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Openings at CMS Library, New Delhi !
by Sangeeta Kaul 07 Jun '07

07 Jun '07

Openings at CMS Library, New Delhi ! CMS invites applications for the position of Librarian. CMS Library offers extensive support and instructional services to CMS Team and reference services to others. Centre for Media Studies (CMS) is a premier national organization engaged in multidisciplinary research (environment, education, health, communication and capacity building) affecting developmental endeavors of the country. Candidates must possess a Master's degree in Library Science from reputed Institution with atleast three years experience as Librarian in any reputed research/education/academic organization, and must exhibit a substantial and progressively more responsible record of successful management and effective leadership in a research/academic organization library setting. Essential Qualities include an understanding of current issues in research/academic libraries, and strong oral and written communication skills. The successful candidate will be expected to work collegially and communicate effectively with the internal and external network. Candidates should also offer evidence of the ability to work cooperatively and build effective teams; a commitment to quality service; a vision and understanding of the evolving research library and its role within the mission of the CMS; the importance of staff development and renewal; and familiarity with the changing expectations of CMS Team. Advanced degrees in librarianship or other academic disciplines are an asset. Interested applicants should send their resume with names and addresses of three referees and a letter explaining how their qualifications and experience complement this position and expected remuneration by 18 June 2007 to The Director, CMS, Research House, Community Centre, Saket, New Delhi-110 017; Email : info(a)cmsindia.org, Fax. 011-26968282; Website: www.cmsindia.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article needed
by sujata.laxmeshwar＠wipro.com 07 Jun '07

07 Jun '07

Good Morning All! Pls. help me to get the full text article. Below are the details. ERIC #: EJ567759 Title: The Effect of Learning Style and Variations in Color Coding Strategies (B & W/Color) in Facilitating Student Achievement of Different Educational Objectives. Authors: Alemar, Irma; Dwyer, Francis Descriptors: Academic Achievement; Coding; Cognitive Style; Color <http://eric.ed.gov:80/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=E RICSearchResult&newSearch=true&ERICExtSearch_Descriptor=%22Color%22> ; Contrast; High School Students; High Schools; Instructional Materials; Intelligence Quotient; Teaching Methods; Visual Aids; Visual Perception Source: International Journal of Instructional Media, v20 n1 p61-70 1993 Peer-Reviewed: N/A Publisher: N/A Publication Date: 1993-00-00 Pages: N/A Pub Types: Journal Articles; Reports - Research Abstract: Examined the effect of different levels of color and black/gray/white in visuals to facilitate student achievement of facts, concepts, and generalizations. Participants were 244 high school students in Puerto Rico. Results indicated a significant Intelligence-Quotient and learning-style effect on dependent measures and the color-coding effect functioned differently for different learning objectives. (Author/AEF) Best regards, Sujata Laxmeshwar Information Services Division Wipro Technologies No.70/1, Keonics Electronic City, Tower 17, Bangalore -560100 Mob: 9945500836 The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.wipro.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Workshop on LIS Education in Digital Era
by D Jotwani, Librarian IIT Bombay 07 Jun '07

07 Jun '07

Dear All The last date for registration is drawing close on 10th June 2007. Those interested to participate in workshop may rush their registration form along with the fee (Rs 2000/-) immediately to the undersigned. More details about workshop can be seen at http://www.library.iitb.ac.in/IATLISW.pdf -- 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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Training workshop on "Building Institutional Repositories using GNU EPrints", during 25-27 July 2007.
by Filbert Minj 07 Jun '07

07 Jun '07

Dear Professionals: As part of ongoing project, Development of OAI-based Institutional Repository Services in India, sponsored by Department of Scientific and Industrial research, Ministry of Science and technology, Govt. of India, the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, will be conducting a training workshop on "Building Institutional Repositories using GNU EPrints", during 25-27 July 2007. The main focus of the workshop will be to provide an intensive practical training to the participants to setup and maintain their Institutional Repositories (IR) using the latest version of "GNU EPrints.org" software. The workshop is being conducted to encourage research institutes, universities and R&D organizations to setup their interoperable IRs. The institutions/organizations are encouraged to depute appropriate persons who will be in a position to take advantage of the training to set up and operate institutional repositories in their respective institutions. Participation from Institutions/Organizations with a large S&T/R&D activity, larger research output, regular publications and interaction meets would be desirable. Workshop Fees: No registration fee will be charged from the participant. A maximum of 20 participants will be taken for the workshop. Free accommodation for the participants for the dates 24-28 July 2007 will be provided at the CCE hostel of IISc. Tea and lunch during the workshop days (25-27 July) will also be covered by NCSI. Other expenses, including travel, should be borne by the sponsoring institutions/organizations. Registration: Please visit the site http://casin.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/jul252707 Or http://casin.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/jul252707/registration.htm for online registration. Please note that only online registrations are entertained. Last date for registration is 25 June 2007. Selected applicants will be intimated by email on or before 27 June 2007. All the selected applicants need to confirm their registration by sending an email to one of the coordinators. Important Dates: Last Date for Registration: 25 June 2007 Selection Intimation: 27 June 2007 -- Filbert Minj Workshop Coordinators: Mr. Filbert MINJ National Centre for Science Information Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560 012 filbert(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Telephone: 080-22933275, 23600271 Fax: 080-23601426, 23600683 Mr. Francis JAYAKANTH National Centre for Science Information Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560 012 franc(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Telephone: 080-22933275, 23600271 Fax: 080-23601426, 23600683

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Delayed Open Access Journals in LIS
by Mukesh Anand 06 Jun '07

06 Jun '07

Dear LIS Resource Persons', Teachers', Working Professionals', Reserch Scholars' & Students'; Delayed Open Access Journal :- These journals are made freely available after a short period of their publication by their publisher online. Advantage for Users :- Users are getting access online to these scholarly journals,only the thing is delayed. Advantages for Publishers :- Publishers can show the numbers of Hitts & Downloads (Because when it delayed open accessed, then people access it in large numbers) to their advertisers to attract more advertisement to their journal. I am giving here two Delayed Open Access Journal in Library & Information Science. Libri : International Journal of Libraries and Information Services (Quarterely), published by K.G.Saur Verlag, Munchen (Germany).Libri makes full text articles available online in PDF format without subscription one year after publication. Website :- http://www.librijournal.org/ & http://www.librijournal.org/issues.html Delayed Access to Retrospective Issues:- From Vol. 49, No.1 (March,' 99) - Vol.56, No.1(March.' 06) Free Current Issue Access :- Table of Contents with Abstracts. College & Research Libraries (Bimonthly) :- It is Scholarly Research Journal of Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of American Library Association, Chicago, Illinois (U.S.). It is available free of charge in PDF format on the ACRL website six months after publication.Youmay access the Journal at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crljournal/collegeresearch.htm Delayed Access to Retrospective Issues from Vol. 58 (1997) to Vol. 67, No. 5 (Sept.,2006) Free access to Current Issue :- Abstracts & Book Reviews. Now I am requesting to all of you, if you know any more Delayed Open Access Journal in LIS field, then let us know through this forum. With Regards, Mukesh Anand M Lib I Sc Final Year Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Staff according to UGC & AICTE norms
by Mailing List Admin 06 Jun '07

06 Jun '07

Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 11:11:44 +0530 From: Amit Thapar <amitt(a)niper.ac.in> Respected All Forum Members, Does library staff / librarian comes under Technical staff according to UGC & AICTE norms? Is there any source of information which can be refered to know the details? Kindly provide information on this issue. Regards, Amit Thapar

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Walk-in-interview for LIS freshers
by Satish Munnolli 05 Jun '07

05 Jun '07

Glacier Dear members, The below mentioned URL may be of interest to freshers from LIS background. You may pass on this information to interested candidates. Teaching and practicing professionals are requested to display this ad in their respective display areas for wider publicity. http://www.actrec.gov.in/data%20files/Walk-in-interview-library.pdf Walk-in-interview is on 19th June 2007 (Tuesday) at ACTREC, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai at 10.00 am. The absorbed candidate will have an exposure to all modern techniques of maintaining a good scientific and medical library with hands on experience. Other facilities that are not mentioned in the advertisement, but includes - Accommodation at concessional charges (maximum Rs. 100/- per month) & subsidised food in institute canteen. Common facilities (most of them are free) - Institute's bus shuttle services; Hi-tech gym; Music room; Laundry and others. For any detailed information you may contact at (022) 2740 5026 or send an email to smunnolli(a)actrec.gov.in Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 210 India Ph : +91 22 2740 5026 Fax : +91 22 2740 5085 Email : smunnolli(a)actrec.gov.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Over 680, 000 books are OA!
by Subbiah Arunachalam 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

Friends: People in developing countries - academics, students, general publioc - should take advantage of all these books available at no cost if only one has access to the Internet. Arun >From Peter Suber's blog OA books at the Second Annual World eBook Fair The Second Annual World eBook Fair will start on July 4, 2007. The plan is to make available over 680,000 OA ebooks. (Thanks to ResourceShelf.) From the announcement: ...These are all full text editions that are yours to keep once their files have been downloaded to your computer, enough titles to fill 25 average public libraries. The Second World eBook fair includes the entire ~100,000 eBook set from Project Gutenberg's various collections as well as a ~400,000 set of collections from The World eBook Library, all of which will be available free of charge. and ~100,000 eBooks from The Internet Archive + 87,000 downloadable in progress eBooks... Posted by Peter Suber at 6/04/2007 10:20:00 AM. ______________________________________________________ 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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Search Engine
by Mahesh G T 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

Dear Friends, You can now simultaneously use GOOGLE and YAHOO for your search efforts by following this link, http://www.gahooyoogle.com/ Happy Searching! ========================================================== "Knowledge is of two kinds,We Know a subject ourselves, or,we know where to find information on it" ========================================================== Mahesh G T Alliance Business Academy, Bangalore-68 Off No - 080-26684369 Mob No - 9845727385 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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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Lecture by Prof. Kaula
by Mailing List Admin 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 10:46:33 +0530 (IST) From: I.R.N.Goudar <goudar(a)css.cmmacs.ernet.in> Dear Professionals, I had sent an announcement inviting all for the lecture to be delivered by 86 year old well known Professor Padmashree P. N. Kaula, retired from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. By mistake I had given the wrong date. The lecture is very much on 5th June at 5 pm in the same venue. Please grace the occasion. Inconvinience caused is regretted. Goudar -------------------------------------------------------------- LECTURE INVITATION Karnataka State Library Association in collaboration with Bangalore University and Department of Public Libraries Government of Karnataka has arranged a Special Lecture TOPIC : Public Library Development in India and Problems SPEAKER : Padmashree Prof. P.N. Kaula Professor & Head (Retd.) Department of Library & Information Science Banaras Hindu University VENUE : Sir C V Raman Hall Academic Staff College Central College Campus Bangalore-560 001 DATE & 5th June 2007 (Tuesday) TIME : 5.00 pm ALL ARE CORDIALLY WELCOME Dr. IRN Goudar Dr. PV Konnur Dr. PY Rajendrakumar President University Librarian Director KALA Bangalore University Dept of Public Libraries -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Sci F & Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html

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Blackle: The eco-friendly alternative to Google!
by hemaa＠ingvysyabank.com 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

A few months ago, TreeHugger Mark Ontkush wrote a post on his blog EcoIron titled Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year. The post lays out the following train of thought. "An all white web page uses about 74 watts to display, while an all black page uses only 59 watts." Google, which has a white background and gets about "200 million queries a day" could reduce global energy use by 750 Megawatt-hours a year by simply changing the color of its homepage to black. In response to this post a black version of Google emerged called Blackle.com According to Blackle's homepage at publication time, 4,408.917 Watt hours have been saved by . Nice ideas. But how does the search measure up? Very well indeed. Give it a whirl yourself and start saving energy one search at a time. :: Blackle.com ( http://blackle.com/ <http://blackle.com/> ) Thanks & Regards Hema Amble Librarian ING Vysya Bank CDC Bangalore Ph: 080 - 26507281 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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"Academics strike back at spurious rankings" (Nature, 31 May)
by Mailing List Admin 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 01:22:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Friends: All those who are using citation data for evaluating/ comparing different institutions may find this posting by Stevan Harnad useful. If a vast majority of researchers self-archive their papers in their institutional archives, then OA scientometrics can provide a far more reliable evaluation. Best wishes. Subbiah Arunachalam --- Stevan Harnad <harnad(a)ECS.SOTON.AC.UK> wrote: > Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 01:49:19 +0100 > From: Stevan Harnad <harnad(a)ECS.SOTON.AC.UK> > Subject: "Academics strike back at spurious > rankings" (Nature, 31 May) > To: JISC-REPOSITORIES(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK > > Academics strike back at spurious rankings > D Butler, Nature 447, 514-515 (31 May 2007) > doi:10.1038/447514b > > http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v447/n7144/full/447514b.html > > This news item in Nature lists some of the (very > valid) objections to the > many unvalidated university rankings -- both > subjective and objective -- > that are in wide use today. > > These problems are all the more reason for extending > Open Access (OA) > and developing OA scientometrics, which will provide > open, validatable > and calibratable metrics for research, researchers, > and institutions in > each field -- a far richer, more sensitive, and more > equitable spectrum > of metrics than the few, weak and unvalidated > measures available today. > > Some research groups that are doing relevant work on > this are, in the UK: > (1) our own OA scientometrics group at Southampton > (and UQaM, Canada), > and our collaborators Charles Oppenheim > (Loughborough) and Arthur Sale > (Tasmania); (2) Mike Thelwall (Wolverhampton); in > the US: (3) Johan > Bollen & Herbert van de Sompel at LANL; and in the > Netherlands: (5) > Henk Moed & Anton van Raan (Leiden; cited in the > Nature news item). > Universities seek reform of ratings by Declan Butler For details, visit: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v447/n7144/full/447514b.html >

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KALA lecture notice
by Krishnamurthy M 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

Dear Professionals, I once agian remind you that KALA has arranged lecture at Central college on 5th June 2007 at Central College. LECTURE INVITATION Karnataka State Library Association in collaboration with Bangalore University and Department of Public Libraries Government of Karnataka has arranged a Special Lecture TOPIC : Public Library Development in India and Problems SPEAKER : Padmashree Prof. P.N. Kaula Professor & Head Department of Library & Information Science Banaras Hindu University (Retd.) VENUE : Sir C V Raman Hall Academic Staff College Central College Campus Bangalore-560 001 DATE & 5th June 2007 (Tuesday) TIME : 5.00 pm ALL ARE CORDIALLY WELCOME Dr. IRN Goudar Dr. PV Konnur Dr. PY Rajendrakumar President University Librarian Director KALA Bangalore University Dept of Public Libraries M.Krishnamurthy Joint Secretary, KALA -- Dr. M Krishnamurthy, Ph.D. Librarian Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road R.V.C.E. Post Bangalore 560059 Ph:91-80-8483002/3/4/4 Fax: 91-80-8484265 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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my view on current topic of discussion on LIS schools and IT
by Manjunath K 02 Jun '07

02 Jun '07

Dear professionals, After seeing several recent mails on LIS schools and their product capability, I feel, let us not focus on praise or abuse of any specific LIS school. Each school operates on its own strength and weakness. Parent body also contributes to such situations. We can focus our discussion on theme-based rather than any specific school-based. The school based discussions will lead to throwing mud on each other which, finds a tragic end. The current theme is how best LIS schools equip their students in compatible with current trends without loosing basic philosophy of library science. The curriculum need to be on par with current trends and at the same it needs to differentiate from other IT curriculum by its unique courses. The current trends in technology are wikis, open sources, blogs, podcasts, web classifications, digitization, webpage design and hosting, storing devices, methods of providing access to information resources, mobile technology etc... 1. How best LIS schools can deliver these know-how to prospective librarians?, 2. what are basic requirements and expertise required to impart this knowledge? 3. what government and universities should do to provide such environment/opportunity? 4. what is expected from students? What are the basic or minimum skills they should possess? 5. If UGC is insisting on uniform syllabus, how best the authorities could be convinced about incorporating latest techniques in the curriculum?, 6. The rate of obsolescence is very high in IT products and services, how best we can address this threat 7. conferences/seminars/discussions at national and regional level would bring teachers and practitioners together on one platform and participants' wholehearted participation in such discussions might bring meaningful outcomes. Proactive role by LIS associations and schools would bring fruitful results. This benefits both the parties (teachers and students) We can amend or modify the above themes with our experiences. Manjunath __________________________ Dr. Manjunatha K Librarian T.A. Pai Management Institute Manipal - 576 104 Udupi Dist., Karnataka, India. Ph: +91-0820-2573551(Off), 2575161(Res) manjunath(a)mail.tapmi.org manju_tapmi(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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Please help
by Prachi Bagad 02 Jun '07

02 Jun '07

Dear fellow-professionals, First let me thank Dr. J K Vijayakumar for sharing such a valuable information. I always wanted to become a member of some of these institutions but never found the details, after hours of searching on the net. Now that I have the information I want to become meber of ILA and SIS. But the problem is they need 1recommendation for that.I know on one with a membership to this instituions. I am based in Pune, India. I am a working librarian. If anyone is willing to help please contact me. prachibagad(a)yahoo.co.in. Can anyone please help me in this regard? Ms. Prachi Bagad Librarian MIT Library, Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) S.No.124, Paud Road, Kothrud, Pune 411038 (INDIA) Tel:. 91 020 5431795, 5432767 Fax.: 91 020 5442770 --------------------------------- The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Second Dr. TB Rajashekar Memorial Lecture - Announcement
by Maruthu Pandian 01 Jun '07

01 Jun '07

Dear Friends, NCSI-Net, an informal association comprising of NCSI staff, trainees, and its alumni, cordially invites you to the II Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture. The details of the Memorial Lecture are given below: Title: "Librarians' need for readiness for alternate careers that need Information Specialists" Speaker: MS. Vasumathi Sriganesh, Director, Q Med Services Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai Date: 9th June, 2007 Time: 5.00 PM Venue: Choksi Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (Choksi Hall is located on the right side, just after the main gate of IISc.) Abstract of the Talk : "Librarians are a dying breed". "We don't need libraries - everything is available on the Internet". These are some typical statements that we get to hear, and sometimes more often than we like. Whether these are true or not, the time is ripe for Library and Information Specialists to look at alternate careers too. Alternate careers may be those that supplement the role of a librarian in an organization or may be very different; yet needing the skills of an Information Specialist. Some of the possible options are Content management, Intranets management, Research, Information consulting etc. To break away from tradition and inculcate change, we need Knowledge, Skills and Desire. The last is possibly the most difficult element to handle. This talk will focus on why librarians need to be prepared for change, and also touch upon how to develop Knowledge, Skills and Desire to change. The challenges go beyond those needed from Information Professionals. For such professionals to make their mark in the job market, there is a lot of awareness promotion, marketing and relationship building that will be needed. About the Speaker : Vasumathi Sriganesh got her B.Sc degree in Home-Science in 1977. Married immediately, she was a homemaker for 12 years after which she did her BLIS from the Bombay University in 1989-90. Later she did her MLIS through IGNOU in the years 1997-99. She has worked in three libraries - Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, The Hinduja Hospital and HELP (Health Education Library for People), all in Mumbai. In both medical libraries she was instrumental in the entire computerization, as well as starting off literature search services and Internet based activities. Medicine was always her passion and she found deep satisfaction in Medical Librarianship. In April 1997, wanting to reach out to a much wider medical community of users, Vasumathi became a free-lance consultant and in 1999, she set up her own company Q Med, ( http://www.qmedin.com/) which will soon become a registered Non-profit organization. The event will end with high-Tea. Please confirm your presence to pandiyan.m(a)advinus.com or umpradeep(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Regards Maruthu Pandian, B NCSI-NET Co-ordinator -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lecture Invitation
by Mailing List Admin 01 Jun '07

01 Jun '07

Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 15:22:19 +0530 (IST) From: I.R.N.Goudar <goudar(a)css.cmmacs.ernet.in> LECTURE INVITATION Karnataka State Library Association in collaboration with Bangalore University and Department of Public Libraries Government of Karnataka has arranged a Special Lecture TOPIC : Public Library Development in India and Problems SPEAKER : Padmashree Prof. P.N. Kaula Professor & Head Department of Library & Information Science Banaras Hindu University (Retd.) VENUE : Sir C V Raman Hall Academic Staff College Central College Campus Bangalore-560 001 DATE & 5th May 2007 (Tuesday) TIME : 5.00 pm ALL ARE CORDIALLY WELCOME Dr. IRN Goudar Dr. PV Konnur Dr. PY Rajendrakumar President University Librarian Director KALA Bangalore University Dept of Public Libraries -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Sci F & Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html

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Cataloging Calculator
by Manju manju 01 Jun '07

01 Jun '07

Dear professionals The Cataloging Calculator finds variable and fixed MARC fields (bibliographic and authority data), language codes, geographic area codes, publication country codes, AACR2 abbreviations, LC main entry and geographic Cutter numbers. http://calculate.alptown.com/ P.S. MANJUNATHA B.N.M.I.T.SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES BANGALORE -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lecture programme
by srels＠dataone.in 01 Jun '07

01 Jun '07

Dear Moderator: Kindly arrange to announce the following message. Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science ***** The lecture by Prof. P.N. Kaula on the 4th evening organized by the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science stands cancelled. The inconvenience is regretted. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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surface computer - Wonderful
by Mailing List Admin 01 Jun '07

01 Jun '07

Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 00:27:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Ranganath <ranganathb9(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear All, Microsoft today unveiled a "surface computer" capable of interacting with objects placed upon it - an advance that the firm says will revolutionise the way we interact with technology. For details, visit: (http://www.microsoft.com/surface/) Ranganath P.Benakatti Sun Microsystems, Bangalore. Mbl:+919845504417

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My views on Five Laws of Library Science
by Krishnamurthy M 01 Jun '07

01 Jun '07

Dear friends, An ideology of librarianship was created by S.R.Ranganathan in his classic The Five Laws of Library Science. He formulated objectives and principles for the organization of access to and use library materials. As Ranganathan asserted, " it should be the business of the librarian to adopt all the recognized methods of attracting the public to the library, so that every potential reader may be converted in to actual one, there by increasing the fulfillment of the Third Law." The third law concerns context rather than law content. The mission of the librarian is to build a well -organised collection of resources in order to maximize the chance that users will find what they need. The third law is also tells "Every book ,its reader" almost means that "resources look for people." Who want and need them the most. Library patrons, Ranganathan points out, often do not know enough about available resources to know what to request. Any organization of the electronic or physical library that focuses only on getting the readers what they ask for neglects two key components of good library practice: browsing and linking. M.Krishnamurthy -- Dr. M Krishnamurthy,M.A.,M.L.I.Sc., Ph.D. Librarian Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road R.V.C.E. Post Bangalore 560059 Ph:91-80-8483002/3/4/4 Fax: 91-80-8484265 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SoonR
by rupesh kumar 01 Jun '07

01 Jun '07

Dear All, SoonR keeps you securely connected to your computer files though your mobile phone. Sounds interesting? Learn more about SoonR here http://www.soonr.com Regards, Rupesh Kumar A Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com --------------------------------- 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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Book Search
by Mailing List Admin 01 Jun '07

01 Jun '07

Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 11:07:17 +0530 From: Amit Thapar <amitt(a)niper.ac.in> BookSearchx3 - Search Inside Books with Amazon, Google & MSN Live http://kokogiak.com/booksearch/ Results from each search engine are displayed side by side, which makes it possible to compare the databases and results Quintura Search Engine http://www.quintura.com/ A visual search tool. Your search term starts out in the middle of a cloud of related terms, with links on the right. Simply mousing over a related term shifts the search results. This could be particularly effective in getting students past the first ten results, and helping them understand differing perspectives on their topics.

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National Workshop on LIS Education in Digital Era
by D Jotwani, Librarian IIT Bombay 01 Jun '07

01 Jun '07

Dear All The last date for registration is drawing close on 10th June 2007. Those interested to participate in workshop may rush their registration form along with the fee (Rs 2000/-) immediately to the undersigned. More details about workshop can be seen at http://www.library.iitb.ac.in/IATLISW.pdf -- 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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Google Launches Gears Offline Web App Project
by Ramshirish M 01 Jun '07

01 Jun '07

Dear All Google launches open source Gears Offline Web Application Project. This has been announced on Google Developer Day. SYDNEY, Australia (May 31, 2007) -- Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced at Google Developer Day 2007 that it is providing developers with Google Gears?, an open source technology for creating offline web applications. For complete informtion: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0705/S00074.htm Warm regards Ramshirish M ********************* Ramshirish Mamidala Library and Information Centre Tata Consultancy Services Kohinoor Park (e-Park) Plot 1, Jubilee Garden Main Road Kondapur Hyderabad - 500084,Andhra Pradesh India Ph:- 040-66675019 Buzz:- 4405019 Mailto: ramshirish.m(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DBLP - a computer science bibliography
by Subbiah Arunachalam 01 Jun '07

01 Jun '07

Friends: Please alert computer science scientists and students you serve to the DBLP server. The DBLP server provides bibliographic information on major computer science journals and proceedings. Initially the server was focused on DataBase systems and Logic Programming (DBLP), but now it is gradually being expanded toward other fields of computer science. You may now read "DBLP" as "Digital Bibliography & Library Project". The server indexed more than 870,000 articles and contains several thousand links to home pages of computer scientists (as of April 2007). Subbiah Arunachalam ___________________________________________________________ For email that puts you in control, choose Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/addressguard2.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: [Sigiii-l] Winners of the 2007 ASIST SIG III International Paper Contest
by J. K. Vijayakumar 31 May '07

31 May '07

domole(a)worldbank.org wrote: To: sigiii-l(a)asis.org, asis-l(a)asis.org From: domole(a)worldbank.org Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 16:41:13 -0400 Subject: [Sigiii-l] ANNOUNCEMENT: Winners of the 2007 ASIST SIG III International Paper Contest Dear All, It is my great pleasure to announce the results of the eighth International Paper Contest organized by the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST) Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG III). Thanks to Julian, Judy and their jury team for making it happen! Our six winners this year are: 1. Shampa Paul, India. "A case study of e-governance initiatives in India." 2. Soumitra Sharma, India. "Exploring best practices in public-private partnerships (ppp) in e-government through select Asian case-studies." 3. Rama Devi, India. "Towards promotion and dissemination of IK. A case of NIRD." 4. M.Masoom Raza Amar Nath, India. "Use of IT in University Libraries of Punjab, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh : A Comparative study." 5. Elsa Barber, Silvia Pisano, Sandra Romagnoli, Verónica Parsiale and Gabriela De Pedro y Carolina Gregui, Argentina. "User Interface of Web Opacs in Mercosur Member and Associate Countries." 6. Medha Joshi, India. "Digital resources for information accessibility at the point of care: an overview of Library Information System at Tata Memorial Hospital." The theme of this year?s contest was "Joining Research and Practice: Social Computing and Information Science." The principal authors of each of the six winning papers will be awarded a two-year individual membership to ASIST. In addition, the leading two winners, Shampa Paul and Soumitra Sharma will be awarded a minimum of $1,000 each to attend the October 18-25, 2007 ASIST Annual Meeting, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. These winning papers and other submitted papers for the competition will be considered for publication by Elsevier's International Information and Library Review, which is edited by Toni Carbo. Thanks to the generous donations from participants of the October 6 2006 Kenya Embassy Fundraiser, Elsevier, and many of our previous organization and individual donors. Your efforts have enabled us to continue with this International Contest. Further fundraising effort is underway and we welcome donations as well as entries to the ongoing raffle to support the contest. Updates will be provided periodically as we get closer to the conference. Congratulations to the winners! The Contest Committee worked really hard in selecting the winning papers. The paper contest was organized by Julian Warner (Chair) and Judy Jeng (co-Chair). The judges were: Julian Warner, The Queen's University of Belfast, School of Management and Economics. Belfast, Northern Ireland. Judy Jeng, New Jersey City University, Congressman Frank J. Guarini Library, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. Yin Zhang, Kent State University, School of Library and Information Science, Kent, Ohio, USA. Yunfei Du, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. We thank the jury members for their selfless effort and our donors for their compassion which makes it possible to develop and sustain this international network of digital scholars and experts on digital libraries and information technology in developing countries. More information about the paper competition is available from the SIG III website (http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/ ) under Paper Contest. Regards, Duncan Omole, Chair, ASIST SIG III _______________________________________________ Sigiii-l mailing list Sigiii-l(a)asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigiii-l --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. --------------------------------- Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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We welcome our new members to Engg-Lib-Forum (Engineering College Librarians Forum), from India and elsewhere.
by K.R. Mulla 30 May '07

30 May '07

Dear LIS Professionals We welcome our new members to Engg-Lib-Forum (Engineering College Librarians Forum), from India and elsewhere. About the ELF. . . the Engineering Libraries forum, consists of librarians and information professionals concerned with the support of engineering education. We are involved in the provision of library services and the development of innovative approaches to networking information services. Our role is to promote the role of the library as an integral part of engineering education. In ELF we are at once pragmatic and futuristic. We help colleagues to cope with the everyday problems of library management through services such as our duplicate journal exchange. We also are pioneering the development of digital libraries through our work with technical publishers, universities and computer companies. Our members contribute to the technical literature and are regular speakers at meetings such as the National Online Meeting. The future holds dramatic change for engineering libraries and ELF will be there to help mold those institutions to best serve the coming generations of engineering students. Come join us! Share your experiences, concerns, and innovative ideas in ongoing discussions of best practices. Together let us learn how to evaluate practices, add value, enhance performance and profitability by choosing best practices and re-using that fit our situations and organizations. Hope to see lots of discussions happening in this forum. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Engg-Lib-Forum/promote -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. ************************************************************************** Engg-Lib-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Engg-Lib-Forum/ Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ **************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UNESCO Libraries Portal
by Kshirod Das 30 May '07

30 May '07

Dear LIS professionals, UNESCO Libraries Portal gives access to websites of library institutions around the world. It serves as an international gateway to information for librarians and library users and international co-operation in this area. Hope this could help in many ways to LIS professionals. Here the Link to UNESCO Libraries Portal: http://www.unesco.org/cgi-bin/webworld/portal_bib2/cgi/page.cgi?d=1 Thanks n Regard, -- Kshirod Das Library Information Assistant National Institute of Technology Roukela Rourkela-769 008, Orissa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The beginning of all understanding is classification-Hyden White
by Mailing List Admin 30 May '07

30 May '07

Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 11:56:40 +0530 From: K.R. Mulla <krmulla(a)gmail.com> Dear LIS Professionals I want to share with the Mr. Vasanth Raj's View on the relevance of Dr. S.R.Ranganathan's laws of library science. IT (Information technology) is just tool for librarians and library professionals, we should not dilute our professional ethics and also we have to grow along with the new technology and adapt it in our profession. With best wishes one and all -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering

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Internet Resources Newsletter: June Issue
by Mailing List Admin 30 May '07

30 May '07

Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 11:44:52 +0100 From: "MacLeod, Roderick A" <R.A.MacLeod(a)hw.ac.uk> ____________________________________________ 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/irn151/irn151.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 (Really Simple Syndication) 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 If you only read one thing 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): morgueFile Blogorama News of Blogs, RSS, etc Selected interesting Blogs and RSS feeds Press Releases Emerald Group Publishing Launches Two New Titles in Marketing 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

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The beginning of all understanding is classification-Hyden White
by Mailing List Admin 29 May '07

29 May '07

Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 11:20:39 +0100 (BST) From: vasanth raj <gooche_1981(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Sir/Madam "The beginning of all understanding is classification" -Hyden White Information technology (IT) � We have been using this term for decades as the supersonic word, which can be of solution to all the problems of the libraries and information centers. By emphasizing lot on IT, we are slowly moving from the bottom-line of the library and information science. We are in a verge to forgotten our great S R Ranganthan, but noteworthy thing is IT people have embraced Ranganthan for organizing information on the web. His idea of faceted classification is the buzzword among interface designers and new subject �Information Architecture� is evolving strongly based on faceted analysis. Instead of concentrating lot on IT, if we shift our focus bit on towards training library graduates towards classification, thesauri, controlled vocabularies, metadata and search systems and how it has been used in technological environment, this will help us to understand both library and information science and information technology. The field of librarianship has been largely devoted to the task of organizing and providing access to information. So why all the fuss now? Some of the IA techniques have been included in MyDLIS Syllabus (for instance www.epicurious.com-which has been designed on the basis of faceted classification) With best wishes Vasantha Raju N Research scholar MyDLIS

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Efforts of MyDLIS, University of Mysore
by Srinivas 29 May '07

29 May '07

Respected LIS Professionals, As an alumnus of MyDLIS, University of Mysore, Mysore, I thought of sharing my own case in this regard. Having passed out in 2005, I am currently working in a Pharmaceutical Company in Bangalore as a Knowledge Management - Executive and I am shortly migrating to Deloitte Consulting Hyderabad as a Record Management (Analyst) US Operations. Before that I was at i2 Technologies. I am proud to be a student of MyDLIS and state that training and the amount of knowledge I gathered during my MLISc (2003 - 2005), has helped me in finding job opportunities in bigger IT industries like Deloitte and i2 Technologies. During my course I have learnt many aspects of Library and Information Science as far as theory is concerned and practical aspects of DDC, UDC as well as the IT related stuffs like Greenstone, Dspace, LIBSYS, Dublin Core, MARC 21 etc from my beloved faculty members. I would also like to add, more than the knowledge and IT skills per se, it is more important to inculcate the right mindset and attitude. As regards market expectations- from my experience, I would like to add that the market is somewhat nebulous and evolving and therefore LIS professionals need to have a broad range of skills, learning attitude and adaptability. Finally, I thank all my beloved teachers at MyDLIS who have helped me to grow to such an extent in this information era. Regards Srinivas --------------------------------- TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: [Sigiii-l] Fwd.: UNESCO-SALIS, India, e-Learning Portal for Awareness Raising on Information Literacy
by Subbiah Arunachalam 29 May '07

29 May '07

--- "M.J. Menou" <michel.menou(a)wanadoo.fr> wrote: > Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 15:29:18 +0200 > From: "M.J. Menou" <michel.menou(a)wanadoo.fr> > To: sigiii-l <sigiii-l(a)asis.org> > Subject: [Sigiii-l] Fwd.: UNESCO-SALIS, India, > e-Learning Portal for Awareness Raising on > Information Literacy > > UNESCO-SALIS e-Learning Portal for Awareness Raising > on Information Literacy > The Society for the Advancement of Library and > Information Science > (SALIS), India, in collaboration with UNESCO, has > just launched a > six-month project entitled Interactive E-Learning > Portal on Information > Literacy Competency Development Skills for South > Asia. > > open News > http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=24555&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… > > > > UNESCO Office in New Delhi > 25-05-2007 12:00 > > The project aims to raise awareness and enhance > information literacy > competency skills of laymen as well as information > professionals and > educators. Its objectives are fully in line with > UNESCOs mandate to > bridge the digital divide and UNESCOs vision of > Knowledge Societies. > > This project has its genesis in recommendations of a > UNESCO supported > Workshop on Information Literacy Competency > Development for Information > Professionals and Special Educators organized last > November by SALIS in > Chennai, India, and subsequent information literacy > sensitization > workshops held in Delhi and Nagpur. Following a > documentation period, it > is now set to begin in the third week of May 2007. > > The e-learning portal will cover a number of > self-learning modules, such as: > > * Information Literacy, > * Information Literacy Models and Standards, > * Information Communication Technology (ICT), > * Information Services for the Disabled People, > * Information Literacy Assessment, > * Freedom of Information/Right to Information, > * Lifelong Learning and Development of Life > Skills, > * Sample Information Literacy Programmes for > Library and Community > Information Centre Users. > > The portal will be developed using Moodle Open > Source software, an > internationally renowned Courseware Management > System (CMS) or Virtual > Learning Environment (VLE). > > On completion of the project, the information > professionals, educators > and other persons may participate in the ensuing > online course to > enhance information literacy skills based on a set > of interactive > activities, such as assignments, self-check > exercises, multiple-choice > questions, and quizzes. > > > UNESCO-SALIS workshop to build capacity of educators > for the disabled > Society for the Advancement of Library and > Information Sciences (SALIS) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sigiii-l mailing list > Sigiii-l(a)asis.org > http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigiii-l > ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less, sign up for your free account today http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/winter07.ht… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lecture invitation
by srels 28 May '07

28 May '07

Dear Sir, Kindly arrange to announce the following invitation to the lis-forum members. Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross (near Syndicate Bank) III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 ***** The Board of Trustees of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), Bangalore in association with Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies (RCIS), Chennai and Bangalore cordially invites you to a Lecture on Dr. S.R. Ranganathan and his Contributions by Padmashree Prof. P.N. Kaula Retd. Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi on Monday, 4th June 2007 at 6.00 p.m. at SRELS, 702, 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Prof. M.A. Gopinath Visiting Professor, North Carolina Centrel University, Durham, NC 27707, USA will preside RSVP: Dr. K.N.Prasad - Ph:(080) 23305109 E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] information
by Mailing List Admin 28 May '07

28 May '07

Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 12:04:58 +0530 From: Dr.D.P Prathap <sbilibrary(a)gmail.com> Dear colleagues We are interested to buy "latest model of Flannel Board". Kindly provide the address of reputed "manufacturers/suppliers" of such items. Yours sincerely ============================== (D.PUTHIRA PRATHAP) LIBRARY INCHARGE 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

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Madehow -- a link from Professor C.Amarnath, IIT Bombay.
by Mr. B. G. Sunder Singh 28 May '07

28 May '07

A very useful, interesting site on inventions/inventors for all ages! Please visit the site below: ------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Prof. C. Amarnath" <amarnath(a)me.iitb.ac.in> Subject: Extremely useful to all Visit: <www.madehow.com> One of the best I have seen - for all ages. amarnath ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. C. Amarnath ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Professor - In - Charge SINE Tel: (91-22) 2576-7016 (office) & PABX 2572-2545 x 7016 Professor Tel : (91-22) 2576-7529 (office) Mech. Engg. Dept. 2572-1223 (Home) <amarnath(a)me.iitb.ac.in> 2576-8529 (Home) PABX 2572-2545 Extensions; Office: 7529, Home: 8529 Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Fax : Dept: 2572-6875 Powai, MUMBAI 400 076 INDIA Fax : IIT : 2572-3480 _______________________________________________________________________ Home: Bungalow A-2, IIT Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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How to start book clubs
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 28 May '07

28 May '07

Following how-to article is quite detailed. While I was in Satyam we had book review sessions. Incentive for the reviewer was that he can have a copy of the book he chooses to review at the cost of the library. (Vyasamoorthy) ===================== How to start book clubs Want to meet some interesting characters? Open a book. Want to meet some real-life interesting characters, too? Start a book group! Book groups (a.k.a. "book clubs") are a great way to commune with friends and meet new people while exploring (hopefully) good books. What's more, membership in a book group can help you stay motivated to read if you otherwise have difficulty finding time to pick up a book. If you can't find a group in your area, maybe it's time to start one. Here's how. Steps 1. Decide on your requirements. You should definitely allow the group to make most decisions, but if you have certain requirements for the club (for example, if you just like to read science fiction or if you can only meet on Thursdays), you should set them out ahead of time. 2. Find a location for the initial meeting. If you feel comfortable inviting people into your home, you can have at least the first meeting at your house or apartment as long as you have enough room. Otherwise, you can usually reserve space for free at community centers, libraries or churches, or you might try to get a bookstore to let you hold your meeting there. If you can find someplace convenient where you can hold regular meetings, so much the better. 3. Make and distribute a flyer. This announces the time and place of the first meeting and any other relevant information, such as whether refreshments will be served. Ask that people bring suggestions of books to read. Deliver copies of the flyer to local bookstores, and put them up on community bulletin boards at grocery stores, churches, etc. You can also advertise online on the community pages of sites such as Craigslist. Be sure to clarify that the purpose of the group is to discuss books, not to order books together at a reduced price. 4. Prepare a clipboard. For the initial meeting, this should include at least two items: a "Book Suggestions" page, where members can write down titles they recommend for the group, and a "Hosting and Refreshments" page where members can sign up for a date that is convenient for them to take these responsibilities. You want the attendees names. A head count is not sufficient. For subsequent meetings, you'll also want to include a "Coming Soon" page, the reading schedule for the next two or three meetings. This clipboard should make the rounds at every meeting. 5. Prepare the meeting space. Make sure the meeting space is clean and inviting. Most importantly, make sure you have enough chairs, and set up refreshments. 6. Greet the potential members at the first meeting. Introduce yourself and try to make sure that each feels welcome and comfortable. Let them know you're glad to see them. 7. Start the first meeting by stating the agenda and making introductions. If some of your guests don't know each other, go around and have everybody introduce themselves. You may also want to do this at subsequent meetings if new members are in attendance. Ask that people tell the group a little bit about themselves and their reading interests. During the introductions, send the clipboard around so people can write down book suggestions and sign up to bring refreshments or, if necessary, to host. 8. Explain or decide how often, for how long, and where the group will meet and how much reading the group should generally get through from meeting to meeting. Some issues to discuss are: * Do you want to set rules about the books, such as pricing or content? * What are the members' expectations of the group, and what are their responsibilities as members? * What is the group's policy on smoking, pets, tardiness, and telephone calls during book discussions? * Can members bring a guest? * Can new people join, or is there a limit to the group size? 9. Decide on the first book to read. The easiest way to do this is to simply pick a book yourself -- try to pick one, such as a current bestseller, with wide appeal -- but if you don't want to go out on a limb, you can decide as a group. An easy way to do this is to choose the book that received the most suggestions on the clipboard. You can also put several suggestions to a vote. At future meetings, you'll be able to streamline this process (see Tips). 10. Break out the refreshments and chat. Now that the really hard work is done, relax and let people talk and leave as they will. Be sure to speak to each person again so they feel more comfortable and invested in the group. Tips * Don't be overly selective about whom you invite. Diversity makes things interesting, so cast a wide net. * Get some nametags. Especially at the first meeting, it's a good idea to have nametags so that people can start to learn each other's names. * Since you are starting the book club, you are entirely responsible for the initial meeting. You should thus take that turn to provide refreshments. You don't have to, of course, but if you do you'll probably get a better turnout. * Deciding as a group which book to read next takes forever. Either take turns choosing, or put one person in charge of scheduling the books. This person should try to ensure that everyone who wants to suggest a book gets their chance. Some people may not want to. * Have an annual party at which each member nominates 2-3 books and vote on them. The 12 books chosen (if you meet monthly) are then scheduled for the entire year. * If you want to make choosing books really easy, just agree to use the selections of an established book club, such as Doubleday's or Oprah's. Search the internet, and you'll probably find a book club whose selections interest you, no matter what genre(s) you prefer. * At future meetings, let the person who suggested the book start the discussion. Then go around the circle in order at least once. This way everyone is encouraged and enabled to talk about what they've read, and the group can comment on their points. * Be prepared to politely maneuver on to the next person if one member goes on too long. * Many book stores offer discounts to book groups. Ask around before you buy. * Don't panic if things are a little stiff in the beginning. People (including you) will grow more comfortable over time. * If you're taking turns hosting or providing refreshments, be sure to remind people at the meeting before their turn. * To make things easier, one person can be in charge of getting the books. If this is the case, that person should have the book for the next meeting ready for pickup/payment at the current meeting. The "Coming Soon" page can double as an order page where people sign up to receive books for future meetings. This is important because not everybody will be able to attend every meeting. Warnings * Try to avoid micro-managing the group. After the first meeting, do your best to help things run smoothly, but let the group run itself as much as possible. Don't make yourself responsible for everything, especially hosting or providing refreshments. You'll burn out pretty quickly. Things You'll Need * A love of people * A love of books * Moderate organizational skills (From wikihow ) -- sent by --------------------- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 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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library vacancies BHU
by shriram pandey 27 May '07

27 May '07

Dear All, Central Library, BHU(Banaras Hindu University) Invites vacancies for the post of SEMI PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANT. Total-19,gen-5,sc-7,st-3,obc-4 Qualification-graduate+BLIS Last date-30- june-2007 Detail information available on www.bhu.ac.in -- Shri Ram Pandey Master of Library and Information Science BHU,Varanasi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Eddy Celebrates Open Access in Franklin Speech
by madhuresh.singhal 25 May '07

25 May '07

Dear All, You will enjoy this article. The online version (with photo of Eddy and links) is available at http://www.bio-itworld.com/newsitems/2007/may/05-22-06-eddy Eddy Celebrates Open Access in Franklin Speech By Kevin Davies May 22, 2007 | BOSTON -- Sean Eddy accepted the 2007 Benjamin Franklin Award and then proceeded to poke a few good-natured holes in Franklin's sterling open access reputation. Eddy noted ironically that the U.S. Patent Office was founded (by Thomas Jefferson) the year Benjamin Franklin died in 1790! Thus, even if he had wanted to apply for a federal patent, he could only have done so posthumously. Eddy also noted that Franklin was once embroiled in his own "open access dispute" in the 1730s and 1740s. When Philadelphia postmaster Andrew Bradford wouldn't carry Franklin's competing newspaper, Franklin engineered the firing of Bradford and took over as postmaster, generously agreeing to carry his competitor's newspaper. But in 1740, the first American magazines were founded, and Franklin refused to carry Bradford's new magazine. Open access to software, journal articles, and data is an issue of profound importance to researchers across the community. The first journals, created in the mid 1600s, were founded with a tacit quid pro quo: disseminate your research, allow others to reproduce your work, and gain a measure of fame in the process. The notoriously secretive Isaac Newton once submitted a paper to the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (London) on light refraction. But his paper was attacked by the reviewers, and then in the journal. Frustrated, Newton refused to submit another paper to the journal. Four centuries later, the issue hasn't changed so much. In 2001, Celera published its assembly of the human genome in Science, but refused to freely distribute the sequence without restrictions. Eddy said he uses Celera's DVD as a coffee coaster, because the terms barred him from redistributing the sequence data. In the aftermath of the controversy, the National Academy of Sciences convened the Cech Report, reaffirming the quid pro quo of science publication. "If you're not disclosing anything, why should you get credit?" said Eddy. "All members of the scientific community ... are playing on the same playing field. [If] Celera publishes a paper, their genome sequence should be available. [If] I publish a paper, my software should not be made available to academics only, but to [everyone]." Bioinformatics Access Eddy devoted most of his talk to the topic of data dissemination and open access. "We want not just humans to be able to read the literature, but computers to be able to read the literature." Said Eddy: "The bioinformatics community is the canary in the coalmine for this kind of issue, we're affected by this issue. We're the ones trying to integrate large datasets. If the dataset is there but not integratable, we know about it first.... The literature affects us very much." Eddy credited his fellow Franklin Award nominees as providing "great examples of the kind of bioinformatics access that we need." He praised Don Gilbert for creating influential programs and databases such as a freely available biosequence search tool, as well as FlyBase. Steven Salzberg is a "vocal leader in the community" and Robert Gentleman was credited for "influential things" including BioConductor (for microarray analysis). "For me, open access is secondary. The goal is to create systems that work... open access is necessary but not sufficient." Eddy made a strong case that it is worth academics taking time away from their top priority - writing papers - to "create tools and make sure that they get used by the community." There are several keys to doing that successfully, including choosing the right problem, preparing a simple manual, making it freely and readily available, and ensuring that it is integrated into the community's system. Eddy is best known for a program called HMMER, for running profile hidden Markov models on sequence families. The software is easily downloadable, and runs on anything, said Eddy. There is one page of instructions for installation, another page for getting started. . Integration with other systems is also hugely important. InterPro is a compilation of 11 protein search tools, including Eddy's Pfam tool, organized by the European Bioinformatics Institute to help groups doing protein domain analyses. Eddy noted a handful of other databases use different software packages that are not readily available - which benefits him. "I get market share," said Eddy. "My stuff becomes better known, more widely used and [has] more impact on the community. I'm taking market share from guys who have [software] stuck behind wall of academic licensing." Although a staunch believer in open access, Eddy noted that private industry can seek a license to HMMER through the Washington University tech transfer office, which has brought in over $100,000 in licensing revenue to the university. He also said that the creation of HMMER was a major factor in his obtaining tenure, even though he never published a paper on it. Curiously, Eddy noted that the International Society for Computational Biology has a policy against open source software. Some members, he said, think they should be able to make money from industry for writing software. "Some people with a similar mindset as me have infiltrated the board of directors," and will work to change the system. The Benjamin Franklin Award is presented by the Bioinformatics Organization. The award has been given at the annual Bio-IT World Conference & Expo for the past four years. 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Help me to find out this article.
by Rohit Sahu 25 May '07

25 May '07

> > Dear friends, I need one article. Please help me find out this article. Beyond the Many Faces of Price: An Integration of Pricing Strategies. Gerard J. Tellis *Journal of Marketing, Vol. 50, No. 4 (Oct., 1986), pp. 146-160* Thanks and regards, Rohit Kumar Sahu Associate Librarian Pearl School of Business 46 Institutional Area, Sector -32 www.psbg.in rohit.sahu(a)psbg.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] information
by Dr.D.P Prathap 25 May '07

25 May '07

Dear colleagues Please give me CORRECT and working email ID of Oxford and IBH Co. Pvt.Ltd., Janpath, New Delhi and also web-address, if available. The email id, as given in www.fpbai.org, doesn't work. ============================== (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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Re: [LIS-Forum] Efforts of MyDLIS, University of Mysore in introducing
by Rajan 24 May '07

24 May '07

Dear All, It seems that we need not discuss much if some library schools are good, better or exemplary. They are expected to be good and they may be good. But we should discuss if some of them are not good so as to enable them to be good by helping them identify the strengths, weaknesses and showing them the right path. When a dog bites a man,it never becomes a subject for discussion. But when the reverse happens, it need to be discussed. Likewise we need not discuss the former. Let us agree that our library schools ,teachers and the outcome are good.But the library scenario in the country leaves much to be desired. It is just like saying that the operation was successful ,but the patient died. Do we need a project or research to make an analytical account of the effectiveness of the library school as a training ground of library professionals? I think it is not very essential. We can evaluate the potential of a library school by an informal talk with the teachers there or by applying some simple yardsticks, if we have common sense. Good researches are mere application of common sense, but in a systematic manner. Our National Knowledge Commission has identified that we need to do much in library scenario to make it useful for the emerging economy and certainly our library schools - many which I know - in general need to do a lot to meet those challenges.The real issue that we need to discuss is how can we make them better? Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian , Kerala Institute of Local Administration Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur -680581 Ph 0487- 2204097 (O), 2201428 ( R) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 16:40:11 +0530 From: "Shalini Urs" <shalini(a)isim.ac.in> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Efforts of MyDLIS, University of Mysore in introducing ICT skills among students To: <lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Message-ID: <200705241113.l4OBDDRP026137(a)mail.iisc.ernet.in> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear All, First a disclaimer: I cite the MyDLIS case as a case in point only - it does not mean 'others' are NOT doing what is expected. Secondly my apologies for a long winding message. I would like to thank all those who have conveyed their greetings and responses (for the posting by my colleague Hari) To continue the discussion, I have a question in the context of LIS curriculum. Has anyone done a systematic study of the LIS syllabus of universities before branding them as NOT GOOD ENOUGH or AS GOOD AS NCSI/DRTC?. I beg to differ here - our (MyDLIS) syllabus is in tune with both the changing scenario of LIS as well as market expectations/demands. Please have a look at our syllabus - <http://lisc.uni-mysore.ac.in/> http://lisc.uni-mysore.ac.in PLEASE DO NOT MAKE SWEEPING GENERALISATIONS. Please also note that graduates from LIS schools are also doing quite well in many companies. We have our students working in companies such as IBM, Wipro, TCS, InfoSys, Accenture, I2 technologies, etc. We have received 'words of praise' about our students from their bosses. Some of our students also have effortlessly transited to KM and a few of them to even mainstream 'technical' areas. I would say it is all individual specific and case dependent. Excellence or progress is NOT the monopoly of elite institutions only. Let me respond to some of the questions/assumptions/opinions expressed with reference to the following- * LIS curriculum * Market expectations and demands/requirements Designing/adoption of LIS curriculum etc: * UGC is only a recommendatory /norm setting body in academic matters. UGC may recommend a model syllabus, but cannot make it mandatory. Each university is autonomous. The Board of Studies (BOS) in LIS of each university is in charge of drafting the syllabus/curriculum. They have the autonomy to design the syllabus. The BOS in any discipline (including LIS) consists of senior faculty of the Department as well couple of external experts. * There is usually a norm that the BOS revise/review the syllabus once in said number of years (in our case it is 3 years). In fact university encourages us to modify and keep it up to date. Many times, we get some small grants to organise workshops etc and invite experts to discuss on the curriculum. And we do carry out such exercises too. * The guiding principles of curriculum innovations are -changing dynamics of the LIS as a discipline and the market expectations/demands. * In addition to these two guiding principles, we also need to keep in mind - the pragmatics of imparting the syllabus such as infrastructure and other resources. * When it comes to ICT skills etc, the physical infrastructure such as an IT lab and the well trained teachers are two important criteria for the effectiveness of imparting the programme. * It is the responsibility of the departments to mobilise the resources and create the necessary infrastructure and resources in terms of trained teachers. Individual teachers also are responsible for keeping their knowledge and skill sets contemporary. There are many different strategies/opportunities that an LIS department uses to accomplish the above. Many LIS Departments have been successful in this regard. Market expectations/demands (wrt ICT): * In today's digital age, all sectors need ICT infrastructure and therefore LIS professionals with these skills are in need. The difference is in the kinds of specialised knowledge required. We cannot generalise again. * The market may vary in terms of opportunities. Today we may find more opportunities (in terms of number) in the private sector than in the public sector. Sometimes it is seasonal. * Deploying ICT many a times depends on the individuals working in these segments. I can cite examples of some of our students working in college libraries taking the initiative and deploying open source software (be it Koha or Open Biblio or something else) for automating their libraries. Instances where college libraries having deployed DSpace/ Greenstone for different types of repositories (may be student project reports/question papers etc) are NOT uncommon. * In a company LIS professionals may be called upon to manage electronic resources through intranets and portals, but not necessarily be required to deploy software tools or handle ICT infrastructure issues as they have technical people to manage the same, where as in academic segment, the librarians maybe called upon to install software, and manage the ICT infrastructure! I would like to end this lengthy note with the following - please do not dismiss LIS schools. Given the constraints that we work in, some of us have done very well indeed. Our products have also done fairly well and responded to the market expectations very well and MyDLIS is proud of them. Thank you Dr. Shalini R. Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Mysore - 570006 India Tel : 91-821-2514699 Fax : 91-821-2519209 Email : shalini(a)isim.ac.in URL : www.vidyanidhi.org.in/shaliniurs.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Designing Internet and Web-Based Education
by Sanjeev Kumar Jain 24 May '07

24 May '07

Dear LIS Professionals and Managers Tutorial on Designing Internet and Web-Based Education. This resource describes issues related to using the Internet for education and training, although it also addresses other aspects of Web site design. It focuses on integrating multiple services and resources and encouraging interaction and collaboration in addition to accessing information resources. Full text accessed from: http://collab.nlm.nih.gov/tutorialspublicationsandmaterials/sitedesigncp.ht… -- With Regards _____________________________ SANJEEV KUMAR JAIN Resource Center NIFT Campus, LA Block, Near 16 No. Water Tank, Sector III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata - 700 098 Tel: +91-33-23357342 / 8351 Fax: +91-33-23355734 Wesite: http://www.kolkata.niftindia.com 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] Efforts of MyDLIS, University of Mysore in introducing ICT skills among students
by Shalini Urs 24 May '07

24 May '07

Dear All, First a disclaimer: I cite the MyDLIS case as a case in point only - it does not mean 'others' are NOT doing what is expected. Secondly my apologies for a long winding message. I would like to thank all those who have conveyed their greetings and responses (for the posting by my colleague Hari) To continue the discussion, I have a question in the context of LIS curriculum. Has anyone done a systematic study of the LIS syllabus of universities before branding them as NOT GOOD ENOUGH or AS GOOD AS NCSI/DRTC?. I beg to differ here - our (MyDLIS) syllabus is in tune with both the changing scenario of LIS as well as market expectations/demands. Please have a look at our syllabus - <http://lisc.uni-mysore.ac.in/> http://lisc.uni-mysore.ac.in PLEASE DO NOT MAKE SWEEPING GENERALISATIONS. Please also note that graduates from LIS schools are also doing quite well in many companies. We have our students working in companies such as IBM, Wipro, TCS, InfoSys, Accenture, I2 technologies, etc. We have received 'words of praise' about our students from their bosses. Some of our students also have effortlessly transited to KM and a few of them to even mainstream 'technical' areas. I would say it is all individual specific and case dependent. Excellence or progress is NOT the monopoly of elite institutions only. Let me respond to some of the questions/assumptions/opinions expressed with reference to the following- * LIS curriculum * Market expectations and demands/requirements Designing/adoption of LIS curriculum etc: * UGC is only a recommendatory /norm setting body in academic matters. UGC may recommend a model syllabus, but cannot make it mandatory. Each university is autonomous. The Board of Studies (BOS) in LIS of each university is in charge of drafting the syllabus/curriculum. They have the autonomy to design the syllabus. The BOS in any discipline (including LIS) consists of senior faculty of the Department as well couple of external experts. * There is usually a norm that the BOS revise/review the syllabus once in said number of years (in our case it is 3 years). In fact university encourages us to modify and keep it up to date. Many times, we get some small grants to organise workshops etc and invite experts to discuss on the curriculum. And we do carry out such exercises too. * The guiding principles of curriculum innovations are -changing dynamics of the LIS as a discipline and the market expectations/demands. * In addition to these two guiding principles, we also need to keep in mind - the pragmatics of imparting the syllabus such as infrastructure and other resources. * When it comes to ICT skills etc, the physical infrastructure such as an IT lab and the well trained teachers are two important criteria for the effectiveness of imparting the programme. * It is the responsibility of the departments to mobilise the resources and create the necessary infrastructure and resources in terms of trained teachers. Individual teachers also are responsible for keeping their knowledge and skill sets contemporary. There are many different strategies/opportunities that an LIS department uses to accomplish the above. Many LIS Departments have been successful in this regard. Market expectations/demands (wrt ICT): * In today's digital age, all sectors need ICT infrastructure and therefore LIS professionals with these skills are in need. The difference is in the kinds of specialised knowledge required. We cannot generalise again. * The market may vary in terms of opportunities. Today we may find more opportunities (in terms of number) in the private sector than in the public sector. Sometimes it is seasonal. * Deploying ICT many a times depends on the individuals working in these segments. I can cite examples of some of our students working in college libraries taking the initiative and deploying open source software (be it Koha or Open Biblio or something else) for automating their libraries. Instances where college libraries having deployed DSpace/ Greenstone for different types of repositories (may be student project reports/question papers etc) are NOT uncommon. * In a company LIS professionals may be called upon to manage electronic resources through intranets and portals, but not necessarily be required to deploy software tools or handle ICT infrastructure issues as they have technical people to manage the same, where as in academic segment, the librarians maybe called upon to install software, and manage the ICT infrastructure! I would like to end this lengthy note with the following - please do not dismiss LIS schools. Given the constraints that we work in, some of us have done very well indeed. Our products have also done fairly well and responded to the market expectations very well and MyDLIS is proud of them. Thank you Dr. Shalini R. Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Mysore - 570006 India Tel : 91-821-2514699 Fax : 91-821-2519209 Email : shalini(a)isim.ac.in URL : www.vidyanidhi.org.in/shaliniurs.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IFAP Preservation of Information - Key Messages for Governments and Industry
by Puna Das 24 May '07

24 May '07

Dear Madam/Sir, We are pleased to share with you the outcomes of the thematic debate on the "Preservation of Information" held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris on 3 April 2007, within the framework of the 12th meeting of the Bureau of UNESCO’s Information for All Programme. The debate helped to clarify the role that Governments can play in developing policies and in setting priorities for the preservation of information, particularly in the context of the digital age. Governments need to take a pro-active stance, especially in view of the rapid growth in digital information and the lack of effective solutions for preserving this information. The specific outcomes of the debate have been summarized in the enclosed document entitled "Key messages for Governments and industry" [ http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=24447&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… ]. For IFAP, these messages are particularly important in the context of UNESCO’s celebration of World Information Society Day 2007 dedicated to the principle of "Universal access to information and knowledge". Indeed, preservation is not an aim in itself, but an indispensable pre-requisite for enabling the world’s citizens to access information and use it. The proceedings of the thematic debate as well as the electronic version of the "Key messages for Governments and industry" are also available from the IFAP website at: www.unesco.org/webworld/ifap. Thank you for your attention. Bryan Corbett University Archivist, University of Alberta, Book and Records Depository (BARD) 100, 8170-50th Street Edmonton, Alberta CANADA T6B 1E6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_bib/ http://www.unesco.org/newdelhi/ http://www.anupkumardas.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Download prohibited? No problem! To chat from any browser without download, Click Here: 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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currently looking for information from libraries which have already carried out such retrospective conversion projects
by Vijayakumara 24 May '07

24 May '07

Dear All, , I am Vijayakumar M, working for the Birla Institute of Technology Library, Mesra-Ranchi. I am currently gathering information to examine ways our library could update it's 1,10,000+ OPAC records from its physical books and accession register. To do so, I am currently looking for information from libraries which have already carried out such retrospective conversion projects. If yes, would you please take the time to answer these few questions. What was the size of the collection converted? Was the project done in-house or by a vendor? If the project was done by a vendor, which vendor did you use? Could you estimate the cost and the time taken of your project? The average time needed for a record? What was the scale of the quality check once the records were converted? Did unexpected problems occur? Do you got any sponsers from DST/AICTE/UGC/CSIR/ and others With warm 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 --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. -- 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] Efforts of MyDLIS, University of Mysore in introducing ICT skills among students
by Mailing List Admin 24 May '07

24 May '07

Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 17:33:13 +0530 From: Mr. B. G. Sunder Singh <bgs(a)nic.in> At 07:27 PM 5/22/2007, Sukhdev Singh wrote: Dear Friends, Most of us read emails from this forum, however very few of us try to discuss issues contained in these emails. Even when some people do respond - they just reply to the originator of the email and not to the whole forum. I can understand most of forum servers are configured in that manner only. So while clicking on "Reply" - reply goes to only to the author of the email. I would request lis-forum members to click on "Reply All" if they feel that whole forum would be interested in the issue. I feel e-forums like lis-forum are meant to discuss rather than announce. The respondent may want his/her reply addressed to the originator only, though be definition the forum is for useful discussion. Now let me come to the issue of ICT skills among students of Library Science. I would rather like seek an answer? What does market expects from Student Librarians. Does market ( employment opportunities) favours ICT skilled students? For answer, I would suggest some M.Lib.Sc student take it as master thesis. At one of my alma mater's, this was periodically done by a senior teacher (Frances Wood) both for the purposes of refocussing one'sown curriculum and similar decisions and also for enabling the alumnus to set his/her best foot forward. I am not aware of similar studies in our context. I feel there are four are market segments - 1. Academic Segments - Here the requirements are more or less are fixed by some accrediting body UGC. ICT Skills are just considered desirable. 2. Public Libraries Segment - Usually has lower eligibility criteria. I wonder if any preference given to ICT Skills. 3. Govt Sector / Research Segment - Depends upon the employer department. 4. Private and Corporate Segment - They need highly ICT Skilled professionals. But only problem is that they would employ librarian for very routine jobs and give ICT jobs to MBAs or Computer Professionals. Like one of my earlier teachers at Mysore University used to maintain -- the niche at that point of time was an information triangle -- the USER, the Source of information and the Intermediary. The User decides the services/contents that s/he wants, the source is unmanageable and unpredictable but the intermediary always finds a way to interface both these components. The technology and costs of access are dictated by those who pay for it. I think even today this has remained valid. If a school of professional experience has to cater to all the four segments mentioned by Sukhdev or emphasized by Murari (Tapaswi!), then it has to take care of the intake (through rigorous selection policy and pick of the aspirants), the resources (of all kinds), the human capital (that some times ceases to add any value to its teaching/learning capabilities), the ability to place its alumnus in the right places, and of course the employers (read as market and opportunities) . Where nothing is of certainty, then you only produce poor graduates in library science, who will take any job that comes their way and perpetually keep moaning!!! This is what I assume. The truth may quite different from it. Therefore we should further elaborate on this issue and take it as a scientific study. Not only we should answer the marketability of ICT skills but should also try to find out what exact skills are required and what priority each skill get in the market. Only then we should be able to fine tune our LIS curriculum. Agreed, although such market surveys should be made by professionals -- not by way of guided/unguided surveys by post-graduate students of library/information science. And mere Prescription should not be an academic solution! ss/20070523/17:35

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Congratulations to Winners of the 2007 ASIST SIG IIIInternational Paper Contest
by pku＠nic.in 23 May '07

23 May '07

"Heartiest Congratulations" to 2007 SIG III eighth International Paper Contest Winners organized by ASIST. It was my unique and valuable professional experience to interact and participate in the last year ASIST Conference at Austin, Texas during November 2006 as one of the paper contest winner. Paricipation was full of professional papers and colleagues. cheers Pradip Kumar Upadhyay 2006 SIG III International Paper Contest Winner, Fulbright Scholar (India)(2002-03), Officer Incharge Library National Informatics Centre(NIC) New Delhi(India) > > Dear All, > > It is my great pleasure to announce the results of the eighth > International > Paper Contest organized by the American Society for Information Science & > Technology (ASIST) Special Interest Group on International Information > Issues > (SIG III). Thanks to Julian, Judy and their jury team for making it > happen! > > Our six winners this year are: > > 1. Shampa Paul, India. > "A case study of e-governance initiatives in India." > > 2. Soumitra Sharma, India. > "Exploring best practices in public-private partnerships (ppp) in > e-government > through select Asian case-studies." > > 3. Rama Devi, India. > "Towards promotion and dissemination of IK. A case of NIRD." > > 4. M.Masoom Raza Amar Nath, India. > "Use of IT in University Libraries of Punjab, Chandigarh and Himachal > Pradesh : > A Comparative study." > > 5. Elsa Barber, Silvia Pisano, Sandra Romagnoli, Verónica Parsiale and > Gabriela > De Pedro y Carolina Gregui, Argentina. > "User Interface of Web Opacs in Mercosur Member and Associate Countries." > > 6. Medha Joshi, India. > "Digital resources for information accessibility at the point of care: an > overview of Library Information System at Tata Memorial Hospital." > > The theme of this year?s contest was "Joining Research and Practice: > Social > Computing and Information Science." > > The principal authors of each of the six winning papers will be awarded a > two-year individual membership to ASIST. In addition, the leading two > winners, > Shampa Paul and Soumitra Sharma will be awarded a minimum of $1,000 each > to > attend the October 18-25, 2007 ASIST Annual Meeting, in Milwaukee, > Wisconsin. > > These winning papers and other submitted papers for the competition will > be > considered for publication by Elsevier's International Information and > Library > Review, which is edited by Toni Carbo. > > Thanks to the generous donations from participants of the October 6 2006 > Kenya > Embassy Fundraiser, Elsevier, and many of our previous organization and > individual donors. Your efforts have enabled us to continue with this > International Contest. Further fundraising effort -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Efforts of MyDLIS, University of Mysore in introducing ICT skills among students
by N.S. Harinarayana 23 May '07

23 May '07

Sri. K. Rajasekharan of Kerala Institute of Local Administration, Thrissur in his recent postings in LIS-FORUM on creating website with Google Page Creator has rightly observed "Our library science schools should not refrain from focusing on such things (teaching of new technologies) too in their academic activities". While endorsing in principle the concern of Sri Rajashekaran, I would like to add that a few library schools have been striving hard to prepare library science students to the new environment. Unfortunately, their efforts are either rarely being reported or documented. I feel that Listservs like LIS-FORUM could be used as one such forums where Library Schools can report to the professional community their activities and programs more regularly. Department of Library and Information Science (MyDLIS), University of Mysore, Mysore has* *always striven hard to incorporate and inculcate new technologies in its teaching/ mentoring programmes. Mention may be made of the following specific experiments/ innovations. - Blogging : MyDLIS has been encouraging students to create their own blogs. It may not be out of context to say that a blogging competition was held in November 2005 and 56 students out of 64 participated in the competition and successfully created their own blogs. - Email: Students are encouraged to submit their assignments and other written documents and many times being made compulsory by some faculty members. - On-line tests: Tests for students are being conducted in online mode for their internal assessment in one of the subjects. - Friday talks - one of our successful traditions for the last 4 decades, are being conducted every week. Under this Friday talk programme, efforts are made to help develop students 'well rounded personality' both professionally and personally - Under this program experts from different walks of life, including those in the field of IT, are invited to talk on their experience. This provides the students insight into challenges and issues that one might face in their careers / life. - The cataloguing practical is being conducted in IT labs and students prepare catalogue records in MARC21, Dublin Core etc. using HTML, XML and RDF formats. - Training in library automation software and digital library software are part of practical training. - Online Social bookmaking and other tools/techniques are being used for academic purposes by students and staff. - The syllabus is being updated almost every three years to incorporate the latest developments. - Project work is compulsory and invariably students take up ICT based topics. The students key in their project/dissertation on their own using the computing facility available in the Department. In fact, the custom of projects/work experience was introduced earlier to 1980. - MyDLIS had introduced "Computers in Libraries" paper way back in 1980s - A computer lab was started early as 1989 in the Department. It was the first among very few computer labs at that time in the Mysore University. - The concept of electives was first introduced by MyDLIS in mid 1970s itself. However , we would like to confess , that despite our enthusiasm and best efforts, the outcome may not be 'fantastic' for the simple reason that LIS profession does not attract forget about top level, not even the mid level talent*. *Majority of the students come from rural areas, having studied in the regional language and from poorer section of the society without access to computers. They do not have any computer orientation at all. They are starters as for as IT is concerned. They have to not learn only the library science subjects but also the skill of IT* *within a span of 2 years. For some students it is too much to cope up with. However, we encourage our students to keep themselves abreast of new technologies. * *given their background, some of them get motivated and are transformed. Of course there is an urgent need for some organised mechanism to train the trainers (teachers) also. ____- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Presentations at Computers in Libraries 2007 Conference , Arlington VA
by sandeep bhavsar 23 May '07

23 May '07

Respected All Computers in Libraries is the leading conference for librarians and information professionals who need to know about the latest technologies, equipment, software, and services available. The presentations at Computers in Libraries 2007 conference are now available. Please log on to http://www.infotoday.com/CIL2007/Presentations/default.shtml Looks like quite a lot of useful information on web 2.0 applications in libraries. Best Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W). 400601 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : 09870484626 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ --------------------------------- Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Tryit now. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Job Opportunity at Library & Information Centre (LIC) - Tata Consultancy Services, Hyderabad.
by Nagappa B 23 May '07

23 May '07

Job Opportunity at Library & Information Centre (LIC) - Tata Consultancy Services. Hyderabad. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is one of the world?s leading information technology companies. Commencing operations in 1968, today TCS has a presence in 47 countries, 169 offices across the globe. Through its Global Network Delivery Model, Innovation Network, and Solution Accelerators, TCS focuses on helping global organizations address their business challenges effectively. TCS continues to invest in new technologies, processes, and people, which can help its customers succeed. From generating novel concepts through TCS Innovation Labs and academic alliances, to drawing on the expertise of key partners, it keeps clients operating at the very edge of technological possibility. Whether TCS is envisioning a business advantage, engineering an IT solution, or executing an outsourcing strategy, it helps its customers experience certainty in their every day business. TCS has one of the largest corporate library networks with 58 libraries located in 12 cities managed by about 120 professionals. Backed with world-class infrastructure facilities and high quality processes & benchmarks, TCS libraries offer a variety of information services in alignment with the business needs of the organization. TCS LIC community ensures a professional environment with regular training, skills upgradation and sharing of best practies. TCS is looking for suitable candidates for the following positions at Hyderabad: 1. Officer - Library & Information Centre (Two positions/ Regular) Qualifications: M.L.I.Sc/M.Sc (Lib.Sc)/MIM/MSc. (ISc)/ADIS or equivalent, Experience: 1 to 3 years (Max.) experience in library / documentation / information handling, preferably in corporate, scientific, IT environments. 2. Trainee - Library & Information Centre (Two positions/ Temporary) Qualifications: B.L.I.Sc. and above. Freshers (awaiting results) or with up to 1year (Max.) experience can also apply. The positions are temporary ( 6 months max ) and are stipend based. Candidates with a flair for IT and good communication skills (written and spoken) will be preferred. Knowledge of any foreign language other than English will be a plus point. Job Description: The person would be a part of Hyderabad library team and the key responsibilities wd include: Offer timely & relevant information services Handling electronic resources & queries, Design / update the library portals, Create and archive information assets Housekeeping operations Provide uninterrupted library hours Assist the branch libraries to achieve their objectives The person should be flexible to work at any of the locations within the city (as well as other cities) & carry out extended hours. The compensation will match the best in the industry Interested candidates may email / post their resumes including complete academic records (10th std onwards) with percentage of marks, passport size photograph, latest by 4th June 2007 With warm regards Nagappa B. Branch Head Library & Information Centre Tata Consultancy Services Limited Plot No. 1, Survey No. 64/2, Software Units Layout, Seri Lingampally Mandal, Hi-tech City, Madhapur, Hyderabad - 500 081, Andhra Pradesh, India Tel. 91-40-6667 2533/31 Mailto: nagappa.b(a)tcs.com Special Note: * Superscribe the envelope or mention in the subject line of the email as "Application for the post of Officer - Library & Information Centre". * Please do not enclose photocopies of mark sheets/certificates etc., now. * Those who have already applied in last six months need not apply. * Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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EMERALD/EFMD OUTSTANDING DOCTORAL RESEARCH AWARDS- 2007
by Mailing List Admin 23 May '07

23 May '07

Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 07:05:23 +0100 From: Rajneesh Rajpal <RRajpal(a)emeraldinsight.com> The 2007 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards TEN Euro 1,5000 PRIZES TO ENCOURAGE AND REWARD EXCELLENCE IN MANAGEMENT RESEARCH WORLD-WIDE Emerald Group Publishing Limited, publisher of the largest collection of international business and management journals, and the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), a global membership organization with more than 500 institutional members from academia, business and pubic services, seek to celebrate excellence in research by sponsoring the 2007 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards. Further information Winners will be listed on the web sites of both Emerald (www.emeraldinsight.com <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/> ) and the EFMD (www.efmd.org <http://www.efmd.org/> ). Short-listing and further contact will occur during October/November 2007. Winners will be announced in the first week of December 2007. Details of last year’s winners can be found at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/researchers/funding/awards/doctoral/2006… Reaction to the awards from winning institutions can be found at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/researchers/funding/awards/testimonials.… To view the application details online, please visit http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/researchers/funding/awards/doctoral/inde…

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Newspapers from around the world on your desktop
by A. B. NAIKAL 23 May '07

23 May '07

Dear all, Imagine you can access hundreds of newspapers from around the world on the date of publication through one platform. It's now a reality! PressDisplay www.pressdisplay.com allows you to access, read and search over 450 newspapers and magazines from over 70 countries in more than 37 languages right on your desktop. What's better? You can enjoy these for the price of just 4 newspapers per year! PressDisplay was developed by NewspaperDirect (www.newspaperdirect.com) and released in 2003. The service has since become the standard in corporates, libraries and educational institutions globally. For more infomration visit this link www.pressdisplay.com -- With regards Appasaheb Naikal ____________________________________________________________________________________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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Openings for the position of Library Trainees in the Resource Centre (Library) at DA-IICT, Gandhinagar
by ts kumbar 22 May '07

22 May '07

Dear Colleagues, Kindly bring the following announcement to the notice of interested candidates and also request you to recommend potential candadates. Subject: Openings for the position of Library Trainees in the Resource Centre (Library) at DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat Qualifications: M.L.I.Sc. First Class (The candidates who have appeared or appearing the M.L.I.Sc. final examination and are expecting the result in First Class may also apply) Duration: One year from the date of joining. Stipend: In the range of Rs. 5000- 6000/. ( consolidated) Nature of Traineeship: Learning on the job Last date for applying: 28th May, 2007 Address for sending the application: hr(a)daiict.ac.in or ts_kumbar(a)daiict.ac.in Short listed candidates will be called to attend the written test and interview at their own cost some time in the second week of June. For more details, see the following communication. Regards Kumbar ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. T S Kumbar Resource Centre DA-IICT Gandhinagar Gujarat http://www.daiict.ac.in Tel. 079-30510550 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub: Openings for the position of Library Trainees in the Resource Centre (Library) at DA-IICT. Dear Sir/ Madam, We take this opportunity to inform you that Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), situated at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, is promoted by Reliance. It has been established on a 50-acre of land in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The Government of Gujarat has granted it the University status under the State Act and is recognized by University Grants Commission. The Institute has started functioning since August 2001 with a batch size of 240 students at undergraduate level in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). It also offers a variety of Masters' and Doctoral programs in ICT and allied areas. The Institute takes young and dynamic postgraduate freshers with minimum First Class Masters in Library and Information Science and well versed in computer application to Library and Information Services. The candidates who have appeared or appearing the M.L.I.Sc. final examination and are expecting the result in First Class may also apply. Duration of Training is for a period for one year. The trainees gets a fixed stipend between Rs. 5000 to Rs. 6000 per month with no other facilities/ benefits, as applicable to regular employees, excepting casual leave. Resource Centre is kept open till mid night on all working days during the semester and is open on holidays, Saturdays and Sundays. Selected trainees will have to work during these extended hours on rotation basis. The Institute has fully computerized in-house operations and services of the Resource Centre and provides access to wide variety of digital collection, catering to the needs of the Faculty, Staff and Students. Plans are on to convert this library into a complete Digital Library. We would be grateful if you could kindly identify a few suitable students form your Institute and send us your recommendation, along with their bio-data and information showing the year of passing and the percentage of marks obtained in M.L.I.Sc by 28th, May 2007 to our H.R Officer or email a soft copy to hr(a)daiict.ac.in . Alternatively, you may ask your students to send in their application directly along with bio-data, relevant marks cards and communication (email) address. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request for an article
by Mailing List Admin 22 May '07

22 May '07

Date: 21 May 2007 09:39:07 -0000 From: Kantharaja ct <kantharajact(a)rediffmail.com> � Dear Professionals, One of our staff member needs one article "Anti-oxidant effect of red chilli extract in groundnut oil" pubblished in Beverage and Food world Journal, Vol No. 29 Issue No. 1, 2002. Any body having this article please send it to the below mentioned address. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, Kantharaj C T Librarian Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Cholanagar, Hebbal, R.T.Nagar Bangalore - 560032

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Need of vendors to instal Closed Circuit TV Surveillance
by Vijayakumara 22 May '07

22 May '07

Dear All, We are looking for the vendors to instal closed circuit TV surveillance, It will be helpful if you provide their contact information. With warm 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 --------------------------------- Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The lost world of libraries
by madhuresh.singhal 21 May '07

21 May '07

You may like to read this news item taken from Business Standard Newspaper. You can see online at http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=284978&left nm=5&subLeft=0&chkFlg= The lost world of libraries Gargi Gupta & Arati Menon Carroll / New Delhi/ Mumbai May 20, 2007 The reading pleasure associated with the world of books no longer exists "Lebrerii?" The cycle-rickshawwallah in front of the Sri Digamber Jain Lal Mandir had no idea there was a library in the vicinity, let alone three located within a radius of barely a kilometre from where he stood. There was the Marwari Library some way down Chandni Chowk, the Hardayal Municipal Public Library down the lane that runs off Mati Das Chowk, and Delhi Public Library opposite the Old Delhi Railway Station. But the poor, illiterate rickshawwallah could hardly be blamed - obviously, few people ever asked to be taken to these places. And yet, these are among three of the city's oldest public libraries. The oldest, Hardayal Municipal Public Library, traces its history back to 1862, to the Institute Library, a reading club of books memsahibs read on the voyage to India. The Marwari Library, founded in 1915 by Kedarnath Goenka, a freedom fighter, where everyone from Mahatma Gandhi to Madan Mohan Malviya came; and Delhi Public Library, inaugurated by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1951. But, however distinguished the provenance of these three, as also that of the Dayal Singh Public Library in Delhi and other public libraries elsewhere in the country, they are all rather sad places today. Only PhD students come here now to trawl the dusty shelves of uncared for books, rummage through the crumbling cards and brave the apathetic sloth of the staff for the early and rare editions of novels and journals. There's another tribe of visitors - students and those studying for competitive exams, who are more interested in the newer stocks, the textbooks, journals, and (largly pedestrian) reference books. As semi-government bodies, Delhi Public Library and Hardayal Municipal Public Library are no longer single libraries but a network of reading rooms, zonal and regional libraries spread out all over the city. But the result of this outreach has been that most of the money they get go into paying salaries with very little left for adding quality books to the collection or preserving what's already there. A library, everyone will agree, says a lot about a city, a country, its people. And Delhi doesn't do badly on this score. As the capital city, it has a number of good libraries that showcase the range and depth of scholarship in the country, and are a rich source of material for researchers. There are the eclectic collections at university libraries and clubs like the India International Centre and Delhi Gymkhana, more specialised ones at the Delhi School of Economics, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, National School of Drama and archival treasures at the Nehru Memorial Library and National Archives. But these, with a few exceptions, are out of bounds to the general public. So where does someone in Mumbai who wants a book for nothing more than the pleasure of a good read go? David Sassoon Library 152, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Fort This institution, in the Kala Ghoda precinct, at 161 years old, is the oldest library in the city. Having recently been restored, the yellow malad stone facade, cobbled garden (a favourite for cultural soirees) and a grand teak staircase stand proud. The terrace adjoining the reading room on the second floor with its chaise longues and reclining chairs is a favourite among bookworms and nappers alike. Their collection is about 40,000 books strong and with a rather nominal lifetime membership fees of Rs 5,000, the library still relies on the largesse of its patrons. Asiatic Society Town Hall, Fort Born as the Literary Society of Bombay, it met for the first time in 1804. Tucked into the fading grandeur of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai is a cache of antique volumes including a first edition copy of Dante's Inferno. The Society's holdings include over 3,000 manuscripts in Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian, Urdu and Prakrit from all over India and Nepal. There is also a numismatic collection but you need permission to view this. Lifetime membership will cost you Rs 10,000. American Center 4 New Marine Lines This one is primarily a research and reference library that focuses on promoting American culture and politics. The 13,000 volumes, therefore, consist mainly of books, government publications and think tank reports that aid that understanding. It does also, though, have 135 magazines that otherwise may be hard (or expensive) to access. Members are charged Rs 400 for a year's access. Shemaroo 3 Om Chambers, August Kranti Marg, Kemps Corner It all began in 1962, when Shemaroo pioneered Bombay's first circulating book library. It still has over 13,000 members. Their packed children and teenage library sections offer hope about the continuing relevance of literature. A lifetime membership costs Rs 800 and you're charged 10 per cent of each book's price as rental fee. British Council library Mittal Tower "A" Wing, 1st floor, Nariman Point Always enormously popular with students who appreciate the modern environment and efficient services, British Council libraries are modelled on the pattern of British public libraries. The range of reading material is probably the most diverse, both recreational and professional, in addition to music CDs and DVDs. They charge an annual fee of Rs 1,400. 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/ ************************************************************************************************ 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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Curriki:The Global Education & Learning Community
by Farooque Shaheen 21 May '07

21 May '07

Curriki is an online environment created to support the development and free distribution of world-class educational materials to anyone who needs them. Its name is a play on the combination of 'curriculum' and 'wiki' which is the technology using to make education universally accessible. Curriki is the result of work done for GELC - the Global Education and Learning Community - an online project started by Sun Microsystems to develop works for education in a collaborative effort. The leadership team consists of people with a long-time commitment to exploring the use of technology to improve education. To dig more on this visit: http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. 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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Search engine Google to digitise 800, 000 books at Mysore varsity
by M Nandeesha 21 May '07

21 May '07

Dear All, The following newsclip from DNA India dt. 20-May-07 may be of interest to you all ----------- Search engine Google to digitise 800,000 books at Mysore varsity IANS Sunday, May 20, 2007 15:16 IST NEW DELHI: At least 800,000 books and manuscripts, including India's first political treatise the 'Arthasastra' written in the 4th century BC by Kautilya, that are lying in Mysore University in Karnataka, will be digitised by Google, the world's leading Internet search engine. "Written in both papers and palm leaves, there are around 100,000 manuscripts in our library, some dating back to the eighth century. The effort is to restore and preserve this cultural heritage for effective dissemination of knowledge," said J. Shashidhara Prasad, vice chancellor of the university. Full-Text ---> http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1097995 Regards, M Nandeesha Tata Consultancy Services L Centre, EPIP, Whitefield Bangalore - 560066 Mailto: m.nandeesha(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Library on Trains for Physically Challenged persons
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 20 May '07

20 May '07

How do you think this request for newspapers in special compartments for the handicapped in Mumbai can be provided? What may be the cost involved? Can some Mumbaiker give the data? Will some NGO or Govt Library take up the implementation part if funds are available? Vyasamoorthy ============================ Library on Trains for Physically Challenged persons Posted by: "ashok kalra" akkalra_sbbj(a)yahoo.co.in Sat May 19, 2007 10:41 pm (PST) Library on wheels for Physically Challenged We are thankful to Indian Railway for providing seperate compartment for handicapped in Mumbai local trains. For earning the bread and butter, one has to spend hours in local trains every day. This time goes unproductive and can be used creatively. Due to physical limitations, the handicapped persons are unable to carry news papers or good magazines in local train. So it will be better that railways put hangers on walls of the local train and some publishers regularly provide newspapers and magazines free of cost. Can you please do something in this direction. My request is that, please consider the request and do some thing to bring this facility in Handicapped compartment in existence for betterment of this important section of socity. Regards. Please respond to akkalra(a)sbbj.co.im or akkalra_sbbj(a)yahoo.co.in ========== -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 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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Assosiateship in NISCAIR
by budhan singh 20 May '07

20 May '07

Dear colleague, I would like to inform all library professionals those who want to get in Associateship in Information Science. NISCAIR invited the applications for Associateship in Information Science for the 2007-2009 batch which is equivalent to the Master's Degree in Library and Information Science. Last Date for submmission of completed application: 18.06.2007 Date of Admission Test : 03.07.2007 Date of Interview : Last week of July 2007 Eligibility: A minimum of 50% aggregate marks in master's degree or four -year plus degree like B.E., MBBS or Bachlors Degree plus B. Lib. Sc. plus one year relevant experiece after B. Lib. Sc. Selection: Twenty Fives candidates would be selected based on admission test and interview. Test centre: New Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore Interview centre: New Delhi Scholarship : Provision for scholarship to non sponsored meritorious students @ Rs. 2000/ per month for nine month exists. How to apply: Prospects and application form can be obtained from Head, ETD from May 28, 2007 onwards by sending a self- addressed envelope (25 cm * 20 cm.size) affixing Rs. 25/ per postege stamp along with a DD for Rupees 200 drawn in favour or Director, NISCAIR, payable at New Delhi and aslo be collected on payment of cash.The form can also be downloded from the web site at http://www.niscair.res.in . With best regard Ajay Kumar Arts Library, University of Delhi, Delhi- 110007 E-mail: singh_budhan(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Office firewalls, cyber cafes, college labs, don't allow you to download CHAT? Here's a solution! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Science is included in WB SET
by Pijushkanti Panigrahi 20 May '07

20 May '07

Library Science is included in WB SET The West Bengal College Service Commission has included the subject Library Science (sl no. 21) in its Twelfth State Eligibility Test (SET) to be held on August 19, 2007. The last date of application June 15, 2007. For further details, visit http://www.wbcsc.ac.in It is the first time when the subject Library Science is included in the West Bengal SET. I express my hearty thanks and sincere gratitude to our Senior Library & Information Professionals and others who have taken active and sincere initiatives to make it possible through their movement. Also I thank WB College Service Commission for including Library Science in WBSET 2007. --- 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 --------------------------------- We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post a slogan for UNESCO's celebrating World Information Society Day 2008
by Puna Das 19 May '07

19 May '07

17 May - World Information Society Day World Information Society Day is celebrated each year on 17 May to remind the world of the vision of the World Summit on the Information Society to build “a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented information society” based on fundamental human rights. UNESCO refers to these societies as Knowledge Societies based on four fundamental principles: freedom of expression, universal access to information and knowledge, respect for cultural and linguistic diversity, equal access to quality education. This year, UNESCO dedicates the Day to the principle of universal access to information and knowledge. Post a slogan for UNESCO's celebrating World Information Society Day 2008 on the theme of respect for cultural and linguistic diversity. World Information Society Day 2008 will be devoted to the principle of respect for cultural and linguistic diversity. UNESCO invites everybody to submit proposals for a slogan on the theme of respect for cultural and linguistic diversity. UNESCO intends to select one of the proposals for its campaign for the World Information Society Day 2008. Submit your proposal at: http://www.unesco.org/cgi-bin/webworld/communitycontribution/page.cgi?g=isd… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_bib/ http://www.unesco.org/newdelhi/ http://www.anupkumardas.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Office firewalls, cyber cafes, college labs, don't allow you to download CHAT? Click here: 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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UGC SAP for MyDLIS, University of Mysore, Mysore
by N.S. Harinarayana 18 May '07

18 May '07

We are happy to inform that the Department of Library and Information Science (MyDLIS), University of Mysore, Mysore has been awarded financial assistance of more than 26 Lakhs under the UGC programme of Special Assistance (SAP). The objective of SAP scheme of UGC is to raise the quality of teaching/research in different disciplines. The Departments are carefully selected on their past academic achievements and viable potential for future development. The essence and primary aim of the scheme is to promote group research efforts in pursuit of excellence. MyDLIS is one of Library and Information Science departments in the country to be awarded the level of DRS-1 for the next five years. The thrust area for the MyDLIS SAP is – digital libraries. Believing in building on our strengths in the area of digital libraries, where in we have established a strong presence-nationally and internationally through the Vidyanidhi Digital Library,* *the Department has * *identified ' digital libraries' as the thrust area. We have prepared a plan of action for the SAP- programme. The academic activities under SAP programme will be focussed on the following areas: - Building Digital Libraries: The choice of 'collection' is of critical importance in the success and usability of DLs. The chosen area is 'Mysore Heritage Collection'. * *Erstwhile* *Mysore state, with many firsts in areas such a art, architecture, electrification, industrialization, women's education, legislative assembly and many more and the* *ninety one year Mysore University – sixth in the country and first university to be established in a princely state have carved a unique place in the history of India and the firmament of Indian Higher education system* *respectively. Mysore Heritage Collection will showcase this. - Training workshops various areas of ICT applications for libraries. Nine training workshops (eight national levels and one international level workshop) in the areas of DL and Library automation are proposed* * to be conducted. - Developing an open courseware for LIS *:* This is another area that MyDLIS would like to focus on. It is proposed to create an e-learning environment by using Moodle – an open source software for courseware development. * *Vidyanidhi has already implemented the Moodle for its Training Programmes. * *Building on this expertise, it is proposed to implement the courseware from the forthcoming academic semester itself. - Research and Development in Digital Libraries: It is envisioned to focus the collective research of MyDLIS in the emerging areas such as Ontologies, Metadata, and evaluation of DLs. Dr. Shalini R Urs, Professor, DLIS, Mysore is the co-ordinator and Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Reader and Chairman, DLIS, Mysore is the Deputy co-ordinator for the SAP programme. An advisory committee with the Vice-Chancellor of University of Mysore as its chairman has been formed. The other members of the committee include two UGC nominees, senior faculty members of the Department and one external member from the other Department. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Workshop on Manuscriptology and Palaeography
by Sneha Tripathi 18 May '07

18 May '07

Apologies if you received multiple copies of this message. ============================================= Dear Professional Colleagues , SayajiRao Gaekwad Central Library, BHU in collaboration with National Mission for Manuscripts is pleased to announce "National Workshop on Manuscriptology and Palaeography" from 29th May, 2007 to 11th June, 2007 For more details, visit http://internet.bhu.ac.in/workshop/index.html Interested professionals are requested to send their duly filled Registration Forms on or before 22nd May, 2007 to Organizing Secretary, Dr. D. K. Singh Dy. Librarian Central Library, BHU-221005 dksingh5@yahoo. or via e-mail at clbhu2007(a)gmail.com \u003cdiv\> \n \u003cdiv\> \u003cdiv\>Regards, \u003cdiv\>Sneha Tripathi\u003cbr\>Member, Organizing Committee\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/blockquote\> \u003cblockquote style\u003d\"padding-left:5px;margin-left:5px;border-left:#1010ff 2px solid\"\> \u003cdiv\> \u003c/div\> \u003cdiv\> \u003c/div\> \u003cdiv\> \u003c/div\> \u003cdiv\> \u003chr size\u003d\"1\"\> \u003c/div\> \u003cdiv\>\u003ca href\u003d\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt\u003d49935/*http://games.yahoo.com\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>Bored stiff?\u003c/a\> Loosen up...\u003cbr\>\u003ca href\u003d\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt\u003d49935/*http://games.yahoo.com\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>Download and play hundreds of games for free\u003c/a\> on Yahoo! Games.\u003cbr\>-- \u003cbr\>This message has been scanned for viruses and \u003cbr\>dangerous content by \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.mailscanner.info/\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>\u003cb\>MailScanner\u003c/b\>\u003c/a\>, and is \u003cbr\>believed to be clean. ______________________________\u003cWBR\>_________________\u003cbr\>LIS-Forum mailing list\u003cbr\>\u003ca href\u003d\"mailto:LIS-Forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in\u003c/a\>\u003cbr\>\u003ca href\u003d\"http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in\u003cWBR\>/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum\u003c/a\>\u003cbr\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/blockquote\>\u003cbr\>\u003cp\> \n\n\n\n \u003chr size\u003d\"1\"\> \nOffice firewalls, cyber cafes, college labs, don't allow you to download CHAT? \u003ca href\u003d\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/ymessenger/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/we…" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>Here's a solution!\u003c/a\> \u003c/p\>",0] ); //--> Regards, Sneha Tripathi Member, Organizing Committee Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Google revamps search engine
by Mailing List Admin 18 May '07

18 May '07

Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 14:51:49 +0530 From: Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna(a)i2.com In a bold and potentially risky move, Google is making dramatic changes to the way it helps hundreds of millions of people find information on the Internet. For details, visit, http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1925293.htm

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NIFT Vacancy
by Ajay Kum Sharma 17 May '07

17 May '07

Dear All Library Professional, NIFT has vacancy for Library professional. For details click on the given link. http://www.niftindia.com/recruitment07/admin-post-details.html Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Project Associate, INDEST-AICTE Consortium Central Library, IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016 011-26596627 (O) 09899339808 (M) Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Institutional Repositories
by Rajesh Chandrakar 17 May '07

17 May '07

Dear Professionals, In the today's information explosion especially on open source and open access era, every one must be aware that every library or institution should have their own either institutional repository (IR) or digital library (DL) for easy access of their scholarly resources. In this regards, various ogranizations have developed various IR and DL software on open source mode. Where as Fedora (www.fedora.info) is also one of the open source softwares that gives organizations flexible tools for managing and delivering their digital content. It is built on the core of powerful digital object model that supports multiple views of each digital object and the relationships among digital objects. Digital objects can encapsulate locally-managed content or make reference to remote content. Dynamic views are possible by associating web services with objects. This is an open offer to the professionals, who are interested in establishing the Fedora Institutional Digital Repository in to their library. Fedora is based on the Windows OS based IR built on core Java. That's what is platform independent software. I may also help in establishing the Greenstone Digital Library (GSDL) Software to the professionals. However, there are so many professionals are available for helping in building the GSDL Digital Library. 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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List of journals available free online : From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
by sri priya 17 May '07

17 May '07

List of journals available free online http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journals_available_free_online#General… From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is a partial list of journals available free online. This is a general list of selected journals with at least some free content, available through all forms of open access, including delayed open access, and hybrid open access. List of search engines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine#Media-focused_search_engines List of journals available free online http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journals_available_free_online List of academic journals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_journals Open access journal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access_journal List of scientific journals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scientific_journals Regards, S.Sripriya --------------------------------- 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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Conference: Continuing Professional Development: Pathways to Leadership (14-16 August 2007, Johannesburg South Africa)
by Mailing List Admin 17 May '07

17 May '07

Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 22:24:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Puttaraj Choukimath <puttuc(a)yahoo.com> Dear All, Greetings! FYI: Best Regards, Puttaraj. 7th World Conference on Continuing Professional Development & Workplace Learning for the Library and Information Professions Continuing Professional Development: Pathways to Leadership in the Library & Information World 14-16 August 2007, Johannesburg South Africa Further information: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla73/satellite12call-en.htm 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 --------------------------------- We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. -- 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] Need to Promote free library software
by Mailing List Admin 17 May '07

17 May '07

Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 22:48:31 -0700 (PDT) From: rupesh kumar <a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com> Respected & Dear All, With due regards to the thought-provoking comments made on this issue by many revered professionals, I have a few things to say. Yes, Staff Exchange Programme is a very good idea as long as libraries can afford to do it and are allowed to do so by their parent authorities. The concept of Visiting Faculty also sounds good. But there is a difference in the very functioning of a university department and a library. As Mr. Sukhdev Singh has clearly pointed out, many a time, this kind of endeavors do not materialize simply because of "ego clashes" among people working in the same organization !!! We need to shed our ego for the good of the organization. Unless we do that, no such efforts bear fruits. I have another point to make. For many a problem in our profession, technology gives the solution. One has to think of "using one technology to teach another technology". Lastly, I request you to visit the site http://comeletslearnit.googlepages.com/resources , download, use and do comment on my efforts which is going somewhat in similar lines as of this subject matter (I hope to upload as many resources as possible soon). Thanks & Regards, >Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> wrote: Dear Friends, >Ok, This can be easily done on a Wiki Page. People desiring to help in >various library oriented softwares may add themselves to the following >wiki page. >http://oadl.pbwiki.com/Experts [truncated]

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The Library of Congress Vacancy
by Mailing List Admin 17 May '07

17 May '07

Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 05:24:20 -0700 (PDT) From: sri priya <sri_lib(a)yahoo.com> Dear Professionals, The Library of Congress offers many exciting permanent and temporary opportunities for employment. The Library adheres to a formal Merit Selection Plan in filling vacancies... To Know more Visit:--http://www.loc.gov/hr/employment/index.php?action=cJobs.showHome Regards, S.Sripriya

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IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries Bulletin
by Sanjeev Kumar Jain 17 May '07

17 May '07

Dear LIS Professionals and Managers The goal of the Technical Committee on Digital Libraries is to promote research in the theory and practice of all aspects of Collective Memories, i.e. the fields of Digital Libraries, Digital Museums, and Digital Archives of all kinds. IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries Bulletin ( http://www.ieee-tcdl.org/bulletin.html) is publishing articles covering all aspects of digital libraries issues. For accessing fulltext visit http://www.ieee-tcdl.org/bulletin.html With Regards _____________________________ SANJEEV KUMAR JAIN Resource Center NIFT Campus, LA Block, Near 16 No. Water Tank, Sector III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata - 700 098 Tel: +91-33-23357342 / 8351 Fax: +91-33-23355734 Wesite: http://www.kolkata.niftindia.com 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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Who's who Asia
by Y.A. Janardana gupta 17 May '07

17 May '07

Dear LIS Friends, I need the biographical details of Dr. C L NAGENDRA available in latest Who's who Asia publication. If you are able to get it pl. send me by email. With regards, Y.A. JANARDANA GUPTA LIBRARIAN, LABORATORY FOR ELECTRO-OPTICS ISRO/ GOVT. OF INDIA Peenya, Bangalore-560058 yajgupta(a)leos.gov.in

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Playing with my Mobile to Blog.
by Sukhdev Singh 16 May '07

16 May '07

Well these days I am simply sitting at home and doing nothing. I have taken leave for three weeks for some family reason. While playing with my mobile, I thought of using it to blog. Blogger.com does offer such a facility and my blog http://sukhdev.blogspot.com is fortunately on it. To get started I had to sent an empty email to go(a)blogger.com from the phone itself. Sending email from a web based service won't work. So using Opera Mini or GMail "App" from a GPRS enabled phone won't work. My Sony Ericsson K750i does allows to send and receive mails through its own in-built client placed under its SMS menu. But it needs to be configured to a working POP / SMPT account. GMail does offers such a facility of POP account. All I wanted was the proper GMail POP setting to use it from my phone. I got these setting after Googling from my phone's Opera Mini. Once these setting was entered an email was sent to go(a)blogger.com. Within minutes I got an email providing me an URL of a new blog and a six digit code. I was supposed to enter this code at http://go.blogger.com and claim the new mobile blog created for me. I tried without success to claim the blog with the Mini Opera from my Phone. The problem was that I had to enter another verification code displayed in form of an image. My phone's browser was sending data without allowing me to enter the code. I gave up from the phone. Ultimately I could claim my mobile blog from a PC. As soon as my code was accepted, I was prompted to enter my gmail account. I entered the same and got a choice to redirect emails sent from my phone to my existing blog i.e. http://sukhdev.blogspot.com . I was ready to test my mobile blogging. I wrote an email in my phone (very similier to this) and sent it to go(a)blogger.com . The content of the email were on my blog with few seconds. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dictionary of Acronyms in LIS and IT
by ranjit dharmapurikar 16 May '07

16 May '07

Dear Professionals, We are very happy to present this compiled and edited book on Acronyms in LIS and IT to the professionals and students. Work on this project was started since last one and half year. Over three thousand acronyms are compiled from over 500 documents. This dictionary differs from glossary. Any professionals who wish to purchase it may contact on my e-mail dranjit29(a)gmail.com or may call on Mobile 9421291233. Thanks, R.G.Dharmapurikar Information Scientist, SRTM University, Vishnupuri, Nanded ____________________________________________________________________________________Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Libray can create Website with Google Page Creator
by Rajan 16 May '07

16 May '07

Dear All, When we think of bringing in information technology applications to the field of library services, it seems that we should begin with easiest things that can be accomplished soon without much hassles. Creation of a Website for library users with Google Page Creator can be a good proposition. Page creator allows uploading of documents upto 100MB. The site should contain materials useful for the patrons of the library and should not be a mere personal promotion attempt, if it should make any impact. You can even create site for special purposes, for short span even. A site recently created by me for Urban Local Governance is available at www.kilalibrary.net.tc and another site being developed for Distance Training on Digital Archiving is available at www.rajankila.net.tc W can make available a self - instructional guide for creation of website with google page creator, to those who require it. What we require for this useful attempt is an element of vision, readiness to work on a computer for a few hours and an internet connection, preferably broad band. Our library science schools should not refrain from focusing on such things too in their academic activities. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian , Kerala Institute of Local Administration Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur -680581 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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refresher course (LIS) during July to Dec-07???
by 73kps 16 May '07

16 May '07

Dear All, I would like to participate in a UGC sponsored refresher course (LIS) during July to Dec-07. Kindly mention if any university is organizing the same. I shall be highly grateful to you. With regards Thanking you Sincerely yours KPSingh Librarian SMIMS A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILESMUST BEGIN WITH A SINGLE STEP -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Conference on Future Technologies for Empowering LIS Professionals - ref
by Arunachalam Hariharan 16 May '07

16 May '07

Dear Professionals, SALIS 2007 National Conference Future Technologies for Empowering LIS Professionals: Challenges and Opportunities Jointly Organised by University Library, Anna University, Chennai & Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) Pre-Conference Tutorial : 09-08-2007 Main Conference :10-08- 2007 Last date for submission of paper: 30.06.2007 Last date for Registration : 20.07.2007 Address for communication regarding registration, accommodation and sponsorship and submission of Papers should be sent to: Dr.K.Nithyanandam Organizing Secretary & Special Officer Uinversity Library Anna University Guindy, Chennai- 600 025, Tamil Nadu E-Mail : k_nithyanandam@ annauni.edu, k_nithyanandam(a)yahoo.co.in salis_info@yahoo. co.in Phone : 044-2021382, Cell: 9444337936 URL : www.annauniv. edu All the details of the conference are available at SALIS website at http://autolib-india.net/salis Conference Brochure also can be downloaded. ---------------------------------------------------- A.Hariharan SALIS ____________________________________________________________________________________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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immediate requirement for a Librarian
by Abdul Tharayil 15 May '07

15 May '07

Pls circulate this mail to all. ---------------- Hi We have an immediate requirement for a Librarian at Our Mysore Road Office - MindTree Bangalore. Eligibility: Post Graduate in LIS Experience : 1 to 3 Years in a Corporate Library The person must have good communication skills (written and spoken) and have good exposure to the functioning of a Corporate Library Setup. It's is a Contract Position - but renewable based on performance. Those of you would like to consider this position, please send your resume to the below mail abdul_tharayil(a)mindtree.com Slected candidates will be required to join in 2/3 weeks time. Regards, Abdul J Tharayil MindTree Consulting, Banglore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KLA Awards
by gopikuttan gopikuttan 15 May '07

15 May '07

Dear Professionals Kerala Library association is organising a program on 16.5.2007 at 3.30 pm in the Dept of Library and Information science hall of the University of Kerala, for the presentation of the KLA Gold medal and CA Augustine endowment Awards Programme Welcome :N.Parameswaran Presidential address: DR.M.K.Ramachandran Nair, ( Hon'ble V C, University of Kerala) Presentation of Gold Medals: Hon'ble Minister. Shri M.A.Baby Launch of Web site of KLA : Dr.K.S.Raghavan Felicitation : Sri.C.Bhaskaran Dr.G.Devarajan Sri..Karthikeyan Nair Smt.J.Usha Vote of Thanks Dr.A.Gopikuttan --------------------------------- Office firewalls, cyber cafes, college labs, don't allow you to download CHAT? Here's a solution! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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AN OPENING FOR LIS PROFESSIONALS IN ISI-LIBRARY, KOLKATA - Temporary Positions...
by Jiban Krishna Pal 14 May '07

14 May '07

Dear Professionals, Please circulate this message to your professional colleagues at the earliest. -------------------------------------------------------------- An walk-in-interview will be conducted on 18th may 2007 (Friday) at 10:30 A.M. at Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata for recruitment of three (3) Project Assistants on purely temporary basis for the project titled "Retro-conversion of the Workers' Circulating Library including development of user database" in the Library Unit of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Qualification: # Essential: MLIS or its equivalent from a recognized Univ./ Inst. Knowledge in computer applications in Library. # Desirable: Experience in data input in Bengali script, knowledge of Libsys and familiarity with Promilnama system and LOC subject Headings list. Tenure & Pay of Appointment: Initially the appointment will be offered for Nine (9) months. It may be extended subject to the satisfactory performance and availability of required fund. Rs 5000/- per month plus HRA. Age should not exceed 35 years as on 01 April 2007 with usual relaxation for SC/ ST/ OBC/ extra ordinary candidates. Candidates appearing for interview are required to bring with them the application addressed to the Director. Indian Statistical Institute along with photocopies of their bio-data and certificates. They should also bring the original copies of certificates for verification of photocopies. Candidates will have to report at the office of the Library Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203 B. T. Road, Kolkata 700108 on the day of Interview half an hour before the time mentioned above. Source: Notice Board, ISI Library, Kolkata. ------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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top 10 mgt jrls
by bhagyashree sane 14 May '07

14 May '07

Dear All, I would like to know top 10 management jrls published in India? Is data avaialble anywhere? Is there management libraries consortia activity on? Can IGIDR or other union catalogues focus on this? With Regards, Bhagyashree J. Sane NIA, Pune -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: United Nations National Competitive Examination in Library and Information Management
by J. K. Vijayakumar 13 May '07

13 May '07

FYI Anne Fraser <frasera(a)un.org> wrote: From: Anne Fraser <frasera(a)un.org> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:14:27 -0500 Subject: United Nations National Competitive Examination in Library and Information Management PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL The United Nations is seeking individuals to take the National Competitive Recruitment Examination (NCE) in Library and Information Management. The competition is open to Nationals of participating countries. Applications from Arabic-speaking candidates are particularly sought after. In order to be eligible to apply, you must be 32 years old or younger as of 31 December of the year of the exam. Eligible candidates should submit their applications as soon as possible, on exceptional basis they will be accepted until the end of 2006. All information on eligibility criteria and on how to apply is available on: http://www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/examin/exam.htm Anne Françoise Fraser Department of Public Information United Nations, New York City, NY 10017 All the best............ ---------------------------------- J. K. Vijayakumar MLIS PhD Assistant Director - Library American University of Antigua Post Box W-1451, St. Johns ANTIGUA, West Indies Blog http://libinfospace.blogspot.com ---------------------------------- Head Quarters: #2 Wall Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10005, USA --------------------------------- Sponsored Link $420,000 Mortgage for $1,399/month - Think You Pay Too Much For Your Mortgage? Find Out! FYI Anne Fraser <frasera(a)un.org> wrote: From: Anne Fraser <frasera(a)un.org> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:14:27 -0500 Subject: United Nations National Competitive Examination in Library and Information Management PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL The United Nations is seeking individuals to take the National Competitive Recruitment Examination (NCE) in Library and Information Management. The competition is open to Nationals of participating countries. Applications from Arabic-speaking candidates are particularly sought after. In order to be eligible to apply, you must be 32 years old or younger as of 31 December of the year of the exam. Eligible candidates should submit their applications as soon as possible, on exceptional basis they will be accepted until the end of 2006. All information on eligibility criteria and on how to apply is available on: http://www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/examin/exam.htm http://www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/examin/exam.htm Anne Françoise Fraser Department of Public Information United Nations, New York City, NY 10017 All the best............ ---------------------------------- J. K. Vijayakumar MLIS PhD Assistant Director - Library American University of Antigua Post Box W-1451, St. Johns ANTIGUA, West Indies Blog http://libinfospace.blogspot.com http://libinfospace.blogspot.com ---------------------------------- Head Quarters: #2 Wall Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10005, USA Sponsored Link $420,000 Mortgage for $1,399/month - http://www.lowermybills.com/lre/index.jsp?sourceid=lmb-9135-16417&moid=4116 Think You Pay Too Much For Your Mortgage? Find Out!

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Mysore University omitted in the List of Indian Universities offering PhD in LIS
by N.S. Harinarayana 13 May '07

13 May '07

Hi, I would like to draw the attention of omission of University of Mysore in the list of Indian Universities which offers PhD in LIS recently posted in LIS-FORUM. The Department of Library and Information Science (MyDLIS), University of Mysore, Mysore was one of the early universities in India to have introduced Ph.D in LIS. As early as 1976, Mysore DLIS started the Ph.D programme by identifying Prof. A. Neelameghan and Prof. D.B. Krishna Rao as external academic supervisors for guiding doctoral students. The first Ph.D in Library and Information Science from University of Mysore was awarded in the year 1982. Incidentally, it may be noted that MyDLIS has pioneered in many academic activities. Bachelors in Library Science was started in 1965 and Masters in 1971. MyDLIS was the first in Karnataka to start a two-year MLISc programme in 1992. PGDLA was started in 1993. MPhil was started in the year 1994. MyDLIS experimented offering two courses simultaneously. In addition to MLISC, Masters of Information Management (MIM) was launched in 2001. Curricullum innovations are our hallmark. MyDLIS was the one of the early LIS departments to introduce 'Electives', project work, work experience and many such innovations. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IATLIS National Conference 2007
by Dr. R M Vatnal 13 May '07

13 May '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 2nd week of 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. A separate printed brochure giving all the details will be posted very soon to all of you. Thanking you in anticipation Yours Sincerely Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa President, IATLIS Dr. B.D. Kumbar Secretary, IATLIS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. R M VATNAL Head, Computer Section, University Library, Karnatak University, Dharwad - 580 003 INDIA Ph: 0836-2747121 Ext: 313(O) 2770907(R) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ____________________________________________________________________________________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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Seeking opinion about Zotero
by Rajan 12 May '07

12 May '07

Dear All, Zotero, the Firefox extension, that helps to gather and organize bibliographic data about digital resource materials, appears to be a good reference management tool and it needs to be promoted among researchers. I would like to know, from those who have good familiarity with it, a critical evaluation of its effectiveness or usefulness as a research tool. Is there any other better option ? Regards, K Rajasekharan Kerala Institute of Local Administration Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur -680581 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UNESCO Libraries Portal
by K.R. Mulla 12 May '07

12 May '07

*Dear friends,* Put your library URL in UNESCO Libraries Portal An international gateway to information for librarians and library users. http://www.unesco.org/cgi-bin/webworld/portal_bib2/cgi/page.cgi?g=Libraries… -- 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/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/krmulla Library: http://203.90.120.126:8081/ Skype Me: krmulla ***************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Workshop on LIS Education in Digital Era
by D Jotwani, Librarian IIT Bombay 11 May '07

11 May '07

Dear All Central Library, IIT Bombay in collaboration with IATLIS has planned to organize a National Workshop on LIS Education in Digital Era from 13-15 June 2007. The workshop will be held on the beautiful campus of IIT Bombay. The main objectives of the workshop are : 1. To provide a forum to the LIS Teachers, Research Scholars, Librarians and Academic Administrators to discuss or present their views on the developments in ICT and its applications in LIS Teaching and Library Services 2. To create awareness and understanding about the importance of introducing and executing information technology in LIS teaching to achieve academic excellence. 3. To provide an opportunity to the participants to see the world class Information Technology Infrastructure and other facilities available at IIT Bombay 4. To provide an opportunity to the participants to observe state- of-the-art ICT applications in the Central Library, IIT Bombay and have first hand experience of the web-based library and information services, smart card-based (bar-coded) circulation system, electronic resource management, on-line submission of theses and dissertations, open archives etc. Only 50 participants mainly LIS Teachers, full time Research Scholars and Library Administrators, will be selected on first-come-first-served basis. More details can also be had at http://www.library.iitb.ac.in Thank you. -- 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. -- 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] Need to Promote free library software
by divya soni 11 May '07

11 May '07

Respected all Library Professionals, It will be realy an appriciated step in order to improve our profession and our professional,because we need extra rather than traditional work to compete in this information age.that kind of innovative ,creative thinking also needy. Warm Regards, Miss. Divya Soni Professional Trainee Library Indian Institute of Management Indore, Pigdamber Rau, Phone-91-731-4228625-628 Mobile No.-09926624935 Indore On Thu, 10 May 2007 GK.MANJUNATH wrote : > > Sub: Open Source Software for LIS professionals. >Dear Mr.Rajan, > >It is a very good idea to identify volunteers (experts) who would train >other professionals in open source software. > >I have proposed similar idea to NASSDOC, New Delhi, with a difference > >The proposal, which is under consideration, was to start the 'Staff >Exchange Programme' in which LIS professionals who want to train others or >those who want to learn from others, will visit a particular library on >invitation for teaching/learing activitities. > >How will this work? > > 1. Identify experts and develop an online database of experts > > 2. Invite experts for a specified period giving them local hospitality, office space > and Computing facility. > > 3. Arrgange lectures or seek technical support during his/her > stay at the host institute. > > 4. Welcome other LIS professionals in that city to > interact with the expert at the host institute during his/her > stay. > > >The concept of 'Visiting Faculty' has been there since a long time in >academics. We librarians need to start some things similar to this. > >In the past we at IGIDR, had arranged such programs for LIS professionals >who came at their expense and spent one week interacting with us. This >interaction enabled to them to start automation work in their respective >libraries. > >Can we do some thing in this regard? > >Thanks > > G.K.Manjunath > Chief Librarian > Indira Gandhi Inst of Development Research > Film City Road > Santosh Nagar > Goregaon(East ) > MUMBAI - 400 065 > > Phone: 28416544 > > >On Thu, 10 May 2007, Rajan wrote: > > > Dear Mr Manjunath, > > > > It would be better if you collect the list of libraries that uses other > > freely availble library packages like Weblis etc and publish it under > > different categories with the contact details of the persons well versed > > with the software so that anyone can get the expertise easily or clarify > > the doubts easily. > > > > It seems that we should identify volunteers who would have an > > inclination to help other libraries to install and overcome initial > > issues. The volunteers should charge only travel and other minimal > > expenses from institutions that cannot pay much. There would be at least > > some who have interest to propagate IT applications by this way. > > > > We can bring more libraries under the fold of IT applications, if > > someone could facilitates this work a little further. > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > > > K Rajasekharan > > Librarian , Kerala Institute of Local Administration > > Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur -680581 > > > > Ph 0487- 2204097 (O), 2201428 ( R) > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. > > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. > >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Miss. Divya Soni Professional Trainee Library Indian Institute of Management Indore, Pigdamber Rau, Phone-91-731-4228625-628 Mobile No.-09926624935 Indore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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BEST Librarian Awards for the year 2007- Announcement
by Arunachalam Hariharan 11 May '07

11 May '07

Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) B2-Solai Apartments, Mount-Poonamallee Road, Chennai 600 089 Application/Nomination invited from the eligible candidates for the following Awards for the year 2007 1. AutoLib-Tamilnadu BEST Librarian Award 2. AutoLib-Tamilnadu BEST Young Librarian Award (below 40 years) About the Award: SALIS has instituted Best Librarian Awards sponsored by M/s AutoLib Software Systems, Chennai The main aim of the award is to identify two professionals in Tamilnadu every year who contributes more to our profession and recognize him/her every year. Eligibility Criteria: 1. Applicant/Nominee should be a citizen of India and his/her conduct must be good. 2. The applicant should be a working library professional in Tamilnadu who holds at least Bachelors degree in library science or its equivalent. 3. Interested professionals should apply in the prescribed application form only 4. Nomination can be self or by a responsible library professional 5. Give full details for each category and attach support documents for verification 6. Enclose separate sheets wherever necessary to give details 7. Applications without full details and support documents will be rejected 8. The application form can be downloaded from SALIS website http://autolib-india.net/salis or can be obtained by e-mail to salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in 9. Filled application should reach the office on or before 30.6.2007 10. The decision of the committee constituted by SALIS to select the candidate for the award is final. 11. Award Committee has the right to post-pone or cancel the award for any unavoidable reason. 12. All correspondence should be addressed to the Convener, SALIS Award Committee, SALIS, B2-Solai Apartment, Opp. to MGR Garden, Mount-Poonamallee Road, Chennai 600 089. Any enquires about the award may be sent to the Convener at salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in Note: Library professionals working in Tamilnadu only can apply for the awards Other Information 1. The award may be presented to the awardee 10th Aug 2007 at the inaugural function of SALIS 2007 National Conference at Anna University, Chennai 2. A silver shield and a Citation will be awarded. Convener SALIS Awards salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in ------------------------------------------------ A.Hariharan SALIS ____________________________________________________________________________________Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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List of Indian Universities which offers PhD in LIS
by shihabudeen kunju 11 May '07

11 May '07

Dear Colleagues, I got a small list of Universities which offers PhD in LIS. Here are the details: 1. Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim Universities, Utharpradesh. 2. Bangalore: Bangalore University, Karnatak. 3. Burdwan: University of Burdwan, West Bengal. 4. Calcutta: Rabindra Bharathi University, West Bengal. 5. Calicut: University Of Calicut, Kerala. 6. Chandigarh: Punjab University, Punjab. 7. Cochin: Cochin University, Kerala. 8. Delhi: University of Delhi, Delhi. 9. Dharwad: Karnatak University, Karnatak. 10. Gwalior: Jiwaji University, Madhya Pradesh. 11. Hyderabad: Osmania University, Andhra Pradesh. 12. Imphal: Manipur University, Manipur. 13. Jadhavpur: Jadhavpur University, West Bengal. 14. Jaipur: University Of Rajasthan, Rajasthan. 15. Jhansi: Bundelkhand University, Uttar Pradesh. 16. Kolhapur: Shivaji University, Maharashtra. 17. Kurukshetra: Kurukshetra University, Haryana. 18. Madras: University of Madras, Tamil Nadu. 19. Midnapore: Vidyasagar University, West Bengal. 20. Mumbai: University of Bombay, Maharashtra. 21. Nagpur: Nagpur University, Maharashtra. 22. Panaji: Goa Universtiy, Goa. 23. Pune: University Of Pune, Maharashtra. 24. Sagar: Dr Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalay, Madhya Pradesh. 25. Shankaraghatta: Kuvempu University, Karnatak. 26. Srinagar: Kashmir University, J & K. 27. Thiruvananthapuram: University of Kerala, Kerala. 28. Ujjain: Vikram University, Madhya Pradesh. 29. Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh. 30. Waltair: Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh. With regards, -- Shihabudeen Kunju. S British Council Library 17 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110001 mob: 09911928321 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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(no subject)
by Prachi Bagad 11 May '07

11 May '07

Dear colleagues, Where can I find GOCs (Good Offices Committee) general financial rules? Especially I am interested in the rules regarding stock verification and book losses. Regards, Ms. Prachi Bagad Librarian MIT Library, Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) S.No.124, Paud Road, Kothrud, Pune 411038 (INDIA) Tel:. 91 020 5431795, 5432767 Fax.: 91 020 5442770 --------------------------------- Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Need to Promote free library software
by Sukhdev Singh 11 May '07

11 May '07

Dear Friends, Ok, This can be easily done on a Wiki Page. People desiring to help in various library oriented softwares may add themselves to the following wiki page. http://oadl.pbwiki.com/Experts Those who do not want to take the trouble of editing a wiki, may kindly forward me their contact details and area of expertise. I will put it on this wiki page. Hope it helps. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On 5/10/07, Rajan <rajankila(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear Singh, > > Yes, > > You may initiate voluntary effort. ... > Please proceed with your ideas. > > > Regards, > > > K Rajasekharan > Librarian , Kerala Institute of Local Administration > Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur -680581 > > Ph 0487- 2204097 (O), 2201428 ( R) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sukhdev Singh > To: G.K.MANJUNATH > Cc: Rajan ; Lis Forum > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 5:27 PM > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Need to Promote free library software > > Dear friends, > > What I feel is that organized efforts tend to die their natural death > mainly due to administrative overheads and ego clashes. Perhaps > voluntary efforts are more viable and sustainable. Can we start a > voluntary effort? > > --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. > > On 5/10/07, G.K.MANJUNATH <gkm(a)igidr.ac.in> wrote: > > > > Sub: Open Source Software for LIS professionals. > > Dear Mr.Rajan, > > > > It is a very good idea to identify volunteers (experts) who would train > > other professionals in open source software. > > > > I have proposed similar idea to NASSDOC, New Delhi, with a difference > > > > The proposal, which is under consideration, was to start the 'Staff > > Exchange Programme' in which LIS professionals who want to train others or > > those who want to learn from others, will visit a particular library on > > invitation for teaching/learing activitities. > > > > How will this work? > > > > 1. Identify experts and develop an online database of experts > > > > 2. Invite experts for a specified period giving them local > hospitality, office space > > and Computing facility. > > > > 3. Arrgange lectures or seek technical support during his/her > > stay at the host institute. > > > > 4. Welcome other LIS professionals in that city to > > interact with the expert at the host institute during his/her > > stay. > > > > > > The concept of 'Visiting Faculty' has been there since a long time in > > academics. We librarians need to start some things similar to this. > > > > In the past we at IGIDR, had arranged such programs for LIS professionals > > who came at their expense and spent one week interacting with us. This > > interaction enabled to them to start automation work in their respective > > libraries. > > > > Can we do some thing in this regard? > > > > Thanks > > > > G.K.Manjunath > > Chief Librarian > > Indira Gandhi Inst of Development Research > > Film City Road > > Santosh Nagar > > Goregaon(East ) > > MUMBAI - 400 065 > > > > Phone: 28416544 > > > > > > On Thu, 10 May 2007, Rajan wrote: > > > > > Dear Mr Manjunath, > > > > > > It would be better if you collect the list of libraries that uses other > > > freely availble library packages like Weblis etc and publish it under > > > different categories with the contact details of the persons well versed > > > with the software so that anyone can get the expertise easily or clarify > > > the doubts easily. > > > > > > It seems that we should identify volunteers who would have an > > > inclination to help other libraries to install and overcome initial > > > issues. The volunteers should charge only travel and other minimal > > > expenses from institutions that cannot pay much. There would be at least > > > some who have interest to propagate IT applications by this way. > > > > > > We can bring more libraries under the fold of IT applications, if > > > someone could facilitates this work a little further. > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > K Rajasekharan > > > Librarian , Kerala Institute of Local Administration > > > Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur -680581 > > > > > > Ph 0487- 2204097 (O), 2201428 ( R) > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsiiisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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BBC article Push for open access to research
by Mallikarjun 11 May '07

11 May '07

Dear Professionals This article is currently on the BBC News Technology homepage http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6404429.stm Its given an introduction on open access and IRs. With regards Mallikarjun Mallikarjun Dora Dept. of Information Science University of Madras, Chennai-600005 ...The Future is here, Its just unevenly distributed........ http://curiouslib.blogspot.com/ Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Ph D.
by Apurba Jyoti Majumder 11 May '07

11 May '07

Can anybody provide me a list of Indian universities having Ph D in Library & Information Science Apurba Jyoti Majumder (JRF) apurbajyoti(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need help for MPhil in Lib.& Information Science
by Laxmi Kumari 11 May '07

11 May '07

Hello Members, i m doing MPhil in Lib. & Inf. Science from Alagappa univ.in distance education .Now .I got study materials. But I m worry to give examination because of late delivery studymaterial.I didnot completed my study. It is requested to you that please mail me five years questionspaper of Alagappa Univ. it willbe very helpful for me to preparation of my study.so kindly send through mail . sincerely Laxmi kumari -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Koha 2.2.9 has been released
by vimal kumar 10 May '07

10 May '07

Open source software and Indian libraries I think open source ILS like Koha not popular in India because the lack of awareness and technical expertise in installation and maintenance. Koha still now its developing stage and now more suitable for small libraries. PMB (www.sigb.net) is another well featured open source ILS, but its website still in French language. Open source library software projects are highly relying with library professionals and users to its error fixing, suggestions for new features, documentation and translation. They already succeeded in the build of basic functional modules and features essential for a library management system. In the current state, the open source automation systems offer only promise and potential and are not yet a viable option for a run-of-the-mill library. In the present situation small libraries are the main users of open source library management systems. Most of the libraries in India do not have the in-house expertise to support library automation softwares, and also dont have the ability to train staff on the use of the new technologies. Software service agencies and professionals are needed to come forward for the implementation and ongoing support of open source software solutions in libraries. Our libraries still approaching the small commercial ILS vendors for library automation. In many instances they failed to provide ongoing services and updates. Lack of open standards in commercial ILS makes problems while conversion and export of bibliographic data. SOUL is to be adapt the features of 4th generation ILS. Our LIS schools and professional organizations are still follows the head in sand approach towards awareness and training in open source softwares useful in libraries. Indian Government can try to frame an open source policy to encourage the use of open source software in academic institutions and libraries same as in the model of UK government (http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/policydocs/policydocs_document.asp?docnum=905) Vimal Kumar Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 www.asb.edu.in/vimal --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need to Promote free library software
by Rajan 10 May '07

10 May '07

Dear Mr Manjunath, It would be better if you collect the list of libraries that uses other freely availble library packages like Weblis etc and publish it under different categories with the contact details of the persons well versed with the software so that anyone can get the expertise easily or clarify the doubts easily. It seems that we should identify volunteers who would have an inclination to help other libraries to install and overcome initial issues. The volunteers should charge only travel and other minimal expenses from institutions that cannot pay much. There would be at least some who have interest to propagate IT applications by this way. We can bring more libraries under the fold of IT applications, if someone could facilitates this work a little further. Best Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian , Kerala Institute of Local Administration Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur -680581 Ph 0487- 2204097 (O), 2201428 ( R) Message: 3 Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 17:30:36 +0530 (India Standard Time) From: "G.K.MANJUNATH" <gkm(a)igidr.ac.in> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Koha 2.2.9 has been released To: vimal kumar <vimal0212(a)yahoo.com> Cc: LIS Forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.4.64.0705081727120.1228@gkm> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed I would like to know, how many libraries in India are successfully using all the modules of Koha or this software still remains a topic of academic interest. I will compile a list of such libraries and experts in this area and host it from our site. thanks G.K.Manjunath Chief Librarian Indira Gandhi Inst of Development Research Film City Road Santosh Nagar Goregaon(East ) MUMBAI - 400 065 Phone: 28416544 On Tue, 8 May 2007, vimal kumar wrote: > > Koha 2.2.9 has been released and available for download from > > http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/koha/koha-2.2.9.tar.gz -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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JRF need help for Ph D
by Apurba Jyoti Majumder 10 May '07

10 May '07

> > I have qualified for JRF in recently published NET results. i want to > do research in the area "internet & LIS" or related areas like "consortia or > internet based library services". i need help for choice of suitable topic and interested guide. Apurba jyoti Majumder Gauhati University apurbajyoti(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Useful Links : Search Engines
by Muniraj. T 10 May '07

10 May '07

Dear Professionals, This is a Services based on metadata that is harvested using the OAI metadata harvesting protocol. Service Implementer Description Protocol versions Arc (source) Old Dominion University A federated search services based on metadata harvested from several OAI compliant repositories. Uses JDK1.4, Tomcat 4.0x, and a RDBMS server (e.g. Oracle, MySQL). 1.1, 2.0 Avano, a marine and aquatic sciences OAI harvester (template) Bibliothèque La Pérouse Avano is an OAI harvester that offers a central access to electronic resources about marine and aquatic sciences (aquaculture, fisheries, geosciences, biology, water pollution...). The resources are harvested from several Open Archives, including from non-specialized marine repositories. 1.1, 2.0 BASE: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (template) Bielefeld University Library BASE integrates scientific OAI-resources as one information type among others into the local digital library environment, together with catalogues, article databases, and digitised collections. The search interface features many characteristics of internet search engines, thus offers a new type of search interface for a local digital library. BASE uses the search technology of FAST Search & Transfer. To learn more about the project see http://www.base-search.net/about_project_english.html 1.1, 2.0 Callima (template) infoball Callima is a search engine for scientific articles from various subject areas and sources. It provides a single point of access to a significant number of Open Archives. 1.1, 2.0 Cross Archive Search Services for Indian Repositories (CASSIR) (template) National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore This service is a part of the ongoing project "Development of OAI-Based Institutional Research Repository Services in India ", sponsored by Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India. This project is being carried out at National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore . The service will harvest metadata as per the OAI-PMH protocol from the registered OA repositories in India . The coverage of the service is Science, Engineering, Technology, Medicine etc. 1.1, 2.0 citebaseSearch (template) Southampton University The citebase Search service provides users with the facility for searching across multiple archives with results ranked according to many criteria, such as creation date and citation impact. 1.1, 2.0 Clio-i Service Provider of Science Documents (template) Liber Laboratory, UFPE, Brazil The Clio-i is a system to colect informations from anywhere repository which follow the OAI-PMH protocol. It can havester complete documents, offering simple and advanced search engine, document visualization, use of video, audio, text, and image archives for the users. In this case, it colect information about science from OAI repositories. 1.1, 2.0 colLib (template) colLib A collaborative platform for organizing Open Access materials in Library & Information Science (LIS). colLib harvests metadata-records from OAI-PMH-compliant repositories and enables manual 'tagging' of these records to cluster them by subject or other meaningful categories. Tags are represented by pages in a wiki, that can be annotated with links to related tags, external links and any other text deemed relevant. 1.1, 2.0 CYCLADES (template) European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM) CYCLADES is a system, designed to provide an open collaborative virtual archive environment, which (among others) supports users, communities (and their members) with functionality for (i) advanced SEARCH in large, heterogeneous, multidisciplinary OAI compliant digital archives (ii) COLLABORATIVE work; and (iii) FILTERING and RECOMMENDATION of records, users, communities and collections. CYCLADES allows users to register any OAI archive to CYCLADES , which then will be automatically harvested and indexed. 1.1, 2.0 digitAlexandria digitAlexandria The digitAlexandria is a cross-platform system, composed by a set of very handy and fast tools, designed for building digital archives of any complexity, from the personal archive of a single researcher up to the repository of a big institution, such as a University or Research Centrer. It is based on a peer to peer network and is compatible with the Open Archives Protocol. 2.0 Directory and OAI Harvester (template) Ministerio de Cultura de España (Ministry of Culture of Spain ) Two diferent applications. On one side, a Directory about the projects and initiatives of digitalization existing in Spain . On the other side, a Harvester of the same records gathered from some of those databases and that can be consulted jointly the web address of these will always be provided to a ccess the digitized document, by using Metadata harvesting techniques. 1.1,2.0 DL-Harvest University of Arizona DL-Harvest is a federated archive, a service of DLIST. It brings together full-text, scholarly materials in the Information Sciences from many different OAI-PMH compliant repositories. 2.0 DP9 (template) Old Dominion University DP9 is an open source gateway service that allows general search engines, like Google, to index OAI-compliant archives. It stands between the crawler and the archive, intercepts the crawler's requests, forwards them to the archive, and translates the archive's output from XML into HTML. This allows OAI archives hidden in the deep Internet to be indexed by search engines that don't venture into the deep internet. DP9 also supports OAI name resolution and service linking. 1.1, 2.0 GEO-LEO (template en, de) Lower Saxony State and University Library Göttingen (SUB) and the University Library "Georgius Agricola" of the Technische Universitt Bergakademie Freiberg (UBF) The Virtual Library GEO-LEO (www.geo-leo.org) offers searching and browsing in about 6 million earth sciences and mining related bibliograhphic records. GEO-LEO is also a Service Provider harvesting repositories with the above mentioned thematic content. The GEO-LEO Web-Interface allows a one stop retrieval and access to full textes from repositories, librarian catalogues and other databases. GEO-LEO and GEO-LEOe-docs are performed by the Lower Saxony State and University Library Göttingen (SUB) and the University Library "Georgius Agricola" of the Technische Universitt Bergakademie Freiberg (UBF). The Project is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). 1.1, 2.0 iCite (template) iCite An automatic citation indexing system covering physics journals. 2.0 MeIND (template) Hochschulbibliothekszentrum des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen The Service-Provider covers all subjects form different data-providers in Germany . The Pub-Types include doctoral theses, diploma, articles, magazines and digitised materials. 2.0 METALIS (template) AEPIC Project METALIS is a Service Provider for the Library and Information Science field. We harvest metadata from institutions that offer full-text papers and documents about Library and Information Science 2.0 NCSTRL (template) Old Dominion University University of Virginia Virginia Tech NCSTRL provides unified access to technical reports and eprints from computer science departments, institutes and laboratories. This is an OAI-based implementation of the NCSTRL project (see Davis & Lagoze, JASIS 51(3) for a full history of the original NCSTRL project). This version replaces the Dienst architecture and protcol with the OAI metadata harvesting protocol. 1.1, 2.0 OAIster University of Michigan Libraries Digital Library Production Service OAIster provides a search service on OAI archives. You can learn more about a particular institution's collection at oaister.umdl.umich.edu/viewcolls.html. 1.1, 2.0 OASIC (template) CCSD OASIC is a search engine for french articles, memories and thesis in Communication and Information Sciences. It provides a single point of access to a significant number of Open Archives in these areas. 2.0 Openarchives.eu (template) Horizons Unlimited srl ( Bologna , Italy ) Openarchives.eu is the European guide to OAI-PMH compliant digital repositories in the world. This is not a search engine to find metadata stored in the repositories but a searchable index of the repositories themselves. This portal uses repositories and collection descriptions harvested from the University of Illinois OAI-PMH Data Provider Registry. The search engine and other editorial contents that complete the originary database have been developed by Horizons Unlimited srl (Bologna, Italy) A section on "Digital Objects" allows metadata searching through a number of other service providers (OAIster, arXiv, RePEc, CiteSeer, NCSTRL, PubMed Central, Pleiadi). We also offer Google searching of all the repositories' web sites through Google Co-op. 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 Perseus (template) Perseus The Perseus system harvests registered OAI repositories and incorporates the information into its search interface. 1.1, 2.0 Public Knowledge Harvester (template) U. of British Columbia Discipline-specific OAI metadata harvesting service. 1.1, 2.0 PLEIADI: Portale per la Letteratura scientifica Elettronica Italiana su Archivi aperti e Depositi Istituzionali (template) The CASPUR and CILEA cosortia PLEIADI project aims at building a national platform that offers centralized access to the scholarly literature archived in Italian repositories. 2.0 Repository Explorer Virginia Tech An interactive, web-based tool to test repositories for compliancy with various levels of the Open Archives Initiative Protocol. 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 SAIL-Eprints (template) CNR - Area della Ricerca di Bologna SAIL-eprints (Search, Alert, Impact and Link) is an electronic open access service provider for finding scientific or technical documents, published or unpublished, in Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, Materials Sciences, anotechnologies, Microelectronics, Computer Sciences, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Earth Sciences, Meteorology, Oceanography, Agriculture, and related application activities. SAIL-eprints has been designed primarily to collect information on scientific documents (metadata) authored by CNR researchers and deposited as preprints or postprints in CNR institutional open access archives. Also, SAIL-eprints collects metadata from other data repositories all over the world publishing materials in the same scientific fields. 2.0 ScientificCommons (template) ScientificCommons The major aim of the project is to develop a communication medium for scientific knowledge products which are freely accessible to the public. A key objective is to support the Open Access movement and the rapidly growing number of electronic publication archives that admit to the free distribution and access to scientific knowledge. In order to provide more insides within the scientific community and to leverage the retrieval of individually relevant publications for each user, relationships between publications and authors are explored. Therefore ScientificCommons.org identifies authors across the available archives and across disciplinary, institutional and technological boundaries making social and professional relationships of the authors transparent and visible to anyone. More then six million authors have been extracted (March 2007) forming more then 23 million author publication relations. These relationships enable the creation of author profiles including an almost complete publication list, information about the publication period and the related co-authors. Furthermore a citation extraction of the full text documents allows the creation of even more relations between the publication and authors. 2.0 Scirus (template) Scirus Scirus distinguishes itself from existing search engines by concentrating on scientific content only and by searching both web and (often proprietary) databases. Scirus' aim is to provide scientists with one comprehensive search platform covering both the web and the normally "invisible" databases. Scirus now harvests Open Archives data. 1.1, 2.0 Sheet Music Consortium (template) UCLA The Sheet Music Consortium is a group of libraries working toward the goal of building an open collection of digitized sheet music using the Open Archives Initiative:Protocol for Metadata Harvesting. Harvested metadata about sheet music in participating collections is hosted by the UCLA Digital Library Program, which provides an access service via this metadata to sheet music records at the host libraries. Member institutions and data providers have chosen to catalog their sheet music in different ways, but a very large proportion of the original sheets in participating collections has been digitized, allowing users direct access to the music itself and - in many cases - covers and advertisements that offer evidence of the cultural context in which the songs were published. 2.0 SuUB Bremen State and University Library Bremen The State and University Library Bremen - Germany offers a library catalogue called SuUB Bremen , where selected OAI-data providers are included. The search engine delivers record about localized library ressources of print and electronic materials (books, journals, doctoral thesis, articles, magazines, reports, etc.). Data-providers include: arXiv.org, bieSOn, Humboldt University of Berlin, Australian National University EPrints2 Archive, Elektronische Publikationen der Universität München, Münster University , Oldenburg University , PANGAEA, Library of Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Württemberg, BioMed Centra, and PubMed Central. 2.0 TORII (template) International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste , Italy Unified access to various open archives (Physics and Computer Science). Filtering and advanced searching. Personalization. For more information, see the TIPS consortium web pages at http://tips.sissa.it Regards, MUNIRAJU.T Department of Library and Information Science. t_muniraj(a)yahoo.co.in http://muniraj.t.googlepages.com/ http://www.lisresearch.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------- Heres a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! 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Vacancy - please go through my comments too
by rupesh kumar 10 May '07

10 May '07

Details of Vacancy Position Vacant: Librarian Company Name BASE Company Profile: Training and Consultancy Services in Education Job Description: To manage library having more than 4000 technical books Desired Profile : Candidates with previous experience of managing library. Should have basic knowledge of computers. Should be dedicated and willing to work hard. Minimum Experience: 14 years Maximum Experience: 20 years Industry Type: Education / Training / Teaching Functional Area: Teaching / Education Annual Salary: Librarians with experience residing around Basavanagudi preferred Location : Bangalore Education: UG - Any Graduate - Any Specialization PG - Post Graduation Not Required Keywords : LIbrary, Librarian Contact Information Name Shankar..... Email careers(a)base-education.co.in Telephone 91-080-26620442 Website http://www.base-education.co.in Address: BASE 27, Bull Temple Road Basavangudi Bangalore - Karnataka ,IN 560004 Job Posted on naurkri.com on 09 May 2007 ==================================================== My Comments: BASE is one of the best institutions offering quality education to lakhs of students in Bangalore. But, if you see the required qualification here in this Ad, one (a layman) is most likely to get a feeling that there's no need to have a qualified person for managing a library. It is at this point where I have an objection. If institutions like BASE do not give due importance in employing qualified staff for library, how can one expect other similar institutions to do it? Anticipating your comments... Thanks & Regards, Rupesh Kumar A Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) TRAINEES, NCSI
by Francis Jayakanth 10 May '07

10 May '07

Dear Member: Please find below a copy of the advertisement for the next batch of IKM training programme offered by NCSI, IISc. - Francis NCSI, IISc NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SCIENCE INFORMATION (NCSI) INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE BANGALORE- 560012 REQUIRES Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) TRAINEES No. of positions: 11 [GEN-5, OBC-2, SC-1 and Sponsored Candidates-03] Advt. No.R(IB)008-4/2007. Minimum Qualifications: 1. A Bachelor's Degree with at least First Class in any subject followed by a 2 year Post-Graduate degree or recognized equivalent qualification with First class in Education or Management or Library and Information Science or Journalism or Communication. 2. SC candidates with pass class will also be considered. 3. The sponsored candidates should forward their applications through proper channel. No stipend will be paid to sponsored candidates. Training is for a period of 18 months w.e.f. 01.08.2007 on a stipend of Rs.5,000/- per month (Fixed). Visit our web site at http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/training/ for details about the training programme and registration of applications ONLINE. Conditions: Candidates who possess the qualifying degree/s as on the date of advertisement can apply. However, those who are in the final year/semester of the qualifying examinations expecting to complete all exams/project and degree latest by 31.07.2007 can also apply. Note: Candidates (except sponsored) possessing Library & Information Science qualification and desirous of applying for Trainee in JRD Tata Memorial Library, IISc also (apart from NCSI)[details at http://www.library.iisc.ernet.in/trainee/application.html] need to send only one application stating their order of preference in the appropriate column in the application form. GENERAL CONDITIONS Candidates who are desirous to be considered strictly on the aforesaid conditions should fill the electronic Online Application Registration form (The Online Registration form will be accessible from Monday, 14th May 2007). Thereafter,a hard copy of the online application registration form with xerox copies of Marks Cards, Caste Certificate of SC, ST, OBC (OBC certificate should be in the GOI format for reservations of jobs), in case of Physically Handicapped candidates, copy of the medical certificate in the prescribed form issued by the Competent Medical Authority for the purpose of employment, should be sent to ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, UNIT-lB, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, BANGALORE - 560 012, superscribing on the envelope "Application for the post of IKM Trainee / JRD Tata Memorial Library Trainee / IKM & JRD Tata Memorial Library Trainee" on or before 06.06.2007. Incomplete applications and applications in a format other than those displayed on the web are liable to be rejected. Dated: 07th May 2007 REGISTRAR

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Kalpakkam Calling !
by Jayakumar, C 10 May '07

10 May '07

Dear Friends, Please find below READIT-2007 conference information. Please find time to submit papers and participate in the conference. Sorry for cross posting. With best wishes, C. Jayakumar Information Systems Scientific Information Resource Division (SIRD) Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) Kalpakkam - 603 102 Tamil Nadu, India Phone : 044 - 2748 0096 & 044 - 2748 0500 Extn. 22419 Fax : 044 - 2748 0096 email : jay(a)igcar.gov.in (Please note the change in domain name) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REcent Advances in Information Science & Technology" (READIT-2007) Date : July 11-13, 2007 Venue : Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam Conference URL : http://www.malakc.org MAdras Library Association - Kalpakkam Chapter is organising two day National Conference on REcent Advances in Information Science & Technology" (READIT-2007) during July 12-13 2007. MALA-KC and Scientific Information Resource Division (SIRD), IGCAR have been conducting a series of conferences on "Recent Advances in Information Science & Technology" from 1995. The proposed conference will have invited talks by experts in the field and contributed paper presentations from Researchers. A pre-conference tutorial on "Web Tools and IT Enabled Services" is also being arranged for the benefit of Information Professionals on July 11 2007. Call for Papers The conference will consist of invited talks and contributed papers. Contributed papers, on any of the following theme and the sub-topics are welcome. Theme: Information to Knowledge: Technology and Professionals Sub-topics Ø Library as Knowledge Centers Ø Digital Infrastructure and Technology Integration Ø Document Management and Resource Generation Ø Digital Preservation Issues Ø Information Security Ø Knowledge Environment and Professionals Ø Knowledge - A Commodity Important Dates Pre-registration (with abstract) : 23rd May 2007 Intimation of acceptance : 30th May 2007 Receipt of completed papers : 22nd June 2007 Last date for registration : 29th June 2007 Address for Correspondence: Shri M. Somasekharan Convener, READIT-2007 Head, Scientific Information Resource Division (SIRD) Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) Kalpakkam - 603 102 Tamil Nadu, India Phone : (044) 2748 0281 Fax : (044) 2748 0096 e-mail: readit(a)igcar.gov.in or soma(a)igcar.gov.in Conference URL : http://www.malakc.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Research in Progress in LIS Since 1989....
by Chintha Nagabhushanam 09 May '07

09 May '07

Dear all You can find big list of Research in Progress in Library & Info. Science Ph.D's registered since 1989 to 2005 in All Indian Universities Hope it is more useful for who are planning to do Ph.D. & LIS teachers http://www.akhilamatrix.com/RIP.htm Best of Luck

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posting of a request
by annie Joseph 09 May '07

09 May '07

Sir, Our TIRC like to procure data capturing unit and barcode scanner. Please post the following message Kindly provide details like Company, price and indian dealers of data capturing unit and barcode scanners suseela NPOL, Thrikkakara, Kochi-21 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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GreenstoneWiki
by champe mishra 09 May '07

09 May '07

Dear Professional, Are you a Greenstone user? Looking for documentation to help you build better collections?? This is the place for you! You can take resouce and FAQs support for creating a digital library using Greenstone with the help of online collaboration tool like GreenstoneWiki.For details you may refer : http://greenstonewiki.cs.waikato.ac.nz/wiki/index.php/GreenstoneWiki Wish You All The Best. Regards, Champeswar Mishra, Library and Information Centre (LIC) Indian Institute Of Management,Kozhikode IIM Campus P.O., Kunnamagalam, Kerla , India, pin-673571 Phone no- 0495-2809143 -147,148 Fax: +91-495-2803010-11 Email:champeswar@gmail.com --------------------------------- Office firewalls, cyber cafes, college labs, don't allow you to download CHAT? Here's a solution! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha 2.2.9 has been released
by vimal kumar 09 May '07

09 May '07

Koha 2.2.9 has been released and available for download from http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/koha/koha-2.2.9.tar.gz There are only bug fixes and very minor enhancements in this release. Koha is the first Open-Source Integrated Library System. Koha is a full-featured open-source ILS. Developed initially in New Zealand by Katipo Communications Ltd and first deployed in January of 2000 for Horowhenua Library Trust, it is currently maintained by a team of software providers and library technology staff from around the globe. Koha 3.0 version will announce soon with lot of changes. This version will be compatible with MySQL 5 with Yahoo interface. Following are the major features of Koha 3.0: 1. Replace marc* tables with Zebra 2. Replace use of Net::Z3950 with Perl-ZOOM 3. UNICODE 4. apache2 with mod_perl2 support for improved speed 5. spellchecking queries based on database entries 6. Amazon.com integration 7. search history 8. Serials Enhancements Installation of supporting Perl modules are the tough part in Koha installation process. With this version, required Perl modules are bundled with installation package. Koha Home page: http://www.koha.org/ Demo: http://liblime.com/demos Documentation: www.kohadocs.org Vimal Kumar Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 www.asb.edu.in/vimal --------------------------------- No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. -- 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 09 May '07

09 May '07

Hello Members: Any body is going to IATUL 2007conference at Stockholm. Please let me know. Thanks. Md. Anisur Rahman BANGLADESH -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Required Librarian-Kolkata & M.P.
by moumita dey 09 May '07

09 May '07

1. Birla School -Kolkata Librarian: should have Post Graduate Degree or Diploma in Library Science. Apply within 7 days to Box No. 51960, the Telegraph, Kolkata-72 Ref: Telegraph-Jobs, 8.5.07 2. Scholars' Public School-Morena, M.P. Librarian: Bachelor Degree in Library Science Apply within 15th May, 2007 through e-mail (sps(a)ksoil.com) or Post to Dr. Prashant Thote, Vice President, Scholars' Public School, T.R. Puram, A.B. Road, Morena(M.P.), Mobile:09425129271 Ref: TOI, Ascent, 9.5.07 Best of luck! Moumita Dey -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need help for MPhill
by Snigdhachaya Adhyapak 08 May '07

08 May '07

*Hi Everyone* *I have applyed for MPhill in library and information science from Alagappa University ,in Distance Education but i got my study materials now and now cant understand whom to contact for my thesis topic and guide.Is it possible for me to select a topic myself and consult a guide here only. I m from Assam so if possible i would like to take help from someone through mail only.if anyone from Alagappa University please help me* kindly help Sincerely Snigdhachaya Adhyapak -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on Digital Libraries
by Mailing List Admin 08 May '07

08 May '07

Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 08:43:17 +0000 From: ANIL SINGH <rathoreas(a)hotmail.com> Dear Friends and Professional colleagues BIMTECH, Greater Noida in Collaboration with Indian Library Association (ILA) is organizing three days workshop on digital libraries from June 01-03,2007. For further details, Contact: Rishi Tiwari Organizing Secretary & Librarian Birla Institute of Management Technology Plot No 5,Knowledge Park-II Greater Noida (NCR) 201306 Tele-0120-2323001-10(o) 09213990225, 09810583623 (M) Website : www.bimtech.ac.in e-mail : library(a)bimtech.ac.in Thanks Dr. Anil Singh Division of Library, Documentation and Information National Council of Educational Research and Training Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi - 110016 E-mail: rathoreas(a)hotmail.com; dr_anilsingh(a)rediffmail.com Mobile: 9868167052 Phone: 26560620-308 (Extn.)

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Emerald - Research Fund awards Year 2007(Management Category)
by Rajneesh Rajpal 08 May '07

08 May '07

Dear Sir, Warm Greetings from Emerald Group publishing Ltd. (Est. 1967). It gives me an immense pleasure to share with you; (EMERALD) is conducting Research Fund Awards in association with AIMS for Indian region under the Management Category for year 2007. In a similar fashion, I would be doing Research Fund Awards for Indian region under LIS (Library & Information Sciences) Category for year 2007 shortly. Emerald/AIMS Research Fund Award 2007 "Supporting the dissemination of knowledge for social good in India" Call for Indian management research proposals This year, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, publisher of the largest collection of international business and management journals, and the Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS), formed in 1988 on the basis of a decision to establish a network of management schools in India, are proud to offer a research grant for an Indian project in the field of management. The funding award will amount to up to £2,000 (US$4,000 equivalent). Applications should address the dissemination of knowledge for social good with a specific orientation toward benefit for the Indian economy. Eligibility At least one member of each research team must be based in India. Judging criteria Each application will be judged, by a panel of experts, on the criteria below. The research must: * Be of significance, particularly illustrating how it will benefit the social good. * Demonstrate originality and innovation. * Make an outstanding contribution to theory and its application. * Illustrate the appropriateness and application of the methodology. * Demonstrate sound implications for theory and practice. Application requirements Each proposal, to arrive either by post or by e-mail, should: * Have a one-page summary stating specific goals, outcomes and benefits of the research. This should not exceed 2,000 words. * Display clearly a statement of purpose and intent * State clearly the methodology(ies) applied and explicitly describe the research process * State expected research outcomes and expected impact and possible application * Specify the expected timescales of the research process * Outline projected costs and total research grant required. Contact To view this information online, or to find out about the winners from previous years, please see HYPERLINK "http://www.emeraldinsight.com/awards"www.emeraldinsight.com/awards For further information, or to apply for the awards, please contact: Jim Bowden Research and Publishing Adviser Emerald Group Publishing Limited 60/62 Toller Lane Bradford BD8 9BY UK Tel: 01274 777700 Fax: 01274 785200 E-mail: HYPERLINK "mailto:jbowden@emeraldinsight.com"jbowden(a)emeraldinsight.com Rajneesh Rajpal Emerald Group publishing Limited 301, Vikas Surya Mall, Manglam Place Sec-3, Rohini, New Delhi -110085 Tel: 91-11-27948437/27948438 E-mail- HYPERLINK "mailto:rrajpal@emeraldinsight.com"rrajpal(a)emeraldinsight.com Key dates The closing date for applications is 1 July 2007. The initial short-list will be completed by mid-August 2007. Winners will be announced in early September 2007. Details of the Emerald Research Fund Awards: Library and Information Science (LIS) Category will be announced this summer at HYPERLINK "http://www.emeraldinsight.com/awards"www.emeraldinsight.com/awards About Emerald Established in 1967, Emerald Group Publishing Limited is the world's leading publisher of MANAGEMENT, KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT, LIBRARY &INFORMATION SCIENCE (LIS) JOURNALS and DATABASES. Emerald celebrates 40 years of publishing excellence in 2007 and publishes over 170 peer-reviewed titles such as Management Decision, Marketing Intelligence and Planning, Journal of Knowledge Management, Industrial Management and Data Systems and The TQM Magazine, along with a core collection of library and information science journals. The Emerald flagship product for the academic sector, Emerald Management Xtra (www.emeraldinsight.com) is dedicated to the development of business schools and management departments worldwide. The key product for the corporate sector is Emerald Management First (first.emeraldinsight.com) the fastest, most reliable online search tool for management information. About AIMS The Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) was formed in 1988 as a network of management schools in the country at the National Conference of the Heads of Management Education Institutions on "National Education Policy and its Implications for Management Education in the Country" held at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore in April 1988. AIMS has since grown into a powerful body for management schools in the country with a membership of about 400 Institutes. AIMS is the second largest network of management schools in the world. The mission of AIMS is to function as the professional association of management education concerned with quality of management, manpower training and development, management research, curriculum development and take all such steps on its own or in collaboration with other agencies for the promotion of Management Education in India. Find out more about AIMS at HYPERLINK "http://www.atma-aims.org/aboutAims.htm"www.atma-aims.org/aboutAims.htm Thanks & regards, Rajneesh Rajpal Country Manager Emerald group publishing Limited --------------------------------------------- 301,Vikas Surya Shopping Mall, Mangalam Place,Sector -3 , Rohini New Delhi -110085 -------------------------------------------- rrajpal(a)emeraldinsight.com www.emeraldinsight.com Mobile no- 91-9810224423 Tel no. -011-27948437-38 ----------------------------------------------------------------- The World's Leading publisher of Library & Information Science, Knowledge Management & Management journals & Databases ----------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/780 - Release Date: 4/29/2007 6:30 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. 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World Digital Library Project
by K.R. Mulla 07 May '07

07 May '07

Dear Sirs, Madam The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, architectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness, provide resources to educators, expand non-English and non-Western content on the Internet, and to contribute to scholarly research. The Vision Experience the technologies that will put visitors in touch with cultural heritage collections from around the world. The Planning Process Librarian of Congress James H. Billington proposed the establishment of a World Digital Library (WDL) in a speech to the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO in June 2005. The Library of Congress is currently engaged in a planning process to determine how this vision can be realized. Participants in the planning process include national libraries and other libraries and cultural institutions from around the world that have expressed interest in joining the project, as well as UNESCO and IFLA. The planning process is being underwritten by a gift from Google, Inc. http://www.worlddigitallibrary.org/project/english/about/ -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. **************************************************************************** Engg-Lib-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Engg-Lib-Forum/ Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/krmulla Library: http://203.90.120.126:8081/ Skype Me: krmulla ***************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC NET EXAM JUNE 2007
by binu david 07 May '07

07 May '07

Dear All I am preparing for the Library & information Science UGC NET EXAM June 2007. Do any one is aware of any practice CD-ROMS Available for our subject or any other site which publishes previous and sample question papers for the exam. Kindly help Sincerely Binu David -- ______________________________________________ IndiaInfo Mail - the free e-mail service with a difference! www.indiainfo.com Check out our value-added Premium features, such as an extra 20MB for mail storage, POP3, e-mail forwarding, and ads-free mailboxes! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Journal Usage Statistics
by Dr.D.P Prathap 07 May '07

07 May '07

Dear colleagues To get the Journal Usage Statistics, we are planning to paste a Usage Slip on each issue of the Journals, for the users to record whey the refer it. In this connection, kindly provide the following information: 1. items of information to be recorded on the slip 2. where the slip has to be pasted 3. A sample slip (as scanned image), being used in your library Yours sincerely Library Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore -- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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model : Writing and Presenting YourThesis or Dissertation
by sri priya 07 May '07

07 May '07

Writing and Presenting Your Thesis or Dissertation This guide has been created to assist my graduate students in thinking through the many aspects of crafting, implementing and defending a thesis or dissertation. It is my attempt to share some of the many ideas that have surfaced over the past few years that definitely make the task of finishing a graduate degree so much easier. (This Guide is a companion to the Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal.) To know more Visit : http://www.learnerassociates.net/dissthes/ Regards, S.Sripriya --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. -- 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] Training in LIS
by Mailing List Admin 07 May '07

07 May '07

On Fri, 4 May 2007, Subbiah Arunachalam wrote: Dear Ms Vasumathi Sriganesh: Thanks very much for these perceptive and insightful comments. I am overwhelmed with work, meetings and conferences and hence could not reply to anyone who cared to comment on my concerns about training. I fully agree with you that we have very few great librarians. Fortunately, I have had the good fortune of knowing some of them. I also know of some current librarians who are committed and who try hard to excel. But the majority is what I am concerned about. You have mentioned the Knowledge Commission. Please write to Mr Sam Pitroda and suggest that NKC should do something about the dwindling standards in this profession. Best wishes. Arun > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Vasumathi Sriganesh <vasu(a)qmedin.com> > To: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com>; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; naglaxman(a)yahoo.com > Cc: haravu(a)newgenlib.com > Sent: Thursday, 12 April, 2007 12:42:39 PM > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Training in LIS > > Dear Dr. Arunachalam > > You have really touched a very deep chord. We can no longer reject the truth > that we are faced with - however bitter it is. I know I have talked about > all these things to many people on one or more of these lists and definitely > with the individuals cc-ed on this list. I am also aware that there are a > handful of excellent dedicated librarians in India - but the number is > dwindling alarmingly.Also - they are buried deep in their institutions and > do not spread their wings across - mostly because they not permitted to. I > am praying hard that the National Knowledge Commission's findings and > reports may do some resurrection for the profession. > > There are two things about this entire issue: > > 1) There is a "Vicious Circle" that we are talking about. - Poor quality > librarians (being produced in masses) ----> projecting the profession in a > poor light ---> not attracting the kinds of salaries that MBAs / IT > professionals or even next lower levels do ----> and thus no really good > students enter the profession. I mentioned "Circle" and because I am writing > in an email - I had to put down the entire thing in a linear fashion. The > circle obviously has no beginning. One grim reality is - except in rare > situations, the number of librarians who would send their children into this > profession is miniscule. If we ourselves will not - how do we expect good > candidates to come in? Today's scenario is that the average starting salary > for a Fresh MBA from a reputed instn is Rs. 50,000/- and I wonder how many > seniors in the LIS profession, take that much home at the fag end of their > careers (if we leave aside some Corporate librarians) > > 2) Where do we begin? I believe there must be lots of parallel processing. > > a) Strong Foundations - School and college libraries need to be given very > high importance. The focus must be - > i) To inculcate the love of reading and information seeking in children / > teenagers > ii) To sow the seeds of the importance of libraries in their lives > The former will make them good library users AND good educated individuals ; > the latter will make them give the due importance to libraries - whatever > position they may be in.........and importantly if they are in decision > making positions > > b) At a very Massive Level - promote awareness of the importance of the > profession - and make good students take it up. In a country of Dr. SRR, I > think that easily 8-9/10 people to whom I say "I have done Lib & Info Sc" > ask me if it is a Diploma after the 10th or 12th. This is something we need > to be ashamed of. People know about BBA / BMS / BMM etc - courses that are > all just a few years old, but how come they know practically nothing about > Lib & Info Sciences? > > c) While we are getting good students in, we have to parallely ensure that > they have good jobs with good starting salaries, when they graduate. There > has to be some "handshake" between the process of these students getting > trained and organizations taking them in and starting them on doing > something by which they really produce measurable results in at least one > year. Also importantly, Communication and Soft skills simply MUST be > included in the curriculum. > > As I said - fundamentally - all three processes have to go on and then each > feeds into the other. > > Finally - I guess - the real question is "WHO WILL BELL THE CAT"? Take all > this to the major change that we seek? We need a bunch of people who will > work tirelessly towards this - and not give up - and hand over the baton to > the right people as and when required. > > Vasumathi Sriganesh > Director, QMed Services > A-3, Shubham Centre, Cardinal Gracious Road > Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099, India > Tel: 91-22-40054474 / 75 Fax: 91-22-40054358 > Indian Medical Sites- www.qmedin.com/medsites > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Subbiah Arunachalam" <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> > To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>; <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com>; > <iatlis-owner(a)yahoogroups.com> > Cc: <haravu(a)newgenlib.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 6:32 PM > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Training in LIS > > >> Friends: >> >> I am concerned about the quality of training we >> provide in our country to would be librarians and >> information scientists. > > > -- > 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 > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! 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Requires - the post - Librarian - in The National Institute of Technology, karnataka..
by sri priya 07 May '07

07 May '07

National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, a premier institute imparting excellent technical education at Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral levels, invites applications from Indian Nationals who are exceptionally bright and motivated with an established record of independent, high quality research and commitment to teaching/ research for faculty positions at level of Professors, Assistant Professors and Lecturers. This is a Standing Advertisement for Faculty. Candidates who meet the requirement may apply anytime during the year. Applications are also invited for administrative posts of Registrar, Librarian, Physical Director, Workshop Superintendent, Medical Officer and Deputy Registrar(Accounts) for direct recruitment / on deputation. More more details Visit :---- http://www.nitk.ac.in/ Source : Deccan Herald - 2/5/07 Regards, S.Sripriya --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interview with Tim Berners-Lee, Business Week, April 2007
by Babita Pattanaik 06 May '07

06 May '07

Dear Professional, Let's watchout, What The inventor of the Web explains--- how the new Semantic Web could have profound effects on the growth of knowledge and innovation. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Q&A with Tim Berners-Lee [Tim Berners-Lee is far from finished with the World Wide Web. Having invented the Web in 1989, he's now working on ways to make it a whole lot smarter. For the last decade or so, as director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Berners-Lee has been working on an effort he's dubbed the "Semantic Web." At the heart of the Semantic Web is technology that makes it easier for people to find and correlate the information they need, whether that data resides on a Web site, in a corporate database, or in desktop software. The Semantic Web, as Berners-Lee envisions it, represents a change so profound that it's not always easy for others to grasp. This isn't the first time he's encountered that problem. "It was really hard explaining the Web before people just got used to it because they didn't even have words like click and jump and page," Berners-Lee says. In a recent conversation with BusinessWeek.com writer Rachael King, Berners-Lee discussed his vision for the Semantic Web and how it can alter the way companies operate. Edited excerpts follow. ] Q: It seems one of the problems the Semantic Web can solve is helping unlock information in various silos, in different software applications, and different places that currently cannot be connected easily. ANS: Exactly. When you use the word "silos," that's the word we hear when somebody in the enterprise talks about the stovepipe problem. Different words for the same problem: that business information inside the company is managed by different sorts of software, and you have to go to a different person and learn a different program to see it. Any enterprise CEO really ought to be able to ask a question that involves connecting data across the organization, be able to run a company effectively, and especially to be able to respond to unexpected events. Most organizations are missing this ability to connect all the data together. Q: Even outside data can be integrated, as I understand it. ANS: Absolutely. Anybody making real decisions uses data from many sources, produced by many sorts of organizations, and we're stymied. We tend to have to use backs of envelopes to do this and people have to put data in spreadsheets, which they painfully prepare. In a way, the Semantic Web is a bit like having all the databases out there as one big database. It's difficult to imagine the power that you're going to have when so many different sorts of data are available. Q: It seems to me that we're overwhelmed with data and this might be a good way to help us find the data we need. ANS: When you can treat something as data, your querying can be much more powerful. Q: In your speech at Princeton last year, you said that maybe you had made a mistake in naming it the Semantic Web. Do you think the name confuses some people? ANS: I don't think it's a very good name but we're stuck with it now. The word semantics is used by different groups to mean different things. But now people understand that the Semantic Web is the Data Web. I think we could have called it the Data Web. It would have been simpler. I got in a lot of trouble for calling the World Wide Web "www" because it was so long and difficult to pronounce. At the end, when people understand what it is, they understand that it connects all applications together or gives them access to data across the company when they see a few general Semantic Web applications. Q: Some of the early work with the Semantic Web seems to have been done by government agencies such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the National Aeronautics & Space Administration. Why do you think the government has been an early adopter of this technology? ANS: I understand that DARPA had its own serious problems with huge amounts of data from all different sources about all sorts of things. So, they saw the Semantic Web rightly as something that was aimed directly at solving the problems they had on a large scale. I know that DARPA then funded some of the early development. Q: You have touched on the idea that the Semantic Web will make it easier to discover cures for diseases. How will it do that? ANS: Well, when a drug company looks at a disease, they take the specific symptoms that are connected with specific proteins inside a human cell which might lead to those symptoms. So the art of finding the drug is to find the chemical that will interfere with the bad things happening and encourage the good things happening inside the cell, which involves understanding the genetics and all the connections between the proteins and the symptoms of the disease. It also requires looking at all the other connections, whether there are federal regulations about the use of the protein and how it's been used before. We've got government regulatory information, clinical trial data, the genomics data, and the proteomics data that are all in different departments and different pieces of software. A scientist who is going through that creative process of brainstorming to find something that could possibly solve the disease has to somehow keep everything in their head at the same time or be able to explore all these different axes in a connected way. The Semantic Web is a technology designed to specifically do thatto open up the boundaries between the silos, to allow scientists to explore hypotheses, to look at how things connect in new combinations that have never before been dreamt of. Q: The Semantic Web makes it so much easier to find and correlate information about nearly anything, including people. What happens if that information gets into the wrong hands? Is there anything that can be done to safeguard privacy? ANS: Here at [MIT], we are doing research and building systems that are aware of the social issues. They are aware of privacy constraints, of the appropriate uses of information. We think it's important to build systems that help you do the right thing, but also we're building systems that, when they take data from many, many sources and combine it and allow you to come to a conclusion, are transparent in the sense that you can ask them what they based their decision on and they can go back and you can check if these are things that are appropriate to use and that you feel are trustworthy. Q: Developing Semantic Web standards has taken years. Has it taken a long time because the Semantic Web is so complex? ANS: The Semantic Web isn't inherently complex. The Semantic Web language, at its heart, is very, very simple. It's just about the relationships between things. Ms Babita Pattanaik (lecturer) North Orissa Univerisity Orissa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NACLIN 2007 from November 20-23, 2007 at New Delhi
by Sangeeta Kaul 05 May '07

05 May '07

Please kindly write to us if you would like to get a formal letter of invitation to participate in NACLIN 2007 =========================================================================== 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 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 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 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 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SCHEME FOR IGNOU-DEC RESEARCH AND TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS (RTA)
by Puna Das 04 May '07

04 May '07

SCHEME FOR IGNOU-DEC RESEARCH AND TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS (RTA) Objective The objective of the scheme is to attract the best talents in to teaching-cum-research in the areas of Open and Distance Learning/Teaching and Research in discipline-based as well as general Open and Distance Learning pedagogy. This will provide opportunities to the researchers to undertake advanced studies and research and teaching in the field of Open and Distance Learning. The candidate will register for Ph. D. under the rules of the University. Eligibility Consistently top academic records from School to P.G. Level with minimum 55% marks or an equivalent grade B+ in a seven point scale in Master’s degree (50 per cent marks or an equivalent grade in case of SC/ST/PH category). The age limit will be 25 years as on 1st July of the year of Award, relaxable by 5 years for women candidates and SC/ST/PH. Duration The tenure of the RTA will be initially for three years. Upon expiry of this period, the work of the Research & Teaching Assistant (RTA) will be evaluated by experts. If the research work is found satisfactory, his/her tenure will be extended for a further period of two years under the enhanced emoluments of the Senior Research and Teaching Assistantship. Thus, the total period of Research & Teaching Assistantship (RTA and SRTA) will be five years, with no further provision of extension. Financial assistance The value of Research & Teaching Assistantship shall be Rs. 10,000/- + HRA per month for the first three years with an annual contingent grant of Rs. 20,000/-. At the end of three years, the work done by the Research & Teaching Assistant (RTA) will be assessed in a manner as prescribed by the Research Council. The Research & Teaching Assistantship for the fourth and subsequent year will be Rs. 12,000/- p.m. + HRA. There will be no change in the amount of contingent grant and it will remain at the same level as in the first three years. An amount of Rs. 5,000/- per Research and Teaching Assistant (RTA) per year will be paid as overhead charges by the University to the School/Division/Centre/SOUs/CCIs/ DEIs/institutions where the Research and Teaching Assistant (RTA) will be working for providing infrastructural facilities to the Research & Teaching Assistant (RTA). Terms and Conditions (a) The Research & Teaching Assistantship will be tenable at Schools and Divisions in the Headquarters/Regional Centres of the University/ SOUs/ CCIs/ DEIs/any other institution recognized by the University. (b) The Research & Teaching Assistant (RTA) will do whole time research work under the approved guide in a subject selected by him/her and approved by the Research Council. (c) The candidate under the Research & Teaching Assistantship (RTA) scheme has to assist in the teaching/course preparation/design in the concerned School/Division/Institution for a minimum of 5 hours per week along with full time research. (d) The Research & Teaching Assistant (RTA) shall present to the University, through his/her supervisor, half yearly report on the progress of his/her work and the University/Institution will maintain a record of progress done by the Research & Teaching Assistant (RTA) by obtaining the same for every six months during the tenure, of the Research & Teaching Assistantship. (e) If a Research & Teaching Assistant (RTA) wishes to relinquish the Research & Teaching Assistantship during the tenure it should be done with the prior approval of the University. (f) The Research & Teaching Assistant (RTA) shall not accept or hold any appointment paid or otherwise or receive any emoluments, salary, stipend etc. from any other source during the tenure of the award. For More Details See: www.ignou.ac.in/adv/admission_ann.htm Application Form: www.ignou.ac.in/adv/RTA/Form%20RTA-Computer%20Div.doc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi www.anupkumardas.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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An innovative approach to managing Library
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 04 May '07

04 May '07

Dear Friends Please see the following announcement. We have started a small library for members and others of our society. It is library meant for senior citizens -- books of interest for this age group are specially collected. Our library is co-located in the premises of an already established successfully running subscription library called ARESS Book Club. The collections are maintained in two separate sequences. Maintenace and circulation done by ARESS staff. Clientelete of both libraries stand to gain by a larger collection of books to choose. Both libraries gain by virtue of increased customers. Separate accounts are kept. === Here is the announcement about it ============ Society for Serving Seniors SSS LIBRARY 2nd May 2007 We are happy to announce the starting of Library Services. This is the first time that two libraries under different managements are co-located in the same premises for the mutual benefit of all concerned. Location: The Library is co-located at the premises of ARESS Library. ARESS library is a not for profit circulating library managed by ARESS Group at Plot Number 6, Sitaramnagar, near Diamond Point Sikh Village, Secunderabad 500009 Contact: Ms Radha Devi, ARESS Book Club Phone: 65648869. Or Dr P Vyasamoorthy, President, SSS, 27846631. Timings: 8.30 am to 8.30 pm. Collection: Fiction, Personality development, Health & Medicine, Religion Spirituality, yoga, investment, law & general books. Emphasis will be on books of interest to senior citizens. A list of books is available in the premises for consultation. Most of the books are obtained through donation from members and other individuals. ARESS library has its own rich collection of over a thousand books in Telugu & English, borrow-able upon payment of a "lending-fee". Terms and Conditions: 1. SSS Members Associate Members of SSS can borrow books after payment of a refundable caution deposit of Rs 250/-. Books from SSS Collection will be lent without any lending-fee. Books have to be returned within one month of issue. Books damaged or lost will have to be compensated – by replacement of a copy or by payment of 50% of the price of the book. The value of the book, as determined by Library in charge will be final for this purpose. If SSS member wants to borrow ARESS books he has to pay lending-fee and abide by other terms and conditions, if any. No fresh deposit is needed. 2. ARESS Members ARESS members may borrow SSS books upon payment of lending-fee. ARESS members are encouraged to become Associate Members of SSS – Details enquire at the library counter. We are grateful to several donors like Sri Badrinarayanan, Sri Rajendra Rao, Prof Viruru Subba Rao, Sri Pappu and last but not the least to Ms Radha Devi for book donations through her. Further Donations of Books are welcome. Suggestions for improvement of Library services are welcome. =============== end of announcement ====== Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 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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Govt will have a say in MPhil, PhD progs??? TOI 4/05/07 Mumbai edition
by A. B. NAIKAL 04 May '07

04 May '07

Govt will have a say in MPhil, PhD progs TIMES NEWS NETWORK Mumbai: In a move that has been panned by academicians, the state has asked colleges wanting to offer MPhil and PhD to get a clearance from the government. This will be in addition to the universitys approval process. At present, colleges across Maharashtra are required to apply to the university they are affiliated to if they want to offer these programmes. The varsity, in turn, appoints a local inspection committee, which visits the institution to check whether the required facilities and faculty are available. The state government has no role in this process. As per the new rule, the state government will have a say in accepting or rejecting applications from colleges to offer MPhil and PhD. Principal secretary (higher and technical education) Joyce Shankaran said that with the University Grants Commission (UGC) permitting MPhil degree holders to enter the teaching profession without appearing for the National Eligibility Test (NET) or State Eligibility Test, several students have enrolled for MPhil and PhD. This has prompted the state to step in as it wants to monitor quality standards. Shankaran said the directors (higher education) office will have to be kept in the loop on the approval process. The UGC recently made changes in the eligibility criteria for college/varsity lectureship following the recommendation of the Mungekar Committee, which was set up to review utility, effectiveness and continuity of the NET. Acting on the interim report of the committee, the UGC announced that MPhil and PhD candidates would be exempted from taking the NET. While MPhil candidates will be eligible for teaching at the undergraduate level, PhD fellows will be eligible for postgraduate teaching. However, academicians view this move as government interference. The principal of a well-known college said the state was trying to make money as MPhil and PhD courses were becoming popular. Now, we will have to grease the palms of clerks in Mantralaya to get approvals. When academicians and experts of a university conduct checks on our campus and faculty, why does the government want second-level checks? asked a senior guide in the Pune university. Best regards Naikal __________________________________________________ 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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Japanese man on one-man mission to distribute books by bicycle
by madhuresh.singhal 04 May '07

04 May '07

You might be interested to read this recent news appeared in Monsters and Critics. I am copying below the news item, which is taken from its website http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/news/article_1298616.php/ Japanese_man_on_one-man_mission_to_distribute_books_by_bicycle Japanese man on one-man mission to distribute books by bicycle May 1, 2007, 6:19 GMT Tokyo - Kazuhiro Doi is on a one-man mission to change the world by pulling a mobile library on a bicycle around Japan. For more than two years, the 28-year-old has been distributing books on the environment, civil disputes and other social issues on a custom-made bicycle with a waterwheel-shaped bookshelf across his native Japan, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reported Tuesday. Doi left his home in the central prefecture of Aichi in January, 2005, initially to ask libraries around the country to carry a book published by a non-profit organization Think the Earth. The book documents the gravity of environmental destruction with about 100 photographs, including those of a mountain of industrial waste, children injured in a chemical factory accident in India and penguins covered with crude oil. When Doi first flipped through the pages, he was shocked and moved. 'I was slapped by what careless deeds human beings have imposed on Earth,' Doi told the newspaper. After spending sleepless nights contemplating what he could do, Doi quit his full-time job and began a bicycle journey to Japan's libraries, but not all libraries have been supportive of Doi's insistence that they carry the photo book. He then decided he had to be the library himself. After modifying his bicycle and building his waterwheel bookshelf, Doi began cycling with a library of about 20 books and giving them away to passersby who show interest in his mission. It's a library, but the users need not return the books. Doi said that instead, he hopes the books circulate among friends and in communities so many readers could learn about what is going on in the rest of the world. Another project he has devised during his travels is to establish book centres. Doi has been leaving a few books at restaurants, community centres and other social venues if the owners make environmentally friendly changes. An owner of a ramen noodle joint, for instance, agreed to use reuseable chopsticks rather than disposable ones, Doi said on a radio talk show. After news of his mission began spreading, Doi has been treated to meals or provided accommodation, but he also lands short-term, part-time jobs to buy food and books to distribute. Doi has so far visited about 1,200 libraries in 13 of Japan's 47 prefectures. By the time he turns 30, Doi said he hopes to have dropped by all the libraries in the country. 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/ ************************************************************************************************ 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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New Websites
by Thapar, Amit 04 May '07

04 May '07

How To Conduct a Job Interview http://www.bnet.com/2403-13056_23-52947.html Advice on how to get the most mileage out of a short interview to get a strong sense of how a job candidate will fit with your organization's needs Visuwords online graphical dictionary http://www.visuwords.com/ This is fascinating, a kind of visual thesaurus. Type in a word and an animation displays a mouseover definition and a kind of neural network of associations and related concepts. "Book," for example, is part of a conceptual universe including account books and ledgers, notebooks, sketch books, coffee table books, paperbacks, holy books, etc. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Require a librarian
by usha alagappan 03 May '07

03 May '07

Please post the following message on the forum: Virgin Animations Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore urgently requires a librarian. Fresher / Retired Librarians can also apply. Interested candidates can send their Resumes to kannan.gsa(a)gmail.com or mail to the following address: The Head of Operations Virgin Animations Pvt. Ltd 16 Houdin Road Ulsoor Bangalore 560 042 Thanks Usha Alagappan -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free web address
by K.R. Mulla 03 May '07

03 May '07

Dear friends, Shorten a long Web address Use DigBig to shorten a long *work-related* Web address (URL). DigBig is free to use. Tray it free: http://www.digbig.com/ -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. **************************************************************************** Engg-Lib-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Engg-Lib-Forum/ Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/krmulla Library: http://203.90.120.126:8081/ Skype Me: krmulla ***************************************************************************** -- 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 ISIS for Windows (WINISIS) at Thapar University, Patiala - Call for Participation
by Puna Das 03 May '07

03 May '07

Advanced Workshop on ISIS for Windows (WINISIS) Workshop Dates: May 14-18, 2006 Place: Thapar University, Patiala (Formerly Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology) (www.tiet.ac.in) Supported by UNESCO, New Delhi (www.unesco.org/newdelhi) ISIS for Windows (WINISIS) and its predecessor CDS-ISIS have played an important role in automation of library operations in developing countries like India. ISIS has become a preferred first tool for library automation for its easy-to-use features, convenient availability, negligible cost of implementation, continuous development & support from UNESCO and a large user community. Recent developments in WINISIS such as web based enabled interface, handling of digital documents etc have made it a potential tool for development and management of digital libraries. Due to fast expansion of higher education in India in the recent years, a large number of new and established institutions are embarking upon implementation of ICT for provision of library and information services. There is also increasing interest among information professionals to use open source information processing tools WINSIS, Greenstone, DSpace, EPrint, etc. However, limited training opportunities are an impediment to spread of these tools. This 5-day Workshop at Thapar University is an attempt to fulfill this need of Library and Information community, which is being organized in collaboration with Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Government of India and the UNESCO, New Delhi from May 14 to May 18, 2007. Objectives To equip existing and potential user of WINSIS in using advance features of the software, such as hyper-link, and web interface etc. Methodology The Workshop will cover all aspects of WINISIS, however special emphasis will be provided to advance features such as use of web tools like GENISIS, management of full text documents using linking features, use of WINISIS for automation of libraries, and exchange and conversion of WINISIS data to other tools such as Greenstone and vice versa. The format of the workshop has been designed to offer a flexible learning environment that will include lecture demonstration, group activities, visits /access to the library databases for live demonstration and extensive practical training. WINISIS and other supporting products will be given away courtesy DSIR to each participant. Target Audience & Expected Outcomes Practicing or trained- to- be library and information professionals in academic, research and other organizations which are embarking upon library automation and digitization projects. The workshop will be particularly useful for college and polytechnic librarians looking for easy-to-implement out-of-box solutions. Staff working in the small institutions without any formal training in librarianship may also register. Some exposure to computers is a pre-requisite. Knowledge or familiarity with CDS ISIS, though not compulsory, will be helpful. After attending the workshop the participants would be able to install WINISIS and its web application tools such as GENISIS and create and manage databases and its search interfaces. Venue The Workshop will be held at the Central Library of Thapar University, which offers air-conditioned state-of-art training facilities. The facility is equipped with latest computers in wired as well as wireless network Windows and Linux based environments. Registration Participation in this workshop is limited to the registered Indian users of CDS/ISIS, a database maintained by the DSIR. Seat is available on first-come-first serve basis. The participants should be nominated officially. However, non-registered users of CDS/ISIS can submit their nominations for wait-list. The interested applicants should complete the application form included in this brochure and send the same to the Workshop Coordinator at the following address by the due date, along with participation fee of Rs. 200 per person. Participants will have to bear cost of their travel and accommodation. For outstation participants limited air-conditioned / non air-conditioned shared accommodation is available within the campus, priced from Rs. 50 to Rs 100 per day. Single/double rooms are can also be arranged in the University Guest House and nearby hotels from Rs. 300 to Rs. 700 per day. Accommodation can be reserved by indicating your preference in the Registration Form and sending an advance payment of Rs. 500/- which will be adjusted with the final bill. Contact Address : University Librarian Thapar University, Patiala PO BOX 32, Patiala 147001 Email: winisis(a)tiet.ac.in Fax: +91-175-2364012, 2365522 Phone: 0175-2393040, 2393141 Mob: 09417523311 Last date for registration: May 5, 2007 Advance copy of registration forms can be sent by fax/email. Workshop Brochure & Registration Form can be had from http://dspace.tiet.ac.in:8080/dspace/handle/123456789/180 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi www.anupkumardas.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Send a FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger. 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One Day Seminar on LIS
by ACHAR S 03 May '07

03 May '07

One Day Seminar on Library & Information Science special reference to M.Phil./Ph.D. Students; Date:26th May 2007 at M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Management in Collaboration with Digital Information Research Foundation, Chennai. Papers are invited for presentation on research in LIS on or before 15 May 2007. Registration Fee:Rs.500/- Last Date to send the papers:15 May 2007 Contact persons:Janardhan Rao at jraoan(a)gmail.com; msrimjrao(a)yahoo.com or at ph:09880021875 & Vasanthkumar at nvasanth74(a)gmail.com Venue:MS Ramaiah Institute of Management, Bangalore __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dr.Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award - For the year 2007 - Announcement
by Arunachalam Hariharan 03 May '07

03 May '07

Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) B2-Solai Apartments, Mount-Poonamallee Road, Chennai 600 089 Tel: 044-2252 2448/42014772 E-mail: salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award For the year 2007 About the Award: SALIS has instituted a national level award called Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award , sponsored by Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Objecive of the Award: The main aim of the award is to identify a professional every year who contributes more to our profession and recognize him/her every year. Eligibility Criteria: 1. Applicant/Nominee should be a citizen of India and his/her conduct must be good. 2. The applicant should be a working library professional who holds at least Bachelors degree in library science or its equivalent. 3. Interested professionals should apply in the prescribed application form only 4. Nomination can be self or by a responsible library professional 5. Give full details for each category and attach support documents for verification. 6. Enclose separate sheets wherever necessary to give details 7. Applications without full details and support documents will be rejected 8. The application form can be obtained from SALIS office by sending e-mail to salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in or downloaded from SALIS website http://autolib-india.net/salis 9. Filled application should reach the office on or before 30.6.2007 10. The application will be evaluated by a panelist consisting of senior professionals in the country 11. Award Committee has the right to post-pone or cancel the award for any unavoidable reason. 12. All correspondence should be addressed to the Convener, SALIS Award Committee, SALIS, B2-Solai Apartments, Opp. to MGR Garden, Mount-Poonamallee Road, Chennai 600 089. Any enquires about the award may be sent to the Convener at salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in Other Information 1. The award may be presented to the awardee 10th Aug 2007 at the inaugural function of SALIS 2007 National Conference at Anna University, Chennai 2. A silver shield and a Citation will be awarded. 3. TA (IIIrd AC) by shortest route from the Residence to Chennai ( TO and FRO) will be given to the awardee 4. Local hospitality, accommodation, etc will be taken care Application Form (Give full details for each category and attach support documents wherever necessary for verification. Application without full details will be rejected) 1. Personal Data ? Name : Mr. / Ms./Dr. ________________________________________ ? Date of Birth : Age: ? Contact Address : ? E-mail : Tel (Off): Res: ? Years of Experience: 2. Qualification(s) ? Educational ? Professional ? Any other 3. Employment Details (Start with Current) Designation Organisation Pay Period Nature of Duties Major achievements From To 4. Innovative Service(s) introduced(give details) Service / Methods / Scheme a. b. c. 5. Publications (Give full details) ? Articles published in International Journals ? Articles published in National Journals ? Books Published : ? Books Edited : ? Book Reviewed : 6. Paper Presentation in Seminars/Conferences: Papers presented in International Conferences / Seminars : Papers presented in National Conferences / Seminars : 7. Conference / Seminars / Courses Attended (Give details) i). International ii). National 8. Conference / Seminar s / Courses organized / conducted (Give details) 9. Invited Lectures delivered (in conferences / seminars / courses) (Give details) i). International ii). National 10. Membership details: Member of (Give details) ? Name of the Journal - Editorial Board of a Journal ? Name of a committee ? Name of the Professional bodies and the position held ? Any other 11. Research Guidance at various levels (Give details) a. Master b. M.Phil c. Ph.D 12. Project(s) Undertaken and completed(give details) 13. Award / Medal / Citation / Honor / Fellowship Received (Give details) 14. Professional Activities in the capacity of (Give name of the professional body, period and position) ? Member of Professional bodies ? Office-bearer of Professional body 15. Country (ries) visited in official capacity and purpose thereof (give details) 16. Contribution to the profession apart from the above (give details) 17. Please give your self-assessment as to why you may be selected for this award (100 words) 18. Enclose two References (along with details of name, designation, complete address, E-mail and Telephone Number of the referees) who are holding the responsible positions. Among them, one should be the head of the institution/head of the department of the organization where the applicant is working. 19. Any other details to be considered Declaration: Information given above are correct and true to the best of my knowledge. Date: Signature of the Applicant Place: Recommendation: 1. I hereby recommend Mr./Ms./Dr.___________________________________ for the above award. 1. Name 2. Designation 3. Institution 4. Address 5. Email 6. Contact .No. Date Signature 2. I hereby recommend Mr./Ms./Dr.___________________________________ for the above award. 1. Name 2. Designation 3. Institution 4. Address 5. Email 6. Contact No. Date Signature About Dr.Harish Chandra -------------------------- Dr.Harish Chandra is currently working as Librarian of IIT, Madras. Prior to this, he has also worked in IIT, Delhi, GSI and IIFT. He underwent training in Library Automation and Digital Library at University of Cambridge, UK and Tilburg University, Netherlands respectively. His major contributions are in the areas of New Library Building Planning, ISO-9001 application in the Library, Digital Library Initiative, Web based library and information services, etc. Dr.Chandra is a member of Senate, IIT since 1995, a member of Task Force for Higher Education Library System, MHRD. He is also a member in the editorial board of various journals including OCLC Systems and Services. He is also a member of many professional bodies. Dr.Chandra has over 60 publications to his credit and completed various projects and consultancy assignments. He has organized several national and international conferences. He has received several awards, chaired number of technical sessions and delivered number of invited lectures. He has visited more than 12 countries and received several awards. He has also received many awards including SALIS Life Time Achievement Award More information about Dr. Harish Chandra is available at http://harishchandra.net/ Previous Year Award winners: 1. Dr. T.A.V. Murthy, Director, INFLIBNET for the year 2004 2. Prof. (Dr.) M.Suriya, HOD, Dept of Library & Information Science & Librarian, Annamalai University for the year 2005 3. Dr. P.V. Konnur, University Librarian, Bangalore University, Bangalore - for the year 2006 ------------------------------------------ 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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33 Reasons Why Libraries and Librarians are Still Extremely Important
by kiran＠cseindia.org 03 May '07

03 May '07

This article will definitely interest members of LIS fourm.It is available at http://www.degreetutor.com/library/adult-continued-education/librarians-nee… An article by Will Sherman, in DegreeTutor. 33 Reasons Why Libraries and Librarians are Still Extremely Important http://www.degreetutor.com/library/adult-continued-education/librarians-nee… An article by Will Sherman, in DegreeTutor. Many predict that the digital age will wipe public bookshelves clean, and permanently end the centuries-old era of libraries. Technologys baffling prowess and progress even has one librarian predicting the institutions demise. He could be right. But if he is, then the loss will be irreplaceable. As libraries relevance comes into question, they face an existential crisis at a time they are perhaps needed the most. Despite their perceived obsoleteness in the digital age both libraries and librarians are irreplaceable for many reasons. 33, in fact. They are listed at http://www.degreetutor.com/library/adult- continued-education/librarians-needed Regards. Kiran Pandey Coordinator-Environment Resources Unit Centre for Science and Environment 41, Tughlaqabad Institutional Area New Delhi-110062 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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The information-related Librarian job vacancies UK
by K.R. Mulla 03 May '07

03 May '07

Dear Friends, The information-related Librarian job vacancies. The Jinfo Newsletter now features a CV Makeover, in which a job seeker's CV is critiqued and revised by specialists in the field as well as career tips for all experience levels. Read the latest edition and subscribe free at <http://www.jinfo.com/newsletter/>. -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. **************************************************************************** Engg-Lib-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Engg-Lib-Forum/ Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/krmulla Library: http://203.90.120.126:8081/ Skype Me: krmulla ***************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian: Career Information
by K.R. Mulla 03 May '07

03 May '07

Dear Friends Employment of librarians is expected to grow more slowly than the average for all occupations through 2014 http://careerplanning.about.com/cs/occupations/p/librarian.htm?terms=librar… -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. **************************************************************************** Engg-Lib-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Engg-Lib-Forum/ Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/krmulla Library: http://203.90.120.126:8081/ Skype Me: krmulla ***************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar on Future of e-Access & Grand Finale, 3rd May, Bangalore
by Angrosh 01 May '07

01 May '07

Seminar on Future of eAccess and InfoQuiz Grand Finale May 3rd, 2007, Bangalore Speakers: Mr. Ajit Balakrishan, Founder and CEO Rediff.Com Dr. Prasad Ram , Engineering Director and Centre Head, Google India Mr. Deependra Moitra, Management Consultant, Bangalore InfoQuiz 2007- Grand Finale Six finalists will battle it out for the cash prize and trophy. * Cash prize of INR 40,000 for the winners and INR 10,000 for the runners up sponsored by Rediff.Com * Trophy by Informatics India Venue: KSCA, P2 hall (Chinnaswamy Stadium), MG Road, Bangalore Time: 10.00 AM 1.30 PM Lunch: 1.30 PM 2.30 PM For more details and to register for the seminar and quiz www.isim.ac.in Please register and participate All are cordially invited Enquiries: Angrosh: 9886970411 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Source Bibliography software
by Mailing List Admin 01 May '07

01 May '07

Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 16:40:14 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Dear All, Could you please any one guide me to get the Open source bibliography software for windows version. If any one have the said software, kindly do a favour buy sending the software as an attachment. With advance thanks, Nihar K Patra Assistant Librarian (In charge of IT infrastructure) XLRI, P.B. 222, C.H Area (East) Jamshedpur - 831001

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Internet Resources Newsletter: May issue
by Mailing List Admin 01 May '07

01 May '07

Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 10:56:58 +0100 From: "MacLeod, Roderick A" <R.A.MacLeod(a)hw.ac.uk> ____________________________________________ 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/irn150/irn150.html <http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn150/irn150.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 <http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html> An RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed for the Newsletter is available: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.rss <http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.rss> Featured in this issue: Comment Internet Resources Newsletter by email and RSS Random quotes If you only read one thing 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): Scribd, and The Depot Blogorama News of Blogs, RSS, etc Selected interesting Blogs and RSS feeds Press Releases Funding worth more than �15m announced 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

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NCERT Books Available Online Freely
by madhuresh.singhal 01 May '07

01 May '07

Dear All, NCERT has made available all text books for class I to XII in digital form. Now it is available for everyone to download/read online in PDF. You may follow NCERT website http://www.ncert.nic.in or more specifically http://www.ncert.nic.in/textbooks/testing/Index.htm "NCERT has initiated the step towards making school textbooks available on the Internet for students and teachers. We hope through this endeavour a variety of pedagogical possibilities would open up for students and teachers throughout the country. We also hope that this effort will lead to a situation where teachers begin to adopt a more modular approach, rather than a sequential approach to teaching and learning, through access to a variety of teaching and reference material. New Textbooks are based on National Curriculum Framework 2005." NCERT books are of high standards and are considered useful for writing various competitive exams. 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/ ************************************************************************************************ 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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Digital Library Summer School, 27 - 31 August 2007, The Netherlands]
by Mailing List Admin 01 May '07

01 May '07

Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:08:42 +0100 (BST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> For detailed info, visit http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/services/lis/ticer/07carte/index.html > *Digital Libraries Ã la Carte* > > * * > > *Modular, International Digital Library Course* > > *Tilburg** University, The Netherlands, 27-31 August 2007* > > > The International Ticer School (known for its former International > Summer School on the Digital Library) offers a new, modular course for > librarians and publishers: "Digital Libraries Ã la Carte". The course > will be held at Tilburg University, The Netherlands, 27-31 August 2007. > > From its âmenuâ of _six one-day modules_, you can pick your choice: > > * Module 1: Strategic Developments and Library > Management > * Module 2: Technological Developments: Threats > and Opportunities > for Libraries > * Module 3: Hands-on: Open Source Software for > Libraries and XML > * Module 4a: Libraries Supporting Research and > Open Access > * Module 4b: Hands-on: Library 2.0 Technologies > to Reach out to the > Customer > * Module 5: Libraries Supporting Teaching and > Learning >

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MLAI membership rejection - Further Clarification and Thanks for Moral Support.
by Sukhdev Singh 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

Dear Friends, I thank all of you for showing solidarity with me in relation to my "Medical Library Association of India" (MLAI) membership rejection. I am really indebted for the moral support that I got from you all. However, I also got few emails suggesting that there could be some administrative mistake at MLAI office. And thus I should check up with MLAI office. I therefore would like to clarify my perception about this whole issue. Otherwise few of you would take it just an instance of minor lapse on part of MLAI. The following paragraph would clarify that it could not be a random error or some administrative lapse. The rejection was deliberate but done in a manner to leave enough doubts in this episode and get away with it anytime. Friends, I have already mentioned in my previous email that one of my colleagues is an Executive Member of MLAI. He was supposedly asked to increase association membership. While he was leaving for the latest MLAI conference at Chandigarh, he took an application of one my colleague along with him. It appears, he did his best to hand over the application – but nobody took it. He came back and mailed it through post. In the meanwhile, I also got interested in MLAI and posted my application in March. There was enough time gap between these two applications. However, the cheques of these two applications were mailed back in a single envelope addressed to my colleague residence. It means, they already knew who we are and how we are related. Let me inform you all that one of our senior colleague (MLAI member) has already written a letter to MLAI Office bearers for seeking reasons for the refusal. A phone call was also made to an "important" MLAI Office Bearer. We have however not received any clarification or communication till date in this regard. I will be informing this forum as and when I receive any explanation from MLAI. I once again thank to all for the moral support I am getting from you all. I would also like to thank my colleagues for offering withdrawing their MLAI membership. Thanks Sukhdev Singh NIC. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Duration of UGC Refresher Course-reg
by msnraj 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

Dear Professionals, This is regarding the UGCs recent order regarding the Career Advancement scheme (CAS) for Library Staff in the University and college libraries for the promotion to Senior Grade and Selection Grade. The participation of Two Refresher course, each of not less than four weeks durations is one of the conditions for eligibility for promotion under this scheme. I need some information regarding the followings: 1. All the Refresher courses of UGCs Academic Staff college (ASC) is of only three weeks duration. Is there any ASCs conducts four week refresher course. If yes, Which Academic Staff College?. If not, why this order insists for four week course. Is it a typographic error? If any professional friends has any information regarding this kindly provide the same. Mr.S.Nagaraja Librarian, Regional Institute of Education, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), Manasagangothri, MYSORE- 570 006. Ph. 0821-2413670 Mob: 0991733236 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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InfoQuiz 2007
by pradeep kumar 28 Apr '07

28 Apr '07

I would like to raise the serious issue of fair play in InfoQuiz 2007. The prvious format of one hour(11 am - 12 pm) provided level playing field to all participants. But the new format of 4 hrs (1-5 pm) do the opposite. For example: Person A takes the quiz from 1-2 pm & knows his scores and right answers after assessment; then his partner B takes the quiz (anytime between 2-5 pm) and scores the highest with getting all right answers from person A. This is what really happening at the moment. so this fact put questionmark on the InfoQuiz itself as how can real knowledge be tested in this format. This issue needs serious debate and rethinking of organising the quiz again to ensure fair practices and to provide equal oppurtunity to all participants. PRADEEP KUMAR JLA, G053, I-BLOCK REFERENCE DIVISION PARLIAMENT LIBRARY OF INDIA NEW DELHI-110001. E-mail: pradip_parlib(a)yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Positions at DELNET for FIELD ASSOCIATES
by Sangeeta Kaul 28 Apr '07

28 Apr '07

DELNET is looking for FIELD ASSOCIATES. The Candidates with MLISc's with a good academic qualifications, diploma in computer applications, good communication skills and interest in traveling in different regions in India may apply. The Candidates may indicate their preferences for travel to Northern/Western/Central/Eastern parts of the country. Selected candidates will be given training at DELNET, New Delhi. Interested applicants should apply to Director, DELNET, JNU Campus, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070 at hkkaul(a)delnet.ren.nic.in, hkkaul(a)gmail.com on or before May 10, 2007.

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Audiovisual heritage and digital universe
by K.R. Mulla 28 Apr '07

28 Apr '07

Dear Professional Friends, Sorry for cross posting 25-04-2007 (Paris) The seventh Joint Technical Symposium (JTS) to examine issues affecting the audiovisual archival profession will be held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 28 to 30 June 2007.Audiovisual heritage and digital universe<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=579&e=Mzc4Njc=&l=-http--p…> -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. **************************************************************************** Engg-Lib-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Engg-Lib-Forum/ Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/krmulla Library: http://203.90.120.126:8081/ Skype Me: krmulla ***************************************************************************** -- 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] Sad demise of Dipak Kr Nag
by Mailing List Admin 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:53:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Kishor Satpathy <kishor_satpathy(a)yahoo.com> I am deeply shocked to know the sad demise of Sri Dipak Kr Nag, Hon. General Secretary of IASLIC. His untimely sad demise is a great loss to the profession and to the IASLIC. He will be remembered as a dedicated worker of IASLIC. May God give peace to the departed soul and give strength and courage to the family members to bear the loss. Regards, Kishor C Satpathy IIM Indore

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GeoHive Global Statistics
by Mailing List Admin 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:03:47 +0530 From: "Thapar, Amit" <amitt(a)niper.ac.in> GeoHive Global Statistics http://www.geohive.com/ Provides a wealth of comparative information on countries and cities of the world - charts on population, natural resources, wealth, infrastructure, energy consumption and resources, and more. Amit

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details about dcu
by Mailing List Admin 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:52:54 +0530 From: annie Joseph <susjose60(a)gmail.com> I am Mrs Sushela Annie Joeph, Technical Officer B, working in Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory, (DRDO), Cochin -, Kerala can anyone give me details about data capturing units, their cost, and dealers in India. annie

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MLAI membership
by sidda＠nimhans.kar.nic.in 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Dear Professional As per the RTI (right to Information) act, office bearers of the assocation has to provide all the information including bye-law, proceeding and the decision and the latest returns filed to the registrars of the society. We may need to ask for all the documents and the proceeding may be undertaken. With regards Dr.H.S.Siddamallaiah

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Library Assistant required
by P K Bhattacharya 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

TERI Library, New Delhi requires library Assistant. Eligibility: B.Lib. Sc./Diploma or Certificate in Library Science with a good academic track with computer literacy and good communication skills. Only male candidates who are ready to work in shifts need to apply. Interested candidates may come for Walk-in Interview between 10 Am to 5 Pm on Monday (30 April 2007) or 10 AM to 12 PM on Tuesday (1 May 2007). Contact: Librarian TERI Library Library Block, 3rd Floor (Gate No.3) IHC Complex Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110 003 Tel: 24682100/2111

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List of UGC refresher cource 07-08
by Sujata Mandal 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Dear Professional friends, I am looking for the list of UGC Refreshers Courses - Science and Humanities Subjects (Specially Library and Information Science) 2007-08. I shall be thankful if anybody can help me to get the list of courses with organising institutions. Regards, Ms. Sujata Mandal Information Officer Virtual Information Centre ICICI Knoweledge Park, Hyderabad Send a FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger. Get it now at http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/

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views on Library Professionals:LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 49, Issue 16
by K A. Sardesai 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Respected Rao Sir, I really accept your views and thoughts about our profession in the society.I always feel that the necessecity of Library professional is at every stage of life.When we step-in to the school since then till our death.The ways are different. But the true library professional are always doing the best for every one to whom ,and where thay are attached.Apart from how they have treated.The corporates ,financial organisations,banking industry,B schools ,International schools,Malls every where the services are creating the opportunities but the packages offered are depressive.The qualifications required are masters but the package offered is just Rs 5 to 7000 including universities.The library duties have not been called as core activities even though they are participating in research /asistance etc indirectly. Sir, I accept your views since I was your student in PGDLAN at Hyderabad.Let me know how can we join together to raise our profession? Andhra-Pradesh,Karnataka,Uttar pradesh are comparatively doing well for this profession but in Maharashatra mainly in Mumbai I found there are less jobs and no good network among the librarians.One BHOSLA is there but sorry to say that I am not amember.I feel there should a online network like lis-forum for every new and updates in the profession The Forum should take initiatives to get better packages for Library professionals from Library peon to Librarian, the time bound promotions/uplift of posts in the organisations, training for emerging technologies,,job opportunities , renumeration of packages etc. Sir, there are many such librarians dreamed to be a member or a librarian of any medical,corporate or research libraries and mainly when I read about a schlorship for World Medical Libraries where there was only one Indian.To get these opportuities we all should come together I think online and the great personalities like Yourself,Dr A R D Prasad,Dr Devika ,Dr Manjunath should lead for us.Sam Pitroda has announced Knowledge Information Commission but is it upgrading LIS Professionals in practice or only IT professionals. Librarian should be IT+knowledge manager what I feel. Hoping for best image and assisting for the same in your mission. With regards Kshipra Sardesai Asst Librarian,RBI, Bandra

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SALIS 2007 National Conference at Anna University, Chennai
by Arunachalam Hariharan 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Conference Announcement SALIS 2007 National Conference on Future Technologies for Empowering LIS Professionals: Threats, Challenges and Opportunities Jointly Organised by University Library, Anna University & Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) Date: 9-11th August 2007 Venue: ANna University, Chennai-600 025 ------------------------------------------------------------- Objetives: Many new ICT and security technologies such as RFID, Wi-Fi, Smartcard, Bio-metric, CCT, Optical, Scanning, Digital, Internet, Web technologies are being introduced in Libraries in recent years in spite of technology limitations, applications, uses and threats. Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and RSS are the other important new concepts that have been used in providing future web based library services. Wikipedia, Weblogs, Second generation search engines are used in organizing, storing, searching and disseminating information. Information sources are being made available in a variety of formats and media. Libraries are moving from print to digital. Existing libraries and information centers and LIS professionals have to gear up rapidly to exploit fully the potential and capabilities of the new technologies. The conference aims at providing a forum for learning and exchange of ideas among those who are actively involved in these areas to meet the future challenges. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABOUT THE THEME Articles/papers are invited for presentation in the following areas in conformance with the main theme. Original case studies and reports on best practices will be appreciated. RFID - RFID concepts, type of Antennas, Readers, EAS, labels , integration, implementation , case studies, problems and solutions Smart Card - Storage, identification, applications, integrations, etc Biometrics - Application for user authentication Wi-fi - Connectivity, application, LAN, Intranet, application in LIS centres Storage Device - types, data back-up, security ,etc Digital Libraries of the future Design, methodology, planning, digital initiatives, HW/SW, standards and formats, metadata, institutional repositories, open source initiatives, networking of libraries, consortia, knowledge management, digital futures and roles of the Libraries E-Resources- E-books, e-journals, access mechanism, pricing policy and e- publishing, standards, etc Scanning Technology - Types of scanners, resolution, file size, format, OCR, application in LIS centres. Digital Preservation - Preservation methods/types, planning, etc Preservation of printed documents Application of technology, methods, procedures and durability Wikipedia, weblogs, search engines, web OPAC, semantic web Feature, function, ontology, trend and use WEB 2.0 and Library 2.0 Key principles, model, design and implementation of library services. Web based Library Services and Portal: Design, service and implementation Bibliomining Technology, trends and application Content Management Systems Design, methodology, strategies, implications and solutions E-Learning- Design, methods, implementation Information Literacy for effective utilization of LIbrary resources Case Studies and Best Practices: on Conference main theme or any sub theme given in the brochure Copyrights in the Network World Standard practice, rights, ownership issues, protection and practical implications Management of technologies - Threats and challenges digital divide, technology threat, HW/SW technology absorption, cost, implementation etc Re-defining the Library Challenges facing libraries, design, methodology, change and strategic management, etc User Needs & Expectations in the Future and Opportunities User requirements and expectations, factors influencing the opportunities - knowledge societies, global competition, etc. Future Research in LIS Trends and developments Professional Development, Skills and Training: Skills building, technical communication, IT, managerial and soft skills; staff development; leadership, training opportunities, role of professional associations & institutions. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INVITED PAPERS Experts from various parts of the country have been invited to present their experience through invited keynote papers in each session, which will also be included in the conference proceedings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PAPER SUBMISSION Authors are requested to submit two copies of full paper (with abstract not exceeding 250 words) in double space on A4 size paper in camera-ready form and also a softcopy on CD in MS-Word along with the Registration fee. Charts, graphs, photographs, if any, should be inserted at the proper place in the paper. The full paper should not exceed 10 pages of A4 size paper. Papers without Registration Fee will not be accepted A declaration by the author(s) should be given separately stating that the paper has not been presented/published elsewhere. Papers accepted for publication will be intimated to the first author by e-mail. The decision of the Editorial Committee regarding the acceptance of the papers for presentation will be final. Last date for submission of paper: 30.06.2007 Last date for Registration: 20.07.2007 Pre - Conference Tutorial Topic: RFID: Technology, Implementation and Integration Date: 9th Aug 2007 (10.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m) Topic: Institutional Repositories Date: 9th Aug 2007 (02.30 p.m. to 5.00 p.m) Panel Discussion on Institutional Repositories on11th Aug 2007 at 04.00 p.m ---------------------- REGISTRATION FEES Category Amount Rs. Conference & Tutorials Individual Conference + 1 Tutorial 1400.00 Individual Conference + 2 Tutorials 1600.00 Deputed Conference + 1 Tutorial 1900.00 Deputed Conference + 2 Tutorials 2200.00 Conference Individual 1000.00 Deputed Tutorial 1 Tutorial 500.00 2 Tutorials 800.00 30 % concession will be given to regular students and trainees in the registration fee. Non-member has to pay Rs.100/extra. The registration fees may be paid through D.D. in favour of the Organizing Secretary, SALIS 2007: National Conference on Future Technologies for Empowering LIS Professionals payable at Chennai, addressed to the organizing secretary. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACCOMMODATION The delegates will be provided accommodation in the nearby institutions (if available) and also in hotels on twin basis on advance payment on first cum first basis. The tariff on daily basis ranging from Rs.300 to Rs.2000 with both non-A/C and A/C accommodations. Accommodation can be provided for the family members on additional payment in advance TRANSPORT The Anna University is about 12 km away from Chennai Central Railway Station and 10 km from Chennai airport. The call taxi, auto, bus are available from all parts of the city. Delegates are requested to report their arrival to the reception counter of Central Railway Station. The volunteers will be there to guide them and the transport to the venue will be available from 9th August 2007 morning onwards. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anna University Anna University was established on 4th September 1978 as a unitary type of University. Since December 2001, it has become a large, highly renowned affiliated University. It offers higher education and research in Engineering, Technology and allied Sciences relevant to the current and projected needs of the society. Besides promoting and disseminating knowledge gained there from, it fosters cooperation between the academic and industrial communities Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) SALIS is a registered professional body, actively involved in the development of all spheres of LIS by organizing various programs such as seminar, lectures, training programs on emerging topics. It has chapters in Chennai, Trichy, Coimbatore, Thirunelveli, Vellore, Nagpur and New Delhi to provide service in the respective regions regularly. SALIS has instituted many awards to honor LIS professionals in the country. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ About Chennai Chennai , formerly known as Madras , is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and is India's fourth largest metropolitan city. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal with an estimated population of 6.98 million (2006). The 368-year-old city is the 34th largest metropolitan area in the world. Chennai is the third largest commercial and industrial centre in India, and is known for its cultural heritage and temple architecture. It is also a hub for south Indian classical music and dance performances. Chennai is considered the automobile capital of India, with a major percentage of the automobile industry having a base here and a major portion of the nation's vehicles being produced here. This has led to Chennai being referred to as the Detroit of South Asia. Many multinational software companies are located in Chennai. It has also become a major centre for outsourced jobs from the West. The 12-kilometre long Marina Beach forms the city's east coast. Chennai is also one of the rare cities to accommodate a national park, the Guindy National Park, within its city limits. Nearest tourist places: Puducherry (erstwhile Pondicherry), Arabindo Ashram, Mahapalipuram, Kanchipuram, Marina Beach, Crocodile park, Vandalur Zoo, Dakshin Chitra, Kovalam beach, Muttukadu boat jetty and Theme parks are some of the near by places to visit. Temples: Many temples are located in and around Chennai Site seeing: A site seeing will be arranged on payment on 12.08.2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Address for communication regarding registration, accommodation and sponsorship and submission of Papers Dr. K. Nithyanandam Organizing Secretary & Special Officer, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai- 600 025, Tamil Nadu E-Mail : k_nithyanandam(a)annauni.edu , salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in Phone : 044-2021382, Cell: 9444337936 URL : www.annauniv.edu Full details of the conference will be posted now and then at SALIS website also at http://www.autolib-india.net/salis REGISTRATION FORM Name : Mrs./Ms./Mr./Prof./Dr. : ________________________________ Designation : ________________________________ Organization/Institution : ________________________________ Address : ________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ Telephone : E-mail : Are you attending : Tutorial & Conference Tutorial only Conference only. Are you a SALIS Member : YES/NO Are you presenting a paper : Yes/No Whether Accommodation required: yes / No Hostel / Guest House / Hotel Details of Payments: For Conference Rs.= For Tutorial Rs.= For Accommodation Rs.= Bank Draft No./Cash : ___________________ Arrival details (Train No., Date, Time etc.,) _________________________________________________ Whether you have been deputed: Yes/No Signature : _______________________________ Name : _______________________________ -------------------------------------------------------- A.Hariharan Structural Engineering Research Centre CSIR Campus Taramani Chennai - 600 113 hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com Cell: 9841601901 Off:044-22549133 -------------------------------------------------- SALIS B2-Solai Apatments Mount-Poonamallee Road (opp.to.MGR Garden) Chennai - 600 116 Tel: 044-22522448/42014772 www.autolib-india.net/salis __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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Regarding Vacancy in Pune
by Vandana Khandelwal 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Dear sir, Please pass this message to all forum members. Thanks Maharashtra Academy of Engineering Alandi, requires library Assistant and Library Attendant for its central library. Eligibility: Library Assistant - B.Lib. Sc. with a Good academic track record, having excellent computer knowledge, good communication skills. Typing is must. Library Attendant - Diploma in Library Science with computer literacy. Typing is must. Only the candidates who are ready to work in shifts need to apply. Please send your resume on following email address: vbkhandelwal(a)mitpune.com Vandana Khandelwal Librarian Maharashtra Academy of Engineering Alandi (D) Pune __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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InfoQuiz 2007-Registration Closes Today-Hurry Up!
by Angrosh 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Hi, Welcome to ISiM InfoQuiz 2007 - Organized by International School of Information Management, University of Mysore ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Participate in InfoQuiz 2007 and win upto 50K INR Open for all Students and Professionals Winners get 40K INR Runners take home 10K INR Many more gifts and goodies Prizes Sponsored by rediff.com Registration is Free Quiz theme comprises of Computer Science & Engg, Information Science and Engg, Knowledge Management, Information Management, Data Mining and Data Engg. ------------------------------------------------------------------- --> For details and Online Registration --> visit http://www.isim.ac.in ------------------------------------------------------------------- Date Line- Registration : Apr 13-27 (Ends at 1700hrs IST on April 27, 2007) Online Quiz : Apr 28 (From 1100 to 1200 hrs IST) Top 6 Scorers of online quiz will qualify for stage quiz. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stage Quiz : May 3 in Bangalore (Venue to announced shortly) All the travel expenses of the qualified candidates would be borne by ISiM --------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoQuiz 2007 is Powered by gyanX Please feel free to forward this to your students, friends, colleagues and relatives --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enquires 1. Angrosh : 9886970411 2. Vikram : 9886793701 Email: office(a)isim.ac.in

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Professional Training Programme
by Mailing List Admin 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

Date: 19 Apr 2007 14:08:01 -0000 From: Smaranika Mishra <smishra_83(a)rediffmail.com> Dear members Central Library, IIT, Kharagpur requires 5 professional trainee for 1 year period.for more detail visit non-teaching position at iitkgp site i.e. www.iitkgp.ac.in or the link below http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/downloads/prf_trainee.pdf With regards Smaranika Mishra Central Library IIT, Kharagpur Pin-721 302 West Bengal

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Re: [LIS-Forum] membership of MLAI
by Mailing List Admin 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:05:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Suresh Horakeri <horakerisd(a)yahoo.com> Dear professional friends, It is unfortunate to know that, denied membership of MLAI to Mr Sukhdev, he is an expert in the area of information science, open archive initiatives etc. All librarians irrespective of their working dept should be allowed to become member of any library professional group. Thanks, Suresh Horakeri

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MLAI Membership Denied - What to do?
by Sukhdev Singh 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

Dear Friends, Most of my professional colleagues are member of Medical Library Association of India (MLAI). I also take pride to have one of my colleague as its Executive Member. Few months back, I applied for MLAI Membership in their prescribed form along with required fee. Today, I am shocked to see my cheque returned back along with that of my other colleague. He had also applied for the membership separately long back. (This means, they know who we are?!!). What is killing me is that no reason has been given in rejecting my application. Infact there is not even single line of information attached with the cheques. There appears a definite method in this madness. My qualifications and nature of work is similar to those of my other colleagues. If they can be members than why can't I? What should I do in this situation? Please, Don't just press delete. REACT. Sukhdev Singh, Indian Medlars Centre, http://indmed.nic.in

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Unfortunate
by sidda＠nimhans.kar.nic.in 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

Dear Professional colleague It is really unfortunate and the intention looks very clear that Dr.Kumar, Ms.Avani shah and Dr.Rajkumar are thinking that MLAI is their private limited company of 25 to 30 people who area their close group. I Request all the profssionals to unite and fight for such undue advantages derived by some of the professionals Infact these few people have ruined our medical librarianship profession I seriously think to raise these issues in general body meeting or if required to call special general body meeting. Also I suggest that "we can even go to legal action agaianst such favaitism keeping themsleves in public institutions. I assure and ready to take up this issue, which is a open fruad by these group All the professionals are requested to join and fight against such fruads with regards Siddamallaiah

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National Workshop on LIS Education in Digital Era
by D Jotwani, Librarian IIT Bombay 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

Dear All Central Library, IIT Bombay in collaboration with IATLIS has planned to organize a National Workshop on LIS Education in Digital Era from 13-15 June 2007. The workshop will be held on the beautiful campus of IIT Bombay. The main objectives of the workshop are : 1. To provide a forum to the LIS Teachers, Research Scholars, Librarians and Academic Administrators to discuss or present their views on the developments in ICT and its applications in LIS Teaching and Library Services 2. To create awareness and understanding about the importance of introducing and executing information technology in LIS teaching to achieve academic excellence. 3. To provide an opportunity to the participants to see the world class Information Technology Infrastructure and other facilities available at IIT Bombay 4. To provide an opportunity to the participants to observe state- of-the-art ICT applications in the Central Library, IIT Bombay and have first hand experience of the web-based library and information services, smart card-based (bar-coded) circulation system, electronic resource management, on-line submission of theses and dissertations, open archives etc. Only 50 participants mainly LIS Teachers, full time Research Scholars and Library Administrators, will be selected on first-come-first-served basis. More details can also be had at http://www.library.iitb.ac.in Thank you. -- D. Jotwani Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400076 Phone 91-22-25768920, 91-22-25720227

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Online resources threaten livelihood of libraries
by madhuresh.singhal 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

You may be interested to read this. This is taken from current issue of Nature (2007; 446: 958-9) and available online at http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v446/n7139/full/446958b.html 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- Online resources threaten livelihood of libraries Lucy Odling-Smee Closures restrict public access to documents from US agencies. The closure of five of the 26 regional libraries of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last year sparked international protest. Congressional hearings were held, and a government investigation was launched. In February this year, the president of the American Library Association told Congress that the closures have restricted access to information in at least 31 states. The EPA is not alone - last year, the Department of Energy closed its headquarters library in Washington DC. And now, NASA is considering downsizing its network of libraries - including the one at its leading science-research centre, the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Tight budgets could bring even more whittling of libraries in the United States. "When budgets are threatened, agencies tend to say let's put the library on the chopping block," says Tara Olivero, assistant director at the American Library Association in Washington DC. Libraries are already working to reinvent themselves in a digital world in which online access is fast reducing the need for rows of books and stacks of journals. But a full transition to electronic resources might not save money as agencies hope. Officials at the EPA, whose libraries provide a wide range of information about environmental protection and management, initially cited a proposed budget cut of US$2 million - an 80% drop from the previous year - as the main reason for downsizing its library network. Yet critics point out that internal EPA studies have suggested that having a librarian saves between $3 and $7 in professional staff time for every dollar invested. Since the closures, EPA librarians have struggled to maintain the same level of cost effectiveness. On requesting a publication from another library, they are sometimes told that the item is not available and that no one knows where it is, says Bernadine Abbott Hoduski, a former EPA librarian. The agency is working to convert all EPA documents into an electronic format, and its spokeswoman Jessica Emond says that the project "has not incurred additional cost". But critics argue that for agencies considering downsizing their physical libraries, going electronic will almost certainly require more, not less, money. For a start, not everything can be digitized, and dedicated staff are needed to assess what material should be put in digital form. Content must also be produced using technologies that will be usable decades in the future. "In many ways you need a higher level of expertise to produce and maintain an electronic service than a physical one," says Anne Kinney, a NASA scientist and chair of a group that recently assessed how the print materials at the Goddard library could be reduced. The demand for library services other than shelf space has shown no sign of tapering off and, if anything, has increased in recent years. To ensure that electronic resources don't result in costs simply being transferred to individual researchers, those services need sustained funding, librarians say. At the Naval Research Laboratory library in Washington DC, chief librarian James King says that he has seen a dramatic falling-off in the number of people walking through the door. But "space is not synonymous with service", he says. Use of the naval library's online databases has doubled in the past five years. There is a risk of people seeing libraries only as warehouses," King says. He and others argue that in a time of information overload, librarians have an ever-more-valuable role in designing web interfaces that facilitate browsing and focused searches. They also create and operate databases specific to the needs of the research communities they serve, and have intricate knowledge of electronic resources across agency- and university-library networks. And in a world where new journals are continually coming online, librarians say they are best placed to negotiate with publishers to obtain the cheapest site-licence contracts and to monitor the changing needs of a specific community of users. For her part, Kinney envisions a different future for the science library. Instead of silent halls with towering racks of books, smaller meeting places could double up as information centres, where researchers can plug in their laptops, hold discussions, and talk to librarians about how to navigate the myriad resources online. NASA has not yet made any decisions about closing any libraries, but the issue is likely to remain on the table: "The NASA budget isn't getting any bigger," notes Robin Dixon, chief librarian of Goddard. The challenge will be to cut back on physical resources without cutting back on service. ************************************************************************************************ 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. ************************************************************************************************

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Training module on documentary scriptwriting now online
by Puna Das 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

Training module on documentary scriptwriting now online UNESCO, in partnership with the Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) of India, has just released a training module entitled "How to write a documentary script", an easy-to-use self-training tool providing basic knowledge for potential content creators. The tool, prepared by Trisha Das, analyses the two stages of documentary scriptwriting, the pre-shoot or shooting script and the post-shoot script, providing basic knowldege and useful advice for those being initiated in documentary making. A well-written film script is an instrument through which one can create emotion and epiphany at will. That is one reason why it is possible the most critical aspect of the filmmaking procedure and, often, the most underrated aspect of the documentary process. Through this series of training modules, UNESCO and its partner, the Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) of India, intend to support local communication processes by facilitating the democratization of content-making, providing easy-to-use self-training materials that can be inexpensively distributed to potential content creators. The online version of the monograph can be consulted at http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=24367&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… Other materials available in this series: The Video Training Basics 1: Camera Module, Sound module and Editing module; Formats available: DVD (Pal, Multizones); Total duration (of three modules): 79' The Video Training Basics 2: Documenting Reality; Format available: DVD (Pal, Multizones); Total duration: 30' The Video Training Basics can be screened on UNESCO's audiovisual e-platform http://creativecontent.unesco.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das Personal webpages: www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com , www.anupkumardas.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Add online presence to your web pages, find out how here - http://messenger.yahoo.com/addpresence.php

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Vacancy for the post of Professor and Lecturer in LIS
by Ajay Kum Sharma 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

Dear all LIS Professionals, Vacancy for the post of Professor and Lecturer in the University of Kashmir Professor (16400 - 22400) Lecturer (8000 - 13500) Details regarding the essential and other qualifications etc are contained in the main advertisement Notice no - F10/Apptt.-Gen) RC/KU dated 03/04/2007 is available on university website www.kashmiruniversity.net -- Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Project Associate, INDEST-AICTE Consortium Central Library, IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016 011-26591467 (O) 09899339808 (M) Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/

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Moodle Software
by Rajan 25 Apr '07

25 Apr '07

Dear Friends, Moodle 1.5.2 for Windows - a free software for design and administration of interactive courses over web - appears to be a good tool of immense potential for those who want to design distance mode of education on any subject. I have examined the peripheral areas of the software and would like to know a little deep about it for designing interactive self instructional Courses on Decentralisation. So I would like to be in touch with those who are conversant with the software and can demonstrate the mechanism of designing courses. The manuals in the internet appears to be cumbersome to use and learn. Please send your response. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian , Kerala Institute of Local Administration Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur -680581 Ph 0487- 2204097 (O), 2201428 ( R) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post of Librarian, Asst. Librarian
by sujit kujur 25 Apr '07

25 Apr '07

BENGAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY SHAHID SUKUMAR BANERJEE SARANI, BIDHAN NAGAR DURGAPUR-713212 TEL: +910343-252606, 2533189/190, TELEFAX: 0343-2533186 E-mail: help(a)bcetdgp.ac.in/ skset_dgp(a)rediffmail.com, Website: www.bcetdgp.ac.in Plain paper applications wirth complete C.V. enclose two recent pasport size photographs and attested copies of all testimonials are invited for the following posts through courier/ by post to The principle to reach within 10th may 2007. 1. *PROFESSOR, ASST. PROFESSOR, LECTURE*: For Biotechnology, Bio infromatics, CSE, IT, ECE including VLSI,EEE,AEIE, mechanical Engg., civil engg.,MBA, MCA, Mathematics, Physics, chemistry, english. 2. *TRAINNING AND PLACEMENT OFFICER*: preferably a graduate engineer with MBA or MBA(HR), having at least 10 year experience in major software/electronics/core industry. 3. *ASST. TRAINNING AND PLACEMENT OFFICER*: Preferably a graduate engineer with MBA or MBA(HR) having at least 5 yrs of experience in knowledge based industry with good contacts. 4. *LAB INSTRUCTURE*: Biotechnology, CSE IT, ECE,EEE,AEIE, Mechanical Engg., civil Engg., Physics, chemistry. 5. *LIBRARIAN, ASST. LIBRARIAN: Qualification: MLIS/M. Phil Lib Sc./Ph.D from recognized university with 2 to 5 Yrs of working experience in library preferably in Engineering College. Pay scale as per AICTE norms*. Suitable pay scale plus other attractive allowances may be cinsidered for deserving candidates. Retired persons having requisits qualification and experience may also apply for senior positions. well furnished accomodation available inside campus. -- SUJIT KUJUR LIBRARY ASSISTANT NIT DURGAPUR MAHATMA GANDHI AVENUE DURGAPUR-713209 (WEST BENGAL)

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Information about post based salary structure.
by sujit kujur 25 Apr '07

25 Apr '07

Dear Colleagues, Can you help me to know about the post-wise salary structure (Basic and Scale) of library professionals in different kinds of libraries, like NIT, IIT, University Library, Special library, etc. I required the salary structure which is aproved by authorities, like UGC, AICTE, etc. Thanks and Regards -- SUJIT KUJUR LIBRARY ASSISTANT NIT DURGAPUR MAHATMA GANDHI AVENUE DURGAPUR-713209 (WEST BENGAL) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Delnet Orientation Program
by Balesh Kumar 25 Apr '07

25 Apr '07

Dear Sir, Please announce the following Delnet is conducting a one day orientation program on April 30, 2007 at Haryana College of Technology & Management Ambala Road, Kaithal - 136 027 Interested may contact to Librarian HCTM (M): 09416073008 email: baleshknl(a)yahoo.co.in or to Network Manager, Delnet 0910329992 sangs(a)delnet.ren.nic.in Balesh Kumar Librarian Haryana College of Technology & Management Ambala Road, Kaithal-136 027 (Haryana) Ph.: (O) 01746-280100, 280102, Fax: 280711 (M) 09416073008 --------------------------------- SHOUT IT OUT! Tell everyone, from anywhere, that you're online on Yahoo! Messenger

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Results for various positions of Parliament Library has been announced
by Mukesh Anand 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

Dear LIS Students' & Professionals', The results of the Exam. for the various positions in the Parliament Library, Sansadiya Gyanpeeth, New Delhi has been announced. 1. Junior Library Assistant (JLA) :-Written examination held on 14th January 2007 & Result declared on 23rd April,2007 available at http://164.100.24.208/ls/Recruitment/230407JLA.htm 2. Senior Library Assistant (SLA) :- Written examination held on 6th January, 2007 & Result declared on 16th April,2007 available at http://164.100.24.208/ls/Recruitment/160407SLA.htm 3. Reference / Research Assistant (RA) :- Written examination held on 24th December 2006 & Result declared on 20th April,2007available at http://164.100.24.208/ls/Recruitment/230407RA.htm N.B. :- All examinees can check their result marks of the exam. by Select Post, Enter Roll No. & Date of Birth at http://164.100.24.208/jrcresult/result.aspx All the Best & With Regards, Mukesh Anand M Lib I Sc Final Year Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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InfoQuiz 2007 - Win 50 K INR - Registration Ends in 72 Hours!
by Angrosh 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

Hi, Welcome to ISiM InfoQuiz 2007 - Organized by International School of Information Management, University of Mysore ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Participate in InfoQuiz 2007 and win upto 50K INR Open for all Students and Professionals Winners get 40K INR Runners take home 10K INR Many more gifts and goodies Prizes Sponsored by rediff.com Registration is Free Quiz theme comprises of Computer Science & Engg, Information Science and Engg, Knowledge Management, Information Management, Data Mining and Data Engg. ------------------------------------------------------------------- --> For details and Online Registration --> visit http://www.isim.ac.in ------------------------------------------------------------------- Date Line- Registration : Apr 13-27 (Ends at 1700hrs IST on April 27) Online Quiz : Apr 28 (From 1100 to 1200 hrs IST) Top 6 Scorers of online quiz will qualify for stage quiz. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stage Quiz : May 3 in Bangalore (Venue to announced shortly) All the travel expenses of the qualified candidates would be borne by ISiM --------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoQuiz 2007 is Powered by gyanX Please feel free to forward this to your students, friends, colleagues and relatives --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enquires 1. Angrosh : 9886970411 2. Vikram : 9886793701 Email: office(a)isim.ac.in ************************************* M. A. Angrosh Project Manager International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore - 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; Fax: +91-821-2519209 Email: angrosh(a)isim.ac.in website: www.isim.ac.in ******************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy of Librarian at Dr.Y.S.Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Solan, Himachal Pradesh
by Mailing List Admin 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:31:59 +0530 From: chauhan <chauhan(a)inflibnet.ac.in> Respected All Professional, VACANCY for the post of LIBRARIAN appears in Indian Express-22.4. 2007 Pay Scale: 16400-22400 (UGC) Regular post. Adv. No. 09/2007 Dr.Y.S.Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Solan-173230 (HP) Application Form available: The Registrar, Dr.Y.S.Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Solan-173230 (HP) Application Form: Crossed D. D. of Rs.300/- Payable to Comptroller of the University along with self address envelop 23X10 cm bearing postal Stamps of Rs.25/-. Forms can be downloaded at website: www.yspuniversity. ac.in (Valid if it is accompanied by a bank draft of value Rs.300/-) Last Date: 22.5.07 With kind regards Suresh ************************************************* Suresh K Chauhan Project Scientist (LS) INFLIBNET Centre, An Inter University Centre of University Grants Commission, Opp. Gujarat University Guest House, Post Box No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380009. Gujarat, INDIA. Email: chauhan(a)inflibnet.ac.in ; sureshbabal(a)yahoo.com

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Sad demise of Dipak Kr Nag
by Mailing List Admin 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:01:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Pijushkanti Panigrahi <panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com> Sri Dipak Kumar Nag, Honorary General Secretary, IASLIC has breathed his last at 2:30pm on Sunday, 22nd April 2007 after a prolonged sufferings. As a library professional he was associated with the Central Library of the Geological Survey of India, Kolkata till his death and as Hony General secretary, IASLIC he worked till the last moment of his life. He has land mark through his hardworking in academic endeavor of the field. He was very much kind hearted towards his colleagues. He was the inspiration. His advice has helped me in organizing two national level workshops also will help me in future. His untimely sad demise is a great loss to the profession and to the IASLIC. Let his bereaved family get enough courage and strength to bear this loss. Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi Secretary, Education Division IASLIC 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.

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flooding of lis-forum mailbox
by Mailing List Admin 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

Dear Member: Of late, there has been a considerable increase in the number of of spam and virus infected mails received by LIS-Forum postings' id (lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) We do have spam and virus filters installed on our mail server but as to be expected, they are not foolproof. During the last weekend, over 100 virus infected mails (but striped of virus by the virus filer) had reached the lis-forum mailbox. Most of these mails were from 3 / 4 mail ids. I'm not sure if the desktops from which the virus infected mails are reaching lis-forum are infected or something else is causing this problem. For the time being, I have deleted those email ids from which virus infected mails are originating from the lis-forum subscription list. These deleted Ids would have got an intimation to that effect. They can re-subscribe anytime after ensuring that their desktops are not infected with virus. This morning (23 April) two such postings were accidentally broadcasted by the moderator. These two messages DO NOT contain virus but they should not have been broadcasted. Very Sorry about it and the inconvenience caused is regretted. Thanks for your cooperation. - Moderator

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spam and virus mails
by Mailing List Admin 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

Dear Member: Of late, there has been a considerable increase in the number of of spam and virus infected mails received by LIS-Forum postings' id (lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) We do have spam and virus filters installed on our mail server but as to be expected, they are not foolproof. During the last weekend, over 100 virus infected mails (but striped of virus by the virus filer) had reached the lis-forum mailbox. Most of these mails were from 3 / 4 mail ids. I'm not sure if the desktops from which the virus infected mails are reaching lis-forum are infected or something else is causing this problem. For the time being, I have deleted those email ids from which virus infected mails are originating from the lis-forum subscription list. These deleted Ids would have got an intimation to that effect. They can re-subscribe anytime after ensuring that their desktops are not infected with virus. This morning (23 April) two such postings were accidentally broadcasted by the moderator. These two messages DO NOT contain virus but they should not have been broadcasted. Very Sorry about it and the inconvenience caused is regretted. Thanks for your cooperation. - Moderator

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Need an article
by Vandana.Karande＠ril.com 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

Dear Moderator I request you to kindly put my query on your forum. I need the following article on a very urgent basis. Please help Anti-Dumping Early-Warning System Based on Neuro-FDT Jian-Na Zhao; Zhi-peng Chang Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, 2006. ISDA apos;06. Sixth International conference Volume 3, Issue , Oct. 2006 Page(s):40 - 45 Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/ISDA.2006.13 Regards, Vandana Karande Information Specialist Corporate Development Group Reliance Industries Ltd Reliance Centre Tel No. 22847139 It takes so little to help change lives. Make a difference at www.giveindia.org "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 e-mail, 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 his email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this email or attachment."

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Need help
by Mailing List Admin 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:04:49 +0530 From: Agarkar Anagha /LIBRARIAN /ISEC <Anagha_Agarkar(a)isecltd.com> Dear Friends, I need the publisher and address of the following Indian publications. Most of these are published from Mumbai and Delhi. I will be really grateful if you could help me with this. Cargo Logistics Logistics Today Indian Shipping Indian Shipping & Ship Building Indian Shipping Review Shipping & Water Transport Shipping And Port Review Shipping Today Cargo Trends Cargo Waves The Courier And Cargo Times With best regards, Anagha Agharkar Associate ICICI Securities Ltd. Mumbai (T) +9122 66377438

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Trainees in British Council
by Mailing List Admin 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:02:49 +0530 From: shihabudeen kunju <shihabudeenkunju(a)gmail.com> British Council Delhi needs library trainees for one year on contract basis. Stipend Rs. 7000/-. Send your CV to <sudha.munjal(a)in.britishcouncil.org> within one week. For more information log on to www.britishcouncil.org.in regards -- Shihabudeen Kunju. S British Council Library 17 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110001 mob: 09911928321 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NISCAIR Research Intern Awards
by vimal kumar 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

Dear Friends, Applications are invited for 22 [twenty-two] Research Intern Awards, MLISc holders can also apply. Stipend -7500 Visit the NISCAIR site for details. http://www.niscair.res.in/Movingmenu/move.asp?a=topframe.htm&b=content.htm&… Vimal Kumar Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 www.asb.edu.in/vimal --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.

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Radio Talk Today: World Book Day
by Nagana Goudar 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

Dear Professionals, Today is being celebrated as "World Book Day" throughout the world. Dr. H.S. Siddamallaiah, Principal Information Officer, NIMHANS will give a Radio Talk in Kannada on World Book Day covering its significance and imporatnce,etc. All India Radio, Bangalore at 612 MHds, at 9.15 pm on 23 April 2007 (Today). You are most welcome to tune to AIR. Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Head, ICAST, NAL, Bangalore Dear Francis, will you please release this message immidiately. I have sent this mail again as there was some problem while sending earlier mail through NAL server. If duplicate pl ignore. Download this as a file --------------------------------- Check out what you're missing if you're not on Yahoo! Messenger

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Voracious reader
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 22 Apr '07

22 Apr '07

Patu Keswani, Chairman of Lemon Tree Hotels, reads about 30-40 books a month. He likes books on Wars so much that his personal library has about 300 titles on world wars alone. Librarians should find out the secret behind such readers and have them as their customers. (Business Standard 21/22 April 2007 p 12) -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 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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{Virus?} Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 49, Issue 12
by irshadsio 21 Apr '07

21 Apr '07

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{Virus?} Re:
by heerakeremane 21 Apr '07

21 Apr '07

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Requirement of Trainees for DELNET Coordination Unit at Bangalore
by Sangeeta Kaul, Network Manager, DELNET 21 Apr '07

21 Apr '07

DELNET is looking for Network Trainees who are fresh MLISc's with a good academic track record, having excellent computer knowledge, good communication skills and interest in travelling in South India. Trainees will be paid stipend during 1st year training period besides out-station tour allowances and will be placed in the Coordination Unit at Bangalore. Interested applicants should apply to DIRECTOR, DELNET at hkkaul(a)delnet.ren.nic.in, hkkaul(a)gmail.com on or before April 30th, 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 Email: sangs(a)delnet.ren.nic.in 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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Training in LIS- Temporary vacancy at IGIDR library, Mumbai (fwd)
by G.K.MANJUNATH 21 Apr '07

21 Apr '07

Subject: Temporary vacancy at IGIDR library, Mumbai. 4 Posts Qualifications: M.Li.Sc ( 55% and above ) Reservations as per the Central Govt Rules. Experince : 0 - 6 months Required skills : WINISIS, MS-WINDOWS; MS-OFFICE Good communication. AACR II and DDC. Apptitude : Enthusisam to learn latest ICT skills. Salary : Rs.7000/- PM ( Consolidated ) Training Modules: Excellent training will be provided in practical librarianship with emphasis on: i. Libsys ii. Web desiging (HTML, Java Scripts, Java applets ) iii. MySQL and PHP ( with a project ) iv. Dspace ( Institutional Repository ) v. Harvester ( PKP ) vi. Redhat Linux ( Fedora 3 ) The candidates will also get the opportunity to work in all the sections of the library in a very good academic and ICT environment. Those who have appeared for M.Li.Sc examination can also apply, but have to produce the proof of completion at the time of interview/written test, which is likelly to be held during the 2nd week of May, 2007. Candidates have to appear for interview at their own cost. Last date for applying: 30/4/2007. Resume ( preferably MS-Word File ) with two references indicating date of birth, year of passing and percentage of marks starting from SSC, with other personal and professional details may please be sent to the under signed over email: thanks G.K.Manjunath Chief Librarian Indira Gandhi Inst of Development Research Film City Road Santosh Nagar Goregaon(East ) MUMBAI - 400 065 Phone: 022-28416544 email: gkm(a)igidr.ac.in URL : http://www.igidr.ac.in/lib/library.php -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ISI Delhi requires Library Trainee
by Sanjeev Kumar Jain 21 Apr '07

21 Apr '07

Indian Statistical Institute - Delhi Centre would like to engage Library Science Graduates/Post Graduates Fresher (BLIS/ MLIS/AIS) as LIBRARY TRAINEES, purely on temporary basis for a period of Six months, on a monthly stipend of Rs.4000/- for BLIS and Rs.5000/-for MLIS/AIS Degree holder. Candidates with the knowledge of Computer & Library Software will be given preference. Those who are fulfilling above requirements may send an application addressed to THE HEAD, INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE, DELHI CENTRE, 7, S.J.S. SANSANWAL MARG, NEW DELHI-110016, stating (1) NAME OF THE CANDIDATE, (2) FATHERS NAME, (3) ADDRESS with E-MAIL & PHONE NO., (4) DATE OF BIRTH, (5) ACADEMIC AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, (6) COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE AND (7) WORK EXPERIENCE (if any) by post or through e-mail: library(a)isid.ac.in on or before May 07, 2007 to the address given below: In-Charge, Library Indian Statistical Institute - Delhi Centre 7, S.J.S. Sansanwal Marg Opp. Katwaria Sarai Bus Stop New Delhi-110016 With Regards Sanjeev Kumar Jain Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur - 721 302 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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Call for advisers for WHO's Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Ref Grp - Ind
by Tomas Allen 20 Apr '07

20 Apr '07

My Dear Friends If you would be so kind as to alert any of your colleagues, researchers or scientists who might be interested in this call for advisers in the area of Foodborne Diseases. Please contact the email FERGapplication(a)who.int for further information. Thank you for forwarding this message to those who might qualify as an adviser as WHO would like to obtain relevant global representation for the reference group. Kindest of Regards, Tomas ALLEN WHO Library Geneva tomasallen_who(a)hotmail.com Call for advisers to serve on WHO's Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG) Although foodborne diseases are a growing public health problem worldwide, no precise and consistent global estimates exist to date. WHO developed a strategic framework for the estimation of Global Burden of Foodborne Diseases during an international expert consultation held in Geneva (www.who.int/foodsafety/publications/foodborne_disease/burden_sept06/en/) One of the main recommendations of the Consultation was to create an expert group to implement the framework. Purpose of FERG The FERG understands the term epidemiology in the widest sense as meaning the application of a variety of scientific methodologies (including risk assessment approaches) to arrive at disease burden estimates. The group will be composed of professionals from disciplines including: Microbiology, parasitology and virology Burden of disease methodologies Microbiological and chemical risk assessment (including toxicological), and source attribution Disease and exposure modeling, statistics and geographic information systems Clinical medicine and nutrition Food protection, policy and regulation The group will operate at the level of various task forces and direct and monitor the strategy for global burden of foodborne disease estimation. It will estimate the burden of disease from all relevant etiologies and be specifically charged with: (i) reviewing data on foodborne disease burden; (ii) overseeing the technical work of assessing the models and data; (iii) advising and consulting WHO on the derivation of accurate estimates of foodborne disease burden. Skills and experience required WHO is seeking advisers with the following skills and experience: Internationally recognized expertise in foodborne diseases of either microbiological, chemical, toxicological, parasitic or zoonotic origin; Practical experience in reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating human epidemiological data on the effects of toxic chemicals, or reviewing, analyzing, evaluating, and extrapolating experimental animal biological data on toxic chemicals to humans; Recognized expertise in epidemiological modelling and/or in burden of disease methodologies; Extensive experience in international public health; High standing as internationally recognized scientist, as evidenced by publication record; Commitment to participate actively and regularly in FERG, amounting to approximately 2-3 weeks per year; a commitment to serve as resource adviser with less active engagement is also possible. Further information for applicants All applications are to be made by 18 May 2007 and submitted electronically under the following web-link: FERGapplication(a)who.int. In your application, please indicate whether you wish to serve as task force member (and in which area of expertise) or resource adviser. _________________________________________________________________ Download Messenger. Join the im Initiative. Help make a difference today. http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=TAGHM_APR07 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Training in LIS- Temporary vacancy at IGIDR library, Mumbai
by G.K.MANJUNATH 20 Apr '07

20 Apr '07

Subject: Temporary vacancy at IGIDR library, Mumbai. 4 Posts Qualifications: M.Li.Sc ( 55% and above ) Reserveration as per the Central Govt Rules. Experince : 0 - 6 months Required skills : WINISIS, MS-WINDOWS; MS-OFFICE Good communication. AACR II and DDC. Apptitude : Enthusisam to learn latest ICT skills. Salary : Rs.7000/- PM ( Consolidated ) Training Modules: Excellent training will be provided in practical librarianship with emphasis on: i. Libsys ii. Web desiging (HTML, Java Scripts, Java applets ) iii. MySQL and PHP ( with a project ) iv. Dspace ( Institutional Repository ) v. Harvester ( PKP ) vi. Redhat Linux ( Fedora 3 ) The candidates will also get the opportunity to work in all the sections of the library in a very good academic and ICT environment. Those who have appeared for M.Li.Sc examination can also apply, but have to produce the proof of completion at the time of interview/written test, which is likelly to be held during the 2nd week of May, 2007. Candidates have to appear for interview at their own cost. Last date for applying: 30/4/2007. Resume ( preferably MS-Word File ) with two references indicating date of birth, year of passing and percentage of marks starting from SSC, with other personal and professional details may please be sent to the under signed over email: thanks G.K.Manjunath Chief Librarian Indira Gandhi Inst of Development Research Film City Road Santosh Nagar Goregaon(East ) MUMBAI - 400 065 Phone: 022-28416544 email: gkm(a)igidr.ac.in URL : http://www.igidr.ac.in/lib/library.php

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Text of Classic Books of Dr. S.R Ranganathan
by Sukhdev Singh 20 Apr '07

20 Apr '07

Dear Friends, Just wanted to share with you following link of DLIST. It has digitized version of classic books by Dr. S.R. Ranganathan. http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/view/author/Ranganathan,_S._R..html There you can find following titles: Ranganathan, S. R. (1989) Philosophy of Library Classification. Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (Bangalore, India). Ranganathan, S. R. (1973) New education and school library: Experience of half a century. Vikas Publishing (Delhi, India). Ranganathan, S. R. (1967) Prolegomena to Library Classification. Asia Publishing House (New York). Ranganathan, S. R. (1951) Classification and Communication. University of Delhi (Delhi, India). Ranganathan, S. R. (1951) Documentation Genesis and Development. Vikas Publishing House (Delhi, India). Ranganathan, S. R. (1931) The Five Laws of Library Science. Madras Library Association (Madras, India) and Edward Goldston (London, UK). --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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For information- regarding
by Ranjeet Kumr Choudhary 20 Apr '07

20 Apr '07

Sir/Madam, It is my pleasure to inform you that I have been appointed as Lecturer to the Deptt of Library & Information Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University. As such all further communication may please be sent on the following address: R.K.Choudhary Lecturer Department of Library & Information Science Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University) Vidya Vihar, Rae-Bareli Road, Lucknow-226025 Mobile-+91-9935787978 Your kind co-operation is solicited. Thanking You. Your's Faithfully, (R.K.Choudhary) --------------------------------- Check out what you're missing if you're not on Yahoo! Messenger -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MICROSOFT LOWERS PRICES AND PLANS JOBSITE IN INDIA
by Farooque Shaheen 20 Apr '07

20 Apr '07

Microsoft Corp., the world?s largest software maker, will sell a $3 (Rs 130) package of Windows, Office and educational programmes to governments that want to load the software onto personal computers for students. The package, called the Microsoft Student Innovation Suite, will include the Windows XP Starter Edition operating system, Microsoft Office and Live Mail e-mail software, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said in a speech at a conference for government leaders in Beijing on 19 April. The company is selling the programmes at cost to governments that buy a minimum of 10,000 copies, Microsoft senior vice-president Will Poole said. The programme is part of a strategy to boost ownership of computers among 5 billion people who don?t have them. Microsoft is pledging to reach the first billion of those users by 2015. The company will try to ensure that countries that offer free or cheap PCs to students will choose Windows instead of the freely distributed Linux operating system. The programmes would normally cost between $100-200. Microsoft has seen sales increase in China over the past few years after the country began curbing piracy. Still, large numbers of Chinese cannot afford retail prices for Windows and Office. Pirated copies are openly sold for about $1 each. Job Site in India The company is working with the government and businesses in India to set up a Website that helps engineering job candidates assess what skills they will need to find employment. The idea came out of a conversation between Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, who expressed concern that many Indian graduates are unable to find jobs. Of the 400,000 engineering students who graduate annually, only a quarter find jobs, he said. The site will open by the year-end and Microsoft will expand the programme to other countries. http://www.livemint.com/2007/04/19145836/Microsoft-lowers-prices-and-pl.html Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, 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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INDEST-AICTE National Workshop on E-Resources Management for Excellence at Central Library of IIT Madras
by Harish Chandra 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

Dear Sir, I would be pleased if you please arrange to post information about the forthcoming INDEST-AICTE National Workshop on E-Resources Management for Excellence during 16th to 18th July 2007 to be held at Central LIbrary of IIT Madras in Chennai. The complete brochure can be downloaded from the link given on the Central Library main webpage under News and Events http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in The major objectives of the workshop are listed below: · To provide a forum to the Librarians and Academic Administrators to discuss and share their problems and experiences of using e-resources with INDEST-AICTE National Coordinator, other functionaries, Information Solution Providers, Experts and Users · To create awareness and understanding about the importance of introducing and executing information technology in Libraries and Information Centers for effective and efficient management of e-resources to achieve excellence. · To provide an opportunity to the participants to see the world class Information Technology Infrastructure and organization of e-resources in IIT Madras. · To provide an opportunity to the participants to see the implementation of RFID Technology, Smart Cards, ISO-9001:2000, Contact less Smart Card enabled Access Control, Digital Knowledge Center, Media Resource Center, Children's Library Corner, Web based Library and Information Support Services and e-Resources and Services Major Focus: · Future Libraries · User Needs & Expectations · Collection Development & Strategy for Digital Era · Information Literacy for Promoting E-Resources Usage · Search Engines & Web OPACs · Patents & Standards E-Resources · Web based Library & Information Services · Scholarly e-Resources and Virtual Exhibition · Networking Infrastructure for E-Resources Management · Quality Assurance for S&T E-Resources · Hands on: Open E-Resources · Hands on: Web Studio · Hands on: RFID & Smart Card Implementation · Hands on: INDEST E-Resources · Presentations from Selected Information Industries Fee Details INDEST Members 1. Registration: FREE 2. Accommodation: Rs. 1500 Non-INDEST Members 1. Registration: Rs. 2000 2. Accommodation: Rs. 1500 Total Number of Participants: 50 ( Registration on First Come First Served basis) Dr. Harish Chandra Workshop Director and the Librarian Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai 600036, Tamilnadu Ph : 91-044-22574951 - (O) Ph : 91-044-22576951 - (R) Fax : 91-044 -22570509 E-mail : hchandra(a)iitm.ac.in <mailto:hchandra@iitm.ac.in> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancies (5) for Professional Trainees in IIT Kharagpur
by Sanjeev Kumar Jain 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

Vacancies (5) for Professional Trainees in IIT Kharagpur * * Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur requires Professional Trainees (5 positions) for its Central Library. The training is for a period of One Year. Advt.No.R/3/2007 http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/downloads/prf_trainee.pdf ** *Stipend* - 4,000/- per month *Eligibility* - Postgraduates below 30 years and holding First Class in both B.Lib & I.Sc. and M. Lib & I.Sc. may apply on plain paper enclosing CV along with attested copies of certificates. Candidates with relevant computer knowledge will be preferred. ** *Address to * To the Chairman, Central Library Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, - 721 302 *Closing Date* -* May 2, 2007 * -- With Regards Sanjeev Kumar Jain Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur - 721 302 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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Free Group Mailing Software - Required
by Rajan 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

Dear All, Can anyone suggest me any easily useable free group mailing software in Windows that work with my hotmail web mail address and uses my windows address book for managing group mailing to around 100 email addresses. Or is it possible to manage a group of 100 addresses with outlook express alone? Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian , Kerala Institute of Local Administration Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur -680581 Ph 0487- 2204097 (O), 2201428 ( R) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IIT Kharagpur requires Professional Trainees.
by R K Rakhade Rakhade 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

Dear LIS professional, IIT Kharagpur requires Professional Trainees (upto 5 positions) for its Central Library. The training is for a period of One Year. A Stipend of Rs. 4,000/- per month will be given to each trainee. Postgraduates below 30 years and holding First Class in both B.Lib & I.Sc. and M.Lib & I.Sc. may apply on plain paper to the Chairman, Central Library. IIT, Kharagpur - 721 302 on or before May 2, 2007 enclosing CV along with attested copies of certificates. Candidates with relevant computer knowledge will be preferred. Reservation for SC/ST/OBC/PH etc. will be made as per Govt. of India rules. Advt. No. R/3/2007 Assistant Registrar (R) With Regards R K Rakhade Central Library, IIT, Kharagpur. With regards ......................................................... Yours R. K. Rakhade Central Library, IIT, Kharagpur Pin: 721302 --------------------------------- Check out what you're missing if you're not on Yahoo! Messenger -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re : LIBRARY RULES
by sckumaresan 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

Dear Mr. Nikhil,Sudou is certainly a good brain teaser and quite challenging, it can be offered as a service in the library. We have the same problem in our library. Instead of restraining the students, you can try alternatively. If you have photocopier in the library take 10 to 15 copies of the sudoku and give it to the interested students who want to solve it. Also inform the same to the students through notice and writing or marking in the library resources is an offence and they can avail the photocopy service. This could prevent students from writing on the papers.RegardsS.C.KumaresanOn Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:59:06 +0530 \"NIKHIL EYEROOR\" wrote Dear friends Let me draw your attention to this \"simple issue\" for your valuable suggestion. As everybody knows\"SUDOKU\" the popular puzzle appear in daily newspapers is the \"culprit\" here! As per library rules writing, underlining, marking library documents are not allowed. I am in a dilemma, whether this \" SUDOKU\! " should be entertained (SUDOKU fans says that it accelerates brain activities), ignored or banned. Doing SUDOKU, CROSSWORDS in library newspapers may motivate users to write, underline books and as it is a time consuming practice this will also create inconvenience for users who are waiting to read the same newspaper. How do you deal with this situation in the library? Friends please open up. Warm regards Nikhil Eyeroor -- NIKHIL EYEROOR LIBRARIAN, P.A.AZIZ COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY KARAKULAM , TRIVANDRUM, PIN: 695 564 MOB: 09447515691 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum S.C.Kumaresan SeniorLibrarian, BITS, Pilani - Dubai UAE -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Training in LIS
by Mailing List Admin 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:57:47 +0530 From: Mr. B. G. Sunder Singh <bgs(a)nic.in> Sir: The best service one can do, with all that reverence to Dr SRR, is to do what ever one is doing to the best of his/her abilities keeping the entire universe of people first and providing access to human knowledge as best as possible. However, one has the right to express and practice what one believes in. What is the best option for one individual need not be of relevance to another person ( think of saying with a banal finality that If you know, practice and preach what Dr Ranganathan has written about is more than sufficient). sundersingh, bg.

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LIBRARY RULES
by NIKHIL EYEROOR 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

Dear friends Let me draw your attention to this "simple issue" for your valuable suggestion. As everybody knows"SUDOKU" the popular puzzle appear in daily newspapers is the "culprit" here! As per library rules writing, underlining, marking library documents are not allowed. I am in a dilemma, whether this " SUDOKU" should be entertained (SUDOKU fans says that it accelerates brain activities), ignored or banned. Doing SUDOKU, CROSSWORDS in library newspapers may motivate users to write, underline books and as it is a time consuming practice this will also create inconvenience for users who are waiting to read the same newspaper. How do you deal with this situation in the library? Friends please open up. Warm regards Nikhil Eyeroor -- NIKHIL EYEROOR LIBRARIAN, P.A.AZIZ COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY KARAKULAM , TRIVANDRUM, PIN: 695 564 MOB: 09447515691 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Training in LIS
by Mailing List Admin 18 Apr '07

18 Apr '07

Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:12:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Rajesh P <rajeshbcd(a)yahoo.com> Dear All, There is absolutely no need to know all about those American authors. If you know, practice and preach what Dr Ranganathan has written about is more than sufficient. Why do you expect a fresh MLISc graduate to know about what American authors are writing about. If he wants to expand his knowledge and scholarship over a period of time he will expand his horizons. Other wise he will continue doing his job and serving the readers !! Isn't that the main Mission of his profession. Regards. Raj

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Increased citation impact for BioMed Central journals
by Swapan kumar Patra 18 Apr '07

18 Apr '07

*"BioMed Central calculates unofficial impact factors for journals that have published a significant number of research articles but do not yet have an official impact factor. These unofficial impact factors use the same citation data and methodology used by Thomson Scientific's official impact factor calculations.* * * *Newly calculated unofficial 2006 impact factors show a significantly increased citation rate for BioMed Central journals. For example, BMC Biology <http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcbiol/>* and *BMC Medicine<http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcmed/> *, the flagship journals of the BMC series, both increased their unofficial impact factors significantly. The 2006 unofficial impact factor for *BMC Biology <http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcbiol/>* is 4.43 (up from 3.81 in 2005) while for *BMC Medicine <http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcmed/>* the 2006 figure is 4.17 (up from 2.52 in 2005). (Source: "BioMed Central, The Open Access Publisher" Website http://blogs.openaccesscentral.com/blogs/bmcblog/entry/20070417" )

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Training in LIS
by Lata Nair 18 Apr '07

18 Apr '07

Dear Colleagues, Continuing with the ongoing discussion about measures to be taken to improvise the quality of librarianship... LIS schools are equally, if not more concerned about improvising the quality of Librarianship. This was evident at a past students' meet organized by SHPT School of Library Science [SNDT Women's University, Mumbai] recently where one of the faculty members of Mumbai University was also present. It would benefit if we could go back and discuss it with our Alma Mater and extend help wherever required. Seniors like Mr. Manjunath from IGIDR & Ms. Vasumathi,QMed Services not only recruit trainees & provide extensive training, they also ensure that they are well placed. As for school libraries, we return to the root cause of the issue. Unless we have the best of librarians serving in school libraries where reading habits are inculcated and students are trained to use library resources and services, where adequate resources are made available, where the school librarians are encouraged to keep updated with the latest developments in the field, where a student learns to respect the library and the librarian, it would be difficult to expect the same students to behave differently & start favoring libraries during later years. I sincerely hope and wish that the comment on the school libraries is an exception. Imagine to be in a situation where you are not only being paid less with limited growth opportunities, are expected to work with limited resource with very few professional enhacement opportunities but are also looked down upon by your fellow colleagues in the profession!!! Three cheers to Ananda and all the librarians whether they are in academic or corporates who strive to make a difference!!! Regards, Lata Nair Librarian Mumbai Message: 5 >Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:44:41 +0530 > From: "Sukhdev Singh" <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Training in LIS >To: "Vasumathi Sriganesh" <vasu(a)qmedin.com> >Cc: ananda thakur <anandathakur(a)yahoo.co.in>, > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Message-ID: -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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5 Research Intern Awards in Library Science
by Mukesh Anand 18 Apr '07

18 Apr '07

Dear LIS Students & Professionals, 5 Research Intern Awards in Library Science under " CSIR Diamond Jubilee Research Intern Awards" Scheme by National Institute of Science Communication & Information Resources (NISCAIR).It's a National Information Organisation under Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) 1.Eligibility :-First Class or equivalent GPA in M Lib Sci /M L I Sc. 2.Age Limit :-25 Years as on 7.5.' 07, relaxable up to 5 Years in the case of OBC/SC/ST/PH & Female candidates. 3.Areas :-The selected Interns will work for National Scinece Library, Abstracting / Database services & other related activities. 4.Tentative No. of Research Intern Awards :- 5 5.Stipend :- Rs. 7,500/- per month consolidated. 6.Tenure :-Maximum period of 2 Years, subject to satisfactory performance to be evaluated every 6 months. 7.Mode of Selection :- A Written Aptitude Test & then Interview. 8.How to Apply :- (i) Prescribed Application Form can be downloaded from NISCAIR Website http://www.niscair.res.in (ii) Aplications may also be submitted online through NISCAIR website. (iii) Application should be submitted to The Director, National Institue of Science Communication & Information Resources (NISCAIR), Dr K S Krishnan Marg, Pusa Campus, New Delhi -12 (iv) Last Date :- On or before 7th May, 2007. N.B. :- For Advertisement & Application Form see Employment News 14-20 April.2007 Page # 33 For Online Application, Advertisement & Applcation Form visit http://www.niscair.res.in All the best & With Regards, Mukesh Anand M Lib I Sc Final Year Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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