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LIS Innovation Award by Informatics
by Ishwar Goudar 05 Jan '21

05 Jan '21

LIS Innovation Award by Informatics Nominations invited on or before Jan 15, 2021. Dear Professionals, I am sure many of you would have done something INNOVATIVE in your library in the recent past - it could be a new/improved process, a service or a product...if yes, why don’t you submit it for “Informatics Innovation Award in LIS” and win an Award? You may like to see some examples Innovation listed in LTC website. Innovation is the backbone of growth and change. It is the change-driver for a better future. The future of library is constantly challenged by fast-changing media and technologies. To encourage innovative practices and to promote innovative culture in libraries, Informatics, as part of its annual Library Technology Conclave (LTC2020), has instituted the Informatics Innovation Award, beginning LTC2021. There will be two awards, one each for the following two categories of libraries: Category-1: Universities/Educational Institutions offering Ph.D. & post-Doctoral programs; Research Institutes. Category-2: Schools, PU, Diploma, UG & PG Colleges and Public Libraries – (Includes Medical, Engineering & Management etc. and Science, Commerce, Arts and Humanities). This award shall be announced on 30th January 2021, the last day of the conclave, following a Case Study Session on "Innovation in Libraries" to be presented by Nominees short-listed by the Committee of Juries for this award. Nomination is open on the LTC2021 website https://LTC2021.org Libraries are invited to submit their nominations online. January 15, 2021 is the last date for filing the nomination online. The Conclave, which had many pre-conclave webinars since November, is scheduled for 27-30 January 2021 in a webinar model. N. V. Sathyanarayana | Chairman & Managing Director | Informatics India Ltd. | Bangalore 560004 |INDIA | | www.informaticsglobal.com<http://www.informaticsglobal.com> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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India’s plan to pay journal subscription fees for all its citizen may end up making science harder to access
by Mohan Hr 04 Jan '21

04 Jan '21

India’s plan to pay journal subscription fees for all its citizen may end up making science harder to access India, the world’s second-most populous country, is planning to make scholarly literature available for everyone under its latest science, technology and innovation policy. The policy will push for the whole country to have a nationwide subscription to replace existing subscriptions paid by different research and education institutions to access research journals. The Indian government is in talks with the world’s top scientific publications, including one of the biggest scholarly publishers, Elsevier, to create the system. If it works, India will become the largest country to give access to paywalled journal articles to more than 1.3 billion of its citizens. https://theconversation.com/indias-plan-to-pay-journal-subscription-fees-fo… With regards -- hrmohan -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2020 locked in shift to open access publishing, but Australia is lagging
by Mohan Hr 04 Jan '21

04 Jan '21

2020 locked in shift to open access publishing, but Australia is lagging https://theconversation.com/2020-locked-in-shift-to-open-access-publishing-… Interesting to know the status of OA in Australia. With regards -- hrmohan -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Two Workshops in eScience and Digital Libraries domain > 7th & 8th January 2021
by Sathyanarayana NV 04 Jan '21

04 Jan '21

Dear LIS Professionals Greetings of Happy New Year for a safe & secure times ahead! LTC 2021 which started with pre-Conclave series of lectures beginning November last year is having two know-how rich pre-Conclave workshops this week on the following themes by two experts in the respective domains. This is an opportunity for LIS profession to get a leg up by learning and upgrading their knowledge as well as skill sets in the emerging technologies. Workshop 1 > 7th January 2021 > 10 AM – 1 PM * AI For eScience > Presented by: Dr. Mandar Mutalikdesai, AI Solutions & Practice Leader, IBM, Bangalore * 10 – 11:15 AM What is AI? - A Primer. · 11:45 AM – 1 PM Efficiency & Ethics: A balancing act with AI AI and Machine learning technologies are already being used to analyse digital collections and identify topics and entities, assign metadata and enable non-textual search and discovery in digital Libraries. This workshop presents an introductory view of Artificial Intelligence with potential applications in eScience. It will briefly introduce concepts of machine learning and neural networks and then look at a few applications of AI in various industries. Workshop 2 > 8th January 2021 > 3 – 6 PM * Semantic Search: The current Frontier of Search Technology > Presented by: Prof. Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Roux Institute for Experiential AI, North Eastern University at Silicon Valley, California, USA * 3 – 4:15 PM Semantic Search * 4:45 – 6 PM Query Analytics Semantic Search lies at the cross roads of information retrieval and natural language processing. This workshop will provide an overview of not only the steps and processing of building a semantically annotated index with the help of a knowledge base, but offers an understanding of the data science needed to use as relevance feedback, the usage log stream of the semantic search engine. These workshops are presented online and are free as part of LTC2021. Please visit LTC2021 site www.LTC2021.org<http://www.LTC2021.org> to register. Once again, our best wishes for a safe and happy New Year! N. V. Sathyanarayana | Chairman & Managing Director | Informatics India Ltd. | Bangalore 560004 |INDIA | | www.informaticsglobal.com<http://www.informaticsglobal.com> | -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Abstracts by 10th January 2021: NILIS Research Symposium (Online)
by Sourav Debnath 04 Jan '21

04 Jan '21

Dear LIS Professionals, Apologies for cross-posting. The Annual Research Symposium of the National Institute of Library and Information Sciences (NILIS), University of Colombo will be held on 23rd January 2021. This year's event will be organized in partnership with the South Asia Chapter of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), as an online event. It will be 100% free for presenters and participants. The keynote address will be delivered by Professor Bhuva Narayan of the School of Communication, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Abstracts of completed or near-completed original research and unique experiences are called to reach us on or before the 10th of January 2021. The main theme of the symposium is “Challenges and Opportunities for Libraries in the New Normal”. Subthemes include, but not limited to… Changing faces of the information society The emergence of a new library culture New roles and skills of Librarians Information systems and new business models Big data, Semantic technologies Role of catalogs directories and indexes Information resources and services Information Technology tools and devices LIS education and training Library services amidst the pandemic conditions (cases) Registration and submission details are available at https://nilis.cmb.ac.lk/home/news/2020/nrs20/1490/ *Important dates:* - *Last date for receiving abstracts*: Extended to 10.01.2021 - *Author notification*: 15.01.2021 - *The final version of the abstract and presentation due*: 18.01.2021 - *Symposium date*: 23.01.2021 -- With regards, Sourav Debnath Assistant Librarian National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli India - 620015 https://www.nitt.edu/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: OA2020 Progress Report - December 2020
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 03 Jan '21

03 Jan '21

A progress report of OA2020 (open access 2020) community is published at https://oa2020.org/progress-report ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: "Campbell, Colleen" <campbell(a)mpdl.mpg.de>Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 18:12:17 +0000 Dear Colleagues, The OA2020 community came together in December to reflect on the progress made together in transitioning scholarly journals to open access. Slides from that meeting are now available on the OA2020 Progress Report page (https://oa2020.org/progress-report/) along with a video featuring regional perspectives from OA2020 champions around the world on OA2020’s collective impact and insights into their local efforts. Our partners have demonstrated that it is possible to achieve open access on a large scale for the benefit of our research communities in a matter of a few short years. A clear path has been cut with cost-neutral transformative and transitional agreements, and our next objective will be their expansion and proliferation—scaling up around the world to ensure an equitable and irreversible transition of scholarly communication to open access. With best wishes, Colleen Colleen Campbell Open Access 2020 Initiative ESAC Initiative Max Planck Digital Library campbell(a)mpdl.mpg.de +49 160 9725 1536

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Sci-Hub and Libgen
by vinod mishra 01 Jan '21

01 Jan '21

Someone looting a lot of money from the rich and give it to the poor? Sci-Hub and Libgen Is it like that? With Regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL), NIT Rourkela, Sundergadh-769008, Odisha, India. Mob:91+9439420860 URL: http://vinod.itshelp.co.in/ ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-7874 *"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul" -- Mahatma Gandhi* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Who Owns that Song?: The Battle for Subramania Bharati’s Copyright
by Vasanth 01 Jan '21

01 Jan '21

Dear Sir/Madam, Just to add to the ongoing discussion on Sci-hub and copyright infringement, there is an another interesting work that we should look for "Who Owns that Song?: The Battle for Subramania Bharati’s Copyright" authored by A.R. Venkatachalapathy. This books narrates the story of how people of Tamil Nadu fought for the nationalization of Subramania Bharati's works and eventually government acquired the copyrights and put it in public domain for all to access freely. This is an interesting work on copyright and free access to knowledge------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N.Librarian Mysore

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Interesting Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 210101
by Mohan Hr 01 Jan '21

01 Jan '21

*Interesting Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 210101* Current Post: https://bit.ly/3aXym2X Archives: https://lnkd.in/ewR3UdD *IRAI wishes it's readers a happy, healthy, prosperous and safe New Year 2021.* *Articles* Employment Want to get — and stay — employed through 2030? 10 jobs to consider How to ace your next online job interview 9 things you can do to make working from home more joyful 14 most in-demand data science skills you need to succeed Artificial Intelligence An executive’s guide to AI The state of AI in 2020 The Missing Pieces of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine DevOps DevOps news and trends to watch in 2021 10 DevOps engineer skills to add to a resume Top 15 DevOps blogs to read and follow 16 DevOps books to level up your skills Information Security Top cybersecurity articles of 2020 Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2020 FAQ's on Cyber Attacks Information Security Awareness for Women Digital Footprints, Wealth & Assets Digging your own digital grave: how should you manage the data you leave behind? What happens to your digital wealth on death and incapacity? Facebook’s accidental ‘death’ of users reminds us to plan for digital death Death and the Internet: Consumer Issues for Planning and Managing Digital Legacies Videos to Watch The most popular TED Talks of 2020 TED Talk Editor's Picks of 2020 New tech, new ethics Innovation & Food Security Vertical Farms Run by AI and Robots To Solve the Land Crisis Denmark’s Wind-Powered Vertical Farm Will Produce 1K Tons of Greens a Year Business & Management 13 Tips for Finding Success In the Business World Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Jurassic Park 3 Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom The 10 biggest business trends for 2021 everyone must be ready for Self Development 10 Great Ways to Show You’re Grateful Today How to listen — really listen — to someone you don’t agree with Education Paperless Schools of the Future: Decoding the potential of digital adoption for schools 10 Critical issues in Educational Technology Health & Wellness Your gut microbiome may be linked to dementia, Parkinson’s disease and MS Coronavirus: how to keep your gut microbiome healthy to fight COVID-19 Gut health: does exercise change your microbiome? Beer Might Actually Be Good for You, According to Science Books & Periodicals 21 inspiring, must-read books for 2021 14 minimalist e-books to maximize your happiness Book: Cryptography and Information Security General 33 Interesting Facts About the Most Famous Engineers & Inventors *IRAI Quiz -- 210101* *Forthcoming Events* CSI, ACM & IEEE CS Events 2nd Jan -- Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Strategies. https://bit.ly/36OiwVI 8th Jan -- MLOps: Evolution of New Era Beyond DevOps. https://bit.ly/3orwgM4 23rd Jan -- Open Data for Sustainable Community. https://bit.ly/39M6Nc8 30th Jan -- Experimental AI for Social Good. https://bit.ly/36U5rKF For the pdf invite, presentation & speaker details of events in Jan 2021 at: https://bit.ly/3h3MJnq For additional events in Jan 2021 https://bit.ly/3p7GS2Z India Science Festival 2021 Program Schedule *Announcements* CII Startupreneur Awards Free ACM membership for students Microsoft launches free Web Development program for beginners Archives : https://lnkd.in/ewR3UdD *Answers to IRAI Quiz -- 210101* Current Post: https://bit.ly/3aXym2X

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Draft 5th National Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy for public consultation | Department Of Science & Technology
by madhan muthu 01 Jan '21

01 Jan '21

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CFP: ISKO UK Conference 2021 - online - 12-16 July 2021
by Aida Slavic 31 Dec '20

31 Dec '20

=== Call for Papers === Knowledge Organization in Exceptional Times: How KO Helps People, Organizations and Societies to Adapt to Change" Online, 12-16 July 2021 Conference website: https://www.iskouk.org/Conference-2021 Abstract submission: https://easychair.org/cfp/ISKOUK2021 Deadline: 1 February 2021 Contact: conference(a)iskouk.org "Knowledge Organization in Exceptional Times ", the 7th biennial ISKO UK Conference, will be an online conference 12-16 July 2021 This ISKO UK conference addresses challenges and opportunities during periods of dramatic change. These can be brought about by pandemics, political change, conflicts, social unrest or technological innovation. This conference will explore the role of knowledge organization in helping people, organization and societies to adapt to change. The conference aims to bridge the divide between theory and practice and we welcome submissions from both practitioners and researchers in knowledge organization. We are looking for papers and/or presentations and posters that will attract a global audience of researchers, practitioners, teachers, and developers. Your proposed paper or presentation should help to deepen the understanding of knowledge organization, describe challenges, innovations and advances in the field, or speculate about the potential of KO to bring progress and benefits. For details about invited topics and to submit your 300-500 word abstract go to https://easychair.org/cfp/ISKOUK2021. ==== ISKO UK - The UK Chapter of the International Society for Knowledge Organization www.iskouk.org ----------------------------------------------- Do not miss our free webinars: ISKO UK Meetups - https://www.iskouk.org/Landing-page Knowledge Organization Education - https://www.iskouk.org/KOED

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Pirates of the world, unite and pirate everything I’ve ever written! - Paulo Coelho
by chudamani kuppahalli 31 Dec '20

31 Dec '20

 It is not just getting published. Putting in archives leads to an addition to the millions. Organized ease of usability comes through journals. Knowledge organisation is the crux of the problem. A journal is an organised first approach. Chudamani Sent from RediffmailNG on Android From: "Vasumathi Sriganesh (QMed)" <vasu(a)qmedkf.org.in> Sent: Thu, 31 Dec 2020 12:58:46 GMT+0530 To: Sathyanarayana NV <sathya(a)informaticsglobal.com> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Pirates of the world, unite and pirate everything I’ve ever written! - Paulo Coelho Loved your response! As I keep reiterating - while I believe that knowledge should be available to all, there are costs in producing knowledge. I wonder - will people be happy to just keep their research results in any preprints archive and not have them published in journals? If they do not get them published in journals - what happens to their promotions? Why does everyone want to get their article published only in high impact factor / international journals? I am not wanting to judge anyone's actions. We need to lay them all out, and with all possible data and factors arrive at the right answers.  As you say - we need the right OA (and more?) elements to be sorted out in order to do this The million dollar question is Who will do it? Vasumathi Sriganesh QMed Knowledge Foundation A-3, Shubham Center, Cardinal Gracious Road Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099, India Tel: 91-22-40054474    Mob: +919867292230 Email: vasu(a)qmed.ngo  Web:www.qmed.ngo MMC Speaker Code - MMC/MASS/00030/2016 Member: Academy of Health Professions Education Our online courses - www.qmedcourses.in On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 9:58 AM Sathyanarayana NV < sathya(a)informaticsglobal.com> wrote: > Dear Madhan, > Interesting call by Paulo Coelho! > The universe owned by the authors should turn Gandhian by changing the > currently used copyright statement “All rights reserved” to a new statement > “All rights unreserved”. > > Gandhi wrote his famous book “Hind Swaraj: Indian Home Rule”  in 1915 > during his  journey by ship from South Africa to India. He released this > book in Gujarathi and English with both imprints carrying the statement > “All rights unreserved”. Gandhi was a lawyer by profession as we know. Back > in India, he intended this book to serve the purpose of launching  his > non-violence style of freedom movement. It is another story that his > Gujarathi edition was banned by the British Government.  They didn’t bother > about Indian edition as they thought that none would read English version! > > The important message here from Gandhi to the authors of the scholarly > communication in particular -- which is a far better message than Paul > Coelho, is:  declare your papers at the pre-print level itself with the > statement:  “All rights unreserved” and post it in a public repository site > like  arXiv or chemrXiv or medrXiv or biorXiv.    This may start a new > “Sathyagraha”  (civil disobedience) movement leading to free the scholarly > journals from the pay-wall controlled subscription model for ever!  Gandhi > taught us to be truthful and not steal from others.  Instead of giving a > call to defend thieves and pirates like  Alexandra Elbakyan,  OA movement > should pursue the leading scientists and researchers of  India and the > world to rigorously pursue the Gandhian model. > > OA movement needs to be re-invented, two decades after its first-round of > limited success so far, waking up the scholarly world only partially!  We > need a Gandhian of the scholarly world to emerge for this.  Who could this > be? > > Sathya > N. V. Sathyanarayana > | Chairman & Managing Director | Informatics India Ltd. | Bangalore 560004 > |INDIA | > | www.informaticsglobal.com<http://www.informaticsglobal.com> | > > > > > From: LIS-Forum <lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Date: Wednesday, 30 December 2020 at 11:08 PM > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Pirates of the world, unite and pirate everything > I’ve ever written! - Paulo Coelho > My thoughts on S.O.P.A. > > Paulo Coelho > > https://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/01/20/welcome-to-pirate-my-books/ > > As an author, I should be defending ‘intellectual property’, but I’m not. > > Pirates of the world, unite and pirate everything I’ve ever written! > > The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever. > > First, because all anyone ever does is recycle the same four themes: a love > story between two people, a love triangle, the struggle for power, and the > story of a journey. > > Second, because all writers want what they write to be read, whether in a > newspaper, blog, pamphlet, or on a wall. > > The more often we hear a song on the radio, the keener we are to buy the > CD. It’s the same with literature. > > -- > Madhan, M > > -- > 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 > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interview: A true researcher has to be information literate: Ganga Dakshinamurti
by Santosh C. Hulagabali 31 Dec '20

31 Dec '20

Dear all, Wishing you all Happy New Year! Happy to share the interview transcript of Ganga Dakshinamurti, a long-time library professional in Canada. With over fifty years’ dedicated service in the library profession in Canada, she has worked in different segments of academic librarianship from college to universities, advocating and practicing information literacy programmes for the effective utilisation of resources. She retired from the University of Manitoba in December, 2015 and is currently a Senior Scholar at the University. In this interview for Open Interview <https://openinterview.org/>, she talks exclusively on information literacy services which she practiced since the mid- 1960s in the Canadian academic libraries. She believes that the basic goal of information literacy is still unchanged irrespective of limited resources in the past and the exponential growth of information sources and tools in the present. She is of the view that there is no foreseeable end to this explosion of information sources and therefore educating the patrons about the effective use of resources is necessary. Please visit the following link and share your valuable comments: A true researcher has to be information literate: Ganga Dakshinamurti https://openinterview.org/2020/12/30/ganga-dakshinamurti-a-true-researcher-… Best regards, -- Santosh C. Hulagabali, PhD <https://santoshch.weebly.com/> University Librarian Central University of Haryana <http://cuh.ac.in/> Jant-Pali, Mahendergarh-123 031 Haryana, India Cell: +91-99874 28147 .. DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail & discard all copies of the original message. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Webinar on "MLOps: Evolution of New Era Beyond DevOps" on 8th Jan 2021 & Forthcoming Events of ACM, IEEE CS & CSI
by Mohan Hr 31 Dec '20

31 Dec '20

Webinar on "MLOps: Evolution of New Era Beyond DevOps" ================================================== CSI Chennai, ACM Chennai & IEEE CS Madras cordially invite you to the webinar Topic: MLOps: Evolution of New Era Beyond DevOps Speaker: Mr. Biswajit Chatterjee, Solution Architect – CoE, Tata Consultancy Services Limited Date: Friday, 8th Jan 2021 Time: 6 pm to 7 pm IST For presentation details & speaker profile, pl see the PDF invite at https://bit.ly/2IjtusP Register at https://bit.ly/3orwgM4 Forthcoming Events ================= 2nd Jan -- Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Strategies. https://bit.ly/36OiwVI 8th Jan -- MLOps: Evolution of New Era Beyond DevOps. https://bit.ly/3orwgM4 23rd Jan -- Open Data for Sustainable Community. https://bit.ly/39M6Nc8 30th Jan -- Experimental AI for Social Good. https://bit.ly/36U5rKF Pl refer for pdf invite, presentation & speaker details of events in Jan 2021 at: https://bit.ly/3h3MJnq For additional events in Jan 2021 scheduled and hosted by organisations including CSI, ACM & IEEE CS, please visit https://bit.ly/3p7GS2Z Interesting Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 201221: pl see tte post at https://bit.ly/34vv0QA

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Pirates of the world, unite and pirate everything I’ve ever written! - Paulo Coelho
by madhan muthu 31 Dec '20

31 Dec '20

My thoughts on S.O.P.A. Paulo Coelho https://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/01/20/welcome-to-pirate-my-books/ As an author, I should be defending ‘intellectual property’, but I’m not. Pirates of the world, unite and pirate everything I’ve ever written! The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever. First, because all anyone ever does is recycle the same four themes: a love story between two people, a love triangle, the struggle for power, and the story of a journey. Second, because all writers want what they write to be read, whether in a newspaper, blog, pamphlet, or on a wall. The more often we hear a song on the radio, the keener we are to buy the CD. It’s the same with literature. -- Madhan, M -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Finding Missing Books in MS-Excel
by Common Man 28 Dec '20

28 Dec '20

Dear Professional Friends, An innovative way of finding Library Missing Books in MS Excel. Application of VLOOKUP formula to library stock verification. Click this link to watch the video - https://youtu.be/cD_LAIEPNb0 Thanks, Manjunatha.S -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sci-Hub and Libgen Up against Academic Publishers: A Death Knell for Access to Research? – Part I | SpicyIP
by madhan muthu 28 Dec '20

28 Dec '20

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Please sign the statement: Make knowledge accessible to all. No to banning Sci-Hub and LibGen - Breakthrough Science Society
by madhan muthu 28 Dec '20

28 Dec '20

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Why Indian researchers oppose efforts to have a pirate website banned
by madhan muthu 28 Dec '20

28 Dec '20

https://scroll.in/article/982146/push-to-ban-sci-hub-pirate-website-will-bl… No wonder then that Sci-Hub often finds a mention in the acknowledgment section of PhD dissertations. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DELNET-CPF Webinar on "Cyber Security : Best practices to protect your Organisation in Cyberspace" on December 30, 2 020
by Ravindra Mendhe 28 Dec '20

28 Dec '20

Dear Professionals Greetings from DELNET ! We would like to inform you that DELNET in collaboration with Cyber Peace Foundation is organizing a Webinar session on "*Cyber Security: Best practices to protect your Organization in Cyberspace" by Capt. Vineet Kumar, President, Cyber Peace Foundation* on *December 30, 2020, from 3 pm to 4 pm.* We request you to kindly register for the Webinar at the below-mentioned link. The digital certificate of participation will be sent to all the attendees of the Webinar. *https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/178837077706907662 <https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/178837077706907662>* After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. We look forward to your presence. With best wishes DELNET Organising Team *We feel honoured and privileged to inform you that DELNET has been awarded the prestigious "IIPA Award for Excellence in Public Services", announced in the august presence of the Hon'ble Vice President of India Shri M Venkaiah Naidu ji on October 31, 2020.* *"In a day, when you don't come across any problems, you can be sure that you are travelling on a wrong path" Swami Vivekananda* ====================================== Dr Sangeeta Kaul Director DELNET-Developing Library Network Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 INDIA Tel: 91-11-26742222, 26741266, 9810329992 (M) Fax: 91-11-26741122 Email: sangs(a)delnet.ren.nic.in, sangskaul2003(a)yahoo.co.in ====================================== -- Sincerely, Ravindra Mendhe Deputy Librarian SVKM's NMIMS ( Deemed to be University, Mumbai) MPTP, Shirpur Campus, Dist- Dhule (MS) M- 9421149820 website: http://ravindramendhe.weebly.com/ https://sites.google.com/site/ravindramendhe/ http://ravindra4474.wix.com/ravindralibrary *“New Technology, New Trends, New Ideas; Modifying the Library with the User in Mind'.*

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International Virtual Conference on Challenges and Opportunities to Libraries and LIS Professionals in the Changing Global Scenario” from 28-30 December 2020
by hariharan_ah＠yahoo.com 27 Dec '20

27 Dec '20

Dear Sir/Madam, Greetings from SALIS ! SAILS is organizing “SALIS 2020: International Virtual Conference on Challenges and Opportunities to Libraries and LIS Professionals in the Changing Global Scenario” from 28-30 December 2020. Many international and national speakers from reputed institutions are going to deliver special lectures on emerging topics. SALIS members and other professional colleagues are invited to attend the inaugural and valedictory function and also the whole conference. There is no registration fee to attend the conference. However, you have to register and pay the registration fee to get the participation certificate. Please note that we are using Cisco WebEx Platform for the conference. Kindly install the WebEx and test it before the conference. Hosting ID: bit.ly/necSALIS_2020 Meeting Number: 176 535 9003 Password: 2020salis123 Please visit the conference website to see the inaugural invitation, programme schedule and other details. http://bit.ly/salis2020 SALIS2020 - Organising Committee

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SciHub - Delhi High Court ruling is out
by Sathyanarayana NV 27 Dec '20

27 Dec '20

Delhi HC asks Libgen, Sci-Hub to stop uploading articles as they face copyright infringement charges https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/delhi-hc-asks-libgen-sci-hub-to-s… N. V. Sathyanarayana Informatics -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Academic publishers vs LibGen and Sci-Hub: Make research, academic papers accessible to all, 2K scientists, students appeal to court, govt
by madhan muthu 26 Dec '20

26 Dec '20

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/academic-publishers-vs-libgen-and-sci… More than 2000 scientists, professors, researchers, teachers and students have signed a statement supporting free access to knowledge and urging the court and the government to allow the Indian academic community to continue to have access to Sci-Hub and Libgen,” said Soumitro Banerjee, general secretary of BSS and professor in the physical sciences department of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research at Kolkata. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LISA – Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Greetings
by Pandurang Konnur 26 Dec '20

26 Dec '20

Dear Professional friends, LIS Academy is crossing its 4th year Foundation Day by 31st December. We have traveled a sizable distance with all your support and encouragement. The main motto of LIS Academy is to give the best of the best content and technology assistance to the professionals and profession at large. On the eve of turnover of the new year and the Foundation Day of LIS Academy, we wish you a very bright New Year 2021. Please download the New Year Greetings of LIS Academy from the following Link: https://bit.ly/3nS0Xdk The prestigious LISA Distinguished Lecture is entering into its third Lecture in the series. The 3rd LISA - Distinguished Lecture is scheduled for 9th January 2021. Dr.Sandhaya Shekhar, A renowned Management consultant, Former Founding CEO, IIT Madras Research Park, Advisor and Strategy Consultant, Chennai, has kindly consented to deliver her talk on "Restoring pride of place to libraries and librarians – a demand-side perspective." Please find the Brochure of the 3rd LISA - Distinguished Lecture from the following Link: https://bit.ly/3rszmSk To register for the 3rd LISA - Distinguished Lecture, please open the following Link: http://bit.ly/3mtytp0 To make her Lecture more connected to the Librarian Community, the Speaker has requested us to conduct an opinion poll among the Lecture prospective participants. Hence we request you to fill out the opinion poll from the following Link kindly: http://bit.ly/3mDtAK2 This poll will be active till 28th December 2020. PLEASE JOIN LIS ACADEMY AND STRENGTHEN LIS PROFESSION Thanks & Regards, Dr. P. V. Konnur President - LIS Academy, Bangalore Former LIS Professor, Fulbright Scholar - (UIUC, USA) Adviser - VTU Consortium, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi - 590 018, Mobile : 09449679737 E-Mail : pvkonnur(a)gmail.com Website: www.lisacademy.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Webinar on "Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Strategies" on 2nd Jan 2021 & Forthcoming Events of ACM, IEEE CS & CSI
by Mohan Hr 25 Dec '20

25 Dec '20

Webinar on "Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Strategies ================================================== IEEE CS Madras, ACM Chennai & CSI Chennai cordially invite you to the webinar Topic: Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Strategies Speaker: Dr. Parasuram Balasubramanian, Founder & CEO, Theme Work Analytics Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore Date: Saturday, 2nd Jan 2021 Time: 6 pm to 7 pm IST For presentation details & speaker profile, pl see the PDF invite at https://bit.ly/37LjLEC Register at https://bit.ly/36OiwVI Forthcoming Events ================= 26th Dec -- A Job Before Graduation: Proven Placement Tips for Students. https://bit.ly/2IiZVb7 29th Dec -- Understanding the Spirit-Mind-Brain-Body link for a better life. https://bit.ly/2JULbQn 2nd Jan -- Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Strategies. https://bit.ly/36OiwVI 8th Jan -- MLOps: Evolution of New Era Beyond DevOps. https://bit.ly/3orwgM4 23rd Jan -- Open Data for Sustainable Community. https://bit.ly/39M6Nc8 30th Jan -- Experimental AI for Social Good. https://bit.ly/36U5rKF Pl refer for pdf invite, presentation & speaker details of events in Jan 2021 at: https://bit.ly/3h3MJnq Interesting Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 201221: pl see tte post at https://bit.ly/34vv0QA

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