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News Paper Clippings service
by Vandana Karande 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Dear All I circulate newspaper clippings for our users daily. I include the news along with source and date. They are categorised into subject headings. Subject headings and the title are highlighted with different colours. Index is also created. That is hyperlinked to the title. I have heard lot of people do this kind of acitivity. Is there any other way of doing this service so as to make it more interesting??? Regards, VandanaK Information Specialist Corporate Development Reliance Centre Tel No. 22847139 "Confidentiality Warning: This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s), are confidential, and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, re-transmission, conversion to hard copy, copying, circulation or other use of this message and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return email, and delete this message and any attachments from your system. Virus Warning: Although the company has taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this email or attachment." -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lecture announcement
by srels 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Dear Moderate, Please arrange to announce the following lecture invitation for the benefit of the professional colleagues. Dr. K.N. Prasad Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science ------------- United States Consulate General, Chennai The American Corner, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore and Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore 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., Monday, October 29, 2007 Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Race Course Road, Bangalore 560 001 Telephone: 22355426 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The Director-General attends the presentation of a vision for a World Digital Library
by K.R. Mulla 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Dear LIS Professionals, The Director-General attends the presentation of a vision for a World Digital Library On 17 October 2007, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, and Mr James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress, participated in the presentation of a vision for a World Digital Library at the Hilton Hotel Link: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=25547&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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happy dasara
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 21 Oct '07

21 Oct '07

MY FAMILY JOINS ME IN WISHING YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS A HAPPY DASARA. WE ALSO HOPE AND WISH THAT MAA DURGA WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE GOOD HEALTH, WEALTH AND FULFIL YOUR DESIRES. ALL THE BEST 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) President, Association of British Scholars (Hyderabad Chapter) Vice-President, Faculty Club, Osmania University Ph:+91-40-27171565(res): +91-40- 27098102(telefax-off) 9246547599(Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)gmail.com --------------------------------- 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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post of Library Information Assistant
by vijay kumar 21 Oct '07

21 Oct '07

Dear Library professionals, Applications are invited for the post of Library Information Assistant in All India Radio Medikeri and Hassan Post: Library Information Assistant Vacancies :2 Post position: Unreserved Pay scale: Rs. 5,500-175-9,500 Age: Not exceeding more than 28 years , no age relaxation for SC , ST and OBC candidates. Educational Qualification: Degree of recognized university or equivalent Degree of library science from a recognized university Knowledge of dialect of area concerned (ie.,kannade language) Please see the Employment news dated 20 0ct-26 0ct 2007 or visit the following links http://www.employmentnews.gov.in/job_description.html?id=1535&corp_id=543 Last date for submission of completed form so as to reach on or before 26 October 2007 With best wishes, Vijay kumar IKM Trainee NCSI -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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post of Technical Staff Grade III (3)
by vijay kumar 21 Oct '07

21 Oct '07

Dear Library professionals, Applications are invited for the post of Technical Staff Grade III (3) related to LIBRARY SCIENCE in National metallurgical Laboratory (Jamshedpur, Jharkhand). National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur is a constutient establishment of the CSIR, a leading R&D organization. Post: Technical staff Grade III (3) Adv no. 5/2007 Post position: Three (Ur-1 OBC-1 Sc-1) Pay scale: Rs. 6,500-200-10,500 Educational Qualification: M.Lib. Sc. With minimum of 55% marks and minimum 3 years relevant experience. Operation and maintenances that you have to work there is related to library science like Library automation, networking, digital library, and technical publishing. Application form can be downloaded from and for detailed information, please visit the following website http://www.nmlindia.org Last date for submission of completed form so as to reach on or before 23 November 2007 With best wishes, Vijay kumar IKM Trainee NCSI -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC-NET Paper exam held on 17th December 2006
by Sanjeev Kumar Jain 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

*National Eligibility Test -UGC* *Exam Held on 17th December 2006* * * *Conceptual Questions (5 Marks) * * * 1. Concepts of Delphi techniques 2. Define Multimedia. 3. What is programming language? 4. What do you mean by e-commerce. 5. What is content analysis. 6. Concept of information society. 7. What is OPAC? 8. What is Meta Data? 9. What is Informatics? 10. What do you mean by Open Source Software? 11. Define Digital library 12. Explain 'Knowledge is power' 13. Difference between formal and informal channels of communications. 14. What is SWOT analysis? 15. State the significant of Users' Study in library *Explanatory Questions (12 Marks)* * * 1. Explain the concept of 'virtual library' with examples. Discuss role of Abstracting and Indexing services in information transfer. 2. Describe features of one library network operating in India 3. Discuss continuing education programme for LIS professionals in the present information age. 4. Discuss implications of 2nd law of library science with reference to resource sharing. *Essay Type Questions (40 Marks)* 1. Explain resource sharing with the context of consortia approaches. What is TQM? Describe its implications in library services. 2. Explain five laws of library science in the context of information and communication technology. With kind regards _____________________ 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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New joining
by arun yadav 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

Dear professionals Myself arun yadav from Lucknow U.P. have joine earlier Kendriya Vidyalaya Cochin.I need help the local library professionals from Kerala to know about the local library and its activities. Thank you Arun Yadav (M) 09895487501 --------------------------------- Love shopping? Click here to find the best shops in every city. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Microsoft Unlimited Potential :Opening New Worlds for Everyone.
by shriram pandey 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

Dear all, Microsoft is going to launch Microsoft(R) Unlimited Potential on the basis of business experience, research and development, corporate citizenship efforts, and an ecosystem of local and global partnerships,. With Microsoft(R) Unlimited Potential, MIcrosoft expanding it efforts with new business models, technology solutions, and advanced research, all focused on solving critical pieces of the economic development puzzle in developing and developed countries. it also pay re particular emphasis to young people, as they represent the future of all our communities. This combination of advanced technologies and strong partnerships with governments, partners, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), educators, and academics allows to take an innovative approach to enabling new avenues of social and economic empowerment. Unlimited Potential is focused on delivering relevant, accessible and affordable solutions in three interrelated areas that are crucial to developing economic opportunity: Transforming Education:by empowering teachers; facilitating high quality, consistent curricula; and teaching skilled, engaged and connected students of all ages. Fostering Local Innovation:by helping shape and incubate creative ideas and start new ventures and businesses. Enabling Jobs & Opportunities: by matching prospective employees to employers; bridging skills gaps; and helping businesses operate and grow. for detail visit the fallowing link : http://www.microsoft.com/emerging/AboutUnlimitedPotential/UnlimitedPotentia… 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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Microsoft launched new tool - Microsoft silverlight
by indubhushan 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

Dear Collegues Microsoft Silverlight (code-named Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere or WPF/E) is a proprietary runtime for browser-based Rich Internet Applications, providing a subset of the animation, vector graphics, and video playback capabilities of Windows Presentation Foundation. The runtime is available for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X, with Linux support under development via the third-party Moonlight runtime. Silverlight aims to compete with Adobe Flash and the presentation components of Ajax. It also competes with Sun Microsystems' JavaFX, which was launched a few days after Silverlight.[1][2] Click on following link to know the detail. http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/why-compelling.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/default_ns.aspx With Regards, Indu Bhushan Library RRCAT, Indore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Content Alliance - video
by Subbiah Arunachalam 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

Here is a movie on open access. Video on the Open Content Alliance For a short (five minute), inspiring video about the Open Content Alliance, see Libraries Going Open! and spread the word. The OCA produced it for its annual meeting, Wednesday, in San Francisco. Posted by Peter Suber at 10/19/2007 01:25:00 PM. The link can be accessed from Peter Suber's blog "Open Access News". Arun _________________________________________________________ Inbox cluttering up with junk? Clean up with Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/isp_targeting.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Requirement of the List of Quality and Customer Service related Journals
by Deepika Parab 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Dear Professionals Please arrange to provide me the List of Quality and Customer service related Journals. Thank you -- Regards Deepika Parab Officer (Library Services) HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited Mumbai Phone: 91-22-66682605 Mobile: 9819548490 E-mail: deepikap(a)hdfcinsurance.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Kalburgi - New Zeland Order of Merit
by srels 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Dear Moderator, Please arrange to announce the following news item for the benefit of the professional colleagues. Dr. K.N. Prasad Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science --------------- Dr. L.B. Kalburgi, Education Consultant, Link Education International, Auckland, New Zeland, has been awarded with this year's "Member of New Zeland Order of Merit" award by the Government of New Zeland. Dr. Kalburgi, a post-graduate in Mathematics and Library Science obtained his Associateship in Documentation from DRTC (ISI) and Ph.D. from Karnatak University. Dr. Kalburgi was responsible in founding "New Zeland Kannada Koota". He is presently its President. He is instrumental in developing a well organized library at the Koota. Dr. Kalburgi is involved in various social and cultural organizations including "Basava Samithi", "Vedanta Vidya Samsthe", Auckland Indian Association, Planet F-M Radio, the Asian Network Inc. Considering his comtributions to the society the Government of New Zeland had awarded Dr. Kalburgi with Justice of Peace in 2004. Dr. Kalburgi is the first Indian to be awarded with the New Zeland Order of Merit. For details read: http://thatskannada.oneindia.in/nri/article/110607kalburgi_NewZealand_award… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Computer-related injuries (CRI):cover story in Outlook weekly
by Mukesh Anand 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

Dear Members', Tales From Mouse Ward Urban Indians are paying with their health the price of being in computer-intensive jobs ...../ Raghu Karnard Its a cover story published in Outlook about Computer Related Injuries (CRIs) Print Access :- Outlook (the weekly news-magazine), Issue dated 22nd Oct., ' 07, Page # 52-56, 58 & 60 (total 7 pages), Vol. XLVII, No. 43 Web Access :- http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20071022&fname=Cover+Story&sid… Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. .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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Max Muellar Bhavan -IGIDR - BOSLA sponsored Half Day event at Mumbai, Nov 2, 2007
by G.K.MANJUNATH 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

Max Mueller Bhavan, Mumbai, Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai and BOSLA, Mumbai, cordially invite all the BOSLA members for the Presentations on: 1. Preserving the Past - Towards the Digitization of the German Cultural Heritage by Dr. Thomas Stcker, Herzog August Library, Wolfenbttel, Germany and 2. nestor and kopal - Co-operative Approaches to Digital Long-Term Preservation in Germany by Dr. Thomas Wollschlger, German National Library, Frankfurt, Germany Date : November 2, 2007 at 9.30 am Venue: Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Film City Road, Santosh Nagar, Goregaon (East ), Mumbai - 400 065 * There is no registration fee. More details at : http://oii.igidr.ac.in/forms/seminar.htm http://www.bosla.org.in/Seminar.pdf Invitation cards to all the BOSLA members will be despathed soon. Members are requested to please send their confirmation latest by Oct 24, 2007, over email. RSVP: G.K. Manjunath Savita Rao, Secretary, BOSLA mail: gkm(a)igidr.ac.in CDAC phone: 022-28416544 Mumbai email: savita(a)cdacmumbai.in Phone : 022-28416544 Phone: 022-26201606 ext-306 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IGNOU notifies for admission in PGDLAN & PGDIPR
by Mukesh Anand 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

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.

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Black Literature Index
by sri priya 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

Black Literature Index is the electronic index to the Black Literature microfiche collection. This index allows users to search over 70,000 bibliographic citations for fiction, poetry and literary reviews published in 110 black periodicals and newspapers between 1827 and 1940. http://www.blackliteratureindex.com/home/home.do Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar on Challenges and Opportunities in Libraries on 27.10.2007 at Madurai
by Arunachalam Hariharan 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

Seminar on Challenges and Opportunities in Libraries Organized By K.L.N. College of Information Technology Pottapalayam â 630 611 (Near Madurai) Jointly With Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) Madurai Chapter Date and Day 27.10.2007 Saturday Time: 10.00 a.m. â 5.00 p.m Venue: Conference Hall K.L.N. College of Information Technology Pottapalayam â 630 611 (12 km from Madurai city ------------------------------------------------------------------ About the Workshop Libraries are facing many challenges and threats due to Internet, digital revolution and globalization. Library sources are being made available in a variety of digital formats and media. Filtering and choosing the right information in right time from the ocean of raw information is a major challenge. Libraries are moving from print to digital media. These technological challenges are major threat to LIS professionals. LIS professionals need to learn and update their skills to meet these challenges. Digital revolution also provides a lot of opportunity to the LIS professionals. The objectives of the one day Seminar is to discuss the following themes and find ways and means to face these challenges. â¢ Information Explosion/Overload â¢ Ever increasing users demands â¢ Digital Challenges â¢ Physical infrastructure â¢ Library consortium â¢ Oranisation and retrieval of e-resources â¢ Web based user centered services â¢ Copyrights and IPR Challenges â¢ Manpower Challenges â¢ Opportunities For LIS Professionals Faculty: Experts from various reputed institutions Program Schedule 09.00 a.m to 10.00 a.m Registration 10.00 a.m to 11.15 a.m Inauguration 11.15 a.m to 11.30 a.m Tea Break 11.30 p.m to 12.15 p.m Technical Section I 12.15 p.m to 1.00 p.m Technical Section II 1.00 p.m to 2.00 p.m Lunch break 2.00 p.m to 3.00 p.m Technical Section III 3.00 p.m to 3.45 p.m Technical Section IV 3.45 p.m to 4.00 p.m Tea Break 4.00 p.m to 5.00 p.m Valedictory Transport Facility College buses pick up the delegates at the following Points at 8.30 a.m. 1. Periyar bus stand (Near Hotel Vasantham) City Buses are also available from Periyar Bus stand. Bus route numbers are : 47, 47K, 47E, 47B, 47A ------------------------------------ Eligibility Library and Information Science professionals and students and other interested groups. Registration fee For Library Professionals and other interested Groups Rs. 250/- For Library Science Students Rs. 150/- (Fee includes course kit, certificate, lunch and tea) The Registration fee is to be paid through demand draft drawn in favour of â The Principal, K.L.N. College of Information Technologyâ, Payable at Madurai. Address for Communication Registration form with DD can be sent to A.G. GANESAN Organizing Secretary & Librarian K.L.N. College of Information Technology, Pottapalayam â 630 611 Sivagangai (District) E.Mail : ganeshanag(a)yahoo.com Mobile: 98654 08715 Ph(off) : 0452 â 2698250 Conference co â coordinators P.G DAMODHARAN, Asst Librarian and Library Staff (give names) ------------------------------------------ Seminar on Challenges and Opportunities in Libraries 27.10.2007 Registration Form Name : Designation : Name of the Institution : Address for : Communication Pin Code : Phone No: Res: Cell: Off: E-mail : Payment Details: D.D/ No/ Amount Name of the Bank / Branch Signature & seal of Signature of the Sponsoring Authority participant Last date for Registration 19.10.2007 Spot Registration will also be made on that day (with prior intimation -------------------------------------- For more details of the seminar visit SALIS website at http://autolib-india.net/salis -------------------- A.Hariharan 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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Journals and Magazines
by Thippeswamy swamy 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

Dear Professionals I am working as Librarian in New MBA college, that's why i want some journals, Newspapaers and magazines. I don't know the MBA related journals Newspapers and magazines So please send me the name of the Journals, Newspapers and Magazines (only Print Version Rate and Address) to rleated the Business like Business Outlook, Economic Times, Human capital Thank you -- Regards T S Thippeswamy Librarian Northern School of business [NSB] 19, Brunton Road, Off M. G. Road, Bangalore - 560 025 Phone: 080 - 41124446 Mobile: 09986617234 E-mail thippeswamy08(a)gmail.com www.nsb.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Asst. Libn. (3 Post) at PAU, Ludhiana
by Mukesh Anand 17 Oct '07

17 Oct '07

Dear LIS Students', Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana Advt. No. :- 04/2007 requires Assistant Librarian -3 Post (Pay Scale -Rs. 8,000-13,500) For Web Access for details of qualifications & experience etc. available at http://www.pau.edu/readnews.asp?newsID=79 Last date :- 1Nov., ' 07 Thanx, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn.... -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Employbility Skills (Cover Article in Emp. News)
by Mukesh Anand 17 Oct '07

17 Oct '07

Dear Members', Developing Employbility Skills / Ms. Meenu Chadha (Intl. Manpower & Training Specialist) This article deals with Basic Skills, Higher Order Thinking Skills, Affective Skills & Traits in detail. Web Access :- http://www.employmentnews.gov.in/article.html?aid=152&id=145 Print Access :- Employment News, issue dated 6-12 Oct., ' 07, Page # 1 & 56 My Remark :- When we've visited some South Indian Universities like Madras, Bangalore & Mysore & some R & D Institutions & Institutions of Higher Learning at these places last year, A common Suggestion we got from the Librarians' of these institutes is that Increase ur Emplyability skills along with ur technical & soft skills & then market it in LIS Job Market for getting good & quick break. Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand .... -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIBRARY COLLABORATIVE: Online Programming for All Libraries (OPAL)
by KR. Senthil Kumar 16 Oct '07

16 Oct '07

Online Programming for All Libraries (OPAL) http://www.opal- online.org/ progschrono. htm<http://www.opal-online.org/progschrono.htm> OPAL is a collaborative effort by libraries of all types to provide cooperative web-based programming and training for library users and library staff members. These live, online events are held in an online auditorium where participants can interact via voice-over-IP, text chatting, and synchronized browsing. OPAL allows library patrons and library staff members to participate in online library programs from anywhere. Everyone is welcome to participate in OPAL programs, and libraries of all types are encouraged to become OPAL members. By collaborating within OPAL, libraries are able to develop online programs together and offer a rich array of public online programs for all library users. Examples of OPAL public online programs include book discussion programs, interviews, special events, library training, memoir writing workshops, and virtual tours of special digital library collections. Participating OPAL libraries develop and deliver online programs, events, and meetings using software from Talking Communities. OPAL is administered by the Alliance Library System , the Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center, and the Illinois State Library Talking Book and Braille Service. Nearly all OPAL programs are open to all library users worldwide. Usually there is no need to register, and there are no registration fees. Full menu of upcoming programs at : http://www.opal- online.org/ programs. htm<http://www.opal-online.org/programs.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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Libraries Web OPACs
by K.R. Mulla 16 Oct '07

16 Oct '07

Dear LIS Professionals, Following links provide access to Libraries Web OPACs, available in public domain and using e-Granthalaya Software 1. National Informatics Centre (NIC) Library<http://mcitconsortium.nic.in/niclib/welcome.asp> 2. Centre for Develpment of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune Library<http://opac.library.cdac.in/> 3. Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, New Delhi<http://librarymoes.nic.in/> 4. North Eastern Council (NEC), Government of India, Shillong, Meghalaya <http://necouncil.gov.in/Granth2/welcome.asp> 5. NIC, AP State Unit, Hyderabad<http://apcms.ap.nic.in/library/welcome.asp> 6. State Central Library, Shillong, Meghalaya<http://164.100.150.131/OPAC/welcome.asp> ** *Catalogs of Government Libraries using e-Granthalaya this software is free of cost for Education Institutions* -- 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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Dr.TBR Memorial Seminar on Emerging ICT Skills for Information Professionals - 2007
by Maruthu Pandian 16 Oct '07

16 Oct '07

Dear Professionals, NCSI-NET is organizing the third national level Dr. TBR Memorial Seminar, in memory of Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar, erstwhile Associate Chairman, NCSI, IISc. It is a one day seminar targeted exclusively for the benefit of students of Library and Information Science course or its equivalent and budding information professionals. 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 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. Please do note that no arrangements for accommodation are being made. However, we will provide names and addresses of some affordable hotels, which are in the close proximity to IISc in the workshop web site in due course of time. Kindly bring this to the attention of the budding professionals and encourage them to attend the seminar. Participants will 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 Regards Maruthu Pandian, B, Pradeep M & Ramya NCSI-NET Coordinators -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ILS Market Analysis
by vimal kumar 16 Oct '07

16 Oct '07

Dear Friend, Here is a ILS market analysis by Bob Molyneux appered in LISNews. This study indicates the increasing popularity of open source ILS in public and academic libraries in US. http://features.lisnews.org/features/07/10/15/118229.shtml Koha and Evergreen are leading popular open source ILS according to this study. 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 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Survey: Internet-based Library& Information Services
by Sambhunath Halder 15 Oct '07

15 Oct '07

Online Survey Internet-based Library and Information Services 15 October, 2007 Dear Reader, I am writing to inviter your participation in a survey of "Internet based Library and Information Services". This survey is part of my Dissertation work for fulfillment of Masters' in Library and Information Scinece degree at Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata. I'm exploring why and how libraries are providing servicces using internet in the present era. Your responses may help me to determine what libraries can do to better welcome and serve its user commnity by helping of Internet. Your participation is completely voluntary and you may skip any specific questions that yuou 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 cope it and paste on address bar of your web browser: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=YJiO9pEqTpcuXHxhA63pWQ_3d_3d Sincerely Sambhu Nath Halder -- =================================== Regards, Sambhu Nath Halder Library and Documentation Centre, Narula Institute of Technology, 81, Nilgung Road, Kolkata 700109. Contact No. : +91 9733964714; 9851280201 =================================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Learn More About Swicki
by pku＠nic.in 15 Oct '07

15 Oct '07

Now may be noticing the links with a new tool "Swicki" on community web sites like wikis, blogs, rss, etc. What it is, what for, how can we utilize, ... let's keep watch and know more for our use. It seems to be useful tool. What's a Swicki? A swicki is new way of searching content that harnesses the power of community. This swicki keeps track of what you and other Applications users are searching for. The most popular search terms are shown above, in the "cloud" of links. The more popular a term, the larger it is displayed. Clicking on a link will display the search results for that term. Why a Swicki? The swicki looks at content that is relevant to you, your search terms and most importantly, relevant to that community. You won't get ads, you won't get horoscopes and you won't get unrelated content. What you will get is relevant research and up to date results that relate to you. Read more at : http://websearch.about.com/od/enginesanddirectories/a/swicki.htm with regards P K Upadhyay NIC Delhi http://mcitconsortium.nic.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Requirement of Skilled Assistant
by padmavathi t 15 Oct '07

15 Oct '07

There is a requirement of one skilled assistant at FOSTIS/Library, CFTRI, Mysore with approx. salary of Rs.2900/- p.m on temporary basis. Male candidates with a B.Sc/M.Sc in Biological subjects may apply within 10 days. Candidates from Mysore and those who have data entry knowledge will be preferred. Persons interested may send their biodata to fostis(a)cftri.res.in. For more details please contact 0821-2515850. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICANN TO TEST DOMAIN NAMES IN 11 LANGUAGES
by Farooque Shaheen 15 Oct '07

15 Oct '07

The organization that oversees the Internet address system is launching an evaluation of International Domain Names (IDN) that will allow Internet users to test top-level domains in 11 languages. Currently, only the ASCII characters A through Z are available for use in the portions of the domain before the top-level domains, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said in a statement. A site with content that's entirely in Japanese, for example, can have the initial portion of its URL in Japanese, but the URL still needs to end in a .com or .net spelled out in ASCII characters, according to the statement. Beginning Monday, Internet users around the globe will be able to access wiki pages with the domain name example.test in 11 test languages: Arabic, Persian, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Russian, Hindi, Greek, Korean, Yiddish, Japanese and Tamil. The languages were selected based on the Internet communities that had the most interest in moving the project forward. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&tax… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Keane India Pvt Ltd. +1-925-831-1676 Ext 40366 (VOIP) +91-80-26678388 Ext 4105 (Tel) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UNESCO supports development and free distribution of world class educational materials
by K.R. Mulla 15 Oct '07

15 Oct '07

Dear LIS Professionals, Promote open source technology to make learning material development a less timely and costly process is the objective of a cooperation agreement between UNESCO and CURRIKI. for more click this link: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=25489&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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IIM, Adi requires Lib Prof Asst (Pay Scale Rs. 4, 500-7, 000)
by Mukesh Anand 13 Oct '07

13 Oct '07

Dear LIS Students', Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad requires Library Professional Assistants (Pay Scale 4,500-125-7,000) Qualification & Experience :- Graduate with B Lib Sc & 3 years relevant work experience OR M Lib Sc with or without work experience.Good working knowedge of English is necessary.He /She should be willing to work in shift duty. Web Access for details about Job Profile, How to Apply & Application Format http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/download/advt_200711.pdf Print Access of brief Advt. :- 1.The Economic Times , dated 9th Oct., ' 07, Tuesday Page # 15 2. The Times of India, dated 10th Oct., ' 07, Wednesday Times Ascent Page # VIII Last date for apply :- Within 15 days from the date of Advt. Thanx, Mukesh Anand -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The ACM Digital Library: Conference Proceedings
by Muniraj. T 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

The ACM Digital Library: Conference Proceedings http://portal.acm.org/toc.cfm?id=SERIES492&type=series&coll=GUIDE&dl=ACM&CF… The Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology is a bi-monthly news magazine packed with developments and issues affecting the field, pragmatic management reports, opinion, and news of people and events in the information science community. http://www.asis.org/bulletin.html MUNIRAJU.T PES Institute of Technology t_muniraj(a)yahoo.co.in http://muniraj.t.googlepages.com/ http://www.lisresearch.blogspot.com/ Download prohibited? No problem. CHAT from any browser, without download. 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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Useful IT Resources
by sri priya 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

55 Reference Websites | eBizMBA Here are the 55 Reference Websites as chosen by the eBizMBA editorial team. Several factors were used to determine what we believe to be the 55 best reference websites including popularity, content depth, uniqueness, accuracy, and ease of use. http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/reference.html 100 Unconventional Sources for Web Design Inspiration Most web designers look to the usual resources for inspiration: web design portfolios, social media sites and CSS galleries. But what happens when you do that? You get a site that looks just like everyone elses. Check out these resources that inspire you to build a website that separates itself from the pack. http://www.designvitality.com/blog/2007/09/web-design-inspiration/ The Interviewing Cheat Sheet: 100 Resources for Interviewers and Candidates There are numerous ways to make job interviews a more rewarding and successful experience for both parties. With a little preparation and research, you can make interviewing a positive experience; read on to find useful articles and resources that will get you on the fast track to interviewing success. http://www.hrworld.com/features/interviewing-cheat-sheet-092507/ Open Source Project Management Software "OpenProj is an exciting addition to the range of professional desktop applications that are available on the free software desktop today. It's increasingly possible to run your business on an entirely open Linux platform, with full compatibility across free software applications and your legacy documents" http://www.goitexpert.com/entry.cfm?entry=Open-Source-Project-Management-So… Guide to Selecting the Right Type of Printer Deciding what kind of printer you want to purchase -- inkjet, laser, or multifunction -- can be frustrating and confusing. There are so many types and brands of printers to choose from, at all prices, and just like computers, new models seem to be introduced on a monthly basis. How can the average consumer make an informed choice? In order to make sense of it all, CastleInk.com offers this helpful guide. http://www.castleink.com/_a-buy-printer.html 60+ handy tech tools A list of 60+ handy tech tools to save to your USB drive collection. All of the sites have been hand picked over the years. Site also features plenty of links in the other categories. http://www.tsf.net.au/ 150 Resources to Help You Write Better, Faster, and More Persuasively The following list is categorized and listed alphabetically within those categories. Journals, listservs, writing communities, and job listings were not included, as this list focuses solely on those tools that can make your writing life easier. http://oedb.org/library/features/150-writing-resources Copyright This site collected the most important facts, articles and resources related to copyright issues, law and blogging http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/07/07/copyright-explained-i-may-copy-i… The 10 Richest People in Tech Ah, the memories. Bill Gates, known for so many years to be (by far) the wealthiest person in the world, now has to settle for second place, because a Mexican tycoon came in first (and not by a small margin; Carlos Slim Helú beats him by over $8 billion). But Carlos is a techie, too. Here are the 10 richest techies. http://mashable.com/2007/07/04/10-richest-people-in-tech/ Source : http://www.tweako.com/ Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Check out the hottest 2008 models today at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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500 Free Fonts Available for Download
by sri priya 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

500 Free Fonts Available for Download This is a very clean and neat site, offering 500 quality free fonts for download. The really cool thing is that you can actually enter whatever text you want and preview each font with your custom text. This is a must for anyone who uses photoshop especially. http://www.fonts500.com/ Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vaccancy for Library Assistant at AICAR Business School
by Anushka Hardas 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

Dear friends, AICAR Business School, Neral, Maharashtra is having a vacancy for the post of Library Assistant in its library. Job description and other details are specified below. Preference will be given to natives and male candidates who are willing to work during late hours. Post : Library Assistant Qualification : Graduation & BLISc Proficiency in Automation. Fluency in English communication Remuneration : As per the skill and experience Job Description: The applicants should be willing to work during late hours. The duties include managing the shelf arrangement of the books, circulation of library materials. Those who are interested should rush their CV to library(a)aicar.net regards Ms. Anushka Hardas, Librarian AICAR Business School, Post Neral, Tal.Karjat, Dist Raigad, Maharashtra. Pin: 410 101 Mob: 09869126888 Website: www.aicar.net --------------------------------- 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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FWD : Digital Document Quarterly , Volume 6, Number 2, 2Q2007 is available
by sri priya 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

Dear Professionals, The latest number of the Digital Document Quarterly is available at http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/ddq_6_2.htm. It addresses: Digital Preservation NDIIPP Funding Withdrawn Another Task Force, and Also New NSF Funding Vintage Gadgets at the Computer History Museum Epistemology Notes on Natural Language Knowledge and Information Information Science What is Information Science? Rename Information Science as Knowledge Science? Symptomatic Synopsis Reading Recommendations Umberto Eco, Kant and the Platypus Eric Kandel, In Search of Memory Alan Hirschfeld: The Electric Life of Michael Faraday Andrew Spielman & Michael DAntonio, Mosquito Practical Matters Migrating from Microsoft Products to Open Source Persistent Storage on Your LAN Your Future PC The core of DDQ 6(3) is the beginning of a critique of Information Science. This critique, planned to continue in future DDQ numbers, explores the proposition that Information Science will not resolve current uncertainties about its place as an academic discipline on a par with Computer Science, but instead will fade within two decades, with its concerns becoming topics in more enduring university faculties. Information Science professionals who believe this prediction mistaken might wish to present counter-arguments to what appears in DDQ. To them, I suggest that Information Science will fade unless they can produce justifications and scoping statements much more robust than any I have read. Should they want DDQ to publish or cite of their refutations, I will be happy to include them provided that they accommodate the compact DDQ style. Readers are reminded that embedded links provide quick access to other authors' discussions of topics that DDQ mentions, in case they want more depth than DDQ can provide. Cheerio, Henry H.M. Gladney, Ph.D. http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney ____________________________________________________________________________________ Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Results of UGC NET held on June 24th 2007 announced
by Dhanukumar Pattanashetti 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

Dear Professionals, Results of UGC NET held on June 24th 2007 are announced. http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/netresult/net07j.pdf Regards, Dhanukumar Pattanashetti Central Library PES Institute of Technology Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Knowledge Management
by Omana 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

Dear Friends Could you please give me information about best KM software in the market. Omana K Executive-KM ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC -- 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 Library Assistant in PAACET
by NIKHIL EYEROOR 11 Oct '07

11 Oct '07

Dear friends P.A. Aziz College of Engineering Technology(PAACET), Trivandrum, Kerala is having a vacancy for the post of Library Assistant in its central library. Job description and other details are specified below. Preference will be given to Trivandrum natives and male candidates who are willing to work during late hours. Post : Library Assistant Qualification : Graduation & BLISc Proficiency in Automation and Digital library softwares. Fluency in English communication Experience : 1-2 years experience in an academic library Remuneration : As per the skill and experience Job Description: The applicants should be willing to work during late hours. The duties include managing the shelf arrangement of the books, circulation of library materials, variety of routine clerical & manual work in circulation, acquisition & providing service to library users. Apart from that Candidates should be capable of enforcing library rules for the protection of library property. Those who are interested should rush their CV to paacetlibrary(a)gmail.com regards Nikhil Eyeroor, Librarian P.A.Aziz College of Engineering and Technology Green Hills, Karakulam, Trivandrum- Pin: 695 564 Mob: 09447515691 Website: www.paacet.com - -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Recruitment of Library Trainees
by M. Paul Pandian 11 Oct '07

11 Oct '07

Dear Moderator, Can you kindly post the following message on the LIS Forum please. Thanks, Pandian Dr.M. Paul Pandian Librarian THE INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES C.I.T.Campus, Taramani, Chennai ? 600 113 ---- THE INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES C.I.T.Campus, Taramani, Chennai ? 600 113 (An Autonomous body under Department of Atomic Energy) Advt.No./ 1784 / 2007 The Institute of Mathematical Sciences has fully automated Library, catering to the information needs of academic and research community in the areas of Mathematics, Theoretical Physics and Theoretical Computer Science. The library has a collection of over 60000 books and bound volumes and subscribes to about 300 journals. In addition, library has access to over 3000 online journals. 24x7 access to library is enabled using access control system. The library is in the process of implementing RFID based system. Applications are invited for the post of two Trainees in the Library at the Institute. The applicants should be fresh graduates/post graduates in science with first class in Library Science, well versed in Computer application in Library Science. Duration of Training is for a period of one year with no guarantee of continued employment, carrying a stipend of Rs.5000/- per month with no other facilities / benefits, as applicable to regular employees, excepting casual leave. Applications with Bio-data, copies of certificates and a passport size photograph, should reach the undersigned on or before 31st October 2007 super-scribing on the cover ?APPLICATION FOR LIBRARY TRAINEE? ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER THE INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES C.I.T.CAMPUS, CHENNAI ? 600 113 email:svishnu@imsc.res.in kpshank(a)imsc.res.in ---------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Book Thief (Book Review Article in The Hindu)
by Mukesh Anand 11 Oct '07

11 Oct '07

Dear Members; The Book Thief : The true crimes of Daniel Spiegeiman / Travis McDade : Praeger Publishers Its a Book Review Article in Page # 6 of Literary Review (Endpaper Column) of The Hindu dated 7 Oct., ' 07 Sunday by Pradeep Sebastian. Webaccess :- Dark side of bibliomania The Book Thief is a fascinating tale of the theft of rare books and manuscripts and the thief's eventual capture and trial. with clearer picture of the author & the cover of the book on this weblink. http://www.hindu.com/lr/2007/10/07/stories/2007100750050600.htm Thanx, Mukesh Anand -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SALIS Seminar on Challenges and Opportunities in Libraries at KLCIT, Madurai
by Arunachalam Hariharan 11 Oct '07

11 Oct '07

Seminar on Challenges and Opportunities in Libraries Organized By K.L.N. College of Information Technology Pottapalayam â 630 611 (Via Madurai) Jointly With Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) Madurai Chapter Date and Day 27.10.2007 Saturday Time: 10.00 a.m. â 5.00 p.m Venue: Conference Hall K.L.N. College of Information Technology Pottapalayam â 630 611 (12 km from Madurai city ------------------------------------------------------------------ About the Workshop Libraries are facing many challenges and threats due to Internet, digital revolution and globalization. Library sources are being made available in a variety of digital formats and media. Filtering and choosing the right information in right time from the ocean of raw information is a major challenge. Libraries are moving from print to digital media. These technological challenges are major threat to LIS professionals. LIS professionals need to learn and update their skills to meet these challenges. Digital revolution also provides a lot of opportunity to the LIS professionals. The objectives of the one day Seminar is to discuss the following themes and find ways and means to face these challenges. â¢ Information Explosion/Overload â¢ Ever increasing users demands â¢ Digital Challenges â¢ Physical infrastructure â¢ Library consortium â¢ Oranisation and retrieval of e-resources â¢ Web based user centered services â¢ Copyrights and IPR Challenges â¢ Manpower Challenges â¢ Opportunities For LIS Professionals Faculty: Experts from various reputed institutions Program Schedule 09.00 a.m to 10.00 a.m Registration 10.00 a.m to 11.15 a.m Inauguration 11.15 a.m to 11.30 a.m Tea Break 11.30 p.m to 12.15 p.m Technical Section I 12.15 p.m to 1.00 p.m Technical Section II 1.00 p.m to 2.00 p.m Lunch break 2.00 p.m to 3.00 p.m Technical Section III 3.00 p.m to 3.45 p.m Technical Section IV 3.45 p.m to 4.00 p.m Tea Break 4.00 p.m to 5.00 p.m Valedictory Transport Facility College buses pick up the delegates at the following Points at 8.30 a.m. 1. Periyar bus stand (Near Hotel Vasantham) City Buses are also available from Periyar Bus stand. Bus route numbers are : 47, 47K, 47E, 47B, 47A ------------------------------------ Eligibility Library and Information Science professionals and students and other interested groups. Registration fee For Library Professionals and other interested Groups Rs. 250/- For Library Science Students Rs. 150/- (Fee includes course kit, certificate, lunch and tea) The Registration fee is to be paid through demand draft drawn in favour of â The Principal, K.L.N. College of Information Technologyâ, Payable at Madurai. Address for Communication Registration form with DD can be sent to A.G. GANESAN Organizing Secretary & Librarian K.L.N. College of Information Technology, Pottapalayam â 630 611 Sivagangai (District) E.Mail : ganeshanag(a)yahoo.com Mobile: 98654 08715 Ph(off) : 0452 â 2698250 Conference co â coordinators P.G DAMODHARAN, Asst Librarian and Library Staff (give names) ------------------------------------------ Seminar on Challenges and Opportunities in Libraries 27.10.2007 Registration Form Name : Designation : Name of the Institution : Address for : Communication Pin Code : Phone No: Res: Cell: Off: E-mail : Payment Details: D.D/ No/ Amount Name of the Bank / Branch Signature & seal of Signature of the Sponsoring Authority participant Last date for Registration 19.10.2007 Spot Registration will also be made on that day (with prior intimation -------------------------------------- For more details of the seminar visit SALIS website at http://autolib-india.net/salis ---------------- 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 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Information regarding Health Science Networks and Consortia in India
by lalitha poluru 11 Oct '07

11 Oct '07

Dear Everybody, Can anybody help me in finding out information about Health Science Networks and Consortia in India? Thank you. Dr.P.Lalitha. Librarian, Kesar SAL Medical College & Research Institute, Opp.Science City, BHADAJ, AHMEDABAD - 380 060 Ph.Nos. 079- 65121677, 65229333, 65229334 --------------------------------- Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Computerized Databases/Catalogues in Indian Language Scripts - Malayalam
by Raman Nair. 11 Oct '07

11 Oct '07

Computerized Databases/Catalogues in Indian Language Scripts - Malayalam This is with reference to a recent discussion in LIS Forum about databases searchable using local scripts. In Malayalam successful attempts have been conducted from 1995 onwards. Even in the development of Malayalam script that can be processed by computer contributions of librarians are notable. The following are some details about notable attempts. Government Brennen College released the Malayala Granthasoochi 2004 -CDROM on 30.03.2004 which is first electronic catalogue using search mechanism for original Malayalam script based on UNESCO's CDS/ISIS. Details of this along with information on earlier similar attempts as well as the research for developing script and DBMS applications in Malayalam that the computers can search and sort according to the syntactic and semantic relations is available at http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00007199/01/2004Granthasooji.pdf A historical perspective of such attempts in Malayalam is available at http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00008565/01/2006Mal.prn.pdf A copy of the Electronic Catalogue in CD Rom can sometimes be available to institutions free of cost if they write to The Principal Government Brennen College, Tell cherry, Kannur District, Kerala. Another database The Malayalam Granthasooji of Sri. K.M. Govi was published in CD Rom by Kerala Sahithya Akademi Trichur, Kerala. Trivandrum Public Library, Kerala has also developed a database in Malayalam as front end to its digital archives. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free online dictionaries
by Shihab Illias 11 Oct '07

11 Oct '07

Dear Professionals YourDictionary YourDictionary is a free online English dictionary and much more. The free dictionary search gives you definitions, thesaurus entries, spelling, pronunciation, and etymology results for your word. Alternately, you can browse the dictionary alphabetically or by related terms to find meanings and synonyms. In addition, YourDictionary provides resources to help you find the best dictionary and translation sites for French, Spanish, Italian, German and hundreds of other languages. Need a specialized dictionary, thesaurus or glossary? YourDictionary can help you find the best customized resources including medical and pharmaceutical dictionaries, computer and science glossaries and a wide collection of industry specific terms. Other useful resources in the dictionary include converters, free translation links and acronym finders. http://www.yourdictionary.com/ Online Medical Dictionary http://medical-dictionary.com/dictionaryresults.php Online Cambridge dictionary http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science http://lu.com/odlis/ In my website, I am trying my best organize the information received through different LIS Forums. I express my sincere thanks to all contributors and persons managing these LIS forums. http://shihabillias.googlepages.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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Navodaya Librarian post written exam. likely to be held in Nov., ' 07
by Mukesh Anand 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

Dear LIS Students', The written exam. for the post of Librarian advertised by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti in the Employment News dated 13-19 Jan., ' 07 will likely to be held in November, 2007. Web Access :-http://www.navodaya.gov.in/Teachers%20Rectt%202007%20Advertisement.htm For updates regularly visit Navodaya website www.navodaya.gov.in All The Best, Mukesh Anand -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for Paper
by nandeesh nandu 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

Dear Professionals, I needed the following paper: V.F. Leavers, Survey: Which Hough Transform?, CVGIP: Image Understanding, Volume 58 , Issue 2 (September 1993) Pages: 250 264 (CVGIP Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing) Kindly let me know if you get information about availability of this paper. Thanks, Nandeesha. B. IIITB, Bangalore - 100. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reminder: ALSD Lecture -- 12th October 2007
by Dimple Patel 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

***** Apologies for cross postings ***** ACADEMY OF LIBRARY SCIENCE & DOCUMENTATION, HYDERABAD Cordially invites you to attend a Lecture on "LIBRARY IPR WITH REFERENCE TO THE COPYRIGHT LAW" by DR. M. SREEDHAR, Professor of Law, NALSAR University, Hyderabad. On DATE : 12th October 2007 VENUE: City Central Library, Ashoknagar, Hyderabad. TIME : 6.00 PM Prof. S. Sudarshan Rao, President, ALSD Dr. K.H. Sunitha, General Secretary, ALSD Dimple Patel, Ph.D., Asst. Professor, Dept. of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad. (0)9440947893 ------------------------------------------------- 1. Join today NMLIS Discussion Forum http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nmlis/ 2. Contribute to LDL: Librarians' Digital Library https://drtc.isibang.ac.in 3. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg ------------------------------------------------- "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library" Jorge Luis BORGES (1899-1986) --------------------------------- 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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Re : Information about books
by mayank trivedi 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

Dear Moderator, Can you please forward the message? I am highly in need some of the pages from the following books for our researchers. (1) Biometry -IIrd edition by Sokal & Rholf 1995, WH Freeman Publishers, p.586-593 (2) Experimental & Data Analysis for Biologist, by Quinns & Keough, 2002 (Pages which describes how to calculate principal axis) I would be highly obliged if I can get the required pages, else which Library have the above mentioned books. With regards, (Dr Mayank Trivedi) Chief Librarian Pramukhswami Medical College Karamsad-388325 Gujarat-India Dr Mayank Trivedi BSc,DCS,MLISc,PhD Chief Librarian Pramukhswami Medical College Karamsad-388325 Gujarat-India Phone (O)- +91-2692-222130 (R)- +91-2692-222588 Cell - +91-9426952224 --------------------------------- Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free online Library science journal list
by nbar＠iitg.ernet.in 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

Dear all I 'm requesting u to give informations/links about some free online library science journal. With Regards Niraj Barua -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Help Me
by Karunakar N (HCL Financial Services) 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

Hello, Plz let me know any database or software available (open source) to convert these languages from English to Uk English or English to german or German to English. Plz let any libraries which are supporting for this type of information in India with free of cost . Any libraries or any institution where I can get this files to be converted To required format. 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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GOOGLE LAUNCHES SMS SEARCH SERVICE IN INDIA
by Farooque Shaheen 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

Internet giant Google Inc. has launched its SMS or text-based search service for local information such as restaurants and movie timings in four cities in India. The company is offering Google SMS, the text based search for mobile users on beta or test mode in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore, allowing subscribers to get information on local business listings that are indexed on the net by the search engine. ?It is from the same content (on the net),? said Vinay Goel, head of products at Google India Pvt. Ltd in Bangalore. Mobile users can get local information by sending a query through a short code?54664. They will pay between 80 paise and Rs3 for each such query. http://infotech.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2442595.cms Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, keane India Pvt Ltd. +1-925-831-1676 Ext 40366 (VOIP) +91-80-26678388 Ext 4105 (Tel) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IBM Mashup Starter Kit
by Farooque Shaheen 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

What is IBM Mashup Starter Kit? How useful it could be for you! IBM Mashup Starter Kit is a preview of a new Web 2.0-based mashup platform that empowers business professionals to rapidly get the information they need, no matter where it resides. This toolkit enables users to assemble their own Web 2.0 mashup applications, solving business problems without aid from information technology (IT) specialists. IBM Mashup Starter Kit consists of two technologies: IBM Mashup Hub and QEDWiki. IBM Mashup Hub is a mashup server that stores information feeds (such as in RSS, ATOM, or XML formats) in order to enable reuse and collaboration. Mashup Hub can also merge, transform, filter, annotate, or publish information in new formats. From there, the newly-enhanced QEDWiki serves as the user interface and allows non-IT users to "mash" information from any data source in order to create a single view of disparate sets of information in minutes. Please visit following URL to download. http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/ibmmsk/download Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Keane India Pvt Ltd +1-925-831-1676 Ext 40366 (VOIP) +91-80-26678388 Ext 4105 (Tel) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Collected Reprints on Antarctic Research in CSIR
by Murari 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

Dear Colleagues, Last year, CSIR had published a compilation with a title "Contributions of CSIR to Antarctic research: Collected reprints" on the occasion of 25 years of Indian Antarctic Expeditions. NIO assisted in making the compilation possible. There are over 100 papers reprinted in this volume. Few copies of this volume are still available for supply on first come first served basis. Libraries having interest in this volume may please reply to this mail with postal address for despatch. 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 Head, KM & IS Centre at NID,Adi
by Mukesh Anand 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

Respected Members', Introduction :- National Institute of Design (NID) , India's premier trans-disciplinary design Institute, is looking for an IT -savvy multi-faceted individual to lead the Knowledge Management & Information Services Centre spread across the Heritage Campus in Ahmedabad, PG Campus in Gandhinagar & R&D Campus in Bangalore with Headquarter in Ahmedabad for spearheading print, audio-visual, digital & multi-media resources, intranet, knowedge portal. Video Link, Visual Area Network and other modern IT Connectivity tools in knowedge management for harnessing & creating wealth through Intellectual Property. Advt. No. :- 06/2007-08 Qualification, Experience & Job Responsibility :- The person should have at least a Master Degree in IT (System Design) preferably with a Degree/ PG Diploma in Library & Information Science & 5-7 years relavent experience in the age group of 35-45 . Setting up systems & administering knowledge services in the educational & research context, while proactively marketing various IPR of NID through different channles, will be the key responsibilities. Remuneration :- The selected candidate would be on a fixed tenure contract basis with consolidated all-inclusive monthly salary commensurate with qualification & experience in the range of Rs. 25,000/- to Rs. 30,000/- or on a rolling contract in the pay scale Rs. 12,000-375-16,500 plus applicable allowances & facilities as a non-teaching faculty cadre. Apply To :-Those interested may please send their CVs to The Secretary & Head, General Administration, within 10 days (E-mail info(a)nid.edu) National Institute of Design, Paldi, Ahmedabad 380 007 Ph. # 079-2662-3692/ 2660-543 www.nid.edu Print Access to this Advt. :- 1. ET high flier, Page # 22, The Economic Times, dated 9th Oct., ' 07, Tuesday 2. Times Ascent, Page # V, The Times of India, dated 10th Oct., ' 07, Wednesday Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Including the Name and City of the Library in the Posts
by Susmita Chakraborty 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Dear Moderator, Sometimes, we find a name and an unknown/impersonal/non-organisational email_id of the sender with a post. It makes the post very impersonal - as in newspapers- not like an e-community formed for caring and sharing. While someone is sending some info for LIS-FORUM readers, can they please include very brief organisational details under their names just to give us a feel of bonding between LIS professionals? Name of the organisation and city/state may also help in regional groupings/activities. Best regards. Susmita ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ms. Susmita Chakraborty Bengal Engineering and Science University Shibpur, Howrah-3, West Bengal, India Email: susmitachakraborty94[at]gmail[dot]com Personal Blog: http://susmitachakraborty.blogspot.com/ Please support: MANAS - a society for mentally disturbed persons their family and friends http://www.geocities.com/manas_teghari/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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A Reader post in Jammu University
by vijay kumar 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Dear Library professionals, Application are invited for the post of READER in LIBRARY SCIENCE in Jammu University Post position: one and it is open for all categories. Pay scale: Rs. 12,000-18,300 Qualification: Good academic records with a Doctoral degree or equivalent published works. Candidate from outside the university system, must have secured at least 55% marks on an equivalent grade of B in the seven point scale with the letter grade O, A, B, C, D, E&F at the master's degree level. 5 years of experience of teaching and /or research. The candidate should have made some mark in the areas of scholarship as evidenced by quality of publication, contribution to educational innovation, design of new courses and curricula. Enclosures: Attested copy of Date of Birth Certificate Attested copies of all Qualification Certificate A self-addressed envelops bearing postage stamp worth Rs. 30/- Submit four copies of Bio-Data and four copies of reprints of three major publications, along with other documents. Various rules, notes, instruction regarding filling the forms are given, So you must visit the website of University of Jammu Or click this hyperlink http://www.jammuuniversity.in/announcements.asp# And click new jobs: details Wednesday 19 sep, 2007 Those who have already applied earlier for the post of Reader need not necessary to apply again. But it is necessary to submit their Bio-data again with the latest relevant document. Last date for submission of forms is 15th October 2007 With Regards Vijay Kumar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sophia Scholarship year 2007 9th Annual Scholarship Awards for medical and Eng..students
by sri priya 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Sophia Scholarship is pleased to announce year 2007 9th Annual Scholarship Awards: Prospective Candidates should fulfill the following eligibility to be considered for Sophia Scholarship: 1) Should have completed Higher Secondary Education 2) Should be interested in pursuing Bachelors Degree in Engineering or Medicine in a recognized college or university in India 3) Should have secured admission for the academic year 2007-2008 4) Only students who secure admission by merit will be considered. Students who secure admission by paying capitation fee will not be considered for Scholarship 5) Only students entering college in first year are eligible to apply. 6) Students should demonstrate financial need. Prospective scholars will be selected from applicants who meet all the above requirements. Selection will be based purely on Merit and demonstrated financial need. For more details visit : http://www.sophiascholarship.org/students.html Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Top 10 Largest Databases in the World
by sri priya 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Top 10 Largest Databases in the World There are currently organizations around the world in the business of amassing collections of things, and their collections number into and above the trillions. In many cases these collections, or databases, consist of items we use every day. In this list,its cover the top 10 largest databases in the world Source :http://www.businessintelligencelowdown.com/2007/02/top_10_largest_.html Library Science Resources List Librarians were among the first users of the Internet, and have helped countless library users learn about Internet resources. The List of Resources Available through this Link: http://www.itcs.com/topten/libres.html Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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One Day Seminar
by Mailing List Admin 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 08:53:21 +0000 From: Veeresh Hanchinal <vreshb(a)hotmail.com> Dear All, Vivek College of Commerce & J M Patel College of Commerce orgainse One Day Seminar on the topic "Changing Dimensions of Academic Libraries & Impact of NAAC" on 17th October, 2007 at Vivek College Audotorium, Goregaon (W), Mumbai. The interested Library Professionals & IQAC Co-ordinators are requested to attend and derive the maximum benefit from the Seminar. Program Schedule 9.00 to 9.30 a.m. Registration & Refreshments 9.30 to 10.15 a.m. Inauguration 10.15 to 10.55 a.m. Key Note Address Dr. Bharati Naik Principal, Niranjan Majethia College of Commerce & Director, M D Shah Mahila College, Mumbai. Impact of NAAC on Academic Library Resources & Services 10.55 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. Vote of Thanks 11.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m Dr. Pratibha Gokhale, Reader, LISc Dept. Univ. of Mumbai Changing Dimension of Academic Library Services 12.03 to 1.30 p.m Lunch Break 1.30 to 3.00 p.m. Mrs. Sushma Powdwal, Librarian, SNDT Women's University, Best Practices in Academic Libraries: Some Innovative ideas 3.00 to 4.30 p.m. Mr. G K Manjunath, Librarian, IGIDR, Mumbai. On-line Services in a College Library & Importance of Resource Sharing 4.30 to 5.00 p.m. Discussion Session 5.00 to 5.30 p.m. Valedictory Function Maximum 60 participants can be accommodated. Please confirm your participation by sending the form as early as possible to any one of the colleges. Please fill the Registration Form given below and send it on or before 15th October� 07. REGISTRATION FORM Participant�s Detail: Name of the Participant: Designation: Institute / College: Address: Tel. No.: E-mail: Payment details: The fees for the Seminar is Rs.200/- per participant, Cheque / D D. Bank (in favour of Vivek College of Commerce OR J M Patel College of Commerce, Mumbai) Date: Signature of Participants Signature of Principal Note: Photocopies of this form can be made if needed. For further information, please contact the following persons. Convener: Mrs. Bindu Varma, Librarian, Vivek College of Commerce, Siddharth Nagar, Goregoan (W), Mumbai � 400 062. Tel: 28744058 / 28781536, Mob: 9821308026. E-mail: vivek_college(a)hotmail.co Co-convener: Mrs. Vidya V. Hanchinal, Librarian, J M Patel College of Commerce, M G Road, Goregaon (W), Mumbai � 90. Tel: 28737858, Mob: 9819503644 E-mail: jmpatelcollegeofcommerce(a)yahoo.com Mr. Veeresh B Hanchinal Librarian G J Advani Law College 32nd Road, Linking Road, Bandra (W), Mumbai-400 050 Tel: +91-22-26497484 Mobile: 09920401322 Website: www.advanilaw.com

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free "VirtualE Library"
by shriram pandey 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Dear professionals, *VirtualE Library* is a *FREE* one-stop resource for Elsevier science, technology, and health science book products. You'll find books from *Academic Press*, *Architectural Press*, *Butterworth-Heinemann*, * Churchill-Livingstone*, *Digital Press*, *Focal Press*, *Gulf Professional Publishing*, *Hanley & Belfus*, *JAI Press*, M*organ Kaufmann Publishers*, * Mosby*, *Newnes*, *North-Holland*, *Saunders and Syngress*. The site is designed specifically for your needs as a librarian and will enable you to: - *Perform detailed searches* by entering specific search criteria or browsing by discipline and subject area - *Save frequently used search criteria* for quick and easy retrieval when you visit the site , or be notified via email when there are new matches to your searches - *Create Wish Lists* that you can share with colleagues or submit to your Acquisitions Department for purchase - *Access professional reviews of Elsevier books*. - *Read peer reviews of our books and add your own review(s)* detail can be find at :http://info.sciencedirect.com/content/books/ Regards, 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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Bangalore Book Festival
by Mailing List Admin 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:46:54 +0530 From: Alliedpublishers Pvt.ltd <alliedpublisher(a)eth.net> Dear Sir/Madam, Greeting From the Bangalore Book Seller's & Publishers Association. The Bangalore Book Festival is a prestigious Annual Book Fair conducted by Bangalore Book Sellers and Publishers Association at Palace Grounds, Bangalore from 12th Oct 07 to 21st Oct'07. We are cordially inviting you to attend the Book Festival. In this connection, we would request you to take advantage of millions of selections available at the Book Fair. More than 150 Book sellers/Publishers from different parts of India along with the Foreign Publishers will be participating in the Book Fair. We sincerely request you to take maximum advantage of the Book Fair. For free passes/queries, please feel free to contact the undersigned. With regards. P.CHANDRASHEKAR MEMBER BANGALORE BOOK SELLERS AND PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION CONTACT NO: 9845287587 E-mail : alliedpublisher(a)eth.net

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Does anyone care for libraries? - article in THE HINDU
by sankaran arumugam 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Dear All, An interesting article published in THE HINDU (Education Plus) on Oct. 8, 2007 Highlights: As Ranjeet S. Thakur, Librarian at the Delhi-based Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, puts it, Most of the recommendations made by the commissions and committees remained unimplemented. The condition of libraries vis-À-vis librarians remained pathetic. Knowledge panel has plans to improve their status The National Knowledge Commission (NKC) has made another attempt to revive the fortunes of libraries. Will it work? For full text, click below http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2007100150710200.h… Let us hope for the BEST. With Regards Sankaran A Deputy Librarian THE HINDU Chennai - 600 002 --------------------------------- 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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Next generation (RFID) technologies in libraries
by Raghu Prasad 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Dear Moderator, Request you to update these information to all the LIS member. Dear All, Kindly find few links below, which gives all the information we need to know about use and advantages of implementing RFID solution in libraries. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA456770.html http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/05/1081017086098.html http://www.ala.org/ala/alalibrary/libraryfactsheet/alalibraryfactsheet25.cfm http://orizin.net/library.shtml Hope it will be useful information. -- Thanks & Regards Raghu Prasad J Mob: 91-9880620318 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Online information system for health records
by praveenkumar veeramalla 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Now,you can store and share health records online, to collect and manage health data on a variety of home devices, and to search for health information. Microsoft Corp. has launched an online health-care service designed to help patients take control of their health records and monitor their medical conditions. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,138082-c,sites/article.html http://www.healthvault.com/ --------------------------------- Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ALSD Lecture -- 12th October 2007
by Dimple Patel 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

***** Apologies for cross postings ***** ACADEMY OF LIBRARY SCIENCE & DOCUMENTATION, HYDERABAD Cordially invites you to attend a Lecture on LIBRARY IPR WITH REFERENCE TO THE COPYRIGHT LAW by DR. M. SREEDHAR, Professor of Law, NALSAR University, Hyderabad. On DATE : 12th October 2007 VENUE: City Central Library, Ashoknagar, Hyderabad. TIME : 6.00 PM Prof. S. Sudarshan Rao, President, ALSD Dr. K.H. Sunitha, General Secretary, ALSD Dimple Patel, Ph.D., Asst. Professor, Dept. of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad. (0)9440947893 ------------------------------------------------- 1. Join today NMLIS Discussion Forum http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nmlis/ 2. Contribute to LDL: Librarians' Digital Library https://drtc.isibang.ac.in 3. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg ------------------------------------------------- "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library" Jorge Luis BORGES (1899-1986) --------------------------------- Travelling to a new city? Search for ATMs in that city. Click here. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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a post of Information Officer in DU
by vijay kumar 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

Dear library professionals, Application are invited for one post in DELHI UNIVERSITY as a INFORMATION OFFICER. Those candidate who applied earlier shold apply fresh. Application form and details regarding qualification can be obtained from Room No. 205, New Administrative block, University of Delhi , Delhi-110007 either personally or by sending a self addressed stamped envelopeworth Rs 32/- And for Additional information Please Visit website of University of Delhi www.du .ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Please read free article "Efforts Of Dr. S. R. Ranganathan For Public Library Legislation And Service- A Review"
by Mailing List Admin 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 17:40:19 +0100 (BST) From: mohammad azeem siddiqui <azeem_mlisc(a)yahoo.com> Please read this article and give your opinion. To read this article just click this: <http://ezinearticles.com/?Efforts-Of-Dr.-S.-R.-Ranganathan-For-Public-Libra…>. or http://ezinearticles.com/?Efforts-Of-Dr.-S.-R.-Ranganathan-For-Public-Libra… or http://ezinearticles.com/?Efforts-Of-Dr.-S.-R.-Ranganathan-For-Public-Libra… or http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Mohammad_Azeem_Siddiqui Mohammad Azeem Siddiqui Research Scholar Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University) Lucknow-226 025 Mobile: 09936067170 Personal URL: http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Mohammad_Azeem_Siddiqui Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] OPAC in Indian languages.
by Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

Dear Sir We've have developd OPAC (Unicode-compliant) in Bengali (Interface, Serach - Simple & Advance, abd IS)-2709 export/import). Please see the URL: https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/handle/1849/409 Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay Department of Library and Information Science University of Burdwan, Burdwan, Rajbati - 713104, WB > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "G.K.MANJUNATH" <gkm(a)igidr.ac.in> > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Subject: [LIS-Forum] OPAC in Indian languages. > Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 14:20:37 +0530 (India Standard Time) > > > > > I would like to know whether there is any online OPAC developed in any > of the Indian languages? If so, please furnish the URL. > > I will be glad to have this information even if such a database is > available in LAN in any of the Indian libraries with more than 10000 > records. > > > thanks in advance, > > G.K.Manjunath > Chief Librarian > Indira Gandhi Inst of Development Research > Film City Road > Santosh Nagar > Goregaon(East ) > MUMBAI - 400 065 > > Phone: 28416544 > > > > -- > 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 > = -- _______________________________________________ Search for products and services at: http://search.mail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Special lecture on Health Information
by raghunandana m 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

BANGALORE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE Cordially invites you to the SPECIAL LECTURE On CURRENT TRENDS IN HEALTH SCIENCE INFORMATION AND POSITION OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES By SWARNA BANDARA Head Medical University Library University of West Indies, JAMICA Presided By Dr. H. S. SIDDAMALLAIAH Principal Library & Information officer National Institute of Mental Health Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore Date & Time Venue 9th Oct. 2007, Tuesday Dr. S. Radhakrishna Lecture Hall 11.00 AM Dept. of Library & Information Science Sneha Bhavan building Jnanabharathi Campus Bangalore ALL ARE WELCOME Dr. T. D. Kemparaju Students & Staff Professor & Chairman Dept. of Library & Information Science Dept. of Library & Information Science Bangalore University, Bangalore M. Raghunandana Lecturer Dept of Library and Information Science Bangalore University Bangalore - 560 056 Raghunandana M M.A.,MLISc. Lecturer, Dept. of Library & Information Science Bangalore University Bangalore - 560056 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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InfoVision 2007, Dec 17-18, 2007, Mumbai - Call for Participation
by Angrosh 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

Come to InfoVision 2007 and participate in India's journey towards knowledge capitalization ----------- InfoVision 2007 - the Knowledge Summit, Dec 17-18, 2007, The Maratha, Mumbai www.infovision2007.org Organized by The International School of Information Management (ISiM), University of Mysore, Mysore and Rediff.com Summit Theme: Social Networks, Knowledge Discovery and Innovation Packed with Keynotes and Round Table Discussions from speakers drawn from Academia, Government and Industry, InfoVision 2007 presents an intellectual feast and a platform for rich interactions. We bring you Keynotes by (select listing): · Mr. Ajit Balakrishnan, Founder Chairman and CEO, Rediff.com · Mr. John Blossom, President & Senior Analyst, Shore Communications Inc. · Prof. Hsinchun Chen, University of Arizona, USA · Prof. Noshir Contractor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA · Dr. Pandu Nayak, Google · Dr. Prabhakar Raghavan, Head, Yahoo! Research · 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 · Mr. Bob Stembridge, Thomson Scientific InfoVision 2007 brings you the essential facets of the theme in the following sessions: · 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 / institution 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 / institution 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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OPAC in Indian languages.
by G.K.MANJUNATH 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

I would like to know whether there is any online OPAC developed in any of the Indian languages? If so, please furnish the URL. I will be glad to have this information even if such a database is available in LAN in any of the Indian libraries with more than 10000 records. thanks in advance, G.K.Manjunath Chief Librarian Indira Gandhi Inst of Development Research Film City Road Santosh Nagar Goregaon(East ) MUMBAI - 400 065 Phone: 28416544 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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How the Open Source Movement Has Changed Education: 10 Success Stories
by Muniraj. T 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

The Hart Library : World Wide School This site is dedicated to the collection, preservation and presentation of educational material. The best place on the Internet to learn just about anything. Just read, click and learn the e-books available in this sites - contains many subject area. Many of the books and other works provided on this site were written many years ago, before the invention of radio, atomic bombs, and automobiles. Some are even older, written when the world was run by Kings and Queens, and most people did not know how to read. The works reflect the times in which they were written, and many contain views about race, religion, science and other things. http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/catalogs/bysubject-top. How the Open Source Movement Has Changed Education: 10 Success Stories http://oedb.org/library/features/how-the-open-source-movement-has-changed-e… University of Regina: Dr Jhon Archer Library http://www.uregina.ca/library/eresources/elinks/ This Library provides Some useful web links to recommended websites by subject. MUNIRAJU.T PES Institute of Technology t_muniraj(a)yahoo.co.in http://muniraj.t.googlepages.com/ http://www.lisresearch.blogspot.com/ 5, 50, 500, 5000 - Store N number of mails in your inbox. Go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Documentation cum assistant librarian in Nagalnad University.
by vijay kumar 06 Oct '07

06 Oct '07

Dear library professionals, There is one post for Documentation cum Assistant Librarian in Nagalnad University. This is unreserved post under WSC project. Prescribed application forms with detail eligibility criteria can be obtained from the Deputy Registrar (A&E), Nagaland University,Kohima-797001; on demand with a stamped self addressed envelop or you download from the website www.nagaland.nic.in since this website of Nagaland government so after opening ,you click on the Nagaland University so you find about vacancy and related application forms. Application on prescribed form along with the requisite Bank Draft/IPO/N.U. Challan (through the University cash counter) in favour of the Registrar, Nagaland University, Kohima must reach the office of the undersigned on or before 16th October. 2007. with Regards Vijay kumar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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A post for Librarian
by vijay kumar 06 Oct '07

06 Oct '07

Dear library professionals, Indain institute of technology ,Delhi invited application for the following post in the Central Library of the Institute: - Librarians One Post (Purely Temporary against leave vacancy OR on Deputation basis) Scale of Pay: Rs. 16400-450-20900-500-22400 Essential Qualifications And Experience: 1. Master's Degree in Library Science/Information Science/Documentation with atleast 55% of the marks of equivalent and a consistently good academic record. 2. At least thirteen years as a Deputy librarian in a University Library of eighteen years experience as a College librarians. 3. Evidence of innovative library service and organization of published work. Desirable: M.Phil/Ph.D. Degree in Library Science/Information Science/Documentation/Archives and Manuscript-keeping. Specialized course in computer applications <http://www.careerage.com/cgi-bin/showad.cgi?file=/20070921/c6e47e5bf0ed2786…>& Networking. Experience in Computer Aided Management of the Library System. Notes: 1. Minimum requirement of qualifications and/or experience may be relaxed in respect of exceptionally outstanding candidates. 2. Mere fulfillment of qualifications and experience requirement does not entitle candidates to be called for interview.<http://www.careerage.com/cgi-bin/showad.cgi?file=/20070921/c6e47e5bf0ed2786…> 3. The institute reserves the right to fill or not to fill the post advertised. 4. No correspondence whatsoever will be entertained from the candidates regarding postal delays, conduct and result of interview and reasons for not being called for an interview. The application form can be downloaded from the Institute Website www.iitd.ac.in Last date for submission of completed form is 19.10.2007. -- 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 librarian in delhi
by shriram pandey 06 Oct '07

06 Oct '07

dear professionals GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board invites the vacancy for the post of LIBRARIAN, GROUP 'B' POST , POST CODE - 163/07 NUMBER OF VACANCIES -39(UR-20, OBC-15, SC-03 & ST-01) (INCLUDING PH(OH)- 01 and VH(LV)-01) , Essential qualifications - (1) Degree from a recognized university or equivalent. (2) Bachelor's degree or equivalent diploma in Library Science or a Recognised University/ Institute or equivalent. (3) Experience of two years in a Library/Computerization of a Library or one year certificate in computer application from a recognized Institute or equivalent . Pay Scale- 5500-175-9000 Probation Period: 2 years Age- Not exceeding 32 years ( Relaxable for Government Servants upto 5 years in accordance with instructions or orders issued by the Central Government). Relaxation in upper age limit available to: - SC/ST -05 years, OBC-03 years, PH- 05 years , PH & SC/ST - 10 years and PH & OBC -08 years. for detail visit the fallowing link http://dsssb.delhigovt.nic.in/ 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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Looking for LibraryScience Graduates/Post-Graduates for 1 Month project
by Abdul Tharayil 06 Oct '07

06 Oct '07

Pls forward this announcement to the lis-forum ---------------------------------------- We are on the look out for people to work with us for a Month long Project at MindTree KnowledgeCenter. Desired profile: 1. Fresh Post-Graduate/Graduate in Library Science 2. People who are looking for experience in IT industry. 3. Be able to pickup things fast & learn on the fly. 4. Should be able to join immediately, therefore Bangalore local candidates preferred but not a constraint. Any interested candidates are requested to send their resume to abdul.tharayil(a)gmail.com Or Call on 9945-222-916 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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BookYards.com! : Free e-books
by sri priya 06 Oct '07

06 Oct '07

BookYards.com! This site provides to "The Library To The World", in which books, education materials, information, and content will be provided freely to anyone who has an internet connection. Bookyards has a total of 15,221 books, 39,035 external web links, 4,197 news & blogs links, 384 videos and access to hundreds of online libraries (800,000 eBooks) for your reading pleasure. http://www.bookyards.com/categories.html?type=books Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Engineering E-journal Search Engine (EESE)
by K.R. Mulla 06 Oct '07

06 Oct '07

*Dear LIS Professionals,* ** *Engineering E-journal Search Engine (EESE)* http://www.eevl.ac.uk/eese/ Searches the full text of over one hundred engineering e-journals, which are free and largely full text. Search by keywords, title, or browse the subject list. -- 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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Vacancy at Jhalwar Medical College
by Muniraj. T 06 Oct '07

06 Oct '07

Dear professionals, Jhalwar Medical College society invites application from interested eligible candidates for the post of LIBRARIAN for Jhalwar Medical College at Jhalwar, on a fixed package, Salary : Rs. 15,000 Eligible candidates can apply on plain paper, To The Director, Medical & Heakth (Public Health) Directorate of Medical & Health Services, Swasthya Bhavan, Tilak Marg, C-Scheme, Jaipur Apply within 30th October 2007. Source : Times of India, 06-10-2007, Saturday page no. 13 MUNIRAJU.T PES Institute of Technology t_muniraj(a)yahoo.co.in http://muniraj.t.googlepages.com/ http://www.lisresearch.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------- 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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Special Lecture
by M Krishnamurthy 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

Documentation Research Training Centre Cordially invites you to a special lecture on Changing Face of Scientific Community: An Overview By Mrs. Swarna Bandara Head, Medical Library VHL National Coordinator, ETD Coordinator, The University of the West Indies, Jamaica At 2 P.M on Monday, 8th October, 2007 Venue: DRTC Class Room Prof & Head DRTC M.Krishnamurthy *************************************** Dr.M.Krishnamurthy,M.A.,M.L.I.Sc.,Ph.D Fulbright Scholar (University of Illinois) Librarian Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 www.isibang.ac.in/library Ph:91-80-28483002/3 Fax :91-80-28484265 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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useful list
by Dipen Deka 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

i have found the two following links useful to get information about the indian universities. 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_universities_in_India 2. http://goidirectory.nic.in/university.htm Dipen Deka -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Libraries under new management
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

Permit me to quote an entire article as it is very interesting. If our public libraries offer themselves be outsorced how many firms will quote? Vyasamoorthy ================================= AP Librarians under new management http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071004/ap_on_re_us/outsourcing_libraries By JULIA SILVERMAN, Associated Press Writer Thu Oct 4, 2:56 PM ET MEDFORD, Ore. - A big, red "Closed" sign has been plastered across the front door of the library here since mid-April, when Jackson County ran out of money to keep its 15 branches open. In a few weeks, though, the sign will come down and the doors will be flung open again, now that the county has come up with an unusual cost-saving solution: outsourcing its libraries. The county will continue to own the buildings and all the books in them. But the libraries will be managed by an outside company for a profit. And the librarians will no longer be public employees and union members; they will be on the company's payroll. Library patrons might not notice much difference, but the librarians will, since the company plans to get by with a smaller staff and will have a free hand to set salaries and benefits. "The average citizen, when they walk into the library, they will see well-trained, well-educated, customer-service-oriented people working in the library," said Bob Windrow, director of sales and marketing at Germantown, Md-based Library Systems and Services, or LSSI, the company taking over. "They won't know who is paying their salary, and they won't care. They care whether the library is open adequate hours, and are they getting good service." For years, state and local governments have been privatizing certain functions, such as trash collection, payroll processing and road maintenance. But contracting with an outside company to run a library is a relatively new phenomenon, one that has been gaining in popularity as communities from Jackson County, Tenn., to Redding, Calif., look for ways to save money. The practice has generated a backlash from those who argue that municipalities are employing a backdoor method of union-busting, and those who say that such profit-making ventures go against the notion that libraries are one of the noblest functions of government in a democracy. "This is a shift from the public trust into private hands," said John Sexton, an out-of-work Jackson County librarian who has interviewed with LSSI for his old job. "Libraries have always been a source of information for everyone and owned by no one." Most of the 15 or so U.S. municipalities that have outsourced their libraries has signed on with LSSI, which is the biggest player in the field but is privately held and does not disclose earnings. Jackson County lost 36 percent of its budget in one fell swoop last year when Congress failed to renew the rich subsidies designed to help parts of the country where logging has been hurt by endangered-species regulations. Rather than cut back on, say, law enforcement, county officials closed the libraries. (Congress later approved a one-year extension of the logging subsidies.) Book lovers complained bitterly about the closings, but two ballot measures to raise taxes and reopen the libraries fell short. Then LSSI offered to run the libraries, underbidding the public employees union. The contract with LSSI will be worth around $3 million a year; the county will also budget $1.3 million to maintain the buildings. Combined, that is about half of the $8 million a year the county previously spent on its libraries. However, the libraries will be open a total of only 24 hours a week, compared with 40-plus hours for most branches before the shutdown. And LSSI plans to hire 50 to 60 full-time employees, down from 88 under county management. The county will retain control over certain policies, such as late fees, the cost of a library card, or how long library patrons can keep a best-seller. But LSSI will be in charge of buying books and says it will use its muscle to obtain deep discounts from suppliers. It will also be responsible for hiring, and says that while its salaries will be comparable to what the employees were making previously, the benefits will be less generous. The workers will lose the right to participate in Oregon's pension system for public employees and instead will qualify for a 401(k) program. Many former staff members are interviewing for their old jobs, meaning library patrons are likely to see some familiar faces when they check out a book. But there won't be enough jobs for everyone. And some have yet to decide whether to go back. "I am taking a wait-and-see approach," said Amy Kinard, who worked for the library system for 17 years. "I am not hopeful for a job, but I am trying to stay open to the benefits of working for them." Some bibliophiles fear that the library, under distant, corporate management, will be less attuned to local interests when buying books and will stock the shelves with lots of best-sellers. "Does this company understand local needs?" asked Loriene Roy, president of the American Library Association, which opposes library outsourcing. "We have long regarded libraries as different. We deal with intangibles. We are not profit-driven." Riverside County, Calif., one of California's fastest-growing regions, is widely seen as the pioneer in library outsourcing. The county signed with LSSI in 1997 and has stuck with the company; a 2002 study found that Riverside County library patrons were generally pleased with the services. In just the last year, Texas cities San Juan and Leander, California cities Redding and Moorpark and the Jackson-Madison County library system in Tennessee have joined LSSI's ranks. In Bedford, Texas, outside of Fort Worth, Mayor Jim Story cast the tie-breaking vote in August against allowing LSSI to take over the libraries. "The salaries were going to be pretty low, and I was afraid that that would lead to high turnover of their own employees," Story said. "Plus I did not think that they would have the manpower to handle the quality of service that we now have in our library. I wasn't willing to that risk." Fargo, N.D., cut its ties with LSSI in 2003, after concerns that the company had not paid its bills on time, while Jersey City, N.J., dropped its contract in 2001 after the mayor who had vouched for LSSI left office. Back in Oregon, Jim Olney, director of the Jackson County Library Foundation, considers himself a union supporter, but said: "Look, if it is either close the libraries or outsource them, we'd rather have outsourcing. Sometimes you have to go for the difficult choice because there is no easy choice." =========== -- 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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Open Repositories 2008: CFP
by Mailing List Admin 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 13:41:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> OPEN REPOSITORIES 2008: CALL FOR PAPERS & PANELS http://www.openrepositories.org/2008 Repositories are being deployed in a variety of settings (research, scholarship, learning, science, cultural heritage) and across a range of scales (subject, national, regional, institutional, project, lab, personal). The aim of this conference is to address the technical, managerial, practical and theoretical issues that arise from diverse applications of repositories in the increasingly pervasive information environment. A programme of papers, panel discussions, poster presentations, workshops, tutorials and developer coding sessions will bring together all the key stakeholders in the field. Open source software community meetings for the major platforms (EPrints, DSpace and Fedora) will also provide opportunities to advance and co-ordinate the development of repository installations across the world. We invite developers, researchers and practitioners to submit papers describing novel experiences or developments in the construction and use of repositories. Submissions of up to 4 pages in length are requested in PDF or HTML format. Detailed submission instructions will be made available from this page. http://www.openrepositories.org/2008

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University Libraries to play major role in consortium~Rs mass digitization project
by Mailing List Admin 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 14:40:48 +0530 (IST) From:praveen kumar veeramalla <praveenkumarveeramalla(a)gmail.com> University Libraries to play major role in consortium's mass digitization project http://www.advance.uconn.edu/2007/071001/07100109.htm praveen kumar veeramalla

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enticing libraries
by Mailing List Admin 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:06:37 +0530 From: praveen kumar veeramalla <praveenkumarveeramalla(a)gmail.com> Felt like sharing it with you. I am sure ,our moods will definitely change to a magical realm by looking at the pictures. But the thing is, Our modern libraries cant give a competition to these historic libraries as they are becoming virtual day by day. http://www.curiousexpeditions.org/2007/09/librophiliac_love_letter_a_com.ht… Warm Regards, Praveen Kumar Veeramalla

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Information required!!!
by abhishek kumar yadav 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Dear Sir/Madam,Colleauges,Could anyone of you help me in providing online soucre except wilson , ULrich and Publist.comwhich is avialbale free of cost, .And can let us know the bibliographic information of Journal ..Like place of Publication frequency and publisher etc..I have tried publist.com and found this site is not updated since many tiltes are not avialbale there.Wislon and Ulrich are paid sites..Thanks and regards,AK Yadav Regards, A. K. Yadav Library and Information Services National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Road, New Delhi 110012, INDIA Phone 91-11-25742610,11,12 Ext. 2425 Fax. 91-11-25726938, 91-11-25726952 http://www.nplindia.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Knowledge - More it is shared - the more it grows and makes humans differ from other animals. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Advanced Workshop on Greenstone Digital Library Software
by K.T Anuradha 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Dear Friends, Apologies for cross posting. A three day Advanced Workshop on Greenstone Digital Library Software (GSDL) is organised at National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore from December 26th to 28th, covering Multilingual capability and Interoperability concepts in GSDL, for those who are familiar with basic concepts of GSDL. The workshop is supported by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) under Technology Information and Facilitation Programme. The details of the workshop are given below. Workshop title: DSIR-NCSI Advanced Workshop on Greenstone Digital Library Software (GSDL) Venue : NCSI, IISc, Bangalore Date : December 26th to 28th Prerequisite: Knowledge of basic features, Installation and collection building in GSDL. Topics covered: Multilingual capability and Interoperability in GSDL Workshop Fee: No registration fee is charged. Working lunch and tea will be provided during the workshop dates. However, participants have to take care of their travel, board and lodging. On request accommodation for participants during the dates 25th to 28th December 2007 will be provided at the 'Hoysala House' hostel of IISc. Maximum of 20 participants will be taken for the workshop based on the experience in using GSDL. Workshop coordinator: Ms. Anuradha.K.T., NCSI, IISc, Bangalore 560 012 Registration: Send an email to anu(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in or anu_ncsi(a)yahoo.co.in on or before 19th October giving the following details: 1. Name: 2. Official Address and email 3. Accommodation required: Yes/No 3. Experience in using GSDL --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ms.K.T.Anuradha National Centre for Science Information Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560 012, Karnataka India FAX:(+91-80) 23601426/23600683 Tel:(+91-80) 23600271/22932511 ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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Free e-books on Electronic Concept
by sri priya 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Free e-books on Electronic Concept: The key element of the Virtual Electronics Teaching system is free e-book: Electronic Concepts. This e-book teaches electronics by explaining the operation of a variety of circuits. It covers basic networks, transistors, regulated power supplies and much more. Electronic Concepts is a hybrid e-book. http://www.science-ebooks.com/linker1/science_ebook_top_drawing.htm Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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List of universities in India
by dharanikumarp＠indiatimes.com 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Dear professionals Please see the following URL adress to identifie list of universities in India. This web pages is maintained by some comercial peoples but we dont know whether they include all universities in India or not but you may make use of it for your research and other purpose. They also provide web adress of all the universities. list of universities http://www.webindia123.com/career/website.htm Thanking you Dharani Kumar P Lecturer Department of Library and Information Science Kuvempu University Shimoga, KARNATAKA -- My life has changed. What about yours? Log on to the new Indiatimes Mail and Live out of the Inbox! -- 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] list of indian univeresities
by sri priya 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Dear Sir, These are some links to the - Complete List of Universities in India http://www.keralaeducation.com/html/unisindia.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_universities_in_India http://www.indianchild.com/universities_in_india.htm http://www.educationinfoindia.com/Universities/states.htm http://www.winentrance.com/Universities_india.html http://www.srikumar.com/education/univer_india.htm Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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My New Contact Details
by tariq22＠gmail.com 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Dear All Just to inform you that effective October 1, 2007 I have joined the library of South Campus of Delhi University as its incharge and new contact details are as under Regards Dr.Tariq Ashraf Librarian South Campus, University of Delhi- Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi (India )110021 Email: tariq22(a)gmail.com ; tariq(a)duls.du.ac.in Ph: 01124110221-(Direct) Cell: 9868335593 Website: http://www.du.ac.in The information contained in this e-mail message is privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination or copying is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this e-mail message in error, please e-mail the sender. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article about Home Library in Economic Times
by Mukesh Anand 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Dear Members', Booked for life / Neha Dewan The way you do up ur library reflects ur persanality & attitude. The options are endless. This is an interesting & informative article about the furniture required for the home library Print :- The Economic Times on Sunday dated 30 Sept., ' 07 , Page # 10 Web :- http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Property/Booked_for_life/articleshow/24… Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Building name on living scientist
by hemanta kumar biswal 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Sir/Madams, Is/was there any Buildings, Resource Centres,Library Auditoriums, Hotels are established on the name of Living legends in Science? Can anyone help me in this regards. Thanks Hemanta Kumar Biswal, Central Library, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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list of indian univeresities
by Dipen Deka 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

Dear professionals Can anyone send me the list of Indian universities.one list was available in the website of UGC, but it is not available now. Thanks Dipen Deka UGC-JRF DLIS, Gauhati University Guwahati, Assam -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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PROF.K. A ISAAC COMMEMORATION LECTURE, 2007
by gopikuttan gopikuttan 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

KERALA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 36, II Floor, Kairalie Plaza, Karamana P. O. Thiruvananthapuram - 695 002 We have immense pleasure to invite you to the Prof K. A. Isaac Commemoration Lecture organized annually by KLA. Prof. (Dr.) C. R. Karisiddappa Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science and Director, Academic Staff College, Karnatak University, Dharwad has kindly agreed to deliver the Commemoration Lecture on Information Literacy: the Critical Competence of the 21st Century. Sri. N. Sukumaran Nair, President, KLA will preside. Venue: Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kerala Date and time: 4 October 2007, 3.30 p.m. N. Sukumaran Nair Vijayakumar, K .P. President General Secretary Programme Invocation Welcome : Dr. Vijayakumar, K. P. General Secretary, KLA Presidential address : Sri. N. Sukumaran Nair President, KLA Prof. K. A. Isaac Commemoration Lecture on Information Literacy: the critical competence of the 21st century. by Prof. (Dr.) C. R. Karisiddappa Professor, DLIS and Director, Academic staff college Karnatak University, Dharwad Reminiscences of Prof. K. A. Isaac : Sri. M. Varghese Head, DLIS University of Kerala Vote of Thanks : Smt. Sheenakumari, P. K. Organizing Secretary, KLA --------------------------------- 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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National Workshop on Koha
by Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay 30 Sep '07

30 Sep '07

Dear Colleague, As you know the Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) movement has created lot of enthusiasm and opportunities in the domain of library services. Open source software are available free of cost, support you to work at the system level and provide freedom to customize software as per the requirements of your library. Koha is possibly the most feature rich Library Management Software (LMS) from the open source domain. It is Web-centric, modular, multilingual, and compliant with almost all the bibliographic standards like ISO-2709, FRBR, Z 39.50, MARC 21/UNIMARC framework etc. Moreover, it supports storing, processing and retrieving of Indic script based documents. A commercial LMS with all these features may cost you anything in the range of Rupees two to five lakhs apart from recurring payments for updation, maintenance etc. Koha is free, supported by an international group of developers, and obviously has a tremendous application possibility in automation of college libraries and public libraries in India. Department of Library and Information Science, University of Burdwan has developed necessary skills and expertise in the application of Koha in Indian environment and already installed and configured Koha for a few college libraries in West Bengal. In response to wide-scale demand for training and consultancies in Koha, the department is going to organize five-day national level workshop on Koha during the period from December 03-07, 2007. This workshop will provide you software CDORM (containing Koha and all other companion open source software), a handbook on Koha (first of its kind in the world) and hands-on skills for installation, configuration and use of Koha in library automation. As the department is planning an intensive training schedule, total intake for the workshop will be limited to twenty only on the basis of first-cum-first. The workshop brochure and registration form can also be downloaded from the University homepage (http://www.buruniv.ac.in) or directly from http://www.buruniv.ac.in/Notices/UBUR_143_NOT_WEBPAGE.pdf. Hope to see you at the workshop. Thanks and regards, (Subal Chandra Biswas) Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information Science, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan - 713104 (Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay), Workshop Coordinator, Department of Library and Information Science, The University of Burdwan -- _______________________________________________ Search for products and services at: http://search.mail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Regarding CAS Scheme to Librarians in Uttar Pradesh State
by Kshema Prakash 30 Sep '07

30 Sep '07

Apologies for cross postings. Dear professionals, Can someone kindly let me know the present status of Career Advancement Scheme for Librarians and Assistant Librarians, College Librarians working in UP State financed posts? I am amongst the many affected. Regards, Kshema -- Mrs. Kshema Prakash Faculty Librarian - Gr I Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282005 Uttar Pradesh, India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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PLANNER 2007
by badan barman 29 Sep '07

29 Sep '07

Greetings, The Seminar Volume of the National Seminar on "Problems and Prospects of Rural Libraries with reference to North East India" which was jointly organized by Central Reference Library, Kolkata and Department of Library and Information Science, Gauhati University during March 27-28, 2007released on 28 th September at Gauhati University. I am happy to inform that all contributors to the volume will get a copy shortly through post. It is another proud privilege to inform you that this time the 5th Convention PLANNER-2007 will be held at Gauhati University during December 7-8, 2007. The details can be had by clicking on the following link. If the links does not work, please cut and paste either of the addresses in a new browser window. PLANNER 2007: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/planner2007/index.html Or PLANNER 2007: http://dlisgu.white.prohosting.com and PLANNER 2007 Brochure: http://gulis.googlegroups.com/web/PLANNER2007.pdf Thanking you Yours faithfully Sri Badan Barman http://bbarman.rain.prohosting.com Research Scholar Mobile: 094351-48924,E-Mail: badanbarman(a)gmail.com Dept. of Lib. & Info. Science http://dlisgu.white.prohosting.com/ Gauhati University http://www.guniv.ernet.in/, Guwahati: 781014, Assam. LIS Job: http://lisjob.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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About International Journal of Internet Science
by vijay kumar 29 Sep '07

29 Sep '07

Dear friend, International journal of internet science is a peer reviewed open access journal for empirical findings, methodology, and theory of social and behavioral science concerning the Internet and its implications for individuals, social groups, organizations, and society. The journal publishes high quality research in the social and behavioral sciences in the field of internet research/internet science. It is a peer reviewed journal that is interested in manuscripts that deal either with the social impact of the internet (online communities, social networks, digital inequality, etc) or with the opportunities that the internet, including mobile communication, offers for the collection of data (online surveys, online experiments, automated data collection, etc.). If you are interested and you have manuscript that fits into that scheme then consult the management committee of International Journal of Internet Science. Here the web address of International Journal of Internet Science http://www.ijis.net/ With regards Vijay kumar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC NET on 16th December 2007
by Dhanukumar Pattanashetti 29 Sep '07

29 Sep '07

Dear Professionals, UGC has announced holding of NET on 16th December. For more details, please visit http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/netadv/adv1207.pdf http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/netadv/application1207.pdf Last date for receipt of application forms at respective centers would be 23rd October. Warm Regards, Dhanu Dhanukumar M. Pattanashetti Central Library, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian's vacancy at Palampur Agri varsity
by Dr. Nabi Hasan 29 Sep '07

29 Sep '07

Dear Colleagues The CSK HImachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur (HP) has advertised the post of LIBRARIAN in the pay scale of 16400-22400. The last date is 24/10/2007. The details can be seen at: http://hillagric.ernet.in/news&jobs/jobs_advt/jobs.html Best reagrds, Dr. Nabi Hasan Assistant Librarian cum Library System Administrator University Library, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University Palampur (H.P.)- 176 062 (India) Phone: +91-1894-283184 (Direct), +91-1894-230361 (O) Cell- +91-9418493990, +91-1894-234571 (R) E-Mail: nabihasan(a)rediffmail.com nabihasan(a)gmail.com Web: http://hillagric.ernet.in --------------------------------- 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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Refresher course in Library and Information science at Osmania University, hyderabad
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 29 Sep '07

29 Sep '07

dear professional friends The UGC-Academic Staff College, Osmania University, Hyderabad is organising a three week refresher course for College librarians and asst librarians of the universities from 29-10-07 to 20-11-07. all the professionals working on contract are eligible for this course. Those who are desirous of attending may apply through proper channel. The application forms may please download from www.osmania.ac.in/asc luking forward to see many friends at my refresher course 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) President, Association of British Scholars (Hyderabad Chapter) Vice-President, Faculty Club, Osmania University Ph:+91-40-27171565(res): +91-40- 27098102(telefax-off) 9246547599(Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)gmail.com --------------------------------- 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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PLANNER 2007 at Gauhati Univerity, Gauhati on 7th - 8th December 2007 - Call for Paper
by Rajesh Chandrakar 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

PLANNER2007 : a special initiative by INFLIBNET for creating awareness among LIS professionals in the field of IT and its applications invites contributed papers and case studies on various aspects of the conference theme "Library as a Global Information Hub: Perspectives and Challenges" and following subthemes Information Management a.. Data Warehouse b.. E- Resources : Open Sources and Commercial c.. Information Exchange d.. Knowledge Portals e.. Web Technology and Search Engines f.. Information Security g.. Innovative Practices in Libraries Borderless Libraries a.. Development of Global Partnerships b.. Education and Training c.. Skill Enhancement of Library Professionals and Users d.. Quality Measures in the Libraries e.. Digital Information: Management and Delivery f.. Open Standards g.. Data Harvesting and Federated Search h.. Multilingual Library Services Important Dates & Venue Receipt of Full Papers: November 2, 2007 Last Date for Registration: November 16, 2007 Convention Dates: December 7-8, 2007 Venue of the Convention: Department of Library & Information Science, Gauhati University, Gauhati (Assam) Contacts For Paper Submission Dr. Jagdish Arora Editor-in-Chief, PLANNER2007 & Director 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: director(a)inflibnet.ac.in ; planner2007(a)inflibnet.ac.in Registration and Accomodation Dr. Narendra Lahkar Organising Secretary, PLANNER -2007 Professor & Head, Dept. of Library and Information Science Gauhati University, Guwahati - 781 017, Assam, India Ph: 0361-2571954 ; 9435403097 (M) Email: nlahkar(a)gmail.com ; n_lahkar(a)yahoo.com Queries Can Also be Sent to Sh. H G Hosamani Convener, PLANNER -2007 Scientist - B (LS) Head, HRD & Consultancy INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Gujarat University Campus, PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, Gujarat, India Ph:079-2630 4695/ 8528 /5971 Email: hosamani(a)inflibnet.ac.in ; planner2007(a)inflibnet.ac.in For more details on PLANNER 2007 visit http://web.inflibnet.ac.in/planner2007 With best regards, Rajesh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajesh Chandrakar, Commonwealth Professional Fellow Scientific & Technical Officer INFLIBNET (INFormation and LIBrary NETwork) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House, PB No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380 009, India Tel. +91-(0)79-26305971/ 8528/ 4695(O), 26873805(R) Mobile: +91-9427527894 Fax: +91-(0)79-26300990, 263007816 E-mail: rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in; rchandrakar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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WHO Vacancy Notice - HINARI Technical Officer - Geneva Switzerland
by Mailing List Admin 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:48:10 -1000 From: Tomas Allen <tomasallen_who(a)hotmail.com> WHO Vacancy Notice - HINARI Technical Officer - Geneva Switzerland Dear Friends, This might be an interesting job opportunity for any of you. https://erecruit.who.int/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.asp?o_c=1000&jobinfo_uid_c=… Please visit the www.who.int/employment for futher information or to apply. Best of luck to all. Tomas Allen WHO Library Geneva tomasallen_who(a)hotmail.com

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Lecture on IPR at DELNET on Sept 28, 2007
by Sangeeta Kaul 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

*************************************************************************** DELNET-Developing Library Network cordially invites you and your colleagues to a lecture on Intellectual Property Rights : What Library Professionals Need to Know by J C Batra* and Bharti Birla** * Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India ** Senior Trainer, Global Institute of Intellectual Property, New Delhi on Friday, September 28, 2007 at 3:45 pm at DELNET, JNU Campus, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi -110017 Tea : 3:30 pm RSVP : 32471010, 32471001 Please do join us. ****************************************************************************** _______________________________________________________________________________ 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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National Workshop on Application of GenIsisWeb at IIITM-K
by Sainul Abideen P 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Dear Collegues, Due to emergence of tools like GenISISWeb, the utility of CDS/ISIS (or its different versions like winISIS) is gaining momentum again in the Digital Library environmet. Using GenISISweb it is possible to create web based Digital Libraries keeping CDS/ISIS as back-end database, to create WebOPAC of library collection which is in CDS/ISIS, to create online Journals gateways for electronic (even for print) journals, or any other web based information services with a much userfriendly and effective way. Based on the practical application of GenISISWeb for past few years in creating Multimedia Digital Library, Web OPACs, e-journals Gateways, Software Library, online newspaper portal etc we are organising a "National Workshop on Application of GenISISWeb for Web Based Information Services' at IIITM-K Trivandrum Kerala during 29-31 October 2007 as per the details given below. [website http://www.iiitmk.ac.in/genisisweb] For more details and examples of GenISISWeb implementation visit IIITMK Library Blog: http://iiitmklibrary.blogspot.com/2007/09/examples-of-genisisweb-based-serv… We request you to kindly participate in this workshop, and circulate this message among your Professional friends and colleagues with best regards, Sainul Abideen P Workshop Coordinator & Librarian IIITM-K, Trivandrum ================================= National Workshop On Application of GenisisWeb for Web Based Information Services Organised by Digital Library & Information Services Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management Kerala (IIITM-K), Thiruvananthapuram website http://www.iiitmk.ac.in/genisisweb Date: 29-31 October 2007 9.30 AM - 4.30 PM Venue: IIITM-K, Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram 695581 About the Workshop Information and Communication Technology has made profound impact on the society in general and in the field of library and information science in particular. Availability of modern ICT infrastructure forced the libraries to offer many of their services over network, especially over the Web. Emergence of e-only resources, requirement from users for e-resources, and availability of suitable communication mechanisms etc have also compelled to provide electronic information services. In order to provide such speedy services, libraries need to equip themselves with different tools, which enable web-based information dissemination. Provision of Web based information service is costly and some times becomes unaffordable to many Libraries. Alternatively they may depend on free/low cost solutions for web based information services. The workshop will orient and train the participants in establishing and managing such services. The practice sessions will be based on GenIsisWeb. GenISIS is a state-of-the-art package used to create Web interface for CDS/ISIS databases (or its different versions) for developing applications like Digital Libraries, Web based catalogues (WebOPAC), e-Journal Gateways etc. GenISIS is based on the Web CDS/ISIS interface WWWISIS by BIREME. This Workshop focuses on giving a practical orientation to GenISISWeb for creating web based Information Service. Participation is expected from Librarians, LIS Students, Academia and Industry. For more details and examples of GenISISWeb implementation visit : http://iiitmklibrary.blogspot.com/2007/09/examples-of-genisisweb-based-serv… Objectives To give practical orientation to: Ø Develop bibliographic database using WinISIS Ø To publish WinISIS Database over the Web Ø To develop Digital Libraries using GenISISWeb Ø To develop Web OPAC using GenISISWeb. Ø To develop e-Journals Gateway using GenISISWeb Ø To learn data exchange using IsisASCII. Ø To master development and maintenance of Integrated Online Library Information Systems. Participants are expected to be proficient in using GenISISWeb after this workshop. Registration Fee: Rupees 1500/= Only Participants from Industry Rs. 2000/= Only. Payments to be made via DD in favour of Director, IIITM-K payable at Canara Bank , Kazhakkoottam Branch. Workshop fee covers Lectures, Course material in CD, Working Lunch and Tea. No TA/DA will be given to the participants. Participants are requested to make their own arrangements for Accommodation and Travel. Registration form along with the Fee may be sent to the Workshop Coordinator. Last date for Registration and payment of registration fee: 19th October 2007 No. of Seats No. of seats are limited to 20 only on first come first served basis. Kindly confirm the availability of seats by email to sainul [AT] iiitmk [DOT] ac [DOT] in before sending the Registration fee. Faculty Workshop will be handled by the Digital Library team of IIITMK headed by Sainul Abideen P, (VLIR Scholar, Belgium) Librarian,IIITM-K, who has developed several Web based Information Systems using GenISISWeb. For Registration and further details Sainul Abideen P Workshop Coordinator & Librarian IIITM-K, Park Centre Technopark, Karyavattom PO PIN 695581 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India Phone 0471-2527567, 3091334, 2700777 exn 119 Fax: 0471-2527568 Mobile: 9946401830 sainul [AT] iiitmk [DOT] ac [DOT] in website http://www.iiitmk.ac.in/genisisweb -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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University Librarian post (pay scale Rs.16, 400-22, 400) at Pondicherry University
by Mukesh Anand 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Respected Members', Pondicherry University (Central University), Puducherry - 605 014 advertised for the Post :- Librarian Group :- A Pay Scale :- Rs. 16,400-450-20,900-500-22,400 Method of Induction :- Direct Recruitment For more details, eligibility & application form visit http://www.pondiuni.org/librarian_notification.html Last date for submission of applications is 31st Oct., ' 07 Advt. was published in The Indian Express dated 21st Sept., ' 07 Friday , Page # 11 With Regards, Mukesh Anand -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Version 69, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

Version 69 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available from Digital Scholarship. This selective bibliography presents over 3,120 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepb.html New versions of SEPB are announced on DigitalKoans: http://www.digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/ RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/DigitalKoans The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: 2006 Annual Edition is also available from Digital Scholarship. Annual editions of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography are PDF files designed for printing. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/annual/annual.htm For a discussion of the numerous changes in my digital publications since my resignation from the University of Houston Libraries, see: http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/2007/02/18/summary-of-baileys-d… Changes in This Version The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are marked with an asterisk): Table of Contents 1 Economic Issues 2 Electronic Books and Texts 2.1 Case Studies and History* 2.2 General Works* 2.3 Library Issues* 3 Electronic Serials 3.1 Case Studies and History* 3.2 Critiques 3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals* 3.4 General Works* 3.5 Library Issues* 3.6 Research* 4 General Works* 5 Legal Issues 5.1 Intellectual Property Rights* 5.2 License Agreements* 6 Library Issues 6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* 6.2 Digital Libraries* 6.3 General Works* 6.4 Information Integrity and Preservation* 7 New Publishing Models* 8 Publisher Issues* 8.1 Digital Rights Management 9 Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* Appendix A. Related Bibliographies Appendix B. About the Author Appendix C. SEPB Use Statistics Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources includes the following sections: Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* Digital Libraries* Electronic Books and Texts* Electronic Serials* General Electronic Publishing* Images Legal Preservation Publishers Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* SGML and Related Standards Further Information about SEPB The XHTML version of SEPB is designed for interactive use. Each major section is a separate file. There are links to sources that are freely available on the Internet. It can be searched using a Google Search Engine. Whether the search results are current depends on Google's indexing frequency. In addition to the bibliography, the XHTML document includes: (1) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (biweekly list of new resources; also available by e-mail--see second URL--and RSS Feed--see third URL) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepw/sepw.htm http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=51756 http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss (2) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (directory of over 270 related Web sites) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepr/sepr.htm (3) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/archive/sepa.htm Related Article An article about the bibliography has been published in The Journal of Electronic Publishing: http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-02/bailey.html -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Digital Scholarship http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ DigitalKoans Open Access Bibliography Open Access Webliography Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Hollywood Librarian
by Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

Dear colleagues, The Hollywood Librarian: A Look at Librarians through Film will be the first full-length documentary film to focus on the work and lives of librarians. The promo of the flim says: THEY HAVE MORE CARDHOLDERS THAN VISA AND MORE OUTLETS THAN McDONALD'S AND MOVE MORE OBJECTS THAN FEDEX MEET YOUR LIBRARIAN The director ANN M. SEIDL (also Writer of the screenplay) has a master degree of library and information services from the University of Denver. She is a library consultant and the owner and principal manager of a library consulting business which provides library research and GIS analysis products to public libraries and systems. The Hollywood Librarian is a unique and charming blend of film clips, humor and critical analysis of the popular image of librarians. It will create a new-found empathy for the profession by revealing the diversity of individual librarians and the importance of what they do. This documentary will increase the public's awareness of the complex and democratic nature of librarianship in the age of technology, and be a step toward librarians redefining themselves as not only more than a stereotype, but also as a cultural imperative. Vist the URL http://www.hollywoodlibrarian.com/production.html to have a look at it. Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay Department of Library and Information Science University of Burdwan, Burdwan, Rajbati - 713104, WB -- _______________________________________________ Search for products and services at: http://search.mail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Correction IASLIC Study circle meeting on 27/09/2007
by Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

Dear All Please correct the Speaker's name : Shri. S.B. Banerjee, Dy. Manager, Hindustan Paper . It will not be Shri. S.B. Ghosh. Sorry for printing mistake. NOTICE The 286th IASLIC Study circle meeting will be held on Thursday, 27 September 2007 at 6.30 P.M. in the IASLIC Hall. The topic : "Designing information service products in the knowledge Eonomy. Speaker : Shri S.B. Banerjee, former Dy. Manager, Hindustan Paper and presently associated with different universities and Management Schools of Kolkata as a Guest faculty. All are cordially invited to attend and particpte in the discussions. Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty Hony. General Secretary, IASLIC DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2355 9544, 9416, 9219 FAX: 91-33-2355 3886 MAIN CAMPUS: 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA PH: 91-33-2350 2402/03, FAX: 91-33-2350-6790 Ph(Res): 91-33-23242100, E-MAIL: akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Web-OPAC of HKBKCE Cetral Library
by K.R. Mulla 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

Dear LIS Professionals, It is intresting to see this is a Web-OPAC to provide continuous access to the Knowledge and Information in the Library to the students and faculty of the Institute for achieving excellence in their chosen disciplines. *OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue)* Allows users to search all materials (such as Books, Journals, Magazines, Digital material, Luks, etc.) available in the library collection. Only Library Members can access Full text and Digital material by using their User ID and Password. http://203.90.120.126:8081/ -- 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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Online Information Exibition 2007
by K.R. Mulla 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

Discover how to find, create, manage and share information for competitive advantage at Online Information, the world's no.1 event for online content and information solutions. Register for free entry at http://www.online-information.co.uk -- 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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Internet Resources Newsletter: October Issue
by MacLeod, Roderick A 25 Sep '07

25 Sep '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/irn155/irn155.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 Pinakes - the subject launchpad If you only read one (or two) thing(s) this month, read... 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): Patent Lens Blogorama News of Blogs, RSS, etc Selected interesting Blogs and RSS feeds Recent Internet books in the Library Get a life! Leisure Time After hours Published by Heriot-Watt University Library, and edited by Roddy MacLeod (R.A.MacLeod(a)hw.ac.uk) Catherine Ure and Marion Kennedy -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IASLIC Study circle meeting on 27/09/2007
by Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty 25 Sep '07

25 Sep '07

NOTICE The 286th IASLIC Study circle meeting will be held on Thursday, 27 September 2007 at 6.30 P.M. in the IASLIC Hall. The topic : "Designing information service products in the knowledge Eonomy. Speaker : Shri S.B. Ghosh, former Dy. Manager, Hindustan Paper and presently associated with different universities and Management Schools of Kolkata as a Guest faculty. All are cordially invited to attend and particpte in the discussions. Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty Hony. General Secretary, IASLIC DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2355 9544, 9416, 9219 FAX: 91-33-2355 3886 MAIN CAMPUS: 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA PH: 91-33-2350 2402/03, FAX: 91-33-2350-6790 Ph(Res): 91-33-23242100, E-MAIL: akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Virtual library software.
by vimal kumar 25 Sep '07

25 Sep '07

Dear Friends, I am searching for a software suitable for building virtual library. Help me, if anybody have experience with virtual library softwares and collection development. Thanks in advance, 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 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't let your dream ride pass you by. Make it a reality with Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/index.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Electronic Journal and Newsletter
by sri priya 25 Sep '07

25 Sep '07

Electronic Journal and Newsletter This is the archive for New journal , the Internet list for new journals and newsletters available on the Internet. http://library.georgetown.edu/newjour/index.html Serials Solutions: Full-Text Electronic Journal Search http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/ss_frame.htm The Full-Text Electronic Journal Search will allow you to search if a particular journal is available online. Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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STA(Doc.) post (pay scale 5.5-9 Th.) at NIHFW, New Delhi
by Mukesh Anand 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

Dear Members', National Institute of Health & Family Welfare (NIHFW), New Delhi requires Sr. Technical Assistant (Documentation):One (OBC) Scale of pay – Rs.5500-175-9000 Age limit – Not exceeding 30 years Essential Qualifications:- (i) Degree of a recognized University or equivalent. (ii) Degree in Library Science from a recognized University or equivalent. (iii) One year's experience of documentation work in a Library/Documentation Center of repute. Desirable :- (i) Master's degree in Library & Information Science from a recognized University or equivalent. (ii) Master's degree, preferably in a Science or Social Science subject, from a University of equivalent. For more details visit http://www.nihfw.org/html/vacancies.htm Last date of Submission of completed application form is 19th Nov., ' 07. Advt. was appeared in The Hindu dated 18th Sept., ' 07 Tuesday, Page # 7 Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Urgently Required - Librarians
by Swati gajakose 22 Sep '07

22 Sep '07

Dear All, Urgently required Librarians 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. Freshers may apply. Please e-mail your resume to helplibrary(a)gmail.com or helplib(a)vsnl.com . Our contact numbers are: 65952393/65952394 Only candidates from Mumbai may apply. Dr. Anirruddha Malpani Health Education Library for People 206, Dr. D.N. Road, National Insurance Building, Gr. Floor, Near New Excelsior Cinema, Mumbai 400001 www.healthlibrary.com Bring your gang together - do your thing. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free E-Journals/ Newsletters: LIS
by Muniraj. T 22 Sep '07

22 Sep '07

Free E-Journals/ Newsletters: D-Lib Magazine (http://www.dlib.org/) - D-Lib Magazine is a monthly magazine about innovation and research in digital libraries. Journal of Digital Information (http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/) - E-journal publishing papers on the management, presentation and uses of information in digital environments Information Research: An international electronic journal (http://informationr.net/ir/) - Information Research is a free, international, scholarly journal, dedicated to making freely accessible the results of research across a wide range of information-related disciplines. Journal of Electronic Publishing. (http://www.press.umich.edu/jep) - The Journal of Electronic Publishing is for the thoughtful forward-thinking publisher, librarian, scholar, or author -- in fact, anyone in this new business -- facing those challenges. Current Cites (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CurrentCites/) - monitors information technology literature in both print and digital forms, each month selecting only the best items to annotate for a free publication. Ariadne (http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/) - The Ariadne newsletter is aimed at working librarians in academic libraries in the UK. First Monday (http://www.firstmonday.dk/) - One of the first peer-reviewed journals on the Internet, about the Internet and the Global Information Infrastructure. Free Online Scholarship Newsletter (http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/index.htm) - The purpose of the newsletter is to share news and discussion on the migration of print scholarship to the internet and efforts to make it available to readers free of charge. Free Pint (http://www.freepint.com/) - Free Pint is a free email newsletter giving you tips, tricks and articles on how and where to find reliable Web sites and search more effectively. Information Today and Tomorrow (ITT) (http://itt.nissat.tripod.com/) - Quarterly newsletter from NISSAT. Digital libraries - a column in Library Journal by Roy Tennant, Manager, eScholarship Web & Services Design, California Digital Library Bibliozine - the e-magazine for librarians. (http://www.bibliozine.com/index.shtml) RLG DigiNews. Produced for RLG by the Cornell University Libraries Department of Preservation and Conservation, RLG DigiNews is a bimonthly Web-based newsletter focused on issues of vital interest to managers of digital initiatives. (http://www.rlg.org/preserv/diginews/) Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/) - A quarterly publication of the Science and Technology Section, Association of College and Research Libraries, USA. ITPapers.com (http://www.itpapers.com/) - Yellow pages of white papers. Covers several categoires, including libraries. Australian Academic & Research Libraries (http://www.alia.org.au/sections/ucrls/aarl/) - Quarterly journal devoted to all aspects of librarianship in university and college libraries. THE INFORMED LIBRARIAN ONLINE (http://www.infosourcespub.com/) THE INFORMED LIBRARIAN is a monthly compilation of the most recent tables of contents from over 180 valuable domestic and foreign library and information-related journals, e-journals, magazines,e-magazines, newsletters and e-newsletters. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/index.html) Information Today (http://www.infotoday.com/it/itnew.htm) Information industry news services for the information professional. LIBRES - Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal (http://libres.curtin.edu.au/) Journal of Information, Law and Technology (http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/) For other free/ partially free e-journals and newsletters in the information field, consult the list maintained by Prof. Tom Wilson at InformationR.Net MUNIRAJU.T PES Institute of Technology t_muniraj(a)yahoo.co.in http://muniraj.t.googlepages.com/ http://www.lisresearch.blogspot.com/ 5, 50, 500, 5000 - Store N number of mails in your inbox. Go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIBRARY RESEARCH METHODS AND MATERIALS PERIODICAL INDEXES
by sri priya 22 Sep '07

22 Sep '07

LIBRARY RESEARCH METHODS AND MATERIALS PERIODICAL INDEXES 1.How to use periodical indexes to find articles 2.How to find periodical articles in print and online 3.Become familiar with the indexes in your major 4.Use the Academic Search Premier journal index ..etc Source : http://www.lib.lsu.edu/instruction/Krause/Indexes2.htm Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Press Clipping services
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 21 Sep '07

21 Sep '07

Many librarians offer press clipping services. Do they know the value of their services? Can the put a price tag? (and recover the costs involved?). Following message gives an idea how much BMC (Bombay Municipal Corporation) is spending on acquiring information through press clippings. Vyasamoorthy ================= 16. bmc does read newspaper articles Posted by: "karmayog.org" info(a)karmayog.org Date: Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:06 pm ((PDT)) It seems that BMC gives a yearly contract of Rs. 1.5 crores to read and cut and file articles from newspapers. One would like to know how the files are circulated internally. ================= -- 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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53 rd All India Library Conference- at Osmania University, Hyderabad- 13-16 dec 07
by Mailing List Admin 21 Sep '07

21 Sep '07

Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:17:44 +0100 (BST) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> Dear friends iam sure all the professional friends and other Friends in the publishing and IT sector must be luking for the 53 rd ALL INDIA LIBRARY CONFERENCE (ILA CONFERENCE) to be organised in this year. This year the conference is being organised by the Dept of Library and Information Science, Osmania University jointly with College of Engineering, Osmania University and College of Technology, Osmania University during the 13-16 dec 07. Please feel free to contact the ILA office bearers or any other person from organising committee. Please remember that the organising committee has not taken the resposnibility of articles selection and also publishing. please contact the ILA office for more information. we have limited accomodation, so please send your registrations earliest. I INVITE ONE AND ALL TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE. Prof Laxman Rao Organising secretary Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, & Director, UGC-Academic Staff College, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Association of British Scholars (Hyderabad Chapter) Vice-President, Faculty Club, Osmania University Ph:+91-40-27171565(res): +91-40-27682290, 27098102(off) 9246547599(Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)gmail.com

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Seminar on IPR Issues in Digital Millenium
by D Jotwani, Librarian IIT Bombay 21 Sep '07

21 Sep '07

Dear All The Central Library, IIT Bombay is organizing a half day's program on "IPR Issues in Digital Millenium". Dr A Lakshmana Moorthy, Director DESIDOC, New Delhi will be the main speaker. Dr Moorthy has been in the profession for over 27 years and is currently the Director of a prestegious institution like DESIDOC. The programme also includes a presentation on JCCC and J-Gate by Informatics India (Ltd), Bangalore. The Library and Information Science Professionals serving in academic, scientific, technical and research libraries may find the programme interesting and useful for their work. Registration is free. But please confirm your participation in advance. Date:28th September 2007 (Friday) Time: 10-12.30 Place: F C Kohli Auditorium, KReSIT Building, IIT Bombay. Thanks -- D. Jotwani Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400076 Phone 91-22-25768920, 91-22-25720227 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Hindi LIS Journal Granthalaya Vigyan & Other Indian Language LIS Journals
by Mukesh Anand 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Dear Members', Here I am giving the details of Hindi LIS Journal & other LIS Journal published in Indian languages. Hindi LIS Journal : Granthalaya Vigyan Published by :- Prof. Kaula Library & Information Science Endowment Founder Editor :- Prof. P. N. Kaula (Prithvi Nath Kaula) {Retired Prof. & Head, Deptt. of Lib. & Info. Sc., Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi) Editor :- Dr. S.P.Sood (Satyendra Pal Sood) {Retired Associate Prof., Deptt. of Lib. & Info. Sc., University of Rajasthan, Jaipur} Sub-Editor :- Rupendra {Retired Librarian, Lal Bahadur Shashtri Postgraduate College, Jaipur} Periodicity :- Half-yearly (but generally two issues cumulated into one) Annual Subscription :- Rs. 200/- Contact Address :- Dr. S.P. Sood, 3 KHA 4 A, Jawahar Nagar, Jaipur-302 004 Cell # :- 0-93144-45564 Ph. # :- 0141-265-1853 Started publication in 1970. Upto now Volume 37 (Issues 1 & 2 ), 2006 published. Articles & Information Clippings are regular. Titles, Points of article are also in English. Articles are accompanied with Abstract, References & Bibliogarphy with Author communication address. Soochna Saar (Information Clippings) :- Information about Research Degree, Discussion/Workshop/Conferences, Library Day Celebretion, Appointment / Promotion/ Retirement, Election of Library Associations, Felicitation, Foreign Trip, Memorial Lecture Series etc./ It is compiled by Rupendra. Other LIS Journals published in Indian Languages Sl #, Title (Language) Starting year of publication, Publishing body. 1. Annals of Library Literature (Bengali & English), 1987, Deptt. of Lib. & Info. Sc., Vidyasagar Univ., Medinipur (West Bengal) 2. Granthalokam (Malyalam), 1948, Official organ of Kerala State Library Council, Thiruvananthpuram. 3. Granthagar (Bengali) , 1958, Bengal Library Association, Kolkata. 4.Granthalaya Sarvaswamu (Telugu), 1916, Andhra Pradesh Library Association, Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) 5.Karnataka Granthalaya (Kannada) , 1969, Banglore. 6. MFCLA Bulletin (Marathi & English), 1988, Quarterly of Maharashtra Federation of College Library Association, c'o Deptt. of Lib. Sc., Smt. LRT Commerce College, Akola (Maharashtra). 7. Pustakalaya (Gujarati), 1924, Gujarat Pustakalaya Sahayak Sahkari Mandal Ltd., Vadodara (Gujarat). Source :- Directory of Periodicals published in India 2000, Sapra & Sapra Pub. & Dist. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi Now I am requesting to the LIS Professionals', particularly LIS Students' of these Languages, to give the full details of these Journals alongwith the TOC of its latest issue. Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Adoption of Open Source Software in Libraries -- Survey is reopen till 30th Sept.
by Muhammad Rafiq 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Apology for cross posting. Dear Professionals I am conducting a research on perceptions of professionals about Adoption of Open Source Software in Libraries. The questionnaire is available at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=KMBnaoJI4L3efHVopXqZJw_3d_3d The survey is reopen till Sept. 30. The questionnaire will take approximately 7-10 minutes to complete. You are requested to please spare your time and record your response. If you feel any problem to get the questionnaire, please email me. I will be highly thankful. Thanking you in anticipation for your cooperation and to support the research activities. Best Regards. Muhammad Rafiq PhD Student Department of Library & Information Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore (Pakistan) Cell: +92-321-7836131 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UI Current LIS Clips
by vimal kumar 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

Dear Friend, UI Current LIS Clips, an electronic current awareness service! Current Clips to help you stay up-to-date with the latest issues in library and information science. This free service offers thoughtful, easy-to-read summaries of the key recent publications in the field, for practicing librarians, information professionals and academics. Each issue focuses on a topic of current concern to the Library and Information community. visit this link to subscribe https://mail.isrl.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/clips 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 --------------------------------- Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Refresher course in Library science
by gopikuttan gopikuttan 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

Dear colleagues The Academic staff college is organising a refresher course in Library and Information Science,from September 27th onwards. Those who wish to join the programme may either visit the official website of UGC-Academic staff college of the University of Kerala or contact 0471 2418989. Thank u Dr.A.Gopikuttan Dept of Library and Information Science University of Kerala Trivandrum --------------------------------- 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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Chief Librarian post (pay scale 20, 700-26, 600) at Centre for Dev. Studies, Trivendrum
by Mukesh Anand 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

Respected Members', Centre for Development Studies, Trivendrum needs Chief Librarian in the pay scale of Rs.20700-500-23200-550-25400-600-26600 (State Government pattern). Its Library houses the finest collections in social sciences and allied subjects. Eligibility :- Candidate should have a first class Masters Degree in Library Science with 10 years or more experience in managing a section of a Library in computerised environment. Should have knowledge in digitisation, computerisation process, expansion of technological resources and scholar outreach. Age limit is 40 years. The Selection Committee reserves the right to relax qualifications and experience in exceptional cases and also consider candidates from outside the list of applications. Benefits include Provident Fund, Gratuity, accident insurance coverage, contributory family benefit scheme, medical, loan from welfare fund, leave encashment on retirement and campus housing subject to availability. Higher salary can be offered to candidates depending on their academic achievements. Please send detailed curriculum vitae with copies of major publications and names of three referees to: The Director, Centre for Development Studies, Medical College Post, Trivandrum 695 011, Kerala so as to reach him by October 31, 2007. For details visit Web Site: www.cds.edu. With Regards, Mukesh Anand -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Research and Documentation Online
by sri priya 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

www.uidaho.edu A listing of over 5000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar. http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html Research and Documentation Online An extensive annotated list of specialized sources for more than 30 disciplines. The resources are organized by typedatabases and indexes, Web resources, and reference booksunder four main categories: Humanities, Social Sciences, History, and Sciences. The information on this site also appears in the print booklet Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age, Fourth Edition, by Diana Hacker. Source : http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/ Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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JIDC: New Open Access Journal
by Puttaraj Choukimath 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

Hello Dears, NEW OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL Title : Journal of Infection in Developing Countries (JIDC) Publisher : Open Learning on Enteric Pathogen (OLOEP) ISSN : 1972-2680 Please Visit : http://www.oloep.org/jidc/content.asp?id=958 regards, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Web Resources
by Muniraj. T 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

LIS Web Resources This site provides some useful links to the Library web resources. LINK : http://www.library.uiuc.edu/lsx/webresources.html Resources for Electronic Resource Management ERIL: Electronic Resources in Libraries is a community of librarians concerned with the practical aspects of managing electronic resources in libraries. http://www.joanconger.net/ERIL/resources.html MUNIRAJU.T PES Institute of Technology t_muniraj(a)yahoo.co.in http://muniraj.t.googlepages.com/ http://www.lisresearch.blogspot.com/ 5, 50, 500, 5000 - Store N number of mails in your inbox. Go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Room To Read set to open 1,600 libraries in India
by madhuresh.singhal 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

You may like to know about the following news item taken from http://www.livemint.com/2007/09/13011301/Room-To-Read-targets-local-cor. html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------- Room To Read targets local corporate donors to scale up The new Room to Read libraries will add to those already operational in schools in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and five other countries New Delhi: John Wood, the founder of the non-profit Room To Read libraries, likes to benchmark his efforts against the coffee retailer Starbucks. "In the 8th year after its IPO, Starbucks opened 1,000 outlets. We are opening 1,600 libraries this year," says Wood, a former Microsoft Corp. executive who is in India looking for corporate donors. The new Room to Read libraries will add to those already operational in schools in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and five other countries. Besides libraries, the organization funds scholarships for girls, sets up computer labs for students, publishes books in local languages and in some countries, albeit not in India, runs schools as well. The organization got a $1 million (about Rs4 crore) grant from investment bank Goldman Sachs Goup, earlier this year to fund libraries in India. It also got a $249,000 (about Rs 1 crore) grant from Credit Suisse to build libraries and computer labs here. Now, Wood is hoping Indian donors will step forward as well. "Corporate social responsibility has to go beyond what can I do to look good," he says. "And India's growth has to go beyond how many Pizza Huts can be opened per capita." Wood plans to enlist the Young Presidents' Organisation, a non-governmental organization comprising company presidents and CEOs, for his fund-raising efforts in Mumbai. The last reliable count done by the Indian government in 2005 with the Indian Market Research Bureau put the number of out-of-school children at 13.4 million, a figure that raised much concern. The government has said that since then, the number of out-of-school children has dropped to seven million in 2006, based on state reports but not verified by any independent agency. Room to Read sees common cause with the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan, the UPA government's flaship programme that aims to put every child in the 6-14 age group in school. "Providing resources inside the classroom is a major concern area in SSA. Our effort is in that direction", said Sunisha Ahuja, country director of Room To Read. To ensure that children get books and read in the school libraries that it funds, and also to help over worked teachers, the organization employs facilitators and has begun publishing children's books in Hindi. It will soon bring out titles in Telugu, Bengali and Marathi. Room to Read says it currently provides scholarships to 900 girls in India. Track more news items about the activities of Room to Read NGO in India at http://www.livemint.com/2007/04/23224219/NGO-blends-tech-traditional-l.h tml and http://www.livemint.com/UserControls/2007/02/23225517/GoldmanSachstofund -450-loca.html?atype=tp ; Regards Madhuresh Singhal Assoc. Res. Scientist - Inf. Sc. Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 28394959; Mobile 098861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/ Please visit us at IBC Summit (Hyderabad) between 10th and 12th October 2007 and at AAPS (San Diego) between 12th and 14th November 2007 at Booth number 3005. ************************************************************************************************ This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need Information
by M. Anisur Rahman 15 Sep '07

15 Sep '07

Dear Professionals: I need to know the history of Universities libraries in undivided Bengal. I need articles/books on this. Can anyone help me in this regards. Md. Anisur Rahman Head Library and Inforamtion Division Northern University Bangladesh Mohammadpur, Dhaka 1207 Bangladesh Mob: 00-88-01819273018 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request
by Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

Dear All Can I have the following article. G. M. Tsangaris et al. Journal of Materials Science, vol. 33 (Number 8) April 1998, pages 2027-2037 Regards. DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2355 9544, 9416, 9219 FAX: 91-33-2355 3886 MAIN CAMPUS: 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA PH: 91-33-2350 2402/03, FAX: 91-33-2350-6790 Ph(Res): 91-33-23242100, E-MAIL: akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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REQUEST-FOR UGC NORMS-
by Manimekalai A 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

Sir/madam, Is there any norms for appointing the Library Incharge/ Professor incharge for the university libraries? IF so What are the functions? please let me know - A.Manimekalai Asst. Librarian( Sr.Grade), Faculty of Engg. & Tech. Library, Annamalai University Annamalainagar- 608 002. Tamilnadu- INDIA Ph: (o) 04144-239175 Ph: (R)04144-228230 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Indian Initiatives ignored by "Working Group on Open Access and Open Educational Resources"
by Sukhdev Singh 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

Dear Friends, I happen to visit Knowledge Commission Website < http://knowledgecommission.gov.in/ > yesterday. There I came come across a report submitted by "Working Group on Open Access and Open Educational Resources" < http://knowledgecommission.gov.in/downloads/documents/wg_open_course.pdf > It talks of two things – Open Educational Resources and Open Access. While I am happy that it mentions that India has done well in regard to Open Access. However I am disappointed with its annexures. These annexures provide exhaustive lists of various resources, but fail to mention any resource from India. It mentions PubMed (From NLM of US) but ignores IndMED – http://indmed.nic.in - the Indian bibliographic database indexing Indian Medical Journals and providing access without any restriction. Even the 38 full text journals available from medIND – http://medind.nic.in are ignored. It lists Bioline - an Open Access repository but fails to mention OpenMED@NIC - http://openmed.nic.in and other 24 Indian Open Access Repositories. It mentions Open Access publishers like BioMED but ignores Indian Open Access publishers like MedKnow. Interestingly it lists subscription-based service from Science Direct but fails mention work being done by Informatics, especially OpenJGate. Does not even talk of Vidyanidhi project – perhaps the first modern Digital Library concept from India. This Document lists Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam as one of its members – however it appears Prof. Arunachalam himself is ignorant of this report (Check out his reply to discussion on this topic at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oadl/) Then, should we believe that the report has been written by some Post Graduate student without consulting the working group member 'experts'? Well we have an example of "Mashelkar committee on Patent Law" which had to be withdrawn when it was found to be a case of plagiarism < http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/22/stories/2007022206751200.htm >. I hope this is not the case here. Perhaps the Open Access concept has not been understood as yet. --Sukhdev Singh. http://www.sukhdevsingh.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KM India - The Knowledge Summit
by Aman Jha 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

Dear Forum Members, I am delighted to inform you that Confederation of Indian Industry (CII ) is holding KM India - the Knowledge Summit, scheduled for 14th - 16th November, 2007 in New Delhi, India. This initiative is intended to support India's emergence as a knowledge superpower, in a connected global economy. KM India is an endeavor undertaken to create a more robust Indian knowledge ecosystem that generates economic value through the effective harnessing of knowledge and intellectual capital. Along with this we are hosting the Indian Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) Awards ceremony, which recognizes the best Indian organizations in KM based on an annual study conducted by Know Network. Shri Kapil Sibal , Minister of Science and Technology and Ocean Development would be preceding at the ceremony as the Chief Guest. Confirmations for participation include eminent achievers like Ashok Soota, Chairman & MD Mindtree Consulting; Sunil Bharti Mittal, President, CII & Chairman and Group CEO, Bharti Enterprises; Rory Chase, MD Teleos; Ganesh Natarajan, Chairman, Zensar; Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Professor , IIT - Chennai , Dr. R Natarajan, former director, IIT - Chennai; Patrick Lambe, President Information and Knowledge Management Society, Singapore; Christian Bason, Innovation Manager MindLab; Raj Datta, GM - Knowledge Management, Mindtree Consulting; Dr JK Suresh, KM Head, Infosys; and many others. We are hopeful that Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India will inaugurate this Summit on 14th November. We would be happy to answer any queries from your end; you may please contact me or my colleague, Mansi Sharma at kmindia(a)ciionline.org. Please visit our website www.kmindia.in for more information on this summit. Best regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon - 122015 (Haryana) Tel : 0124 4014060-67 Fax : 0124 4014080 Email : aman.jha(a)ciionline.org Web : www.cii.in; www.mycii.org/library 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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Library on the lake" opens to public
by YS Rao 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

Dear LISc Professionals, Greetings to all.... Library built on water opened to the public on Tuesday in eastern China's metropolis of Shanghai, giving people the pleasure of reading with great scenery..... (source:CRIENGLISH.com) Please click the following URL http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/30/content_6629693.htm -- Y. Srinivasa Rao Assistant Librarian NIT Rourkela-769008 Orissa Ph. 0661-2462101 (O) Ph. 0661-2463102 (R) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarywala.com
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

Please see the message forwarded. Mumbai members of Lis-forum may comment on this. How can this group be successful given the geographic area they reach out being so large? What could be the secret of this (excellent) home delivery mode of books? Vyasamoorthy, P ========================== Meet the librarywalas Posted by: "karmayog.org - ganesh" info(a)karmayog.org Date: Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:41 am ((PDT)) Meet the librarywalas Move over dabbawalas, now six friends provide books at your doorstep. All you have to do is log on and subscribe, to choose from the 8700 titles available By: Varun Singh Librarywala.com is a website for book lovers who cannot afford to buy all the books that are written but want to read all of them. This website was launched on August 1 by a set of six friends who missed reading books because they lacked money to buy them. The six good souls (at least for the bookworms) are Hiten Turakhia (29), Amit Gala (30), Hiten Dedhiya (27), Dhairyasheel Pawar (27), Shibanarayan Rath (27) and Kunal Gala (23). How they thought of it The six entrepreneurs who are family friends had a common hobby of reading books. Due to lack of money they missed reading books that they wanted to. They started chipping in money in small amounts and collected money for buying the books. Hiten Turakhia, who sits at the office in Wadala says, "There was a time when all of us wanted a management book but it was too costly. Dhairyasheel and Hiten decided to chip in money and buy the book. So in this way we bought our first book around ten years ago." He adds, "This helped us to save money and also enabled us to read as many books as we could but then till the time the book reached the last person in the group, some of its pages were torn and the books were in a poor state." After this they all planned to come out with something that is cheap but is of help, so the six friends started this website. The making of the website took them a period of eight months. Librarywala.com As the name suggests, it's a library where one is required to register himself to become a member, pay a membership fee of Rs 499 and a refundable deposit of Rs 499. The member can choose books from the collection of 8,700 books available. The next step is to select a plan. There are three plans - a basic plan for Rs 199, classic plan for Rs 299 and children plan for Rs 199. Under the basic plan, a member can select six books for one month and can take two books at a time. Classic plan provides a member with three books at one time and a maximum of 12 books. Under the Children's plan, kids can take two books at one time and a maximum 10 books in a month. The procedure is easy. A member has to queue the book as per his priority on the site and the delivery boys of librarywala.com will deliver the books at the doorsteps of the members. Currently there are 230 members in a span of one month out of which 110 are permanent whereas the remaining have filled the first form. All the six founders are from different fields of education. Some are MBA's, while the others are IT professionals and one is a chartered accountant. The website reaches people residing up till Dahisar in the western suburbs, Thane in the central, and till Panvel in Navi Mumbai. Hiten Turakhia states that the reason behind starting this website is to increase the ratio of the readers and also to stop piracy of books. The website The website is well maintained and updated on a daily basis. It has a search engine which makes it easy to find books, the listings have a snap shot of the cover, the author and the name of the publishers, a description of the book is given alongwith the ratings and the status of whether it's available or in circulation. The books are segregated into management, religious, self-help, children, health, biography, fiction, non-fiction and films. Rohan Samant a member of librarywala.com says, "I came to know about this website through my friend who saw their delivery bikes on the roads. I immediately became a member and till now have read eight books including Umberto Eco and Agatha Christi. I found it convenient as I don't have to go all the way to a library or a store to get a book." Devendra Naik another member of the website says, "The best thing about this library is I get the books delivered at my home and within a span of one month I have read books worth Rs 5,000 rupees for just Rs 299." Publication : Mid-day; Section : Worlds worth; Pg : 13; Date : 9/9/07 -- 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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FREED.IN 2007 - Freedom from Technology and Software [An event of free and open source software (FOSS) enthusiasts]
by Susmita Chakraborty 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

FREED.IN 2007 - Freedom from Technology and Software [An event for free and open source software (FOSS) enthusiasts] Organized by School of Information Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Indian Linux Users Group- Delhi (ILUG-D) Dates: 28-29 September 2007 Venue: School of Information Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru University campus FREED.IN is a leading community event in the Indian subcontinent and the developing world. FREED.IN promotes freedom and personal privacy in software, technology and other related fields. The annual event makes free and open source software (FOSS) more visible to the world, and shares its excitement with everybody. FREED.IN helps nurture the community and enables networking within and outside the community in a fun environment. The event strives towards seeding of new projects. Visit Conference website for more details: http://freed.in/ or http://conf.freed.in/index.php/freed/freed/ or http://www.jnu.ac.in/Seminar/freed.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ms. Susmita Chakraborty Kolkata, India Email: susmitachakraborty94[at]gmail[dot]com Personal Blog: http://susmitachakraborty.blogspot.com/ Please support: MANAS - a society for mentally disturbed persons their family and friends http://www.geocities.com/manas_teghari/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article about Computer-related Eye-strain in India Today
by Mukesh Anand 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

Dear Members', An article is published about Computer related Eye-Strain OR Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) Watch those eyes / Damayanti Datta : Computer users, take heed. Cell phone lovers, beware. Those modern gadgets that rule our lives also play havoc with our vision. But how to cope?Some tips to fight CVS & Drill for eyes and more........ in India Today(English), 17th September, 2007, Page # 52-54, Vol. XXXII, Issue 37 also available at http://www.indiatoday.com/itoday/20070917/health.html For web access, Subscription of India Today (Print) ed. directly from its Publisher is necessary. I am requesting to u all read this article preferably in print.Because most of us are spending more time in front of Computer. Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand -- 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 Scientific Heritage
by vagiiap＠iiap.res.in 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

Indian Institute of Astrophysics & Indian Institute of Science libraries are planning to organize jointly a National Workshop on Preserving Scientific Heritage during the second half of January 2008. The Objective is to create an awareness of the importance of historical materials available in several organizations in the country and to formulate guidelines for institutions to help them set up the archives. Areas to be covered are - Collection policy - Preservation - Conservation - Display - Digitization - Copyright standards and issues - Cost analysis Scientific Institutions and Universities who are contemplating setting up of an archives or those who have already started work in this area are invited to participate in this workshop. Interested persons are requested to write to Dr.Christina Birdie chris(a)iiap.res.in or Dr. A. Vagiswari vagiiap(a)iiap.res.in. The participation is limited to 50-75 persons and will be by invitation. If interested write to us before September 30 2007. Dr. Vagiswari Indian Institute of Astrophysics Koramangala, Bangalore - 560 034, India Phone : 91 - 80 - 25530672 Extn: 203 Fax : 91 - 80 - 25534043 URL : http://www.iiap.res.in/library.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy at British Council-Mumbai
by Amit Thapar 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

The British Council is the UK's international organisation for educational and cultural relations. We are recruiting for the following post based in Mumbai: MANAGER LIBRARY & INFORMATION SERVICES - 2 POSTS Middle Management (Fixed term contract for one year) The post is responsible for delivering a range of Library Services. The applicants should be a graduate with a minimum of 2 years work experience in a library. How to apply? Please download : a.. Job Description b.. Application Form c.. Brief description of the competencies and skills d.. Guidance on completing application form Completed application forms should be sent to the Head Resources and IT, British Council, Mittal Tower, C Wing, II Floor, Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400 021 by 24 September 2007. Only short listed candidates will be informed. www.britishcouncil.org.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] free full text websites
by Dr.D.P Prathap 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

Dear colleagues Please inform FREE FULL TEXT WEBSITES like http://highwire.stanford.edu, http://www.doaj.org covering AGRICULTURE AND PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY. Sincerely Library - Sugarcane Breeding Institute - Coimbatore ============================== (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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Worldwide Science Search Gateway and Search Engine
by Shamprasad Pujar 12 Sep '07

12 Sep '07

Dear Members, Following two sources provide federated search services to locate science and technology research scholarship undertaken at various organizations. WorldWideScience: WorldWideScience.org is a global science gatewayaccelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases. Subsequent versions of WorldWideScience.org will offer access to additional sources as well as enhanced features URL: http://worldwidescience.org Scitopia: Scitopia.org, the free federated search portal to the digital libraries of leading science and technology societies. Enter a term to find targeted, authoritative, timely research now. URL: http://www.scitopia.org/scitopia/ Hope you will find these tools useful for you and your institute or university researchers. Regards, S.M. Pujar University Librarian Shivaji University Vidyanagar KOLHAPUR-416 004 Phone: 0231-2609204 E-mail: smp_lib(a)unishivaji.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free & Open Source Software Portal
by K.R. Mulla 12 Sep '07

12 Sep '07

Dear LIS Professionals, Free & Open Source Software Portal An gateway to resources related to Free Software and Open Source Technology movement for more pl click this link: http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_freesoft/ -- 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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PGDLAN course info req
by Parinita Samant 12 Sep '07

12 Sep '07

Dear All, I would like to know more about the PGDLAN course offered by IGNOU. Have any of you attended the course? How did you like it? Is it useful? Were you able to apply it in your everyday activities? Would you recommend this course? I have been planning to take this 1 year course and would like to make a conscious decision about it - hence this feedback request on the course. Request your help for the same. Thanks & Regards Parinita Samant Mumbai Hexaware Technologies Ltd Mumbai *************************************************************************************************************************** This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same alongwith all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com . *************************************************************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Refresher Course at University of Mysore
by N.S. Harinarayana 12 Sep '07

12 Sep '07

The Academic Staff College, University of Mysore, Mysore is organizing a Refresher Course in Library and Information Science in the month of October/Novermber. Interested professional may apply for the same to the Director, Academic Staff College, University of Mysore, Mysore 570 006. As there are only limited seats available, it is suggested to the prospective candidates to apply immediately. The seats will be allocated on first-come-first basis. Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Reader and Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore will be the co-ordinator for the Refresher 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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UGC committee to review pay scales of academic staff including librarians of universiites/colleges
by pradeep kumar 12 Sep '07

12 Sep '07

University Grants Commission (UGC) on Friday appointed a committee to review the pay scales of teachers in universities and colleges. The new committee has been asked to recommend ways and means of attracting and retaining talented persons in the teaching profession, as well as developing research in the university system. The panel will also study what needs to be done for career advancement in teaching and other related activities in order to improve quality of higher education. The committee, to be headed by G K Chadha, former vice-chancellor of JNU and currently member of the PM’s Economic Advisory Council, will review implementation of the previous decision of the government/UGC under scheme of revision of pay scales approved for university and college teachers, librarians, physical education personnel and other academic staff. Source: www.ugc.ac.in/notices/ps_teachers.pdf PRADEEP KUMAR JLA, G053, I-BLOCK REFERENCE DIVISION PARLIAMENT LIBRARY OF INDIA NEW DELHI-110001. E-mail: pradip_parlib(a)yahoo.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open access to high energies
by Mailing List Admin 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:22:15 +0100 (BST) From: noufal palliparamban <noufalkodur(a)yahoo.co.in> Hello... The CNRS Institut de physique nucl�aire et de physique des particules (IN2P3) has just signed an agreement with the Journal of High Energy Physics stating that the articles written by its researchers will be made freely available without charge to the whole international community. In doing this, the Institute is pursuing its commitment to publications in open access scientific peer-reviewed journals For Detailed Story :http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/979.htm Regards Noufal.P.P Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

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Re: [LIS-Forum] [lis-forum] About Gmail Drive
by Mailing List Admin 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:40:57 +0530 From: praveen kumar veeramalla <praveenkumarveeramalla(a)gmail.com> "Vinodkumar. H" <vinodkumarhosmani(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > To: LIS FORUM <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >> > Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 04:46:17 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: [LIS-Forum] About Gmail Drive > > Dear Sir/Madam, > > > GOOGLE ROCKS AGAIN... Gmail drive...Check this out... > The post is very informative.But there is a small correction Correction is : GMail Drive is NOT made by Google. It is a third party tool. >From Wikipedia: "GMail Drive is an experimental package that depends on but is not provided by Google. Changes in Google's Gmail system may render GMail Drive temporarily or permanently inoperable. The Gmail Program Policies do not explicitly ban or permit GMail Drive, shell namespace extensions, or the use of Gmail storage space for files other than e-mail. Nonetheless, use of GMail Drive may trigger Google to temporarily suspend a Gmail account." Best Regards, Praveen Kumar Veeramalla

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Bundelkhand University, Jhansi vacancy for the post of Lecturer
by shriram pandey 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

dear professionals, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi , invited the application to the INDIAN NATIONALS for the post of LECTURER in LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE TOTAL POST - 02 Qualification and experience - As per UGC norms. For detail visit the university website at www.bujhansi.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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Annual Review of Information Science & Technology (ARIST) : Details & TOC of Vol. 42(2008)
by Mailing List Admin 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 22:16:23 -0700 From: Mukesh Anand <mukeshanand2006(a)gmail.com> Respected Members, Here I am giving the details of ARIST & its TOC of forthcoming volume 42 (2008). The Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) has long been considered a landmark publication within the information science community. It surveys the landscape of information science and technology, providing the reader with an analytical, authoritative and accessible overview of recent trends and significant developments. One volume is published each year. Rank :- ARIST got 3 rd rank in the 2005 Journal Citation Reports, Social Science edition in the subject category of Info. Sc. & Lib. Sc. (published by Thomson Scientific formerly Institute for Scientific Information, Phildelphia http://www.isinet.com ) on the basis of Impact Factor 2.652 after MIS Quarterly & Journal of American Medical Information Association. Publisher :-American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), Maryland, U S http://www.asis.org & Information Today, Inc., Medford, New Jersey, U S http://www.infotoday.com/ Editor :- Blaise Cronin (Prof., Info. Sc., Indiana Univ., Bloomington) http://www.asis.org/Publications/ARIST/editor.php Associate Editor :- Ms. Debora Shaw (Prof., Indiana Univ., Bloomington) http://www.asis.org/Publications/ARIST/associateeditor.php Advisory Board :- 13 person Advisory Board http://www.asis.org/Publications/ARIST/advisory.php Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand

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ISiM-Cyber Security Workshop, Oct 15-19, 2007, Bangalore - Call for participation
by Angrosh 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

Dear All, Workshop Announcement ISiM Executive Education Programme Series Cyber Security Workshop, October 15-19, 2007, Bangalore Objectives and Outline : ·How secure is the Internet? ·Is your digital information safe? ·What is identity theft and Internet fraud? How do you protect yourselves against them? ·What tools and techniques do hackers use? ·What are the anti-virus, anti-spam and anti-spyware tools currently available? ·How secure are credit card transactions on the Internet? ·What are the challenges in wireless security? ·How would you establish an organization-wide security plan? ·What are the latest security techniques? If your profession requires answers to these questions, this introductory workshop on information and cyber security might be right for you. Cyber Security is becoming increasingly important in todays networked world and is impacting every aspect of society including finance, healthcare, government, education, arts and entertainment. The objective of this workshop is to teach the basic principles of cyber security from the perspective of providing security awareness and its best practices for the real world. Topics Covered : ·Motivation for security ·Tools and techniques used by adversaries to gather information and launch attacks ·Virus protection, secured credit card and bank transactions, wireless security systems ·Computer forensics, Theft identity and protection, anti-phishing and biometric security ·Case studies from security practices in real-world scenarios Faculty : Dr. Srinivas Sampalli is Professor of Computer Science and 3M Teaching Fellow at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. His research work is in the area of security and quality of service in wireline and wireless networks. He has been involved in national research projects on vulnerabilities, security best practices, risk mitigation and analysis, and the design of secure networks. He was the Dalhousie principal investigator for the Secure Active VPN Environment project sponsored by the Canadian Institute for Telecommunications Research and is currently the principal investigator for the Wireless Security project sponsored by Industry Canada. He has received many teaching awards. Most recently, he received the 2005 3M Teaching Fellowship, Canadas national teaching acknowledgement. Learn more about him at http://www.cs.dal.ca/cspeople/s_srinivas.shtml Target Audience : The workshop is targeted for audience in a wide range of professions including finance, banking, management, health care, arts and entertainment etc. The Workshop is designed for an audience who use computers and networks on a daily basis but do not necessarily have a technical background in computer science. However, people with an IT background who need an introduction to security technologies will also benefit from the workshop. A working knowledge of computers and its applications is essential. Workshop Highlights and Benefits : ·Learn the threats and vulnerabilities in today's digital world ·Understand the basics of Internet & network tools ·Understand tools & techniques used by adversaries to launch intrusions. ·Learn to identify Internet fraud & be secured. ·Gain knowledge of the best practices for safe Internet transactions. ·Learn principles of computer forensics & biometric security ·Learn the techniques in network security. ·Learn the design techniques for security. Venue : Conference Hall Informatics (India) Ltd. No. 194, R.V. Road, Basavanagudi, P.B. No. 400, Bangalore 560 004 Tel: +91-80-40387777 Workshop Dates: October 15-19, 2007 Registration Fee: Rs. 15,000/- per participant (Registration fee includes workshop material, lunch and refreshments) Registration forms can be downloaded from www.isim.ac.in/cybersecurity/ For enquiries please contact: Angrosh 9886970411 For more details visit: www.isim.ac.in/cybersecurity/ ISiM Executive Education Programme Series A note ISiM Executive Education Programmes help individuals and organizations to leverage on technology management through our courses that integrates technical expertise with management. Our Executive Education Programmes enables you to accumulate credits and complete your Certificate / Diploma / Degree in a flexible manner. Each Workshop in the Executive Education Programme Series is a 3 Credit programme. The classification and required credits for different levels of certification is as shown: Certificate in Information Systems & Management : 18 Credits Diploma in Information Systems & Management : 30 Credits M. Tech Information Systems & Management : 60 Credits Visit www.isim.ac.in for more details. Thanks and regards, Angrosh ************************************* 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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OA to CGIAR literature
by Subbiah Arunachalam 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

Dear colleagues, Here is a message I received from a friend in Europe who is actively engaged in promoting free access to S&T information, especially in the agricultural sector. Please spread the word. We should persuade all CGIAR institutes to set up their own interoperable open access repositories. I know ICRISAT is trying to set up one. Arun ------------- Friends: >From 12 September until 3 October, the CGIAR will hold an online discussion on its draft strategy "Global Public Goods (GPGs): From Data and Information to Food." The discussion will focus on priority areas of the strategy, users and their needs, and on obstacles and methodologies. The aim is to make it easier for CGIAR staff, partners and potential partners to access, use and add value to the research and outputs of the CGIAR. To contribute to the discussion, you need to register on the e-agriculture.org platform. The various contributions and discussions are open to visit. Participants in the e-agriculture week in Rome can follow these discussions in person on 28th September. [if the embedded links do not work, the key web page is http://www.e-agriculture.org/18.html The CGIAR needs your thoughts on how the knowledge and information it produces - and looks after - can be made more accessible. ______________________________________________________ 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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LISU Study on Journal Pricing commissioned by Oxford University Press
by Kaushik 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

*From:* Ghosh, Kaushik *Sent:* Wednesday, September 05, 2007 1:15 PM *To:* 'lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in' *Subject:* LISU Study on Journal Pricing commissioned by Oxford University Press *Importance:* High Dear LIS Professionals & Academicians , An updated study examining trends in journals pricing from 2000-2006 has been released by LISU, based at Loughborough University. The report, commissioned by Oxford Journals, Journal Division of Oxford University Press updates findings from a previous study conducted in 2004, and offers valuable insights into journal subscription prices, looking at overall price, as well as price per page, and price per point of impact factor. The research updates the previous findings on pricing for biomedical journals, and has also been extended to analyze pricing for social science titles. Findings within the report show little variation to the original data published in 2004: there are continued trends in price variance across publishers, including median price increases ranging from 42% to 104% for biomedical titles, and 47% to 120% for social science titles. Median journal prices also continue to vary widely between publishers for both these disciplines, ranging from £198 to £859 in biomedical titles, and £119 to £513 in the Social Sciences. Trends in Scholarly Journal Prices 2000-2006 (Sonya White & Claire Creaser, LISU, 2007) is freely available from the LISU website as a downloadable PDF.<http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/dis/lisu/pages/publications/oup2.html%20> http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/dis/lisu/pages/publications/oup2.html Print copies can be purchased for £50 [post paid in the UK] from: LISU, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leics, LE11 3TU Tel: 01509 635680, Fax: 01509 635699, Email: lisu(a)lboro.ac.uk and *Further information on the report:* • Over 8,000 journals were included in the analysis. • Publishers included in the analysis were: o Blackwell Publishing o Cambridge University Press o Elsevier o Lippincott Williams and Wilkins o Nature (specialist journals) o Oxford Journals o Springer o Sage o Taylor and Francis o University of Chicago Press o Wiley *Key Findings* • Median journal prices ranged from £198 to £859 for biomedical titles, and £119 to £513 for social science titles in 2006 • Increases in the median journal price between 2000 and 2006 varied from 42% to 104% in biomedical titles and 47% to 120% for social science titles. • Median price per page ranged from 31p to £1.06 for biomedical titles, and 13p to 93p for social science titles in 2006 • Median price per point of impact factor ranged from £110 to £775 for biomedical titles in 2006, and from £186 to £552 for social science titles. Best Regards Kaushik Ghosh | Library Sales Manager - South Asia Oxford Journals | Oxford University Press Plot No A 1-5, Block GP, Sector V Salt Lake Electronics Complex Kolkata 700091 India + 91 33 2357 3739 / 2357 3947 telephone + 91 33 2357 3738 fax + 91 98302 22209 mobile kaushik.ghosh(a)oxfordjournals.org www.oxfordjournals.org *Oxford** Journals - "Developing ideas and sharing knowledge"* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UNESCO recently publishes a whitepaper on Open Source Digital Archival and Preservation System
by Puna Das 07 Sep '07

07 Sep '07

Dear All UNESCO recently publishes a whitepaper on Open Source Digital Archival and Preservation System 'Towards an Open Source Repository and Preservation System: Recommendations on the Implementation of an Open Source Digital Archival and Preservation System and on Related Software Development', Kevin Bradley, Junran Lei, and Chris Blackall. Paris: UNESCO, 2007. This Document defines the requirements for a digital archival and preservation system using standard hardware and describes a set of open source software which can be used to implement it. This report defines the requirements for a digital archival and preservation system using standard hardware and describes a set of open source software which could used to implement it. There are two aspects of this report that distinguish it from other approaches. One is the complete or holistic approach to digital preservation. The report recognises that a functioning preservation system must consider all aspects of a digital repositories; Ingest, Access, Administration, Data Management, Preservation Planning and Archival Storage, including storage media and management software. Secondly, the report argues that, for simple digital objects, the solution to digital preservation is relatively well understood, and that what is needed are affordable tools, technology and training in using those systems. Download Fulltext: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/24700/11824297751towards_open_source_r… 'Risks Associated with the Use of Recordable CDs and DVDs as Reliable Storage Media in Archival Collections - Strategies and Alternatives', Kevin Bradley. Paris: UNESCO, 2006. The purpose of this document is to provide detailed guidance on managing the risks associated with storing archival data on recordable CD and DVD. It recommends a strategy to reduce these risks through error measurement and appropriate management. Download Fulltext: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001477/147782e.pdf Thanks Anup Kumar Das B5/29, Safdarjung Enclave New Delhi-110029 Email: puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_bib/ http://www.anupkumardas.blogspot.com www.unesco.org/newdelhi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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2 Articles about Google in Economist & Financial Express
by Mukesh Anand 07 Sep '07

07 Sep '07

Dear Members, Two articles were published about Google in The Economist, Vol. 384,No. 8544, Issue dated 1st-7th Sept., ' 07 1. Inside the Googleplex : Page # 56-58 or visit http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9719610 U may read it also in The Financial Express (Selections from The Economist) dated 3rd Sept., ' 07, Monday, Page # 7 2. Who's affraid of Google ? : Page # 9 or visit http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=9725272 Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Scopus Young Scientist Awards - 2007 from Elsevier
by Mailing List Admin 07 Sep '07

07 Sep '07

Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 14:54:22 +0800 From: "Muralidharan, Padma (ELS-DEL)" <P.Muralidharan(a)elsevier.com> Globally, India is recognized as a knowledge driven economy having the world's largest scientific and research workforce with a very high intellectual capital. Recognizing India's contribution to world science, ScopusTM instituted the SCOPUS YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARDS last year to recognize and reward the Indian researcher's talent, knowledge and expertise. Continuing the program this year, this award will be given away in eleven major scientific disciplines. Subject Disciplines : Agriculture �� Biological Sciences �� Chemistry �� Earth & Oceanographic Sciences �� Engineering �� Library & Information Sciences �� Mathematics �� Medicine �� Pharmacology & Pharmaceutics �� Physics �� Social Sciences Criteria : Applicant must not be over 40 years of age as on 31st December, 2007 �� Original Papers published in peer-reviewed Indian and International Journals will be considered �� No. of Citations recieved & Patents filed The applications can be downloaded from http://asia.elsevier.com/scopus_india_awards.htm Nominations are invited and a jury of eminent subject experts will make the final decision. The last date for recieving applications will be October 10, 2007. For any further information, please contact : Padma Muralidharan at p.muralidharan(a)elsevier.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks & regards, Padma Muralidharan Account Development Manager Elsevier India (Science & Technology) Sri Pratap Udyog 274, Capt Gaur Marg, Sriniwaspuri New Delhi - 110 065 Ph : +91-11-42890202; +91-9810739993

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NCSI-NET Meeting Announcement for the month of September
by Maruthu Pandian 07 Sep '07

07 Sep '07

Dear Friends The NCSI-NET meeting will be held on Saturday, 8th September 2007 at NCSI Seminar Hall at 11 AM. Topic: Knowledge Management - Approach of Unisys on how to go about. Speaker : Mr. Sudhakar Gudlannagari Abstract: In view of transformation of Information management to Knowledge management and as professionals working in this arena,keeping in view our changing role & responsibilities, an insight of knowledge management methodologies, detailed guidelines on how to go about on Knowledge Network of Communities will be discussed along with introduction of Unique approach adopted by Unisys ie., 3 Dimensional Enterprise Visibility (3D-VE). Brief Introduction of speaker: Currently working as Team Lead - knowledge Management, UNISYS, Bangalore Earlier worked as Business Consultant for Asia Pacific Region for DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS ,Bangalore. He did his B.Tech from JNTU, Associateship in Information science from NISACIR & trained at NCSI in Information and knowledge management.He is associated with several educational institutions,consultancies & clubs as Advisor and member. All the members are invited for the talk Regards Maruthu Pandian NCSI-NET Coordinators -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Shelfari
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 07 Sep '07

07 Sep '07

To Lis-forum colleagues My reply to Mr Sudhakar applies to lis-forum members as well. I am sorry for having recommended shelfari earlier without noting this loophole Vyasamoorthy, P ===================== Dear Sri Sudhakar I have joined shelfari However, We should be aware (cautious) of the fact that shelfari asks for gmail account and gmail password to help you find out who else is a member of Shelfari. When you get to this page, please DON'T give your gmail userid & password. shelfari has NO connection with gmail or google. (Within google services using the same gmail id & gmail password are OK) This practice of Shelfari is unwelcome and unethical as it will lead to abuse of your gmail message repository or spamming. Regards -- 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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New General Secretary, IASLIC
by Pijushkanti Panigrahi 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

This is to inform all concerned that the IASLIC Council at its meeting held on September 01, 2007 has elected Dr Arun Kumar Chakraborty, Librarian, Bose Institute, Kolkata and Joint Secretary, IASLIC as its Honorary General Secretary. The post was vacant due to the sad demise of Mr Dipak Nag. On behalf of the Education Division, IASLIC I congratulate Dr Chakraborty. I hope Dr Chkraborty will provide his able leadership to IASLIC. ----- Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi 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 --------------------------------- Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Buy books on the Net (Article in Hindu)
by Mukesh Anand 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

Dear Members', An article is published in the Hindu Buy books on the Net by Pradeep Sebastian If u r interested to know about Book Search Engines of used, out-of-print, rare & first edition books, then u may read this article at http://www.hindu.com/lr/2007/09/02/stories/2007090250250600.htm OR The Hindu, Literary Review(Page # 6), dated 2/9/' 07 Sunday Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy of 'Library Assistant' at Tolani Maritime Institute, Talegaon, Pune
by Praveen Vaidya 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

Dear All, Tolani Maritime Institute Library (www.tolani.edu) is looking for fresh or with One year exp. MALE graduates(B.L.I.Sc or M.L.I.Sc) for the post of LIBRARY ASSISTANT. The selected candidate must be ready to work for late Hours and has an opportunity to work in a good ICT environment. Other requirements: Good communication skills.Familiarity with computer operations, working knowledge of MS-Office. Salary around Rs.7000 Campus Accommodation may be made available. The interested candidates are required to send their C.V.through email. Last date to apply. 15th Sept. 2007. Thanks, Praveen Vaidya Praveen Vaidya Librarian, Tolani Maritime Institute, (Off campus of BITS, Pilani) Induri, Talegon Dabhade, Pune-410 507 Tel: 02114-241870-873 Ext:3018/3017(O) 5215 (R) www.tolani.edu ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library software for Audio -Video documents
by anka setty 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

Dear all, Iam planning to setup a Audio-Video library for a TV channel. In this regard i would like to know the softwares available for maintaining Audio-Video collection. Please send me the list of Software available and also vendors names and their contact address and numbers. Thanks & regards, Ankasetty K Video Library Officer Real Estate TV ========================================================================= "Leadership Through Innovation and Technology" ========================================================================= Thanks & Regards ANKASETTY K Video Library Officer, Real Estate-TV Bangalore - 0 9980110239(M) Email:settyiisc@rediffmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Regarding need agency for Indian Medical Journals
by Ajay kumar 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

Dear All, We have the budget of Rs. 01 lakh exclusively for Indian Medical Journals. Presetnly we are looking for Indian Medical Print Journal Subscription Agecny to deliver the Indian Print Journals for the year 2008-2009. If any subscription agency are interested, we will add their company/ agency in our vendor list.. Feel free to contact the undersigned person -- Regards.... AJAY KUMAR. M.V Library and Information Centre M.S.Ramaiah Medical College M.S.R.I.T. Post, Bangalore - 560054 Karnataka. Ph:080-23605190 Extn - 418 (O) +91-9886359848 (Mobile) E-mail:mail.ajju@gmail.com Visit: http://ajay.mlis.googlepages.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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About Gmail Drive
by Vinodkumar. H 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

Dear Sir/Madam, GOOGLE ROCKS AGAIN... Gmail drive...Check this out... Things you need to have: 1) Gmail account 2) Gmail Drive software Process: i) Download Gmail Drive from (takes seconds to download): http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/E-mail/Mail-Utilities/GMail-Drive-she… ii) Install the software. iii) After installing, a drive named Gmail drive will be created in My Computer (just like C: D :) iv) Double click on this drive, login to Gmail account. You will get a space of 2.61 GB. Whatever content you copy to this drive will be sent to your mail account directly to which you have logged in. The copy is pretty fast. HATS OFF GOOGLE! Gmail Drive Gmail Drive is a Shell Namespace Extension that creates a virtual drive in the Windows Explorer, allowing you to use your Google Gmail account as a storage medium. It allows you to do basic file manipulation, such as copy and delete, on files inside the Gmail folder. Because it is a Shell Extension, the interface you work in is Windows Explorer itself. Gmail files are physically stored as e-mails on your Google Gmail account. The files are stored in mail attachments and the filename and file information (such as file size) is stored in the message subject line. Mr.Vinodkumar.H www.freewebs.com/vinodchapter/ REMEMBER YESTERDAY... THINK TOMORROW... LIVE TODAY. --------------------------------- Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Orizin Tech launches Active RFID system
by Swapan kumar Patra 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

Orizin Technologies has announced the launch of Active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system, which includes tags and readers for tracking materials in IT Industry. The technology may be useful in library also. for details see http://www.zdnetindia.com/index.php?action=article&prodid=12112&chid=48&Ref… -- 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 :Subba Rao memorial Function
by Mailing List Admin 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:56:08 +0530 From: Ratnakar Aspari <aspari_r(a)hotmail.com> RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE Cordially invites you to IX Shri C. V. SUBBARAO Memorial Function at the Auditorium of Hall No. VIII, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi On Saturday, September 8th, 2007 at 10.00 A.M. There will be a Panel Discussion on LIBRARIAN AND VENDOR REALTIONSHIP: BETTERMENT FOR LIS PROFESSION A. Ratnakar New Delhi Mobile Number : 09891390300

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Web OPAC.....
by K.R. Mulla 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

Dear LIS Professionals, It is intresting to see this is a Web-OPAC of The State Central Library, http://164.100.150.131/OPAC/welcome.asp Shillong has established a well automated library system with the help of e-Granthalaya software developed by National Informatics Centre. The software provides all kinds of features required to automate the in-house activities as well as library services. This software is free of cost for educational institutions -- 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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FW: Thomson Scientific, Best Discovery Quiz Awards Ceremony - TO BE POSTED IN LIS FORUM
by Amit Verma 04 Sep '07

04 Sep '07

Thomson Scientific had announced the 'Best Discovery Quiz' for all the CSIR Labs on August 6, 2007. The results of the preliminary round are out.. Congratulations to below 5 finalists of Best Discovery, ISI Web of Knowledge quiz, ending on 26 August 2007. Mr Kannan Srinivasan from CSMCRI - Bhavnagar Mr. Nishad from URDIP, Pune Mr Divakar from CCMB, Hyderabad Mr D.B Ramesh from RRL, Bhubaneshwar Mr Yashpal from IMTech,Chandigarh The FINAL will be held on 10 September, 2007 at the InterContinental The Grand, New Delhi. Over the past three weeks, Thomson Scientific received overwhelming responses for the quiz. We would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation to all participants. We would again like to extend our invitation to you to join us on this evening of celebration. Venue: InterContinental The Grand New Delhi Barakhamba Avenue, Connaught Place New Delhi - 110 001, India Time Activities Speaker 6.00 - 6.30 PM Registration 6.30 - 6.40 PM Inaugural Speech Dr. Naresh Kumar, CSIR 6.40 - 7.00 PM TS Introduction Mr. Keith MacGregor 7.00 - 7.20 PM Keynote Speech Prof. Ashok Pandey 7.20 - 8.00 PM Final round Quiz.& Award Mr. Keith MacGregor 8.00 - 8.10 PM Vote of Thanks Mr. Wong WoeiFuh 8.15 - 10.00 PM Buffet Dinner Crystal Ballroom 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To register your interest for the event, please email to Kuheli.Pramanik(a)contractor.thomson.com or sandeep(a)informindia.co.in or contact us at 91 (80) 2555 0333 extn 3648 REGISTRATION IS FREE. Amit Verma Product Marketing Manager Informatics (India) Limited 194, R.V. Road, Basavanagudi Bangalore 560004, India Phone: 91 80 40387777 Fax : 91 80 40387600 Mobile: 91 98459 41610 www.informindia.co.in Please update your records with our new contact address above No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.3/986 - Release Date: 03/09/2007 9:31 AM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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53 ALL INIDA LIBRARY CONFERENCE - 2007
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 04 Sep '07

04 Sep '07

53rd ALL INDIA LIBRARY CONFERENCE THEME 13-16 December 2007 organised by Dept of Library and Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad THEME: Developing Library and Information Resources and Services in the Internet Era Facets Public Library as a Community Information Center/Knowledge Center Role of Public Libraries in the Internet Era as access Points of knowledge and information era. Legislation for libraries in the Internet era Need, Issues, Provisions, implications etc. Library 2.0 and web2.0 Library 2.0 and its principles, Web 2.0 technologies and education, web2.0 technologies and library services, emerging technologies and user behavior, Library 2.0 and human resource development, Cases of Library 2.0 services, ICT & Internet impact and implications, and legal and ethical issues Collection Development Policies Information needs assessment, Preservation and conservation, Print, digital document, Issues and concerns, Legal and ethical issues, IPR and digitization, Resource sharing Management and evaluation of collection Library Counseling, Leadership and communication, Capacity/Competency building. Management and marketing of Library resources and services, Change Management, Fiscal management and technology issues. Print and Digital Publication Issues Legal and ethical, IPR issues and digitization, Issues pertaining to plagarism and intellectual freedom, Censorship and intellectual freedom Knowledge Management, Knowledge Society Institutional repositories, Professional response to information and Technological deluge, Knowledge Creation, Knowledge Application, Knowledge Access, Knowledge concepts Open Sources Access versus ownership issues, Software and other peripherals, e-journals, e-books, v-books etc. --------------------------------- Copy addresses and emails from any email account to Yahoo! Mail - quick, easy and free. Do it now... -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Books from China - Vendor required
by Suvarsha Walters 04 Sep '07

04 Sep '07

Hi all, Do you know of any vendor who can procure books from a publisher in China, 'China Statistics Press'? Thank you, Suvarsha Information Analyst, HP Labs, Bangalore ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Adoption of Open Source Software in Libraries: Last 3 days to close
by Muhammad Rafiq 04 Sep '07

04 Sep '07

Apology for cross posting. Dear LIS professionals I am conducting a research on the perceptions of LIS professionals about Adoption of Open Source Software in Libraries. The questionnaire is available at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=KMBnaoJI4L3efHVopXqZJw_3d_3d The survey will close on Sept. 7. The questionnaire will take approximately 7-10 minutes to complete. You are requested to please spare your time and record your response. If you feel any problem to get the questionnaire, please email me. I will be highly thankful. Thanking you in anticipation for your cooperation and to support the research activities. Best Regards. Muhammad Rafiq PhD Student Department of Library & Information Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore (Pakistan) Cell: +92-321-7836131 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IATLIS - good theme and sub-themes
by sidda＠nimhans.kar.nic.in 04 Sep '07

04 Sep '07

IATLIS National Conference 2007 It gives me immense pleasure to inform you that the IATLIS 2007 Annual National Conference is going to be organized in Karnatak University, Dharwad, during 19-21 November 2007. The past 23 conferences have made a land mark in presenting and projecting the professional image as well as efforts to coping with the fast changing subject field. Considerable attention is paid to select the burning issues for the discussion and also modest attempt is made to evolve the viable resolutions in the respective conferences. Many of the vital resolutions were sent to the concerned authorities for consideration and taking needful action. Keeping in view the rich tradition of IATLIS in organizing the National level meets and the growing participation specially the younger generation of LIS teachers and researchers, the council has decided to select the following theme for the ensuring conference Equity of LIS education in IT-based pedagogical environment of the knowledge society. Sub themes are; 1. The Educational environment 2. Governance and Policies 3. Pre-service and in-service teacher education 4. teaching practices 5. Assessment practices 6. Evaluation of Personnel and Curricular Materials 7. Individualized Educational Planning 8. Data Collection and Accountability 9. Partnership Building among schools of library / information sciences and industry. 10. Accomplishment of industry standards based on educational reform 11. Introducing specialty and super specialty courses in various subjects in the IT environment 12. On demand education (or customized education) for the industry needs. The focus of equity of LIS education in an inequitable system of haves and have-nots is to achieve equal higher standard to all the students irrespective of location of the schools / departments of library and information science (rural, small cities or metropolitan cities) including the distance education. The equity needs to be developed without compromising the quality of education across the country in todays highly complex and diverse society. The knowledge society demands all LIS students/professionals to reach as high level of academic excellence as possible. The brainstorming is targeted to evolve equity b sharing expertise, curriculum, content and pedagogy for better learning between haves and have-nots. The new partnership is inevitable to achieve equality and to eliminate current inequities by identifying specific indicators. The contributions of all the learned professionals help educators and policy-makers to examine and improve the total educational system. It is hoped that all the members of the IATLIS fraternity and the fellow professional colleagues will take keen interest in contributing thoughtful papers based on research and the experience gained and participate in large number. Last date for submission of full text papers: 30th September 2007. Send your paper (s) to the following address: Dr. B.D. Kumbar Organising Secretary Department of Library and Information Science Karnatak University Dharwad - 580 003 E:mail: bdkumbar(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free Trade Magazine Subscriptions & Technical Document Downloads
by Vijayakumara 03 Sep '07

03 Sep '07

Dear All, Browse through our extensive list of free Business, Computer, Engineering and Trade magazines, white papers, downloads and podcasts to find the titles that best match your skills and interests; topics include management, marketing, operations, sales, and technology. Simply complete the application form and submit it. Remember to fill out the forms COMPLETELY. All are absolutely free to professionals who qualify. For more details, go through the following URL/web page http://global-magazines.tradepub.com/ With Regards Vijayakumar M \ \ | / / \ \ ~ ~ / / | @ @ | ---------------oooo------ (_)-------------oooo------------------ Vijayakumar M. MSc., PGDLAN., Ph.D. Central Library Birla Institute of Technology, Deemed Univeristy Mesra, Ranchi- 835215, India Tel:0651-2276675 Fax:0651-2275401 http://www.bitmesra.ac.in/ coolvg(a)gmail.com --------------------------------- Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Book
by Library 03 Sep '07

03 Sep '07

Dear Moderator: Could you please place the following in the LIS Forum? Thanks: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dear Colleagues: We are in urget need of the following book and not able to track the same with many leading science libraries. Will you please inform about its availability in your library? Kindly confirm so that I will request for the same on ILL. Meadows, A.J. Science and controversy:A biography of Sir Norman Lockyer. MIT Press, 1972, ISBN: 0-262-13079-0. Thanks and Regards, Y.M.Patil Librarian -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raman Research Institute Library, Tel: +91 80 2361 0122 Extn 250 C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Fax: +91 80 2361 0492 Bangalore 560 080, India. Email: library(a)rri.res.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[Fwd: request for paper]
by LIBRARY 03 Sep '07

03 Sep '07

Dear Colleagues, Could anyone help me in getting this article. Low-Discrepancy Sequences: Monte Carlo Simulation of Option Prices J. OF DERIVATIVES, Fall 1997 Silvia Galanti and Alan Robert Jung Thanks & regards, Veena -- -------------------------------------------------- Library TIFR Centre Phone: 91-80-23600 062/138/816 P.O.Box.1234, Fax: 91-80-23600 851 IISc Campus, Bangalore-560 012 Bharat -------------------------------------------------- "Every duty is holy and devotion to duty is the highest form of the worship of God." - Swami Vivekananda -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Goodreads | get book recommendations from people you know
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

Dear Friends Please see the link mentioned below http://www.goodreads.com/ I had mentioned about a similar site for social networking of book lovers. Public libraries like the British Library may either set up their own "goodreads" website (or a section of their website devoted to this activity) or recommend their patrons to register themselves in these sites. Readership promotion will be automatic. Regards Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278 http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Justice <justicerangarajan(a)gmail.com> Date: Sep 2, 2007 7:26 AM Subject: Goodreads | get book recommendations from people you know To: Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy <vyasamoorthy(a)gmail.com>, ramakrishnan <rams1974(a)vsnl.net> http://www.goodreads.com/ -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278 http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Students and OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

Friends: We have been carrying out an advocacy campaign for 'open access to scientific and scholarly literature' for the past six or seven years. And yet only about 25 Indian institutions have set up their own interoperable institutional open access archives (or repositories), and about a hundred Indian journals are now open access journals , including those published by the Indian Academy of Sciences and the Indian NationalmScience Academy. So far our advocacy efforts have been aimed at librarians, research scientists, university teachers and policy makers (at DST, DSIR, CSIR, PSA, etc.). We have hardly reached out to research students in universities, IITs and other institutions of higher learning. It may help if students take up the issue and lead from the front. University students in the USA, South Africa and Peru have formed FreeCulture.org to promote open access to knowledge. We should encourage Indian students to set up chapters of FreeCulture.org in Indian institutions. Once the students take interest, I am sure the OA movement will pick up momentum. Enlightened students in all developing countries will do well to form chapters of FreeCulture.org and proactively mobilize support for open access. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] FreeCulture.org is an international chapter-based student organization that promotes the public interest in intellectual property and information & communications technology policy. A free culture is one where all members are free to participate in its transmission and evolution, without artificial limits on who can participate or in what way. The free culture movement seeks to develop this culture by promoting four things: * creativity and innovation; * communication and free expression; * public access to knowledge; * and citizens' civil liberties. Local Chapters are at the following institutions (not one of which is in India). * Brown University * Bryn Mawr College * Center for Digital Democracy * Chadwick High School * Claremont Colleges * Columbia University * Cornell University * Emerson College * Emory * Florida State University * Franklin and Marshall College * Georgetown University * Hamilton College * Hampshire College * Harvard * McGill University * MIT * Mounds Park Academy * Northeastern University * Northwestern University * NYU * Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru * Princeton University * Reed College * Rochester Institute of Technology * Seattle University (School of Law) * Swarthmore College * Tecnológico de Monterrey * UNC-Chapel Hill * University of Alaska Fairbanks * University of California Santa Cruz * University of Chicago * University of Evansville * University of Florida * University of Iowa * University of Kwazulu Natal * University of Maryland, College Park * University of Michigan * University of Notre Dame * University of Oregon * University of Pennsylvania * University of Southern California * University of Toronto * University of Washington * Virginia Tech ___________________________________________________________ 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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reminder:2 day national conference on Environmental Ethics
by priya gopalkrishna kaimal 01 Sep '07

01 Sep '07

Please send the Participation and registration form along with DD. Only 4 days left. Pls cooperate and Participate Bombay Teachers Training College Accredited A Grade by NAAC Managed by Hyderabad (Sind) National Collegiate Board organising a two day national conference UGC-Sponsored National Conference on Environmental Ethics: Exploring Multiple Perspectives THE THEME OF THE CONFERENCE ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS: EXPLORING MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES Date 12-13th Sept 2007 OBJECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE 1. To explore the multiple perspectives related to environmental ethics 2. To study the extent of corporate responsibility towards environmental management and sustainable development. 3. To delineate methods of utilizing cultural heritage as a tool for sustainable Development 4. To examine the role of media in the conservation of the environment. 5. To identify classroom strategies for encouraging ecological citizenship. 6. To formulate an action plan for diverse groups to fulfill their responsibilities towards the environment. Papers are invited on the following Sub-themes 1.Corporate Social Responsibility 2. Cultural Heritage as a Tool for Sustainable Development 3. Media as a Vehicle in Promoting Environmental Ethics 4. Learning Strategies for Ecological Citizenship PARTICIPATION Registration Fees (For both the days) Faculty representative: Rs. 500/- Student representative: Rs. 300/- Registration fees may be sent by D.D. in favor of Bombay Teachers Training College, payable at Bank of Maharashtra, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai, on or before 5th September 2007. Accommodation facility on request, can be arranged by the college , on payment basis. Contact: Mr. Rajeev. I. Jha (9967503945) rajeevmukul at rediffmail.com Mr. Bhagwan Balani (9869252901) balani1202 at yahoo.com E-mail ID: bttcollege at hotmail.com www.bttc.edu FORMAT FOR PAPERS Participants can write a paper on any of the sub-themes. Following guidelines need to be adhered before submission: The length of the paper should be maximum 6 pages of A4 size. Margins: 1 Top, 1 Bottom, 1.25 Left and 1 Right. Font: Times New Roman [English Language] and Font size 12. Line spacing 1.5 Title of the paper: Bold Style and Central alignment with font size 14 Authors name: Right alignment below the title of the paper in Italic style. References should be given in the APA Style. Panelists and Speakers Inaugural Address: Honble. Mr. Vijay Khole {Vice ChancellorUniversity of Mumbai} Valedictory Address:-Honble. Shri Ganesh Naik (Minister of Environment, Excise and Labor- Govt. of Maharashtra) Hon. Ms. Sharwari Gokhale, Principal Secretary School Education, Government of Maharashtra. Hon. Mr. Anil Harish President of Hyderabad (Sind) National Collegiate Board Ms. Deepa KolwalkarTATA Consultancy Services Mr. Vitthal KamatHotelier {The Orchid} Mr. Prahlad Kakkar, Media Personality Ms. Farzana DuhadwalaIB Incharge for Asia Dr. D.J.Singh Senior Director Punjab Police & Dean Punjab Police Academy Dr. Y.S. Rao Principal of Jalgaon College of Education PROGRAMME 12th September 2007 9:3010:00 a.m. Registration & Tea 10:0011:30 a.m. Inauguration Keynote Address 11:301:00 p.m. Panel Discussion on Corporate Social Responsibility and Media as a Vehicle in Promoting Environmental Ethics 1:002:00 p.m. LUNCH BREAK 2:004:30 p.m. Paper Presentations on Corporate Social Responsibility and Media as a Vehicle in Promoting Environ mental Ethics 13th September 2007 9:3010:00 a.m. Registration & Tea 10:0010:30 a.m. Welcome Address 10:3012:30 p.m. Panel Discussion on Cultural Heritage as a Tool for Sustainable Development and Learning Strategies for Ecological Citizenship 12:301:30 p.m. LUNCH BREAK 1:303:30 p.m. Paper Presentations on Cultural Heritage as a Tool for Sustainable Development and Learning Strategies for Ecological Citizenship 3:304:30 p.m. Valedictory Function Priya R Pillai Librarian Bombay Teachers Training College ApolloBunder, Colaba,Mumbai-39 Priya R Pillai Librarian Bombay Teachers Training College ApolloBunder, Colaba,Mumbai-39 -- 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] New Director joined INFLIBNET Centre
by T. Shahab 01 Sep '07

01 Sep '07

Sub. Hearty congrat Dr. Arora! Sir, At the outset let me extend my hearty congratulation to you at joining the Inflibnet. Inflibnet as a nodal agency for us at the University libraries has proved both a facilitator and guide to standards.It is a very opporune phase that a profesional having practical exposure in setting and guiding best IT orienterd library practices have come forward to take the helm to steer the world view of the Indian library professionals. We look forward to measures which shall herald a new movement in library practices, rejuvenate the profeesionals and empower them to prove their worth and value to the academic commnunity. Best regards. -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of K Prakash Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 1:14 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] New Director joined INFLIBNET Centre Dear All, INFLIBNET staff and academic fraternity welcome Dr Jagdish Arora who has taken the charge of Director, INFLIBNET Centre on forenoon of Friday August 31st 2007 for five years tenure. He has over 25 years of rich experience in managing research and academic libraries. Dr Arora is particularly recognised for successfully coordinating INDEST-AICTE consortium. Prior to this responsibility he was Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Dr Arora's strong abilities to manage and innovate will be put to good use in this important role in support of INFLIBNET's vision for academic libraries development. To achieve this, staff is looking forward for continued cooperation. I wish that the library and academic community will join us in congratulating him and wishing him all the best and good luck. Dr. Arora can be reached on jarora(a)inflibnet.ac.in or director(a)inflibnet.ac.in With best regards. -- 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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Vortal : Vertical Internet Portal
by Mukesh Anand 01 Sep '07

01 Sep '07

Dear Members, On the Web, a Vortal (Vertical Industry Portal) is a website that provides a gateway or portal to info. related to a particular industry such as healthcare, insurance, automobile or food manufacturing. (A vertical industry is one that is focused on a relatively narrow range of goods & services, where as a horizontal industry is one that aims to produce a wide range of goods & services. Because most industry tends to specific, most industry tends to vertical) e.g. - http://www.cars.com (It's a platform for buying, selling & valuing cars of all makes). Source :-Muller, Jeanne Froidevaux / A Librarian's Guide to the Internet : searching & evaluating information. - Oxford (UK):Chandos,2003. - Page # 78-79. Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Elsevier,Chennai notifies various positions
by Mukesh Anand 31 Aug '07

31 Aug '07

Dear LIS Students' & Professionals', Elsevier is a world leading publisher of scientific, technical, & healthcare info. products & services, publishing more than 1,800 journals & 2,200 new books annually. Elsevier also offers a suite of innovative electronic products, such as ScienceDirect, MD Consult, Scopus, Bibliographic Databases, Online Reference Works & Subject specific Portals. Elsevier Chennai seeks candidates for the following positions : 1.QUALITY REPORTES 2.CLAIMS & SUBSCRIPTION PROCESSORS 3.APPLICATION SPECIALISTS 4.TECHNICAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST For details about the Job Profile & Job specific requirements, see the advt. General Criteria :-Candidates must have proven experience in the relevant fields, excellent communication skills & a very good command of English in word & in writing. The company offers a great workplace for further growh & (international) career development. Successful candidates will receive training which may require travel abroad. Please send ur application & detailed resume to A Sivaraman at Elsevier Publishing Services, Baid Hi-Tech Park Building, 8th Flor, Block 38, East Coast Road, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai-600 041 OR E-mail to epschennai(a)elsevier.com For more info. about the company visit it's website www.elsevier.com N.B. :- The Complete advt. appeared in The Hindu (Opportunities, Page # 9) dated 29th August, ' 07 Wednesday With Wishes, Mukesh Anand -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library building requirements
by Shihab Illias 31 Aug '07

31 Aug '07

Dear professionals I am looking for information regarding engineering College Library building. We are planning to construct a new library building. If you have any ideas, images of both exterior and interior (Sketches) of each sections, specification or any other information of the library please mail to me Thank you. Shihab.I. Librarian Muslim Association College of Engineering Venajaramodu, Trivandrum librarianmace(a)yahoo.co.in, shihabillias(a)yahoo.co.in Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now, on http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New Director joined INFLIBNET Centre
by K Prakash 31 Aug '07

31 Aug '07

Dear All, INFLIBNET staff and academic fraternity welcome Dr Jagdish Arora who has taken the charge of Director, INFLIBNET Centre on forenoon of Friday August 31st 2007 for five years tenure. He has over 25 years of rich experience in managing research and academic libraries. Dr Arora is particularly recognised for successfully coordinating INDEST-AICTE consortium. Prior to this responsibility he was Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Dr Arora’s strong abilities to manage and innovate will be put to good use in this important role in support of INFLIBNET’s vision for academic libraries development. To achieve this, staff is looking forward for continued cooperation. I wish that the library and academic community will join us in congratulating him and wishing him all the best and good luck. Dr. Arora can be reached on jarora(a)inflibnet.ac.in or director(a)inflibnet.ac.in With best regards. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Advertisement for Assistant Librarian
by Mailing List Admin 31 Aug '07

31 Aug '07

Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:49:48 +0530 From: Dr.Sangayya Sirurmath <sangayya(a)hotmail.com> OSIAN'S CONNOISSEURS OF ART INDIA�S PREMIER AUCTION HOUSE & ARCHIVE Continues to expand Osian's Connoisseurs of Art was founded in 2000 as India's pioneering Auction House and for most Archive for the Indian Arts. In seven years Osian's has established itself as an unique, cutting edge cultural institution as well as the foremost builder of knowledge base for the Indian Fine and Popular Contemporary Arts, Cinema and Architectural Heritage. Assistant Librarian (CARD Library) Two Posts (Mumbai and New Delhi) Will be required to assist the Senior Librarian in the documentation and management of our vast archival and research library on the Indian Arts and link it to electronic systems. Should possess a Masters Degree in Library and Information Science/AIS-NISCIR/ ADIS�DRTC/ISI and consistently good academic record. At least 3-5 years professional experience in a responsible capacity. Candidates should be familiar with usage of Library Automation Software; Open Archive Initiative; Web based services and UDC Classification system. Should possess excellent English language skills and the confidence to innovate and build unique documentation systems. Reference is essential for positions. Remuneration strictly on par with qualifications and ability to perform. Please send your CV with the location clearly specified on or before 5th September 2007 via email only to: Manager, Human Resources, bakhtawar(a)osians.com. www.osians.com

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Re- World of e-books
by Shihab Illias 31 Aug '07

31 Aug '07

Dear professionals The free e-books fair was only for a limited period and it had ended. Next chance for free access is on July 4th 2008 to 4th August 2008 for their Third Annual World e-Book Fair. They will provide free access for a month to One Million e-Books. For current access you have to Join Now World Public Library by paying $8.95 Per Year. For details log on to http://worldebookfair.com/ Shihab.I. Librarian Muslim Assocaition College of Engineering Venjaramoodu Trivandrum librarianmace(a)yahooco.in Shihabillias(a)yahoo.co.in 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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Fw: [Dspace-general] Position Announcement - Digital Initiatives Librarian, Library and Technology Services, Brandeis University
by Mailing List Admin 31 Aug '07

31 Aug '07

Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:09:14 +0530 From: chauhan <chauhan(a)inflibnet.ac.in> > Position Announcement - Digital Initiatives Librarian, Library and > Technology Services, Brandeis University > Job ID Number 200440 > > How To Apply > Please apply directly online at > http://www.brandeis.edu/humanresources/jobs.php . You will choose to > apply as an "External Candidate". Please use the Job ID number listed > above to quickly locate the appropriate job listing. Once you have > located the desired job.

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Making Digital Books Into Page Turners
by Mailing List Admin 31 Aug '07

31 Aug '07

Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:56:11 +0530 From: KR. Senthil Kumar <alagusenthil(a)gmail.com> Dear all, Click this Link to Read a wonderful article: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_36/b4048065.htm -- KR.SENTHIL KUMAR Asst. Librarian VLB arts and science College Coimbutore

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Ministry of Culture focuses on Preservation of Palm Leaf Manuscripts
by Susmita Chakraborty 31 Aug '07

31 Aug '07

Ministry of Culture focuses on Preservation of Palm Leaf Manuscripts The Minister of Tourism and Culture Smt. Ambika Soni has said that rare palm leaf manuscripts are preserved and protected scientifically under the National Mission for Manuscripts, through the network of 33 Manuscript Conservation Centres and their partner centres, spread all over the country. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today she said, under the Mission no state-wise allocation of funds is made. However, the details of the amount spent under the Mission during the last three years are as under: Year Allocation ( In Rs. Crore) 2004-05 3.47 2005-06 7.90 2006-07 9.43 (USD 2.3 million) Under the National Mission for Manuscripts (http://www.namami.org) digitization of important manuscripts in the country is taken up to prepare a national database of important manuscripts ( http://www.namami.org/pdatabase.aspx) This is an ongoing process and, therefore, no deadline can be fixed. However, since the launch of the Mission in 2003, more than 15,000 manuscripts containing 2.2 million manuscript pages have already been digitized . A large number of new manuscripts, running into thousands, have been unearthed under the Mission. The National Mission for Manuscripts helps in spreading awareness about the manuscript heritage of India through awareness campaigns, workshops, National surveys, exhibitions, public lectures and publication of books on manuscripts. Source: http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page1.asp?relid=30665 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ms. Susmita Chakraborty Kolkata-700031, India Email: susmitachakraborty94[at]gmail[dot]com Personal Blog: http://susmitachakraborty.blogspot.com/ Please support: MANAS - a society for mentally disturbed persons their family and friends http://www.geocities.com/manas_teghari/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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To: Corporate Library/Documentation Centre/ Information on "Deichmann"
by Kiran Pandey 30 Aug '07

30 Aug '07

To:Corporate Library/Documentation Centre I am looking for information on the investments and work of the company "Deichmann" (A shoe making company) in India. Can any corporate library/documentation centre help me with this at the earliest? Thank you. Susan Chacko Asst. 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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Help needed in Delhi
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 30 Aug '07

30 Aug '07

Dear Sir Please see the following message asking for help in Delhi. This is an extract from a group to which librarians may not subscribe to. I suggest that some retired librarian / Library Consultancy organisation (like Delnet) in Delhi seriously interested in helping out may contact Amitabh directly. Vyasamoorthy ========================== 19. public library- suggestion needed Posted by: "aban_71" aban_71(a)yahoo.co.in aban_71 Date: Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:56 am ((PDT)) Hello all members, i am a resident of Delhi. In our locality, we have a temple which has big premises say around 50'/5o'. Since i am a member of the executive committee, i have convinced everyone to start a public library which is badly needed. Now i have been assigned the job to set up the library. Initial work like preparing a consitution and rules and regulation have been done. Now i need suggestions on following points :- (i) Though we are collecting donation both book and cash, but library can not be run just on donation. any suggestion for self-sustainable funding pattern. (ii) the reading habit these days as all members knows almost becomes nil amongst students who has become career-oreinted. what can be done to increase footfall or membership of the library. (iii) Is there any NGOS or body who can help or advice in the matter? (iv) we are also planning few social activities like computer teaching, coaching for poor and deserving students, english speaking course and teaching other life-sustainign skilss. we need advice from experienced people or NGOs and also needs volunteers in Delhi. (v) any other suggestion on any matters pertaining to our library we need valuable advice to make our venture successful. Thanks amitabh, Dwarka, Delhi ============== -- 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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Introducing the Open Library
by Anand 30 Aug '07

30 Aug '07

Dear all, The Open Library is an ambitious project to build a free internet library with all the books in the world. Not just every book on sale, or every important book, or even every book in English, but simply every book which is ever published on this planet. It is not simply a library that is free to public, but a product of the people: letting them create and curate its catalogue, contribute to its content, participate in its governance, and have full, free access to its data. You can visit the Open Library website, http://demo.openlibrary.org, to know more about it. In the initial phase of the project, we are trying to collect all the book catalogues from various libraries and publishers all over the world. Being a member of the Open Library development team, I'm trying to collect digital catalogues from various libraries in India. I request help and support from this community in this regard. Hope it will be exciting for all of you to participate in making the book data available for the whole world for free. Looking forward for your kind support, Anand Chitipothu, The Open Library Team, Internet Archive, San Francisco, CA, USA http://demo.openlibrary.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Adopting Document Standards
by Farooque Shaheen 30 Aug '07

30 Aug '07

According to a recent IDC survey entitled Adoption of Document Standards commissioned by Microsoft, organizations are increasingly interested in employing XML-based standards, primarily due to interoperability between tools and ease of transition from existing document bases to new standards. Findings include: 1) Large organizations with diverse business needs prefer multiple document standards. 2) Although IT managers appear to strongly prefer a single standard to reduce cost and complexity of implementation, line-of-business managers closer to the daily needs of business support the desire for multiple document standards. 3) PDF, Open XML, and OpenDocument Format are all in use today, with PDF viewed as the dominant standard and Open XML demonstrating "more traction in the market compared to other XML-based standards." 4) Companies in Europe with an interest in Open XML expect to be piloting or fully deploying the standard a year from today. Those interested in ODF are more likely to be in the "consideration" phase rather than piloting or fully deploying it within that same time frame. You can download the full the article from the following URL. http://www.openxmlcommunity.org/documents/IDC%20Document%20Adoptions%20Whit… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Keane India Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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looking for Indian Print Journal Subscription Agecny to deliver the journals for the year 2008-2009
by Vijayakumara 30 Aug '07

30 Aug '07

Dear All, We have the budget of Rs. 22 lakh exclusively for technical periodicals (Print and Online). Presetnly we are looking for Indian Print Journal Subscription Agecny to deliver the Indian Print Journals for the year 2008-2009. If any subscription agency are interested, we will add their company/ agency in our vendor list. Feel free to contact the undersigned person Yours Dr. Vijayakumar M, Central Library Birla Institute of Technology 09430702887 & 0651-2276675 coolvg(a)gmail.com --------------------------------- Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NACLIN 2007 organised by DELNET at IIC, New Delhi from November , 20-23, 2007
by Sangeeta Kaul 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

Call for Participation ______________________ Tenth National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking NACLIN 2007 November 20-23, 2007 Organized by DELNET- Developing Library Network Venue : India International Centre, 40 Lodi Estate, New Delhi-110003, India Theme : Libraries without boundaries : Reaching the Unreachable in Knowledge Era Libraries without Boundaries : Reaching the Unreachable in Knowledge Era The enormous growth in the ICT has made the World as Global village and there is an apparent death of distance. The convergence of the computing and communications has also brought a radical change in the way libraries and information centres have been im parting information to the users. There is a paradigm shift from the information based services to the Knowledge based services as Knowledge is considered as a most powerful fact in the development of an economy of a nation and is the fourth wave experien ced by the human lives. In these changing scenarios, the libraries have to take a proactive approach and to work for this tectonic change that the Knowledge Society will encompass in its domain. The library professionals can no longer keep themselves in t he insulated state away from the challenges which needs to be addressed by them. The Government of India has constituted under the National Knowledge Commission a special group on Libraries and Informatics and has proposed a! knowledge based society and the emergence of libraries and network centres as one of the contributing entities for developing a knowledge based society. There is a greater need to provide the citizen focused services and the library services must focus on the common man and we must ensure that the libraries are able to bridge up the gap between the two tiered society of �Knowledge haves� and �knowledge have-nots� It is with this concern that the National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2007) being organized by DELNET at New Delhi in November 2007 to debate various issues on the subject. NACLIN was conceived in the year 1998 and since then Nine National Conventions have been organized in different parts of the country in collaboration with the institutions of great repute. DELNET is celebrating the 10th NACLIN event by hosting it themselv es at New Delhi. DELNET - Developing Library Network DELNET is a major resource-sharing library network in South Asia which covers a wide spectrum of member-libraries and their resources connecting more than 1070 libraries in thirty states in India and six overseas countries. Started in 1988 at the India In ternational Centre in New Delhi it was registered as a society in 1992. Delnet is committed to pool the information about resources scattered in the libraries in the country and consolidate information through union catalogues, union lists and other data bases. This is being done to satisfy the major information requirements of students, researchers, scholars and the public in the country. DELNET is extensively providing Interlibrary Loan facilities to its member libraries in and outside the country and is one of the most widely used and popular services of DELNET. DELNET databases has crossed more than six million records. DELNET has shifted to its newly constructed building in JNU Campus in October 2005. More information ! about DELNET can be obtained at www.delnet.nic.in About the Venue India International Centre more commonly being known as IIC is the Intellectual hub of India. It is located on the outer periphery of the famous Lodi Gardens. Accommodation Accommodation can be arranged to the participants in the Institutional Guest Houses in Delhi furnished with minimum amenities on first come first served basis. Besides, accommodation (Sharing) in the hotels would also be arranged to the participants on re quest and confirmation. Delegates may indicate the request for accommodation in the registration form. Climate The climate in the month of November is pleasant ranging from 15 to 20 degrees. The temperature will be pleasant and evenings will be cool. Return Reservation All the participants are advised to make their reservations on their own in advance to avoid last minute inconvenience. Sightseeing Visits to some of the tourist places in Delhi/Agra/Jaipur will be arranged separately on November 24, 2007 (Saturday) at an extra cost based on the distance and duration of the trip and also the number of delegates. Those interested may kindly write to us separa tely. See more details at www.delnet.nic.in NACLIN 2007 The national convention is scheduled for four days. The first two days are exclusively designed for conducting tutorials by experts on the following topics: RFID Technology in Libraries Open Source Library Management Software The next two days will focus on the theme of the National Convention: Libraries without Boundaries : Reaching the Unreachable in Knowledge Era. The theme is divided into several sub-themes as detailed below: Sub theme 1 : Knowledge Society Community based Information Systems Knowledge Centres Delivery of Services Knowledge Based Systems : Case Studies E-Governance Training of Public in the Use of ICT based resources Community Participation Patterns Sub theme 2 : ICT Implementation Knowledge Tools/Technology Development of Knowledge Portals Delivery Mechanisms Knowledge Harvesting Knowledge Warehouses Knowledge Cultivation Access Mechanisms Sub theme 3 : Knowledge Resources Knowledge Portals Digital Libraries E-journals Creation of Content in Local Languages Knowledge Sharing Knowledge Networks Traditional Knowledge Sub theme 4 : LIS Education, Training & Research Skills and Competency Development Evaluation of Existing Teaching Facilities : Case Studies Continuing Education E-learning Training Centres Status of Research Activities in LIS Roadmap for LIS Education and Research Submission of Papers Participants are welcome to contribute papers for presentation at the National Convention on the above sub-themes and related themes. The Papers should be based on research surveys, case studies or action plans rather than theoretical explanations. Paper s should reach The Director, DELNET, JNU Campus, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070 on or before September 30,2007. They should be submitted on A4 size paper along with an electronic copy or sent through E-mail. It must be enclosed with t he details of the author i.e. name of the author, designation, title of the article, abstract, name of the affiliating Institution, Mailing address, telephone number, fax number and E-mail address. The contributors will be communicated about the acceptanc e of the paper by Director, DELNET to enable them to present their papers. Please ensure that the paper submitted should not have already been published elsewhere. The editors will have the right to edit the papers before ac! ceptance is communicated. ADDRESS FOR THE COMMUNICATION Registration/Accommodation Submission of Papers Sangeeta Kaul Dr. H K Kaul Organizing Secretary, NACLIN 2007 Director Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network DELNET-Developing Library Network JNU Campus JNU Campus Nelson Mandela Road Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj Vasant Kunj New Delhi - 110070 New Delhi-110070 Tel.: 91-11-32471001, 32471010 Tel: 91-11-32471001, 32471010 Fax: 91-11-32471009 Mobile : 9810329992 Mobile�: 9891016667 Email:sangs@delnet.ren.nic.in Email:hkkaul@delnet.ren.nic.in naclin2007(a)yahoo.co.in hkkaul(a)gmail.com NACLIN 2007 Tenth NATIONAL CONVENTION ON KNOWLEDGE, LIBRARY AND INFORMATION NETWORKING Libraries without boundaries : Reaching the Unreachable in Knowledge Era November 20-23, 2007 Venue: India International Centre, New Delhi REGISTRATION FORM Name (in block letters): Dr./Mr./Ms./Mrs./Prof ................... Designation:......................................................... Organisation: ...................................................... Address:.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... PIN ..........State .............. Country ....... Phone: STD Code...... Office.........Res ............ Mobile ........ Email:..........................................Fax: ................ Accompanying Person(s) : .......... Accommodation required: Yes/No ....... If yes, please mention the dates from ................... to ........ Travel Schedule: Date Time Mode(Train name/Flt details) Arrival Departure Payment details : I am enclosing Demand Draft No .........dated...... for Rs. ....... drawn on ............................ towards participation fee/ and accommodation charges for five days stay in the guest hosue. ( Please pay only the Registration fe e if you do not want the guest house facilities). Place: Date: Signature:............. REGISTRATION FEES (comprising of pre-conference Tutorials and Convention) Delegates from India/SAARC Countries DELNET member Libraries : Rs 2500 per delegate DELNET Non-members : Rs 3500 per delegate LIS Professionals from Delhi and NCR Region : Rs 2500 per delegate Delegates from Non-SAARC Countries : US $ 150 per delegate Please note : Additional delegate from the same organization will be provided 25% discount. Accompanying Person (non LIS professional, family member) : Rs 1000 per person for attending the Convention, Accommodation charges will be extra. Accommodation charges : Rs 1500 per delegate for 5 days stay. On-the-spot Registration is also available The filled-in registration forms and the payment should be sent to : Ms Sangeeta Kaul, Organizing Secretary, NACLIN 2007 Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network JNU Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070 India Payment Details : The payment should be sent through a demand draft to be made in favour of �DELNET� and payable at New Delhi. The Institutions in Delhi, NCR can make the payments through cheque also. Dates to Remember Last Date for Registration November 15, 2007 Last Date for Submission of Papers September 30, 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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DPS, Gandhinagar(Gujarat) needs Libn. in the pay scale of Rs.5, 000-125-6, 250-150-8, 500
by Mukesh Anand 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

Dear LIS Students', Delhi Public School, Gandhinagar (Gujarat) invites application for the post of Librarian in the pay scale of Rs. 5,000-125-6,250-150-8,500. Candidate should have Bachelors Degree in Lib. Sc. DP, DA, HRA, CCA & Other Allowances as per the DPS Society norms. Preference will be given to experienced staff from CBSE schools. Eligible candidates may apply in the Application Form available in the school office before 30th Sept.,2007 School Address :- DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL GANDHINAGAR Ambapur Village, Koba-Adalej Link Road, Near Koba Circle, Gandhinagar-382 421 Ph. # :-079-2327-6126,2327-6587 Fax # :-079-2327-6557 E-mail :- info(a)dps-gandhinagar.com N..B. :-AAdvt. appeared in 1. The Economic Times (ET highflier) dated 28.8. ' 07 Tuesday, Page # 20 2. The Times of India (Ascent) dated 29.8. ' 07, Wednesday, Page # III With Wishes, Mukesh Anand -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Initiative to estimate the global burden of leptospirosis - call for advisers
by Mailing List Admin 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:48:38 -1000 From: Tomas Allen <tomasallen_who(a)hotmail.com> Initiative to estimate the global burden of leptospirosis - call for advisers Dear Friends, If you would be so kind as to forward the message below to any of your researchers whom you think might be interested in this opportunity. Please direct further questions to contact information listed on the link. Many thanks to all. Tomas Allen Librarian World Health Organization Library and Information Networks for Knowledge Avenue Appia 20 CH-1211 Geneva Switzerland tomasallen_who(a)hotmail.com Initiative to estimate the global burden of leptospirosis - call for advisers Leptospirosis is a neglected zoonotic disease with a significant health impact in many parts of the world. Recognizing the need for reliable information on the impact of Leptospirosis at the global level, The World Health Organization (WHO) initiated a study to estimate the global burden of Leptospirosis. A call for advisers to serve on a Leptospirosis Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (LERG) is now active. Specific leptospirosis knowledge is not required to apply since LERG is envisaged to be a multi-disciplinary group requiring scientists with a variety of skills, including infectious disease epidemiology, burden of disease, epidemiological modelling and clinical disease. More information on the initiative and on the application process can be found on the following web-link: http://www.who.int/zoonoses/diseases/lerg/en/index.html

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