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International Conference-Thailand
by Rama Reddy Enukonda 01 Oct '18

01 Oct '18

Dear Professional Colleagues, A two day International Conference on *“CONVERGENCE: CONTENT, MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY” *is scheduled to be organised at the Faculty of Informatics, Mahasarakham University, Thailand during November 22-23, 2018. Mr. NV Sathyanarayana, Dr. HS Siddamallaiah, Prof. Ramesh Babu and I are coordinating the event from India. On behalf of the Faculty of Informatics, Mahasarakham University, Thailand, we would request you to contribute a paper relevant to the theme/sub-themes of the conference and actively participate in the conference. For more information, please see the conference website www.it.msu.ac.th/i3cmt. A festschrift volume will be published with ISBN and released at the conference. Selected papers will be also published in academic journals. Regarding Visa: Apart from obtaining visa in India, Thailand has ‘Visa on Arrival’ facility for Indians. Organisers will arrange transport from Khon Kaen domestic airport to the accommodation/ conference venue. You can book your air tickets to Bangkok/Khon Kaen. Accommodation and catering arrangements will be made for all the registered delegates during the conference. Those participants, who want to visit selected tourist places (Pattaya and Bangkok) after the conference, should register and confirm before arriving in Thailand to organise the tour. The Organisers will make necessary arrangements for travel and stay (one night in Pattaya and one night in Bangkok) against payment. Please send the paper to the mail ID on or before 15th October 2018. If you need any further clarifications, please contact Dr. E. Rama Reddy enukondar(a)gmail.com We hope to hear positive response from you With best regards rama reddy Dr. E. Rama Reddy, PhD University Librarian (Retd), University of Hyderabad Formerly Visiting Professor, Mahasarakham University, Thailand Formerly Visiting Faculty, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai +91 9000955729 enukondar(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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Content of Koha and Data Migration - Data Entry - Punctuation as per ISBD rule
by Dp Tripathi 30 Sep '18

30 Sep '18

*Greetings from Librarian Guide !!!!* Dear All, Trust you all are good and doing good with sound health and spirit. I am hereby sharing the next video which contains the details about punctuation to be taken care while doing the data entry in MARC format in cataloguing. You may browse the video at https://youtu.be/E0ym48-eTpE Please leave your comment and feedback if any for improvement in the content. Thanks for watching this video. For more videos, please stay updated with Librarian Guide. Thanks DP Tripathi -- ********************************* *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ********************************* Assistant Librarian, Periodicals Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ********************************* *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* ********************************* *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * ********************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request
by Balraj 30 Sep '18

30 Sep '18

Dear Professional Friends, One of our faculty require the below mentioned article. - Conversion of staphylococcal pathogenicity islands to CRISPR-carrying antibacterial agents that cure infections in mice Author - Geeta Ram <https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.4203#auth-1> - , Hope F Ross <https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.4203#auth-2> - , Richard P Novick <https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.4203#auth-3> - , Ivelisse Rodriguez-Pagan <https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.4203#auth-4> - & Dunrong Jiang <https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.4203#auth-5> Journal: *Nature Biotechnology* Published September 2018 Please provide the full text of the above article. Thanks & Best Wishes, Balraj Librarian RAK Medical & Health Sciences University United Arab Emirates

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LIS Interns in Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH).
by Sujan Saha 29 Sep '18

29 Sep '18

Interns (Library and Information Science) in Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH). http://www.intach.org/join-vacancies.php How to Apply: • Eligible candidates may send their CV to the e-mail id: ikc.intach(a)gmail.com before 04th October, 2018.

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Call for papers and participation for XXXIV National Conference of IATLIS, 3-4 December 2018 at Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh.
by Harinder Pal Singh Kalra 28 Sep '18

28 Sep '18

XXXIV NATIONAL CONFERENCE of IATLIS on the theme LIS Education, Research and Training (LISERT): Capacity Building and the Sustainable Development Goals 03-04 December 2018 Jointly organized by The Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS), and The Department of Library and Information Science, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh at Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh (Haryana) ABOUT THE IATLIS The Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) is a professional association of more than 600 teachers and professionals in Library and Information Science in India. Since its inception in 1969, IATLIS has been active in taking up several issues of LIS Education in India especially relating to the development of curriculum, teaching methods, infrastructure, teacher training, etc. It actively works for the promotion of the professional interests of LIS teachers. As part of its activities, it conducts national seminars, workshops, and training programmes. It publishes conference proceedings and also an electronic journal “IATLIS Journal of Library Education and Research”. For more details about the association, kindly go to www.iatlis.org ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY The Central University of Haryana is among 15 newest Central Universities established by the MHRD under the Central Universities Act, 2009 of the Parliament. The university has been awarded ‘A’ Grade by NAAC. It is a student-centered research institution located in Mahendergarh, Haryana. Mahendergarh is now a part of the Extended Capital Region (NCR) and is around 125 Kilometers away from Delhi and well connected to Delhi through Railways. Under the dynamic guidance of Vice-chancellor Prof. R C Kuhad, one of the most respected and eminent scholars in India and backed by rich and diverse faculty the university aims to develop enlightened citizenship of a knowledge society for peace and prosperity of individuals, nation and the world, through the promotion of innovation, creative endeavours, and scholarly inquiry. A keen profile, outstanding achievements in research and teaching, and a modern administration are the focus of its actions. The pursuit of knowledge and technological progress is guided by the principles of excellence and quality. Currently the university has eleven schools and more than thirty Departments offering UG, PG and doctoral degree courses. Each department organizes teaching and research in a different subject area. ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT The Department of Library and Information Science was started from the academic session 2014-2015 under the School of Computer Science and Informatics. The aim of the department is to impart quality education to meet national and global challenges through providing training & research facilities and promoting new technologies in teaching & learning that are globally recognized, meet the needs of a changing society and highly valued at different workplaces. The Department currently offers PG Programme(Master of Library & Information Science) with a regular study period of four semesters and welcomes students from all backgrounds, who have an interest in entering and progressing within, the LIS profession. The course provides comprehensive education in view of multidisciplinary fields of study, incorporating the fundamental and applied subjects in Library and Information Science. Our teaching emphasizes both traditional and digital media, engagement with digital Library Practices. The Students of the department are placed in the various Libraries, Information Centers, and academic Institutions ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The theme of the IATLIS National Conference 2018 is: LIS Education, Research and Training (LISERT): Capacity Building and the Sustainable Development Goals Sub-themes include, but are not limited to: · UN Sustainable Development Goals and capacity building · Technology advances and demands for new skills and competencies. · Manpower development for mobile-based library services, big data opportunities, knowledge consultancy, etc. · Media and information literacy skills · LIS research for advancing the role and services of libraries · LISERT collaborations across frontiers · Open and distance learning in LIS · Learning resources: MOOCs, e-PG Pathshala · Globalization and its impact on LISERT · Ethics and aesthetics of LIS education and practice - A Tutorial on "Media and information literacy-based evaluation criteria for separating predatory publications from scholarly journals” would also be conducted at the conference. CALL FOR PAPERS The organizing committee invites articles and scholarly papers on the theme of the conference. Interested paper presenters are requested to kindly send abstract (300 – 500 words) latest by10 October 2018. Abstracts will be reviewed to check quality and relevance to the main topic of the conference. The abstracts should include full title including sub-title (if any), names and contact details of all authors, abstract proper, 3-5 keywords, and a brief bio (up to 200 words) of each author, latest by 10 October 2018 to the General Secretary, IATLIS, C/o Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002 (Punjab), preferably by email at iatlis2018(a)gmail.com REGISTRATION DETAILS Indian Delegates: Sponsored: Rs. 2000/- Non-Sponsored: Rs. 1500/- Retired Professionals: Rs. 1,000/- Accompanying Person: Rs. 1,000/- Students/Researchers: Rs. 300/- Foreign Delegates: SAARC Countries: $ 100 Other Countries: $ 200 The registration fee covers conference kit, proceedings of the conference (upon post-publication), and working lunch, and session tea for the conference days. The registration fee does not include breakfast, dinner and accommodation. Papers presented at the conference will be published in the post-conference volume that would be sent to the registered delegates later on, as per the decision of the General Body. Delegates are requested to include registration fees for accompanying persons while forwarding their registration forms since it would not be possible to entertain last minute requests for accommodation. Accompanying persons shall not be entitled for conference kits. Delegates are requested to intimate their travel plans in advance to avoid last minute inconvenience. The Demand Draft/ Multicity cheque for registration fee should be in favour of IATLIS payable at Patiala, and should be sent along with the duly filled in Registration Form latest by 27 November 2018. Delegates can also transfer the registration fee online in account no. 65048083922 of State Bank of India, Punjabi University, Patiala branch (IFSC Code: SBIN0050009). The account is in the name of Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS). In case of online transfer, the proof of transfer should be sent with the registration form. All the participants are requested to send their registration form duly filled along with the requisite fee applicable latest by 27 November 2018 to the General Secretary, IATLIS, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala, 147002 (Punjab). Phone: 0175-3046179, 80. IMPORTANT DATES: Abstract submission : 10 October 2018 Notification of acceptance : 17 October 2018 Full paper submission : 10 November 2018 Registration form submission : 27 November 2018 Conference Dates : 03-04December 2018 For further details contact: Dr. I.V. Malhan Professor and Head, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala & President, IATLIS. and Dr. H.P.S. Kalra Professor and Head, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala & General Secretary, IATLIS. Tel: 0175-3046179, 6180. Email: iatlis.patiala(a)gmail.com HOW TO REACH UNIVERSITY Central University of Haryana is located on Mahendergarh - Charkhi Dadri road about 08 kms from Mahendergarh; 163 kms from Delhi and Gurgaon. The nearest railway station is Mahendergarh (8 kms from university) well connected with New Delhi and other places. In case of any difficulty, participants may contact the Department of Library and Information Science on tel. No. 9992084321, 8988167975, 8607693230 ACCOMODATION DETAILS Accommodation, if required, will be provided at additional cost. A limited accommodation is available in the university hostel. Lodging can also be arranged in hotels on payment basis if requested. For further details contact: Dr.Pawan Kumar Saini, Organizing Secretary and Assistant Professor, Department of Library & Information Science, Central University of Haryana Mahendergarh (Haryana). Tel: 9460289351. Email: pawansaini(a)cuh.ac.in ------------------------------------------ Registration Form XXXIV IATLIS Conference 03-04 December 2018 at Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh. Name: (Prof./Dr./Mr./Mrs./Ms):………………………………………… Name/s of accompanying person/s (if any):………………………… Designation: …………………………………………........................... Institution:………………………………………………………………………………… Mailing Address: ………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… Email: …………………………………………………………………….. Phone: (O) …………………………….., (M) …………………………. Payment Details: Bank: …………………………………………………………….. Draft/Cheque no/Online transfer details .…………………… .…………………… Dated: ………................................ Amount:…………………………… Whether accommodation is required: Yes / No. If Yes, number of persons and their names:…………………………….. Arrival and Departure Details (Date, Time): ………….…………………. ……………………………………………………………………...………… Date: ____________ Signature ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kindly send the completed registration form along with registration fee to: The General Secretary, IATLIS, C/o Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002 (Punjab) latest by 27 November 2018.

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Opinions sought on eligibility criteria of "One Year Diploma in Computer application"
by Pranit Landge 27 Sep '18

27 Sep '18

Warm Regards to Distinguished faculties and Dear Colleagues, I have been observing the advertisement notifications for recruitment of Library staff in various institutions across the India from various means like newspapers, forums and blog etc. Nearly every advertisement notification lists one eligibility criteria (under desired or essential) as *"One year diploma in Computer applications"*. Somehow I am still wondering what diploma course will be best suited to library professionals apart from IGNOU's Distance Mode "Diploma in Library Automation and Networking". Also, while in service it is hardly possible to pursue a full-time diploma course and anyhow if someone manages to complete it a question on its authenticity will always remains poking. We all know that MOOCs are gaining momentum throughout world but they are still not recognised by Indian Education System and recruitment boards. Your opinion and valuable guidance is highly awaited for clarification of thoughts for a budding librarians. *Regards,* *Pranit Landge.* *Library & Information Assistant* *Zoological Survey of India* *Western Regional Center,* *Vidyanagar, sector-29,* *Opp. D Y Patil Edu. Complex,* *Rawet Road, Akurdi, Pune- 411044* *Mobile: +91-9561827902* *Phone: +91-20-27651927 (Ext. 209) (O)* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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How can Libraries help Senior Ciizens
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 26 Sep '18

26 Sep '18

How can libraries help Senior Citizens? There are a large number of libraries both public as well as special in every city. Funding for running the library comes from govt or similar agencies. Thus libraries do have responsibility in addition to catering to their regular customers, to others outside their ambit, who also contribute by way of taxes. One such segment of the community that would greatly benefit is the Senior citizens, if libraries extend their co-operation to them. One might think of fulfilling some sort of corporate social responsibility of a different kind. There are lots of things that libraries or librarians can do in this regard. Some of them are listed here. 1. Libraries may lend space for conducting meetings of local Senior Citizens Associations in their premises. 2. Libraries may engage senior citizens who are knowledgeable and experienced to give lectures / talks, as a sort of extension activity. 3. Libraries may exempt senior citizens from admission and other fees charged for their services or offer discounts or concessions 4. Libraries may offer opportunities to retired persons to volunteer in library work; this segment would be available relatively cheap. 5. Libraries may offer free or low cost training courses in imparting skills in using smart phone, internet etc 6. Libraries may encourage Lifelong learning activity among the elderly. These could be done: Identifying free or affordable courses to sign up; providing terminals for online learning; to be a meeting point for co-learners; provide class room facilities etc 7. Prolific readers, poets, writers, authors and others among the elderly may be encouraged to give book reviews, donate their books, poetry reading sessions, art and painting exhibitions, display their coin / philatelic collections etc 8. Retirees may be invited for several events conducted by the library by converting them into personal sponsors for specific activities. 9. Senior citizens may be approached to help in fund raising activities for special occasions. 10. Public libraries may even think of providing extension counters in retirement (gated) communities. I am a retired librarian working for senior citizens’ welfare for the past twenty years and my most preferred way of giving help is to provide info / data / documents on whatever topic they want, provided it is in some way related to the 60+ age group. ****** Dr P Vyasamoorthy 040-27846631 / 09490804278

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Kindly comment on the product InCites: a product of Clarivate Analytics
by Rajendra Kumar Jena 26 Sep '18

26 Sep '18

Dear Sir and Madam, We are in the primary stage of the process to subscribe the product "InCites". If, any institution already subscribing the product, kindly comment on its worthiness for an academic and research institution. regards, *Mr. Rajendra Kumar Jena* Dy. Registrar (Library), Central Library Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad (IIITA) Deoghat, Jhalwa, Allahabad - 211015 (U.P.) INDIA E-Mail : rkjena(a)iiita.ac.in <shailendrak(a)iiita.ac.in> | Phone : 0532-292-2106 (O) | Mobile : +91-94075-15759 "He who has faith, has all, and he who lacks it lacks all. ~ Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa"

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E-Books to E-Learning: Libraries as Learning Hubs – LTC2019: The 4th Library Technology Conclave (Cochin University of Science & Technology, Cochin. 23-25th January 2019)
by Sathyanarayana NV 26 Sep '18

26 Sep '18

Informatics India Ltd., Bangalore and Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT), are pleased to announce LTC2019, an annual event, 4th in the series. Informatics is organising this year’s Conclave in partnership with CUSAT, the host-partners of the event. *LTC* is different and distinct in its content and format. It’s focus is on current and emerging technologies and their implementation and impact studies in libraries and their parent organisations. The vision of LTC is to enable libraries to re-imagine and re-position the libraries in the digital space as an integral part of the learning and research eco-system of the institutions and the society. *E-Learning *is the theme of LTC2019 expressed in the Conclave title: *From e-Books to e-Learning: Libraries as Learning Hubs*. This theme is very unique and challenging to libraries in broadening their service horizon. It opens up new opportunities for libraries to collaborate with faculty to integrate library’s content access and delivery system with e-Learning platform. With decades of knowledge and experience in managing e-resources, libraries can play a pro-active role in the area of content management in the e-Learning space. Libraries around the world have started engaging with faculties in their institutions in a collaborative model to provide support to in e-learning domains. E-learning programs are being used extensively in information literacy programs of libraries. Best practices are already emerging. (*e-Learning in Libraries: Best Practices. Edited by Charles Harmon & Michael Messina. 2013). * LTC2019 programs are designed to be engaging for the delegates and speakers. Please visit LTC2019 website (www.ltc2019.com) and keep watching the unfolding of the Conclave program details. In addition to Keynotes and Roundtables by global and local experts, here are a few special highlights of the Conclave. PRE-CONCLAVE WORKSHOPS ON – 1. E-Learning Basics 2. Koha + CORAL (e-resource management software) TWO PRESTIGIOUS AWARD PROGRAMS 1. *LibTech Award* for the best technology enabled library of the year. Delegates are invited to showcase the technologies implemented in their libraries and their effective usage and impact through a presentation in an exclusive session on *Technology Innovations in Libraries.* Visit the Conclave website for filing your nominations. Write your experience with technology implementation and management as a paper in Best Practices, which will be published in the Conclave volume on *Best Practices in Libraries Technologies*. 2. *Best Koha implementation Award*. All libraries who have implemented Koha in their libraries, either on their own or supported by a vendor, and have new innovations to talk about, are invited to showcase their implementation challenges and innovative capabilities. File your nomination and also write your experience as paper in Best Practice for publication in the Conclave volume. *SPARK*: AN EXCLUSIVE SESSION FOR DELEGATES: Ideas keep triggering as you keep listening to expert speakers in the Conclave. Delegates are encouraged to jot down such new ideas; think about innovative possibilities around those ideas and register during the conclave sessions to speak at the SPARK session for five minutes scheduled before the last session of the Conclave. Two delegates presenting the best ideas will be handsomely awarded. Please register and keep visiting the LTC2019 site frequently for regular update. Join LTC12019 to make it the most engaging and innovative Conclave in LIS discipline. N. V. Sathyanarayana Chairman & Managing Director Informatics India Ltd., Bangalore -- *Confidentiality Notice: *T*his electronic message transmission, including any attachment(s), may contain confidential, proprietary, or privileged information from Informatics Publishing Limited. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that any dissemination, copying, distribution, printing or use of the contents of the information contained in this electronic message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic message by error, please destroy all copies of the message and contact the sender immediately by either replying to this message or calling 91-80-40387777.* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interesting Reads – 2018-09-26
by Mohan Hr 25 Sep '18

25 Sep '18

*Interesting Reads – 2018-09-26* *Contents* *Articles* - Journalism, 'Fake News' and Disinformation: A Handbook for Journalism Education and Training - 23 principles for beneficial AI: Tech leaders establish new guidelines - Buddha in Business: Are you an enlightened entrepreneur? - Nurturing your Network: Top Tips - Genes, joules or gut bugs: which one is most to blame when it comes to weight gain? - Here are the Top Online Scams You Need to Avoid Today - Gasping for Air in India’s Industrial North - Microrobots: Bigger than they seem - 33 Industries Other Than Auto That Driverless Cars Could Turn Upside Down - iOS vs. Android Compare the Mobile OSes *Events / Announcements* - KLA National Conference on Corporate and Media Librarianship – Call for Papers - SPIN Chennai: Workshop on Statistical Methods For Process Management - 1st Libertatem National Essay Writing Competition Read at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/09/interesting-reads-201 8-09-26.html Archives at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/05/interesting-reads-arc hives.html *======================================================== * *Articles* *Journalism, 'Fake News' and Disinformation: A Handbook for Journalism Education and Training* This new publication by UNESCO is a timely resource and highly topical subject for all those who practice or teach journalism in this Digital Age. Political parties, health professionals, business people, scientists, election monitors and others will also find the handbook useful in navigating the information disorder. Written by experts in the fight against disinformation, this handbook explores the very nature of journalism - with modules on why trust matters; thinking critically about how digital technology and social platforms are conduits of the information disorder; fighting back against disinformation and misinformation through media and information literacy; fact-checking 101; social media verification and combatting online abuse. Weblink <https://en.unesco.org/fightfakenews/modules> *23 principles for beneficial AI: Tech leaders establish new guidelines* Tesla CEO Elon Musk, DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis, and nearly 1,000 other leaders in AI just signed guidelines for developing safe AI. Here's are the highlights, and what it means. Full post <https://www.techrepublic.com/article/23-principals-for-beneficial-ai-tech-l…> Related story <https://futureoflife.org/ai-principles/>: Asilomar Principles — a set of 23 points *Buddha in Business: Are you an enlightened entrepreneur?* Like most religions, Buddhism has been about good tenets for good living. Obsessed as we are with entrepreneurship, we were curious to explore whether a Buddhist approach would help entrepreneurs build and implement logical, vision-aligned business models. Read the first in the twelve-part series and start following the rest. Full post <https://weekender.yourstory.com/post/buddha-in-business-enlightened-entrepr…> *Nurturing your Network: Top Tips* These days we tend to consider ourselves pretty well connected. Thanks to social media, ‘followers’, ‘friends’ and ‘connections’ are being forged on a daily basis. Has the internet revolution made networking easier? Do we all know one another better? Probably not. Full post <https://www.executivegrapevine.com/content/article/insight-2018-04-10-nurtu…> *Genes, joules or gut bugs: which one is most to blame when it comes to weight gain?* With obesity on the rise, so too is the diet and weight loss industry, currently valued at US$70 billion in the US alone. But most of us are still confused about the factors that lead to weight gain. Three commonly attributed factors are our genes, our microbiome (gut bugs) and our energy intake (kilojoules). So let’s examine how much each of these is to blame. Full story <https://theconversation.com/genes-joules-or-gut-bugs-which-one-is-most-to-b…> *Here are the Top Online Scams You Need to Avoid Today* We truly want to believe that the Internet is a safe place where you can’t fall for all types of online scams, but it’s always good reminder to do a “reality check”. We, humans, can become an easy target for malicious actors who want to steal our most valuable personal data. Criminal minds can reach these days further than before, into our private lives, our homes and work offices. And there is little we can do about it. Attack tactics and tools vary from traditional attack vectors, which use malicious software and vulnerabilities present in almost all the programs and apps (even in the popular Windows operating systems), to ingenious phishing scams deployed from unexpected regions of the world, where justice can’t easily reach out to catch the eventual perpetrators. Use the links in the post to quickly navigate the list of online scams and see the top online scams you need to stay away from right now. Full post <https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/top-online-scams/> *Gasping for Air in India’s Industrial North* Air pollution kills one million Indians annually. In the northern city of Patna, the problem shaves four years, on average, off residents’ lives. Full story <https://undark.org/article/air-pollution-patna/> *Microrobots: Bigger than they seem* Using insects as templates, researchers are buildings robots that are very small, very mobile—and very useful. Full post <https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights/articles/microrobots-bigger-than-they-se…> *33 Industries Other Than Auto That Driverless Cars Could Turn Upside Down* Fast food, real estate, military operations, even home improvement — many large industries will have to shift their strategies in the wake of driverless cars. It’s all but a certainty that autonomous or driverless vehicles will be widely used in the United States at some point over the next two decades. Already, over two dozen major corporates including Google, Apple, and Mercedes Benz are hard at work building their own self-driving vehicles. Tesla’s Model S includes an autopilot mode which gives it semi-autonomous capabilities. Clearly, tech and auto companies stand to gain, but many other industries could face serious upheavals unless they are able to adapt to the many changes self-driving cars will bring to the market. Below, we dive into 33 industries, from the obvious (professional driving & trucking) to the more surprising (fitness?), that will be shaken up by the advent of autonomous vehicles. Full story <https://www.cbinsights.com/research/13-industries-disrupted-driverless-cars/> *iOS vs. Android Compare the Mobile OSes* Download this e-guide to compare the iOS and Android OSes and the security features of each. Weblink <https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/searchMobileComputing/Downloads/Android_vs._iOS.p…> *Events / Announcements* *KLA National Conference on Corporate and Media Librarianship – Call for Papers* A corporate library or information service is a unit within a corporate body providing the information that the staff need to carry out the work of the organization. Corporate bodies include business firms engaged in retail and manufacture, law firms, consultancies, other commercial entities like banks and insurance firms, professional trade bodies and non-governmental organizations. Many of the media organizations such as newspapers and broadcasting can also be brought within the purview of corporates by virtue of their nature and style of functioning, but they are marked by a distinct identity based on their common function. Corporate and media information services naturally reflect their parent organizations and are therefore various and heterogeneous. Yet, across all organizations, they face similar challenges. The primary challenge is to prove their worth when the main function of the parent organizations is not officially information provision or learning. The role of the information professional in such a context is particularly challenging. There is a whole gamut of information which can be provided by the information centres, but the parent body may not always try to obtain them from a dedicated information service. In a scenario where information is abundantly available to end users, information professionals today must ask themselves what value their special skills add to their organization. Moreover, the complexity of when, where, and how information is accessed, has created a new set of responsibilities related to managing internal and external information resources. It is in this background that Kerala Library Association (KLA) is organizing a national conference on Corporate and Media Librarianship during 14-15 Dec. 2018 at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Last date of receipt of the abstract: 15 October 2018 Brochure: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zAWbucwCzwfV_lxJX7fGFnYl0zN cAZYv/view?usp=sharing Call for Paper at https://klaweblog.wordpress.c om/2018/07/16/kla-national-conference-on-corporate-and-media -librarianship-23-24-nov-2018-first-announcement-call-for-papers/ Contact: General Convener: Dr. Vijayakumar, K. P., President, Kerala Library Association E-mail: kpvijayakumar2(a)gmail.com Mobile: 9496749901 *SPIN Chennai: Workshop on Statistical Methods For Process Management* Join the Workshop on Statistical Methods For Process Management with Sriram - Statistics Expert on 13th October 2018, Saturday at Conf. Hall, Alumni Center, College of Engineering, Anna Univ., Chennai Checkout more details @ http://spinchennai.org/events/ event/workshop-on-statistical-methods-for-process-management/ Get your tickets @ https://in.explara.com/e/workshop-on-statistical-methods- for-process-management *1st Libertatem National Essay Writing Competition* The Theme of the Essay Competition is: Is today's India Jeopardising its Constitutional Principles. The theme is also divided into 6 sub-themes which are: 1. The Crisis of Seniority in the Supreme Court Elevations - The Cornerstone of Legislature and Judicial Relationship 2. The Debate around Article 35A of the Indian Constitution - Will it erode the Autonomy of Jammu & Kashmir? 3. The Nightmare of Assamese People - The NRC and the Proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill 4. The Arrests of Activists - Is it an attack on Freedom of Speech or is justified in the name of National Security? 5. The Issue of 'Office of Profit’ in the light of disqualification of 20 MLAs of the Aam Aadmi Party 6. “I am what I am, So take me as I am”: Section 377 Verdict and the way forward The Registration for the Essay Competition is open till October 10, 2018, and the fee is Rs. 300. Prize Details are mentioned in the brochure. For more details, please visit: https://goo.gl/ff9Mjv *Archives of Interesting Reads * To access the past posts of Interesting Reads, pl. visit http://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. 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SEMINAR-8 Topic:-Library Space: An Overview
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 25 Sep '18

25 Sep '18

Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE post Bangalore 560059 SEMINAR-8 Topic:-Library Space: An Overview A library is not just a storehouse of minds intellectual products in documented form. In todays world, it is also considered as an arena where patrons of varying ages and from different communities converge and work collaboratively on different creative projects. A library space is one of such a platform. The seminar intends to introduce the essence of what a library space is through its evolution, essential features and motivation. It will also discuss the various different types of library spaces, a generic model for planning a library space, and, how to re-think and re-design them. Finally, it concludes by focusing on merits, de-merits, issues, criticism and a few real-life implementations of library spaces. Speaker: Satish Kumar Coordinator: Dr. Biswanath Dutta Date: 28-09-2018 Time: 2 p.m. Venue: DRTC class room (G-21) ISI Bangalore All are cordially invited. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Papers for JLICT, Vol 7, No 2 (July 2018- December 2018)
by Dr Mange Ram 25 Sep '18

25 Sep '18

Call for Papers for JLICT, Vol 7, No 2 (July 2018- December 2018) Call for Papers for JLICT, Vol 7, No 2 (July 2018- December 2018) Print ISSN: 2278-3482/ Online ISSN: The Journal of Library and Information Communication Technology (JLICT) Print ISSN: 2278-3482/ Online ISSN: 2456-9399 is a peer-reviewed journal (half yearly) and Indexed (Scientific Indexing Service at S.N. 3851) is published by editorial board of JLICT. Journal of Library and Information Communication Technology (JLICT) cover all areas of library science related with ICT. The journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence, and will publish: Original articles in basic and applied research, Case studies, Critical reviews & surveys. We invite you to submit your manuscript(s) to: jlict2012(a)gmail.com Format for Submission the papers: Font: times new roman, Size: 12 and in single space with linked references (APA Style) as examples are given below: References/Bibliographies: 1. Book: Kidder, T. (1981). The soul of a new machine. Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Frank, R. H., & Bernanke, B. (2007). Principles of macro-economic (3rd Ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. 2. Edited Book: Gibbs, J. T., & Huang, L. N. (Eds.). (2001). Children of colour: Psychological interventions with culturally diverse youth. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 3. Article/Papers: Ku, G. (2008). Learning to de-escalate: The effects of regret in escalation of commitment. Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes, 105(2), 221-232. Sanchez, D., & King-Toler, E. (2007). Addressing disparities consultation and outreach strategies for university settings. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 59(4), 286-295. 4. Journal article from a subscription database (no DOI): Colvin, G. (2008, July 21). Information worth billions. Fortune, 158(2), 73-79. Retrieved from Business Source Complete, EBSCO. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com 5. Magazine article, in print: Kluger, J. (2008, January 28). Why we love. Time, 171(4), 54-60. 6. Newspaper article, no author, in print: As prices surge, Thailand pitches OPEC-style rice cartel. (2008, May 5). The Wall Street Journal, p. A9. 7. Corporate author, author as publisher, accessed online: Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2000). Tasmanian year book 2000 (No. 1301.6). Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Author. Retrieved from http://www.ausstats .abs.gov.au /ausstats/subscriber.nsf /0/CA2568710006989... $File/13016_2000.pdf *The article may be send to the following e-mail address only upto 31st October 2018 only jlict2012(a)gmail.com Editor in Chief Dr. P. P. Rawat, ,Chief Librarian (Retd), SGPGI, Lucknow (UP)

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Application for the post Deputy Librarian and Assistant Librarian in Ambedkar University Delhi
by Subhodip Bid 25 Sep '18

25 Sep '18

Name of the post: Deputy Librarian *Number of Vacancy: *1 Posts *Educational Qualification:* A Masters Degree in Library Science / Information Science / Documentation with at least 55% of the marks or its equivalent grade of B in the UGC seven point scale and a consistently good academic record. Five years experience as an Assistant University Librarian / College Librarian. Evidence of innovative library service and organization of published work and professional commitment, computerization of library. Desirable: M.Phil./Ph.D. Degree in Library Science / Information Science / Documentation / Archives and Manuscript-Keeping. *Pay Scale:* *INR *15600-39100 + Academic Grade Pay Rs.8000/- *Age Limit:* As Per Rules. Name of the post: Assistant Librarian *Number of Vacancy: *1 Posts *Educational Qualification:* A Master’s degree in Library Science/Information Science/Documentation Science or an equivalent professional degree with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and a consistently good academic record with knowledge of computerization of library. *Pay Scale:* *INR *15600-39100 + Academic Grade Pay Rs.6000/- *Age Limit:* As Per Rules. For more details: http://aud.ac.in/upload/Advt-01-2018.pdf -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SEMINAR-7 Topic:-Data Warehousing: A Glimpse
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 24 Sep '18

24 Sep '18

Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE post Bangalore 560059 SEMINAR-7 Topic:-Data Warehousing: A Glimpse Data Warehousing can be construed as a process for assembling and managing data from numerous sources with the prime objective of obtaining a unary yet comprehensive perspective of part or the whole of a business, thus, facilitating strategic decision making. The seminar intends to introduce the concept of a Data Warehouse, and, its working architecture. It will deliberate on several associated concepts and processes in Data Warehousing, along with tool(s) to facilitate it. It will also focus on some prime instances of Data Warehousing practiced in corporate houses and libraries. Finally, it will elaborate the merits, de-merits, applications and research trends in Data Warehousing. Speaker: Mayukh Bagchi Coordinator: Dr. Biswanath Dutta Date: 27-09-2018 Time: 2 p.m. Venue: DRTC class room (G-21) ISI Bangalore All are cordially invited.

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Indian Encyclopaedia of Library and Information Science is available now
by Dr. Ajay Kamble 24 Sep '18

24 Sep '18

Dear Professionals, Dr. P. S. G. Kumar is a stalwart in library and information science field and a well-known personality in LIS in India… He has recently completed compilation and edition of one of the most important resource for library and information science field. His voluminous work entitled ‘Indian Encyclopaedia of Library and Information Science’ is recently published and is available now. It contains 28 volumes covering almost all the important aspects of Library and information science field. This volumes are published by BR Publishing Corporation with the ISBN 9789387587441. Over 2500 articles covering the entire spectrum of Library and information science, services and systems in India are being included in this encyclopaedia. LIS Students will find this encyclopaedia for background and project work. Teachers will be able to enhance their knowledge and use for lessons or assigned reading. Academic libraries may use it as starting point for LIS research. Overall, we can find a large number of concise articles that will provide quick definitions. I whole-heartedly congratulate Dr. P. S. G. Kumar sir on the publication of such a useful information resource as this encyclopaedia would definitely reach the top in knowledge resources available for LIS professionals… -- Thanks and Regards, Dr. Ajay M. Kamble, Librarian, 4th Floor, New College Building, Annasaheb Vartak College of Arts, Kedarnath Malhotra College of Commerce, E S Andrades College of Science, KT Marg, Beside Vasai Road Railway Station, Vasai Road West, Dist. Palghar - 401202. (Maharashtra)

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Opening for Information Management Trainee for NIFT Resource Centre-Mumbai
by anand bandi 24 Sep '18

24 Sep '18

Dear Moderator,Kindly arrange to post the following for wider publicity. The National Institute of Fashion Technology-Mumbai invites the application for the positions of Information Management Trainee to be selected for its Resource Centre for a period of one year. The aspirants who have completed their post graduation in Library and Information Science (M.L.I.Sc) on regular basis from Department of Library and Information Science attached to Indian Universities are eligible to apply. The selected candidates will be paid a stipend of Rs.10,000=00 per month. Interested candidates may send in their respective Resume to the undersigned latest by 30th September, 2018 on e-mail indicated below: dr.anbandi(a)gmail.com or headresourcecentre.mumbai(a)nift.ac.in Dr.A.N.Bandi, Head, Resource Centre, National Institute of Fashion Technology, NIFT Campus, Ministry of Textiles, GoI, Plot No.15, Sector 4, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai - 410 210. Ph.91-22-27747080/81 Mobile :7715833561 e-mail: anb321in(a)yahoo.co.in ; dr.anbandi@gmail.comhttp://14.139.111.26/jspui/

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Register for UGC-NET Preparation
by Dp Tripathi 23 Sep '18

23 Sep '18

Dear Friends, Trust you all are good in health and spirit. This is an effort to assist those professionals who are preparing for UGC-NET examinations. This may also help in preparation of other competitive examinations. So, register your name today itself via the link given below. https://goo.gl/forms/wiPANdjW8fJF0KO23 There is no registration charge and no content fee. I will keep sharing video on Saturday and Sunday on different topics related to UGC-NET syllabus and other topics too. So, hurry up and register your name today. You may write if you have any query or question please. Thanks DP Tripathi -- ********************************* *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ********************************* Assistant Librarian, Periodicals Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ********************************* *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* ********************************* *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * *********************************

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Content of Koha and Data Migration - Data Entry - Author and Editor Case
by Dp Tripathi 23 Sep '18

23 Sep '18

Dear Friends, Trust you all are doing good with sound health and spirit. This video will help to understand the process of data entry in cataloguing for author and editor case. It has been demonstrated with example. https://youtu.be/iH0wuy0pv5Q Trust this video will be helpful for all. Stay updated with Librarian Guide for more videos. Thanks DP Tripathi -- ********************************* *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ********************************* Assistant Librarian, Periodicals Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ********************************* *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* ********************************* *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * *********************************

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Content of the Koha and Data Migration Workshop - Data Entry in Koha - More Than Three Author's Case
by Dp Tripathi 21 Sep '18

21 Sep '18

Content of Koha and Data Migration Workshop Dear All, Trust you all are good in health and spirit. Here are the next videos which will help you to work in Koha. We are going to discuss now the case of more than 3 authors in cataloguing. Please spend one hour and practice everyday. Cataloguing - Data Entry in Koha - More Than Three Authors' Case https://youtu.be/x1vWB-Kfkdc Just watch the videos and start working in Koha based on the exercises mentioned. For any clarification / query, please drop a mail at koha(a)dptripathi.in Exercise: 1. Add one record with more than 3 authors in Koha with one principal author. 2. Add one record with more than 3 authors in Koha without principal author. Thanks D. P. Tripathi -- ********************************* *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ********************************* Assistant Librarian, Periodicals Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ********************************* *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* ********************************* *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * *********************************

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Insurance for Library
by Chief Librarian, SAIACS 21 Sep '18

21 Sep '18

Hello colleagues, I wonder if someone have had the experience in taking insurance for library building and materials. I have been asked to give an estimation of library resources at the current value. It would be a herculean task to take an assessment of books according to current value. I want to know if you someone has some experience to share with us. thanks ______________________________________ *Yesan Sellan, * *B.Com., MLISc., PGDLAN, BCS., UGC-NET., (PhD Candidate),* *Chief Librarian* South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies (SAIACS) 363 Dodda Gubbi Cross Road, Kothanur P.O., Bangalore 77, India Phone: 91 80 2846 5235/5344/ 5649, Fax: 91 80 28465412, Mobile: 91-9972348251 www.saiacs.org Alternative Email: yesans(a)gmail.com ______________________________________ IMPORTANT : This message is intended only for the addressee. It may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original message. Thank you. P Please consider the environment before printing this email*.* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interesting Reads – 2018-09-21
by Mohan Hr 20 Sep '18

20 Sep '18

*Interesting Reads – 2018-09-21* *Contents* *Articles* - The world's most prolific writer is a Chinese algorithm - Data Localisation: A matter of rule of law and economic development - Should India Stay Away from the Fourth Revolution? - Science Daily Email Newsletters - Not the apple of his eye: Steve Jobs' daughter recalls a complicated man - The right trousers: robotic pants could help disabled walk again - Antarctic glacier gets new name in wake of sexual harassment finding - How Roblox Is Training The Next Generation Of Gaming Entrepreneurs - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says there's opportunity in these 13 areas to make the world better - The ABCs of Detecting and Preventing Phishing *Events / Announcements* - SETS - National Workshop on “Blockchain Technology, Platforms and Security” - CONNECT-2018: Conference and Exposition on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - ISDA-18: The 18th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications - Webinar – Exploring the ROI of Blockchain Technology - USAID Grant Funding for Development Innovation Ventures - ICDCN-2019: The 20th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking - Mobile app and 2.7 lakh computers for free practice for JEE, UGC tests Read at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/09/interesting-reads-201 8-09-21.html Archives at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/05/interesting-reads-arc hives.html *======================================================== * *Articles* *The world's most prolific writer is a Chinese algorithm* “Inflatable duck baby pool with canopy.” “Hot selling colourful temporary full arm tattoo for men.” “Splendid reusable dog pee pad (minimum order: 500).” Load up the homepage for e-commerce giant, Alibaba – a wholesale shopping site that’s more or less China’s answer to eBay – and you’ll find images and descriptions of anything you could wish to buy, from kitchen sinks to luxury yachts. Every item has a short headline, but most are little more than lists of keywords: hand-picked search terms to ensure this USB phone charger or that pair of flame-resistant overalls float to the top in a sea of thousands upon thousands of similar items. It sounds simple, but there’s an art to this copywriting. Yet Alibaba recently revealed that it is training an artificial intelligence to generate these item descriptions automatically – and they’re not the only ones. Over the last few decades AIs have been taught to compose music, paint pictures and write (bad) poems. Now they’re writing advertising copy, 20,000 lines of it a second. Full post <http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180829-the-worlds-most-prolific-writer-is…> *Data Localisation: A matter of rule of law and economic development* A global Internet with unrestrained global flow of data has been held up as the ideal. However, while there is great value in it, there are also other, often competing, imperatives of ensuring rule of law over the internet and data, and using local and national data for encouraging domestic digital industry and for policy making and governance. It is no longer possible to speak of 'free flow of data' in any absolute sense, neither can 'data localisation' be instinctively condemned. Different data need different treatments, which can lie on a spectrum between these two ends. This policy brief by IT for Change examines how 'data localisation' is often necessary for ensuring the rule of law and for digital industrialisation of developing countries. Going forward we need more nuanced views on the issues of global free flow of data and data localisation. Policy Brief <https://itforchange.net/sites/default/files/1584/Data_localisation.pdf> Related story <https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/bringing-data-under-the-rule-of-law/…>: Bringing data under the rule of law *Should India Stay Away from the Fourth Revolution?* Critics of the Fourth Industrial Revolution raise many concerns against it mainly alleging job losses and rise in inequality. This article debunks these concerns by emphasizing how the same concerns would have been raised at the time of the First Industrial Revolution as well. We then see what happened subsequently benefitting from our knowledge of history. We then go on to examine why things unfolded that way tracing the reasons to the very roots of human behavior. These factors still remain the same, therefore there is every reason to expect that like the previous three, the Fourth Revolution too would be a productivity enhancing one and make lives better for all of us. Any job losses would at best be transitory. We then finally argue that whether she wants the Fourth or not, it will impact India and her economy carried by global trade and capital flows. Thus the only option in reality for her is to prepare herself and not shun it. India is already uniquely poised to reap the benefits. All she needs to do to minimize the temporary pain is to ease out its business regulations – make it less costly for entrepreneurs to hire labor because it is basic economic logic that if hiring labor is more expensive than hiring machines, an entrepreneur will hire a machine and vice versa. Another critical thing she must do is to develop her human resource development and incentivize innovations. For full paper <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3084256> *Science Daily Email Newsletters* Science Daily offers free access to the latest news via email newsletters that you can subscribe to at no charge, Each item contained in a newsletter includes the story's headline, summary, and link back to the full-text version on the Science Daily web site. Newsletters will be delivered to your email inbox automatically. In order to subscribe, just click on one of the links below marked by an email letter icon. You'll be taken to a sign-up form where you can enter the email address that you'd like to use to receive the newsletters. It also offers more than 400 specific email newsletters in a variety of topics. Click on the headings below to jump to the full list of topics within each of Science Daily's main sections. The link to the sign-up form for each topical email newsletter is marked by an email letter icon. To subscribe visit <https://www.sciencedaily.com/newsletters.htm> *Not the apple of his eye: Steve Jobs' daughter recalls a complicated man* Lisa Brennan-Jobs didn’t escape her father's dark side – he could be controlling and neglectful, she reveals in a telling yet tender memoir that seeks to set the record straight. When Apple co-founder Steve Jobs told his daughter Lisa Brennan-Jobs that the Apple Lisa computer was not named after her, it was not a cruel lie to a little girl, she insists – he was teaching her "not to ride on his coat-tails". When Jobs refused to install heat in her bedroom, he was not being callous, she says – he was instilling in her a "value system". When a dying Jobs told Brennan-Jobs that she smelled "like a toilet", it was not a hateful snipe, she maintains – he was merely showing her "honesty". It's a strange thing to write a devastating memoir with damning details but demand that these things are not, in fact, damning at all. Yet that's exactly what Brennan-Jobs has done in a new memoir, Small Fry. Thanks to a dozen other biographies and films, Apple obsessives already know the broad outlines of Brennan-Jobs' early life: Jobs fathered her at 23, then denied paternity despite a DNA match, and gave little in financial or emotional support even as he became a god of the early computing era. Small Fry is Brennan-Jobs' effort to reclaim her story for herself. Full story <https://www.smh.com.au/technology/not-the-apple-of-his-eye-steve-jobs-daugh…> *The right trousers: robotic pants could help disabled walk again* Robo-trousers that help people stand up, walk upstairs and get out and about are being designed by British scientists in a government-funded scheme to help the elderly and disabled stay mobile. The University of Bristol is developing "smart trousers" with artificial muscles which give frail people bionic strength so they can live independently for longer. Full story <https://www.smh.com.au/technology/the-right-trousers-robotic-pants-could-he…> *Antarctic glacier gets new name in wake of sexual harassment finding* The changes sparked by the #MeToo movement have now reached Antarctic glaciers. Last week, the Marchant Glacier was renamed the Matataua Glacier in the wake of a finding of sexual harassment against its namesake, geologist David Marchant. The change was made by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) in Reston, Virginia, an interdepartment agency of the U.S. government. “Boston University determined David Marchant violated Title IX regulations, and U.S. policy says geographic features are to be named for people who have made extraordinary or outstanding contributions to the advancement of polar science,” says Kelly Falkner, director of the Office of Polar Programs at the National Science Foundation in Alexandria, Virginia, the lead agency for the U.S. Antarctic program. “Boston University found Marchant created an environment that was hostile and harmful to fellow researchers, particularly women. That behavior is unacceptable and impedes scientific progress,” Falkner adds. Full story <http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/antarctica-glacier-gets-new-name-wak…> Related story <http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/10/disturbing-allegations-sexual-harass…>: Disturbing allegations of sexual harassment in Antarctica leveled at noted scientist Related story <http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/boston-university-concludes-geologis…>: Boston University concludes geologist sexually harassed student Related story <http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/world-s-largest-general-science-soci…>: World’s largest general science society OKs stripping honors from scientists found to be sexual harassers Related story <http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/nih-director-expresses-concern-offer…>: NIH director expresses concern but offers no new policy on sexual harassment for grantees Related story <http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/former-head-climate-change-panel-sta…>: Former head of climate change panel to stand trial for harassment (in India) *How Roblox Is Training The Next Generation Of Gaming Entrepreneurs* Roblox, based in San Mateo, California, is a combination gaming and social media platform. There are millions of games that players—mostly young people—can explore with their friends, chatting and interacting all the way. But what’s unique about Roblox is that the gaming company isn’t in the business of making games—it just provides the tools and the platform for kids to make their own unique creations. Most impressively, Roblox has turned its tween audience into an army of fresh-faced entrepreneurs. Full story <https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2018/09/17/how-roblox-is-training-th…> *The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says there's opportunity in these 13 areas to make the world better* In 2017, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation published its first annual "Goalkeepers" report, highlighting global data to show that humanity is headed in the right direction. The second annual report, released recently, focuses on the "formidable challenge" of improving the lives of people in low-income countries, from reducing poverty to increasing access to safe sanitation, with a particular emphasis on African countries. Full story <https://www.businessinsider.in/The-Bill-and-Melinda-Gates-Foundation-says-t…> *The ABCs of Detecting and Preventing Phishing* Have you ever considered that you could be a target for phishing attacks? It’s not a new issue, but it’s a rising threat. Phishing attackers have been constantly growing and improving their techniques. Let’s see how you can actually start preventing phishing, since cybercriminal strategies became so convincing that you can barely distinguish them from harmless communications. And all it takes to fall into their trap is a fraction of a second. Full post <https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/abcs-detecting-preventing-phishing/> *Events / Announcements* *SETS - National Workshop on “Blockchain Technology, Platforms and Security”* Society for Electronic Transactions and Security (SETS) is organising a National Workshop on “Blockchain Technology, Platforms and Security” on 12th October 2018 at Chennai. Brochure <http://www.setsindia.in/PdfDocs/Blockchain_Technology_Platforms_and_Securit…> Contact: Dr. P. Nageswara Rao, Workshop Coordinator. Email: workshop(a)setsindia.net Mobile: 9884143131, Landline: 044-66632506 *CONNECT-2018: Conference and Exposition on Information and Communication Technology (ICT)* CONNECT – the flagship event on Information and Communication Technology has been focusing on the Tamil Nadu’s leadership position in the ICT sector. The IT corridor in Chennai was conceptualized under CONNECT 2001 giving job opportunities to lakhs of people. CONNECT-2018 on the theme “Accelerating Progress: Inclusive Digital Growth” is being organised during 9-10 October 2018 at Hotel Feathers, Chennai Website: https://ciiconnect.org Contact: contact Ms P Diwya at p.diwya(a)cii.in / 044-42444555 (541) *The 18th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications* ISDA 2018 is co-organized by Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), and will take place December 6-8, 2018 at VIT Vellore. Last date for paper submission: 30th Sep 2018 Website <http://www.mirlabs.org/isda18/> *Webinar – Exploring the ROI of Blockchain Technology* The World Economic Forum is forecasting blockchain to account for up to 10% of global GDP by 2027, and Innovators like you are hungry to know: will blockchain live up to its hype? Find out in our next Now Being Served webinar – Exploring the ROI of Blockchain Technology. You’ll hear from top Forrester analysts and IBM Blockchain clients, learning how companies in in various industries are creating blockchain-based business models to transform the way they work. The webinar is scheduled on 27th Sep 2018 at Noon EST To regiter <http://content.emm.ibmmail.com/emessageIRS/servlet/IRSL?v=5&a=10245&r=11865…> *USAID Grant Funding for Development Innovation Ventures* USAID has relaunched its open innovation program, Development Innovation Ventures (DIV), and is now accepting grant applications for products, technologies, services, or applications that can scale breakthrough solutions to critical global development challenges to improve millions of lives. Proposals for funding are accepted year-round across three stages, from any type of organization, in any country in which USAID operates. Development Innovation Ventures offers three tiers of startup financing: Stage 1: Proof of Concept ideas can receive up to $200,000 in seed funding over 3 years Stage 2: Testing and Positioning for Scale applicants can get $200,000 to $1,500,000 in supporting grants for 3 years Stage 3: Scaling solutions can ask for $1,500,000 to $5,000,000 in investments over 5 years In addition to the donor funding listed above, DIV provides $1,500,000 for research reports and evaluations that generate rigorous evidence of an innovation’s impact and potential for expansion. More details <http://www.ictworks.org/usaid-div-grant-funding> *ICDCN-2019: The 20th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking* The 20th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN 2019), to be held between Jan 4-7, 2019 at Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, India will have a workshop on security privacy and dependability in Smart and Connected Communities titled PerSeC3. Deadline for workshop paper submission: 30th Sep 2018 Website: https://events.csa.iisc.ac.in/icdcn2019/workshops.htm *Mobile app and 2.7 lakh computers for free practice for JEE, UGC tests* The National Testing Agency (NTA) has launched a mobile application to enable the JEE aspirants and the UGC-NET candidates prepare for their tests Engineering aspirants can prepare for the upcoming Joint Entrance Examination-Main (JEE-Main) by taking mock tests on their smartphones. Higher Education students gearing up for the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) can also take mock tests ahead of their examinations to be held in December this year. The National Testing Agency (NTA) has launched a mobile application to enable the JEE aspirants and the UGC-NET candidates prepare for their tests using their mobile phones. The mobile application can be downloaded from the play store. Students, who do not have any smartphone or computer at home, can also practice for the two competitive examinations at the test practice centre, set up by the NTA in a total of 622 districts across the country. For registration and more details visit https://www.nta.ac.in For mobile app visit https://play.google.com/store/ apps/details?id=com.nationaltestingagency *Archives of Interesting Reads * To access the past posts of Interesting Reads, pl. visit http://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan

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Content of Koha and Data Migration Workshop - Case of Two and Three Authors
by Dp Tripathi 20 Sep '18

20 Sep '18

*Dear Friends,* Trust you all are doing good with sound health and spirit. I am hereby sharing the video which contains the details about the data entry in case of two or three authors. It is practically demonstrated taking the case of 2 and 3 authors. https://youtu.be/TJGrWB0Jsls Your suggestions will help to improve the content. Stay updated with Librarian Guide for more videos. *Exercise:* 1. Add one record in Koha of one author 2. Add one record in Koha of two authors 3. Add one record in Koha of three authors 4. Check all in opac and see whether the data is visible or not. 5. Add URL in all record while doing the data entry and check in opac whether it is accessible or not? Thanks DP Tripathi -- ********************************* *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ********************************* Assistant Librarian, Periodicals Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ********************************* *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* ********************************* *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * ********************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Content of Koha and Data Migration - Cataloguing - Data Entry in Koha for One Author Case
by Dp Tripathi 19 Sep '18

19 Sep '18

Dear Friends, First I apologize for delay in releasing the content related to Koha and Data Migration Workshop due to some personal problem. However, I ensure that I will finish the content as early as possible for all the modules of Koha. I am hereby sharing the video about one author case data entry in Koha. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmZVUUkkYR4 By watching this video, one will be able to understand the process of data entry in Koha Cataloguing module. For more videos, please stay updated with Librarian Guide on YouTube. Thanks DP Tripathi -- ********************************* *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ********************************* Assistant Librarian, Periodicals Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ********************************* *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* ********************************* *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * ********************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Kindly post in the group
by Chandrakumar, V. 17 Sep '18

17 Sep '18

Applications are invited from interested candidates for the position of *ONE Research Associate / Research Assistant* for the Major research project funded by ICSSR, New Delhi. *Project Director : Dr.V Chandrakumar, Head of the Department* Department of Library & Information Science University of Madras *Co-Project Director* : Dr. Fazlunnisa H, Assistant Professor Department of Library & Information Science University of Madras *Duration of the Project* : 18 Months *Eligibility* : · Research Associate : Qualification : MLIS / MLISc / M.Lib.I.Sc <http://m.lib.i.sc/>. / M.Sc. Library & Information Science / M.Sc Information Science *with *NET/ SLET or M.Phil / Ph.D Fellowship : 16,000/- p.m. · Research Assistant : Qualification : Ph.D / M.Phil/ MLIS / MLISc / M.Lib.I.Sc <http://m.lib.i.sc/>. / M.Sc. Library & Information Science / M.Sc Information Science Fellowship : 13,000/- p.m. Interested candidates are requested to send mail to vcakilan(a)gmail.com on or before 24 September 2018. -- Dr. V. Chandrakumar Associate Professor Dept. of Library & Information Science University of Madras Chennai 600 005 Ph.No. 044-25399674 (Off - Direct) 044 - 22579313 (Resi) Mobile No. : 0-9444114271

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CDS Migration Survey Data Online
by Sriram V 17 Sep '18

17 Sep '18

Dear All, The Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram has been conducting research on issues concerning international and internal migration from Kerala. CDS also conducted migration surveys of Tamil Nadu, and Goa and provided technical support for the migration study of Gujarat. These surveys have generated a wealth of data having immense significance. These data-sets, questionnaire and code-sheet are now available online for free download and use for research purpose. More info : http://cds.edu/research/ru/union-ministry-of-overseas-indian-affairs-resear… Thanks and Regards, V. Sriram Chief Librarian K. N. Raj Library, Centre for Development Studies Thiruvananthapuram vsrirams(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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