Bring your gang together - do your thing. Start your group. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: IGNOU notifies for admission in PGDLAN & PGDIPR
by reena patil 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

Dear All, I am interested for admission in PGDLAN . So please can any one give me address & Tel No. of mumbai office of IGNOU to collect the form. Mukesh Anand <mukeshanand2006(a)gmail.com> wrote: Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:57:52 -0700 From: "Mukesh Anand" <mukeshanand2006(a)gmail.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, parinitas(a)hexaware.com Subject: [LIS-Forum] IGNOU notifies for admission in PGDLAN & PGDIPR Dear LIS Students' & Professionals', IGNOU has initiated admissions for various Academic Programmes for the session January 2008. The sale of the prospectus shall commence from 1st October. Academic Programmes include: 1. PGDLAN -Post Graduate Diploma in Library Automation & Networking 2. PGDIPR : Post Graduate Diploma in Intelluctual Property Rights But this time IGNOU has not notified for admission into its new course CICTAL Certificate in ICT (Info. & Commn. Tech.) Applications in Libraries, which was started 2 years back. Deadlines 1. Request of supply of prospectus by post : 30 Oct., ' 07 2.Submissions of Forms at concerned regional centres : 12 Nov., ' 07 3. Submission of forms with late fee of Rs. 200/- : 23 Nov., ' 07 The Prospectus can be obtained from all the regional Centres of IGNOU or from Registrar (SR&E), Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068, in person, on payment of Rs. 100/- in cash or through DD/IPO of Rs. 150/- drawn in favour of IGNOU payable at New Delhi/ at the city of the Regional Centre/ Partner Institution concerned. Application form can also be downloaded from the website at http://www.ignou.ac.in and submitted along with DD for Rs. 100/- in addition to the programme fee. See this info. in News & Events section of IGNOU home page. Thanx, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. ...Training College -- 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 Regards, Reena Patil Librarian Apeejay Institute Of Hospitality The Park Hotel No 1, Sector 10, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai - 400 614 =============================== T: +91-22-2758 9000 F: +91 22 2758 9001 Mob: 9920021676 email: rpatil(a)theparkhotels.com =============================== --------------------------------- Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. Click here to know how. -- 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] Free downloadable Audiobooks.
by Karunakar N (HCL Financial Services) 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

Hello, Downloadable Audiobooks Libraries [OCLC] Library users have been quick to adopt Downloadable Audiobooks as an easy and convenient way to listen to the latest best-sellers, book club favorites, ... http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/20055.htm Calibre audio library Calibre audio library. Customise this site Search the site search button .... Our audio books bring the pleasure of reading to people who have sight problems ... http://www.calibre.org.uk/ Free Audiobooks, Audio eBooks library - The Free Download eBooks .. Free ebooks library, download free books! ... Author / TimeRecently Viewed Audiobooks, Audio eBooks: ... Author / ReadersTop10 Audiobooks, Audio eBooks http://www.ebookee.com/audiobook.html - <http://www.ebookee.com/audiobook.html%20-> The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Audio List of major online audio resources; part of the WWW Virtual Library, maintained by Prof. ... MPEG-4 Structured Audio: Developer Tools on-line book. ... http://www.archive.museophile.org/audio/ Nalanda Digital Library - National Institute of Technology Digital Library initiated in 1999 at National Institute of Technology Calicut, is one of the largest digital libraries in the country. http://www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in/ Digital Library of India: Indian Institute of Science For the first time in history, the Digital Library of India is digitizing all the significant works of Mankind. Hosted by: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in co-operation with CMU, IIIT, NSF, ERNET and MCIT for the Govt. of India and 21 participating centers. http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/index.html.en Thanks and Regards, Karunakar.N DISCLAIMER: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. It shall not attach any liability on the originator or HCL or its affiliates. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or publication of this message without the prior written consent of the author of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. Before opening any mail and attachments please check them for viruses and defect. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancies at INFLIBNET...
by K Prakash 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

INFLIBNET Centre invites applications (Advt. No. 04/2007) from Indian nationals for the following posts. 1. Scientist-E (Computer Science) : 1(One) Post - Scale : Rs. 14300-400-18300(Gross Rs. 34503/- per month) 2, Scientist-B(Computer Science) - 2 (Two) Posts- Scale : Rs. 8000-275-13500(Gross Rs.19760/- per month) 3. Scientific/Technical Assistant-II(Computer Science) - 1 (One) Scale: Rs. 5500-175-9000(Gross Rs. 13211/- per month) For more details please visit the website http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/jobs.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Demand for service
by gayathri sen 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

Dear friends, I completely agree with Mr. Sukhdev Singh's mail regarding mention of the efforts made to get a particular information before it is posted in Lis- Forum. Example- article requests should be tried with DELNET or other commercial provoiders of DDS or write to publishers and make payment for it, so that you will not violate copyright, and if it is nowhere available, then it needs to be posted to forum, as a last resort. Though we know the deficiency of written communication skills of few, effort should be made to present in a proper manner by the person who is posting. The moderator may decide not to post such requests basically to maintain the dignity of our profession. 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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MULISSA inaugurated at MyDLIS
by N.S. Harinarayana 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

Dear Professionals, Here is the summary of the MULISSA inauguration at MyDLIS. Mysore University Library and Information Science Student Association (MULISSA) is a student forum to support the overall development of students. MULISSA is in action for more than 35 years. Every year it is constituted with the current batch of students as its members. Department nominated faculty member faculty member would act as its advisor. A student elected committee co-ordinates the overall activities. 'Friday Talk' – a lecture series on every Friday organised by MULISSA – has been ascribed by NAAC as one of the 'best practices' in the campus. The main objectives of MULISSA are: * To enhance academic and professional skills/knowledge among its members * To provide opportunity for enrichment of cultural and other abilities * To foster relationships among faculty, staff, and students As per the tradition, MULISSA for the current academic year, ie., 2007-08, was inaugurated on the Friday 19th October 2007. Prof. B. Nagappa, a retired professor of MyDLIS (Department of Library and Information Science, Mysore) inaugurated the association by lighting the lamp. He spoke at length on libraries and librarianship as a profession. Throughout his lecture he emphasised the values and ethics our profession should follow. In his speech he took the audience to a historical journey from 'clay tablet libraries' to 'digital libraries'. He traced the changes in the nomenclature of librarians from 'keeper of books' to 'librarians' to 'information scientists'. He highlighted the importance of the role of librarians in the society. He said 'smile', 'work' and 'think' are the three qualities of a librarian. He opined that the challenges of present day librarians are very high and the students have to be aware about them in order to prepare themselves for the future challenges in their career. He cautioned the professionals that unless we welcome the changes and learn the art of the game very fast, some body else would take away our jobs. Prof. Nagappa said the four basic principles of Charles Darwin propounded in his book 'On the origin of species' published in 1859 could be construed as the basic principles for success in life. He showed how librarians can interpret the Darwin's principles "Struggle for existence", "Survival of the fittest", "Natural selection" and "Adaptation to the environment" to face the challenges. Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Chairman and President of MULISSA presided over the function. Dr. N.S. Harinarayana, the faculty advisor for the current batch and Dr. M. Chandrashekara, Reader in the Department were present on the occasion. Students of MLISc managed the whole show. Ms. Umme Asima N.A welcomed the gathering and Ms. Sajana C. proposed vote of thanks. Mr. K. R. Udaya Bhaskar was the master for ceremonies during the programme. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Navodaya Vidyalaya's Librarian post written exam. is scheduled on 18th Nov., ' 07 (Sunday)
by Mukesh Anand 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Dear LIS Students', The Written exam. for the post of Librarian / Miscellenous Category of Teachers (Library Science) of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, New Delhi advertised in Employment News issue dated 13-19th Jan. , ' 07, Page # 32-33 is scheduled on 18th Nov., ' 07 (Sunday). Admit cards to candidates are being issued along with guidelines for written exam. Samples of Admit Card & Guidelines are scanned & displayed on http://www.navodaya.gov.in/welcome%20sbs.htm List of provisionally eligible candidates for the exam. is available on http://www.navodaya.gov.in/welcome%20sbs.htm Subject, Reg. Language, Roll #, Candidates' Name, Father's Name, Date of Birth, Category, Examination Centre etc. has been given in this list.The name of Library Science candidates' has been given in the last of the list. All the Best, Mukesh Anand Assistant Librarian Indian Railways Officers' Training College -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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workshop
by Mailing List Admin 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Date: 22 Oct 2007 11:07:38 -0000 From: Nadeem Akhtar khan <khannadeem(a)rediffmail.com> Department of Library & Information Science The University of Kashmir. The Department is organizing three day National Workshop on �Open Access Repositories and Greenstone software� The workshop will cover: � An Overview of philosophy of open Access, Open repositories and Greenstone with Practical exposure to downloading, installing, updating and customizing greenstone for digital Library. � Creating digital libraries through content management in GSDLS � Collection building (Simple and advanced) in different file formats using GSDLS � Designing and creating standard metadata sets to describe digital objects and encoding it in standard markup formats. � Conversion from other databases and Interoperability. No of the participants =15 on first come basis. Venue: The Department of Library & Information Science The University of Kashmir, Hazratbal Srinagar 190006. (The department is well equipped computer lab with 30 systems connected with high speed internet access. besides other equipments. The university department has resource persons to impart both theory and practical aspects of the workshop. Date: 6th to 8th November2007 Registration fee: Rs 1,000/= (Rupees One thousand only) which will cover working lunch, refreshment and workshop kit. The accommodation can be made on request in Moderate Hotels and /or Guest House. Eligibility: working librarians/Scholars/Manuscript Managers/Information Scientists/Archive institutions having basic Knowledge of Computers. Participation Applications on a a plain paper giving particulars ( given below ) along with Demand Draft addressed to Head of the Department, Department of Library & Information Science, The University of Kashmir, can be mailed to Head of Department of Library & Information Science, The University of Kashmir, Srinagar, 190006. Or can be e-mailed at dlis_2006(a)yahoo.co.in, latest by 30th Oct 2007.In the latter case DD of registration fee can be sent through snail mail. Particulars /Application for participation in workshop on �Open Access Repositories and Greenstone software� Name:-_________________________________________________________ Fathers Name:-___________________________________________________ Phone:-___________Residence ___________ Office, Cell_________________ E-mail:-________________________________________________________ Qualification:-___________________________________________________ Basic Knowledge of Computers: - Yes/No Whether accommodation required against payment: - Yes/No Mode of Payment: - Demand Draft/Cheque. No: _______________________ Date ______________________ Amount: ____________________ Bank ____________________ Date: ___________________ Signature: _______________ Name: __________________ Recommendations of Head of the department of parent institution

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Re: [LIS-Forum] An interesting article
by Anagha Agarkar /EQ-RESEARCH/ISEC INST/MUMBAI 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Hi, I found a very interesting article on Reuters website. It talks about the findings of Penguin and other publishers whether Internet has actually helped them selling more books. You may like to read this. Following is the web link. http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-30070 220071019?sp=true With regards, Anagha Agharkar Associate ICICI Securities Ltd. Mumbai Tel : 66377438 -- "This e-mail message may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. It should not be used by anyone who is not the original intended recipient. If you have erroneously received this message, please delete it immediately and notify the sender. The recipient acknowledges that ICICI Securities Limited or its subsidiaries and associated companies(including "ICICI Bank / ICICI Securities Primary Dealership Limited"), as the case may be, are unable to exercise control or ensure the integrity of/over the contents of the information contained in e-mail transmissions and further acknowledges that any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and no binding nature of the message shall be implied or assumed unless the sender does so expressly with due authority of ICICI Securities or its subsidiaries and associated companies (including ICICI Bank / ICICI Securities Primary Dealership Limited), as applicable. The message is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction.Before opening any attachments please check them for viruses and defects." -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Training workshop on 'Building Institutional Repositories Using DSpace Software'.
by S. Filbert Minj 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Dear Professionals: As part of ongoing project, Development of OAI-based Institutional Repository Services in India, sponsored by Department of Scientific and Industrial research, Ministry of Science and technology, Govt. of India, the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, will be conducting a training workshop on "Building Institutional Repositories Using DSpace Software", during 12-14 December 2007. The main focus of the workshop will be to provide an intensive practical training to the participants to setup and maintain their Institutional Repositories (IR) using the latest version of "DSpace" software. The workshop is being conducted to encourage research institutes, universities and R&D organizations to setup their interoperable IRs. The institutions/organizations are encouraged to depute appropriate persons who will be in a position to take advantage of the training to set up and operate institutional repositories in their respective institutions. Participation from Institutions/Organizations with a large S&T/R&D activity, larger research output, regular publications and interaction meets would be desirable. Workshop Fees: A nominal registration fee of Rs. 1000/- will be charged per participant. Free accommodation for the participants for the dates 11-15 December 2007 will be provided at the CCE hostel of IISc. Tea and lunch during the workshop days (12-14 December) will also be covered by NCSI. Other expenses, including travel, should be borne by the participating institutions/organizations. Registration: Please visit the site http://casin.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/dspace Or http://casin.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/dspace/registration.htm for online registration. Please note that only online registrations are entertained. Last date for registration is 31 October 2007. Selected applicants will be intimated by email on or before 2nd November 2007. All the selected applicants are to send a DD for Rs. 1000/- favouring Registrar, IISc, payable at Bangalore on or before 15 November 2007 to confirm their registration. Important Dates: Last Date for Registration: 31st October 2007 Selection Intimation: 2nd November 2007

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UGC NET Jun 2007 Paper
by Chetan 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Dear LIS Professionals, Can anyone post UGC NET Jun 2007 questions on LIS Forum as well as other SLET Exam questions of any state ? Thanking You --------------------------------- 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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Library Maintenance System
by Muniraj. T 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Library Maintenance System This site provides many utilities for library maintenance: http://library-maintenance-system.qarchive.org/ http://library.qarchive.org/ News Division: Special libraries Association This site including links to some journals by news librarians. http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/ MUNIRAJU.T PES Institute of Technology t_muniraj(a)yahoo.co.in http://muniraj.t.googlepages.com/ http://www.lisresearch.blogspot.com/ Now you can chat without downloading messenger. 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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Fwd:Position Vacant Librarian at Haryana
by sri priya 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Delhi Public School Panipat Refinery, Panipat Refinery Township, Panipat, Haryana - 132 140 Librarian: Qualifications & Experience: Graduate with B.Lib from Recognised institution & working knowledge of computer and minimum 1 year relevant experience in a reputed English Medium School. Grade: Rs. 5000-8500. General: All posts carry D.A. at par with Central Govt. Rules & other perks as per PDS Society Rules. The age limit for the above post is 35 years. The candidates should attach photocopies of qualifying degrees. Only short listed candidates will be called for interview. The management reserves the right to relax and the qualifying standards. Apply within 15 days giving complete bio-data alongwith a recent passport size photograph and a Demand Draft of Rs. 100/- in favour of Delhi Public School payable at Panipat. All the applications are to be sent by Ordinary Post to Principal,Post Box-128, Panipat-132103, Haryana. Post Applied for should be clearly superscribed in envelope. No direct application will be entertained. 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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Seminar on "Evaluation of Open Source CMS" at DRTC, Bangalore
by sanjeev sunny 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Indian Statistical Institute *Indian Statistical Institute* *Documentation Research and Training Centre* *8th Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College Post* *Bangalore-560059* Seminar on *Evaluation of Open Source Content Management System: A Comparative Study* Over the last few years, information professionals have started to have a role in the management of websites and intranets. As a result, they gained new skills from their web activities. There are many web-authoring software like FrontPage, Dreamweaver, etc which has been used to develop and maintain the websites. But gradually, it became difficult to maintain and update the websites because of their very dynamic nature and a variety of file formats. Content Management Systems evolved as an alternative to such web-authoring tools. A content management system (CMS) offers a way to manage large amount of web-based information that escapes the burden of coding all of the information into each page in HTML by hand. A CMS assists conformity by providing a centrally managed system for displaying the content. Although the rapid proliferation of commercially available content management systems makes it easier to find a vendor that might have right solution, the cost to purchase a commercial CMS application is very high. As an alternative to commercial CMS, open source solutions are a tantalizing option. Though, there are many open source CMS available in public domain, such as Drupal, Joomla, Plone, PHP-Nuke, etc, it is difficult to decide what solution will work best for a particular organization (or library). A comprehensive checklist is required to evaluate these systems. This seminar will focus on the key requirements of the CMS and a checklist for evaluating CMS will be discussed. Two of the popular Open source CMSs namely Joomla! and Drupal will be compared using this checklist. Speaker: Sanjeev K Sunny 2nd Year ADIS All are cordially invited Venue: DRTC, Classroom, Indian Statistical Institute Date: 24th October, 2007 DRTC Time: 2 p.m. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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